this is bbc news, i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: a cabinet reshuffle�*s under way — and gavin williamson has been sacked as education secretary. he's tweeted that it has been a privilege to serve in that role. we'll be live at westminster with the details as they come in. government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say they're working to avoid that. we don't want to get to a position ever again where there is an unsustainable pressure on the nhs, so it is not able to see people in the usual way when it needs to, particularly emergency patients. a record jump in inflation to 3.2% — the highest level in almost a decade, as the price of food

and transportation goes up. facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go — four amateur astronauts make history as the first all—civilian crew to blast off into space. good afternoon. the prime minister is reshuffling his cabinet. kevin williamson has become the first casualty, losing hisjob as education secretary. he was heavily criticised for his handling of

disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. in a tweet mr williamson said, it has been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019. despite the challenges of the global pandemic, i am particularly proud of the transformational reforms. there is speculation there could be other changes at the top of government with questions over the future of the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and the home secretary, priti patel. damian grammaticas is in westminster for us. what is the latest? figs damian grammaticas is in westminster for us. what is the latest?— for us. what is the latest? as you sa , we for us. what is the latest? as you say. we have _ for us. what is the latest? as you say, we have gallen _ for us. what is the latest? as you say, we have gallen gavin - for us. what is the latest? as you - say, we have gallen gavin williamson confirming in his tweet there that he appears to be moving on. we know that he is moving on, he has been overin that he is moving on, he has been over in the commons, where the prime minister has been since. he completed prime minister's questions and then went to the private office there, which is traditionally where he takes in and meets those who he

is moving and either shuffling or demoting, so gavin williamson confirming there. a question now of who will move into education. also it seems to be in the commons apparently likely to be meeting the prime minister the foreign secretary, dominic raab. that is the speculation there, and where he could go, and another name, robert buckland, justice secretary, so the possibility is being talked about here of whether dominic raab might be offered thatjob instead of being moved out of the job as foreign secretary, possibly being offered justice. secretary, possibly being offered 'ustice. �* , ., , justice. and tell us a little bit more on what _ justice. and tell us a little bit more on what we _ justice. and tell us a little bit more on what we are - justice. and tell us a little bit more on what we are likely . justice. and tell us a little bit | more on what we are likely to justice. and tell us a little bit - more on what we are likely to see or what has been speculated about later because with those two names you have mentioned there there has already been much controversy, let's say, connected to their roles over the past year or so.— say, connected to their roles over the past year or so. yes, there has, and i think— the past year or so. yes, there has, and i think if— the past year or so. yes, there has,

and i think if you. .. _ the past year or so. yes, there has, and i think if you. .. all _ the past year or so. yes, there has, and i think if you... all the - and i think if you... all the speculation about the reshuffle that has been going on for weeks and weeks now, to be honest, if you do have a list of the first name on that list of the most likely person to be moved would probably be for many people that gavin williamson, the education secretary. he has been heavily criticised through the pandemic for the handling of education, the handling of exams in england last summer, return to school of children injanuary england last summer, return to school of children in january this yearin school of children injanuary this year in england school of children in january this year in england where they went from one day and then were sent home again. now again we have a return to school and now the questions about roll—out of vaccines and so all sorts of issues with disruption in schools. gavin williamson had been... i think his competence was questioned, but he had been seen as a very loyal minister, loyal to borisjohnson, so mrjohnson had been perceived to be sort of hanging

on to mr williamson. the question then, i guess, will be where does he go? the foreign secretary particularly criticised recently in the last few weeks since the taliban captured kabul and western forces were forced to withdraw, that a lift that we saw, questions about him being on holiday as that was happening. —— that airlift that we saw. and questions about the lack of preparedness for that and the urgent need to try to get people out of danger in afghanistan. sol need to try to get people out of danger in afghanistan. so i think thatis danger in afghanistan. so i think that is where he has been, that is where he has come in for particular criticism lately and that is why people have an eye on his role. also questions about the home secretary, priti patel, and whether she could be another high—profile figure to be moved. and then i guess the question of who borisjohnson would move in? will he seek to shuffle around some

of the very experienced figures, michael gove, say, liz truss, who could potentially be moved as well. and whether he goes for that. whether he then brings a new faces... , ., , faces... damien, sorry to interrupt ou, but faces... damien, sorry to interrupt you. butjust _ faces... damien, sorry to interrupt you. butjust to — faces... damien, sorry to interrupt you, butjust to bring _ faces... damien, sorry to interrupt you, butjust to bring you - faces... damien, sorry to interrupt i you, butjust to bring you something that has just come in, you, butjust to bring you something that hasjust come in, robert buckland has tweeted, saying... so that is a tweet that has come from robert buckland in the past minute or so. so damian grammaticas, another one then confirmed? yes. minute or so. so damian grammaticas, another one then confirmed?— another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly — another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly as _ another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly as i _ another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly as i was _ another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly as i was saying. - another one then confirmed? yes, and that is exactly as i was saying. one - that is exactly as i was saying. one of those who were seen in the commons and therefore the view was that he was likely to be moving. that now opens up the possibility thatjob may be one that dominic

raab, if he is included in this, could be offered as an alternative to move into. i think this is now what we are going to see, the domino effect as one after another... but what we are going to get the first through the afternoon in the way this works, the notices, the announcements of who is moving, who is losing theirjob, leaving their position. then later the expectation is if the this follows the normal pattern this, the prime minister will move to downing street and then from downing street he will then announce the new name, so people will be called to downing street, likely, if they are near enough and around will come to meet the prime minister to be given and announced on their new positions. i5 minister to be given and announced on their new positions.— on their new positions. is there more of a _ on their new positions. is there more of a likelihood _ on their new positions. is there more of a likelihood for- on their new positions. is there more of a likelihood for some l on their new positions. is there | more of a likelihood for some to on their new positions. is there - more of a likelihood for some to be moved into other prominent roles and others? as you say, dominic raab, obviously we have not had anything confirmed with that yet, but with his background as a lawyer it seems

a likely fit would be to go into sort of down thisjustice secretary route, potentially, but with gavin williamson, for example, who we have got confirmation of as having been fired from his role as education secretary, is there any likelihood, any likely speculation of where he might be moved to? h0. any likely speculation of where he might be moved to?— any likely speculation of where he might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear — might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear on. _ might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear on. and _ might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear on. and we _ might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear on. and we know- might be moved to? no. so that we are not clear on. and we know he i might be moved to? no. so that we l are not clear on. and we know he has had roles before in the chief whip's office, so it is unclear where he might go, but he is, as i was saying, someone who has been very loyal to borisjohnson, so boris johnson may wish to seek to acknowledge that with whatever. .. you know, with a position if he can find one for gavin williamson now. it of course opens up the education job and the question then will be who moves into that? is it someone like kenny bad knock or another name that has been mentioned, 0liver

dowden, moving... both of those could move up. so we'll boris johnson seek to move someone into a job like that? will he seek to move in new talent or new people into the cabinet from even the newest intake of mps and seek to broaden, perhaps, some of those northern seats that were one in the last election and bring some of them in as well, such as, again, kemi badenoch. to bring some of them in as well, such as, again, kemi badenoch.- bring some of them in as well, such as, again, kemi badenoch. to go back to robert buckland, _ as, again, kemi badenoch. to go back to robert buckland, the _ as, again, kemi badenoch. to go back to robert buckland, the second - to robert buckland, the second confirmed casualty of the reshuffle, he might not be as familiar a name to people as gavin williamson, so just tell is a bit about robert buckland and what he was known for within his role as thejustice secretary and what viewers might recognise the name from all be familiar with him as. 50 recognise the name from all be familiar with him as.— familiar with him as. so robert buckland, _ familiar with him as. so robert buckland, the _ familiar with him as. so robert buckland, the justice _ familiar with him as. so robert| buckland, the justice secretary, buckland, thejustice secretary, yes, he has been in that role since i think the first borisjohnson

