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Louise Haigh Faces Welfare Bill Grilling as She Stands In for Andy Burnham at PMQs

First Secretary of State Louise Haigh stood in for Prime Minister Andy Burnham at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday 4 November 2026, while Burnham attended a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting in Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. Conservative deputy leader Alex Burghart led the opposition questions and pressed Haigh repeatedly on welfare spending, citing a £183…