UK coronavirus live Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer at PMQs ahead of Sunak's summer statement

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Mark Pawsey, a Conservative, asks about funding for hospices.
Johnson thanks hospices for the work they do.
12.14pm BST
Starmer asks about free hospital parking for NHS staff. If they lose this, NHS staff may have to pay hundreds of pounds more a month.
Johnson says hospital car parks are free now for NHS staff. And the government will make them free for patients. That never happened under Labour. Starmer should take his latest bandwagon and park it somewhere else. He says Starmer takes one brief one week, one brief another. He is “consistent only in his opportunism”, he says. Continue reading...

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