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Keith hello. And welcome to our review of the autumn term in parliament. The season gave us a controversial view of the opposition, who had his own way of tackling the Prime Minister. I have a question from karen. A veteran of the first gulf war. I ask a question from angela. Keith the governor backtracked on welfare. Tax credit cuts were dropped as the chancellor was challenged by his own side. I believe the pace of these reforms is too hard and too fast. As these proposals stand, too many people will be adversely affected. Keith after 130 parisians died at the hands of terrorists, a debate on whether or not to take military action divided the house of commons. They hold our values in contempt. They hold our belief in contempt. Instead of having dodgy dossiers, we have bogus battalions of moderate fighters. Keith but first, as the sunny days of summer drew to a close, there was a royal milestone. Her majesty the queen became the longestreigning monarch in the countrys history wednesday, september 9, surpassing the record of queen victoria. Her majesty had reigned over us for 63 years, seven months, and two days. On the day she was opening a new train line in the scottish borders. At westminster, mps were congratulating her on the achievement. She has worked with 12 Prime Ministers, six archbishops, nine cabinet secretaries. She has answered 3. 5 million pieces of correspondence. Sent over 100,000 telegrams. And met more people than any other monarch in history. Whether it is something she enjoys, like the highland games, or something she may be less keen on, such as spending new years eve in the millennium dome, she never falters. [laughter] she is now on her 12th Prime Minister. We on these benches hoped she would be on her 13th. [laughter] she reigns over 140 million people, a huge number, nearly as many as the registered labour party supporters. Keith that remark about the size of the Labour Party Membership was a none too subtle reference to the often tortured labor leadership election. To enliven a potentially dull bencher, mps let in back Jeremy Corbyn. My passions in life are equality, justice, and human rights. Keith to the consternation of most labor mps, Jeremy Corbyn quickly became the favorite to win. On september 14, Party Membership elected him by a landslide. One of the most unexpected political victories of recent years. I am delighted to declare Jeremy Corbyn elected as leader of the labor house. [applause] keith celebration time for the new leader was limited. The shadow cabinet had to be constructed and policies formulated. Jeremy corbyn, so often the rebel in the background, had to get used to being in the foreground. When he was photographed not singing the national anthem, critics called his behavior disrespectful. Soon, it was his first Prime Ministers questions time. Jeremy corbyn. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to thank all those that took part in the enormous democratic exercise in this country, which concluded with me being elected as leader of the labour party. I thought my first Prime Ministers question time, i would do it in a slightly different way. I am sure the Prime Minister is going to absolutely welcome this, as he welcomed the idea in 2005. 2500 people emailed me about the housing crisis in this country. I have one from a woman called marie, who says, what does the government intend to do about the chronic lack of Affordable Housing and the extortionate rent charged by some privatesector landlords in this country . We delivered 260,000 Affordable Housing units in the last parliament. We built more Council Houses in our country than in the 13 previous years. Keith Jeremy Corbyn stayed with his questions from the public. Paul, for example, says this heartfelt question why is the government taking tax credits away from families . I ask a question from claire. What does the Prime Minister say to angela, to people like her, who work so hard in Mental Health services . All people going through a Mental Health crisis, who may well be watching today . What i would say to angela and all those working in Mental Health, those suffering from Mental Health conditions, is that we need to do more as a country to tackle Mental Health. Keith that was Jeremy Corbyns first p. M. Q. Im joined by Allegra Stratton. Jeremy corbyn, tremendous victory as labor leader. Words were used like remarkable and sensational. How big of a shock to the system was it . His last rally, someone said, i remember when that poll came out in the front page of the times. I had to rush on air to talk about it because it was a shock in july. Months before, it looked like he was heading for victory. He said, i remember you laughed. It is true. I did chortle. That was my mistake. Many people did it. What we did not see was how the electorate of the Labor Coalition was changing in front of everyones eyes. Keith there is a gulf between the Parliamentary Labour Party and Labour Party Membership. People coming into the party have been recruited by people close to Jeremy Corbyn. In some ways, his election reflected a movement over the summer. People thought they were getting their labour party back. If they paid three pounds, they could vote. Not all these people go to the wednesday evening meetings and constituency parties in the rain, sitting for point after point of Committee Meetings and so on. In that sense, he is representative of the new shape of the Party Nothing wrong with a new shape of the party. Just that it is different. But there is a question mark about those people or the activities associated with fullblown members of the labour party. Will they elect people to go to the Party Conference in september, to go again through the painstaking work of being at a conference . They might, but we have yet to see in the years ahead whether theyhang around or whether are proactive or not. Keith opposition leaders have typically seen it as a chance to stamp their personality, but Jeremy Corbyn does not seem to see it that way. He sees it as an opportunity to stamp his personality. He is taking questions from people who email in. It sounds like a radio phonein. Many people have said it. The first one was maria, wasnt it . But that is his personality. He feels his job is to be a cipher for the people outside. That is not completely wrong. The problem with it is it feels a bit like he is not prosecuting a single argument, so he is not saying this is the biggest policy issue this week. The strength of it is that why not have peoples voices come into the Parliamentary Chamber more . Also, you have seen the Prime Minister struggle to deal with it. He cannot be openly rude to maria. That would be a bad look for him. And he is aware he has a tendency to be a bit angry and terse. He must really keep that in check. It is not about strategy for Jeremy Corbyn. It is just how the man does business. Keith does it appeal to some aspect of the electorate . I thought it was refreshing. I know people who do not follow politics but had it burst into their lives through facebook and other ways people get their news and quite liked it. But the question that remains, is he doing the first job of opposition, holding the government to account . Keith thank