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The chancellor says that Labour lost control of the country's finances "as they always do" and he said it was left to the Conservatives to reduce the debt.

He said it is now at 1.1% of GDP.

"Labour left behind a bankrupt Britain and we fixed it."

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The Speaker has interrupted Sajid Javid for a second time within the first five minutes of his spending review statement to stop him from mentioning subjects "tangential" to the focus - namely, Brexit.

John Bercow said it was "unseemly" of the chancellor to veer away from the topic of spending in an attempt to criticise Labour over its approach to Brexit.

"I say what I say with a heavy heart," he said.

"There is a procedure to statements of this kind, and it bothers me greatly that the right honourable gentleman... seems to be veering into matters unrelated to the spending round upon which he is focused."

"I must ask the chancellor to adjust his remarks from his prepared text so that he focuses on that which he should focus."

"No-one be he ever so high is going to tell me what the procedure in the House of Commons are," he added.

Social media was buzzing with creative responses when Leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg was caught slouching across the front bench.

See the best in our round-up.

Reality Check

If you're trying to keep a tally, the Treasury says that the £2bn for general Brexit planning next year is in addition to the £2.1bn that Boris Johnson previously allocated for no-deal Brexit preparations.

Add that to the £4.2bn previously put towards Brexit preparations under Theresa May's government and you have a grand total of £8.3bn.

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Margot James, who was a Conservative MP until she had the whip withdrawn for rebelling against the government last night, asks the PM to bear in mind: "Advisers advise. Ministers decide" in relation to his own adviser, Dominic Cummings, who has come in for some criticism.

Mr Johnson does not mention his adviser by name, saying only: "Be in no doubt that we are deciding on a policy to take this country forward - not backwards."

The chancellor has kicked things off by announcing a further £2bn in funding to help to make Brexit happen.

"Deal or no deal, I'm confident that our best days lie ahead," he says.

Chancellor Sajid Javid begins by discussing Brexit - and is told his comments are "out of order" by the Speaker, who calls on him to focus on the spending plans - and nothing else.

Chancellor Sajid Javid is unveiling the Conservatives' spending plan for the coming year.

He said his plan will build a safer, healthier and better educated Britain, "turning a new page" on austerity.

Before getting into the details, however, he reiterated the government's plan to make Brexit happen.

"In the end, a strong economy can only be built on the foundation of a successful democracy."

BBC Radio 5 Live

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Conservative MP Ben Bradley has been speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the House of Commons, who was accused of being contemptuous for reclining across the seats in the chamber last night.

"Those who know the House of Commons know that there are speakers in the back of the chairs, and the only way to listen to the speakers in the back of the chairs is to slouch," he said.

"Because they’re kind of midriff height, they’re at rib height and you can’t actually, a lot of the time, hear in the House of Commons. I couldn’t hear a lot of the debate yesterday."

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Still on Brexit, Labour's Liz McInnes asks Mr Johnson to "stop the relentless posturing and listen to the CBI [business lobby group] and work to protect vital businesses".

Mr Johnson says it's a "bit rich" when Labour has said "business is the enemy".

He advises her to listen to her constituency [Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester] which voted to leave the EU.

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Tory MP Sir Roger Gale asks a question about UK nationals living in the EU - and whether the PM can guarantee their pensions, their right to live in EU countries, and their right to move freely around the continent.

The PM responds: "It is at the top of our concerns with all our EU friends and partners."

He adds: "The offer we have made [to EU nationals in the UK] must be respected and reciprocated."

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Labour MP Vernon Coaker says Boris Johnson voted against former PM Theresa May's government multiple times without losing the whip - but when 21 MPs in his party voted against his government yesterday, he removed the whip from them.

Does that, Mr Coaker asks, show that the PM believes there is "one rule for him and one rule for everyone else?".

Mr Johnson avoids answering the question.

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Former attorney general Dominic Grieve asks the prime minister to explain the reasons for prorogation (suspension of Parliament).

Mr Johnson says he hesitates to advise his learned friend about legal proceedings, but points to the morning's judgement in Scotland in which a judge rejected a bid to have Mr Johnson's prorogation plan declared unlawful.

You can read more about it here.

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Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative MP for Moray asks a question about Donald Trump's trade war tariffs - and whether Mr Johnson will speak to the US president about not putting tariffs on Scottish whisky, which Mr Ross says is an industry that employs "hundreds of thousands of people around the UK".

Mr Johnson says: "We have made this point repeatedly to our friends around the world."

He adds that "of course once we leave the EU" Scotch whisky will have the chance to benefit "from global trade deals".

Reality Check

The prime minister says Jeremy Corbyn wants to spend £1bn a month on delaying Brexit (in EU payments). That same figure was used by the foreign secretary yesterday, but it does not include money paid back by the EU for grants for farmers, for example.

You can Reality Check's full analysis here