Yesterday in Parliament 15 Jan 2026

Yesterday in Parliament

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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U-turns at PMQs

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:05.6	Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio Fall.
0:11.4	On Wednesday, the 14th of January, the Conservative leader, Kemi Biednock,
0:15.8	accused the Prime Minister of hanging Labour MPs out to dry
0:19.5	after the government dropped plans for a mandatory
0:22.3	digital ID scheme. There's always a theatrical quality to Prime Minister's questions,
0:28.6	which has been running almost as long as the mousetrap. A familiar routine, as popular in Parliament
0:33.9	as it is in Panto, is the call and response.
0:43.0	Demonstrated here by the Conservative leader Kemi Beidinoch, as she mocked Sakeir Stama over government U-turns.
0:45.0	The Winterfield Allowance, U-turn.
0:47.5	Waspy women, U-turn.
0:49.4	The two-child benefit cap, U-turn.
0:51.8	Grooming gangs inquiry, U-Turn.
0:54.0	The family farms tax, U-TURT, digital ID, U-Tor. Grooming Gangs Inquiry. The Family Farms Tax.
0:55.5	Utah.
0:56.2	Digital ID.
0:57.6	U-Tor.
0:58.5	Jury trials?
0:59.7	We hope so.
1:01.5	We hope so.
1:02.7	I think that's going to be the next one, Mr. Speaker.
1:05.2	That particular example of audience participation had been inspired by the news that the government had dropped plans to make
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