appointed him early on, so in his original cabinet position he was overseeing justice, overseeing the ministry ofjustice and reform there, which of course is a tricky political area and robert buckland was one under scrutiny, so i think this does therefore mean there is a job that could be part of this shuffle with a potential for someone like dominic raab, who himself was a lawyer, to be moved into. find like dominic raab, who himself was a lawyer, to be moved into.— lawyer, to be moved into. and now if we 'ust, lawyer, to be moved into. and now if we just. you — lawyer, to be moved into. and now if we just. you know. — lawyer, to be moved into. and now if wejust, you know, going _ lawyer, to be moved into. and now if wejust, you know, going back- lawyer, to be moved into. and now if wejust, you know, going back to - wejust, you know, going back to gavin williamson, one of the first names to be confirmed, as losing his role in the reshuffle and also as being quite a big name, someone who has been in the headlines rather a lot through this pandemic, what was some of the things that were

probably the things that tipped him over the edge of as someone who was likely to be losing his role? weill. likely to be losing his role? well, for gavin williamson, _ likely to be losing his role? well, for gavin williamson, i _ likely to be losing his role? well, for gavin williamson, i think- likely to be losing his role? well, for gavin williamson, i think the l for gavin williamson, i think the issues have been largely the handling of the exam situation and the schooling through the pandemic. so we saw all the disruption to schooling that had happened and with children being sent home and then the questions of how then to best manage assessments, tests, exams, gcses, a—levels in england, so last summer... in the last year, so over a year ago, in those exams the decision taken by the... in the department for education to use a computer algorithm to try to help reflect some of that disruption and

reassess grades using a computer algorithm led to many, many criticisms. the abandoning of that and a lot of problems when exam results came out, university places where... people were having to apply for university places, universities trying to fill their courses. there was a lot of disruption then, so thatis was a lot of disruption then, so that is one issue. another issue has been the handling of the return of children to school that we had at the beginning of this year, in the beginning ofjanuary, when children came back from their christmas holiday in england. the schools spent several weeks preparing for covid—safe environments for children to come back in. they attended for one day and then were all sent home again because of the levels of infection in the pandemic. and then they were off for quite a few weeks,

many children at that point, so a lot of these sorts of issues around the handling of the schooling, the return to school and exams have been ones where he has been particularly criticised. ., ones where he has been particularly criticised. . , ., ., criticised. damian grammaticas, thank you. _ criticised. damian grammaticas, thank you, we'll _ criticised. damian grammaticas, thank you, we'll be _ criticised. damian grammaticas, thank you, we'll be back- criticised. damian grammaticas, thank you, we'll be back for - criticised. damian grammaticas, l thank you, we'll be back for more with you, but for now thank you very much for bringing us up to date. and if you arejustjoining us, just much for bringing us up to date. and if you are justjoining us, just as a recap we are getting details of some of the first people to go in the cabinet reshuffle. the first big name was gavin williamson, the education secretary, who has been fired from role and we have in the past few minutes got the second name, which was robert buckland, as justice secretary, who has gone from that role as well. he tweeted that just a few minutes ago. let's get more on all this from the deputy political editor at the telegraph, lucy fisher. political editor at the telegraph, lucy fisher-— political editor at the telegraph, i lucy fisher._ thank lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank ou for lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining _ lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining us. _

lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining us, and _ lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining us, and first - lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining us, and first of- lucy fisher. good afternoon. thank you forjoining us, and first of all. you forjoining us, and first of all let's start with that first big name that we got, gavin williamson. how much of a surprise davies have been or, you know, not at all? i much of a surprise davies have been or, you know, not at all?— or, you know, not at all? i think it is probably _ or, you know, not at all? i think it is probably the — or, you know, not at all? i think it is probably the least _ or, you know, not at all? i think it is probably the least surprising . is probably the least surprising removal from the cabinet. williamson had been widely slated to be moved from a job. it remains to be seen whether he will get a newjob. it sounds unlikely by the sounds of it. he is heading to the backbenches it seems from his statement on twitter, in which he has confirmed he will still continue to support the government. but i think he had been criticised for his handling of schools and universities during the pandemic, the a—levels fiasco we saw last year, the problem with the algorithms, so not many surprises on that one. ., ., ., that one. now we have heard... obviously _ that one. now we have heard... obviously this _ that one. now we have heard... obviously this is _ that one. now we have heard... obviously this is not _ that one. now we have heard... obviously this is not a _ that one. now we have heard... obviously this is not a name - that one. now we have heard... | obviously this is not a name that has been confirmed yet, but we heard that the foreign secretary, dominic raab,is that the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is speaking to the prime minister at his office, which is an

indication that he may be one of the next to go. so if we move to him for a moment, how much of a surprise is that? is this something that we were likely to expect, given his handling of the evacuation at afghanistan? well, as you say, he was criticised for the handling of the evacuation from kabul airport in recent weeks. a lot of recriminations held between him and the defence secretary, ben wallace, and their two departments, over that. and yes, we have to remember that he was trusted by the prime minister in his role as the first secretary of state, a secondary role he has to the foreign secretary for the portfolio to handle the government, to step into the payments are's shoes while the prime minister was suffering with covid last year, so that does suggest a high degree of trust. he was seen to have handled that burden of responsibility well at that

point, so i think there are a lot of question marks still in the air about dominic raab where he could be potentially moved to a different role in the foreign office and whether he will still keep that first secretary of state through the de facto ministerial title as well. and what do you make at the second name that was confirmed as someone losing his role, robert buckland, as justice secretary?— justice secretary? well, it is another interesting - justice secretary? well, it is l another interesting departure. robert buckland seen as one of the more one nation tories, not part of the traditional vote to leave, brexiteer crew. inaudible that said, i think it will be a surprise to some he had been expected as lord chancellor and i think it is perhaps one of the more surprising name so far. find think it is perhaps one of the more surprising name so far.— think it is perhaps one of the more surprising name so far. and in terms of, ou surprising name so far. and in terms of. you know. _ surprising name so far. and in terms of, you know, anything _ surprising name so far. and in terms of, you know, anything to _ surprising name so far. and in terms of, you know, anything to do - surprising name so far. and in terms of, you know, anything to do with i of, you know, anything to do with robert buckland that may have hit the headlines, of course with gavin williamson's record as education

secretary, he was very often in the news and facing criticism quite regularly as part of his role. but in terms of what viewers may know about robert buckland and about his role as justice secretary, about robert buckland and about his role asjustice secretary, what are the... are some of the things he was known for and that he achieved over the past year or so?— the past year or so? well, a big thin he the past year or so? well, a big thing he had — the past year or so? well, a big thing he had launched - the past year or so? well, a big thing he had launched was- the past year or so? well, a big thing he had launched was a - the past year or so? well, a big - thing he had launched was a review ofjudicial review, the idea that that mechanism to review ministerial decisions was being misused by campaigners. a lot of the judiciary very concerned about any changes potentially coming down the line on that, but i think that was one of the big project that robert buckland undertook. 0f the big project that robert buckland undertook. of course, we know with the courts backlog has been one of the courts backlog has been one of the big stories of the pandemic, you know, huge waiting lists now for trials and people seeking justice on a whole range of fronts. also big problems with britain's prison services that need solving, so it is

quite a challenging department for whoever takes on that role next, but some of those issues were not necessarily robert buckland's fault. it is going to be difficult as we come into the autumn with the spending review, the next three year departmental budgets. it is not a fashionable cause, justice, it is not easy to see that prisons are going to get more money above nurses, doctors, the health service generally, education. it is going to be a challenging portfolio for whoever is appointed to that role in the coming hours or days. luca; the coming hours or days. lucy fisher, the coming hours or days. lucy fisher. just _ the coming hours or days. lucy fisher, just wanted _ the coming hours or days. lucy fisher, just wanted to - the coming hours or days. lucy fisher, just wanted to get - the coming hours or days. lucy fisher, just wanted to get your thoughts and a tweet from our political editor, laura kuenssberg, who has just tweeted... dowling understood to be out, but not confirmed. and also amanda milling. but not clear. it is interesting, _ milling. but not clear. it is interesting, amanda - milling. but not clear. it 3 interesting, amanda milling, the

