Politics Live: Brexit latest

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Downing Street drop plans to curb Lords powers
Retail sales rose at fastest rate for 14 years in October
Conservative MPs join forces with opposition parties to urge ministers to pause disability benefit cuts set to be introduced next April.
Ed Balls says Bank of England's independence should be curbed

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Jackie Storer and Alex Hunt

Temperatures rise as Corbyn attacks ministerspublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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The temperature rises inside the chamber as a fired-up Jeremy Corbyn asks his final question.
He attacks several cabinet members, including International Development Secretary Priti Patel (saying she does not believe in overseas aid), Chancellor Phillip Hammond (claiming he has no fiscal plan) and the PM herself, saying she is not prepared to answer questions on Brexit.
"We need a better answer than she has given us," he says.
Mrs May defends each minister in turn, with a final sting in the tail for Mr Corbyn - "a leader of the opposition incapable of leading" she calls him.
Watch: 'Calm yourself, man!'published at 12:21 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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May: Corbyn 'not up to the job'published at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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How many extra civil servants will be needed for the Brexit process, asks the Labour leader.
The PM praises her "excellent" Brexit secretary, David Davis, who is sitting next to his fellow cabinet minister Liam Fox, and turns her fire on Labour.
"They talk, we act," she says.
"They posture, we deliver."
Mr Corbyn, she adds, is "not up to the job".
"That was exciting, wasn't it," the Labour leader says over the shouts of rowdy MPs.
Corbyn strikes out at justice secretarypublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Watch: UK to trade 'with other parts of the world'published at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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A 'titanic success'published at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Corbyn presses PM on Brexit planpublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson featured in the Labour leader's line of questioning
Mr Corbyn has more fun mentioning Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, recalling his claim that Brexit would be a "titanic success". He then urges the PM to set out the government's Brexit plan, following yesterday's consultant's memo - dismissed by Downing Street - which claimed there wasn't one.
"Yes we do have a plan," replies the PM, triggering cheers from the opposition benches. It is to deliver the best possible trading arrangements, migration controls, and free trade agreements around the world.
Mr Corbyn's not having that. "The government is making a total shambles of Brexit," he says.
UK out of European customs union?published at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Brexit plan reactionpublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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'We do have a Brexit plan'published at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Watch: PM offers condolences to Croydon tram crash victimspublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Corbyn opens with Brexit talks and Boris questionpublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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It's Jeremy Corbyn's turn to question the PM, and he echoes her tribute to the Croydon crash victims before moving on to an antipicated announcement on the right of Chagos Islanders to return to their home (the Guardian , externalis reporting they will not be given the right to resettle).
He then moves on to Boris Johnson's apparently colourful comments on Brexit - will the UK leave the customs union?
Mrs May thinks Mr Corbyn is "trying to get two issues in there", adding that the government wants the "best possible deal".
Prime Minister's Questions under waypublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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We're up and running in the Commons. Theresa May pays tribute to the victims of the Croydon tram crash, in which seven people died.
Conservative MP Wendy Morton gets things under way with an invitation to welcome the latest employments figures.
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Value for money?published at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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The DUP's Gregory Campbell asks how the department will ensure "proper value for money" for the taxpayers and what accountability mechanisms are in place.
Priti Patel says he is right to ask the question.
She says her department will champion value for money because "every pound not spent in the right way" hinders poverty reduction.
The great repealpublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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PMQs: What to expectpublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said Donald Trump's election could be a hot topic, saying Theresa May "agreed with much of Donald Trump's analysis" on the "left behind" people of the last 20 years.
Hussein: thousands in Iraq will be exposed to freezing temperaturespublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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Shadow minister Imran Hussain tells MPs that as winter creeps in across Iraq the thousands fleeing Mosul will be exposed to temperatures below zero.
He says this would be "the worst time" for the UN to experience a funding shortfall and seeks a guarantee that the UK will meet their humanitarian obligations.
Priti Patel gives him that guarantee and adds that the UK was first in terms of pledging funds prior to the Mosul operation being launched.
PMQs: Who's asking the questionspublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
We're moments away from PMQs, so here's a reminder of who - as well as Jeremy Corbyn and Angus Robertson - will be posing the questions.
Q1 Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Q2 Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East)
Q3 Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton)
Q4 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts)
Q5 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)
Q6 Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay)
Q7 Stephen Gethins (North East Fife)
Q8 Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire)
Q9 Judith Cummins (Bradford South)
Q10 Lisa Nandy (Wigan)
Q11 Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South)
Q12 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds)
Q13 George Kerevan (East Lothian)
Q14 Albert Owen (Ynys Môn)
Q15 James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East)
Watch: 'We want to know more about government Brexit stance'published at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
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'Great confidence in the economy'published at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2016
The Employment Minister Damian Hinds has said the latest labour market statistics show "great confidence in the economy" as the country prepares to leave the European Union. Britain, he said, was "still the same outward-facing, bold, ambitious, internationally-connected country it has always been".
Mr Hinds said: "It's another strong set of employment figures. Unemployment (is) at a ten year low at 4.8%. We've seen falls in long-term unemployment. We know there's a lot more work to be done, but also there are a lot of opportunities out there. There are three-quarters of a million vacancies."