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| PMQs - live updates: Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over NHS winter crisis warnings | PMQs - live updates: Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over NHS winter crisis warnings |
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| Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed at the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year, where the Prime Minister was backed by her new-look Cabinet. | Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed at the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year, where the Prime Minister was backed by her new-look Cabinet. |
| Mr Corbyn focused all six of his questions on the winter crisis in the NHS, asking what was being done to help the thousands of patients whose operations have been postponed to relieve pressure on hospitals. | Mr Corbyn focused all six of his questions on the winter crisis in the NHS, asking what was being done to help the thousands of patients whose operations have been postponed to relieve pressure on hospitals. |
| He also mocked Ms May for being "too weak" to sack Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, who was widely thought to be in line for a move during the reshuffle but kept his job, and expanded his remit, after reportedly refusing to budge. | He also mocked Ms May for being "too weak" to sack Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, who was widely thought to be in line for a move during the reshuffle but kept his job, and expanded his remit, after reportedly refusing to budge. |
| The two-day reshuffle - aimed at ridding her top team of its “pale, male and stale” image - saw a raft of new MPs promoted to junior ministerial positions. However Ms May’s efforts to shake up the top tier stalled when senior ministers, including Mr Hunt and Justine Greening, until then the Education Secretary, declined other jobs. | The two-day reshuffle - aimed at ridding her top team of its “pale, male and stale” image - saw a raft of new MPs promoted to junior ministerial positions. However Ms May’s efforts to shake up the top tier stalled when senior ministers, including Mr Hunt and Justine Greening, until then the Education Secretary, declined other jobs. |
| MPs also debated two opposition day motions on the NHS and the railways, while Labour won a symbolic vote on a motion demanding more money for the NHS. | |
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