party chairman, a key role as boris johnson looks to reset the party's direction as we come out of the pandemic, notjust his governance. there has been a lot of interest around amanda milling's co—chair, elliott, and many see him is much more being a dominant figure in leading the party, rather than amanda milling, a former whip, so thatis amanda milling, a former whip, so that is a key department that might become key if he does decide to remove her in which he can put someone else in from the department, but still give her a role that carries a lot of prestige. party chairman traditionally deals with donors, lots of party former grandees, former bayer moss, so it is a an important position he will be able to use if it is someone who wants to remove from his top team but not fall out with completely. what do you think the mood of the party is likely to be, given the two names we know who have gone? weill. party is likely to be, given the two names we know who have gone? well, i think there will — names we know who have gone? well, i think there will be _ names we know who have gone? well, i think there will be a _ names we know who have gone? well, i think there will be a lot _ names we know who have gone? well, i think there will be a lot of— think there will be a lot of intrigue. if dominic raab is moved, intrigue. if dominic raab is moved, in particular, when you move someone

out of the big offices of state, those speak for, that really is a signal that it is going to be quite an extensive reshuffle. there is a big ripple effect from that. i think so far it is unclear from the two names that there was going to be a huge reshuffle, but interesting some of the downstream billie downing street sourcing that has come out of this... i have —— the downing street sourcing. this is about the plan to trying to reset his team as the prime minister and the country comes out of the pandemic. it is the build back better team. he wants to refocus the country and refocus the party's priorities. some of the messaging coming out of downing street today does suggest this is going to be potentially quite a sizeable reshuffle. find going to be potentially quite a sizeable reshuffle.— going to be potentially quite a sizeable reshuffle. and what do you make of the — sizeable reshuffle. and what do you make of the future _ sizeable reshuffle. and what do you make of the future for— sizeable reshuffle. and what do you make of the future for gavin - make of the future for gavin williamson after this? what roles do you think he is likely to be offered potentially? it. i you think he is likely to be offered potentially?— potentially? c. i think there are a lot of moving _ potentially? c. i think there are a lot of moving parts. _ potentially? c. i think there are a lot of moving parts. had - potentially? c. i think there are a lot of moving parts. had been - lot of moving parts. had been

rumoured that he could potentially be put back in as chief whip if mark spencer, the current chief whip, were to be moved. a lot of talk about him potentially going to the environment secretary role. equally gavin williamson could potentially be had for a stint on to the backbenches. it is often said by his allies that been a chief whip previously he knows where a lot of the skeletons in the party are buried. it depends how nervous downing street might be about him on the back benches cut loose to be a free agent or whether they want to put him into the government. that will probably be one of the considerations that will be played out as the prime minister does this reshuffle. . , , ., ~ out as the prime minister does this reshuffle. , , ., ~ , ., reshuffle. lucy fisher, thank you for our reshuffle. lucy fisher, thank you for your thoughts _ reshuffle. lucy fisher, thank you for your thoughts on _ reshuffle. lucy fisher, thank you for your thoughts on that. - reshuffle. lucy fisher, thank you for your thoughts on that. lucy l for your thoughts on that. lucy fisher, deputy political editor at the telegraph paper. let's go to damian grammaticas in westminster for a bit of a recap. bring us up to

date for viewers who are just joining us, where are we out now with his cabinet reshuffle? so yes, we have now _ with his cabinet reshuffle? so yes, we have now boris _ with his cabinet reshuffle? so yes, we have now boris johnson - with his cabinet reshuffle? so yes, we have now boris johnson in - with his cabinet reshuffle? so yes, i we have now boris johnson in process we have now borisjohnson in process of doing this reshuffle. he has already some decisions he has made are becoming clear, gavin williamson leaving hisjob are becoming clear, gavin williamson leaving his job as are becoming clear, gavin williamson leaving hisjob as education secretary, talking about... in a tweet he said that it had been a privilege to serve and that he would continue to support the government, which sort of hints that he might be out of a cabinet role and into some other sort of position. robert buckland, the justice other sort of position. robert buckland, thejustice secretary, he also tweeting that he has been moved, so that is the confirmation we have at the minute. then discussion seems to be... 0r we have at the minute. then discussion seems to be... or the focus seems to be falling on dominic raab, who appears to have gone over to the house of commons, possibly

also to meet the prime minister, where he is announcing to individuals that he's moving them. so those are the first ones that have had. and then we will wait to see who then now is potentially moved to fill any of those jobs. i should say a couple of interesting things to watch as well will be how borisjohnson decides to play this. the representation of women in his cabinet, we know he has said before that that would be a priority for him, but the actual numbers are relatively low. i think about a quarter of those people sitting in cabinet at the minute are women. that is lower than under theresa may, lower than under gordon brown, so does he seek to address that, bring more women into roles in the cabinet? does he seek to bring in more mps from the newer northern seats that were won at the last election and try to bring some of those voices into the cabinet?

particularly, as you were hearing, the message or the indications from downing street added the prime minister wants to use this to use one of his buzzwords, to unite and build back better from the one of his buzzwords, to unite and build back betterfrom the pandemic. so it gives the impression that what he is doing is trying to put in place a team to try to set the agenda for the next 18 months or so, the last big reshuffle 18 months or so, and really essentially this is the team we have had in place since he became prime minister. now he re—shuffling it. the discussion is all the indications are, as lucy was saying, this could be quite a big change of personnel to reset things for the next period.— for the next period. damian grammaticas, _ for the next period. damian grammaticas, thank - for the next period. damian grammaticas, thank you . for the next period. damianj grammaticas, thank you for for the next period. damian - grammaticas, thank you for giving us that recap there. we will be going back to damien throughout the afternoon, but first let's talk to the former lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice, david. david thank you so much for

joining us this afternoon. first i just want to get your thoughts on the first big—name, the first casualty and outs of the cabinet reshuffle, gavin williamson. i think it is fair to say it was not a particular surprise to people that he has gone from the role. david gauke? no, ithink it he has gone from the role. david gauke? no, i think it was widely predicted, i think it would have been a bit of a shock had predicted, i think it would have been a bit of a shod— predicted, i think it would have been a bit of a shock had he stayed in lace. been a bit of a shock had he stayed in place- he _ been a bit of a shock had he stayed in place- he has — been a bit of a shock had he stayed in place. he has clearly _ been a bit of a shock had he stayed in place. he has clearly struggled l in place. he has clearly struggled in place. he has clearly struggled in the education role. gavin has got some political skills, he was a very effective chief whip, he was very useful to boris johnson effective chief whip, he was very useful to borisjohnson in terms of the leadership election in 2019. but he has struggled as a secretary of state for education. he has not got the confidence of parents or teachers and i think it is a department that faces significant challenges and clearly needed a change at the top there. so i think, as you say, not a shock, not a

surprise. but a big challenge for whoever replaces him. fin surprise. but a big challenge for whoever replaces him.— surprise. but a big challenge for whoever replaces him. on that note, what are some _ whoever replaces him. on that note, what are some of _ whoever replaces him. on that note, what are some of the _ whoever replaces him. on that note, what are some of the biggest - what are some of the biggest challenges, the biggest obstacles facing whoever might be his predecessor? because, you know, obviously not the same issues that were facing gavin williamson will be there for his successor. however, there for his successor. however, there will be some of the same issues facing them, so what do you think the main ones are? i issues facing them, so what do you think the main ones are?— think the main ones are? i think there are some _ think the main ones are? i think there are some immediate - think the main ones are? i think- there are some immediate relatively short—term challenges. you know, how do we deal with catching up after covid west with pupils having missed an awful lot of schooling? 0f an awful lot of schooling? of course, there is the risk of further schooling may be missed. we are not necessarily out of the woods with covid, but catching up i think is a big challenge. what do you do about exams, making sure that has got some amount of credibility? we have obviously had a couple of very unusual years. what is the sensible approach to get us back to normality

