The Prime Minister’s Questions before an economic statement is usually rather pointless, with both party leaders going through the motions. But this isn’t a usual week, and so Jeremy Corbyn had genuinely important questions to ask Theresa May, and the answers mattered far more than anything Philip Hammond will say shortly.
Naturally, Corbyn didn’t exactly rise to the occasion, delivering his questions as though he’d read them for the first time. But his final demand of the Prime Minister was important: he asked her to tell MPs what her plan was now. May had told the Chamber that because her voice was still coming out as a croak, her answers would be somewhat shorter than usual. She didn’t promise to give somewhat better answers, though, and in keeping with that, her response was merely that the House was going to express its view today and tomorrow.
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