Theresa May's claim that "austerity is ending" has been met with laughter by MPs as she clashed with Jeremy Corbyn over the Budget.
Describing it as a "broken promise Budget", the Labour leader demanded to know why the prime minister had not pledged an end the benefit freeze.
But Ms May hit back as she ridiculed Labour's internal divisions over John McDonnell's decision to back the tax cuts for higher earners outlined by Philip Hammond on Monday.
Greg Clark, the business secretary, has told the Commons that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government would be a "nightmare" on Downing Street.
Speaking during the debate on the Budget, he said:
"Just at a time when we need a national determination to invest in future business success through a long-term approach, we have an opposition whose would-be chancellor describes business as the real enemy.
"You will be trapped in a nightmare economy where the state, at a stroke, goes one-third of a trillion pounds into debt and in which the would-be government fully expects a run on the pound and capital flight.
"Whatever the uncertainties of Brexit, time and again businesses tell me that their biggest nightmare would be the leader of the opposition and the shadow chancellor in Downing Street."
FULL STORY: Theresa May refuses to back US calls for Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen
Theresa May refuses to back US calls for Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen
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Jeremy Corbyn's has condemned the government for refusing to back US calls for a ceasefire in Yemen. His spokesman said:
"It's quite clear that the prime minister is not supporting the call for an urgent ceasefire by the US administration, which has called for a ceasefire within 30 days."
"It highlights the role the British government has played in supporting the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of Yemen and the advice given to the Saudi military by British forces"
Philip Hammond appeared slightly bemused during PMQs when it was suggested that he had delivered a "Brexit dividend Budget"...
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Simon Hoare, a Conservative backbencher, raises a point of order about Ishmael Osamor, son of Labour frontbencher Kate Osamor.
Mr Osamor recently admitted being in possession of £2,500 worth of drugs at a music festival. He has a parliamentary pass because he works for his mother as a communications officer.
John Bercow says it is a matter for him and promises to "discharge my responsibilities on the subject" and "deal with it sensibly".
Tory MP Philip Davies asks why government spending on aid will increase faster than investment in public services, saying "the vast majority of British people think that warped priority is crazy crackers".
May says it is right that the UK maintains its aid spending and continues to meet the 0.7 of GNI international target.
And with that, after 50 minutes, PMQs is over for another week.
Streatham MP Chuka Umunna asks about the Black Cultural Archives in Lambeth. He says that, unlike national institutions such as the National Gallery and the British Museum, which get over 40 per cent of their funding from the government, the BCA currently receives none and is at threat of closure. He asks May to explain this "differential treatment" and to "right this wrong".
May says there is a difference between those considered to be national museums and other institutions. She says she will ask ministers to look into the matter.
Former home secretary Amber Rudd asks about a business in her Hastings and Rye constituency that is worried about access to the single market after Brexit. She asks Theresa May to ensure that her Brexit plans include
"protecting investment and jobs all over the country",
May says "the plan we have set out is a plan that recognises the importance of protecting jobs in this country".
Labour's Chris Ruane asks Theresa May why rough sleeping has increased by 286 per cent on her watch.
May says she recognises the need to take action and has published a strategy for this, including initial funding of £100m.
Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell says the UK should use its UN security council position to push for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen.
Ms May says the UK "backs the US calls for de-escalation" but that a "nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it's unpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties".
Labour's Lilian Greenwood asks about the independent inquiry into historic sexual abuse. She says survivors need help now and calls for money to be made available to provide support and encourage others to come forward.
May says she will look into it.
The SNP's Ian Blackford asks May to guarantee the supply of medicines in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
The prime minister says she is working for a good deal but that all departments are making contingency arrangements for a no-deal outcome.
Mr Blackford asks why the government has started a process of stockpiling medicines "at the cost of tens of millions of pounds. He says Ms May must "wake up to the real harm her Brexit policies could cause to patients".
He says the government is in a "blind panic trying to cover up for a blind Brexit".
Ms May says money for no-deal planning was made available last year and that government departments are making the "responsible contingency decisions that any government department would make".
Jeremy Corbyn calls on May to apologise for her "broken promise" that she will end austerity, saying "she has failed to do that".
May responds by trumpeting her own record on tackling "burning injustices", saying she introduced the Modern Slavery Act, stopped mentally ill people being held in police cells and introduced the race disparity audit.
"Under the Conservatives the hard work of the British people is paying off", she adds.
Jeremy Corbyn says the benefits freeze takes £1.5bn from 10 million low- and middle-income households, saying for them "there is no end to austerity".
He says Labour would end the benefits freeze and asks May to confirm that there are still £5bn of welfare cuts to come during this Parliament.
May says the government is helping people on low incomes by freezing fuel duty and cutting income tax.
She says if Corbyn wants to help working people he should vote in favour of the Budget.
May says Corbyn on Monday called the government's planned tax cuts "frittering money away on ideological tax cuts", but that Labour has since said it will support them.
Corbyn says the warning of further cuts comes from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, including a £4.1bn cut to departmental budgets. He says austerity is not ending and adds:
"The reality is this was a broken promise Budget and she knows it."
He asks why the Budget included no investment in neighbourhood policing. May says the government has already invested in the police.
Jeremy Corbyn is up. He also mentions the Pittsburgh attack, which he says was "disgusting, depraved and appalling".
The Labour leader says that if he was a prison governor, a local government leader or a head teacher, he would be preparing for "more difficult years ahead". He asks Theresa May if she thinks that analysis is wrong.
May says the Budget proved that austerity is ending, saying this is about "continuing to bring debt down and put more into our public services".
Theresa May begins by paying tribute to the victims of the antisemitic attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, which killed 11 people.
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