Boris Johnson defended the government's response to local lockdowns and virus infections on university campuses
Sir Keir Starmer pressed the PM to publish the science behind the decision to enforce a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants
In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce further restrictions aimed a slowing coronavirus infections
UK's Chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost and cabinet minister Michael Gove will appear in front of a select committee later
MPs will hold a retrospective vote later to approve lockdown restrictions which were introduced in some parts of England last week
Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has told the BBC the union will cut its funding to the Labour party by 10%
Council leaders have warned the government that plans to relax planning rules could lead to fewer new affordable homes being built
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Boris Johnson insisted that data on coronavirus hotspots in England, where case numbers are high and hospital admissions are concentrated, showed that the government's local and regional approach was the right one.
But Sir Keir Starmer said it was 'obvious' that something had gone wrong' - as infection rates were still rising in most of the areas under enhanced restrictions.
Sir Keir echoed the frustrations of some Tory backbenchers by calling for the government to publish the scientific evidence behind the 10pm curfew.
But the Prime Minister accused his opponent of flip flopping on his support for the measures - pointing out that Sir Keir said he backed the rule of six, but his party abstained on it in a Commons vote last night.
Reality Check
During PMQs, Keir Starmer criticised the way local restrictions are being managed.
“Twenty local areas have been under restrictions for two months, in 19 of those 20 areas infections rates have gone up,” he said.
The Labour party compiled a list, external of local authorities, and it looks like the increases are correct.
But their list also includes areas which haven’t actually faced local restrictions for two complete months.
For example, Oadby and Wigston did face additional restrictions at the end of June, but these were lifted after a month. They were only placed under restrictions again on 22 September.
On another point, Sir Keir said areas in parts of the north of England had been placed into local restrictions at rates lower than those experienced in parts of the south which are not under any kind of lockdown.
This is true.
Bury, Tameside, Stockport and Wigan (to name a few) had case rates of between 20 and 30 per 100,000 people when they first went into lockdown.
The London borough of Hillingdon – the prime minister’s constituency – had rates of 46 cases per 100,000, while Redbridge had 57 and Barking and Dagenham 53, in the week ending the 27 September, according to Public Health England.
And analysis by the BBC data team suggests that these rates have increased in the past week.
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Political editor
Labour believe they are onto something with this agenda of pressing the government over how competently it has responded to the Covid pandemic.
By pushing the prime minister to give more information on the scientific justification for the 10pm pub closing time, Labour are opening up the possibility they might be able to walk back from supporting it.
You can see the prime minister's frustration, because initially Labour backed the move.
By pushing the government to produce the evidence - which they haven't thus far - you wonder whether Labour might be paving the way to gang up with Tory rebels ahead of a vote on it next week.
Reality Check
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked the prime minister to publish the scientific evidence for closing pubs and restaurants at 10pm before MPs vote on it next week.
Boris Johnson responded during prime mister's questions: “The basis on which we set out the curtailment of hospitality was the basis on which he accepted it two weeks ago and that is to reduce the spread of the virus.”
The government has not yet laid out its specific evidence for 10pm closure.
Prof Mark Woolhouse from University of Edinburgh, a member of the government's infection modelling team, recently told the BBC's Andrew Marr "there isn't a proven scientific basis for any of this".
Image source, HoCAnd that's it - PMQs is over and Boris Johnson has left the Chamber.
Image source, HoCLabour's Taiwo Owatemi says her constituents are worried that the government is "relying on dodgy figures" to build "unaffordable" homes on green spaces.
She says her constituency of Coventry is "running out of brownfield sites" and asks the prime minister where new homes will be built.
"There is an abundant of brownfield spaces across the whole of the UK," replies the prime minister.
He says home ownership is hampered by "cumbersome planning procedures" and the "inability of young people being able to afford homes".
He tells MPs the government is introducing mortgages for 95% of the value of a property in order to solve the problem.
Image source, HoCConservative Dame Cheryl Gillan asks about whether the Chilterns will be made a National Park, following recommendations in a government report.
Following the PM's party conference speech yesterday, she also asks what the government is doing to protect the environment ahead of the rescheduled COP26 UN climate summit next year.
Boris Johnson says the government will consider "each recommendation" in the report, and is committed to protecting areas of natural beauty.
He adds that the UK is "leading the way" on efforts to protect habitats in the run-up to the summit.
Leila Nathoo
BBC political correspondent
Keir Starmer echoed the frustrations of some Tory backbenchers by calling for Boris Johnson to publish the scientific evidence behind the 10pm curfew.
In a now familiar pattern, the Prime Minister again accused the Labour leader of flip flopping on his support for the government - saying Sir Keir had backed the curfew when it was introduced, on the basis that it would curb the spread of the virus.
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Image source, HoCLabour's Matt Western says universities "are struggling to contain coronavirus".
"Our communities deserve better and immediate access to testing," he says and notes testing problems in his own constituency.
"Was the government not expecting students to return to university," he asks.
Boris Johnson thanks the "overwhelming majority of students for the way they have complied with regulations".
He acknowledges that there have "clearly been problems" and says the government is pursuing measures "already outlined".
Image source, HoCDUP Westminster leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson asks the PM to guarantee firms in Northern Ireland will have "full and unfettered" access to markets in other parts of the UK.
He says a "barrier" in the Irish Sea would be "devastating" for Northern Ireland's economy.
Boris Johnson claims the "excellent" Internal Market Bill, which was passed by MPs earlier this month, has been designed to do that.
The government has admitted the bill would allow ministers to breach international law - which has prompted the EU to start legal action against the UK.
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Image source, HoCJoining via video link, the SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford uses his questions to ask about making the £20 increase in universal credit permanent
Without the move he argues 7,000 people could move into poverty.
Boris Johnson says it "is vital we tackle poverty" and tells MPs his government will put £1.7bn into universal credit by 2023/24.
He adds that "the best thing we can do for people on universal credit is to get this virus down and get them into well paid jobs."
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Leila Nathoo
BBC political correspondent
The Labour leader Keir Starmer continues with his strategy of challenging the government on competence in dealing with coronavirus - this time pressing on the missing positive test results in England.
Boris Johnson has previously labelled him 'captain hindsight' - today Sir Keir turned the attack around, accusing the prime minister of 'government in hindsight'.
Image source, HoCFor his final question, Sir Keir says the government's inability to explain when areas will enter into or come out of restrictions is "getting ridiculous".
He says there is a need to clarify the "scientific basis" behind the 10pm pub curfew, and asks for this to be published before MPs vote on whether to keep it in place next week.
In reply, Boris Johnson says Labour accepted the rationale for the new closing time for pubs "only two weeks ago" when it backed the idea.
Referencing Sir Keir's new slogan at Labour's autumn conference, he says the leader of the opposition is offering "not new leadership", but "no leadership".
Image source, HoCIt gets a bit testy when Sir Keir Starmer snaps at the PM: "If you actually listen to the question we might get on better."
He then asks Boris Johnson why his own constituency in Hillingdon has not had restrictions imposed, despite having higher infection rates than other places that have seen lockdown measures introduced.
Boris Johnson says he has already explained why "we are introducing differentiated restrictions."
"I wish I could pretend eveything was going to be rosy," he says and calls for "a concerted national effort" to tackle the virus.
"I think it quite extraordinary that the Labour leader supports the rule of six while encouraging his entire party to abstain," he adds in a dig at Sir Keir Starmer.