Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have traded furious blows at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons for the first time since the Easter break.

As anger mounts over the treatment of the 'Windrush generation' - with 50 cases were flagged in the first day of a new hotline - the Labour leader went on the attack.

He blasted the "callous and incompetent" government and his party told Home Secretary Amber Rudd to "consider her position".

But Theresa May sensationally hit back by saying the decision to destroy thousands of landing cards was made under LABOUR in 2009 - even though it was carried out over her in 2010.

Meanwhile Parliament had two days of debate on the bombing of Syria after Labour's leader slammed the Tories for refusing to give MPs a vote.

And Mr Corbyn was in the firing line as Labour MPs shared horrific stories of anti-Semitic trolling done in his name. Theresa May accused him of letting anti-Semitism "run rife in his party".

Watch their full exchange above and follow text updates as they happened below.

STORY: Theresa May says decision to destroy landing cards happened under Labour

Theresa May today claimed the decision to destroy ‘landing cards’ proving Windrush generation migrants was taken in 2009, before she was Home Secretary.

Jeremy Corbyn blasted Mrs May at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions over the scandal, blaming the Tory government’s policy of creating a ‘hostile environment’ for immigrants.

He asked the Prime Minister: “Yesterday we learnt that in 2010 the Home Office destroyed landing cards for a generation of Commonwealth citizens.

“And so have told people we can’t find you in our system. Did the Prime Minister - the then Home Secretary - sign off that decision?”

But Mrs May replied: “No the decision to destroy the landing cards was taken in 2009 under a Labour government.”

Theresa May "stands ready" to help Commonwealth nations scrap anti-gay laws

Tory MP Nigel Evans raises the modern-day scandal of anti-gay feeling and laws in Commonwealth countries.

She condemns the “violence and death” inflicted on gay people after previously calling out homophobia in a speech to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit yesterday.

“We stand ready to support any Commonwealth member wanting to reform outdated legislation that makes the discrimination possible,” she says.

Theresa May praises Labour MPs who spoke about vile anti-Semitic abuse

Theresa May again addresses anti-Semitism, but this time without it being a party-political attack.

She says it’s important for all parties to “show a very clear signal that we will not accept, we will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form.”

Jeremy Corbyn nods along as she says this.

She also pays direct tribute to Labour MPs Luciana Berger and Ruth Smeeth, who spoke yesterday of the vile abuse they received.

The PM says they “suffered incredible abuse” and have “shown incredible bravery”.

“Theirs was a fine example of the best of this House of Commons,” Theresa May says.

May says there's "no direct correlation" between police cuts and rising crime

Labour’s Ellie Reeves raises a leaked Home Office document which linked cuts to rising violent crime.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd makes a face like thunder.

But Mrs May says: “We do not say there is a direct correlation... between the number of officers on the ground and the numbers of crime.

“They’re not my words, they’re the words of the shadow policing minister.”

Theresa May is asked to congratulate Team England... So she does

Theresa May is asked by Tory Caroline Spelman to congratulate Team England on the Commonwealth Games. So she does.

Truly gripping stuff.

She also congratulates the other nations of the UK.

Theresa May promises to look at a "range of options" for epileptic Alfie Dingley

Labour’s Jeff Smith raises the case of little epileptic boy Alfie Dingley, whose parents want a special licence to use medicinal cannabis.

Ms Smith says a licence must be “granted by the Home Office as quickly as possible to Alfie can get the help he desperately needs.”

Theresa May said she has written the family promising to look at a “range of options” to find a solution for Alfie.

She will make sure the Home Office looks at the case, she says.

But she adds: “It’s important that medicines are thoroughly tested.”

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SNP slams "broken promise" on troop numbers

The SNP’s Derek Twigg highlights a report today warning the Armed Forces have the biggest staff gap for a decade.

He says it’s a “broken promise” from the Tory manifesto.

Mrs May says she wants to recruit people to the Armed Forces with the “skills that are necessary”.

May grilled over treatment of domestic abuse victims

Theresa May is grilled by the SNP’s Dr Philippa Whitford about domestic abuse victims who are left without benefits when they split up.

Mrs May insists: “It is possible for arrangements to be made for split payments.”

But a Commons committee heard this morning that women are afraid to make an application in case it incites their partner’s wrath.

