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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
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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Andy Burnham faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions
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The government's electric vehicle targets are expected to be reduced in a move likely to be welcomed by carmakers but opposed by environmental groups.
Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman told #BBCBreakfast# about the likely change to the target to sell 80% of new cars in the UK must be electric by 2030
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Government 'looking seriously' at banning under-16s from Vinted and eBay
Government's EV targets expected to be reduced this week
“Any opportunity we can have to have a high level sporting event in Scotland… is massive”
Middle distance runner Josh Kerr says Scotland should be included in the UK government’s planned bid for the North of England to host the Olympics
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“I am confident”
Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton says he’s confident in commitments from the Chancellor and Prime Minister that the government will spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030
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“We have to do more”
Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton says the UK has to strengthen itself in the face of threats and “particularly from Russia”
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“This is the farce of it”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticises rules around MPs speaking publicly on investigations into their conduct and confirms he has been interviewed by the Standards Commissioner
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“I would expect a very, very sharp increase in military action in Iran”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he believes Donald Trump may attack Iran in the wake of the US midterm elections but that “it’s a hard [battle] to win”
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“There is no cherry picking”
Former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says joining the EU Single Market would involve accepting freedom of movement and that there is no "single market à la carte" option
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“Time is up”
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she believes the kind of sexual abuse in the media industry committed by figures like Russell Brand is still happening today and that the sector needs to take the issue “more seriously”
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“I do not believe that anybody wants to repeat circular arguments about… leave or remain”
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the government needs to “repair the damage” from the Brexit deal negotiated by the last Conservative government
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