Sir Keir Starmer faced Rishi Sunak at PMQs for the first time as prime minister. It comes after MPs voted against an amendment which called for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped - but seven Labour MPs who rebelled have had the whip withdrawn.
By Alexandra Rogers, political reporterTom Tugendhat has emerged as the leadership contender who is most popular with the public, according to a new Savanta poll shared with Sky News.The former security minister, who ran for the leadership after Boris Johnson's tenure, has a net favourability of -3, compared with -28 for Priti Patel, the former home secretary who scored the lowest rating with the public.Mr Tugendhat is also highly regarded among the moderate One Nation group of Tory MPs.
James Cleverly, the former home secretary who declared his intention to run on Tuesday, is just behind Mr Tugendhat with a net favourability of -9.And Kemi Badenoch, the shadow housing secretary and former business secretary who is seen as a frontrunner on the right, scored a rating of -12, while former home secretary Suella Braverman was given a rating of -23 among the public.
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