on that? what is going to happen with universities who may are dealing with a surge in students because of what has happened with exams this year? there are some challenges on that front. those are just the short term issues. i think there is also a need for some strategic thinking about how do we use technology to help teaching and teacher training? you know, what is the future of our education system, exams at 16, is that the right thing to do or not? there is a debate about that. so there are large numbers of long—term issues, but i think what is needed is someone who is going to be an effective problem solver. politically, ithink is going to be an effective problem solver. politically, i think to some extent this is about damage limitation. this is a difficult issue for the government, but someone who can get to grips with those issues, have credibility, win over the confidence of teachers and parents, and someone who can i think of you relatively quietly get on and do a good job, neutralise it as an

issue and take some important decisions for the future of our children. �* ., ., , children. and david, head of this reshuffle, the _ children. and david, head of this reshuffle, the prime _ children. and david, head of this reshuffle, the prime minister- children. and david, head of this l reshuffle, the prime minister boris johnson said it was about putting in place a strong and united team to build back better from the place a strong and united team to build back betterfrom the pandemic. what do you think the aim, the direction of this is? is a lot of it to do with shoring up support ahead of the next general election? weill. of the next general election? well, governments _ of the next general election? well, governments always _ of the next general election? well, governments always look _ of the next general election? well, governments always look for - of the next general election? well, governments always look for a - governments always look for a reshuffle to freshen the team and present something new to the public. by present something new to the public. by and large, i don't think the public are that excited by reshuffle anyway, but make sure you have got the right people in the right places. i think it would be fair to say that in the last 18 months or so, two years, that the cabinet has taken a bit of a back seat. things have been generally led from the centre. i think we saw that last week with the social care reforms, where it wasn't really the cabinet

were heavily involved. and i think it is important that we have got a cabinet where individual secretaries of state are able to provide leadership for their departments, have a vision and pursue that coherently with what the rest of the government is doing, but cabinet ministers who have got the confidence and ability to drive through reform. that is important and it is notjust about how close or loyal you are to be prime minister, it is about whether you can do thejob minister, it is about whether you can do the job as a secretary of state. i hope that is what we are seeing with this reshuffle today. and we will be expecting more names to emerge this afternoon, but david, i have to ask you, you have been reshuffled, you have been through it, you have been sacked. what is it like? it can be a noble billie nerve—racking experience. thankfully, i resigned rather than were sacked, but had i not resigned i would have been sacked when there was a prime minister. it can be a

nerve—racking experience and it is also quite disruptive, disruptive for you and fully departments and for you and fully departments and for your special advisers who might see theirjob overnight. so there is a huge amount of uncertainty and sometimes it can come out of the blue, so it is a very unusual situation. there are very fewjobs where you going to work one morning and discover that you are either out of your job or and discover that you are either out of yourjob or being moved to a very, very differentjob and you will have had very little warning. so it is an unusual experience. i think those ministers who get through today and are still doing thejob that through today and are still doing the job that they enjoy will feel immensely relieved.— the job that they enjoy will feel immensely relieved. david, 'ust to brin: ou immensely relieved. david, 'ust to bring you some i immensely relieved. david, 'ust to bring you some news, h immensely relieved. david, 'ust to bring you some news, the h immensely relieved. david, just to bring you some news, the latest i immensely relieved. david, just to i bring you some news, the latest now is we're hearing that robert jenrick, the secretary of state for housing, has gone from the role. that is robertjenrick, housing secretary of state and secretary of state for communities and local government. what is your reaction?

again, not a government. what is your reaction? again, nota huge government. what is your reaction? again, not a huge surprise, government. what is your reaction? again, nota huge surprise, in government. what is your reaction? again, not a huge surprise, in that there has been quite a lot of controversy about robert and he has found himself in some difficulties on that, some speculation that he might have been dismissed at an earlier point. robert is a relatively young minister, he is keen and enthusiastic. i would not be surprised if one day he returned to government, in all honesty, but again not a huge surprise. and it is sounding... that is the first secretary of state we have heard is leaving, robert buckland as well, so far, so it is clearly a reasonably substantial reshuffle. with robertjenrick, a face who became familiar with the pandemic because it was of no taking on the role of leading the government briefing as well. so you say this isn't a particular surprise, but what were some of the aspects, do you think, that made it not surprising that he is going to go, other than just

surprising that he is going to go, other thanjust the surprising that he is going to go, other than just the controversies? i other thanjust the controversies? i don't think it probably was largely the controversies, say, the planning issue, and whether he was wrongly involved in getting involved in particular matters. he found himself on the wrong side of that. it's also the case that the policy that he pursued, which is planning reform, has run into a lot of difficulties, and it is reported, may be his removal as an act that they are stepping away from planning policies. if we went back a couple of years or so ago, when robert was promoted to the cabinet, he was very much seen as a rising star, one of those who would endorse boris johnson early on when maybe he might not have done, you know, quite ambitious, and so on, and it does go

to show that there is plenty of uncertainty and politics, and unpredictable things can happen. but yes, i think he has probably been caught in controversies and been damaged by that. as i say, i wouldn't be surprised if he is a loyalist on the backbenches and at some points returns to them. david, we have just — some points returns to them. david, we have just had _ some points returns to them. david, we have just had a _ some points returns to them. david, we have just had a tweet _ some points returns to them. david, we have just had a tweet from - some points returns to them. david, l we have just had a tweet from robert jenrick that has come through in the past couple of minutes. he says... so that has just come through in the past couple of minutes from robert jenrick, who was the secretary of state for housing communities and local government, but has been the third name confirmed to have gone from his role, to have lost his role in the cabinet reshuffle. so if i

just bring you back then, david, just bring you back then, david, just on that tweet from robert jenrick, so he says, i am deeply proud of all be achieved. what do you think some of the achievements, the standout achievements are from him, and also what do you think his future is likely to be? can you see him being given another significant role? ,., ., ~ role? the thing with someone like robert, he — role? the thing with someone like robert, he is _ role? the thing with someone like robert, he is very _ role? the thing with someone like robert, he is very young, - role? the thing with someone like robert, he is very young, i - role? the thing with someone like robert, he is very young, i don't l robert, he is very young, i don't know precisely how old he is, but i think he is late 30s, early 40s, so time is on his side. sometimes there are opportunities for ministers to rehabilitate themselves. it can be quite helpful for a rehabilitate themselves. it can be quite helpfulfor a government to offer that opportunity, so that x ministers behave themselves on the backbenches and are appropriately loyal. backbenches and are appropriately lo al. , ., ., ., loyal. yes, on that note, david, 'ust on loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his _ loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his he — loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his he is _ loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his he is 39, _ loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his he is 39, so -

loyal. yes, on that note, david, just on his he is 39, so very - loyal. yes, on that note, david, | just on his he is 39, so very nice and encouraging that that is considered very young, so thank you! bach, in political terms, considered very young, so thank you! bach, in politicalterms, it considered very young, so thank you! bach, in political terms, it is certainly very young. who knows what the future will hold for him? i think, in terms of the work that's been done, it is the case with all these cabinet ministers, the last 18 months has obviously been dominated by covid. it has not been a normal time government, and i think, for example, they have made a lot of progress on homelessness, and i'm sure robert has been very heavily involved in that process, so i suspect that might be something he will look at. the thing that he wanted to do was to liberalise the planning laws, but that has run into difficulties. he doesn't have the support of the conservative backbenchers in many cases, and as i say, there were reports that was going to be dropped, and i suspect perhaps the most significant consequence, i could be wrong here, but i suspect the most significant consequence of robertjenrick�*s

consequence of robert jenrick�*s departure consequence of robertjenrick�*s departure is that the approach to planning law reform will be changed. there won't be the big push to liberalise on the way that was previously planned. that doesn't come as a huge surprise to anybody since the chesham and amersham by—election, that was a major issue there. i think that is probably the significance of this departure. david, thank you so much forjoining us, and for discussing some of those cabinet reshuffle casualties we have had so far, so thank you, david, thatis had so far, so thank you, david, that is david gauke, former lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice. let's go now to discuss this further with damian grammaticas, our correspondent come alive in westminster for us. grammaticas, our correspondent come alive in westminsterfor us. so, let's discuss the latest name that we've got, which is robertjenrick, who has gone from his role as housing minister. so, first of all, we were hearing just now from david

