Stay tuned for live coverage from 1200.
12:00: Brown is to give a short statement on policing in Northern Ireland, in the hope that recent problems over power sharing can be resolved. Brown is offering a financial settlement to fund devolved justice and policing in Northern Ireland
12:03: Crispin Blunt opens up with the cuts in funding to the TA. Brown argues that increased recruitment into the regular army means that funds have had to be diverted – small reward for the TA who are being sent to Afghanistan.
12:05: Here’s Cameron. Will Brown condemn the Royal Mail strikes and urge the CWU to drop its threats? The answer is: no, but it’s in no interest that these strikes go ahead.
12:07: Why has Brown not brought Mandelson’s bill to the House of Commons? Brown argues that there is no buyer for the Mail, and that in any event, the strike is not about that.
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