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Penny Mordaunt slapped down Labour MP Dawn Butler during a feisty exchange in the House of Commons, accusing her party of being “packed with the same old socialists and a few new plastic patriots” before adding: “The truth hurts.”

And Ms Butler, the MP for Brent Central, was also taken rebuked by Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing after accusing Ms Mordaunt of “misleading MPs”.

Leader of the House of Commons Ms Mordaunt did not pull any punches as she addressed the Chamber two days after nationwide celebrations in honour of England’s patron saint.

She said: “The Labour Party hasn’t changed at all.

“While Labour have been stuffing prawn cocktails, they’ve been devising 70 new business burdens they’re planning on introducing.”

She continued: “While posing next to submarines they voted to scrap our deterrent several members of their front bench and are refusing to match our baseline on defence spending.

“And while they criticise and sneer at those that do …