gauke, that is not that surprising, due to the controversies he has been associated with.— associated with. yes, so exactly, so in this portfolio. _ associated with. yes, so exactly, so in this portfolio, robert _ associated with. yes, so exactly, so in this portfolio, robert jenrick - associated with. yes, so exactly, so in this portfolio, robert jenrick in i in this portfolio, robertjenrick in charge of secretary of state for housing, he has been involved in a number of controversies surrounding planning decisions, granting of planning decisions, granting of planning approvalfor planning decisions, granting of planning approval for projects, questions about those links to tory donors, and large, or major house—builders, and people involved in house—building. so, in that, there has been quite a lot of controversy, surrounding decisions he's made, and the contacts he has had prior to those decisions. i think that's sort of in the background. i think in the foreground, in this area, we saw in the chesham and amersham

by—election, just on the fringes of london, when the conservatives lost that seat to the liberal democrats in a by—election not very long ago, planning issues, changes to planning law, or proposed changes to planning laws, to make it easier to build in communities like that, where one of theissues communities like that, where one of the issues that were seen as having been caused a lot of unhappiness locally, and caused people, perhaps, to switch votes. so this may well be a signal that there is a change, and we know the government has been concerned about this, a change in that sort of area. so what we see here this is an area where the government has seen its policies run into difficulties. a change in personnel now may well signal an attempt to regroup and try to come up attempt to regroup and try to come up with something different. 50 rare

up with something different. so we have had three _ up with something different. so we have had three names _ up with something different. so we have had three names come - up with something different. so we have had three names come through now, so we are getting more of a sense of an idea of how the prime minister is shaping things. does that tell us about what his seem to be? �* . . that tell us about what his seem to be? �* ., . ., that tell us about what his seem to be? �* .. ., _, that tell us about what his seem to be? bach at the minute, so we've not, we be? bach at the minute, so we've got. we have _ be? bach at the minute, so we've got, we have robert— be? bach at the minute, so we've got, we have robert jenrick, - got, we have robertjenrick, housing, robert buckland atjustice, gavin williamson at education, three ministries, not the highest profile names. gavin williamson obviously very much in focus through the pandemic, but three departments where there have been quite a number of difficulties and controversies and difficult policies the government has been wrestling with over the course of the past 18 months or so since borisjohnson became prime minister, so i think what you may be see here is a targeting of areas where it is felt something fresh is needed, and a change is needed to be brought to

those departments. then i think what we will wait to see is if any of those really big positions in the foreign secretary, the home secretary, any of those, are also going to be up for change, and that would signal an even broader sort of reshuffling. would signal an even broader sort of reshufflinu. . ~' , ., , would signal an even broader sort of reshufflinu. . ~ , ., , . ., reshuffling. thank you very much for brinuain us reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up _ reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up to _ reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, _ reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, and - reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, and we - reshuffling. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, and we will l bringing us up to date, and we will return to you i'm sure throughout the afternoon. damian grammaticas live in westminster for us. the afternoon. damian grammaticas live in westminsterfor us. there has been a big jump in prices. uk inflation hit 3.2% last month, the largest increase since the consumer price index was introduced nearly a quarter of a century ago. transport, food, eating out and recreation all pushed up the cost of living. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, has been taking a look at the figures. a palette of cooking oil at a record price, just one of the many basic

surprise that have shot up as the basic economy as we open post—pandemic, triggering the quickest price inflation for nine years. food wholesalers, like this one in uxbridge that supplies upmarket hotels and restaurants, are working as hard as they can, but still can't meet demand. the current riori still can't meet demand. the current priority issue — still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for _ still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for us _ still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for us is _ still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for us is shortages. - priority issue for us is shortages. every delivery that comes into our warehouse is affected in some way. it is either late doesn't turn up, or when it does turn up, it is short, and that is due to the chronic shortage of lorry drivers. everything this firm sells is packaged in cardboard, where it says prices are up by a0%, and plastic prices are up by a0%, and plastic prices have jumped prices are up by a0%, and plastic prices havejumped by 70%. with much higher prices and fuel costs, they are expecting all firms like theirs to raise prices next year, if they haven't done already full stop with shortages of goods and lorry drivers and sky high shipping costs, wholesalers like this are at full

stretch just trying to get the goods on the back door to meet demands from their existing customers. they are turning new customers away. so far, they have been able to protect their customers from higher prices, but in the coming months, they are going to be forced to raise them. at restaurants like this independent pub near windsor, prices were higher compared to august 2020 when the government's eat 0ut compared to august 2020 when the government's eat out to help 0ut scheme allowed them to offer half—price meals from monday to wednesday. but it has also found that to offer the good services it wants to commit is having to pay higher wages was doubly micro if we are going to start paying our staff as professionals and start treating them like , ., ,, ., ., , ., ., them like professionals, we have to -a them them like professionals, we have to pay them a — them like professionals, we have to pay them a decent _ them like professionals, we have to pay them a decent living _ them like professionals, we have to pay them a decent living wage, - them like professionals, we have to i pay them a decent living wage, which is what _ pay them a decent living wage, which is what we _ pay them a decent living wage, which is what we have started to do, and that will— is what we have started to do, and that will have a knock—on effect as to how _ that will have a knock—on effect as to how profitable our business is, and while — to how profitable our business is, and while we are happy to take a slice _ and while we are happy to take a slice of— and while we are happy to take a slice of the — and while we are happy to take a slice of the pie, our slice, and share — slice of the pie, our slice, and share it — slice of the pie, our slice, and share it with our staff, at some point _ share it with our staff, at some point some _ share it with our staff, at some point some of that pie is going to have _ point some of that pie is going to have to _ point some of that pie is going to have to come from the customer as welt _ have to come from the customer as well. ., . ., , have to come from the customer as well. ., _, , , . , well. overall, consumer prices were u n well. overall, consumer prices were u- b well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3-2%- — well. overall, consumer prices were

up by 3.296. stripping _ well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.296. stripping out _ well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.296. stripping out the - well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.296. stripping out the effect| up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat 0ut up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat out to help 0ut, it was 2.8%. the biggest single factor was petrol, with unleaded up 21.5 p over the year to £1 35 petrol, with unleaded up 21.5 p over the year to £135 a litre. like the bank of england, the office for national statistics says it believes the jump in national statistics says it believes thejump in the rate of national statistics says it believes the jump in the rate of inflation national statistics says it believes thejump in the rate of inflation is temporary. as suppliers struggled to keep up with the reopening global economy. but if companies keep having to pay bigger pay rises to get the staff they need, that may have to be revised. andy verity, bbc news. modelling from the government's sage advisory committee suggests hospitalisations could increase from about 700 a day in england to as many as 7000. there are fears the virus will spread more rapidly, with children going back to school, and staff returning to the workplace. anna collinson reports.

from offering a vaccine to 12 to 15—year—olds in school to providing a boosterjab to millions who may be more vulnerable to covid, it is hoped vaccines will do the heavy lifting this winter, but will the government's plan a be enough to protect the nhs? as people return to the classroom and the office, government advisers the infection rates could rise. modelling suggests this may lead to between 2000 and 7000 daily hospitalisations in england next month. the current average is around 750. the potential for the virus to cause huge numbers of deaths is greatly diminished, so that does allow more flexibility, but it does still remain the case that acting earlier will be more effective. sage members suggest introducing light—touch measures like encouraging working from home, requiring all contacts of cases to isolate and clear messaging.

