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Simon Meechan

What time PMQs is today, will Boris Johnson be there or Ukraine and how can I watch?

The Prime Minister is set for another round of questions about alleged partying when he appears in Parliament today.

Boris Johnson is under pressure yet again after more reports alleged he attended gatherings which the police are investigating.

Mr Johnson will take questions from MPS at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday December 2.

Read more: Boris Johnson accused of attending prosecco fueled leaving do during lockdown

It was thought he may miss the weekly session due to the developing situation in Ukraine, but the Prime Minister is set to appear in the House of Commons today.

It will be the first PMQs since the censored version of Sue Gray's report was released. The Metropolitan Police continues to investigate alleged parties held in Downing Street and Whitehall.

Reports in the Daily Telegraph and Guardian claim Mr Johnson was seen heading up to his flat on the night of a gathering - where Abba songs were played according to Dominic Cummings - at Number 10 on November 13, 2020, one of 12 events which Scotland Yard is investigating.

The Telegraph also Mr Johnson attended and gave a speech at a leaving do on December 17 2020 for Captain Steve Higham, then one of Mr Johnson’s private secretaries, who advised on defence and national security issues.

Mr Johnson is also accused of being present at a boozy leaving do for two private secretaries during lockdown in January 2021.

Downing Street said it could not comment on the latest reports due to the ongoing police investigation, but there are renewed calls for the Prime Minister to resign.

What time is PMQs today?

Prime Minister's Questions will start at around 12 noon in the House of Commons on Wednesday February 2, 2022.

It is an opportunity for MPs from all parties to aim questions directly at the Prime Minister, and for the leader to respond.

Will Boris Johnson be at PMQs or is he in Ukraine?

Mr Johnson was in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, where he held a press conference and warned Russia about invading its neighbour. But Mr Johnson will be appearing in the House of Commons for PMQs.

How can I watch Boris Johnson at PMQs today?

PMQs will be live-streamed for free on the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament.

You can also watch it live online at Parliament TV

ChronicleLive will be streaming a live feed of PMQs from our Facebook page.

Our Westminster reporter Dan O'Donaghue will be there too. You can follow Dan's updates on Twitter here.

As well as party questions, Mr Johnson is expected to speak about Levelling Up, the cost of living crisis and Ukraine.

Earlier Sir Charles Walker, the vice chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee, became the latest senior figure to call on the Prime Minister to consider his position.

He told Channel 4 News: “I think there’s so much grief and pain out there that if he was to say, ‘Look, I understand that I asked so much of the country and it needs to come to terms with that grief and pain and start the process of healing and if it could do that better without me in Number 10 then I shall stand aside’, that would show great courage on behalf of the Prime Minister.

“I would applaud him for doing that, but that is his decision.”

Another Tory backbencher, Peter Aldous, the MP for Waveney, said he had submitted a letter to the chairman of the 1922, Sir Graham Brady, calling for a vote of no confidence in the leader.

However Communities Secretary Michael Gove supported the Prime Minister, saying this was not the time for a leadership contest.

“There’s not going to be a leadership contest. We don’t want one, we don’t need one,” he told the BBC.

Meanwhile Mr Johnson committed to publishing “everything that we can” from the full Sue Gray inquiry.

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