Sir Keir Starmer's second question is also on fraud.

He accuses the PM's cabinet of "turning a blind eye to scammers" and the Chancellor of writing off £4bn of losses.

The PM says: "We are tackling crime across the board."

He says they are cracking down on neighbourhood crime that has a massive psychological impact, knife crime, burglary and violence in the street with tougher sentences and putting more police on the street.

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For his first question, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asks about fraud prevention.

He asks the PM whether he agrees with recent comments by the business secretary that fraud is not something people experience in their day to day lives.

In reply, Boris Johnson says the government "despises" fraud.

He added that anti-fraud measures have been strengthened.

At the start of PMQs a few minutes ago, Boris Johnson said that after the Commons recess, he intends to come back to present the government's latest plan for living with Covid.

Thanks to "encouraging" trends, the PM said he planned to end the last domestic restrictions - including on self-isolation - a "full month early".

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Boris Johnson is now on his feet in the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions.

He faces MPs for the first time since announcing a mini reshuffle of his cabinet - a move seen as a re-set of his premiership and an attempt to reconnect with Conservative MPs questioning his future following "party-gate" revelations.

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Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have both left their homes and are making their way to the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions.

Stay with us for live updates of their exchanges.

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Tory donor's decision to end funds could concentrate mindspublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2022

11:37 GMT 9 February 2022

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

More now on the impact of financier John Armitage's decision not to give the Tory party any more money for now, and his calls for Boris Johnson to resign.

We know that various Conservative MPs have been wondering about whether to submit a letter of no confidence in Johnson.

Some have told me they’re waiting for various events to happen - the police investigation into lockdown parties in Downing Street to conclude, for example.

Or to see if there is an electoral consequence to the so-called "party-gate" allegations and investigations at the local elections.

Now, of course, it looks like they’ll be a financial consequence as well, so Armitage's decision may be something that concentrates minds.

Boris Johnson is to face Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions just after noon today in what has already been a busy week in Westminster.

On Tuesday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid revealed his plan to tackle the NHS backlog and Johnson carried out a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet.

On top of this, Johnson has been facing renewed calls to apologise for his false claim that Starmer was personally responsible for failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile after the Labour leader was targeted by protesters near Parliament this week.

Labour has already criticised Javid's NHS plan and urged Johnson to apologise over the Savile remark, so it's possible Starmer could press these topics further.

Or he may return to the cost of living crisis, which was one of his main areas of focus at last week's PMQs.

We'll find out in about an hour and will bring you the key lines from the session.

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More now on Gillian Keegan’s apology for continuing a face-to-face meeting despite discovering she’d tested positive for Covid.

A spokesman for Health Secretary Sajid Javid says he’s spoken to the health minister and she "has taken responsibility for her actions and made a full apology".

Javid has accepted her apology and "continues to support her in her role," the spokesman adds.

Keegan says she was told her lateral flow test was positive while meeting three men who had lost their daughters to suicide.

She informed them of the result but briefly continued the meeting, which she describes as an "error of judgement" on her part.

Keegan says she’s now isolating at home and feels fine.

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The new leader of the House of Commons, Mark Spencer, has said Lord Geidt, the prime minister's adviser on ministerial interests, will carry out the investigation into MP Nusrat Ghani's claims that her faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020.

Johnson has asked the Cabinet Office to "establish the facts" regarding the Tory MP's claim that she was told by a whip her dismissal as a minister was because of concerns about her "Muslimness".

Spencer identified himself as the whip, but denied her accusation.

He tells BBC Radio Nottingham he had to stay quiet while the investigation was carried out.

"That investigation is ongoing... we wait for the results of that.

"If I'm honest with you... that is a bit rough, when you're accused of something of that nature. It's a bit rough not being able to defend yourself until the results of that investigation come forward.

"I've just got to keep my mouth shut, present the facts to Lord Geidt who's doing the investigation, and then once that's concluded, I think we'll be able to have a fairly open conversation about that."

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Boris Johnson has been facing renewed calls to apologise for his false claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile, after the Labour leader was this week targeted by protesters near Parliament.

Videos on social media showed Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions, being escorted into a police car after protesters were heard shouting about the sex offender and criticising Covid measures.

A number of MPs - including some Conservatives - have linked the PM's comments to the incident.

But No 10 has made it clear that Johnson does not plan to apologise, and on Wednesday health minister Ed Argar also downplayed suggestions he might say sorry.

Argar told Sky News: "He's clarified that he was talking about Sir Keir in the context of his leadership role at the CPS...

"And I'll be honest with you, I suspect that's what you will hear from the prime minister later."

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Turning to Brexit news, MPs have said the only detectable impact of leaving the EU so far for UK firms is "increased costs, paperwork and border delays".

A report from the Public Accounts Committee, parliament's spending watchdog, says it's "clear" that leaving the EU is having an impact on UK trade volumes.

The committee also warns things could worsen this year as new import controls come in.

The government says it continues to ensure businesses get "the support they need to trade effectively with Europe".

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It didn't go un-noticed that yesterday's mini reshuffle of the cabinet was largely dominated by men.

