Summary

  • George Osborne delivers Autumn Statement and Spending Review

  • The chancellor says he has abandoned planned cuts to tax credits

  • Police budgets also escape cuts with economy boosted by £27bn windfall

  • Labour says working families will still lose out

  • Autumn Statement sets out state of UK economy and signals tax and welfare plans

  • Spending Review set out details of plans to cut government spending over next few years

  1. Trident vote: How did Labour MPs vote?published at 17:01

    The following Labour MPs rebelled against leader Jeremy Corbyn and voted with the government, in support of renewing Britain's nuclear weapons programme:

    • Kevin Barron
    • Ben Bradshaw
    • Mary Creagh
    • Chris Evans
    • Jim Fitzpatrick
    • Liz Kendall
    • Chris Leslie
    • Madeline Moon
    • Albert Owen
    • Jamie Reed
    • Emma Reynolds
    • Angela Smith
    • Gisela Stuart
    • John Woodcock

    This group of MPs also defied Mr Corbyn's request to abstain in the vote - instead backing the SNP motion calling for Trident to be scrapped. 

    • Roger Godsiff
    • Ronnie Campbell
    • Kelvin Hopkins
    • Graham Stringer
    • Dennis Skinner
    • Geoffrey Robinson

  2. 14 Labour rebels vote to support Trident renewalpublished at 16:47

    Fourteen Labour MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn in the vote on Trident, by backing its renewal. The Labour leader had asked his MPs to abstain on the SNP motion, which called for Britain's nuclear nuclear weapons programme to be axed.

    Mr Corbyn opposes Trident renewal but many of his MPs disagree with him. The party is currently in the process of a defence review.

  3. Johnson on Corbyn: 'Not his finest hour'...published at 16:26

    The Daily Politics

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    Labour's Alan Johnson on Jeremy Corbyn and defence review

    Labour MP Alan Johnson discusses Jeremy Corbyn's performance at the despatch box during the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) debate.

  4. Cameron speaks to Erdogan over Russian jetpublished at 16:20

    David Cameron has taken a call - lasting 10 minutes - from the Turkish prime minister to discuss the incident of a Russian jet shot down by Turkey.

    Turkish PM Erdogan explained what had happened this morning and said that they had warned the Russian jet several times not to violate Turkish airspace but that that was ignored and that Turkey then took action.

    Mr Cameron encouraged him to have a direct conversation with Russia about this and to discuss how to avoid it happening in the future.

  5. Trident vote: any rebels?published at 16:19

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    We will soon find out how many - if any - Labour MPs defied the party leadership's orders to abstain.

  6. MPs reject SNP Trident motionpublished at 16:17
    Breaking

    MPs have rejected an SNP motion not to renew Trident, the UK's nuclear missile system, by 330 votes to 64.

    Whatever the outcome, the vote was not going to be binding on the government. Ministers have promised a vote on the main Trident renewal decision. 

  7. Trident debate comes to a closepublished at 16:07

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Mr Dunne praises Labour MPs who have spoken in favour of Trident, despite the party's leadership urging them to abstain. Some, he says, have spoken up for their beliefs "despite the appalling provocations and bigoted comments" from former mayor of London Ken Livingstone. The debate has now ended. MPs are voting on the SNP's motion.

  8. Trident debate: threats 'growing' says ministerpublished at 16:01

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Defence Minister Philip Dunne is winding up the Trident debate for the government. This is about being realistic, he says. "If anything threats are growing and becoming more complex." He pays tribute to the "valiant" personnel serving in the submarines.

  9. Royal College of Nursing and MP Dan Poulter discuss NHS fundingpublished at 15:51

    The Daily Politics

    Front-line NHS services in England will get a £3.8bn, above-inflation cash injection next year, amid mounting fears about the pressures they face. The money represents a rise of nearly 4% on NHS England's £101bn front-line budget for the year.

    But what will the money mean? The Royal College of Nursing's Janet Davies and Tory MP Dan Poulter discuss.

