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Brexit: Sajid Javid unveils spending review as government reels from defeat in vote – live news Brexit: MPs take control of Commons business as government reels from vote defeat – live news
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More voters think Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament was undemocratic than not, according to a YouGov poll for the People’s Vote campaign. Here is an extract from the People’s Vote news release.
Voters regard Johnson’s suspension of parliament as undemocratic by an overwhelming 46% to 32%, while the prime minister’s decision to throw 21 of his MPs – including two former chancellors of the exchequer and the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill – out of his party is also viewed as undemocratic by 45% to 32%.
Barely a fifth (22%) of voters think people voted in 2016 to leave with no deal, reinforcing claims by Johnson’s opponents that he has no mandate to impose this on the British people now. But only 21% think a general election is the right way to settle Brexit. Instead, a majority – 53% excluding don’t knows – say they support a new public vote.
Johnson has defended his hardline stance by claiming he’s seeking to negotiate a new deal but fewer voters (39%) think he’s serious about this than think he’s not serious (42%).
Labour says the party is still in favour of calling a general election once the Benn bill becomes law, not once the 19 October deadline has passed (see 2.35pm), PoliticsHome’s Kevin Schofield reports.
Spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn says this is not the position. Labour would back an election once the extension bill has Royal Assent, meaning it could still happen on October 15th. https://t.co/fV5VISvYYb
And here is a video of the moment where Boris Johnson, “from a sedentary position”, as they like to say in the Commons, appeared to call Jeremy Corbyn “a great girl’s blouse”.
And here is Martin Belam’s story about it.
'You great big girl’s blouse' – Johnson appears to insult Corbyn during PMQs
Here is the video of the Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi demanding an apology at PMQs from Boris Johnson for comparing Muslim women to letterboxes and launch an inquiry into Islamophobia. It was the most compelling moment of PMQs.
And here is my colleague Kate Proctor’s story.
Boris Johnson urged to apologise for 'derogatory and racist' letterboxes article
From the BBC’s Adam Fleming
Here's the draft legislation to allow EU27 member states to claim from the major disasters fund in case of a No Deal #Brexit. To apply they'll have to prove economic damage of at least €1.5bn or 0.3% of Gross National Income. https://t.co/HuH2lHrtNQ
Labour’s position on the timing of an election is shifting. These are from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, reflecting what was said at today’s meeting of the parliamentary Labour party. (See 11.50am.)
1. ok - last night official line from Labour was they will back an election 'as the Bill to stop No Deal becomes law.' - and the statement referred to Friday night
2. Now, Labour MPs say Keir Starmer told them at the PLP that Labour will NOT vote for an election until the bill has been passed AND implemented, which means AFTER October 19th - which obviously means no chance election until much later on
Starmer was referring to 19 October because that is the deadline in the Benn bill being debated this afternoon when the PM would have to seek an article 50 extension, unless either MPs had passed a Brexit deal or they had voted for a no-deal Brexit.
If MPs were to vote for an election after 19 October, it would take place in November at the earliest.
Here is my colleague Phillip Inman’s main story about the spending review.Here is my colleague Phillip Inman’s main story about the spending review.
Sajid Javid promises 'decade of renewal' as he sets out post-Brexit spendingSajid Javid promises 'decade of renewal' as he sets out post-Brexit spending
Here is the Treasury’s spending review document (pdf).Here is the Treasury’s spending review document (pdf).
And here is the Treasury’s own summary of what was in the announcement.And here is the Treasury’s own summary of what was in the announcement.
McDonnell says Javid has given no sign of appreciating the seriousness of the climate crisis.McDonnell says Javid has given no sign of appreciating the seriousness of the climate crisis.
And he says McDonnell has delivered “a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment”.And he says McDonnell has delivered “a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment”.
This is not a government, but a racket, he says. They are pretending to plan ahead while plotting a no-deal Brexit. He repeats Jeremy Corbyn’s line about the government having “no mandate, no morals and no majority”.This is not a government, but a racket, he says. They are pretending to plan ahead while plotting a no-deal Brexit. He repeats Jeremy Corbyn’s line about the government having “no mandate, no morals and no majority”.
