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
"There's no contradiction between working for peace across the world, and doing what is necessary to keep us safe at home," says Mr Corbyn. He says shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle will be leading the party's defence review (ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone has been appointed as its joint chairman). It will "recognise that security is about much more than defence", he adds.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn highlights "inequality, poverty, disease, human rights abuses, climate change and water and food security" around the world. He also says the number of service personnel dissatisfied with life in the forces has risen. He says plans to cut tax credits will affect people in the armed forces and represent a breach of the military covenant.
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Before this statement, asked by an MP "after we bomb Syria what's the plan" Michael Fallon, the defence secretary says "of course in Syria we will need on the ground forces that are local and fully supported".
He says the Iraqi Prime Minister does not want Western troops on the ground and requires local fighters who have local support.
However he says that should not deter them from "making a stance" against so called Islamic State's headquarters in Syria.
Labour supports increased expenditure to protect security services, party leader Jeremy Corbyn says as he responds to the prime minister. But he repeats his warning of cuts to frontline policing.
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A new £1.3bn "prosperity fund" will be created to promote good governance, David Cameron says. "When confronted by danger, we are stronger together," he adds.
David Cameron outlines new military investment, including nine new Boeing P8 maritime patrol aircraft.
"Not one of these investments is an optional extra," he says.
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Prime Minister David Cameron is on his feet in the Commons. He opens his defence review statement by saying a strong economy is crucial to keeping the country safe. Among the measures he is expected to announce are two 5,000-strong rapid response "strike brigades".
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Mr Jones was involved in a row last week with ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone, who suggested he needed "psychiatric help".
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Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, says it is may be "too late" to change the name used for so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS.
In answer to a question urging for the group to be referred to as Daesh - a derogatory term - he said he fully agreed.
"I myself prefer the term Daesh, because I think it is more accurate, it does not embrace the word Islam. But ISIL has become, and ISIS has become, accepted terms in the British media, and it may be too late to make that particular change," he says.
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Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, says the civil war in Syria must be brought to an end as quickly as possible and to focus on dealing with so called Islamic State.
He says the UK has been training and providing non-lethal equipment to moderate fighters in Syria, and that the UK will continue to work with them to defeat President Assad and so-called Islamic State.
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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says France will use an RAF base in Cyprus to help them with air strikes carried out in Syria against so-called Islamic State.
Asked by Labour's David Hanson what is being done to cut off the group's arms supply, Mr Fallon says the government is "intensifying efforts" to cut off Islamic State's ability to sell oil on the international market. He adds their supply routes are being "directly targeted" between Syria and Iraq.
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Maria Eagle, shadow defence secretary, asks when the new Boeing P-8 will be in action and reminds ministers of pictures of Nimrods being "cut up into pieces".
Defence Minister Philip Dunne says it was "the right decision" at the time as the programme was "over budget" with a prototype that they were unsure "would ever fly".
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Defence questions are under way in the Commons with many of the answers featuring the phrase "wait until three thirty" - when David Cameron will give details of the government's defence review.
