isn't it just the behavior we saw with andy coulson? >> it is mr. speaker, desperate stuff because they can talk about the economy because it's growing. they can't talk about unemployment because it is falling. they can't talk about their health policy because it is collapsing. what have we seen this week? he can't even go in front of a business audience because they have defended every business in the country. he can go to scotland because he is toxic. they can't talk to women because they got a pink bus touring the country. they even defended britain's none. to what people look a labour and said they haven't got a prayer. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, he took the money. he gave the job to that of hsbc and he lets the tax avoidance get away with it. there's something rotten at the heart of the conservative party and it ism. [shouting] >> for 13 years they sat in the treasury they did nothing about tax transparency. nothing about tax dodging to nothing about tax avoidance but this government has been tougher than any previous government. that's why the

isn't this just the behavior we saw with andy coulson? >> it is desperate stuff.hey cannot talk about the economy because it is growing. they cannot talk about unemployment because it is falling. and they cannot talk about their health policy because it is collapsing. what have we seen this week? he cannot even go in front of a business audience because they have offended every business in the country. they cannot go to scotland because they are toxic. they cannot talk to women because they have a pink bus touring the country. and they have even offended britain's nuns. no wonder people look at labour and say that it has not got a prayer. >> he took the money, gave a job to the head of hsbc, and lets the tax avoiders get away with it. there is something rotten at the heart of the conservative party and it is him. >> for 13 years, labour sat in the treasury and did nothing about tax transparency, nothing about tax dodging, and nothing about tax avoidance. this government has been tougher than any previous government. that is why they are desperate. that is why they

the truth is, this prime minister has got a longer record that he is making -- andy coulson. [shouting] >> what i would say to the honorable gentleman, he mentions zero our contractor to go but he supported did nothing about them. we legislate. he mentioned the payday lending, an industry that boomed under labour regulated properly under this government. he talks about queues, what about the queue of people been getting jobs under this government? over 1000 a day. but i have to say i thought the honorable gentleman might have taken a different attack today because if he reads the newspapers, you can get quite nostalgic. you have blairites fighting brown eyes. you that peter mandelson taking out a great big lone pickup that he might get all nostalgic on us. it's like the old days. [shouting] [laughter] >> thank you, mr. speaker. britain's economic success is making it possible for the northern powerhouse to transform the fortunes of an important part of our country. does my right honorable friend agree that investment such as in the new institute for advanced material, the hen

isn't it just the behavior we saw with andy coulson? >> it is mr. speaker, desperate stuff because they can talk about the economy because it's growing. they can't talk about unemployment because it is falling. they can't talk about their health policy because it is collapsing. what have we seen this week? he can't even go in front of a business audience because they have defended every business in the country. he can go to scotland because he is toxic. they can't talk to women because they got a pink bus touring the country. they even defended britain's none. to what people look a labour and said they haven't got a prayer. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, he took the money. he gave the job to that of hsbc and he lets the tax avoidance get away with it. there's something rotten at the heart of the conservative party and it ism. [shouting] >> for 13 years they sat in the treasury they did nothing about tax transparency. nothing about tax dodging to nothing about tax avoidance but this government has been tougher than any previous government. that's why the