Rishi Sunak took a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer over the Angela Rayner row as Prime Minister’s Questions kicked off today.

The Labour leader used his first question to ask the Prime Minister about Liz Truss’s new book.

Sir Keir said: “I’m privileged to be the proud owner of a copy of the former prime minister’s new book.

“It’s a rare unsigned copy, it’s quite the read. She claims the Tory party’s disastrous kamikaze budget that triggered chaos for millions was, her words, the happiest moment of her premiership.

“Has the Prime Minister met anyone with a mortgage that agrees?”

But Mr Sunak replied: “All I’d say is he ought to spend a bit less time reading that book and a bit more time reading the deputy leader’s tax advice.”

The PM’s response prompted a noisy reaction in the Commons with Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle forced to intervene.

Ms Rayner is under police investigation over her living situation from a decade ago.

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