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| PMQs - live updates: Jeremy Corbyn suggests if Theresa May 'can't lead she should leave' | |
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| Welcome to The Independent’s live blog as Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn for the first time at Prime Minister’s Questions since the party conferences – and Ms May’s “disastrous” speech just last week. | Welcome to The Independent’s live blog as Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn for the first time at Prime Minister’s Questions since the party conferences – and Ms May’s “disastrous” speech just last week. |
| It comes after preparations for a “no deal” Brexit were plunged into further confusion after the Chancellor said it would be irresponsible to start spending billions of pounds now. | It comes after preparations for a “no deal” Brexit were plunged into further confusion after the Chancellor said it would be irresponsible to start spending billions of pounds now. |
| He refused to open up the Treasury coffers, just days after Ms May announced emergency plans to avoid border meltdown for business and travellers. | He refused to open up the Treasury coffers, just days after Ms May announced emergency plans to avoid border meltdown for business and travellers. |
| Those plans would involve spending huge sums of money on new IT systems and border processes, lorry parks and extra staff – when the Treasury already faces a daunting Budget “black hole”. | Those plans would involve spending huge sums of money on new IT systems and border processes, lorry parks and extra staff – when the Treasury already faces a daunting Budget “black hole”. |
| But it is likely Mr Corbyn will use the session to concentrate on the domestic agenda – after policies announced by the PM at the Tory party conference. While he is unlikely to highlight the Ms May’s incessant cough, he is is expected to highlight the pitfalls in the Government’s policy on housing, tuition fees, and the public sector pay cap. | But it is likely Mr Corbyn will use the session to concentrate on the domestic agenda – after policies announced by the PM at the Tory party conference. While he is unlikely to highlight the Ms May’s incessant cough, he is is expected to highlight the pitfalls in the Government’s policy on housing, tuition fees, and the public sector pay cap. |