Tory heckler brutally slapped down by Keir Starmer's five-word insult at PMQs

The PM's jab came arsenic Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was forced to intervene astatine Prime Minister's Questions aft the Tory MP Chris Philp heckled Keir Starmer successful the Commons

Keir Starmer delivered a brutal jab astatine 1 of ex-PM Liz Truss's ministers arsenic helium deed backmost astatine Tory MPs implicit delays to hole crumbling NHS hospitals.

It came arsenic Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was forced to intervene astatine Prime Minister's Questions aft the Conservative MP Chris Philp heckled Mr Starmer successful the Commons implicit the issue. The Speaker told him: "Mr Philp I expect amended from the beforehand seat and I'm definite you're going to amusement better."

But the PM responded: "He was Liz Truss's close manus antheral truthful I'm definite we wouldn't expect thing else."

Mr Philp, who presently serves arsenic Shadow Home Secretary successful Tory person Kemi Badenoch's apical team, was Chief Secretary to the Treasury successful Ms Truss's short-lived government.

The speech followed the Liberal Democrat MP Luke Taylor raising the government's announcement connected Monday to hold a important programme to hole and physique caller hospitals. He said St Helier infirmary successful his constituency "will not past the delay" informing patients could besides dice arsenic a effect and NHS unit "will break".

The PM responded: "I'm not amazed their [constituents] are frustrated oregon adjacent aggravated astatine the deficiency of transportation nether the erstwhile authorities - determination was nary credible plan". Facing heckles from Tory MPs, helium went on: "This is their record, they shouldn't beryllium chuckling."

Earlier this week the Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced large delays to hole crumbling NHS hospitals crossed the country. Boris Johnson made the pledge to physique "40 caller hospitals" by 2030 successful the 2019 manifesto but it aboriginal emerged that immoderate of the “new" hospitals were conscionable refurbishments and caller wings.

But speaking successful the Commons connected Monday, Mr Streeting said the Tory plans were a "work of fiction". Announcing a caller timetable, helium said: "I cognize patients successful immoderate parts of the state volition beryllium disappointed by this caller timetable. They are close to be.

"They were led up the plot way by 3 Conservative Prime Ministers each promising hospitals with nary credible backing program to present them. We volition not dainty the British radical with the aforesaid contempt."

After a reappraisal of the project, helium told MPs operation connected 7 infirmary sites would statesman successful the adjacent 5 years portion 9 would statesman betwixt 2030-2035.

Construction enactment connected a further 9 sites - including St Mary's Hospital successful London, Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal Preston Hospital - volition not statesman until 2035-2039.