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    Royal College of Nursing and Dan Poulter discuss announcement

  10. More on HMS Ocean scrappingpublished at 15:49

    BBC South West political editor tweets

  11. HMS Ocean to be scrappedpublished at 15:41

    Martyn Oates
    BBC South West Political Editor

    The Royal Navy's largest vessel and flagship is to be scrapped in just three years' time the government admitted today - despite making no mention of it in yesterday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.

    Ocean, which has only recently undergone a £65m refit, will now be removed from service in 2018. The Ministry of Defence today insisted this had been known for some time - but was unable to say when it had previously been announced. 

     An MoD spokesman said: "Just because we don't make a song and dance about it in the media doesn't mean we haven't planned it".

  12. Debate on downing of warplane on Turkey-Syria borderpublished at 15:34

    The Daily Politics

    After reports emerged that Turkey had shot down a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border, Col Bob Stewart, analyst Tim Marshall and Labour MP Alan Johnson discussed the Russian response and what it could mean for Syria.  

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    Stewart, Marshall and Johnson on downing of warplane on Turkey-Syria border

  13. Could UK fire nuclear weapons without US say-so?published at 15:30

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    This is a major point of difference between pro and anti-Trident MPs in this debate. 

    Labour's Roger Godsiff insists Britain could never fire its weapons without American agreement and that means it is not an "independent deterrent".

    Tory MPs insist there is no evidence for this claim, which anti-nuclear Labour MPs have been making since the 1980s.

    Mr Godsiff also makes the point that is often made by anti-nuclear campaigners. 

    "We've witnessed in this country terrible terrorist attrocities...did our ownership of nuclear weapons do anything to prevent that," he asks. 

  14. Labour seeks 'collective' Syria positionpublished at 15:23

    BBC assistant political editor tweets

  15. DUP MPs to meet Cameron over Syriapublished at 15:20

    BBC Northern Ireland Political Editor Mark Devenport writes: DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds and Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson are due to meet David Cameron tomorrow to discuss the government's plans for air strikes against the so-called Islamic State in Syria. 

    Mr Dodds and Mr Donaldson had a briefing today on Syria and the terrorist threat in Europe from the UK's National Security Council which includes the heads of the UK intelligence agencies. 

    The prime minister has indicated he intends to have another Parliamentary vote on extending UK air strikes from Iraq across the border into Syria. 

    In 2013 the DUP voted against air strikes which would have targeted President Assad. 

    But today Nigel Dodds wrote in the Belfast newspaper, The Newsletter, external, that if Mr Cameron makes a convincing case for action which will enhance the security of the British people, he will have the wholehearted support of the DUP's eight MPs.

  16. SNP MP highlights Labour differences on Tridentpublished at 15:18

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  17. Trident: The Lib Dem viewpublished at 15:14

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    Parliament

    Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael, who was Scottish secretary in the last Parliament, says Labour's appointment of Ken Livingstone onto its defence review was like "putting King Herod in charge of the nursery". 

    He goes on to say the time has now come for "a very long a serious look" at whether a continuous at sea deterrent is needed. His party thinks it isn't, and it would reduce the number of submarines.

    Labour's Jamie Reed says he is puzzled as to the point of a "part time" deterrent, as advocated by the Lib Dems.

  18. Is 'robot' parliamentary language?published at 15:12

    Deputy Commons Eleanor Laing rules on whether the term robot is parliamentary language after a Labour MP's jibe towards the SNP caused a hoopla in the Commons. 

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    Is 'robot' parliamentary language? Speaker rules on jibe about SNP

  19. MPs' rival submarine modelspublished at 15:09

    As reported by Buzzfeed, external, Labour's pro-Trident MP John Woodcock made his case earlier using submarine-shaped leaflets.

    Here's how the SNP's Pete Wishart responded:

  20. Trident votepublished at 15:00

    A reminder that any vote taking place after this debate will not be binding on the government. However, the government has promised a vote on the main decision to renew the submarines next year. Labour says it will have a settled policy on the issue by then.