Summary

  • Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and Labour's deputy Angela Rayner were at the helm for this week's Prime Minister's Questions

  • Dowden filled in for Rishi Sunak as he is in Germany - and convention means Rayner filled in for Keir Starmer

  • Rayner was quick to acknowledge a long-running row about where she lived before 2015

  • Dowden called her the "right honourable landlady" - Rayner said the Conservatives were "obsessed" with her living arrangements

  • Rayner also questioned Dowden about the government's housing policy - including leasehold reform for flats

  • We have live coverage of Rishi Sunak's news conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin - press the second play button to watch now

Live Reporting

Edited by Owen Amos

  1. Hello and welcome

    Nadia Ragozhina
    Live reporter

    Good morning and thanks for joining our live coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions.

    With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on a trip to Germany, it’s the deputies' turn to take centre stage when MPs gather in the House of Commons for PMQs starting at noon.

    Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is batting for the government, with deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner at the despatch box for His Majesty’s Opposition.

    We’re expecting Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill, increases to the UK’s defence spending and upcoming local elections to all be talking points in Parliament today - and Dowden is likely to bring up Rayner's living arrangements, too.

    Stay with us for updates and analysis.