Badenoch will ‘absolutely not’ apologise for PMQs comments about Starmer’s downfall, spokesperson says – as it happened

From 4h agoKemi Badenoch will “absolutely not” apologise for the language she used during PMQs, her spokesperson told reporters at a briefing afterwards.The spokesperson said said he thought Badenoch had been nice to Keir Starmer in the chamber and she felt sorry for him. He said: double quotation markThere was very little aimed at the prime minister.

This was about a cabinet which has let him down, about a group of Labour MPs who have let him down and now they’ve got rid of him. See 12.16pm for the Badenoch comments that prompted Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to reprimand her for her language.

And see 1.31pm for a summary of her most harsh remarks.Key events6m agoAfternoon summary44m agoBadenoch 'lost her head' at PMQs, says Bridget Phillipson1h agoLouise Casey says interim adult social care report will propose 'quite big' changes this year - which Burnham could speed up2h agoStarmer to remain in Commons as backbench MP after resigning as PM, No 10 says2h agoBurnham plans to move parts of No 10 operation to Manchester3h agoTories rebuked by statistics watchdog for wrongly saying welfare spending higher than income tax revenue for first time3h ago‘Significant harm’: children’s watchdog decries Home Office plan to push out refused asylum seekers4h agoBadenoch will 'absolutely not' apologise for her PMQs invective against ministers, spokesperson says4h agoPMQs - snap verdict5h agoLindsay Hoyle, Commons speaker, urges Badenoch to tone down her language and show opponents more 'respect'5h agoStarmer claims he is handing over country in 'better shape' than he found it, unlike his Tory predecessors6h agoMore than 500 mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ Nottingham NHS trust, report finds6h agoFarage tells conference for social conservatives 'family breakdown pretty much same as community breakdown'6h agoStarmer faces Badenoch at PMQs6h agoReaction to Burnham choosing Purnell as his chief of staff7h agoGrooming gangs inquiry to focus first on London, Oldham, Bradford and Keighley7h agoNearly a quarter of voters in Europe now back far-right parties7h agoJames Purnell tells staff at his lobbying firm reports he's leaving to be Burnham's chief of staff 'basically correct'7h agoJones declines to say whether Ed Miliband would be good choice as Burnham's chancellor8h agoDarren Jones says he has been 'reassured' by what Andy Burnham has told him about his economic plans Andy Burnham has moved a step closer to becoming prime minister after Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, said he would not stand in a Labour leadership contest.

More than 40 progressive economists have written to Sharon Graham, the leader of Unite, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes the next chancellor. The advisory firm led by Andy Burnham’s incoming chief of staff counted BP, Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover and Uber among its clients, transparency records reveal. Andy Burnham is planning to move parts of the No 10 operation to Manchester as part of measures to devolve power away from London.

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.View image in fullscreenKemi Badenoch at PMQs. Photograph: House of Commons/PAJennifer Wiliams, who has been covered Andy Burnham as political editor of the Manchester Evening News and more recently as Northern England correspondent for the Financial Times, has got a very good long read on what he’s like in the FT.

It is worth reading in full, but here she is on how Burnham differs from another mayor-turned-PM. double quotation markThe day after Burnham’s storming victory in Makerfield, I asked someone involved in his campaign how he had won. As much as anything, they said, he “likes people and people like him”.

Not long before that campaign, I saw him swamped by a crowd of middle-aged fanboys in a city centre bar, desperate to buy him a pint and canvass his opinions on football and craft ale. That popularity is real around here, as the result in Makerfield showed. If Burnham meets a person with a problem, says someone who has seen him at work, “he’ll do something about it.

He’ll give out his number . . How that works at Westminster scale, I don’t know, but it is genuine.”

That kind of emotional responsiveness is ultimately what drove both Burnham’s successes and failures in Manchester. Unlike [Boris] Johnson, who knew his political persona was a construct, it often seemed to me that even when Burnham’s showboating sounded incoherent, there was often a sincerity in the moment. “It is fair, absolutely,” says one person who has worked closely with him here, of this theory.

“It’s built on that personal connection with individuals. It’s almost that the last person he spoke to, if he’s sympathetic or agrees with them, there’s genuine sincerity and he decides to act on it.” Others are a little less complimentary.

“I used to always see him at the end of the day,” another perso