Summary

  • Conservative MPs have voted for the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnson

  • Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss make the cut - Penny Mordaunt is knocked out

  • Sunak got 137 votes, Truss 113, and Mordaunt 105

  • The final two will face a ballot of 160,000 Tory Party members, with the result due on 5 September

  • In the previous round, Sunak was top while Mordaunt came second and Truss third

  • After being knocked out, Mordaunt says "we go forward together"

  • Earlier, Johnson said his "mission is largely accomplished... for now" in his final PMQs as prime minister

  1. Provide justice for Windrush victims, MP urgespublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Kate OsamorImage source, House of Commons

    Labour MP Kate Osamor says the Windrush compensation scheme (for those people, mainly from the Caribbean, who came to the UK legally but did not have the documents to prove their right to remain and suffered as a result) launched in 2019, since when Boris Johnson has come and gone as PM.

    She says just one in 4 applicants have received compensation, and at least 28 have died.

    Isn't it about time the government made the scheme independent of the Home Office and finally provided justice to the victims before it is too late, Osamor asks.

    Johnson renews his apologies to the Windrush generation for what they have suffered.

    "We have greatly increased the compensation available," he says, adding that more than £51m has been paid out and the government is working with voluntary groups to ensure everyone gets what they're entitled to.

    Labour has never apologised for its part in the Windrush scandal, the PM says.

  2. Johnson condemns 'insane' use of barbecuespublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Tory Caroline Nokes pays tribute to the firefighters tackling fires in the heatwave.

    She calls on the PM to take action to get rid of disposable barbecues and Chinese sky lanterns, which have contributed to fires.

    Boris Johnson says the key is for people to behave responsibly. He adds it's "clearly insane" for people to use disposable barbecues on dry grass.

    A fire at Dartford Marshes. Issue date: Tuesday July 19, 2022.Image source, PA Media
    Image caption,

    Record temperatures on Tuesday caused a number of grass fires - like this one on Dartford marshes

  3. Is Johnson right to say government got Brexit done?published at 12:39 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Reality Check

    Defending his legacy at PMQs, Boris Johnson said "we got Brexit done" - a claim he's made many times as prime minister.

    Brexit was “done” in a literal sense as the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. Britain departed from the EU's single market and customs union 11 months later, after agreeing a basic free trade deal with the EU.

    But if this slogan implied Brexit would be done and dusted, this has clearly not happened.

    A huge amount remains unresolved, from financial services to the Northern Ireland Protocol - the Brexit deal which Johnson negotiated and signed up to and which his government now wants to change.

    You can read more about Johnson's track record in government here.

  4. Johnson challenged on levelling up agendapublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Conservative MP Jake Berry says the prime minister can reflect on the work the government has done on levelling up and tackling inequality.

    He urges future leadership hopefuls to continue to work on investment in the north of England.

    Boris Johnson says there is "inequality of opportunity" and that's what levelling up tackles.

    Sir Tony Lloyd, the Labour MP, says very few people in the north believe that the levelling up agenda has achieved anything, saying "it's a shambles".

    Johnson says the government has introduced projects like Northern Powerhouse Rail which "no other government has done".

  5. WATCH: PM and opposition relationship never easy - Starmerpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

  6. Johnson should have gone long ago, Blackford sayspublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Returning to SNP Commons leader Ian Blackford - he says he hopes Johnson will have time to reflect on his time in office once he resigns, and goes on to highlight what he says is the PM's record of dishonesty.

    He says Johnson should have left office a long time ago and goes on to say that No 10 "is no place for a law-breaker".

    Johnson hits back, calling Blackford's "personal attacks... a load of tosh".

    The PM also says that when Blackford retires - which he jokes may be soon - he should "reflect on his long career of trying to break up" the United Kingdom.

  7. Lib Dem leader asks if new Tory leader requires new PMpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Ed DaveyImage source, House of Commons

    Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says the candidates in the Tory leadership race "all profess to bring a fresh start," but he asks if a clean break should require "a new mandate from the British people" in a general election.

    Johnson says if there were to be a general election "the Liberal Democrats would likely get thrashed" and "rural voters would discover these massive green taxes".

    He says there could be a "crackpot coalition" between Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP which the Conservatives "must prevent".

  8. Blackford says PM's record makes case for indyref2published at 12:28 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Sir Ian BlackfordImage source, House of Commons

    SNP Westminster leader Sir Ian Blackford is up now. He's been known throughout Boris Johnson's premiership to give the PM a hard time in the Commons.

    He lists what he calls Johnson's "record-breaking efforts in office":

    • "His Tory Brexit slashing £31bn from the economy"
    • The "biggest fall in living standards since the 1970s"
    • Pay falling
    • "Worst economic growth forecast in the G20, outside Russia, and the highest inflation in 40 years"

    Blackford eventually asks if all this has "paved the way" for Scottish independent and the "end of the union"?

    Johnson responds by listing what he says are some of his achievements - the Covid vaccine rollout, low unemployment and the fastest growth in the G7.

