Feisty Jeremy Corbyn blasts Theresa May's 'weak, incompetent' government that 'doesn't know if it's coming or going'

Jeremy Corbyn blasted Theresa May's team as 'weak,
incompetent and divided' in a fiery PMQs exchange
over the bungled Universal Credit rollout.
He told MPs local councils are being forced to pick up
the bill for failings in the benefits shakeup.
Croydon council has spent £3 million helping tenants
with rent arrears caused by Universal Credit.
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And despite MPs voting unanimously in favour of
pausing the rollout, Corbyn said Mrs May won’t
respect “the will of the house.”
The Labour leader told MPs: 'This Government doesn't
know if it's coming or going!' - prompting cheeky
backbenchers to shout: "Going! Going!"
He went on: "The Conservative Party and the
Government say they have full confidence in the
rollout of Universal Credit. But won't vote for it.
"They say they will end the NHS pay cap, but won't
allocate any money to pay for it.
"The Communities Secretary backs £50 billion of
borrowing for housing, but the Chancellor says it's
"not policy."
"The Brexit Secretary says they're planning for a no-
deal Brexit, the Chancellor says they're not.
"Isn't the case, Mr Speaker, that this government is
weak, divided and unable to take decisions?"
At this point Tory MPs roaring became so loud that
Speaker John Bercow was forced to intervene, saying:
"I said that the responses from the Prime Minister
would be heard."
And a cheeky Labour MP piped up with: "That's you,
Jeremy" to uproarious laughter from the opposition
benches.
Bercow went on: "And the remarks of the Right
Honourable Gentleman will also be heard.
"You can try to shout him down, and other members
can try to shout the Prime Minister down, it won't
work. End of."
But Theresa May shrugged off Corbyn's needling at
the divisions in her top team, returning to her usual
defence: "Of course we want to see people earning
higher wages. Of course we want as we are doing to
invest in our public services.
"But the way to do that...the way to have a better
future for people in this country, is to build and to
continue to build a stronger economy.
"And you don't build that stronger economy by losing
control of public finances. You don't build a stronger
economy by uncontrolled borrowing. You don't build a
stronger economy by hitting people with the highest
taxes in peacetime history. And you don't build a
stronger economy by voting against progress in our
Brexit negotiations.
"And you don't build a stronger economy by planning
for capital flight and a run on the pound."
On Theresa May's watch, the pound has plunged to
20% of its pre-Brexit value.
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Feisty Jeremy Corbyn
blasts Theresa May's
'weak, incompetent'
government that 'doesn't
know if it's coming or
going'
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