Emma Owen
Live reporter

It's been a busy morning, what with Rishi Sunak's decision over Suella Braverman's speeding ticket and his appearance at prime minister's questions, and lunch beckons for our team.

If you want to read more, and at a more leisurely pace, you can go to our politics page.

You'll also find the latest on Boris Johnson after he was referred to police over further potential lockdown breaches - we've just heard he's ditching the government-appointed lawyers representing him in the Covid inquiry.

Chris Mason wrote about this story earlier. You can read his thoughts here.

That's all from us. Today's writers were Malu Cursino, Brandon Livesay, Richard Morris, Michael Sheils McNamee, Luke Mintz and Laura Gozzi. Arryn Moy and James Harness edited our videos.

Thanks for joining us.

One last little video to bring you here - shortly after PMQs began there was some drama when Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told an MP to leave the Commons chamber.

Hoyle had interrupted Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer several times to warn backbenchers about noise.

The Speaker then told Paul Bristow, Conservative MP for Peterborough, to leave the Commons after telling him: "I am not having it and I warned you before."

Cameras in the Commons show Bristow leave his seat - seen on the left of the shot - and walk out of the chamber.

As ever, MPs covered a lot of ground. Here, in brief, is what was said about the bigger topics.

Immigration

• Starmer pressed the PM on work visas and accused the government of having been unable to bring down immigration figures
• Sunak argued that whilst the Tories are getting on "with clamping down on migration", Labour says they'd like free movement back

Suella Braverman

• Starmer addressed the issue of the home secretary and her speeding fine twice in his questions to the PM - but received no answer from Sunak

Inflation

• Sunak twice brought up an IMF report which was published yesterday and which showed that the UK might avoid a recession.
• He also said the government is providing "significant support" to help people with cost of living.

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Keir Starmer said at PMQs: "The prime minister stood on three Tory manifestos - each one promised to reduce immigration. Each promise broken.”

Mr Sunak was first elected to Parliament in 2015.

Conservative manifestos in 2015 and 2017 said they would bring annual net migration into the tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands.

That target was not reached and it was abandoned in the 2019 manifesto.

The 2019 manifesto said: “There will be fewer lower-skilled migrants and overall numbers will come down.”

The numbers have not come down and figures due tomorrow are expected to show another increase.

After PMQ's drew to a close, we heard an Urgent Question on the changes to student visas.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick is still taking questions from MPs, but here's an outline of what's been going on.

Jenrick opened by saying net migration was too high and the government was committed to bring it down to "sustainable levels".

The number of dependents arriving alongside international students "has risen more than eight fold since 2019," he says.

SNP MP Carol Monaghan, who asked the urgent question, said that international students greatly benefit the UK economy.

"International students enrich our society and they have skills which are proving ever more vital in this post-Brexit climate, which has seen the UK deprived of workers across key sectors," she said.

She asked if Westminster would devolve immigration powers to the Scottish Parliament. Predictably, Jenrick said he would not.

You can read more about student visas, and our political correspondent Ian Watson's thoughts on why it is causing tension here.

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Keir Starmer said at PMQs: “A quarter of a million work visas were issued last year.”

So, were they?

The statistics show, external there were 267,670 work visas granted to main applicants in 2022, which the release said was "almost double (+95%) the number prior to the pandemic in 2019, and 64% more than in 2021".

But the 2022 figure is not really comparable with 2019.

That's because until 2021, EU citizens, as well as people coming from Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, did not require a visa to come and work in the UK.

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As promised, a snapshot of the questions we didn't get to earlier:

DUP MP Ian Paisley asked the PM about the availability of veterinary medicines in NI when the grace period in the Windsor Framework comes to an end.

Sunak said that when the Windsor Framework was concluded the government ensured an extension on veterinary medicine to find a long term solution to the issue.

Labour's Karl Turner asked why working people are being asked to "foot the bill" for Boris Johnson's legal fees related to the inquiry into issues while he was in office.

Sunak said it was a "long established process, across multiple administrations" for former prime ministers to be given support with legal fees for issues they were involved in while they were in office.

The Reclaim Party MP Andrew Brigden turned the discussion to the topic of sexual education and transgender people in schools. He claimed schools have encouraged young people to transition, which he says is going on without parental consent.

Sunak replied saying sexual education in schools should be age appropriate and "sensitive". He went on to say the department of education is currently reviewing guidance it sends to schools on "this particular issue".

Emma Owen
Live reporter

The regular session has now finished, and we're now seeing Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick answering an urgent question about the changes to the student visas, announced yesterday.

