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There is normally standing room only for Prime Minister’s Questions but the chamber will be especially packed today when Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as Labour leader.

‘Did Jeremy Corbyn do well at Prime Ministers Question Time?

The Brighton honeymoon will soon be all too brief – next in the Corbyn diary is a date with David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The pacifist and republican also came under fire after he declined to sing the national anthem at a service for veterans of World War II in London on Tuesday.

Sure, McDonnell is a long-time friend and close political ally of Labour’s new leader, and a formidable political persuader – as anyone who has witnessed him on the campaign trail or felt the steely force of his Commons rhetoric can testify.

Sir Nicholas said: “It was an extremely disrespectful thing and I think he needs to make his mind up whether he is a grown-up or not”.

Mr Reed is to remain shadow minister for local government despite vocally backing Mr Corbyn’s Blairite rival in the leadership race.

He said: “Shadow Home Secretary is a huge role and it is an honour to be asked to do it. I always said that I would serve the party and the country in any way that I can”.

In the first “crowd-sourced” PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn asked questions that came from members of the public.

The U.K.’s Liberal Democrats are seeking to profit from the turmoil surrounding the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader as they rebuild after a near-wipeout in May’s general election.

But she came under fire from Ms Abbott, a supporter of Mr Corbyn and the new Shadow Secretary of State for global Development, who said she was being “sanctimonious” and told her “you’re not the only feminist in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party)”.

The senior Labour MP, appointed by Jeremy Corbyn to lead the party’s economic policy, said it had been a “mistake” to use the words and accepted he had “clearly” caused offence.

His current shadow justice secretary, Lord Falconer, said he would resign if Labour did anything less than back the “Stay” campaign.

The new leader wants the traditionally raucous prime minister’s questions sessions to become more respectful and fact-based. “The Rugby World Cup not only means that Wales will lift the Webb Ellis trophy, but it also gives us a great opportunity to sing the Welsh...

Corbyn, who voted “no” to Britain’s membership of the forerunner to the European Union in a 1975 referendum, has been ambiguous about his views, saying he wants to see what reforms Prime Minister David Cameron is able to achieve.