plan b includes suggestions like mandatory facemasks, but they say this will only be triggered if the nhs is under unsustainable pressure. i do not think we are going to have to have another lockdown. the vaccines are working, and other measures. but i think it would be irresponsible for be irresponsible for any health minister in the world to say anything his 100% ruled out. to say anything is 100% ruled out. the number of people being admitted to hospital with coronavirus in the uk is higher compared to 2020, though antibody levels are also higher thanks to the vaccine and natural infection. even so, the exhausted health service is trying to juggle day—to—day care, reduce record waiting lists and prepare for other respiratory viruses. there is a finite number of staff and beds, so the more covid patients the less attention can be given to others. it is notjust patients with covid, we are busy

with lots of other patients, and emergency departments and acute units are really struggling so our concern is if there is another increase in the number of covid patients coming in that we really will not be able to do the things that we hoped, which is keep normal care going and obviously do some of the catchup of the backlog. nine months since the vaccine relate started, there are still 5 million nine months since the vaccine rollout started, there are still 5 million people who are yet to take up their offer. emily was initially against it until she contracted covid and became so ill she had to be placed in an induced coma in intensive care. her road to recovery will be long. my lungs are not going to be right. i have had another lung infection from it. my one lung —1 is not taking in the air properly. it is all the after effects. i have a high heart rate. even when i was on a ventilator, my heart stopped twice. so, vaccinate. just have it done.

those working on the front line say winter has already arrived with the nhs. while it is hoped the vaccine will help, more disruptive measures and even possible lockdowns cannot be ruled out. anna collinson, bbc news. four men have been arrested in the londonderry area by police investigating the death of the gentlest lyra mckee. the 29—year—old was shot while observing rioting in 2019. emma vardy has the latest. the men were arrested earlier this morning under the terrorism act, they were brought here to muskwe police station in belfast. three of the men are aged between 19 and 21, another man is aged 33, and this really is the most significant development in the case for some time. police said this morning that the arrests were the result of detailed investigations over the past two years. now of course lyra mckee's death had a huge impact here

in northern ireland back in 2019. she had been stood next to police with a crowd of people watching as rioting broke out in derry�*s reagan estate, when a gunman from the new ira fired towards the crowd and she was tragically killed. at the time, both the british and irish prime ministers attended her funeral here in belfast, as well as being a journalist she was also a very passionate gay rights advocate who believe very much in a better future for northern ireland. previously one man has already been charged with murder and possession of a firearm, but police have always believed a number of senior figures but police have always believed a number of seniorfigures in but police have always believed a number of senior figures in the new ira were responsible that night. these new arrests are the result of that. let's go to our political correspondent helen catt, who was at downing street. helen, thanks for being there for us. we understand the prime minister is making his way

to downing street. nowjust remind us of the significance of that, in terms of the process of the cabinet reshuffle? ,, ., reshuffle? so, when the prime minister reshuffled _ reshuffle? so, when the prime minister reshuffled his - reshuffle? so, when the prime minister reshuffled his cabinet| reshuffle? so, when the prime - minister reshuffled his cabinet like this, what he usually does is carry out the nasty part, if you like, the sackings, over at his office in the comments, so that is where you are likely to see the departures, so there has been lots of speculation about who has been in to see him this morning. we know a few of those names that have already gone, and i will tell you about those in the moment. 0nce will tell you about those in the moment. once the prime minister comes back here to downing street, thatis comes back here to downing street, that is when he starts the process of re—appointments, and we expect to see a number of mps walking up the street as the afternoon progresses to find out what job they are being offered, and also find out which of the current cabinet are staying in their roles. those that we know already are staying in their roles. those that we know already not include gavin williamson, the education secretary. it had be widely expected he would lose his job at the reshuffle. he has been heavily criticised during the pandemic for his handling of education. they have also been a series of gaffes, most recently last week, when he appeared to confuse

the football a marcus rashford with the football a marcus rashford with the rugby player maro itoje. so i think there was a wide expectation he would be going. 0thers think there was a wide expectation he would be going. others who have gone this afternoon include robert jenrick, the housing secretary. again, he himself hit a bit of controversy in the headlines, though the prime minister always stood by him over that time. but his department, whoever steps into that role, will have quite a big task on their hands. planning reforms for their hands. planning reforms for the government that they want to push through have been really unpopular with the conservative backbenches and i think whoever steps into that role is going to have a hugejob steps into that role is going to have a huge job to do to try and get those through, to placate colleagues on the backbenches about that. the other name, the other person that we know has gone this morning is the justice secretary robert buckland. now he was actually widely seen as pretty popular and pretty good at hisjob, so there has been a bit of a sense, certainly among some tory mps, and sadness at seeing him leave his role. the big question of fused future we are looking over this afternoon is that of the foreign secretary, dominic raab. now, it's

understood he did go in to see the prime minister in the commons office earlier but we haven't heard anything from that since. we know he started the day as foreign secretary was stop will he be foreign secretary by the end of it? i think thatis secretary by the end of it? i think that is the big question of this reshuffle at the moment. you mentioned — reshuffle at the moment. you mentioned there _ reshuffle at the moment. you mentioned there that - reshuffle at the moment. you mentioned there that the departure of robert buckland asjustice secretary is likely to be met with sadness from some mps. butjust looking at those three names as a whole, gavin williamson, robert buckland and robertjenrick, what do you suspect the mood of the party is like, in response to those three names going? this like, in response to those three names going?— names going? as i said, i think gavin williamson _ names going? as i said, i think gavin williamson it _ names going? as i said, i think gavin williamson it was - names going? as i said, i think gavin williamson it was widely | gavin williamson it was widely expected he would go. robert buckland, there is a sense of sadness there. i think a lot of it is going to depend on who replaces them, and that may give us a bit more of an insight into what the prime minister's reasons were for moving them out of the role that they were in. so i think it will depend on who is put in behind them,

as to how the party feels about that. �* ., , ., ., that. and with the latest name to have gone. _ that. and with the latest name to have gone, robert _ that. and with the latest name to have gone, robert jenrick, - that. and with the latest name to have gone, robert jenrick, from | that. and with the latest name to i have gone, robert jenrick, from the have gone, robertjenrick, from the housing, communities and local government department, what you make of that, and what sort of reaction is that likely to get? i of that, and what sort of reaction is that likely to get?— of that, and what sort of reaction is that likely to get? i think again that is probably _ is that likely to get? i think again that is probably not _ is that likely to get? i think again that is probably not entirely - that is probably not entirely unexpected. as i said, he had been the subject of some controversy. there was an issue around him sitting next to a property developer at a dinner, although he always said he did not behave inappropriately, did everything above board. so there had been some controversy he had run into and as i said, he is in charge ofa into and as i said, he is in charge of a brief that is about to have a really testing time in the commons, where it is really going to need someone who is able to placate the conservative colleagues, to convince them round to planning reforms, which the government wants them introduced, which have so far been widely unpopular. so it will be interesting to see who the prime minister puts in that role, are they one of those people who is more a

commons mover and shaker and is more able perhaps to bring conservative mps on the side when they try to push that quite controversial bill through the commons.— push that quite controversial bill through the commons. helen catt live at downin: through the commons. helen catt live at downing street _ through the commons. helen catt live at downing street for _ through the commons. helen catt live at downing street for us, _ through the commons. helen catt live at downing street for us, thank - through the commons. helen catt live at downing street for us, thank you. l now, if you are just now, if you arejustjoining us, we are looking at the cabinet reshuffle thatis are looking at the cabinet reshuffle that is under way, and we will be bringing you the details of that as we get them. let's start now with jeff barton, the general secretary, the association of the school and couege the association of the school and college leaders. thank you for joining us, jeff. college leaders. thank you for joining us. jeff-_ college leaders. thank you for joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all. _ joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all. i _ joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all, i just _ joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all, i just want _ joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all, i just want to - joining us, jeff. you are welcome. first of all, i just want to get - first of all, i just want to get your thoughts on the three names that we have so far. 0bviously your thoughts on the three names that we have so far. obviously we will start with, you know, the big name that was no surprise, really, gavin williamson. what do you make of him being the first casualty of this? ~ ~ , ., this? well, i think there is a sense, this? well, i think there is a sense. isn't _ this? well, i think there is a sense, isn't there, - this? well, i think there is a sense, isn't there, that - this? well, i think there is a sense, isn't there, that we i this? well, i think there is a i sense, isn't there, that we had this? well, i think there is a - sense, isn't there, that we had a cabinet that was appointed before the pandemic was a word we routinely