It led some to dub the re-set a "he-shuffle", or the slightly less snappy "men-shuffle".

One of them was senior Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, who is among the MPs in her party to have publicly called for Johnson to resign.

She noted that Johnson had doubled the number of parliamentary private secretaries (MPs who are unpaid assistants to ministers) from two to four, with three of the appointments being women.

Sarah Dines, Lia Nici, Joy Morrissey, James Duddridge were all promoted to the role.

"The men got the paid jobs and the women the unpaid ones,” Nokes said.

Let's catch up now on the key political stories the papers have picked up.

Several of them lead on the health secretary's plan to tackle the backlog of NHS patients in England.

Writing in the Telegraph, Sajid Javid says the "hard truth" is that waiting lists will continue to rise until 2024 regardless of the level of "investment or reform".

But, Javid says, from 2025 about 99% of patients will wait less than a year.

The Mail is underwhelmed, asking: "is that all we get for £12bn?" That's the amount that will be raised every year through higher National Insurance contributions.

Along similar lines, the Times reports warnings from Tory MPs that the plans are "not ambitious enough".

The paper also says it's been told the PM is planning a "full reshuffle" of ministers in the summer to give him the "team he wants" in the run-up to the next general election, which is scheduled for May 2024 but could come sooner.

Elsewhere, the i says another one million children in the UK will go hungry as the cost of living crisis bites.

The paper says 1.6 million children are currently eligible for free school meals, but there is concern for a further one million whose parents are being hit by rising food prices.

Conservative donors are watching developments carefullypublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2022

09:18 GMT 9 February 2022

Laura Kuenssberg
Political editor

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson grappling to stay in control in recent weeks, Tory MPs have been his most important constituency.

But there's another important community watching carefully what is going on - party donors.

One of their number now feels so strongly that he decided to go public with their concerns - the hedge-fund boss John Armitage, who has given the Conservatives more than £3m.

After Partygate, and the fiasco of recent months, he suggested Johnson's time was up saying, "if you lose moral authority… and if you do something or say something which on the front page of The Sunday Times looks terrible, and you do that consistently and you betray a sense of not really caring, I think you should leave".

Asked if Johnson was "past the point of no return", he said: "Yes I do".

And Armitage almost expressed disbelief about how No 10 had been trying to manage their way out of the current crisis by changing Johnson's top team.

"What about a sense of personal responsibility? 'You know, I'm going to change my chief of staff and it will all be fine.' Oh really?"

He told me challenges to the West require "very serious, engaged politicians".

Right now, he clearly does not believe that his party or this country has a leader who meets that job description.

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Here’s a reminder of yesterday’s mini-reshuffle of Boris Johnson’s cabinet.

The PM made a number of changes to shore up his leadership after weeks of criticism stemming from lockdown parties in Downing Street.

• Jacob Rees-Mogg is now minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency
• Mark Spencer, previously the chief whip, becomes lord president and leader of the House of Commons
• Chris Heaton-Harris, parliamentary secretary to the Treasury, is the new chief whip
• Stuart Andrew becomes housing minister
• Michael Ellis is now minister for the Cabinet Office, in addition to his current role as paymaster general
• Heather Wheeler becomes parliamentary secretary in the Cabinet Office, on top of her role as an assistant government whip

Read more about the cabinet reshuffle here.

Health minister Gillian Keegan has apologised for continuing with a meeting yesterday, despite having tested positive for Covid.

Keegan says on Twitter that when she was told her test was positive she was "listening to three fathers who had tragically lost their daughters to suicide".

She says she told them about the result "and took further precautions" – but with their consent stayed "for a short period".

"On reflection, this was an error of judgement on my part", Keegan says, and she fully recognises "the importance of following the letter and spirit of the policies".

A financier who's donated more than £3m to the Conservative Party in recent years tells the BBC that leaders who “lose moral authority” should leave politics.

John Armitage says he's “tremendously” upset by Boris Johnson’s government and “serious” politicians are needed to meet global challenges.

Armitage has given the Tories more than £500,000 since Mr Johnson became PM but also donated £12,500 last year to Labour.

When asked if he thought Johnson’s leadership is "past the point of no return", Mr Armitage tells BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: "Well, personally yes."

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Here’s a quick look at the main political headlines this morning:

• Boris Johnson is to face MPs at Prime Minister's Questions later after carrying out a mini-reshuffle of some cabinet ministers on Tuesday. The move is seen as an attempt to reconnect with MPs in his party questioning his future following revelations of parties held in Downing Street during Covid-19 lockdowns
• Jacob Rees-Mogg is now minister for Brexit opportunities. He's replaced as leader of the House of Commons by Mark Spencer
• Spencer's previous role as chief whip is filled by Chris Heaton-Harris who is expected to join the PM on the frontbench for PMQs

• The PM's premiership is "past the point of no return" and he should resign, says a financier who has given the Conservatives more than £3m
• John Armitage told the BBC that global challenges to the West required ''very serious, engaged politicians with a sense of purpose"

Hello and welcome to our live coverage as Boris Johnson prepares to face MPs at Prime Minister's Questions later after yesterday’s mini-reshuffle of his cabinet.

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