Sir Keir says the prime minister has "ripped up" the previous budgeting for a 2.1% pay increase this year.

He asks the prime minister why the government is going ahead with it, adding: "even his own MPs know he's got this wrong".

Boris Johnson again says that hospital workers got a pay rise under the last three-year deal, whilst nursing students are also now getting £5,000 bursaries.

He says the government will "study" the recommendations of the NHS pay-review body, which is due to report in early May.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his mum and sister were nurses, and his wife works in the NHS.

He says when he clapped for carers "I meant it" but he accuses the PM of clapping for carers and then "shutting the door" on them.

He says Mr Johnson repeatedly said the NHS would not pay for the cost, he says the pay rise had been budgeted for at 2.1%, he asks why promises are being broken "after everything the NHS has done for us".

Boris Johnson says Sir Keir voted against that NHS funding document, and there are 18,000 more healthcare workers and 10,600 more nurses since last year. There will be 40 more hospitals across the country under the current government.

He says the government can do this because of their "sound management of the economy".

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Sir Keir asks the PM whether the pay award means NHS staff in England will lose out on "hundreds of pounds" from their annual salary.

He also criticises reporting spending on refurbishments to the PM's official flat and £2.6m spent on doing up a media room in Downing Street.

Boris Johnson denies the figure used by the Labour leader, and says NHS staff are "particularly" valued.

He adds an additional £63bn has been spent supporting the NHS during the Covid crisis.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the PM claims nurse pay has gone up, but nurses pay has fallen in real terms by more than £800.

He says Boris Johnson could afford a 40% pay rise for Dominic Cummings, so asks how he can justify a real terms pay cut for nurses.

Boris Johnson says "we all owe a massive debt to our nurses".

He says there is £5,000 available for nursing bursaries, and there is an increase in nursing applications. He adds the government are on track for recruiting an additional 50,000 nurses.

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For his first question, Sir Keir Starmer goes in on the NHS pay row, asking whether staff deserve a bigger rise than the PM's former adviser Dominic Cummings.

Boris Johnson says the country owes a "massive debt" to NHS workers and they have asked the pay-review body to look their pay award "exceptionally".

He adds that starting salaries for nurses have gone up over last three years because of a multi-year pay deal.

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Boris Johnson starts by saying the UK has "not blocked a single vaccine or vaccine component" - a rebuttal to the claim by European Council President Charles Michel.

The PM says "we opposed vaccine nationalism in all its forms".

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Jonathan Blake
BBC political correspondent

Expect NHS pay to dominate the clash between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer.

It's the first PMQs since the government announced its recommended 1% pay rise for nurses and other staff in England which Labour have seized on to draw a political dividing line.

It's likely Sir Keir will continue in that vein at the despatch box today, arguing staff deserve more.

Although the prime minister may note that Labour hasn't put a figure on its call for pay rises across the public sector or said how it would be paid for.

So far ministers have stuck to the line that 1% is all they can afford but listen closely to Boris Johnson's language for any sign of a shift.

The report into test and trace might also provide Sir Keir Starmer with a chance to reprise criticism of the government's competence.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford had been due to question the prime minister - but he's fallen victim to the perils of home working.

A power cut across Skye, from where he had been due to dial in remotely, means Kirsten Oswald will stand in for him today.

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The PM has just left No 10 Downing Street to head over to Parliament for this week's question time.

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Another big topic in Westminster is today's highly critical report on the government's coronavirus Test and Trace system from MPs on the Public Accounts Committee.

The report said the benefits of the system have been unclear, despite £37bn being set aside for it over two years, and some consulting fees of more than £6,600 a day in some cases.

They said spending on the project was "unimaginable," and warned the taxpayer could not be treated like an "ATM machine".

But ministers have rushed to defend the scheme this morning, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying the scheme has performed "an amazing job".

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Today is the first PMQs since the dispute over NHS pay erupted, after it merged last week that the government is recommending a 1% pay increase for nearly all hospital staff in England.

Labour has pushed on the row all week, accusing ministers of breaking a promise to NHS workers, because a 2.1% rise had previously been budgeted for back in 2019.

But the government argues the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the financial situation, and the 1% award is now the most the country can afford.

Some Conservative MPs have also argued for a more generous settlement, including the possibility of a one-off bonus - as has been offered to staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Here's a look at today's news headlines:

• A committee of MPs has criticised England’s coronavirus test-and-trace system for having “no clear impact” despite a £37bn budget
• A row has broken out between the UK and the EU after the bloc's most senior official wrongly claimed the UK had banned all Covid-19 vaccine exports
• Boris Johnson has said he wants to cut air passenger duty on domestic flights in a bid to boost travel connections across the UK.
• Piers Morgan has said he stands by his criticism of the Duchess of Sussex as ITV's Good Morning Britain airs for the first time since his departure. The media regulator, Ofcom, received more than 41-thousand complaints about his criticism of Meghan.
• The government's spending watchdog has warned some councils are at risk of financial failure because of the pandemic. The National Audit Office suggests many face having to cut services to balance the books.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this week's Prime Minister's Questions.

As always, the proceedings kick off at 12:00 GMT.

We'll bring you all the developments, with analysis from our political correspondent Jonathan Blake, external, and the BBC Reality Check team.

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