Starmer says a Labour government would give every council a grant they need to freeze bills, paid for by ending "hand outs" to energy giants.

He asks Sunak, now his plan has been "utterly rejected", why won't he do the same?

Sunak replies that Labour could start by reducing council taxes, adding that the Conservatives are helping with cost-of-living measures.

He goes on to say that Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has a problem with her economic plans: she has to explain where the money comes from, adding that there's a £19bn "black hole" in her plans.

Starmer says people across the country want answers on the cost-of-living crisis - and claims Sunak and the government have none.

He asks if Sunak is going to do "nothing" or announce an immediate freeze on council tax bills, which he says a Labour government would do right away.

Sunak says it's rich to hear about mandates from Starmer, says the Labour leader has broken every promise he was elected on.

"He's not just softie, he's a flakey too," Sunak adds.

On the local elections, Starmer says Sunak said he would lose 1,000 councillors and then managed it - "finally a Tory promise they haven't broken", he says.

He mentions the fact Sunak lost the Tory leadership race to Liz Truss, who herself then "lost to a lettuce" - referring to jokes about a lettuce outlasting the former PM who was in power for just six weeks. Starmer says the Conservatives have lost among voters everywhere at the locals.

Starmer says the PM keeps entering a two horse race and finishing third, to laughter from the opposition benches.

Given his track record, who does he think he has a mandate from, Starmer asks.

Sunak offers what he says is some advice from one of Starmer's predecessors, Tony Blair: "He can be as cocky as he likes about local election results, but come a general election, policy counts."

He says the problem is Starmer doesn't have any policies.

Labour leader Keir Starmer begins his series of questions by thanking those who took part in the Coronation celebrations over the weekend.

He also congratulates his constituent Mae Muller, the UK's Eurovision entrant at this year's competition.

Starmer goes on to ask his first question. He says last week Rishi Sunak had to correct the record on employment numbers, and asks if he can he provide a further update now he's cost hundreds of Tory councillors their jobs.

This is met with loud jeers in the House.

First up, Labour's Clive Lewis asks the PM about dentistry.

He says his constituency of Norwich South remains a "dental desert", recalling a case of a veteran who was forced to pull out 18 of his own teeth.

Sunak says he is sorry to hear about his constituency and says there are 500 more dentists working today and record sums are going into dentistry.

Rishi Sunak's up at the despatch box which can only mean one thing - this week's Prime Minister's Questions has begun.

Stay with us as we bring you the latest lines, as well as analysis from our political correspondents.

There are cheers from the Conservative benches as Rishi Sunak enters the Commons chamber for Prime Minister's Questions.

We're due to get under way in the next few minutes.

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

Last week’s local elections in parts of England loom large over the debate in Westminster this week.

Keir Starmer is on a high, convinced last week’s results put his Labour Party on track for power.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that dominates the exchanges at PMQs. Starmer wants to talk about the cost of living and the idea Labour are on the up. He might also want to ask the PM about what the local elections mean for his leadership.

Rishi Sunak has tried to move on from the local election results pretty quickly.

The PM doesn’t want to mull over it too much – convinced he needs to show delivery to get the Conservatives back on track before a general election.

But he might want to ask Starmer about his refusal to rule out working with the Lib Dems after the next general election, if there’s a hung Parliament.

As we’ve been reporting, the House of Lords is debating the government’s Illegal Migration Bill, but what does it do?

The House of Lords is part of Parliament. It's independent from the House of Commons - where MPs debate and vote on new laws.

Members of the Lords are called "peers". Like MPs, they also scrutinise the work of government and recommend changes to proposed legislation.

Unlike MPs, however, peers are not elected. The majority are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister.

Read more here.

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Lord Paddick, the former senior police officer and Lib Dem peer, is now speaking to propose his amendment to kill the Illegal Migration Bill in the House of Lords.

He accuses the government of "portraying asylum seekers as an undesirable drain on society".

"This bill is a low point in the history of this government,” he adds.

