Jeremy Corbyn ignores universal credit row to charge May with neglecting bus services - as it happened
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Theresa May faced Jeremy Corbyn for their weekly Prime Minister's Questions clash as divisions among senior Tories deepened ahead of crunch Brexit talks on Friday.
The "away day" at Chequers will see ministers attempt to thrash out an agreement on the government's Brexit plan, but the cabinet remains split on the UK's future customs relationship with the EU.
Despite Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, having earlier been accused of misleading Parliament over universal credit, Mr Corbyn stuck to his script and used all six of his questions to ask the prime minister about bus services.
Labour MP Marsha de Cordova was left to press the prime minister on whether Ms McVey should resign, after the work and pensions secretary was accused of wrongly claiming an independent watchdog had suggested thegovernment's flagship welfare reforms were working well.
Ms McVey later apologised for "inadvertently" misleading MPs over the social security reform.
As it happened...
Prime Minister's Questions is underway. Will Jeremy Corbyn raise the question of Esther McVey's apparently misleading statements to Parliament, or stick to Brexit or the NHS?
Tory MP Rachel Maclean asks Theresa May if she believes football is coming home. The prime minister declines to answer, but says MPs from all sides will want to congratulate the England football team on last night's victory against Columbia.
A bit of an early gaffe from Theresa May, who answers a question on Brexit by referring to Britain "leaving the UK", rather than leaving the EU. The SNP might enjoy that...
Jeremy Corbyn asks about buses.
He says bus fares have risen by 13 per cent more than inflation since 2010 and asks the prime minister if she thinks this is fair.
Theresa May says "we are seeing that people's working habits are changing, we are seeing less usage of buses around the country". She says the government is working with local councils on the issue and suggests Corbyn speak to them to find out what they are doing about bus services.
Corbyn says fares have risen three times more than wages, and buses are often used by people on low-incomes.
Corbyn says "bus routes are being wipes out" - with 26 million fewer journeys being made across the north of England and the Midlands under this government.
He asks if deregulation of the bus industy - "putting profit before passengers" - has been a success of a failure.
May again references London, saying the number of people using buses in the capital has gone down under current Labour mayor Sadiq Khan.
She says West Midlands mayor Andy Street - a Conservative - has extended free travel to apprentices and students.
Corbyn asks if May will "at last recognise the crucial importance of often the only mode of transport available for money people and end the cuts to bus budgets".
May says she will "take no lessons from the the right honourable gentlemen on devolution" saying it is that the Conservatives that established metros mayors and is doing devolution deals.
Tory MP Scott Mann quips: "You wait ages for a bus question and then six come along at once."
Has he been stealing jokes from Twitter?
https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1014467528591110145
There's some confusion in Westminster as to why Jeremy Corbyn didn't mention the row about Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, who is facing calls to resign after claims she misled Parliament.
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford asks about a leaked Electoral Commission report that accuses the Vote Leave campaign of having broken campaign spending laws.
May says: "I'm not going to comment on what appears to be a leaked report that the government has not seen."
Labour's Marsha de Cordova asks about Esther McVey's allegedly false statements to Parliament. She says the ministerial code makes clear that if a minister knowingly misleads the House, they are expected to offer their resignation. Has McVey done so, she asks?
May says ministers must correct the record if they make incorrect statements, and that McVey will be doing so after PMQs.
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