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| 1148 The Commons chamber is about a third full for questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Given the grave nature of today's unemployment figures and economic outlook, it should be jam-packed for PMQs. | |
| 1147 Mr Cruddas says there is a "danger" of Labour seeming to come up with too many seemingly unfunded tax cuts. | |
| 1145 Alex Foster, Lib Dig, Liberal Democrat Voice: What wonders are the Tories pulling out of their hats to help with employment rates? ... employers to take on new staff, so long as those staff have been jobless for more than three months prior to hiring. Where to begin with the problems on this? Read Lib Dem Voice | |
| 1144 For the Tories, shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling tells Daily Politics his party has "real reservations" about government borrowing. Will Mr Cameron do the same later? | |
| 1143 Tony Makara, Torydiary,ConservativeHome: We are paying the price for having an unbalanced economy. For being too dependent on services, too dependent on credit-led domestic demand. The decline of our export sectors under Labour is an absolute disgrace, all because Brown and the MPC wanted a high-interest rate economy to support financial services... The British economy is now a one-trick pony, a nation that no longer produces, no longer exports and cannot even feed its own people. Little wonder Brown bemoans the world economy, he has made us totally dependent on it. Read Torydiary | |
| 1142: Have Your Say "If borrowing got us into this mess, how can borrowing even more get us out of this mess?" John, London | |
| 1141 Labour MP Jon Cruddas tells BBC Two's Daily Politics says this is going to be a "tough year" for the economy and that some of the "slogans" of the past have to be put aside. | |
| 1140 Before PMQs, there are questions for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Liam Byrne. For those wondering what that job entails, it is a fairly flexible thing. In the 90s one holder of it described it as "minister for banana skins". Ex-immigration minister Byrne would probably prefer to call it a roving cabinet enforcer role. | |
| 1135: Have Your Say debate: "Now that the UK is in recession and unemployment is back to 1997 levels, will gordon now admit that nothing has improved?" Snidey c, Rochester | 1135: Have Your Say debate: "Now that the UK is in recession and unemployment is back to 1997 levels, will gordon now admit that nothing has improved?" Snidey c, Rochester |
| 1130 It is a bright, sunny day at Westminster, but Mr Brown looks set to face the gloomiest of sessions. In its quarterly inflation report, the Bank of England says the UK entered a recession in the middle of this year and that this is likely to continue through 2009. The timing of the news that unemployment rose by 140,000 to 1.82 million in the three months to September is not great for the PM either. Mr Cameron has a choice of attack angles. Just half an hour now before we find out which one he'll choose. | 1130 It is a bright, sunny day at Westminster, but Mr Brown looks set to face the gloomiest of sessions. In its quarterly inflation report, the Bank of England says the UK entered a recession in the middle of this year and that this is likely to continue through 2009. The timing of the news that unemployment rose by 140,000 to 1.82 million in the three months to September is not great for the PM either. Mr Cameron has a choice of attack angles. Just half an hour now before we find out which one he'll choose. |
| 1129: Have Your Say debate on unemployment: "Undoubtedly like any debate concerned with the unemployed, this will shortly turn into a rollcall of every popular myth about the jobless, from living lives of luxury to benefit migrants. The actual truth is that living on the dole is a miserable existence and the vast majority of those on it are trying to become employed as soon as possible. Those few who do sponge off the system wouldn't change if their benefits were stopped, they'd just turn to crime instead. Ebon Bear, Stoke | 1129: Have Your Say debate on unemployment: "Undoubtedly like any debate concerned with the unemployed, this will shortly turn into a rollcall of every popular myth about the jobless, from living lives of luxury to benefit migrants. The actual truth is that living on the dole is a miserable existence and the vast majority of those on it are trying to become employed as soon as possible. Those few who do sponge off the system wouldn't change if their benefits were stopped, they'd just turn to crime instead. Ebon Bear, Stoke |
| 1124 Among those chosen to question the prime minister this week are Liberal Democrat Dem Bob Russell, Labour's Andrew Dismore and Conservative Charles Hendry. | 1124 Among those chosen to question the prime minister this week are Liberal Democrat Dem Bob Russell, Labour's Andrew Dismore and Conservative Charles Hendry. |
| 1123 There could also well be questions about the terrible death of the child known as Baby P and the lessons to be learned in light of the criticisms of social services. | 1123 There could also well be questions about the terrible death of the child known as Baby P and the lessons to be learned in light of the criticisms of social services. |
| 1114 Another suggestion. Sixteen MPs have signed a Commons motion, calling on ministers to work with the forces to show "how best Britain can learn and remember from the sacrifices our armed services have made to protect this country's freedom". They suggest a public holiday for Remembrance Day. There could also be a question on the government's general treatment and equipment supply for the armed forces. | 1114 Another suggestion. Sixteen MPs have signed a Commons motion, calling on ministers to work with the forces to show "how best Britain can learn and remember from the sacrifices our armed services have made to protect this country's freedom". They suggest a public holiday for Remembrance Day. There could also be a question on the government's general treatment and equipment supply for the armed forces. |
| 1110 After an outbreak of Obamania last week, where will the party leaders take us this time? Expect some skirmishes between Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron over unemployment, which has reached its highest level in 11 years. Taxation policy and, of course, the general state of the economy are likely to feature too. Maybe the third runway at Heathrow could get a mention? | 1110 After an outbreak of Obamania last week, where will the party leaders take us this time? Expect some skirmishes between Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron over unemployment, which has reached its highest level in 11 years. Taxation policy and, of course, the general state of the economy are likely to feature too. Maybe the third runway at Heathrow could get a mention? |
| 1105 Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of prime minister's questions from the House of Commons. As usual, we will provide all the build-up, details of events as they happen, expert reaction, BBC political correspondent Iain Watson's instant verdict and your views. | 1105 Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of prime minister's questions from the House of Commons. As usual, we will provide all the build-up, details of events as they happen, expert reaction, BBC political correspondent Iain Watson's instant verdict and your views. |