‘We can’t change our leader again’: Tories despair at Badenoch’s poor PMQs performances

Allies want to give Conservative leader more time, but many insist her approach to Keir Starmer needs total overhaul

Kemi Badenoch is being urged to overhaul her approach to prime minister's questions and bring in more experienced advisers to prepare for the weekly political joust, amid criticisms of her approach to taking on Keir Starmer.

Some MPs are complaining that their fledgling leader is raising the wrong topics and picking unconvincing lines of attack against the prime minister at PMQs, which is her most prominent opportunity to make the political weather. Others have been concerned about the level of support for her from colleagues during the exchanges.