Watch the full exchange as Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over economic hardship during the Christmas period.
Mr Starmer spoke of the 400,000 children homeless this Christmas and accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of being “utterly tone deaf”.
Mr Starmer said: “Liam Walker wrote a letter to Santa saying ‘Please can I have a forever home?’. I don’t want new toys, I just want my old ones.
“I want to be happy again.”
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