Frances O'Grady(TUC) - 'We could give every public servants, in this country, an inflation proof pay rise if we equalised capital gains tax with income tax... so the government's got to be clear whose side it's on'

#bbclaurak #Ridge

#Ridge : So inflation matching pay rises are unaffordable in the public sector?

Mark Harper - Yes..

SR: Pensions & benefits went up in line with inflation... so if it's good enough for people not working, why is it not good enough for people who are working?

#bbclaurak

Lisa Nandy - 'Nurses desperately want to avoid strike action... but the problem in this country is not militant workers, it's a militant government.'

#Ridge #bbclaurak

Lord Patten(2018) - 'We do more trade with Ireland than we do with Korea, Japan, India & Australia combined... we're not going to make up in new trade deals what we lose from departing from the EU.' twitter.com/guardian/statu…

Frances O'Grady(TUC) - 'We could give every public servants, in this country, an inflation proof pay rise if we equalised capital gains tax with income tax... so the government's got to be clear whose side it's on'

#bbclaurak #Ridge

Lisa Nandy - 'Nurses desperately want to avoid strike action... but the problem in this country is not militant workers, it's a militant government.'

#Ridge #bbclaurak

#Ridge : So inflation matching pay rises are unaffordable in the public sector?

Mark Harper - Yes..

SR: Pensions & benefits went up in line with inflation... so if it's good enough for people not working, why is it not good enough for people who are working?

#bbclaurak

Lord Patten(2018) - 'We do more trade with Ireland than we do with Korea, Japan, India & Australia combined... we're not going to make up in new trade deals what we lose from departing from the EU.' twitter.com/guardian/statu…

Andy Burnham - 'Don't blame people who are fighting for their family income... if the government lets nurses, paramedics, firefighters go out on strike.... they deserve a fair pay rise... give them a fair pay rise now.'

#bbcqt

Andy Burnham - 'Look at the Guardian front page today... certain politicians in the Lords allegedly benefiting to the tune of £29m, you could run rural bus services for a year around Skipton for that... these are things Matt Hancock should be here answering for... '

#bbcqt

#bbcqt audience - 'People are too quick to forgive Matt Hancock... all those deaths that he had a hand in... I think it's wrong that people are so quick to change their minds on him'

Tim Loughton(Tory MP) - I'm a 16 year old orphan, from an East African country, escaping a war zone & religious persecution, & I have a sibling legally in the UK... what is a safe & legal route for me to come to the UK?

Suella Braverman flounders badly

Angela Rayner - 'Documents seen by The Guardian reveal taxpayers money was wasted, a total failure of due diligence & a conflict of interest at the heart of government procurement... this government has written off £10b in PPE that was deemed unfit for use.... '

Angela Eagle: 'This year your party has given us 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 4 different versions of the Tory govt & 6 fiscal events. 142 members of the govt resigned,including 32 Cabinet ministers.. what effect has this chaos had on our economic prospects & international reputation?'