Key events
Burnham says he is “increasingly confident” that he will be able to meet his target of ensuring that all rough sleepers get the offer of a bed for the night before the end of the year.
Badenoch asks Burnham to rule out any referendum on the EU or the single market.
Burnham says he is “doing what I can do to get a better deal for Britain”. That is part of his job, he says. He says the CBI and other business organisations and big businesses support his drive to get a better deal.
Badenoch claims Brexit has been good for London. Does Burnham really think the country wants to reopen the Brexit debate.
She says Burnham was not in parliament at the time.
The country was paralysed. It was miserable, regardless of which side of the debate you were on.
Yes, says Burnham. He claims Badenoch has conceded that Brexit has been bad for growth. He says he wants a better deal.
Badenoch says the Tories own up to their mistakes, unlike Labour. She quotes what Burnham said in the past about ignoring the referendum being a mistake.
Burnham said Badenoch claims she admits her mistake. So why did she refuse to answer when asked by LBC if Brexit was good for London .
Badenoch claims Labour should be saying ‘thank you’ to Tories for their Brexit deal
Badenoch says Burnham has been using the Tory Brexit deal to remove VAT from fuel bills and to cut tariffs. She says Burnham should be saying “thank you”. She invites Labour MPs to put up their hands if they want free movement. And someone else was opposed to it. She asks if Burnham agrees with what he said at the Makerfield byelection.
Burnham says his position has not changed. And he says Badenoch said it was a mistake to leave the EU without a plan for growth. But she should have said it was a mistake to leave without a plan for migration too. That lead to the Boriswave, and it is why Labour is reforming indefinite leave to remain.
Badenoch asks why Burnham chose budget week to open a debate on free movement.
Burnham says we are three weeks from an EU summit. There is a chance to get a better deal. The Tories used to be pro-business. Will the Tories back the government’s negotiating position.
Kemi Badenoch says there has been some confusion on Burnham’s EU policy. Does he want a referendum on joining or not?
Burnham says the position is clear. He says the red lines in Labour’s manifesto will stay. But he says the deal has given the UK a harder Brexit than people were promised at the referendum.
Luke Charters (Lab) asks Burnham if he agrees the water industry needs more public control.
Burnham says he will bring forward a water bill to achieve this. He says Kemi Badenoch claimed at the Tory conference water privatisation had been a success. “She can’t really believe it, can she?”
Andy Burnham starts by expressing condolences to relatives of those killed in the train crash in Spain.
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, starts PMQs by saying Nancy Pelosi, the former US speaker of the House of Representatives, is in the gallery.
We’ve got PMQs before the budget. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.
Burnham tells cabinet current Brexit deal ‘bad for UK’, as he restates determination to get ‘closer relationship’ with EU
Downing Street has issued its readout from cabinet today. It says Andy Burnham told colleagues the last government’s Brexit deal was “bad for the UK”, and he restated his determination to get a closer relationship.
A No 10 spokesperson said:
The prime minister opened by setting out how he would shortly write to cabinet on the UK’s relationship with the EU. He said the Brexit deal left by the last government had been bad for the UK and had led to a harder Brexit than had been promised at the referendum. The prime minister said the deal had led to low growth and also made it harder to control immigration. He said the upcoming EU summit offered the UK the opportunity to forge a closer relationship with the EU, which was good for the British people and good for British business. He added the status quo is not good enough for our country.
Turning to the budget, the prime minister said the chancellor would shortly be on his feet in the house. He then asked the chancellor to update cabinet on the key measures in the budget.
The prime minister then asked the foreign secretary to update cabinet ahead of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, which he and the prime minister will attend.
This is from Caroline Lucas, the former Green party leader, on the Guardian’s report about Rosebank today. (See 10.25am.)
If Chancellor includes tax revenues from not yet approved #Rosebank oil field to fund his budget it’s environmentally ruinous & morally obscene. As the planet burns, claiming emissions won’t “count” because the oil is burned overseas is reckless & cynical
