We take a listen to the leaders' questions asked to Prime Minister, Keir Starmer today in parliament.

Today's questions come from Kemi Badenoch (Leader of the Opposition) - Leader of the Conservative Party, & Sir Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Which questions deserved an answer? Which received one?

Who came out the exchange best?

How many often repeated phrases did you catch?

Our apologies for some audio issues in the last few minutes of the show (note to self - don't have your washing machine running when you're trying to stream a podcast).

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Last PMQ’s before Easter, join us for reactions to the Leaders’ questions and answers from PM Sir Keir Starmer. Today's PMQs includes questions from Kemi Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey & Nigel Farage.

Are points being scored, or serious issues landed? Are questions getting answered or are the answers provided responses to a question that wasn’t asked?

Who will come out of the event looking serious, with their finger on the pulse of the nation’s woes? Who comes out it looking like they have a clue what the public are worried about? Support Pompey Politics Podcast

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We take a look at the highs and lows, the points of argument, the areas of agreement at Tuesday’s full meeting of Portsmouth City Council.

In the last full council ahead of May’s local elections - which were the agenda items that passed or did not?

11a Cross border taxi licensing & passenger safety (Reform - Strudwick & Madgwick) 🚕

11b (Removing) Council of Sanctuary (Reform - Madgwick & Standen) 🆘

11c Depaving in Portsmouth (Labour - Smyth & Fielding) 🛣

11d Pride in our high sts. (Labour - Fielding & Adeniran) 🛒

11e Supporting our Veterans (Lib Dems - Pitt & Sanders) 🎖

11f Public Health grant for substance misuse support & treatment (Lib Dems - Winnington & Horton) 🏥

12.1 How does the council make sure it doesn't use banking institutions with investments in armaments? (🔴Cllr Smyth to 🔶Cllr Ian Holder - Chair governance & audit & standards Committee)

12.2 Provide update regarding planned traffic & road safety schemes across the city including backlogs. (🔴Cllr Feilding to 🔶Cllr Peter Candlish - Cabinet Member for Traffic & Transportation)

12.3 What progress on improving recycling rates vs the rest of the country? (🔴Cllr Smyth to 🔶Cllr Dave Ashmore - Cabinet Member for environmental services)

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