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Jeremy Corbyn blasted Theresa May's team as 'weak, incompetent and divided' in a fiery PMQs exchange over the bungled Universal Credit rollout.

He told MPs local councils are being forced to pick up the bill for failings in the benefits shakeup.

Croydon council has spent £3 million helping tenants with rent arrears caused by Universal Credit.

And despite MPs voting unanimously in favour of pausing the rollout, Corbyn said Mrs May won’t respect “the will of the house.”

The Labour leader told MPs: 'This Government doesn't know if it's coming or going!' - prompting cheeky backbenchers to shout: "Going! Going!"

He went on: "The Conservative Party and the Government say they have full confidence in the rollout of Universal Credit. But won't vote for it.

"They say they will end the NHS pay cap, but won't allocate any money to pay for it.

"The Communities Secretary backs £50 billion of borrowing for housing, but the Chancellor says it's "not policy."

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"The Brexit Secretary says they're planning for a no-deal Brexit, the Chancellor says they're not.

"Isn't the case, Mr Speaker, that this government is weak, divided and unable to take decisions?"

At this point Tory MPs roaring became so loud that Speaker John Bercow was forced to intervene, saying: "I said that the responses from the Prime Minister would be heard."

And a cheeky Labour MP piped up with: "That's you, Jeremy" to uproarious laughter from the opposition benches.

Bercow went on: "And the remarks of the Right Honourable Gentleman will also be heard.

"You can try to shout him down, and other members can try to shout the Prime Minister down, it won't work. End of."

But Theresa May shrugged off Corbyn's needling at the divisions in her top team, returning to her usual defence: "Of course we want to see people earning higher wages. Of course we want as we are doing to invest in our public services.

"But the way to do that...the way to have a better future for people in this country, is to build and to continue to build a stronger economy.

"And you don't build that stronger economy by losing control of public finances. You don't build a stronger economy by uncontrolled borrowing. You don't build a stronger economy by hitting people with the highest taxes in peacetime history. And you don't build a stronger economy by voting against progress in our Brexit negotiations.

"And you don't build a stronger economy by planning for capital flight and a run on the pound."

On Theresa May's watch, the pound has plunged to 20% of its pre-Brexit value.