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| PMQs - live updates: Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over Carillion collapse | |
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| Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions over the dramatic collapse of construction and services company Carillion. | |
| The Labour leader used all six of his questions to ask about the issue, having previously called for the directors of the failed firm to give back their multi-million pound bonuses. | |
| The company is the second biggest construction firm in the UK and employs 20,000 people across the country and managing 450 government contracts. | The company is the second biggest construction firm in the UK and employs 20,000 people across the country and managing 450 government contracts. |
| The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also accused the Government of being “too close” to the firm and “too wedded” to privatisation – claims Liz Truss, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, rebuffed as “cheap political shots”. | The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also accused the Government of being “too close” to the firm and “too wedded” to privatisation – claims Liz Truss, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, rebuffed as “cheap political shots”. |