As it happened: Prime Minister's Questions

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Prime Minister's Questions
Leaders clash over public sector pay
Corbyn says Tories 'floundering'
May says Labour would 'bankrupt UK'

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Jackie Storer and Alex Hunt

May targets Labour's economic recordpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Corbyn: Government is 'recklessly exploiting' public servantspublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn says the pay cap is causing "real shortages" and "hardship" among nurses and teachers.
Quoting one teacher, he says: "What we are doing is recklessly exploiting the goodwill of public servants like David - they need a pay rise."
Father in the Housepublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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PM: I understand the strength of feeling over public sector paypublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Replying to Mr Corbyn, the PM said she understood why people felt strongly about their pay.
Three pay review bodies had reported for NHS doctors, dentists, nurses and the Armed forces, and the government accepted the recommendations in all of these cases in March, she said.
Firefighters are not subject to these pay review bodies, she said.
Watch: Corbyn attacks May on public sector paypublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Pic: Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon follow proceedingspublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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'Nothing new' from May on public sector paypublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Corbyn: Ministers 'flip flopping' on public sector paypublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accuses the government of "flip flopping and floundering" over the public sector pay cap.
He said reports yesterday suggested that firefighters would receive a 2% pay rise this year and 3% next year.
"Can you confirm if the public sector pay cap will remain for all other public servants until 2020?" he asked the prime minister.
Watch: Corbyn wishes people a happy Pride monthpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Watch: The first question, on deportation threatpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Pic: Jeremy Corbyn focuses on public service pay cappublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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PM: Outlaw extremism 'that poison's people's minds'published at 12:09 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Conservative James Morris calls on the government to help rebuild Iraq. Theresa May sets out details of military action in the region and adds that British troops have helped train Iraqi personal, adding that the UK must also work in Iraq and internationally to ensure "that the hateful ideology of extremism is not able to poison people's minds".
May: FGM is 'abhorrent activity' that 'should not be taking place'published at 12:05 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Prime Minister's Questions began with a question from SNP Hannah Bardell who raised a question about a domestic abuse case involving female genital mutilation.
Theresa May says the issue of FGM is an "abhorrent activity and should not be taking place".
Pic: Theresa May gets Prime Minister's Questions under waypublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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The PM begins by noting the anniversaries of the creation of the NHS and the 999 service
Grenfell Tower inquiry chair launches consultationpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
The retired Court of Appeal judge who will lead the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has launched a consultation into the terms of reference the probe will cover.
Anyone can submit written views online or in writing which will be considered by Sir Martin Moore-Bick before he makes a recommendation to the prime minister.
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I am determined to establish the causes of the tragedy, and ensure that the appropriate lessons are learnt. To do this, the inquiry will need to examine all relevant circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower, in order to understand its causes and prevent such a tragedy ever happening again."
Pic: Chancellor arrives for PMQspublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Public sector pay cap likely to be debated in PMQspublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Angry exchange on student voter fraud accusationspublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Conservative Sir Henry Bellingham raises reports that "students boasted about voting twice" in the election, which Cabinet Office Minister Chris Skidmore says is "completely unacceptable".
Labour's John Spellar angrily objects, saying that this was one or two cases and to suggest otherwise is "out of the Trump playbook".
He tells Sir Henry he should be "ashamed of himself".
Not everyone has gone 'smart casual'published at 11:53 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Watch: Serving up the PM's weekpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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