'The real problem is Labour!' Kemi Badenoch swipes at Andy Burnham in Keir Starmer's first PMQs since resignation

However, the Leader of the Opposition also warned Labour MPs about how newly-elected Makerfield MP Andy Burnham will not turn the tide.

She said: "They have abandoned him for a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt."

Mrs Badenoch added: "The real problem is the Labour Party. He U-turned again and again and again to appease them, and now they've abandoned him.

"And what for? A pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt isn't the truth that whoever is in charge."

However, Sir Keir mocked successive Tory Prime Ministers.

The Prime Minister told the Leader of the Opposition: "The test for every Prime Minister is handing over the country in better shape than you found it."

Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch locked horns in a fiery exchange

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He added: "I know I can do that. Which is more than can be said for her predecessor, her predecessor's predecessor, and her predecessor's predecessor's predecessor."

Mrs Badenoch also alluded to Mr Burnham in her opening of PMQs, with a subtle dig at the ongoing Labour leadership crisis.

The Conservative leader said: "I'm much happier with my new MP than he is."

Sir Keir responded saying: "I'm very pleased with my new MP."

Kemi Badenoch told Sir Keir Starmer the 'real problem is the Labour Party'

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Mrs Badenoch went on to slam Ed Miliband, calling him a "failed leader rejected by the country".

She told the Commons: "Does the Prime Minister think that this treachery should be rewarded by being appointed chancellor?

The Prime Minister responded saying: "The Chancellor and I picked up our party and turned it around and we won a landslide, thanks to this Chancellor, we have delivered the fastest fall in NHS waiting lists, we are lifting half a million children out of poverty."

He continued to heap praise on Chancellor Rachel Reeves, responding to Mrs Badenoch: "This is the Chancellor who ended austerity inflicted on our country for 14 long years."

It was the first Prime Minister's Questions since Sir Keir announced his resignation as Labour Party leader on Monday

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He added: "This is the Chancellor who got the economy growing. She doesn’t normally want to talk about the economy, that’s because in the first quarter of this year the UK had the fastest-growing economy in the G7.

"Our growth was upgraded by the IMF and the OECD, last week unemployment was down, inflation was better, that is because with this Chancellor we have the right economic plan and we can weather the global storms in the war that she wanted to jump into."

It was the first Prime Minister's Questions since Sir Keir announced his resignation as Labour Party leader on Monday.

His decision clears a direct path for former Greater Manchester Mayor Mr Burnham, who officially launched his bid to become leader and Britain's next Prime Minister.