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Keir Starmer says "thousands of businesses step up - that's a good thing" but adds "they didn't all have the chance to text the PM asking him to fix a tax situation."

"Take for example the thousands of jobs at Liberty Steel on the line following the collapse of Greensill," he adds.

"The PM hasn't fix that - is it one rule for those who have the PM's phone number another for everybody else," he asks.

Boris Johnson says he is concerned for steel workers and adds the business secretary has been meeting with the unions and management

He adds that jobs in steel fell by 50% under Labour.

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Sir Keir Starmer says the text messages show the PM was lobbied by Sir James Dyson for a change in the tax rules. He later told him this was "fixed", the Labour leader adds.

Boris Johnson replies that, in March last year, the country faced a new virus, the only way to treat seriously ill people at the time was to put them on ventilators. He did the "right thing" in trying to get as many manufacturers as possible involved, he adds.

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Labour's Keir Starmer also sends the Queen his best wishes and echoes the PM's comments on the George Floyd case and the European Super League.

He pays tribute to former Labour peer Lord Judd.

Kicking off the questions, he asks: "What is the right thing to do if he receives a text from a billionaire Conservative supporter asking him to fix tax rules."

"I make absolutely no apology for doing everything I could to secure ventilators for the people of this country," Boris Johnson replies.

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As PMQs gets under way, Boris Johnson begins with his best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen on her 95th birthday.

The PM then comments on the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd in the United States.

The prime minister says the verdict delivered "justice" for Mr Floyd's family.

Mr Johnson also welcomes the decision of six English clubs to pull out of the "Super League" last night, hailing it as the "right decision".

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle announces the beginning of Prime Minister's Questions.

Stick with us for all the updates.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

There's likely to be an attack line from Labour on cronyism - not only at PMQs, but in the run up to English local elections, too.

With the revelation that the Prime Minister had been in direct contact with businessman James Dyson over tax rules.

Keir Starmer will undoubtedly claim that Boris Johnson gives special access to friends, with little regard to the rules.

The prime minister is likely to push back strongly, citing the pandemic and possibly calling in aid the comments of a previous Labour occupant of No10.

Tony Blair told the BBC, external ‘there has to be a certain degree of understanding if you are in the middle of a huge crisis.’

But what the current Labour leadership understands is this - some of their target voters have responded positively to the message that there is one rule for ministers, former ministers and their mates - and another for everyone else.

So that attack will increase, not abate.

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Another topic that could come up in PMQs is the news that Downing street has scrapped plans to launch new White House-style press conferences despite spending £2.6m on a venue to host them.

The PM's media chief Allegra Stratton - who had been due to front the briefings - will instead become the spokeswoman for the COP26 climate summit.

Labour accused the government of "wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a pointless vanity project".

But Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said it was right for the government to have a press facility and that the room previously used for press conferences was too small and "not fit for purpose".

Simon Jack
BBC Business Editor

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Keir Starmer could raise the future of Liberty steel with the prime minister again this week.

The Labour leader previously used PMQs to ask Boris Johnson to do "whatever is necessary" to protect jobs in the British steel industry.

The party is continuing to press on the issue, saying the government should step in to save Liberty Steel before, not after, it collapses to save thousands of supply chain jobs and millions of pounds.

Liberty - and its parent firm GFG Alliance - have been in trouble since its main financial backer Greensill Capital went bust in early March.

The government has pledged to preserve Liberty Steel in some form.

It said it was "closely monitoring developments" around the firm.

Read more from Simon here

Laura Kuenssberg
Political editor

Lobbying can be absolutely legitimate. It's part of how Westminster lives and breathes. Who would object to a small charity approaching its local MP to ask for help?

Who would complain about the pub industry pushing the government for answers about when they can serve pints again inside after the year we've all had?

Who would begrudge health unions trying to persuade ministers that their staff members deserve a pay rise?

Who wouldn't see the logic of big business groups trying to make their arguments to decision makers at the top to help them thrive and prosper, when decisions made in SW1 affect millions of us, and billions of pounds?

There are thousands of different circumstances in which having those discussions is perfectly valid.

What about however, when the most powerful politician in the country sends a direct message to an influential businessman promising: "I will fix it tomo"?

Read Laura's blog in full here.

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Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg has an exclusive story today regarding Boris Johnson’s mobile text messages.

Laura has revealed that the PM assured businessman Sir James Dyson that his employees would not have to pay extra tax if they came to the UK to make ventilators during the pandemic.

Sir James, whose firm is now based in Singapore, wrote to the Treasury to ask for no change in tax status for staff.

But the BBC has seen text messages sent in March 2020 that show Sir James then went directly to the PM, with Mr Johnson replying: "I will fix it."

The government said it did everything it could to get the right equipment.

Read our full story here.

BBC Politics

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

There’s lots for the MPs to get their teeth in to with the PM.

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