Squirming Theresa May backs Tory Esther McVey's claim that the rape clause 'supports' women

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford now gets his turn - and tears into the rape clause.

He asks if Theresa May agrees with Tory welfare chief Esther McVey that it can offer “double support”.

Mrs May replied: “I know this is an issue that has been raised a number of times in this House.

“It is an incredibly sensitive issue and of course I fully recognise the sensitivities that are involved for the mothers involved.

“We have taken considerable time and care to set up procedures following extensive consultations that mean no government staff will question these mothers about what they’ve experienced.

“The point [Ms McVey] was making was that a mother will be granted the exemption through engaging with specialist professionals like health and social workers who may be able to provide them with support in those circumstances over and beyond the issue of their entitlement.”

But Mr Blackford says the policy “is a disgrace” and asks: What kind of government is this that allows it?

Here’s what we wrote about this earlier this week.

Tory welfare chief Esther McVey has been heckled in furious scenes after claiming the infamous ‘rape clause’ will “support” women.

Today’s hearing before the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee was halted twice due to interruptions from the public.

The first came as Ms McVey argued Universal Credit is a “supportive system” aimed at helping people into work.

One audience member shouted “you can’t get into work if you’re dead” as the Work and Pensions Secretary was grilled in Holyrood.

The second time came after she defended the “rape clause” - claiming brazenly that it could actually help women.

The clause is part of a new regime that came in last year, in which people can only claim tax credits for their first two children.

There are exceptions for twins, disabled children or children born of rape. However, raped mums must prove their ordeal by providing “evidence” in an 8-page government form.

May slams Corbyn for letting "anti-semitism run rife in his party"

“He talks about being callous,” Theresa May concludes.

“I will not take being called callous from a man who allows anti-semitism to run rife in his party.”

It comes after damning testimony by Labour MPs last night about the abuse they received from activists.

Corbyn tears into May's "heartless and hopeless" government

The scandal came about because people were told to prove they have the right to be in the UK.

Mrs May defends this approach saying: “There is a difference between the Windrush generation who are British, who are part of us, who have a right to be here… and those other people who are here illegally.

“I think it is absolutely right the government makes every effort to ensure that people who access our services have a right to do so.”

But Mr Corbyn says: “This is a shameful episode and the responsibility for it lies firmly at the Prime Minister’s door.”

He says her “bogus immigration targets.. led to a hostile environment for people contributing to our country.”

They’re losing NHS treatment, losing jobs, homes, pensions and vital historical records were shredded, he says.

“The Windrush generation came to our country after the war to rebuild our nation.

“Isn’t the truth that under her, the Home Office became heartless and hopeless - and doesn’t she know when a government is both callous and incompetent.”

Corbyn slams the government's "hostile environment"

Jeremy Corbyn raises the comments by Home Secretary Amber Rudd that the Home Office’s direction was wrong.

Whose fault was that?

But Theresa May - who was Home Sec for 6 years - defends her record.

And she quotes Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who said in 2013 we need “much stronger action” to bring illegal immigration down.

Corbyn hits back: “This isn’t about illegal immigration, it’s about Commonwealth citizens who have every right to be here.”

He says it’s Mrs May who “sent vans around Brent telling migrants to go home.”

Theresa May says decision to destroy Windrush migrants' landing cards came under LABOUR

Theresa May says the decision to destroy Windrush migrants’ landing cards came under LABOUR - not the Tories.

It happened in late 2010 just after she became Home Secretary.

But she says: “The decision to destroy landing cards was taken in 2009 under a Labour government.”

Jeremy Corbyn hits back: “It was her government that created a ‘really hostile environment’ for immigrants and her government that introduced the 2014 immigration act.

“I think we need some absolute clarity on the question of the destruction of the landing cards”

Is she “trying to blame officials”, he asks? And when she said she was “sick and tired of government ministers who blame other people when things go wrong”, will she follow that advice herself?

PM accused of 'brushing off' very ill Albert Thompson

The PM is accused of ‘brushing off’ very ill Albert Thompson, whose case Jeremy Corbyn raised weeks ago.

But Mrs May says the Home Office “have been in contact with Mr Thompson’s representatives” and “no urgent treatment should be withheld.”

