Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been questioned by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and MPs at this week's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs)
Badenoch began by pressing the PM on the resignation of his former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh - in response, Starmer hit back at the Tories' record on immigration
Analysis: The questions over Haigh keep coming – as much as the prime minister tries to duck them, writes our political correspondent
The Tory leader then moved on to the Budget, asking if Starmer stands by his promise to make the UK one of the fastest growing economies in the G7 - he said the economy was on target to do so
Starmer was asked why he won't listen to business concerns about the Budget. He said the Tories "broke the economy"
Image source, PA MediaPrime Minister Keir Starmer has just been snapped leaving a very festive 10 Downing Street, as he heads to the Commons for PMQs.
He'll be taking questions from MPs from midday. As always, we'll bring you all the key lines.
Image source, ReutersAs we mentioned a short while earlier, the chancellor has said she will not need to raise taxes to "top up" public spending, after facing pressure to spell out her future tax plans.
Rachel Reeves made headlines last week by telling a business conference she would not be "coming back" with tax hikes in the coming years.
She declined to repeat the promise earlier when challenged to do so by MPs, but has now told reporters "another load of tax rises" will not happen.
The Conservatives have accused her of "undermining business confidence" and lacking a stable message for firms.
It comes after she announced a rise in employers' National Insurance (NI) at October's Budget.
Hot off the press this morning is a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the prisons crisis.
In brief, the report warns that government plans to tackle the prisons crisis will fall short of thousands of cells and be £4bn over-budget in two years' time.
It flags that current expansion plans are "insufficient to meet projected future demand", with a projected shortage of 12,400 prison places by the end of 2027.
The government has already released 5,500 prisoners early in an emergency plan to free up cells and stop the justice system collapsing, and has also announced a sentencing review aimed at providing more non-custodial sentences.
The NAO report said the crisis was a "consequence of previous governments' failure" to properly fund prisons at the same time as increasing the length of prison sentences.
Image source, Getty ImagesNow for a look at the big announcement from the government today.
Three rail operators will be renationalised by Labour next year after it passed a law allowing it to do so.
South Western Railway will be renationalised in May 2025, C2C in July 2025, and Greater Anglia in autumn 2025, the transport department has confirmed.
"The primary aim of this is to improve reliability and clamp down on the delays, the cancellations, the waste and the inefficiency we’ve seen over the last 30 years," Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told BBC Breakfast.
But some have criticised the plans, arguing that public ownership will not make much difference unless it is paired with fresh investment in the railways.
Image source, PA MediaGood morning, with just over an hour to go before Prime Minister's Questions gets under way, let's walk you through some of the top political stories of the week:
We’ll bring you live updates on the key lines and analysis from PMQs as it unfolds, so stick with us.
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