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Your Party's Jeremy Corbyn asks the PM if he will "ensure aid gets to Gaza" and whether he'd support an inquiry "We are doing everything that we can to put pressure on the Israeli government to allow the necessary aid into Gaza," says Andy Burnham #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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Ed Davey asks PM if he will "grow the economy by joining the single market" Andy Burnham says "no is the answer to that today" but "we are honouring our manifesto to have deeper ties" with Europe #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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"Our politics is being affected by poisonous ideas like the idea that people born and raised in England can't be English because they're not white" Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asks if PM backs calls to add more ethnicity options to the census #PMQs bbc.in/4AtKS2I
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Kemi Badenoch suggests Labour MPs are "shaking their heads" at Andy Burnham's leadership The prime minister says "she is going to have to come up with better than that if she's going to take on what we're putting forward" #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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Kemi Badenoch asks the PM, "Why is acceptable to drill oil and gas in the Falklands but not in the North Sea?" "We have just recently approved the Jackdaw gas field," Andy Burnham responds #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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"If it's not going to be approved, why was it in the Budget?" Kemi Badenoch asks the PM about the Rosebank oil field "The Rosebank decision is a quasi-legal decision and it will be taken in due course," Andy Burnham replies #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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Kemi Badenoch asks "is it really true he has so little vision for this country, he needs the Boston Consulting Group to write it for him?" The PM responds with confirmation his 10-year plan will be delivered to the House before Christmas recess #PMQs bbc.in/4zHfH3S
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On Wednesday's #PoliticsLive Stephen Kinnock MP, Wales Secretary Matt Vickers MP, Shadow Home Office Minister Mary Creagh MP, Labour Steve Baker, Former Tory Minister Kate Ferguson, Sun on Sunday Ray Mears, Survivalist and TV presenter 11:15am BBC Two bbc.in/4euUZvt
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On #PoliticsLive, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately and Labour MP Chris Curtis debate whether the Conservative plan to cut welfare spending will increase homelessness bbc.in/3VisDhx
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On Tuesday's #PoliticsLive Chris Curtis MP, Labour Anita Boateng, former Conservative adviser Lisa Smart MP, Liberal Democrat Helen Whately MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary 12:15pm BBC Two bbc.in/48bcWM1
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Pupils will not be allowed to have their phones on them at all during the school day under stricter government guidance in England. Education Secretary Lucy Powell told #BBCBreakfast there will be changes to the current "no see, no hear" policies in place in some schools and from September 2027, schools and trusts will be legally responsible for being phone-free throughout the day bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51k…
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'Do you accept your role in boosting the welfare bill?' On #BBCBreakfast Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately blamed 'sickfluencers on social media telling people what to do to maximise their benefit claims' as the party outlined plans to cut £36-billion from the welfare bill if they win the next General Election bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c207p5…
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