“Mr Thompson is NOT part of the Windrush generation that I have just spoken about,” the PM adds.

And she says he’ll get the treatment he needs.

Theresa May gives grovelling apology to Windrush migrants who have 'mistakenly received letters'

Tory Neil O’Brien goes straight in on the Windrush scandal.

He asks a fairly tepid question asking Theresa May to update the House.

The PM admits it’s caused a “great deal of concern and anxiety.”

She says pre-1973 Commonwealth arrivals “have built a life here, they’ve made a massive contribution to the country. These people are British, they are part of us.”

For the first time the PM refers to people receiving “letters”.

It’s not immediately clear who they’re about. Ministers have not confirmed yet if anyone’s actually been deported.

The PM says: “For those who have mistakenly received letters... I want to apologise to them and I want to say sorry to anyone who has been caused to have confusion or anxiety as a result of this.”

Theresa May starts questions

Theresa May starts PMQs with a tribute to the Commonwealth leaders currently in London for a mammoth summit.

It will look at the oceans and other issues.

Ofcom just launched a wave of investigations into Russian TV channel RT

The media watchdog has launched a wave of investigations into Russian TV channel RT following the Salisbury attack.

Ofcom announced it was launching seven separate probes today in the wake of the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

The regulator said in a statement: “Since the events in Salisbury, we have observed a significant increase in the number of programmes on the RT service that we consider warrant investigation as potential breaches of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

“In relation to our fit and proper duty, we will consider all relevant new evidence, including the outcome of these investigations and the future conduct of the licensee.”

Kremlin-backed RT was formerly known as Russia Today and exists to broadcast news in Europe with a “Russian perspective”.

Ofcom says RT is “controlled” by the Kremlin.

There was a huge row following the attack over Labour MPs’ decision to appear on RT.

Read more here.

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Today's PMQs running order

Here are the backbenchers who can quiz Theresa May today, alongside Jeremy Corbyn and the Westminster SNP leader.

Labour welfare committee chief Frank Field is usually punchy - and a rare red Brexiteer.

Tearful Windrush man 'barred from his mum's funeral'

A tearful man who arrived in Britain in 1958 has told how he was barred from attending his mum’s funeral in the UK.

Junior Green’s story is one of a string of heartbreaking cases shared by the ‘Windrush generation’ today as pressure mounts on the government.

He told BBC Newsnight he arrived in Britain aged 15 months and lived here for 60 years, declaring: “I’m an Englishman”.

But an application to prove he had lived in the UK was rejected - and he then ran into trouble after travelling to Jamaica to be with his dying mother last year.

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When he tried to return to the UK in June, he said, he was not allowed on the flight.

His mum’s body was repatriated to Britain, but by the time he got back, he said, her funeral had already happened.

He wept openly after telling BBC Newsnight: “If I didn’t go, I couldn’t see her alive again. So I went.

“I had all evidence. showing I lived in the country. So I thought there would be no problem.

“I was upset - I was virtually in tears. If it weren’t for my sister consoling me I don’t know what would have happened.”

Windrush latest: Tory savaged on live TV as he tries to shift blame for row

A Tory minister was savaged on live TV today as he desperately tried to shift the blame for the Windrush scandal.

Matt Hancock pointed the finger at civil servants and an “independent” agency four times in one interview.

Labour’s Diane Abbott demanded Home Secretary Amber Rudd “consider her position” and stop shifting the blame.

And it came as the government confirmed 49 active cases have been flagged up so far on the first day of a new hotline.

The government has issued a grovelling apology over its treatment of the ‘Windrush generation’, people who arrived from the Commonwealth before 1973.

They’re being ordered to prove they have the right to stay in Britain - even though they have been here 50 years.

Last night it emerged landing cards that recorded migrants’ arrival dates were destroyed in 2010, months after Theresa May became Home Secretary.

Culture Secretary Mr Hancock was told on Sky News: “It is a disgrace, isn’t it?

“The Home Office destroys the evidence and then asks the Windrush generation migrants to prove their own status?”

Yet in four separate answers he dumped the blame on civil servants at the UK Borders Agency.

UKBA’s 2010 accounts described it as “an executive agency of the Home Office” and included the Home Office in its logo.