PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn asks questions from named members of the public

Corbyn is expected to receive a rapturous reception from trade union delegates in Brighton which will cap what he describes as his “extraordinary summer” that saw a quarter of a million supporters vote him Labour leader.

Usually, the Q&A session is punctuated by heckling, sarcasm, and ridicule-laced responses from both sides.

He said thousands had told them they were disenchanted with “our conduct within this place” and that Question Time had become “too theatrical” and “out of touch”.

Labour lawmakers congratulated Corbyn, with some praising him for deflating his Conservative opponents, who often try to score points from the opposition with well-timed barbs.

Mr Cameron defended the Tory record, saying it had delivered record numbers of affordable and council houses but “much more needs to be done”, before extolling his policies including Help to Buy.

Mr Carswell said: “Someone was being a bit mischievous when they said I had signed up and I thought I’d be equally mischievous back”.

He will have been glad of the warm reception he received from delegates after a chaotic reshuffle that sparked criticism over the appointment of men to top shadow cabinet jobs. In a novel approach, he has asked members of the public to send in suggestions for what he should ask Cameron.

To be clear, the Blairites are already closer to Osborne than Corbyn on a whole range of issues they regard as basic – from membership of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , preserving the independence of the Bank of England, nationalisation, and the propriety of singing the national anthem on state occasions.

Mr Corbyn will announce the rest of his shadow ministerial team in the next few days although the party is unable to say when the list will be finalised.

Meanwhile, the sister of a girl killed by the IRA in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings slammed Mr Corbyn for refusing to condemn the group’s terror campaign.

“The old way isn’t working”.

He added: “My view in relation to Europe is, yes, we should definitely fight for as good a deal on workers’ rights as possible, but my view is we should stay in the European Union come what may”.

Neither side “won” the debate.

Some of his appointments have also alienated parts of the Labour Party, which was soundly beaten by Cameron’s Conservatives in a national election earlier this year.

But Mr Cameron said there was a need to make work pay.