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"We are ready to negotiate, in good faith, an alternative" Brexit agreement, says Mr Johnson, adding that he does not "accept the argument" that problems can only be solved by some or all of the UK remaining in the single market.

"The evidence is that other arrangements are possible," he states.

"We will throw ourselves into these negotiations with the greatest energy and determination," Mr Johnson adds, saying that he hopes the EU will "rethink" its current position on no re-negotiations.

"The chancellor has confirmed that all necessary funding will be made available," says Mr Johnson, referring to money required in a no-deal Brexit.

"It is about having a clear economic strategy for the UK in all scenarios," he states, adding that this is something the Conservative Party always does.

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Boris Johnson tells MPs there is "far too much negativity" about the future of the UK.

He says the country's future is "clean, green, prosperous, united".

He says his cabinet is committed to delivering Brexit, "whatever the circumstances", by the deadline of 31 October.

Mr Johnson adds that the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Theresa May has proved "unacceptable to this Parliament and this country".

Signing up to the current Irish border backstop plan would mean "signing away" the UK's "economic independence", he says.

He says adding a time limit to the backtop will not be enough, and the way to a deal "goes by the way of the abolition of the backstop".

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Mr Johnson says "it is useful to imagine the trajectory on which we could be embarked". He says it is possible that the UK could be the centre of a new trade network by 2050.

He says he wants to "unleash the productive power of the whole United Kingdom" and he wants to "close forever the whole productivity gap".

Mr Johnson says that the UK will be "the home" of electric vehicles and aeroplanes by 2050.

"We will be the seed bed for the most exciting" businesses in the planet, he states.

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Boris Johnson pays tribute to his predecessor Theresa May, who he says has left a "great legacy on which we shall all be proud to build".

He says his government will be committed to delivering Brexit on 31 October, and working towards making the UK the "greatest place on Earth".

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David Mundell says he wasn't surprised to be sacked as Scottish secretary by Boris Johnson.

He adds that his lack of support for Mr Johnson has been "well documented" but he would have been "prepared to work with him".

He says: "Mr Johnson made it clear he wanted a cabinet in his own mould. I’m clearly not in that mould."

Pastor Lorraine Jones spoke passionately about the need to address issues more pressing than Brexit, such as knife crime, child hunger, mental illness and housing. Appearing on the Victoria Derbyshire programme, she said communities most affected by these issues were not being heard.

Boris Johnson has been assembling his cabinet and, aside from the high-profile ministers, he will also rely on a number of key advisers behind the scenes.

One of the most eye-catching appointments is that of Dominic Cummings as senior adviser to the new prime minister.

Mr Cummings, who has a reputation for being quick-witted but also brash and outspoken, was previously an adviser to Michael Gove and campaign director for Vote Leave during the EU referendum.

The Oxford-educated 47-year old is credited with devising the Leave side's winning strategy, including coming up with its "Take back control" slogan.

Click here to find out more about Mr Cummings, as well as the other key advisers.

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Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz asks whether Dominic Cummings, one of the new prime minister's top advisers, will be given a parliamentary pass after MPs found him to be in contempt of Parliament.

In March, Mr Cummings was found to be in contempt of Parliament after he refused to give evidence to the Commons Culture Select Committee during its fake news inquiry.

Ms Vaz says: "Will he get a pass? Perhaps we need counsels' advice on this."

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The SNP's Commons business spokesman, Pete Wishart, describes Jacob Rees-Mogg as a "curious new leader of the House".

He says Mr Rees-Mogg should want a debate on Brexit now that "his ERG mates" are in charge of the government.

Mr Rees-Mogg replies that, on 5 September, the Commons will be back in session and there will be questions to Department for Exiting the EU ministers.

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Shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz says the first week of business after August recess "isn't exactly an energised list" of things for the Commons to do.

She welcomes Mr Rees-Mogg to his new job, warning that he now "has to actually try and get the business through" unlike his previous backbench work.

She asks if proroguing is still "on the menu". "He has not won the support of our country," she says of Boris Johnson, lamenting the lack of wider electoral support for the new government. She raises the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and asks for Boris Johnson to act.

Mr Rees-Mogg replies that "Parliament wants to know what's going on" and "there is limited time for debates" for the new government.

"There are mechanisms" for the opposition to hold the government to account, such as urgent questions, he states.

"We as a nation should always put our citizens' interests first", he says, referring to Nazanin's case.