‘No plan to back Cameron on EU’

After thanking those who voted for him, he said: “I thought at my first PMQs, I would do it in a slightly different way”. This was the debate he had, successfully, in the last election against Corbyn’s predecessor, Ed Miliband.

The “prime minister’s questions” session Wednesday will give many Britons their first extended look at the veteran left-winger who became the Labour Party leader Saturday after a months-long campaign.

But Jeremy Corbyn’s position is out of step with some in his Labour Party and Cameron will hope to poach opposition members if he asks parliament to authorise the extension of Britain’s military action against Islamic State (IS) to Syria from Iraq.

The newly-elected leader came under fire, including from within his shadow cabinet, over his decision not to sing God Save The Queen at a Battle of Britain commemoration service.

A number of former Labour frontbenchers, including leadership contenders Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall, had already ruled themselves out of serving in a Corbyn shadow cabinet due to ideological differences.

He said the government’s Help to Buy scheme would help.

“It will have offended and hurt people”, Kate Green, a Labour lawmaker and member of Corbyn’s policy team, told BBC Radio today.

Labour said that more than 30,000 people had submitted questions in recent days.

“What they are is poverty deniers: ignoring the growing queues at food banks.

What they are is poverty deniers – they’re ignoring the growing queues at food banks,” Corbyn said during his Trades Union Congress speech, adding that austerity was a political choice.

The cornerstone of our defense will remain the two percent spending that we’ve committed to, with the increased defense budget in this parliament, with membership of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Britain’s own independent nuclear deterrent as the ultimate insurance policy in what is a risky world.

When asked whether he loved the United Kingdom , he said: “Of course I love this country”.

If it had been the same old PMQs, Cameron could have tried to belittle Corbyn – but he certainly couldn’t belittle Gail, or any of the other voters who emailed questions.

Pressed on whether he would sing in future, Mr Corbyn replied: “It was a respectful ceremony and I stood in respect throughout it”.

Setting out Labour’s opposition to the Welfare Bill, he said: “We oppose the benefit cap”.