Tory leader Kemi Badenoch criticises the PM's "tiny tariff deal" with the US and claims UK unemployment is up 10% - BBC Verify investigated this claim, including Labour's rebuttal
Keir Starmer defends his record on the economy and says the Tories crashed it in 2022
Using the example of Beales department store, Badenoch claims Labour's "jobs tax" means businesses are holding "Rachel Reeves closing down sales"
Starmer says nobody wants to see job losses but that he's managed to get trade deals with the US and India over the line, unlike the Conservatives
Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts attacks Starmer's stance on immigration, saying it changes depends on what he "last heard in a focus group" - to which the PM says she's talking "rubbish"
MPs were taken aback by his angry response, writes our correspondent Leila Nathoo
Badenoch says the five leading business groups know things are getting worse and that they're saying the employment rights bill will be deeply damaging.
Starmer says respect and dignity for workers is good for the economy and workers.
Badenoch says Starmer knows things are going to get worse.
She says she visited a hospice which says they need to find an additional £250,000 to pay for the rise in national insurance paid by employers.
Starmer says Badenoch "carps from the side-lines" and doesn't have the courage to say she would reverse decisions the government has taken.
Image source, Parliament TVBadenoch says Starmer has secured a "tiny tariff deal" from the US for the UK, saying it has put the economy in a worse position "than we were in March".
She says "household name" companies are cutting staff, with the ONS estimating there are 100,000 fewer jobs than a year ago, before the so-called "job tax" or national insurance rise for employers came into force.
She asks if the prime minister can promise that by this time next year unemployment will be lower.
Starmer suggests Badenoch should get the train to Solihull to speak to workers at Jaguar Land Rover to tell them "she would rip up the deal".
Image source, PA MediaBadenoch is up again, asking what the government is going to do about jobs, giving the example of department store Beales holding a “Reeves closing down sale”.
Starmer responds that nobody wants to see job losses and says it is only she who thinks the economy was booming after the last government.
He adds that the government has done deals with US and India, which the Tories failed to do and which he says Badenoch is against. He claims she would also rip up a deal with the EU.
Starmer thanks Badenoch and says how much he appreciates that she messaged him "straight away" after the attack.
He defends his record on the economy, contrasting it to the Liz Truss mini-budget, which he describes as "disastrous".
Leader of the opposition and Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch is up.
She begins by saying how horrified she was to hear about the attack on the prime minister's home.
"This wasn't just an attack on him, but on all of us, and on our democracy," she tells the Commons.
Badenoch then asks why unemployment is rising under his watch.
The government and opposition front benches are in place and the Speaker is calling the House to order, which means PMQs is about to start.
We'll have all the action here and of course you can follow along through the watch live button at the top of the page.
Another issue bubbling away this week is prisons.
Reports today suggest that the upcoming sentencing review, led by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke, will propose for some prisoners to be released after serving a third of their sentence if they behave well and carry out rehabilitation activities.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is understood to be planning to accept the proposals, according to the Times newspaper, external, which also reports that Mahmood will set out separate plans to free up more space in prisons later today.
Thousands of prisoners were released last year in England and Wales as part of an emergency measure by the then new Labour government to ease overcrowding in jails.
Will this be mentioned at PMQs? We'll have to wait and see.
Image source, PA MediaAhead of PMQs kicking off at 12:00, here's some breaking news.
Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, will not face criminal charges in relation to threat allegations, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.
Lowe, who was elected as a Reform MP last year, was suspended by the party and referred to police in March over claims of threats towards the party's chairman.
The CPS said it decided not to press charges "following a thorough and detailed review of the evidence" and having concluded that there was "insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction".
In a statement on X , externalthis morning, Lowe accused Reform of carrying out a "brutal smear campaign", claiming he was "targeted" for asking "legitimate questions about the party's direction".
Next week in London, the UK and EU will hold a summit at which they hope to announce a security and defence pact.
