Summary

  • Minister resigns over 'delays' to maximum stake for fixed-odds betting machines

  • MPs debated an urgent question on the matter this morning

  • MPs concluded debate on 2018 Budget during afternoon

  • They later approved series of motions authorising government spending plans

  • Legislation implementing Budget expected to be published next week

  • Lords debated social mobility and problem gambling

  1. Labour MP: 'This is a fantasy pre-Brexit Budget'published at 21:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Anna McMorrinImage source, HoC

    Labour MP Anna McMorrin says "this was a fantasy Budget today which lets our communities down, our country down and our people down."

    "Thousands of cash strapped families up and down the country know that austerity is still alive and strong," she says.

    Embedded in the Universal Credit system are "deliberate and unfair cuts".

    Ms McMorrin says the referendum result was "a protest against austerity and the poverty we see up and down the country", and calls for a so-called 'People's Vote' - another referendum of EU membership.

    "There will be no Brexit deal dividend, just chaos," she says.

    Anna McMorrin says "if the future government wants to protect future generations, green energy plans should have been at the forefront of this Budget", but, she says "the government keeps coming up short in this area again and again."

    "Brexit has swallowed up the Tories ability to plan for the future," she says.

  2. Labour MP: Stop blaming previous governmentspublished at 21:10 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget debate

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    Tonia AtoniazziImage source, HoC

    Labour MP Tonia Atoniazzi says the Chancellor's announcements today "will go an tiny way to alleviating the stresses...but there was so much more he should have done."

    She says there is "such an unfairness" in the Universal Credit system, stating that the £1bn announced for work allowances "is an insult when you consider that £12bn was cut in 2015".

    She says Waspi women have been failed again by the chancellor, and it is "disconcerting that the 1950s women are being brushed under the carpet", with nothing announced today concerning the campaign to receive compensation.

    "Eight years is more than enough to bed in," she says, calling on the government to stop blaming the last Labour government for their failures.

  3. Budget headlines in two minutespublished at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Politics Live presenter Andrew Neil goes through the key announcements from the chancellor in his 2018 Budget.

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  4. Tory MP: Cost-of-living measures 'will mean the most'published at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Paul MastertonImage source, HoC

    Conservative Paul Masterton says this was "an honest Budget" which "showed great promise for society in its policies, but also said there is a long way to go".

    Mr Masterton says he welcomes the further investment in Scotland, and hopes "at least £2bn of the £20.5bn being invested in the NHS over the next five years will go to Scotland".

    He says he welcomes the digital tax on tech giants, but says "it is vital that start up firms are not hindered by this."

    "I welcome the cost-of-living measures will mean the most to my constituents," he says.

    Mr Masterton thanks the government for listening to MPs on their concerns over Universal Credit and "acting in the public interest by increasing its funding".

  5. Newcastle MP says she's had to hold surgeries 'just on crime'published at 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget debate

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    chi onwurahImage source, HoC

    Labour MP Chi Onwurah says the PM's pledge to end austerity "went beyond callousness, adding insult to that most unjust of injuries".

    She says she has had to start holding surgeries "just on crime" in her constituency, such an impact have cuts to policing had. "Police are dealing with poverty and mental health issues, as well as online crime sexual exploitation and trafficking."

    "Austerity drained the lifeblood from our economy," she says, "it helped create the sense of isolation and abandonment in our towns."

    This, she says, is what led to Brexit, "is the prime minister claiming she'll bring an end to that too?"

  6. 'Opposition are glum because there's too much good news'published at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

    Helen WhatelyImage source, HoC

    Tory MP Helen Whately says "the Budget has reminded me how far we've come."

    "I will take no lessons about taxing the wealthy from the opposition," she says.

    Ms Whately says during the Chancellor's speech, members of the opposition front bench "were looking very glum" and that she thinks this is "because there was too much good news".

    She says the investment in improving our roads "will be welcomed across the country, and is well needed".

    The rise in the national lviing wage to over £8 next year will bring women onto higher incomes, she says.

    "When we have a strong economy, everyone should benefit," she says, "especially the lowest paid."

  7. How the budget affects you if you're youngpublished at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    It includes announcements on wages, mental health and universal credit. Here's what it means to you.

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  8. Budget is 'frankly too little, too late'published at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget debate

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    Colleen FletcherImage source, HoC

    Labour's Colleen Fletcher says pledges to end austerity are "frankly too little, too late".

    She says local democracy has been failed, with cuts restricting councils in her constituency's ability to provide services. In the NHS, "winter crises have become spring crises, summer crises and autumn crises," she says.

    She adds that cuts to welfare are "a tragic, tragic waste of talent", as many claiming benefits are just in need of a little further support.

  9. Business rates relief for small businesses 'will help keep high street alive'published at 20:39 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget Debate

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    Rebecca PowImage source, HoC

    Conservative MP Rebecca Pow says nationally "1,000 jobs are being created every day, and unemployment is at a record low."

    She says the country's finances "still do need a careful handling", but that today the Chancellor "has demonstrated the country's finances are in a safe pair of hands".

    Ms Pow says she is "pleased" with the Chancellor's focus on productivity including "investment in skills, investment in transport and investment in infrastructure".

    She says she has "high hopes" that the new broadband which is being piloted in rural areas "will greatly benefit the South West".

    The business rates relief for small businesses "is really genuinely welcome and will help to keep our high streets alive", she says.

    Rebecca Pow says she's just met Alan Titchmarsh downstairs "and he's absolutely delighted that there's going to be a £60m investment in growing more trees".

