PMQs LIVE: Starmer poised to poke fun at Hancock’s trip down-under in Sunak showdown

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Ed Balls as said he thinks Matt Hancock is “totally crackers” to be taking part in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

The former shadow chancellor wished him good luck but said it is the “wrong place to do it from, the wrong time and the wrong programme.”

He added: “He’s lost the whip, Sunak the Prime Minister is clearly furious, his constituents are going to be up in arms. He’s been paid to do this while he’s also going to the jungle.

“I mean, look, to be fair, Boris Johnson was on a Caribbean beach two weeks ago and he’s a sitting MP. But you know, this is a different thing.