Starmer has said he wants to "reset" the UK's post-Brexit relations with the EU and seek closer ties with the bloc.
A security pact could pave the way for greater UK involvement in EU-wide defence procurement projects, as well as access to a loans scheme for British defence firms.
The UK is also aiming for a wider negotiation of their trading relationship.
However, one sticking point has been fishing arrangements, which are due to expire in June next year under the post-Brexit trade deal agreed in 2020.
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
The government is preparing to apply new rules making migrants wait longer for permanent settlement in the UK to those who are already in the country.
Under plans announced in Monday’s immigration white paper, immigrants will now typically have to live in the UK for 10 years before applying for the right to stay here indefinitely - double the current five-year period.
There will be some exemptions for those who can show they have contributed to the UK’s “economy and society”.
But when the proposals were unveiled by the government on Monday it was not clear if the doubling of the eligibility period would apply to the approximately 1.5 million foreign workers who have moved to Britain since 2020.
The BBC understands that the detailed document published in the coming weeks will make clear that the government is preparing to apply the 10 year qualifying period to those who are already in the UK as well as to new visa applicants, although this will be subject to a public consultation.
A government source said that Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has for some time been concerned that under the current five-year process there is set to be a significant increase in settlement and citizenship applications in the next few years, reflecting the surge in immigration in the early years of this decade.
The decision to consult on applying the new rules to those already here will prove controversial with some Labour MPs. Florence Eshalomi, the chair of the housing, communities and local government select committee, said on Monday that the lack of clarity about the process for those already here on work visas had left some of her constituents “understandably worried about their future plans”, with one telling her that “they were considering leaving the UK”.
Image source, EPAThe prime minister said on Monday the UK risked becoming an "an island of strangers" without stricter controls, a phrase the home secretary has since defended.
Yvette Cooper rejected a comparison made by a small number of Labour MPs, notably former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, to the language of Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
Downing Street also rejected the comparison and said the PM stands by his words and "the argument he was making that migrants make a massive contribution to our country, but migration needs to be controlled".
Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he understood the "context" in which the government had announced its new migration measures, but he would not have used the phrase "island of strangers" himself.
Image source, PA MediaOn Monday, the PM unveiled Labour's plans to cut immigration.
The proposals focus on legal migration, for people issued with visas to allow them to come to the UK for work or study:
Work visas tightened: Overseas workers will now generally need a degree-level qualification
Care visa scrapped: A dedicated visa for social care workers will close to new applicants next month.
Longer residency waits: Immigrants will typically have to live in the UK for 10 years, instead of five, before applying for the right to stay indefinitely.
Tougher English tests: Language requirements for work visas will increase.
Seven days is a long time in Westminster. Let's go through this week's headlines:
Wednesday 7: 42 Labour MPs said proposed welfare savings are "impossible to support" without a "change in direction".
Saturday 10: Starmer travelled to Ukraine to join world leaders in a call for a ceasefire. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said demands for her to resign after the local elections were "just not serious".
Monday 12: The government announced its plans to reduce immigration. Two homes linked to Sir Keir Starmer were damaged in suspected arson attacks.
Tuesday 13: Conservative MP Patrick Spencer was charged with two counts of sexual assault that allegedly took place at London's Groucho Club. Labour MP Tahir Ali faces an expenses probe.
Today: Thousands of civil servants are to be moved out of London under plans to save money and shift government jobs to offices across the country.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this week's Prime Minister's Questions from our newsroom in London.
The weekly session of questions comes after the PM announced the government's plans to reduce immigration earlier this week.
Leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch said the plans are "nowhere near the scale of the change we need to see," while care providers have expressed fear they will struggle to hire enough workers if the government stops them recruiting from overseas.
And don't forget, it is not long after the local elections result. Labour and the Conservatives both suffered their biggest local election defeats, while Reform UK made huge gains.
Whatever comes up, we'll be here for every twist and turn and analysis along the way.