Lord Paddick has tabled a rare "motion to decline", which if passed would block the bill from going any further. It is unlikely to pass as Labour have said they will not support it.

Peers will not vote on amendments during the debate later, it will be their first chance to have their say on the bill and represents a chance for them to scope out support for possible changes to the bill at a later stage.

Rishi Sunak has just headed out of the No 10 door, and is on his way to the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions.

He'll take questions from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and other MPs from 12:00.

We’ll bring you all the key moments here, and you can watch along live by pressing the Play button at the top of this page.

Over in the House of Lords, a debate just started on the government's Illegal Migration Bill.

The bill, unveiled in March, is a key part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to "stop" small boats crossing the English Channel, which he has made a priority ahead of the next general election.

It places a legal duty on the home secretary to detain and remove those arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda or another "safe" third country.

We expect the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to object to the bill and a Lib Dem peer to try to block it.

We're listening across to the debate and will bring you all the key lines, as well as PMQs of course.

Considering the news this morning, it’s reasonable to think this is an issue that could come up in the Commons.

Here's a quick reminder of what happened over the weekend:

• Protesters demonstrated on Saturday at various points along the King's procession route, holding signs with slogans such as "not my King"
• Police said the next day they'd arrested 64 people, having initially said the figure was 52
• Four people were charged, while another remained in custody on Sunday night for non-payment of fines
• Meanwhile 57 people were later released on bail while two others were told they'd face no further police action

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Following a review, the Met expressed "regret" over the arrests of six of the protestors - among them the leader of the anti-monarchy pressure group Republic, Graham Smith. He said he did not accept the apology and would take legal action after no charges were brought against him.

The force said, after consideration, there was no proof they were planning to "lock on", a protesting tactic which is now banned.

What now? Well, as we've reported, MPs are to call a number of witnesses to examine the Met's handling of protests on Saturday.

Chris Mason
Political editor

We've just heard that MPs are going to examine policing at the Coronation. What happened on the day the King was crowned was an ever-present tension in a democracy - but with a twist.

The tension between the right to protest and minimising disruption. And the twist being the Public Order Act 2023, a law that only came into effect a matter of days before.

The SNP and the Green Party are strongly opposed to the Act, and the Liberal Democrats say it needs looking at again.

But Labour, who opposed it when it was making its way through Parliament, are now equivocal.

And government ministers say they are committed to the new law.

So, is there any prospect of the Act being looked at again? In the short term, the argument is far from over.

Read more here.

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MPs will examine the Metropolitan Police's handling of republican protests at the King's Coronation next Wednesday.

The Commons' Home Affairs Committee will look at "the force's approach to public demonstrations, the practical implementation of the Public Order Bill and the arrest of protesters".

It comes after the Met expressed "regret" over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters on Saturday.

A full list of witnesses to appear before the committee will be announced in the coming days.

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Former Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen announces he is joining the Reclaim Party, founded by actor turned anti-lockdown campaigner Laurence Fox.

The MP for North-West Leicestershire said he was joining the party "because they respect free speech as the basis for every aspect of our democracy and our society", and claimed in a live broadcast that he was a "prisoner" in the Conservative Party.

He becomes the Reclaim Party's first MP.

Bridgen was expelled from the Tory Party in April after he compared Covid-19 vaccines to the Holocaust and was found to have breached lobbying rules.

He had already lost the party whip in January, meaning he has been sitting as an independent MP in the House of Commons.

Read our full story here.

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As always following local elections, people are wondering how votes might translate into a general election - which must happen before January 2025.

Despite gaining 537 councillors and 22 councils in England, experts say support for Labour may not yet be enough to win an overall majority.

The BBC's projected national share - which estimates what the outcome would have been if all of Britain had the chance to vote - put Labour at 35%, nine points ahead of the Conservatives.

Asked by the BBC whether Labour would join a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Keir Starmer refused to rule it out if his party fails to win a majority at the next general election.

But he did say he said he would never do a deal with the SNP because of a "fundamental disagreement" over Scottish independence.

Read more here.