PMQs live: Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn back after week's break

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Martin Coulter15 November 2017

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are set to face off in the first PMQs for a fortnight.

The party leaders have not faced each other in the last two weeks, in which time Ms May has seen considerable losses from her cabinet.

Questions on Brexit, the roll-out of Universal Credit and rising employment statistics are expected.

An urgent question is set to be asked by Kate Hoey MP on the alleged Zimbabwe coup.

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Speaker John Bercow hushes "unacceptable" shouting and jeering in the Commons -"Each side must be allowed to be heard." 

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May points to the deficit, wages, income inequality, unemployment as all being "down under the Conservatives, up under Labour".

"He's planning a run on the pound, we're building a Britain for the future." 

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"We are the Government and he is the Opposition", Ms May retorts. 

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One Labour MP shouts at Theresa May: "He'll be in your position soon the way you're going!"

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Corbyn asks if the PM thinks it is right to put "thousands of families through the trauma" of Universal Credit over the Christmas period.

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Theresa May returns: "We absolutely take what happened - the appalling tragedy - at Grenfell Tower seriously...We continue to support Kensington and Chelsea Council in supporting the victims of this tragedy. We want to make sure homes are fit for people living there."

She says some authorities are fitting sprinklers but there are other measures. "Labour Haringey Council rejected calls to install sprinklers", as did Labour-controlled Lewisham and Lambeth councils

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"There are now 11,000 fewer firefighters...Last year, deaths in fires increased by 20 per cent. In the wake of the Grenfell fire, the PM said money would be no object to fire safety. Will she pay for the retrofitting of sprinklers in all blocks?"

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Jeremy Corbyn says he hopes the Government is offering all available aid to those affected by the Iran/Iraq earthquake and pays tribute to the recently deceased Welsh Labour politician Carl Sargeant.

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A question on housing and infrastructure investment from Tory MP Tom Tugendhat. May says "This government is building a country for the future."

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Theresa May opens by congratulating the Queen and Prince Philip on their upcoming platinum wedding anniversary on Monday: "I know the whole House will wish them the very best."

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