used, so they were appointed for various skills and various beliefs that they had, various tribal loyalties, and then found themselves having to manage extraordinary circumstances. i think with gavin williamson as your reporter rehearsed, found himself embroiled in all kinds of issues, and therefore i think probably never had an opportunity to demonstrate very much around education reform, of the kind of things you would normally expect an education secretary to do. so i think we are not surprised and there will probably be a sense is what we need as we move into this next phase of the pandemic is something of a sense of strategy and vision, which is going to start to articulate a more optimistic sense of what does a government that talks about levelling up actually mean in practice, particularly when it comes to children and young people. so what you think the focus should have been that it wasn't under williamson's time as education secretary?—

williamson's time as education secreta ? ., ., secretary? there are two parts of that. if secretary? there are two parts of that- if you _ secretary? there are two parts of that. if you take _ secretary? there are two parts of that. if you take the _ secretary? there are two parts of that. if you take the pandemic i that. if you take the pandemic itself, clearly anyone was going to find that difficult to be able to respond to and had to make quick decisions, and we saw the delay in getting laptops into schools, the free school meals fiasco and the exams fiasco last year. now, on that last one, we had written, in a fairly unprecedented sense of solidarity across all associations, all unions, saying that if exams weren't to be able to run, here are some things that you could be doing. and i think there was a kind of tribal response that because you are running a trade union, you are part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. i think what that meant is that we had that fairly low moment, didn't we, injanuary, when primary young people will go back to their school for one day, and by the end of that day, exams had been cancelled, without, frankly, a plan b. so i think we probably saw in gavin williamson someone who is a bit too bullish about things and assume that the department knew better than those of us who were

running the schools and colleges will stop that would be part one. part two, i think we now need to think back to what is needed next. it was the department for education, the secretary of state, who came up with a very ambitious plan on some of the most disadvantaged children, and then resigned because he felt he hadn't got the backing. so what is the plan, what is the recovery plan, we had 10% of what was being promised there, what are we going to do for those young people? i think we need a priority around that, around next year's exams and what the standards look like, and a priority for what we do with the youngest children, the early years. a priority around further education, where those young people really need to be able to accelerate their progress, and then the sense of what have we learned? could technology start to transform the teaching profession, do some of the heavy lifting, so that we get more people staying in the profession, whereas at the moment we lose about 40% after ten years. at the moment we lose about 4096 after ten years-— at the moment we lose about 4096 after ten years. geoff barton, thank ou for

after ten years. geoff barton, thank you forjoining _ after ten years. geoff barton, thank you forjoining us. _ after ten years. geoff barton, thank you forjoining us. geoff _ after ten years. geoff barton, thank you forjoining us. geoff barton, - you forjoining us. geoff barton, general secretary of the association of school and college leaders. let's ta ke let's take a break now and have a look at the weather forecast with helen willetts. this was cambridgeshire yesterday, where we had missed a month worth of rainfall, also parts of the is midlands and east anglia. this behind me, cambridge earlier on today. we will have more of that dry and warm weather over the coming few days but there will be some early fog around the matters because we have this ridge of high pressure. the low pressure that brought yesterday's raine has moved out into the north sea. this weak weather front, here, cloudy skies and outbreaks of showery rain, with some brighter skies in between. but the vast majority will have drier, brighter weather, still some patchy cloud around eastern scotland and eastern england but some good spells of sunshine as well, and it feels warmer, particularly where we have the rain yesterday and the overcast conditions, 20, 20 two celsius, and the evening still sees their showers

continuing in northern and eastern areas on that weather front moving its way through, clearing away. then we will probably have more clear sky last night to start, so temperatures will dip a little lower and there clear skies will be filled in with mist and low cloud, and again some patchy fog for the rush hour. at this time of year as we get the azores high building in, or high pressure generally speaking with the lengthening nights, it will mean that the fog takes a little while longer to clear, because the sun is not as strong, so do watch out for some dense patches of fog first thing. then for most, a dry, bright, warm day with spells of sunshine. this is the fly in the ointment for tomorrow, this weather front moving in bringing cloudy skies to northern ireland and spots of scotland. for many, warm again, 19 to 22 celsius. this weatherfront tends many, warm again, 19 to 22 celsius. this weather front tends to stall, we think across western areas into friday. an east—west split is what it looks like at the moment. a bit murky to start with but picking up the breeze so perhaps not as many mist and fog problems in the north, and then the rain can be quite heavy at times, across western parts of

england and wales, western northern ireland and scotland, further east a better chance of ending the working week on a dry node, and a warm note, still relatively warm, 21, 22 with a southerly breeze. as we go into the weekend, that is where there is more uncertainty because our weather front get slowed down with various bumps of cloud and rain, as we say, running along it, and it is where those areas of rain are that we will see some wetter weather. so if you do have plans this weekend, please do have plans this weekend, please do stay tuned to the forecasts.

this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: the prime minister, borisjohnson, is conducting a reshuffle of his cabinet this afternoon. so far, gavin williamson has been sacked as education secretary, while robert buckland and robertjenrick have lost their posts as justice and housing secretary. we'll be keeping you up to date with the latest from the reshuffle throughout the day right here on bbc news. also this afternoon... government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say they're working to avoid that. a record jump in inflation to 3.2% — the highest level in almost a decade — as the price of food and transportation goes up.

facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go — four amateur astronauts make history as the first all—civilian crew to blast off into space. good afternoon. the prime minister is reshuffling his top team of government ministers. gavin williamson has become the first casualty, losing hisjob as education secretary. he was heavily criticised for his handling of the disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. in a tweet mr williamson said "it

has been a privilege to serve "as education secretary since 2019. "despite the challenges of the global pandemic, "i'm particularly proud of the transformational reforms." thejustice secretary, robert buckland, has also been sacked. he said, "it had been an honour to serve in government for the last "seven years. "on to the next adventure." and robertjenrick has confirmed he's lost his job as communities secretary. in a tweet he said it had been a "huge privilege" and will "continue to support the prime minister and the government in every way" he can. there's speculation there could be other changes at the top of government — with questions over the future of the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and the home secretary, priti patel. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is at downing street. what is the latest? we are expecting

the prime minister _ what is the latest? we are expecting the prime minister to _ what is the latest? we are expecting the prime minister to arrive - what is the latest? we are expecting the prime minister to arrive here - the prime minister to arrive here backin the prime minister to arrive here back in downing street fairly soon. he has been over in the commons office this morning during the last office this morning during the last of the —— the nasty bit of the reshuffling, firing his secretaries. robertjenrick had been widely expected to go in the reshuffle because of the criticism he has received over his handling of the pandemic, and gavin williamson —— gavin williamson was expected to because of his criticism about his handling of schools. he met the rugby player maro itoje, so it was widely expected he would go. robert jenrick has gone as well, the housing secretary, and he also had some tough times during his office and borisjohnson has always backed him. but the biggest surprise was robert buckland, thejustice secretary, who was seen as widely popular and a good mp by his fellow

mps and there will be quite a lot of surprise and a bit of sadness amongst his colleagues on the backbenches that he has gone. those are the ones we know have gone, but there are also questions surrounding dominic raab, who has gone in to see the prime instead is afternoon, and we are still waiting to see whether he will remain foreign secretary or will go on to a different department. we also expecting to hear that amanda milling, the co—chair of the conservative party, and we are expecting to hear she is also lost herjob in this reshuffle. there are many payments to get back here to downing street, there is the slightly nicer bit where he reallocate some of those roles. we will find out who is going to step into those roles which have been vacated and also to find out if the current cabinet line—up as it stands stays the same or when there is going to be some movement with the net as well. i going to be some movement with the net as well. . , ' net as well. i had the reshuffle, downin: net as well. i had the reshuffle, downing street _ net as well. i had the reshuffle, downing street earlier - net as well. i had the reshuffle, downing street earlier said - net as well. i had the reshuffle, downing street earlier said the | downing street earlier said the prime minister wanted to put its place a strong, united team to build back better from the pandemic and will be appointing ministers this

