During PMQs, Sunak criticized Starmer for defending Rayner over her homes row, leading to Starmer accusing Sunak of smearing a working-class woman.

During PMQs, Rishi Sunak criticised Keir Starmer for defending Angela Rayner over her homes row, leading to Labour leader Starmer accusing Sunak of "smearing a working-class woman". Sunak questioned Starmer's reading of Rayner's tax advice, drawing attention to controversy surrounding Rayner's previous living arrangements that have led to a police investigation into her sale of a former council house in 2015.