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David Cameron tells CBI he is 'deadly serious' about wanting reform before backing UK staying in the EU
Chancellor George Osborne says he has secured deals on 30% cuts with four government departments
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Keith Vaz calls for an independent panel of experts who "are able to count and understand mathematics, unlike some officials in the Home Office", to ensure the formula is "fair, just and workable".
Minister Mike Penning says the government will "listen carefully" and "get it right... so that I'm not in this embarrassing situation again".
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Labour MP Keith Vaz, whose urgent question prompted the minister's statement, commends the minster for tackling "the problem of police funding, which desperately needs to be addressed". But he criticises the process which led to the calculation error, and says:
Quote MessageWhat started off with good intentions is rapidly descending into farce. To call it a shambles would be charitable."
He says there's a real prospect a number of police forces could take the government to court.
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The question comes after the Home Office admitted a proposed new funding formula for police forces in England and Wales was based on flawed calculations.
A letter from a senior official says the way it estimated changes in the central government grant was wrong. Police and crime commissioners said the process was a "shambles" and called for it to be abandoned.
Policing minister Mike Penning says it has caused "a great deal of concern" to police forces, and adds:
Quote MessageI and the government regret this mistake and I apologise to the House. I also apologise to the 43 authorities I wrote to during the extended consultation period as part of the funding formula review."
He says the funding formula changes for 2016-17 will be delayed but promises that reform of the police funding formula "is something we should all support".
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Business in the Commons has moved on to the urgent question - by Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz - on the police funding formula calculation errors. Responding on behalf of Home Secretary Theresa May, who is in Brussels on business, is Home Office minister Mike Penning.
The CBI's John Cridland and UKIP's Douglas Carswell clashed over the UK's future links with the EU and policies over the euro.
The CBI director general, finishing his five year term, said he had not supported joining the euro, and that "most businesses want to stay in a reformed EU, I have never claimed all".
CBI's Cridland and UKIP's Carswell on EU and euro
But the UKIP MP said businesses were "very divided on the issue", as he criticised CBI's polling information.
They were on the Daily Politics with presenter Jo Coburn, Labour MP Peter Kyle and Conservative MP Mark Field.
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Ronald Reagan "was immaculately turned out" and Jeremy Corbyn was "brushing himself up quite well now", says the former MP George Galloway.
The London mayoral candidate told Jo Coburn, Mark Field and Peter Kyle that he always wore vintage clothes - apart from his socks and underwear - as he prepares to open his own shop.
They looked at the style and appearance of those on the past and present political stage, as well as the chances of the Respect politician rejoining the Labour Party.
Galloway on style of politicians: Reagan and Corbyn
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The UK Youth Parliament will debate five issues as they take over the House of Commons on Friday for a sixth time.
The five areas debated will be mental health services, racial and religious discrimination, living wage for over 16s, the relevance of the Magna Carta and a curriculum that will prepare them for life.
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Communities and Local Government Secretary Greg Clark and shadow minister John Healey clashed over house building, during question time in the Commons.
Mr Healey said the government hasn't lived up to its promise on house building, saying its "best year" in terms of new homes built during the last Parliament was "still lower than the worst year under 13 years of the last Labour government".
But Mr Clark says the shadow minister has had "his characteristic bout of amenesia", telling MPs the worst year for housing starts since the 1920s was when Mr Healey was a minister in the department. "He's got form on this," he adds.
"Never mind the bluster about starts... its the new homes build that counts", Mr Healy replies and accuses the government of "failure".
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One of the big issues in the upcoming Spending Review is whether to cut down on the welfare bill – and how to do it.
Adam Fleming took the Daily Politics mood box – an unscientific test with a plastic bin and balls – to see what voters thought about spending on benefits
Spending Review: Voters' views on UK welfare bill
Image source, ScienFollowing NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens' warning about NHS funding, Labour shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said:
Quote MessageIt is now clear that unless there is an urgent and significant injection of money into the NHS, then standards of care will go backwards and the promise of a seven-day NHS will never be realised."
She said NHS "pressures" are of the government's own making, and urged ministers to stop "burying their heads in the sand and ensure the NHS "has the money it needs".
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Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is addressing the United Nations Security Council and seems to have been promoted to President of the United Kingdom.
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Actually there is a simple explanation for the title - the post of president of the Security Council revolves among member countries and it is currently the UK's turn.
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By BBC parliamentary analyst Jack Evans
It’s going to be a long evening in the House of Commons as the Scotland Bill is debated for the final time before it hits the Lords.
The debate will kick off at 16:30 GMT. The government will be looking for cross-party support on making the Scottish Parliament a permanent part of the UK’s constitutional furniture.
From about 19:00, the debate will turn to welfare provision, abortion law, broadcasting and the Crown estate. There are more than 200 amendments, and there won’t be time to debate them all.
Expect more tension over whether certain amendments will have time to be debated, rather than on the amendments themselves.
Image source, parliament.ukSimon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, has told HSJ, external the upcoming spending review may not produce a "workable" solution for the NHS's spending needs.
Quote MessageAs of today, considerably more progress is going to be needed before we can say we have a genuinely workable NHS funding solution for 2016-17 and 2017-18, but spending reviews usually come down to the wire, so hopefully we’ll get there by 25 November."
Simon Stevens, Chief Executive NHS England
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