Summary

  • Rishi Sunak has gone head-to-head with Labour's Keir Starmer at PMQs, the day before facing the electorate in three by-elections

  • The PM started with an apology to LGBT veterans who were forced out of their jobs under a pre-2000 ban

  • And Defence Minister Ben Wallace has been making a statement in the Commons

  • During PMQs earlier, Starmer criticised the PM over NHS waiting lists and staffing - Sunak insisted the government's plans were working

  • He called on the Labour leader to "unglue himself from the fence" on the issue of public sector pay offers

  • It is the last time Sunak will be answering questions at PMQs before MPs leave Westminster for the summer recess

Live Reporting

Edited by Andrew Humphrey and Heather Sharp

  1. Welcome to final PMQs before summer break

    Andrew Humphrey
    Live reporter

    Welcome to our live coverage of the final PMQs until September, with Parliament going into its summer recess tomorrow.

    It’s the first time in three weeks that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be at the despatch box facing Labour leader Keir Starmer.

    Sunak had been unable to attend the last two sessions, after attending the NHS’s 75th anniversary service and a recent Nato summit in Lithuania.

    Even though Parliament will be away until 5 September, there are plenty of major issues around – particularly today's slowing inflation figures, its possible impact on interest rates and people’s mortgages, and of course the three key by-elections being held tomorrow.

    Stick with for live updates and analysis of what the MPs have to say.