Question Time: live - Telegraph Phil Togwell finds an innovative way of slamming the Lib Dems: Eleanor Adair has no truck with the Tories: And Liz McInnes does the inevitable: 23.43 The benefits discussion was a big cause of controversy this evening. Mark Harrop has written in to question the bureaucracy that's making it tough for him to get training to work: I have been trying to get low cost procurement funding for a course to take up an asbestos related job that is there for me, it's taken 4 weeks to now and it's possible the role may have now gone! I want to work, the whole system needs shaking up and the system needs to be more flexible to allow unemployed people to get the necessary training in order to take up roles available but this needs to be much quicker, the process is antiquated! I've written to the ministers at the DWP and copied my local MP (Angela Smith) in and I've received NO support? I also got the Job Centre Plus at Sheffield Hillsborough Barracks to add a training provider who was £450.00 cheaper than the one they were going to use! They need to stop preaching and ensure the processes and systems are fit for purpose, which they quite clearly aren't. We're through again. Your reactions please 23.37 "Of COURSE they've got to leave the coalition," says Labour's Emily Thornberry. We want a government that will deal with the deficit and debt in a responsible way. Howls of disapproval from Tory Claire Perry, naturally. 23.36 UKIP's Paul Nuttall is confident. Smug, even. "2015 could be very interesting indeed," he says. 23.35 "We think we have a good record," blusters Cable. Mm. 23.33 NEW QUESTION - a great one for Cable: In recent polls, Lib Dems came fourth behind UKIP. Should they leave the coalition before they lose any support they still have? 23.29 Perhaps we can find some middle ground... 23.28 Paul Nuttall is, it's fair to say, not keen on the idea: "We're getting told to do it by a court which isn't in this country by judges that are absolutely faceless. It's wrong 23.25 NEW QUESTION: Should prisoners get the vote? Vince Cable: "I share [Dominic Grieve's] indignation at the idea that extreme cases should [get the vote] But what the European court has ruled is that there shouldn't be a blanket ban. 23.23 A marvellous man with flowing locks and a well kempt beard has an impassioned question: "Where are we going to find the Hercules to clean out this awful mess," he bellows. We must shake this root and branch until we kick this thing out. 23.20 "We need to look at the sexualisation of 15-year-olds," says Thornberry. We need to see it from Rochdale. 23.16 Paul Nuttall's calling for heads to roll at the BBC. "Strip Jimmy of his knighthood," he says. That man needs to be punished even in death. Not everyone is convinced. 23.14 First he sided with Paul Nuttall, now Mehdi Hasan's agreeing with Claire Perry: "For the first time in my life, I literally agree with every word Claire Perry is saying." Let's not be distracted by this media navel gazing. It's absurd. We need to focus on how Jimmy Savile got away with it. This is not a media regulation story. 23.12 NEW QUESTION: Has the BBC been permanently damaged by the Savile scandal? 23.11 "I'm just wondering where you're getting these numbers from..." says a man in glasses. A lot of data haters in this crowd tonight. 23.08 Vince Cable: "We've made it very clear we will not go along with welfare cuts which are unfair" This particular proposal wouldn't be acceptable. Does that mean the Lib Dems are going to kick back? And, er, will it actually matter? 23.05 Claire Perry: ""I don't think it's fair that families on benefits...[make] different decisions than people in work have to make," We want people on benefits to move into work Mehdi Hasan takes a different tack: "I think the government has a new slogan: tough on babies, tough on the causes of babies." OOoh. Awkward silence. 23.02 We're still on capping child benefit. A good question from the audience: What about the families who have their child benefit cut? Are they supposed to just throw a child into the bushes? 23.00 Paul Nuttall pays tribute to Iain Duncan Smith. "This is a guy who knows his brief," he says. Under Labour, welfare exploded. It rose by 60% between 1997 and 2010. It cost each household £3000 a year. However, there is a growing underclass in this country. I'm from Bootle, which has the lowest life expectancy in England. I see it every day. You've got the family next door on benefits who still have the flatscreen tv, still have the car and can afford to go on holiday. It's creating resentment in the working class community. 