you. Although the economy maintained its recovery in the second half of 2015, the National Deficit remained enormous. Part of the governments attempt to reduce it was to bring down the huge welfare bill. In july, the chancellor announced reductions to working tax credits, a means by which those on low pay are able to supplement income. Tax credits have ballooned in cost from 13 billion pounds in 2002 to 30 billion pounds now. The treasury minister said change to the tax Credit System was essential. It is part of what the chancellor called a new contract with working britain. It says to businesses, youre going to pay higher wages. But you get lower business taxes and a stable economy. These cuts of tax credits hit working families in every constituency and were to be sneaked through the back door. When asked during the campaign if the government would cut tax credits, the Prime Minister said, i do not want to do that. Can she explain how she thinks we can move in the direction, even though the government is recovering, if we do not tackle the absurd level of taxpayer subsidy . Keith some conservatives realize there could be a backlash. In october, heidi allen defied convention by devoting her maiden speech in the commons to a strong attack on her own side. The Prime Minister has asked us that everything we do must pass the family test. Cutting tax credits before wages rise does not achieve that. Showing children that their parents would be better off not working at all does not achieve that. As these proposals stand, too many people will be adversely affected. Something must give. For those of us proud enough to call ourselves compassionate conservatives, it must not be the backs of the working families we purport to serve. Keith the commons still voted clearly in favor of the cuts. Word came through that the house of lords may strike out the tax credit changes. But are peers supposed to do that . Could they really vote out a financial measure . Peers were told by downing street they would be overstepping the mark. In the commons, one backbencher was far from happy. Does my right honorable friend share my concern that, if the other place were to vote against working tax credits, this would be a serious challenge to the privilege of this house, a privilege codified as long ago as 1678 . And does he further share my concern that this would then entitle him to review the decisions of gray and aswith in relation to creating more peers to ensure the government could get financial legislation through . Keith the language did not deter the lordships. These are people going out to work to make ends meet. They are exactly the kind of people that the government has said it wants to help. Yet, this change would have a seriously damaging impact on their ability to keep their heads above water. My lords, we can be supportive of the government and give them what they did not ask for financial privilege or we can be supportive instead of those 3 million families facing letters at christmas telling them, on average, they will lose up to 1300 pounds a year. I say to the government that these proposals are morally indefensible. It is clear to me, and, i believe, to many others, that these proposals blatantly threaten damage to the lives of millions of our fellow citizens. This government believes that, as part of the overall package of measures that support working people, these changes to tax credits are right. If we want people to earn more and keep more of their own money, we simply cannot keep recycling their money through a system that subsidizes low pay. Keith peers voted to reject the government tax credit cuts. Amid talks of a constitutional crisis, the Prime Minister ordered a review into the working of the lords to be carried out by former conservative leader of lords, lord strathclyde. In the meantime, the treasury had to work out what to do with tax credits. The answer came in november when the chancellor unveiled his on autumn statement. I have listened to concerns and understand them. Because i have been able to announce an improvement in the public finances, the simplest thing to do is to avoid them altogether. Tax credits are being phased out anyway as we introduce universal credit. What that means is that the tax credit rate and threshold remain unchanged. Keith there was more to the autumn statement than the scrapping of the cuts. The chancellor announced new help for people to buy their own toes and inducements developers to construct starter homes. This is a doubling of the housing budget 400,000 new homes with extra support for london. Paid for by a tax on second homes delivered by a conservative government helping working people who want to buy their own home. We are the builders. We were elected as a onenation government. Today, we deliver Spending Review of a one nation government. The guardians of economic security, the protectors of national security, the builders of our better future. This government, the mainstream representatives of the working people of britain. Keith replying on behalf of labour was John Mcdonnell, who opted for an unlikely theme in his speech. He was mindful of the trip George Osborne made over the summer to china. The chancellor met Business Leaders and workers in different parts of the country as he spoke of a new golden era of cooperation between britain and china. To assist osborne in his dealings with his newfound comrades, i have brought along maos little red book. Let me quote, mr. Speaker. Order. I want to hear about the contents of the book. Lets quote from mao. Rarely done in this chamber. The quote is this. Behave. We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them conscientiously. But we must not pretend to know what we do not know. I thought it would come in handy for him in his new relationship. The shadow chancellor literally stood at the dispatch box and read out from maos little red book. Look, it is his personal signed copy. The problem is half the shadow cabinet has been sent off to reeducation. Keith George Osborne having fun at the expense of John Mcdonnell. Allegra stratton is with me once again. Do you think John Mcdonnell was well advised to use that little stunt . I know leftwing supporters of his talk about it as one of the disasters of the last 100 days of Jeremy Corbyns leadership. The look on tom watsons face, he says he could not quite see what John Mcdonnell was doing. The book was coming out of the other pocket. But to me, it was a sharp intake of breath. Jokes are jokes because they are counterintuitive. The problem for John Mcdonnell is that a lot of people think this is what he believes. It is clear from watching him he is making a joke. He is laughing with a smirk. But it did not play that way. Most importantly, that was a big victory for the labour party, to force the Government Back on tax credits. He diverted from that. Keith not all stunts work in the commons. No, you have to be pretty brave. That was an error. Keith George Osborne came back with a witty response, which went down with a storm. Overall, was it a good autumn statement . He did a good uturn. It was a uturn that had to happen. He did it comprehensively with little for people to pick at now. That is the lesson here it lesson here. If you are going to do a uturn