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Gordon Brown and David Cameron will go head to head during this week's PMQs today.
With political news centred on Europe, pundits are expecting Mr Cameron's questions to focus on poverty. The Tory leader earned warm headlines for his passage on the subject during his keynote speech to the Conservative party conference earlier this month.
Tory officials are livid at the explicit support Labour is giving Tony Blair in his bid for the EU presidency, but are treating the issue cautiously as Mr Cameron tries to construct a coherent strategy should the Czech Republic ratify the Lisbon treaty.
Mr Cameron promised a referendum on the treaty if it had not been ratified by all EU member states, but he has been less definitive on what he would do once the Czech Republic ratifies it.
Despite strongly-worded statements from shadow foreign secretary William Hague, Mr Cameron will be keen to distance himself from the issue.
Instead Mr Cameron has been focusing on his claim that benefits under Labour discourage single mothers from working because of the way the tax system works.
He is also pushing his new policy on second homes for members of the Lords. Tory peers received a letter yesterday from the party leadership asking them to clarify which of their properties is their second home.
"We hope others will follow our lead," he said during a press conference yesterday.
PMQs begins at 12:00 GMT.
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