22.56 Claire Perry and Emily Thornberry have their knives out. "What wouldn't you cut?" asks Claire Perry. "Police officers" says Emily Thornberry. "When crime is at its lowest level?" says Perry. The audience remains unconvinced. Meanwhile, on Twitter, everyone's talking about the dreaded triple dip: 22.53 Mehdi Hasan takes a swipe at today's GDP figures: "The OBR predicted in 2010 that by now we would have had 4.6% of growth. Do you know how much we've had? Cable hits back at the critics: "Now we've had some good figures, our competitors say that they're fixed." 22.51 A real scepticism towards the statistics tonight, isn't there? 22.48 Claire Perry: "What we have to keep doing is relentlessly focus on the cost of living" 22.46 NEW QUESTION: How do you suggest we maintain the momentum gained from the Olympics? "What, by having the Olympics every year?" snarks Dimbleby. Ouch. 22.44 Remember this moment: these are words you will probably never hear again. Mehdi Hasan says: "I'm with the deputy leader of UKIP." "These are false figures," he continues. He cites a one-off boost from the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee. The economy today is the same size as it was a year ago. 22.42 Paul Nuttall reckons the GDP figures aren't 'real' because of the distorting effect of the Olympics. He also says our national debt rises by £18.5 million every hour. This may need fact checking 22.40 First question: With today's announcement on the GDP figures, are we seeing the first signs of green shoots? 22.40 Mark Littlewood has technology on his side as he gets the first word in: Don't forget the badgers, Mark. 22.35 Tonight's BBC Extra Guest on twitter is Mark Littlewood. He's the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs - the free market think tank - and was once Head of Media for the Lib Dems in 2004, before resigning less than three years later after he said the introduction of proportional representation should not be a dealbreaker when negotiating the Lib Dems" involvement in the coalition. 22.32 Paul Nuttall - The Deputy leader of UKIP is, at 35, the youngest person to date to be Chairman or Deputy Leader. He's MEP for North West England and is an active campaigner for the UK to withdraw from the EU and restore power to Westminster. A Roman Catholic, he is opposed to abortion, in favour of tougher prison sentences for criminals and even capital punishment for child and serial killers. He is also a climate change sceptic, in favour of banning burqas in public places, and an avid campaigner against pub closures. 22.26 Vince Cable - scarcely needs introducing. The Business Secretary has laid low over the last few months, only surfacing to make a last-ditch attempt to resurrect the mansion tax which was slapped down by Osborne weeks ago. With tensions in the coalition at a high in the wake of the Conservative conference, there's always the faint possibility that Cable will go rogue. One to keep an eye on this evening. 22.21 Emily Thornberry - The Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury joined the Labour Party at 17 and has been a particularly prominent supporter of green policies and was a vocal opponent to the war in Iraq. A former human rights barrister, she was appointed Shadow Attorney General in October 2011. 22.16 Mehdi Hassan - A former researcher and producer on LWT's Jonathan Dimbleby programme, Hasan's career also includes four previous appearances on Question Time, as well as a stint on BBC1"s The Politics Show and Sky's breakfast show Sunrise. He has remained an extremely influential left wing commentator since his move from the New Statesman to the Huffington Post in May, a fact evidenced by a blog post Hasan delivered earlier this month in which he declared that "Being pro-life doesn't make me any less of a lefty." It didn't go down brilliantly. 22.09 On to tonight's panel. First up, we have Claire Perry - The former political advisor to George Osborne worked for the Bank of America for three years and then went to Harvard Business School, so it's a little disconcerting that she described the deficit and the debt as "the same thing" on Radio 5 a few weeks ago. She enjoyed a successful business career in the US and Britain before moving to Wiltshire in 2000 and giving up paid work to bring up her children. She is currently the Conservative MP for Devizes . 22.00 Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Question Time. This week, we're back in England - Slough, to be precise - with a cracking panel and an interesting series of debates ahead.It's been a strange week for the Conservatives, who have plenty to be proud of - not least the latest growth figures - but remain dogged by the shadow of Gate-Gate. Tonight's commentators will have plenty to talk about.