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As we end our coverage of PMQs for this week, we'll leave you with a bit of parliamentary jargon...

Parliament is taking a short break from Thursday, which marks the end of the 2019-21 session.

Prorogation , externalis the formal end to the parliamentary year.

The Queen will be in Westminster for the State Opening on Tuesday 11 May.

Thanks for following along with us today.

The team on board was: Becky Morton, Hamish Mackay, Paul Seddon, Richard Morris, and Sinead Wilson, with Johanna Howitt in the editor's chair.

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That's it from PMQs today so here's a quick summary of the main takeaways:

• The PM again said he paid for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat "personally" - but failed to answer repeated questions about who initially paid the costs
• Johnson said he did not think any rules or laws had been broken in relations to the refurbishment
• He again strongly denied that he said he would rather see "bodies piled high" than order another lockdown
• He said the decisions made around the lockdown in November were "very difficult, very bitter" and no-one wants to put the country into another lockdown.

Laura Kuenssberg
Political editor

Boris Johnson did not answer in full the questions about the Downing Street flat, and the very clear question of who initially paid the costs.

He repeated that he covered the costs himself. But the question at the heart of this throughout is who paid to start with, and whether it was a Conservative donor or the party itself.

That’s what’s at the heart of this – and he just wouldn’t answer it.

By the end, I’ve never seen Boris Johnson like that throughout his many, many performances in Parliament. He was visibly really angry.

It was quite something - we haven’t seen that atmosphere when he’s been prime minister at the dispatch box before.

Reality Check

During their heated exchanges, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said to Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer: “Last night, our friends in the European Union voted to approve our Brexit deal, which he opposed.”

If the prime minister is referring to the vote in the House of Commons that followed the deal then that is not correct.

The vote took place on 30 December and was backed by the Commons by 521 to 73 votes after Parliament was recalled.

The Labour leader voted in favour of the legislation on the agreement as did the vast majority of Labour MPs.

The Labour leader had said a "thin deal was better than no deal". He had criticised a number of aspects of the deal.

Reality Check

At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer clashed over the controversial refurbishment of the DowningStreet flat where the prime minister is living.

Mr Johnson said: “I’d rather not spend taxpayers’ money, by the way, like the last Labour government, which spent £500,000 of taxpayers’ money on the Downing Street flat”.

The figures for annual spending, external appear in a parliamentary answer from a Cabinet Office minister.

The £500,000 figure is what you get if you adjust rising prices and add up all the spending over the period of Labour governments between 1997 and 2010.

If you take it in cash terms, to reflect the annual £30,000 allowance, there were several years when the spending was over that level.

But the total spending over 13 years was £370,000, which is just under £30,000 a year.

Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

These were fiery exchanges.

Boris Johnson, under pressure on multiple fronts, clearly came with a view that to fight back was the best defence.

The PM was pressed for simple answers on specifics, including who paid for the renovation of his Downing Street flat, and whether any laws or rules were broken.

Mr Johnson had a two-pronged response: to stick to his carefully worded denial, and counter-attack on multiple fronts even if that wasn’t the question being asked.

He fired back angrily on Labour’s record on housing and council tax, on the European Medicines Agency, and on ventilators.

Sir Keir Starmer, underlining how Mr Johnson’s answers will be viewed, pointedly reminded him that under the ministerial code those who mislead Parliament are expected to resign.

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And that's it - PMQs has ended.

The Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has called a short three minute break.

After that, foreign office minister Nigel Adams will answer an urgent question on the UK government's support for India's coronavirus crisis.

The BBC is bringing you a special day of coverage across TV, radio and digital on India's crisis.

Our colleagues will take you through the key points from the questions, and keep you up to date with all the developments here.

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Just before Lillian Greenwood, the Labour MP, Christian Matheson, raises the issue of the PM's text exchanges with Sir James Dyson promising to "fix" a tax issue. When will Mr Johnson publish those messages, he asks?

The prime minister says he promised to publish the account of his dealings with the businessman and that is exactly what he has done.

He says Labour does not learn their lesson, attacking him one day for having discussions with a potential ventilator maker and then doing a u-turn agreeing that any prime minister would have done the same.

Now Labour is trying to "bash" him again, the PM says.

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Labour MP Rachel Hopkins asks when the prime minister was first made aware of plans for a European Super League.

Johnson says it was on the Sunday night - after the plans were reported in the media.