  10. 'I can't hold out much hope on police funding'published at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget debate

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    Maria EagleImage source, HoC

    Labour's Maria Eagle says MPs expected to see "the end of austerity made real", but the Chancellor only suggested it is coming to an end, which, she says, surely means it will still continue for years to come.

    "The Chancellor would have to find another £19bn for austerity to be over on the narrowest definition".

    She says Tory Brexit plans "are likely to inflict a massive economic shock", but suggests the Chancellor has "dodged dealing with Brexit uncertainties by completely ignoring them."

    "I can't hold out too much hope for extra money for our police," she says, despite repeatedly raising concerns about the situation in her constituency, including a rise in gun crime in Liverpool.

    She calls for whatever deal the government brings back from Brussels to be put to the country "in a People's Vote".

  11. More money will be spent on Universal Credit than previous systempublished at 20:29 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Chris PhilpImage source, HoC

    Conservative MP Chris Philp says the last eight years have been a "slow, painstaking and methodical effort which is now having great results".

    He says 80% of the three million jobs which have been created are full time jobs.

    "To anyone who was concerned about Universal Credit, they should take great comfort that more money will be spent on the new system than the old system."

    He says income inequality is "almost as low now as it was in 2010", and the increase in the minimum wage is "something we should be proud of".

  12. Budget worth an additional £320m for NIpublished at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Philip Hammond also confirms £2m one-off payment to help rejuvenate Belfast after the Primark fire.

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  13. Budget 'blows Brexit doom and gloom out the water'published at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    Budget debate

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    Sammy WilsonImage source, HoC

    DUP MP Sammy Wilson says "despite the doom and gloom" predicted, it's pleasing that the Chancellor was "able to blow out the water" all the warnings made ahead of the EU referendum.

    He says he is happy in respect of Northern Ireland, "the city deal will have a great impact", but he adds that he's disappointed that progress hasn't been made on reducing VAT.

    He says he thinks Universal Credit is a good policy, but it's important it doesn't become a "botched policy", so is pleased measures are being taken to improve the roll out. He says it's important it doesn't fail because of insufficient funding.

  14. Tory MP: 'We must be honest and sort out Universal Credit'published at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Heidi AllenImage source, HoC

    Conservative MP Heidi Allen says she does not "share the enthusiasm of a Brexit deal dividend" and can think of "better ways" to spend this money.

    She says she "worries that the announcements will only fix the symptoms and not the cause".

    "We must be honest and sort out Universal Credit and we must deal with the five week initial wait - that is what will cut the numbers using food banks," she says.

    She says: "There is still much much to do to get Universal Credit right.

    "While I am pleased with the Chancellor's investment in Universal Credit today, I am worried that this will not keep it out of the headlines, or keep families out of poverty."

  15. Labour: Tory 'obsession with privatization continues'published at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Chris WilliamsonImage source, HoC

    Labour MP Chris Williamson says "the mess" caused by Universal Credit "is not funny at all".

    He says "we have seen 500 children centers closing, a double in the number of people rough sleeping, and the social care needs are not being met for hundreds of older citizens."

    Conservative backbenchers "should be ashamed and themselves and not laughing", he says, "more and more people are dying because of strains on our NHS service, and the amount being invested is nowhere near enough."

    He calls the absence of investment in police services "pathetic" and says his reference to "a jobs miracle" is a laugh when "people are worse off now than they were in 2010".

    Mr Williamson calls for "a return of the spirit of 1945", as the "obsession with privatization continues".

    "We need to see a government that's prepared to invest in our economy, instead of borrowing for failure."

  16. BBC editors on the 2018 Budgetpublished at 20:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    After the chancellor and Labour leader addressed the Commons, Andrew Neil hears from Laura Kuenssberg, Simon Jack, and Kamal Ahmed.

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  17. Tory MP calls for 'rethink' on policy allowing shops to be turned into housingpublished at 20:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Dame GillianImage source, HoC

    Tory MP Dame Cheryl Gillian says to spend £110bn more without increasing taxes is "a fantastic trick, and attributed to the fantastic economy of this country".

    She welcomes personal allowances, the freezing of fuel duty and the news that large digital companies will be paying their tax that is due.

    Dame Gillian says turning a small shop into valuable housing in a small village "really removed valuable services from small communities that they need so badly", and she calls on the Chancellor to "rethink this policy".

  18. Labour: 'Pathetic' for Chancellor to make judgement on spending post-Brexitpublished at 20:02 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Chris LeslieImage source, HoC

    Labour MP Chris Leslie says the line in the OBR that says "the decision in the EU referendum to leave the EU has caused a lack of growth in the economy" is an "understatement".

    Mr Leslie says: "Britain deserves a better relationship with the EU than the one it looks like we are going to end up with."

    "It is pathetic to think that the Chancellor can make a judgement on spending going forwards when he doesn't have a clue what is going to happen after March," he says.

    He says the only way we can ensure a better future is "to let the people decide with a so-called 'People's Vote'."

  19. Local councils should have more support for high street regenerationpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The Budget

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    Nigel MillsImage source, HoC

    Conservative MP Nigel Mills says "we have to be realistic that a few glossy plans drawn up by the council won't be achieved unless local councils have more support for high street regeneration."

    "That is the only way we can prevent the decline," he says.

    Mr Mills says additional funds to schools are "welcome", but he is "not particularly sure that a one off payment will go down particularly well".

    He says that investment in sorting potholes and "making our roads more manageable" is "always greatly appreciated".

  20. Will Hammond's Budget save the High Street?published at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2018

    The chancellor tries to level the playing field for the High Street in the face of threats from tech giants.

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