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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Politics
Benjamin Kentish

UK politics - live updates: David Davis being grilled by MPs before Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash at PMQs

David Davis is being grilled by MPs this morning as he gives evidence to the Brexit Select Committee.

The Brexit Secretary was asked about the next round of negotiations with EU leaders, which begin in March, and the Government's plan for a transitional period before Britain leaves the EU.

His previous appearances before the committee have proved revealing - the Brexit Secretary is usually direct inn his answers and rarely ducks a debate.

Later, Theresa May will face Jeremy Corbyn over the dispatch box at Prime Minister's Questions. She is likely to be quizzed on the ongoing NHS crisis and the fallout from the Parole Board's decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys from prison.

This afternoon, Labour will try to force the Government to release the risk assessments it carried out before granting major public contracts to the construction firm Carillion, which collapsed earlier this month.

The tactic proved successful in forcing the Government to give MPs access to its Brexit impact assessments late last year.

 

 

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