He adds that the government acted "decisively" using the "arsenal of legislative freedoms" available after leaving the European Union - and the government took a "dim view" of the matter.

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Labour's Lilian Greenwood says the truth "behind all of this, the jobs for your mates" is that the prime minister thinks that rules "are for other people".

She says these are the sort of people "who shop at John Lewis, or IKEA or Argos, the sort of people who don't have donors to fund their wealthy lifestyles".

Boris Johnson says the Labour Party is losing arguments across British politics and has no priorities for what to do. He says the Conservatives are getting on with governing.

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Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney says the UK will miss its target on net zero carbon emissions if it proceeds with a third runway at Heathrow.

She asks if the prime minister will commit to amending the airports national policy statement in light of these targets.

Johnson says the third runway is a private sector venture and he doesn't see "any immediate sign" of the project coming off.

He says the government is looking at the prospect of jet zero aviation - flying with far lower carbon emissions.

The PM adds that the government is working with manufacturers "so this country leads in guilt-free flying”.

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The Conservative MP, Duncan Baker, says as the only former sub postmaster in parliament, he thinks last week's court ruling overturning fraud convictions was only the beginning and not the end.

He says yes, it would cost lots of money and time but "only a proper judge led inquiry" can really bring justice to the victims and bring to account those involved behind the scenes.

The PM says Mr Baker is "totally right". What happened to the former sub-postmasters was "appalling" and "one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in our history" he says.

Johnson says the government is looking at the issues involved and a former high court judge will make recommendations about what further action is needed.

In his exchanges with the PM Keir Starmer read out the Nolan principles., external

These are the Principles of Public Life which apply to all holders of public office - there are seven of them: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, leadership.

Laura Kuenssberg
Political editor

I've never seen Boris Johnson so rattled and angry at the despatch box in his final answer to Starmer - red faced and ranting at the end.

The prime minister denied his "bodies" quote again, and still didn’t answer the central question about his Downing Street flat - who picked up the bill at the start.

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Joining by video link, Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts asks, given that the sole judge of questions relating to the ministerial code is the prime minister, what happens when a PM "goes rogue"?

Johnson replies by saying the public have a chance to "make up their own minds" in local elections on 6 May.

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The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford says over 127,000 people have died from Covid in the UK. He says so many people find the remarks of Boris Johnson, saying he would "rather let the bodies pile high" so distressing.

He asks "are you a liar prime minister?"

The Commons Speaker interjects on the language used.

Boris Johnson says it is up to those charging him with the accusations of saying he'd "let the bodies pile high" to say who is accusing him of saying it.

He says a lockdown is a "miserable, miserable" thing and he did everything he could to protect the British people.

Mr Blackford says "this is a prime minister who is up to his neck in Tory sleaze" and he continues to dodge questions.

He asks when the money went to the Conservative Party, when it was used to pay for the refurbishment, when he paid it back, and if it was an interest free loan.

He asks if the prime minister is aware that the Electoral Commission has the power to prosecute him if he continues to refuse to publish this data.

Boris Johnson says he "looks forward to what the Electoral Commission has to say" and says Mr Blackford is talking "complete nonsense".

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Starmer reminds the PM of the Nolan principles that govern the behaviour of those in public office and says this government is instead characterised by "dodgy contracts, jobs for mates and cash for access".

He says Boris Johnson is "at the heart of it" and that "major sleaze is sitting there" in the form of the prime minister.

The British people deserve a PM they can trust he says rather than one "mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal".

Johnson says he was attacked last week for talking to Sir James Dyson about ventilators but the reality is the UK is sending this equipment to India and any PM in his position would have done the same thing.

Johnson says the Conservatives are getting on with the job of delivering on people's priorities, they have delivered a Brexit deal and ensured a smooth vaccine roll-out while Labour plays political games he says.

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Starmer replies to the PM by accusing him of not answering his last question.

He points out that donations to MPs are required to be declared within 28 days, while for ministers, donations must also be recorded in the register of ministers' interests.

He adds that large donations to political parties must also be declared.

Starmer goes on to describe the investigation by the Electoral Commission into the refurbishments as "incredibly serious".

Does the prime minister believe any rules or laws have been broken in relation to the refurbishment, Starmer asks.

"No", Johnson responds, attacking the Labour leader for "going on and on" about "wallpaper" when he's said "umpteen times" he has paid for it.