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Mr Corbyn says when Labour controls local councils, taxpayers pay on average £350 less than in Tory-run areas. He says councils are "losing out now" before the new funding formulas even take effect and that the government continues to "underfund" local services.

Mrs May says that the government was left with the biggest peacetime deficit in the country's history when Conservatives took office in 2010.

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The Labour leader says half a million more children have entered relative poverty under this government.

He says central plans for local authority funding will "make poorer areas even poorer".

The prime minister says the funding formula for councils is being made "fairer".

She adds that people who want to pay less council tax and receive better-run local services should vote for the Conservatives.

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Mr Corbyn says homelessness is three times higher in Swindon than in Surrey and says two-thirds of councils do not have the money they need to adhere to the Homelessness Reduction Act.

Mrs May replies that the government is taking action to give families more money in their pockets - through freezing fuel duty and delivering tax cuts.

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Jeremy Corbyn says £1,000 per household has been cut from councils with the highest levels of child poverty.

He compares spending in Surrey and Swindon, and asks why the former receives higher levels of funding than the latter.

Theresa May replies that average spending power is higher in the most deprived local authorities compared to the least deprived.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says that today is the 21st anniversary of the Belfast Agreement. He describes it as a "crucial breakthrough" in finding peace for Northern Ireland.

Nine of the ten most deprived areas in the country have received worse cuts to their local council budgets, he says.

Mrs May says the agreement was an "important moment" in the history of peace in Northern Ireland.

"Actually councils do have more money available this year," she says, "a real terms increase".

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Opening PMQs, Theresa May makes a short comment on the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which she says is a "shameful scar" on British history.

Theresa May has arrived in the Commons chamber, and Prime Minister's Questions will be getting under way very shortly.

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The DUP's Nigel Dodds says everybody wants to see a deal agreed with the EU.

He adds that he is pleased to hear members of the government are saying changes to the backstop need to be made.

Karen Bradley says that the withdrawal agreement is a "fair and balanced" way for the UK to leave the EU while respecting the Belfast agreement. She adds that the only Brexit motion that received majority support in the Commons was one that proposed the backstop be replaced.

Stephen Barclay blames Parliament for the delays to Brexit.

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The PM will not, however, be the first member of the government to take questions from the despatch box today.

That will be Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley, who is due in the Commons shortly for a scheduled departmental question session.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of another busy day in British politics.

Theresa May will head to Brussels later for an emergency summit where she will ask EU leaders to postpone Brexit beyond this Friday, until 30 June.

European Council President Donald Tusk has urged them to consider a longer flexible extension of up to a year - with conditions.

The action will get underway from 16.00 BST, when the leaders will start arriving. The summit itself will begin at 17.00 BST, and could go late into the evening.

First though the prime minister will be in the House of Commons to face Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Theresa May seeks the French leader's support to postpone the UK's Brexit date ahead of EU summit.

The debate on Brexit has finished, and MPs are now holding a general debate about housing.

That's where we leave our live coverage from the Commons for today, but do join us tomorrow, when Theresa May will face Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions.

The encounter will come before the PM travels to Brussels for the EU leaders' summit where she is due to ask for Article 50 to be extended until 30 June.

However you can carry on watching the actions from the Commons using the live streams above. The House of Lords has adjourned.

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MPs have overwhelmingly approved the motion authorising the prime minister to request a Brexit delay until 30 June, by 420 votes to 110.

After a meeting in Berlin earlier with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Theresa May is now in Paris holding talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.

The PM is urging both to back her request to delay Brexit again until 30 June ahead of an emergency EU summit tomorrow.

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With the debate having finished, MPs are now voting on the government motion to authorise the PM to seek a Brexit delay until 30 June.

No amendments were selected by Speaker John Bercow, so this will be a straight vote on approving or rejecting the motion.

The result is expected in around 10 to 15 minutes.

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Lib Dem Brexit spokesman Tom Brake says an extension to 30 June is not long enough to allow another referendum to take place.

He says this would require "an extension to September at the very least".

Mr Brake calls on the PM to accept a longer extension if it is offered tomorrow, saying it will "save her a lot of embarrassment" down the line.