    He also attacks the SNP's record of leadership in Scotland, referring to drug addiction figures in the country.

  9. Watch: Johnson says this will 'probably... certainly' be his last PMQspublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

  10. No one can name a single Labour policy, Johnson insistspublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    In what is likely his final answer to Starmer, Johnson says "no-one can name a single policy" that Labour has "apart from putting up taxes".

    He describes Starmer as a "pointless plastic bollard" along the side of deserted motorway roadworks.

    He says the government is "getting Brexit done... and fixing social care when they have no plan and no ideas of their own".

    "We've restored our democracy and our independence, we got this country through Covid". He says he is "proud to say" that the UK is dealing with climate change and helping Ukraine.

    Johnson thanks his "friends and colleagues on these benches" - gesturing behind him to take in Conservative MPs - for all that they have done.

  11. Starmer: Tory contenders can't say anything good about governmentpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Starmer ends by again quoting the Tory leadership candidates - this time Liz Truss saying in a TV debate that the current economic policy can't go on.

    He asks what message should the public take from the fact that the contenders "can't find a single decent thing" to say about the PM or his government's record?

  12. Analysis

    Chuckles continue, even from criticspublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Ione Wells
    Political Correspondent, BBC News

    The prime minister has gone through quite a journey in the last few weeks with his backbench MPs.

    Of course, it was widespread anger from his own MPs and ministers that ultimately pushed him to resign, as his position became increasingly untenable.

    But today, in his final PMQs as leaders, even some of his fiercest Tory critics can’t help but chuckle as he cracks some characteristic Boris Johnson gags — saying of the Tory leadership contest he’s “not following this thing particularly closely”, joking about his successor “wiping the floor” of Labour like a detergent, and likening Sir Keir Starmer to a plastic bollard.

    One thing is for sure, the tone of PMQs isn’t going to be quite the same when he leaves office.

  13. Was Badenoch telling the truth about Covid loan fraud claim?published at 12:20 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Starmer says among the mud-slinging of the leadership debates there was an important point about Covid loan fraud.

    He notes a claim from former contender Kemi Badenoch that she raised her concerns over fraud claims in Covid loans with Rishi Sunak when he was leading the Treasury, which, Starmer alleges, cost taxpayers £17bn.

    He then asks if Johnson thinks she - Badenoch - was telling the truth.

    Johnson claims this is "one of the last blasts from Captain hindsight".

    He attacks Labour by claiming they were the party who were "desperate to be hiring friends" to supply PPE.

    Johnson says they had to get the safety equipment and financial support at "record speed".

  14. Starmer is a 'human bollard', Johnson sayspublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Johnson says his government is investing £600m in technology and skills.

    He says the government passed the £39bn health and care levy to increase funding to the NHS, while Labour opposed it.

    Johnson then describes Starmer as a "human bollard".

  15. Starmer attacks economic performancepublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Keir StarmerImage source, House of Commons

    Starmer notes that inflation's up again and says the PM doesn't seem to have noticed how the economy is doing.

    He quotes leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt saying what's been going on "isn't working".

    He asks Johnson if he's told her who's been in charge?

  16. Johnson points to vaccine rollout as mark of successpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Johnson replies that the economic difficulties the country faces stem from the pandemic, and goes on to talk about the success of the country's vaccine rollout.

    He says his government dealt "magnificently" with this, which would not have been possible if they had listened to Starmer.

    He says his government now has the "fiscal firepower" to issue tax cuts.

  17. Starmer notes 'withering' criticism of economic record from Trusspublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Starmer says every spending pledge Labour has made is costed, repeating his claim that Tory leadership contenders have made over £300bn in unfunded commitments between them.

    He notes the PM doesn't agree with his former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was "withering" about the government's economic record.

    Starmer then asks if the government's plans were wrong, why haven't we seen these policies at the Treasury?

  18. Labour knows all about fantasy economics, Johnson sayspublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Boris JohnsonImage source, House of Commons

    Johnson attacks Labour's promises.

    "They've already committed to £94bn of extra tax and spend," he says, which would cost households £2,100.

    The UK has had growth at 0.5% and more people in paid employment "than at any time in the history of this country", he adds.

  19. Starmer attacks Tory candidates' 'fantasy economics'published at 12:14 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    The Labour leader suggests the Tory leadership candidates pulled out of the third TV debate because they realised it was a "disaster" that the public were hearing from them.

    He asks the PM if he agrees with his former Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the other contenders' tax plans are "fantasy economics".

  20. Analysis

    Laughs in the Commons at despatch box remarkpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 20 July 2022

    Ione Wells
    Political Correspondent, BBC News

    There are lots of laughs in the chamber as the prime minister says this will be his last time at this despatch box “or any despatch box.”

    Ministers give statements from despatch boxes - as they are grilled on their policy area.

    So it’s a self-deprecating gag from Boris Johnson - referring to how he is not expecting to get offered a ministerial position in the cabinet of whoever the next prime minister is.