David Lammy to take PMQs as Starmer arrives in Beijing – UK politics live

16m ago 11.39 GMT David Lammy faces Andrew Griffith at PMQs Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question at PMQs. View image in fullscreen PMQs Photograph: HoC Share

18m ago 11.37 GMT Badenoch says Tories looking for 'next generation of MPs' In her speech today Kemi Badenoch said that she was looking for a new generation of candidates to stand to be Conservative MPs. She said: This is the message I want to leave you with today. The Conservative party is now looking for its next generation of MPs. I’m looking for excellence. Excellence in standards, conduct, discipline and culture. We are building an army that is going to deliver meritocracy, dismantle the bureaucratic class, and get Britain working again. We want people with life experience. People who want to get on with the job. It is hard to get onto our candidates list. And it should be. Because when people see the next generation of Conservative MPs, they will see the best of the best. The Tories may find it hard to attract good recruits. The results of More in Common’s latest MRP poll suggest, if an election were held now, only 70 Tories would be elected. View image in fullscreen Kemi Badenoch arriving for her speech at Church House today. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Share

29m ago 11.26 GMT Andrew Griffith, the shadow business secretary, will lead for the Tories at PMQs today, the BBC reports. He will be against David Lammy, the deputy PM, standing in for Keir Starmer while he is China. Other leaders of the opposition have tended to have a designated deputy who takes PMQs for them when the PM is away. But Kemi Badenoch has chosen to nominate different shadow cabinet ministers for the job each time. Share

35m ago 11.20 GMT View image in fullscreen Keir Starmer arriving in Beijing, where he was met by the British ambassador to China Peter Wilson and Chinese finance minister Lan Foan Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters Share

52m ago 11.03 GMT Badenoch suggests nativist, 'identity politics' of Reform UK should be worry to minority ethnic Britons Q: What do you feel about the past comments by Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate in Gorton and Dention, implying some minority ethnic people born in the UK are not fully British? Badenoch said this was Nigel Farage’s problem, not hers.