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The first subject under discussion is this morning's IFS report which says average household incomes are back to where they were before the financial crisis. Conservative minister Claire Perry welcomes the report's findings and says the trend on the cost of living is "really improving".

Shadow Wales secretary Owen Smith also pays tribute to departing Welsh MPs. He notes that the list includes two former Labour secretaries of state: Peter Hain and Paul Murphy.

UKIP's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe is speaking now. As you can see the party's slogan is Believe in Britain.

Mr Farage says that over 600,000 people came to settle in the UK last year. That's true - the figures from the Office for National Statistics show that immigration was up to 624,000 in the year to September 2014 from 530,000 in the previous 12 months. About 327,000 people emigrated from the UK in the same period. That left a net migration figure of 289,000, which is the one mostly talked about when politicians debate immigration levels.

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Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb tells MPs that this is the last Wales Office questions before the general election. He pays tribute to eight MPs in Wales who are standing down in May, saying they have "served their constituencies with distinction".

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The Daily Politics programme is under way, with Conservative MP and transport minister Claire Perry, shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn and Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron on today's panel. We'll be bringing you live updates.

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Questions to Wales Office ministers are just starting in the Commons. Topics include the labour market in Wales, the tourism sector, the Severn Barrage, and healthcare provision across the border between Wales and England.

"In the most overcrowded country in Europe... we have to build one new dwelling every seven minutes just to cope with current levels of immigration," Mr Farage adds. He says he knows an unlimited supply of unskilled labour and open door immigration have been a boon for the very wealthy - which he says have done well from cheaper nannies and chauffeurs and gardeners - and businesses which "have kept wages artificially low."

Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced the launch of a new £70m tranche of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund from Monday 16 March. He's been speaking to Money Saving Expert, and said up to £5,600 will be available to households in England and Wales to help with the costs of installing energy saving improvements. The money off vouchers will be available on a first-come first-served basis. The fund offers cashback and incentives on such things as double-glazing, insulation and boilers.

"The big debate in the 1970s was whether we could accommodate 28,000 migrants from Uganda... but we did and they turned out to be one of the most successful migrant groups in our history," Mr Farage says.

"We don't want mass immigration to continue as it is... we need better controls over our borders," Mr Farage says. He claims UKIP has a common sense policy on immigration. He adds UKIP is the only party that will talk honestly about immigration, which he says is the number one issue for most voters. He claims the current policy discriminates against skilled migrants from India and other parts of the Commonwealth in favour of unskilled migrants from southern and eastern Europe.

Mr Farage claims net migration levels used to sit at around 30,000 a year - he said earlier that he was referring to figures from the 1950s to the late 1990s. He continues by saying there is nothing wrong with wanting to control immigration, saying "we want to do what the Australians do". He claims an influx of unskilled migrants has also meant that for many the "minimum wage has become the maximum wage".

"It is perhaps no wonder that 77% of the British public want us to take back control of our borders," says Mr Farage as he makes his opening salvo in his immigration speech. He then starts to link the pressure on services including the NHS and pressure on communities to immigration too.

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The day in the House of Commons begins in a few minutes' time, as MPs put questions to the Secretary of State for Wales, Stephen Crabb. Shortly after 12.00 GMT, Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband face each other for Prime Minister's Questions.

Tory MP Dominic Raab has laid into the Green party on the Conservativehome blog, external. He calls the party's policies dangerous and irresponsible. He also warns the Greens "may threaten Labour most. But, that wouldn't stop them forming a Red-Green alliance that draws from the most economically and socially irresponsible agenda presented by any UK party for a generation".

The Guardian's latest election poll, external projects the Conservatives will win 277 seats at the general election, Labour 271, the SNP 51, the Lib Dems 25, UKIP 4, the Greens 1.

In November former chief whip Andrew Mitchell lost his High Court libel action against News Group Newspapers over a story in the Sun in 2012 which claimed he called PC Toby Rowland a "pleb" during a row about whether he could cycle out of the main gates in Downing Street. Mr Mitchell acknowledged that he had used bad language but maintained he had not used that word. Delivering his ruling, Mr Justice Mitting said he was satisfied that the MP did say the word "pleb". PC Toby Rowland counter-sued Mr Mitchell over the claims, hence today's settlement.

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If you're a little behind the times on the "Plebgate" row or it it passed you by somehow then the BBC has a handy timeline, which should take you through it all.

It's been a long and tangled tale, the plebgate saga. Here's our news story on the latest development, external - the £80,000 pay out by Andrew Mitchell to Pc Toby Rowland. We'll be building it up as more details come in.