The government has been in power for nine years. They are trying to fool the public with promises about a “fantasy Brexit”.The government has been in power for nine years. They are trying to fool the public with promises about a “fantasy Brexit”.
He describes the government as a “unique combination of rightwing extremism and bumbling incompetence”. And he ends by saying it is a government that “will never be forgiven but will soon be forgotten”.He describes the government as a “unique combination of rightwing extremism and bumbling incompetence”. And he ends by saying it is a government that “will never be forgiven but will soon be forgotten”.
McDonnell says Boris Johnson just said “pathetic” to him.McDonnell says Boris Johnson just said “pathetic” to him.
McDonnell says he knows what develops real pathos – seeing the experience of those suffering from benefit cuts, he says.McDonnell says he knows what develops real pathos – seeing the experience of those suffering from benefit cuts, he says.
McDonnell asks if the 10,000 extra prison places are the same 10,000 extra prison places promised by the government in 2016, and then again in 2017, and then again in 2018.McDonnell asks if the 10,000 extra prison places are the same 10,000 extra prison places promised by the government in 2016, and then again in 2017, and then again in 2018.
Will anyone in government apologise to the Prison Officers Association for ignoring its warning about the safety impact of job cuts?Will anyone in government apologise to the Prison Officers Association for ignoring its warning about the safety impact of job cuts?
On the police, McDonnell says the Tories expect people to forget that they were the ones who cut police numbers by 20,000.
McDonnell says there has been a 160% increase in people sleeping rough.
He says people have died sleeping rough just outside parliament.
And yet Javid expects MPs to celebrate an inadequate plastering over of the problem.
McDonnell says education spending has been cut by £10bn in real terms since 2010.
So schools will still be sending out begging letters, he says.
He says councils have a shortfall of £1.2bn for special educational needs funding by 2021. So they will still be out of pocket, he says.
He says the NHS spending announcement has already been exposed as referring to money already in the system.
McDonnell says a full fiscal event would have meant new economic forecasts.
Instead, this is a sham spending review, he says.
He says Javid is using “headroom” (an option to increase spending) that he knows has disappeared.
John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, is responding to Javid.
He welcomes Javid to his new job. But he says after that speech, he is starting to miss the old one.
He says his own father was a bus driver too. But he says that is probably all they have in common.
He says the speech was “a compendium of meaningless platitudes”.
He says Javid should take it back to the person who wrote it - Dominic Cummings.
He says Boris Johnson is shouting at him now. He tells Johnson that the last time Johnson shouted at someone, they had to call the police, he said.
He criticises Cummings for sacking a Treasury aide, and having her escorted out of No 10 by an armed police officer.
He says this was not a proper spending review. It was “grubby electioneering”, he says. And it was “straight out of the Lynton Crosby handbook of opinion poll politics”.
Javid says he is now turning to the departments that have not had their departments protected in recent years.
They have had a difficult time, he says.
Javid says no government department will have its budget cut next year. He says that is what he means by the end of austerity.
Javid praises the UK’s record on diversity.
And the UK’s values of openness and tolerance are nowhere better on display than in the aid budget, he says.
He says the MoD budget will go up by £2.2bn - an increase of 2.6%.
“An additional £2.2bn of funding for the @DefenceHQ, a real terms increase of 2.6% for their budget next year. Increasing again the share of our national income we spend on defence and national security.” @SajidJavid #SpendingRound pic.twitter.com/Ez08GpQ29T
He announces extra funding for the Normandy Memorial Trust, which commemorates D-day.
Javid says that for too long the UK has let its trading relationships wither.
That is a disgrace, he says.
He says there will be 14 upgraded diplomatic posts. There will be an extra £60m for the “GREAT” marketing campaign.
“We support diplomacy, with £90 million of funding for 1,000 new diplomats and overseas staff, and 14 new and upgraded diplomatic posts.” @SajidJavid #SpendingRound pic.twitter.com/aLyzB0gSKv
And the government will spend over £500m on future sports events.
“In 2022, we’ll host the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Today I can confirm the government’s total commitment to this celebration of sport will be over half a billion pounds.” #SpendingRound pic.twitter.com/BhpkcvIT1e
Javid says the devolved administrations will get the biggest spending settlement for a decade.
Javid says he will allocate an extra £160m for Scottish farmers. They have lost out through a previous policy, he says.