Starmer says the PM's bluster "won't work with the police" - pointing to the investigation by the Met on Downing Street parties.

But he says the reason the Tories are putting taxes up are because of low growth in the UK, that was "much weaker" than under Labour government.

He accuses the Tories of failing to grow the economy for "over a decade".

"No," replies the PM.

He says the UK has been through the biggest pandemic for 100 years and put vast amounts of cash into helping people.

But, "in spite of all the difficulties we have faced", Johnson claims the UK has the fastest growth in the G7 and lowest unemployment.

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Following up, Sir Keir Starmer says freezing income tax rates, tuition fee repayment rates and increases to council tax from April are examples of "stealth taxes" on working people.

He says the government cannot "hide reality" that the tax burden on workers is at its highest for 70 years.

In reply, Boris Johnson says the government has made universal credit more generous - after it was recently cut from its pandemic level - and the warm homes discount.

He adds that the main thing the government is doing is "helping people into work".

In his first question, Sir Keir Starmer attacks the PM for his remarks this week, accusing him of not prosecuting Jimmy Savile.

He says Johnson is "parroting" conspiracy theories from fascists to "score cheap political points".

He moves on the cost of living, saying Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have claimed to be "tax-cutting Conservatives", and asks: "Why do they keep raising taxes on working people?"

Johnson says he doesn't want to make "heavy weather" of the Savile issue, but points to Starmer taking "full responsibility" for events when he was in charge of the prosecutions service.

And on the cost of living, he says the government are making multiple moves to help people.

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As PMQs gets under way, Boris Johnson says the Queen's "tireless service" will be marked on her Platinum Jubilee this weekend.

Tory MP Esther McVey asks the PM to confirm the policy of mandatory Covid jabs for health care workers will be scrapped - after ministers said they would consult on it earlier this week.

Boris Johnson says the decision will be subject to responses.

At the start of PMQs, the Speaker made a statement saying he recognises there are "frustrations" around the use of language in the Commons, namely when MPs are accused of lying.

It goes against the rules to call each other liars during debates, and members can be kicked out.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle says there are ways or raising the issue - like through an opposition day debate.

But he says not calling each other liars is important in "preserving the character of parliamentary debate" and to stop "fruitless cycles of accusations and counter accusations".

And we're off! Boris Johnson has just approached the despatch box in the Commons.

We'll bring you the latest as he's grilled by MPs on all sides of the House.

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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has got to his feet to announce the start of Prime Minister's Questions.

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Iain Watson
Political correspondent

The PM is cheered by colleagues as he enters the Commons chamber - but many of his own MPs will be paying close attention to his performance, as more letters of no confidence trickle in today.

MPs are filing into the House of Commons for PMQs, which will get under way shortly.

Boris Johnson has left No 10 to make the short journey over to the Commons for PMQs.

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While the critics are out in force, ministers are drilling home their mantra that the PM is "getting on with the job", and a flurry of policy announcements have been coming out of Whitehall.

This morning came the government's long-awaited whitepaper for "levelling up" - a plan to close the gap between rich and poor parts of the country.

The document is hefty - 350 pages at last count - and sets out aims to improve services such as education, broadband and transport by 2030.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove says the plans will "shift both money and power into the hands of working people".

But Labour's Lisa Nandy says it only offers "more slogans and strategies, with few new ideas".

You can read more about it here, but we'd be surprised if it didn't get a mention from Boris Johnson during PMQs.

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They say a week is a long time in politics, but it has nothing on the past 48 hours.

Monday saw the release of the Sue Gray report into Downing Street lockdown parties.

It was only an initial update, as the Met Police are now investigating, but the findings were damning - blaming "failures of leadership and judgement" for the gatherings that took place.

Boris Johnson made a statement to the Commons on Monday afternoon and apologised, promising changes to the way Downing Street is run.

But he still refused to give more detail on the parties while the police investigation continues, leading to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer saying he was taking the public for fools.

The PM held a meeting with his backbench MPs to rally the troops, but there is still anger, and more have admitted to sending in letters of no confidence in an attempt to trigger a leadership election.

Yesterday, Johnson was in Ukraine to offer support over growing tensions with Russia, and to perhaps position himself as the statesmen his party needs.

But he's back in Westminster today for and PMQs, and the challenges of domestic issues are back at the top of his agenda again.

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The damning conclusions of Sue Gray's initial report into lockdown parties at No 10 are still reverberating around Westminster.

And the future of Boris Johnson is still the main topic of corridor conversations.

The PM's prospects took another blow this morning when former minister Tobias Ellwood revealed he would be submitting a letter of no confidence in his leader.

He said that under Johnson, the Conservative Party was "slipping into a very ugly place", and it was "just horrible" for MPs to "continuously have to defend this to the British public".

Remember, there needs to be 54 letters submitted before a confidence vote in the prime minister is called, and we are still in low numbers when it comes to those who have publicly confirmed sending them.

But it is a sign of ongoing unhappiness on the backbenches that could come up in PMQs.

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Welcome to this week's live page from Westminster, covering what is sure to be another feisty Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons.

The main event will kick off at 12:00 GMT, but stay with us for all the build up, news and analysis.