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How did Chris Wormald become a permanent secretary? In style he's the exact opposite of a serene Sir Humphrey. More potato than mandarin.

Simon Stevens blames Lloyd George for a health service failing (I missed what). Meg Hillier asks: "is that another PM in your firing line?"

"We are spending 30 per cent less person on our health service than the Germans are." Stevens says. Punches are not being pulled here

After Simon Stevens' comments on health spending today I think Theresa May has found her new ambassador to Siberia

Dept of Health permanent sec'ry, asked if health spending is sufficient, says it's "an apples and pears situation". As in an apple a day..?

Simon Stevens, NHS chief, says UK life expectancy is rising by 5 hrs/day. "Oh good" says Richard Bacon MP. "I've gained 20 mins since lunch"

Bercow tells off @paulasherriff for heckling May, saying it merits an Asbo (unfair, I've heard far worse). It's done her reputation no harm

Has Corbyn been reading the Times? Main soundbite in #PMQs seems based on thishttps://twitter.com/mortenmorland/status/818406174215311360 …

May finishes PMQs exchange strongly with a dig at Labour's economic credibility but a good performance by Corbyn on NHS/social care

Nice twist by Corbyn on May's "shared society" slogan: does she mean more people sharing hospital trolleys and overcrowded wards?

I really hope they don't preface every question in PMQs with "happy new year". We'll only reach question 6!

Trump's choice for Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, has a truly great name

Corbyn asked very directly if immigration level should fall. Replies only that migrants do a lot of good things in Britain.

Corbyn is flying a lot of kites about how to tackle pay disparity - and the principle will be popular. Plenty of time to see which fly best.

Corbyn: no public contracts for companies who are headquartered in a tax haven.

Having mocked Vote Leave's £350m/week for the NHS claim, Corbyn says that the referendum was a vote to spend more on the NHS

Labour HQ has just been evacuated due to a fire alarm, just as Jeremy Corbyn's big speech about to start. Insider says: "What a metaphor."

Corbyn's first big speech of 2017 starts punctually. A big improvement - last year he was almost always late

After all the deaths of 2016, I'm delighted to discover that Catweazle is still alive. I loved that series as a child.https://twitter.com/GeoffreyBayldon/status/818736353198407680 …