Brexit today - as it happened: Theresa May questioned on the latest EU negotiating position in the Commons

Turning to Brexit, the PM says the European Council formally agreed on Friday to move the Brexit negotiations onto phase two - discussions about the future relationship and trade talks. 

She says EU citizens living in the UK will have their rights protected - "providing vital assurances to EU citizens and their families in the run up to Christmas". 

She says the financial settlement is around £35-£39bn. May says this is "far removed" from some of the figures reported in recent months and is equivalent to four years' worth of EU budget contributions. 

The PM says the guidelines published on Friday allow the UK and EU to work on the transition period. She says during this period - which she refers to as "implementation" - that Britain will leave the single market and customs union. 

She also insists that she will attempt to pursue trade deals outside the EU during this period. She says she "will not be derailed from delivering the democratic will" of the people of Britain. 

"We will now move on to building a bold economic relationship," she says. "We will bring our country together... once in control back in control of our money, border and laws. 

May says there can never be a place for the threats and violence aimed at some politicians in recent days. 

Jeremy Corbyn is now responding to May's statement. He echoes her views on Jerusalem. 

He says the negotiations are vital for people's job's and economic security but says last week's deal "came two months late".

Corbyn says the Government must change track. He says the PM must sought out the contradictions. He says the Daily Mail is whipping up hatred against backbench rebel MPs. 

"Threats and intimidation have no place in our politics," he says. 

He says will the PM welcome the Commons "taking back control"... Corbyn adds its not very reassuring this is the end product of eight months' worth of negotiations with Brussels. 

"I'm glad the PM now seems determined to follow Labour's calls for a transition period to create stability as we leave the EU. It is necessary that we remain in the single market and customs union for a limited period," he adds, asking the PM will we remain subject to the rules of the single market during the transition period. 

Corbyn says there were worrying reports over the weekend of ministers wanting to leave the Working Time Directive. He asks her to face down the push from some inside her Cabinet... "It's becoming clear that many on the Government benches want to use Brexit to rip up workers' rights," he says. 

Theresa May says she welcomes the fact that Corbyn condemns threats of intimidation and violence against MPs in the Commons... but says his own candidates intimidated Tory candidates at the general election. 

May says she set out in her Lancaster House speech that this Government will not only maintain but enhance workers' rights... and asks why he voted against the EU Withdrawal Bill which transfers EU law onto the UK statue book. 

Ian Blackford, the SNP leader in Westminster, says its imperative that the devolved administrations are consulted on the Brexit negotiations. 

He says Erasmus is a vital programme for UK students and asks the PM to say whether Britain will continue to participate in the programme after Brexit.

May has already said the UK will remain within the programme until the end of this Budget period. She says this is the exactly the sort of programme the Government will be addressing in the negotiations. 

Anna Soubry, one of the rebels who voted against the Government last week, said Jeremy Corbyn should remember the transition period was first proposed by the Government and not the Labour party. 

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable asks her to explain to who will be providing arbitration in international disputes after Brexit. May says its part of the negotiations. 

Yvette Cooper addresses the Government defeat in the Commons last week, in which MPs voted for a "meaningful vote" on the final Brexit deal.  May says there will be a meaningful vote, and that "was always clear". 

Chukka Umunna asks the PM again about the Working Time Directive. He asks whether none of them will be "done away with" after Brexit.

May says she will maintain workers' right and enhance them.

Jacob Rees-Mogg urges the PM to adopt a Margaret Thatcher-like steal and reject the "hostile" demands from Brussels negotiators. 

The DUP's leader in Westminster, Nigel Dodds, highlights conflicting statements in the Labour party on a second EU referendum. May says in the space of one day the Shadow Home Secretary rejected a second referendum and the deputy leader said it was still on the table. 

"It would be betraying the British people," she says. 

More on that Labour story here: 

This is an interesting spot from The Independent's Political Commentator John Rentoul on May's choice of words regarding the implementation period.

May is asked how likely it is that the Article 50 negotiations will be extended. The PM says we have a "very speedy need" to get the negotiations ongoing, adding we will be leaving the EU on 29 March, 2019.

She also asked a third time on the Working Time Directive and whether the UK will continue to honour it after Brexit. May, again, says the Withdrawal Bill means EU law will be transferred onto the UK statue book after Brexit.

On May's statement in the Commons - and the Working Time Directive - the Press Association have more: 

Jeremy Corbyn has urged Theresa May to "face down" Cabinet ministers who want to scrap EU regulations which limit the working week.

The Labour leader asked the Prime Minister to "categorically" offer assurances over her intent to maintain the standards of the Working Time Directive during any transition period and beyond.

Mrs May, replying after updating MPs about the latest European Council summit, reiterated the Government intends to "enhance" workers' rights.

Reports emerged over the weekend which suggested Brexit-backing ministers could demand an end to the regulations which limit the working week to 48 hours.

Mr Corbyn described the reports as "worrying", adding: "These demands were reported to include that Britain should leave the Working Time Directive."

Labour MPs could be heard shouting "Shame", with Mr Corbyn adding: "Can the Prime Minister state now, categorically, that she will face down this push with some in her Cabinet and that Britain will maintain the standards of the Working Time Directive both during a transition period and beyond?

"Will she also guarantee this Government will not seek to use Brexit to water down any other working or social rights in this country?"

Mrs May, in her reply, said she had confirmed on several occasions the UK Government's intention to "not only maintain but also enhance workers' rights".

She said: "If he is so worried about workers' rights, why did the Labour Party vote against the very Bill that brings workers' rights from the EU into UK law?"