Summary

  • New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has faced his first Prime Minister's Questions

  • He asked David Cameron questions sent to him from the public saying he wanted it to be less "theatrical"

  • Cameron said no-one would be happier than him if PMQs was to be less confrontational

  • Mr Corbyn tells the BBC he will not campaign for the UK to leave the European Union

  • After Corbyn faced criticism for not singing the national anthem, Labour sources said he would at future event

  • Theresa May has been delivering a Commons statement on the EU's migration situation

  1. Hereditary peer wins Lords placepublished at 16:48

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    In one election that may have escaped your attention, the ninth Duke of Wellington has bagged a place in the House of Lords. When one of the remaining hereditary peers leaves the Lords or dies, their place is filled by a by-election of other hereditary peers, with the votes cast by the remaining hereditary members. In this case it was a vacancy for a Conservative peer, and the Duke of Wellington got 21 votes, with his nearest rival getting six. Read full details of the result here, external.

  2. May: 'First refugees to arrive soon'published at 16:42

    The first of a pledged 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK are due to arrive "in the coming days", the Home Secretary says.

    May: 'First refugees to arrive soon'

    The first of a pledged 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK are due to arrive "in the coming days", the Home Secretary says.

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  3. McDonnell on Question Timepublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  4. Are Punch and Judy dead?published at 16:38

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    Did today's PMQs mark the end of the "Punch and Judy politics" once denounced by David Cameron? Have a listen to Conservative Amber Rudd and Labour's Kerry McCarthy discussing it and see what you think.

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    MPs Amber Rudd and Kerry McCarthy discuss Jeremy Corbyn's debut PMQs

  5. 'Cameron Direct'published at 16:37 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  6. Labour conferencepublished at 16:28

    In two weeks' time, Labour's annual conference will be in full swing. But according to the New Statesman's George Eaton, external, shadow ministers have yet to be told who will be speaking and when. He says next week's shadow cabinet meeting has also been cancelled. Here's his analysis of what is happening behind the scenes. 

  7. Why do people not sing the national anthem?published at 16:12

    Battle of Britain memorial serviceImage source, PA

    Jeremy Corbyn faced questions about his decision not to sing the national anthem at yesterday's Battle of Britain memorial service. What reasons do people give for not joining in? BBC Magazine has been taking a look

  8. PMQs verdict: Both sides happypublished at 16:00

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    Jeremy Corbyn's team are pleased because it was a serious attempt to change the brutal knockabout and present the Commons, and the public, with something different. That happened, and it was not a disaster.

    The prime minister, for today at least, accepted Mr Corbyn's framework without jibes at his expense. He answered the questions as asked without insult, or any full throttle political attacks.

    A source close to the new leader told me "it was a good result". They wanted a way of connecting the grassroots campaign that propelled him to his position with what happens at Westminster - bringing new voices into the debate and junking the rough and tumble. So far so good for them. And this kind of approach might be precisely the thing that people who are fed up with political slanging matches appreciate.

    So why is the PM's side happy too? A No 10 source tells me they'll be "quite happy if he goes on like that".

    Read the rest of Laura's PMQs verdict

  9. Cover storypublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  10. Does Corbyn need a spin doctor?published at 15:18

    Evening Standard

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    Roy Greenslade says the first few days, external of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership have "exposed the limitations of social media" and that he needs a strategy for dealing with the mainstream press.

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    Although he can never expect to get a sympathetic hearing from the majority of the national press, which is staunchly pro-Tory, he needs to understand how Britain’s mainstream media operates and create a communications team to deal with it."

  11. Tiger questionpublished at 15:08

    BBCImage source, Andrew Turner

    PMQs wasn't all about Corbyn V Cameron. It also featured a plea to the prime minister to help a badly-treated tiger. It came from Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner on behalf of a zoo in his constituency. The full story is here:

  12. 'Utterly unambitious'published at 15:03

    The Daily Telegraph

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    James Kirkup, the Telegraph's executive editor, politics, thinks Mr Corbyn's PMQs strategy, external is "ultimately limited":

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    By neutralising PMQs as something that can do significant harm to its leader, the new approach may be effective defensive politics. But it’s also utterly unambitious."

  13. Education billpublished at 14:55

    MPs debate the Education Bill in the Commons

    In the Commons, MPs are debating the Education and Adoption Bill. There was a flurry of excitement a bit earlier about an amendment put forward by Tory MP Graham Brady calling for new academies to be allowed to adopt a selective admissions policy if the local education authority or forum requested it. London Mayor Boris Johnson is among 35 Tories to have backed the amendment. But Mr Brady has now said he will not push the amendment to a vote, so the prospect of a Tory rebellion is off the table for the time being.

  14. People not soundbitespublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  15. PMQs 'still a circus'published at 14:48 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  16. Praise for 'fresh' Corbyn approachpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

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  17. McBride: Corbyn has steadied shippublished at 14:25

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    Jeremy Corbyn has "stabilised" the ship after a difficult few days with a strong Commons performance, according to former Labour spin doctor Damian McBride.

    Mr McBride says posing questions from the public was a masterstroke as David Cameron could not "swat them away". Having "established the technique", he suspects that Mr Corbyn could use it again but advises him to focus on one particular issue in the future. If people think they have a chance of getting their questions put to the PM, he predicts that Mr Corbyn could get 200,000 responses in the coming weeks.

    More generally, Mr McBride - Gordon Brown's former political director - acknowledges that the new Labour leader has made "avoidable errors" in recent days but will now have time - with the conference season about to begin - to go ahead and develop a communications strategy for the future.

  18. Corbyn approach 'too scattergun'published at 14:15

    SNP MP Angus Robertson

    The SNP's leader in Westminster Angus Robertson says he respects Mr Corbyn's different approach to PMQs but suspects such a "scattergun" strategy might not last the course. It will take more than Mr Corbyn to "change the culture of the Commons", he says, and he believes that it "will be back to business before too long". 

  19. Facebook Q&A on Corbynpublished at 14:10

    Rob Watson, the BBC World Service's UK political correspondent, is doing a live Q&A on the World Service's Facebook page, external over the next half an hour. He's taking questions on Jeremy Corbyn's performance at PMQs and the Labour leader's eventful first few days in office. 

  20. Watch: IRA question and PM's responsepublished at 14:05

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    PMQs: Cameron and Dodds on terrorism and McDonnell appointment