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Jeremy Corbyn turns to car manufacturing specifically, which he says is threatened by the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

He also references Ford's decision to close down a factory in south Wales.

In her reply, Theresa May says the closure of the Bridgend plant is "very worrying".

But she says the Labour leader has increased the chances of a no-deal Brexit by voting against her deal.

At last week's PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn's regular understudy Emily Thornberry was replaced with an alternative stand-in - shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey. This led some observers to suggest Ms Thornberry had been frozen out because she'd been openly critical of the Labour leadership's Brexit stance.

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Jeremy Corbyn says there are fewer people working in manufacturing, and uptake of apprenticeships is down.

The prime minister replies that the point of the strategy is to plan for the "jobs of the future", and points to recent announcements of investment in the tech sector.

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At PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn also pays tribute to the Grenfell Tower fire victims, along with Holocaust victim Anne Frank, who would have been 90 this month.

He says there is "much more to do" to ensure people live in safe homes.

For his first question, he says the country is "in crisis" over Brexit, and asks whether the government has actually delivered an industrial strategy.

The prime minister also pays tribute to Anne Frank, and says it is important to "do everyhting we can in the fight against anti-Semtism".

He says the government's industrial and regional strategies are "making a real difference".

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PMQs are now under way - starting eight minutes late - and Theresa May begins by paying tribute to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, which was two years ago this month.

The government is committed to learning "all we can" to ensure a similar tragedy is not repeated, she says.

Ruth Davidson, of course, is the leader of the Scottish Conservatives and Ms Sturgeon's political rival.

Away from leadership matters, the other big story today is Labour's attempt to take over Parliamentary business with the aim of blocking a no-deal Brexit. Lib Dem leader Vince Cable is fully on board.

Boris Johnson has said he is "not aiming for a no-deal outcome" for Brexit at the launch of his campaign for the Tory leadership.

But he said leaving no deal on the table was a "vital tool of negotiation" and the UK "must do better than the current withdrawal agreement".

"Delay means defeat, delay means Corbyn," he said, saying the UK must leave the EU on 31 October.

At Wednesday's launch, the former foreign secretary - who quit over Mrs May's Brexit policy - said it was "right for our great country to prepare" for a no-deal outcome.

He said any delay to Brexit will "further alienate not just our natural supporters but anyone who believes that politicians should deliver on their promises".

And he warned his party it would "kick the bucket" if it went into the next election having failed to carry the mandate given to it by the British people.

Read more here.

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A busy day in politics continues, as in a moment Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head for Prime Minister's Questions.

This will be Mrs May's first PMQs since announcing her decision to step down.

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The speech was classic Boris Johnson - a real pick-me-up performance calling for courage and conviction.

But there was no clarity on what his Brexit plan might be or how he might go about putting together a new deal that the EU would be prepared to negotiate on.

He did say he would keep no deal on the table though, and said it was "astonishing" Theresa May had taken it off.

We did get the character question too - a blunt one about the remark he had made about Muslim women wearing the burka looking like letterboxes.

He knew those questions were coming, and his answer was to say that he was plain speaking, and that people like it when you don't shield everything in carefully calibrated phrases.

It seemed to me that this was a man absolutely not apologising for how he does politics.

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But at the launch of his leadership campaign, Boris Johnson says the UK "must" leave the EU in October - and must prepare for the possibility of no deal. Read more.

Asked if he will commit to resign if he does not meet the 31 October deadline for Brexit, Mr Johnson does not give a direct answer.

He says: "I understand colleagues in Parliament have very strong views [but] our job is to engage with everybody.

"Our job is to point out the real existential threat that faces both parties if we fail to get this thing done...

"If we now block it we will reap the whirlwind - we will face mortal retribution from the electorate."

He says he will "not pretend everything is going to be plain sailing", but he believes that "maturity and sense of duty will prevail" to get Brexit done.

Asked about his previous reported comment that he said "f*** business" and its worries about Brexit, Mr Johnson says: "If you look at my record as a campaigner and politician, I don't think there is anyone in the modern Conservative Party who has done more to stick up for business." There's some murmuring of agreement from supporters in the room at that.

He says that after the crash in 2008, "there was a feeding frenzy on financial services in London" and he thought that was "a disastrous approach".

He adds: "I will stick up for every business in this country."