MPs approve Syria air strikes - as it happened

Summary

MPs vote by 397 to 223 to authorise UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria
RAF Tornado jets carry out their first air strikes against IS in Syria, the Ministry of Defence confirms
Four RAF Tornado jets take off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus
During a 10-hour debate, David Cameron urged Tory MPs to 'take a stand' against IS
Jeremy Corbyn said the PM's case "does not add up" and could make the situation worse
Despite Tory rebels, PM was helped by votes of some Labour MPs, the Lib Dems and DUP
A separate cross-party amendment opposing airstrikes was defeated by 390 votes to 211

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Alex Hunt, Pippa Simm, Chris Davies, Aiden James and Rajdeep Sandhu

PLP 'balanced, good-natured and serious', says Corbyn aidepublished at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Shadow ministers welcome free vote on Syriapublished at 19:52 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Hammond 'confident' of Commons majority for Syria air strikespublished at 19:50
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said he is "confident that when we bring this matter to a vote in Parliament we will now see a majority of parliamentarians supporting the action".
He said there had been "significant progress" today in "building a coalition in Parliament in favour of air strikes in Syria", but added that the government was "still evaluating what has happened today and the consequences of it".
More from the Labour MPs' meetingpublished at 19:43 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Reaction from tonight's meeting of Labour MPspublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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More on the junior doctors' strikes suspensionpublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Labour MP undecided over air strikespublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Junior doctors' strike called offpublished at 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2015
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Tuesday's strike by junior doctors in England has been called off following last-minute talks with ministers.
More on that story here.
Monday round-uppublished at 19:05
Time for a recap of today's main political stories
- Jeremy Corbyn has said he will grant Labour MPs a free vote on UK air strikes in Syria - with a Commons debate expected on Wednesday
- Junior doctors' leaders are in last-minute talks over whether to suspend Tuesday's 24-hour walk-out by medics
- An investigation into bullying allegations and the death of a young Conservative Party activist will be carried out entirely by a law firm
- A tax on sugary drinks should be introduced as part of a "bold and urgent" set of measures to tackle child obesity in England, MPs say
- US President Barack Obama has said the UN climate conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises
- The government has announced plans to open a 43-mile section of the HS2 high-speed rail link between Birmingham and Crewe in 2027, six years earlier than originally hoped for
- Children in foster care make better educational progress than vulnerable children who remain with troubled families, research suggests.
James Landale despatch on Conservative bullying inquirypublished at 18:15
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For days now the Conservative Party has been submerged in allegations of bullying, blackmail and sexual harassment in its youth wing. At the centre of the allegations is a former campaigner called Mark Clarke. He's accused of bullying a young activist called Elliott Johnson who died in September after apparently taking his own life. Mr Clarke has been expelled from the Conservative Party for life but denies any wrongdoing. The Conservatives had been conducting their own inquiry into the allegations but the father of the dead man, Ray Johnson, said there should be an independent investigation. So today the party's ruling board placed the whole affair in the hands of the law firm Clifford Chance. Tory officials will no longer be involved and the whole process will be reviewed by an independent QC Lord Pannick. The final report will be published and there'll be a wider review of the party's governance procedures. The question is whether this will be enough to save the Conservative Party chairman, Lord Feldman. Several Tory MPs - and Ray Johnson - have said the peer should resign for allowing a culture of intimidation to exist within the party. Lord Feldman's former co-chairman, Grant Shapps, stepped down as a minister at the weekend after admitting that he had ignored objections about Mr Clarke's behaviour. Today the chancellor George Osborne defended Lord Feldman as an outstanding party chairman and a person of real integrity."
Confusion in the shadow cabinetpublished at 18:05
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Team Corbyn and shadow cabinet at oddspublished at 18:00
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'We need more time to consider Syria strikes'published at 17:55
Tom Watson, deputy leader of the Labour Party, has written to the Prime Minster to ask for more time to consider the issue of Syrian air strikes.
Mr Watson is sympathetic to the idea of supporting military action.
He says in his letter: "I do not believe you've given proper time to build consensus. As Jeremy Corbyn has made clear, parliament needs more time to make a considered decision on air strikes in Syria."
David Cameron: Stop making excuses and take action on climate changepublished at 17:50
David Cameron is speaking at the UN Climate Summit in Paris.
He says countries such as the UK are "thriving" despite having legally binding climate change agreements. He asks how future generations would accept a lack of action being taken.
He says: "They will ask us was it really too difficult to agree to a mechanism to measure and verify what you all signed up to?"
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All I am saying is that, instead of making excuses tomorrow to our children and grandchildren, we should be taking action against climate change today. What we're looking at is not difficult it is doable, and therefore we should come together and do it."
Labour MP compares David Cameron with Hitlerpublished at 17:40
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Labour MP Paul Flynn has compared David Cameron with Adolf Hitler over the prospects of military action in Syria. During a hearing of the Public Administration Committee, he said:
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Adolf Hitler in his final days ordered his general of the 12th Army to come in rescue him from his bunker because the Red Army were approaching. It's been said that not since then has a European leader been so deluded about a phantom army as the Prime Minister was last week when he invented this army of 70,000."
Last week, as he set out the case for extending air strikes against the so-called Islamic State group into Syria, the PM said there 70,000 "moderate" Free Syrian Army and Kurdish fighters on the ground who would be able to take and hold territory from IS.
Paul Flynn's comments were directed at Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock who told the Labour MP:
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I don't think it's reasonable or sensible to describe decisions being made by the prime minister in a way that correlates them to any decision made by Adolf Hitler."
Green MP: Jeremy Corbyn 'right' to give MPs free vote on Syriapublished at 17:29
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Reaction to Jeremy Hunt's statement on junior doctor strikespublished at 17:28
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Cancelled operations will not go ahead even if strike is called offpublished at 17:27
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Taking questions from the Commons about junior doctor strikes, Jeremy Hunt the health secretary, was asked if cancelled operations will take place if the planned strike for tomorrow is called off?
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Sadly I fear in the majority of cases, even if the strike is called off, which I hope it is, it will be too late to re-book people in tomorrow. We, in the NHS, will do everything we can to re-book people in as quickly as we can."
MPs 'to debate Syria bombing on Wednesday'published at 17:23
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There will be a debate on extending UK bombing against the so-called Islamic State group to Syria this Wednesday, the BBC's John Pienaar says.
Newsnight political editor off to ITVpublished at 17:20
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