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20,000 ambulance staff to walk out again as Starmer and Sunak face off at PMQs, and UK and Japan to sign defence pact countering China threat in the Asia-Pacific region, writes Matt Mathers

The House of Commons was suspended from 2.30 this afternoon as King Charles attended the unveiling of a new plaque commemorating Queen Elizabeth II lying in state. He could have arrived at midday and saved us all the trouble of a fairly dire PMQs.

The PM said ‘it is absolutely right’ that Sir Gavin resigned from government and he did not know about ‘any of the specific concerns’ relating to his conduct

Former Labour leader hits out at Prime Minister over ‘inaccurate’ jibes made at PMQs

The former Labour leader called for the Prime Minister to correct the 'wholly inaccurate representation' he had given of his 2019 agenda during PMQs

The Prime Minister refused to pledge the state pension or benefits will rise with 10.1% inflation in April - instead telling PMQs 'difficult decisions will be made'

Under a greatest hits set of questions from Keir Starmer, the newly minted PM mocked Labour for “finally understanding that spending has to be paid for” - a realisation that eluded members of his own cabinet as recently as Friday

The ghouls gathered, not wanting to miss the action, but it could have been so much worse

Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t really about scrutiny. The thankless but important task of holding the government to account takes place in dusty committee rooms and low-key debates. Instead, PMQs is about theatre, boosting the morale of your backbenchers, testing out attack lines and ensuring the prime minister is on top…