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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has endured a day of intense scrutiny over her Brexit strategy ahead of an anticipated mauling in the local elections over delays to the UK's departure from the EU.
Ms May and Jeremy Corbyn held their last prime minister's questions clash ahead of Thursday's poll, as the Labour leader accused Ms May of failing to tackle the "burning injustices" she pledged to combat during her first day in office.
Amid mounting speculation that the prime minister could cave in to opposition demands, Ms May told senior backbenchers she hopes "a deal can be done" with Labour to find a consensus which can command a majority in parliament.
To see events as they unfolded, follow our live coverage below
Northern Ireland committee chair Andrew Murrison is next. He says she was concerned about a no-deal as Northern Ireland was not ready for Brexit. What has been done?
May says the government is working to revive talks to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan asks if she is concerned about the uncertainty caused by the Brexit delay, which she says is costing the economy hundreds of millions of pounds per week.
May says investment will be 'unleashed' if Brexit is approved.
Morgan tries to pin May down on when the Brexit deal will be brought back before MPs.
Morgan asks about the spending review, which is due at the end of the summer. The three-year spending review could be scaled back, perhaps to a one-year review if the Brexit deal is not passed, May suggests.
Labour's Rachel Reeves, who chairs the business committee, goes next.
She asks about reports that EU students could pay higher fees than UK students after Brexit.
May says no decision has been made on this issue.
Reeves presses her on whether higher fees would discourage students, but May says it has not dissuaded foreign students from coming before.
The UK has excellent universities, May says. The PM says the quality of education is what is important.
Lastly, Reeves asks if she would welcome a female governor of the Bank of England. May jokes that she certainly welcomes women in senior positions.
SNP's Angus Brendan MacNeill says he compared her to Gloria Gaynor at the last committee, because of her ability to survive.
The international trade chair asks if she has changed her position on a second referendum, which she mentioned earlier,
May says there has been no change to her position. She only mentioned it because MPs are campaigning for it.
David TC Davies, the chair of the Welsh Affairs committee, asks if Wales is ready for a no-deal Brexit.
May says no-deal preparations continue to take place and the devolved administrations continue to be involved.
Davies asks if she would prefer a no-deal or a no Brexit if her deal does not pass.
Mays says she wants to leave the EU and that's her job. Pressed on whether she would support a no-deal, she says the best option is to leave with a deal.
She says she was not able to leave on March 29 as MPs kept rejecting her deal.
Sarah Wollaston, chair of the liaison committee, asks if the government will check if the deal it gets is what the people want.
May says her view has not changed on a second referendum. The British people had an instinct on what they voted for.
Wollaston, a former Tory MP who resigned to join Change UK, says the public are unhappy, which is why the MPs kept voting against it.
She asks if May would prefer a confirmatory referendum attached to her deal or a compromise with Labour.
May says she does not accept that these are the only two options.
Asked if she will extend the transition phase, May says it is still 'possible' to negotiate the final trade deal by the end of 2020.
That is interesting...
Wollaston, who is health committee chair, also presses May on multiple delays to the social care green paper.
May says she will do that at the 'earliest opportunity'. Wollaston says that is not good enough.
Defence committee chair Julian Lewis asks about Huawei. He asks what is more important, the UK's intelligence relationship with the US or the commercial relationship with China.
May says the UK has a close relationship with the US and that will continue.
Lewis presses her about 'systematic cyber espionage' from China. May says the UK is willing to call out those who challenge the UK in this way.
She says Huawei is a private company that is owned by its workers in response to questions over its links to the Chinese state.
And that's it for today's liaison committee hearing with the prime minister.
There are growing signs of disillusionment among Jeremy Corbyn’s natural supporters over Brexit, says the Indy's Andrew Grice.
And the party's NEC decision to reject a Final Say referendum will inevitably push voters over the edge.
Read his column here:
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