We'll bring you a summary of his answer shortly. We'll also play catch-up, and bring you some of the questions put to PM Rishi Sunak that we haven't got to yet.

Hold tight!

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Conservative MP Tom Hunt says yesterday Metropolitan Police were "standing around and doing nothing" during slow moving protests blocking roads in central London, despite the Public Order Act being enforced.

He asks if the UK should do what other countries do and remove such protests immediately.

Sunak says the government has passed the "Serious Disruption Prevention Order", which the police asked for in order to deal with these kinds of protests.

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Labour MP Stella Creasy tells the House that Sunak supported Brexit in 2016 because he didn't want "unelected officials in Brussels" having more say over UK law than his constituents.

Now, Creasy says, Sunak is asking his MPs to block Amendment 42 to the EU law bill.

Creasy says this move will give unelected officials in Downing Street more power than elected MPs in Parliament.

She asks why Sunak is going to let "the blob" have more say over matters like holiday entitlements than the people who were elected to do so.

Sunak replies says "that is simply not the case".

He mentions that he is repealing and reforming more than 2,000 pieces of retained EU law. This will deliver growth and cut costs for consumers, he says.

Conservative MP Robbie Moore says that child exploitation and grooming gangs have "plagued" his constituency of Keighley for years.

He asks them PM for a Rotherham-style review in his area - and says that Bradford council leaders and West Yorkshire mayor "refuse to back one due to political correctness getting in the way".

He asks the PM to ensure that an inquiry takes place in the Bradford district.

Sunak says that political correctness shouldn't get in the way of holding up people to account or protecting girls.

He also says that the home office will not hesitate to act on Moore's recommendation when it is published this summer.

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Labour backbencher Vicky Foxcroft comes in now with a point about the compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal.

She makes references to "families who have been denied their rights" and are still waiting for support from the Windrush compensation scheme four years after it opened.

She asks if he will commit to everyone getting the compensation they deserve.

The prime minister responds that the government has met many of its commitments, and has already paid out or offered over £70m in compensation, and is holding hundreds of engagement events to raise awareness.

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Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney has now quizzed the PM on why promising businesses are choosing to leave the UK.

Sunak responds by bringing up the IMF once again, and how UK growth predictions have been upgraded.

He also mentions his trip to Japan last week where he attended the G7 summit. The PM brings up that he announced £18bn of new investment into the economy while he was there.

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Labour MP Anna McMorrin says that while the prime minister upgrades the energy grid to support his 40ft swimming pool, hands oil and gas giants £11.4bn in tax breaks, she says the government is now scrapping help for families in energy bills.

She asks if it is just a coincidence that these oil and gas companies "funded his leadership campaign".

Sunak says the government is taxing the windfall profits of these companies, to pay for half the average use of most households.

He says the whole country is looking forward to energy prices coming down which he says he hopes will happen very soon.

We're now hearing from Tory MP Matt Warman, who asks Sunak whether we should map the jobs and regions most affected by artificial intelligence.

Sunak says he believes AI has the potential to transform our economy and society, but it has to be done responsibly and securely.

He says that he looks forward to getting more recommendations from Warman.

And he adds the government is committed to ensuring those from non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine) backgrounds can benefit from future opportunities.

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Colum Eastwood MP says that a quarter of people in Northern Ireland are on a health waiting list and "public finances are a mess".

He asks Sunak to work on a public sector rescue package so we can "ensure public sector workers are given a decent wage" - and asks him to "join the people of NI in asking the DUP to get back to work".

Sunak says that the challenges raised can only be properly addressed with the restoration of NI institutions and that the government has prioritised health in the NI budget this year, with an addition £20m in funding.

Starmer and Sunak straight to the big storiespublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 24 May 2023

12:21 BST 24 May 2023

Chris Mason
Political editor

The Starmer - Sunak exchanges got directly to the two big political stories of the week.

Immigration: The latest net migration figures will be published on Thursday morning.

Braverman: The prime minister’s decision in the row over Suella Braverman’s speeding and its consequences didn’t need to be investigated by the Independent Adviser.

Notably, Rishi Sunak - who was publicly irritated by questions on it at the weekend - said absolutely nothing about it when asked twice by Keir Starmer.

On migration, the battle for credibility between the parties is fascinating.

The Conservatives continue to claim Labour want "open door immigration" - something Labour strenuously deny.

What is the appropriate level of net migration? It’s a massive question for every party in the countdown to the next election.

Sunak replies that the government is doing everything they can to help consumers with the cost of living.

He suggests the SNP should reconsider their deposit return scheme which he says will reduce choice and increase prices for consumers.