Sparks went off in the Commons chamber during the first PMQs of 2023 as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed over NHS waiting times and widespread strikes.
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The Labour leader asked the prime minister in his opening salvo  why he chose to 'prolong the misery rather than end these strikes', later adding that the government went from 'clapping the nurses to sacking the nurses'. Sunak responded by saying he made tackling waiting lists one of his five priorities, calling on the opposition leader to support his minimum service legislation to mitigate the impact of strikes on the public sector.

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