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| Prime Minister's Questions: David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash on work programme | Prime Minister's Questions: David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash on work programme |
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| David Cameron and Ed Miliband have clashed over the government's welfare-to-work programme aimed at helping the long-term unemployed. | David Cameron and Ed Miliband have clashed over the government's welfare-to-work programme aimed at helping the long-term unemployed. |
| Official figures showed the work programme had missed its main target for getting people sustained jobs. | Official figures showed the work programme had missed its main target for getting people sustained jobs. |
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| Mass exodus of MPs from Commons as Foreign Sec makes statement on critical development in Middle East crisis. | |
| 26 Minutes ago | |
| Foreign Sec says without key assurances by Palestinians, UK will abstain at UN | |
| 31 Minutes ago | |
| Foreign Sec says Palestinians need to give clear commitment to resume negotiations without preconditions | |
| 33 Minutes ago | |
| Foreign Sec says no question of UK voting against Palestinian resolution at UN bt need key assurances to vote for it | |
| 34 Minutes ago | |
| Foreign Sec says he asked Abbas not to take his resolution to UN bt respects his reasons for doing so | Foreign Sec says he asked Abbas not to take his resolution to UN bt respects his reasons for doing so |
| 37 Minutes ago | |
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| Mr Miliband said the programme was "failing" because the government had failed to deliver economic growth. | Mr Miliband said the programme was "failing" because the government had failed to deliver economic growth. |
| Mr Cameron insisted the programme was working and accused Labour of leaving a "poisonous" unemployment legacy. | Mr Cameron insisted the programme was working and accused Labour of leaving a "poisonous" unemployment legacy. |
| He said: "Over 800,000 people have taken part in the work programme, of those over half came off benefits. And over 200,000 got into work because of the work programme." | He said: "Over 800,000 people have taken part in the work programme, of those over half came off benefits. And over 200,000 got into work because of the work programme." |
| The scheme was dealing with the "hardest cases" of long-term unemployed people, he said, and although further progress was needed it was "the right programme". | The scheme was dealing with the "hardest cases" of long-term unemployed people, he said, and although further progress was needed it was "the right programme". |
| Mr Cameron was also asked about the report from the Leveson Inquiry, which is due to be published on Thursday. | Mr Cameron was also asked about the report from the Leveson Inquiry, which is due to be published on Thursday. |
| The prime minister said the "status quo" was "unacceptable" and needed to change. | The prime minister said the "status quo" was "unacceptable" and needed to change. |
| He pledged to work across party boundaries and said he wanted to see an "independent regulatory system which can deliver and in which the public will have confidence". | He pledged to work across party boundaries and said he wanted to see an "independent regulatory system which can deliver and in which the public will have confidence". |
| Mr Miliband said the Leveson report provided a "once in a generation opportunity for real change" and backed an all-party approach. | Mr Miliband said the Leveson report provided a "once in a generation opportunity for real change" and backed an all-party approach. |
| It will be followed by a statement from Foreign Secretary William Hague on the UK's position with regard to Palestinians' request to the UN general assembly to be upgraded from permanent observer to "non-member observer state". | It will be followed by a statement from Foreign Secretary William Hague on the UK's position with regard to Palestinians' request to the UN general assembly to be upgraded from permanent observer to "non-member observer state". |
| Israel and US oppose the move, which is due to be voted on later this week. | Israel and US oppose the move, which is due to be voted on later this week. |
| They are concerned that the Palestinians are trying to seek full statehood via the UN, rather than through negotiation as set out in the 1993 Oslo peace accords under which the Palestinian Authority was established. | They are concerned that the Palestinians are trying to seek full statehood via the UN, rather than through negotiation as set out in the 1993 Oslo peace accords under which the Palestinian Authority was established. |
| France, Switzerland and Denmark have all given their backing to the Palestinian position in the last 24 hours. | France, Switzerland and Denmark have all given their backing to the Palestinian position in the last 24 hours. |
| Other topics which have came up during Prime Minister's Questions included the flooding seen this week in England and Wales. | Other topics which have came up during Prime Minister's Questions included the flooding seen this week in England and Wales. |