Sunak says he's glad Starmer brought up his time as the director of public prosecutions in 2013. That was when Starmer got "his own special law", Sunak chides, "the pensions increase" for Starmer.

The chamber gets rowdy and the Speaker is forced to intervene again.

While the government is introducing a "transformative policy" to support doctors to cut waiting lists faster, Sunak goes onto say, Starmer wants to raise taxes on public sector workers.

"It's one law for him and tax rises for everyone else", he states.

Starmer continues to hit back at Sunak saying he was praised by a select committee in 2013 for his work in tackling the court backlog as public prosecutor.

He says back then he was told his work should be a model for other agencies and the report was presented to Parliament by the then Home Secretary Theresa May.

The PM should spend less time trying to rewrite history and more time sorting out the mess of the country, Starmer says.

Starmer asks Sunak to solve an equation as to why patients are waiting longer than ever and criminals are walking free?

Sunak says the Tories are providing 20,000 more prison places, toughening sentences and making sure more offenders spend more time behind bars

The PM adds that when Starmer was a "lefty lawyer" (as the director of public prosecutions), "people were really disappointed" victims had been let down. Not his words, says Sunak, but those of the shadow attorney general's (Emily Thornberry).

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Starmer is now discussing a letter sent by the justice secretary warning about prison overcrowding, in which it was said that courts should have awareness of the impact of the current prison population levels when passing sentences.

"In simple terms, the wrecking ball the Tories have taken to criminal justice means thousands of people who should be in prison aren't," he says.

He says the justice secretary has "been busy trying to save his own job", and asks if Sunak has asked him when he will get a grip on the prison system and withdraw the letter which "allows criminals to go free".

Sunak says the government is cracking down on grooming gangs and has toughened the law on sex offenders - something he says Starmer voted against. He's referring to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which became law last year - and which Labour voted against over its curbs on protests.

The PM goes onto say that rape convictions have increased by over 60%. "Meanwhile Starmer attended 21 sentencing council meetings to water down punishments."

"Soft on crime, soft on criminals," he says of Starmer.

Starmer continues to talk about the people smuggler saying the attacker ended up with a suspended sentence.

He says: "It took 16 months for attacker to be charged, another two years before he was sentenced. It's ridiculous."

The Labour leader says there is a large backlog which he says means "violent criminals go free".

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Sunak says the Conservatives have toughened up sentencing - while this has been opposed by Labour.

Under this government, the PM adds, average custodial terms have increased by two thirds, including for child abusers and rapists, and automatic early releases have been ended.

Starmer puts it to Sunak that either the PM doesn't use the same services as us or he can't see the damage the government has done to our country.

He goes on to mention the case of a convicted people smuggler who threw boiling water at a prison officer, for which he received a prison sentence, which was "quite right in my view".

Does the prime minister agree?

Sunak states that since 2010 crime is down by 50%, there are 20,000 more police officers, more powers for police and sentences have been toughened up.

He says all of the above were "opposed by 'Sir Softie' over there".

Starmer is back on his feet and pushes back asking if Sunak is "living in another world to the rest of us"?

The Labour leader cites reports that people are waiting days for an ambulance.

He continues: "There are record numbers of small boats crossing the channel, people can't afford their bills, can't get the police to investigate a crime.

"Does that really sound like pretty good shape to him?

Rishi Sunak says record investment by his government in the NHS and education mean waiting lists have fallen and more children are studying in good or outstanding schools.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer begins by saying the Tory Party chair has stated that public services are in good shape.

He asks: Has the PM met a single member of the public who agrees with him?

The session has started with Sunak referencing the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement - the peace deal that ended decades of violent conflict in Northern Ireland.

The first questions are on housing policy and immigration.

And now it's on to the main bout - over to Sir Keir Starmer.

Rishi Sunak is at the dispatch box as today's Prime Minister's Questions gets under way.

Sunak will face questions from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, before the floor is opened up to other MPs, so stay with us as we bring you the latest from the Commons.

Chris Mason
Political editor

The chamber is filling up.

Wales Minister James Davies is on his feet as a Conservative cheer goes up as the prime minister arrives.

Expect Labour to focus on public service "failures" - as they’ll be branded - and crime.

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

The latest list of ministerial interests has been published – after criticism it had not been updated for almost a year.

The new adviser on interests Sir Laurie Magnus writes in the document: "Scrutinising the declarations of interest and preparing the list for publication has been a priority for me since my appointment on 22 December 2022."

There isn't a great deal of new information on the prime minister's wife's interests.

But the document does refer to Koru Kids – the childcare agency she holds shares in.

It says in a footnote: "As the prime minister set out in his letter to the Chair of the Liaison Committee on 4 April 2023, this includes the minority shareholding that his wife has in relation to the company, Koru Kids."

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PM Rishi Sunak has left Downing Street and is headed to the House of Commons.

He’ll take questions from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and MPs at the usual time of 12:00.

We'll be bringing you the latest updates, but you can also watch the debate live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page from midday.

In the last few moments we've spotted that the newly-published list of ministerial interests contains a reference to the childcare agency that Rishi Sunak's wife holds shares in.

It follows a row over the prime minister's declarations.

He is being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest.

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Earlier this week Rishi Sunak warned an "anti-maths mindset" is holding the economy back, as he announced a review of the subject in England.

A group of advisers, including mathematicians and business representatives, will examine the "core maths content" taught in schools and it will also consider whether a new maths qualification is necessary.

Sunak wants all school pupils in England to study some maths until 18 - although it will not be compulsory to study the subject at A-level.

But opposition parties including Labour and the Liberal Democrats attacked the government's record of recruiting maths teachers.

Targets to recruit new trainee teachers haven't been met for more than a decade, despite being lowered since 2019.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was interviewed by a number of national newspapers yesterday where he blamed successive Tory governments for overseeing a "cycle of decline" of the NHS.

He accused the Conservatives of presiding over a “broken” system” and pledged to cut waiting times for patients and reform healthcare using an approach similar to that under Tony Blair.

"The last Labour government did obviously put targets around it so there is a model there that we know can work," he told the i newspaper.

"They drove the waiting lists down dramatically over two or three years. It will fall to us to do the same thing."

And speaking to the Telegraph, he said: “I think the NHS is broken.

"If they carry on like this, it can't survive - the biggest risk to the NHS is another Tory government."

Starmer is likely to press Rishi Sunak on the NHS during PMQs today, after the PM admitted on Monday that meeting his promise to cut NHS waiting times will be "more challenging" as a result of further industrial action.