'Conveyor belt of crisis': Rayner confronts Dowden on culture wars, NHS and child poverty

Oliver Dowden took part in his first PMQs as deputy prime minister on Wednesday, facing questions from Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, across the dispatch box.
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The Labour deputy leader opened the questioning by referencing the ongoing National Conservatism conference in Westminster, mocking its focus on culture war subjects. Rayner also confronted Dowden on the government's failure to reduce NHS waiting lists, describing the era of Conservative rule as a 'conveyer belt of crisis'. Dowden responded by calling on Labour to support the government's attempt to introduce minimum service levels to reduce the impact of strikes on public services.

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