Daily Telegraph: Sketch writer Michael Deacon predicts , externalDavid Cameron's "boast" that "we don't need" to raise taxes will "fly back and sock him in the chops" at some point. What will be his defence if he does find himself raising taxes, such as VAT, he wonders.

The Mirror: Nigel Nelson concludes , externalthat David Cameron and Ed Miliband "now exist in parallel universes", as "the Labour leader's questions and the PM's answers had about as much connection as a string of duff fairy lights".

The Independent: Lizzie Dearden observes the "lack of festive goodwill" between the two leaders, noting, external that they "appeared to abandon policy entirely and opt for personal attacks in vicious exchanges".

The Guardian: It was a session "full of jibes at each other across the floor", writes political correspondent Rowena Mason, who leads with Ed Miliband's accusation that the PM has only fixed the economy for his Christmas card list.

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The statement is over, and the Labour MP Michael Connarty uses the point of procedure to complain that he was, in his mind, unfairly cut short by Speaker John Bercow when asking David Cameron a question at Prime Minister's Questions. Mr Bercow stresses that it is for the occupant of the chair to be the judge and maintains that the MP took too long to get to the crux of the question.

The post PMQs debate on BBC Radio 4's World at One ends on a cordial note as Christmas crackers are handed out. It sounds like Tristram Hunt fares best from the ensuing battle, as he hails a dramatic victory for Labour. "A metaphor for Labour taking more than they're entitled to," quips Lib Dem Jeremy Browne.

On BBC World at One, Conservative Employment Minister Esther McVey tells Mr Hunt he is "spouting nonsense" and adds that Labour's claims about public spending reaching 1930s levels have taken a section of the OBR's report out of context. Lib Dem MP Jeremy Browne says there has been "a dramatic rise" in employment.

On BBC Radio 4's The World at One, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt says the party is "desperately keen" to talk about employment. He says low wages and part-time work are the reason the public finances are "shot to pieces".

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon agrees with Ann Clwyd's assessment of British troops' reputation in Iraq. In answer to her question, he says there have been improvements to procedures, including on the retrieval and archiving of information to make it easier to find out what has happened and enable allegations to be quickly and properly investigated.

Labour MP Ann Clwyd, a former special envoy on human rights envoy, says she is pleased the UK has answered the allegations, and comments that it has affected the "very high reputation" in Iraq for the British government and its armed forces. She presses the defence secretary for further information on the changes that have been made in response to some instances of ill-treatment.

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd tells the Commons that he fully accepts the report's conclusions, and welcomes the fact that the soldiers have been exonerated. He seeks assurances that incidents of maltreatment of detainees recognised in the report will be addressed.

Bob Ainsworth, a former Labour defence secretary who commissioned the inquiry, explains how it came in to being. He says serious allegations must be properly investigated but says that the public purse must also be protected from "misuse" and asks the government to look at how to ensure that balance.

Rory Stewart, the Conservative chair of the Defence Committee, commends the report for reinforcing the "honour and respect" of the British Armed Forces. But he urges the defence secretary to focus on the broader political context, saying most of the Iraqi leadership in the province were "convinced of these unimaginable atrocities". He stresses the need to build trust between the British military and local political leaders to ensure soldiers are protected from "baseless" allegations.

Vernon Coaker offers Labour's support for the report's conclusions and recommendations, and says there are lessons to be learned, noting that some soldiers' conduct did amount to "possible maltreatment" which is "not acceptable".

Responding on behalf of the opposition, shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker says: "We will not tolerate calculated, malicious and baseless untruths against our service men and women."

Concluding his remarks, the defence secretary says he regrets that it was found necessary to hold a public inquiry to disprove the allegations, which were a "shameful attempt to use our legal system to attack and falsely impugn our armed forces".

To date the inquiry - set up in 2009 - has cost £31m, MPs are told. Michael Fallon says the Ministry of Defence is considering whether "the claimants' failure to disclose the militia document may allow us to recover some of the costs of the judicial review".

Michaerl Fallon says the "falsity" of the overwhelming majority of their allegations, the late disclosure of a document showing the nine detainees to have been insurgents and the delay by their lawyers in withdrawing allegations of torture and murder have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority to investigate "possible breaches of standards". It is expected to be completed next year, MPs are told.

Nick Robinson
Political editor

Rounding off his thoughts on PMQs, BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson says detailed arguments about deficit targets and party commitments are for the Westminster TV studios and are not going to "percolate" too far down to the general public, who are more concerned about job security, pay and their weekly bills.

"The Iraqi detainees, their accomplices and their lawyers must now bear the brunt of the criticism for the protracted nature and the £31m cost of this unnecessary public inquiry," the Conservative defence secretary tells MPs.

On the issue of detention, Michael Fallon says he accepts Sir Thayne's conclusions that some of the detainees' treatment amounted to ill treatment. He adds that he accepts all nine of the inquiry's recommendations in principle and has commissioned practical work on their implementation. Detailed conclusions will be announced as soon as is feasible.

Apparently those teams of Conservative and Labour spinners have been having a bit of fun during PMQs. The Labour press team posted a tweet suggesting David Cameron's joke writers had been given "the day off" for Christmas while their Tory counterparts responded by suggesting that Labour's economic advisers had been given "four years off". It is the pantomime season after all.