Stay tuned for live coverage of PMQs from 1200.
1159: Should be kicking off soon. You can watch proceedings live here.
1202: And here we go. Brown starts with the usual condolences for fallen British servicemen – and adds a tribute for the late Labour MP, David Taylor.
1204: Brian Donohoe asks for an update on the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. Brown lists new security measures, and says that he’s looking to better coordinate intelligence efforts.
1206: Cameron now. He adds condolences for British servicemen and David Taylor.
1207: The Tory leader starts with our debt problem. He lists international organisations – the OECD etc. – which have warned about Britain’s debt.
1208: Predictable response from Brown, saying that British debt is still lower as a percentage of GDP than US, Japan, France, Germany etc. That ignores how quickly British debt has exploded and that we’re going to overtake some of those countries soon.
1209: Plenty of laughs from the Tory benches when Brown says that the Government has got a fiscal responsibility plan. Ludicrously, Brown says that it includes the 50p tax rate – which will most likely lose money for the Exchequer. But there’s a sting when he adds that the Tories support this.
1210: Brown quips that Cameron’s “year of change” is all about the Tory leader changing his mind on policy – a nod to the confusion over married tax allowances on Monday. It’s pretty poor from Brown, but he seems on punchy form.
1210: Brown and Cameron are now trading quotes on the public finances. The IMF, Alistair Darling, and so on and so on.
1212: Brown refers to the Tories’ marriage policy again – seems he wants to go heavy on this. Claims it will cost £4+ billion, which IDS has already said needn’t be the case.
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