afternoon with a focus on uniting and levelling up the whole country. what do you think that means or how he is shaping his cabinet? i what do you think that means or how he is shaping his cabinet?— he is shaping his cabinet? i think it is aroin he is shaping his cabinet? i think it is going to _ he is shaping his cabinet? i think it is going to be _ he is shaping his cabinet? i think it is going to be really _ he is shaping his cabinet? i think| it is going to be really interesting to see who p puts into some of those keyjobs. actually the communities secretary, who he chooses for that job could be quite interesting. usually it is seen as a reasonably junior cabinet role, but in this is going to have importance. there are some quite big planning reforms that the government wants to put forward which are not pop very popular on the back benches and key in that levelling up agenda, so it will be interesting to see who gets the job. i have got someone with me here who knows a thing or two about cabinet reshuffles. peter cardwell, who is a former government adviser to a number of ministers. you have been through this a few times. give us a sense of what you think about the sackings we have heard so far, have any of surprise due?— any of surprise due? yes, my old boss, any of surprise due? yes, my old boss. robert _ any of surprise due? yes, my old boss, robert buckland, - any of surprise due? yes, my old boss, robert buckland, being - any of surprise due? yes, my old - boss, robert buckland, being sacked is a huge _ boss, robert buckland, being sacked is a huge shock. robert was a fantastic— is a huge shock. robert was a

fantasticjustice secretary, i was very privileged to work for him only for about— very privileged to work for him only for about six months or so, but any reshuffle _ for about six months or so, but any reshuffle is— for about six months or so, but any reshuffle is a — for about six months or so, but any reshuffle is a big shock and this is the hers— reshuffle is a big shock and this is the hers time i am in downing street since _ the hers time i am in downing street since i_ the hers time i am in downing street since i was _ the hers time i am in downing street since i was sacked over the reshuffle _ since i was sacked over the reshuffle of 2020, so it is a tough day with _ reshuffle of 2020, so it is a tough day with lots of people sticking to their phones and of course when downing — their phones and of course when downing street brings you it comes up downing street brings you it comes up on _ downing street brings you it comes up on your— downing street brings you it comes up on your phone is no caller id, so you may— up on your phone is no caller id, so you may not — up on your phone is no caller id, so you may not have a job at the end of it or they— you may not have a job at the end of it or they could just be asking you if you _ it or they could just be asking you if you have — it or they could just be asking you if you have had problems with your ppi! ., , , ~ ., ppi! people might be thinking, hang on, if ppi! people might be thinking, hang on. if robert — ppi! people might be thinking, hang on, if robert buckley _ ppi! people might be thinking, hang on, if robert buckley was _ ppi! people might be thinking, hang on, if robert buckley was good - ppi! people might be thinking, hang on, if robert buckley was good at i on, if robert buckley was good at hisjob and was on, if robert buckley was good at his job and was well liked, why was he sacked? i his job and was well liked, why was he sacked? ~ ., ., ., his job and was well liked, why was he sacked?— he sacked? i think a lot of people miaht be he sacked? i think a lot of people might be asking _ he sacked? i think a lot of people might be asking that _ he sacked? i think a lot of people might be asking that question - he sacked? i think a lot of people i might be asking that question today. robert _ might be asking that question today. robert buckland was a new two years, he was _ robert buckland was a new two years, he was a _ robert buckland was a new two years, he was a recorder, a part—time judge and a _ he was a recorder, a part—time judge and a barrister as well, so someone who was— and a barrister as well, so someone who was seen as very competent in that role. _ who was seen as very competent in that role, but maybe there is some thought— that role, but maybe there is some thought in— that role, but maybe there is some thought in borisjohnson's mind that he has _ thought in borisjohnson's mind that he has perhaps had his time, maybe he has perhaps had his time, maybe he has _ he has perhaps had his time, maybe he has another role in mind for him inthe— he has another role in mind for him in the future. — he has another role in mind for him in the future, you just don't know, but of— in the future, you just don't know, but of course _ in the future, you just don't know, but of course any reshuffle you create —

but of course any reshuffle you create enemies and resentments and both those _ create enemies and resentments and both those unseen and scene. a number— both those unseen and scene. a number of— both those unseen and scene. a number of people in the reshuffle will have — number of people in the reshuffle will have been told to behave yourself _ will have been told to behave yourself and don't vote against us in this— yourself and don't vote against us in this boat— yourself and don't vote against us in this boat and you will be given a good _ in this boat and you will be given a good job— in this boat and you will be given a good job in— in this boat and you will be given a good job in the reshuffle. there won't _ good job in the reshuffle. there won't be — good job in the reshuffle. there won't be people... there who were promoted — won't be people... there who were promoted or— won't be people... there who were promoted or people who came on in 2010 weren't promoted or were promoted, promoted, so you great all sorts of— promoted, promoted, so you great all sorts of enemies and it's a big risk and at _ sorts of enemies and it's a big risk and at a _ sorts of enemies and it's a big risk and at a time many the prime minster has his— and at a time many the prime minster has his greatest power as well. so it is has his greatest power as well. sc it is an has his greatest power as well. it is an issue has his greatest power as well. ’sr it is an issue of has his greatest power as well. 5r it is an issue of politics and party management here, as well, notjust who is good at the junk is good at thejob who is good at the junk is good at the job because who is good at the junk is good at thejob because i who is good at the junk is good at the job because i absolutely, who is good at the junk is good at thejob because i absolutely, and you have got to get the balance of leaders and... is you have got to get the balance of leaders and. . ._ leaders and... is something in the ast, but leaders and... is something in the past. but in _ leaders and... is something in the past, but in terms _ leaders and... is something in the past, but in terms of... _ leaders and... is something in the past, but in terms of... there - leaders and... is something in the past, but in terms of... there is i leaders and... is something in the | past, but in terms of... there is no real faction— past, but in terms of... there is no real faction particularly, but certainly— real faction particularly, but certainly different wings of the party _ certainly different wings of the party in — certainly different wings of the party in terms of different roles and different ideas, around universal credit, social care as well_ universal credit, social care as well he — universal credit, social care as well he will want to make sure that there _ well he will want to make sure that there is— well he will want to make sure that there is people are promoted and keptjobs — there is people are promoted and keptjobs and maybe there is people are promoted and kept jobs and maybe there are just some _ kept jobs and maybe there are just some people who have not done a

particularly good job. given williamson a lovely man, but certainly _ williamson a lovely man, but certainly someone who was not seen as a particularly good education secretary, so some sent there as well. — secretary, so some sent there as well. speculation dominic raab might move to _ well. speculation dominic raab might move tojustice as well. speculation dominic raab might move to justice as well and will he take that — move to justice as well and will he take thatjob or will go move to justice as well and will he take that job or will go to the backbenches and try to build his own power— backbenches and try to build his own power base — backbenches and try to build his own power base perhaps against boris of? what is _ power base perhaps against boris of? what is that like for you? you have moved apartments with ministers, so for someone like dominic raab if he were to move department as you said from one the most prominentjobs in government, how difficult transition is that? it government, how difficult transition is that? , . , government, how difficult transition isthat? ,., , , . is that? it is a very difficult transition. _ is that? it is a very difficult transition. you _ is that? it is a very difficult transition. you have - is that? it is a very difficult transition. you have got i is that? it is a very difficult transition. you have got to| is that? it is a very difficult - transition. you have got to very, very— transition. you have got to very, very quickly— transition. you have got to very, very quickly become an expert in a topic— very quickly become an expert in a topic you _ very quickly become an expert in a topic you may not have known anything — topic you may not have known anything about until very, very recently. — anything about until very, very recently, so it is a very tough thing — recently, so it is a very tough thing you _ recently, so it is a very tough thing. you will go in, your civil servants— thing. you will go in, your civil servants will have a file with all your— servants will have a file with all your first — servants will have a file with all your first a _ servants will have a file with all your first a breeze, as they call them — your first a breeze, as they call them your— your first a breeze, as they call them. your special advisers may have come _ them. your special advisers may have come from _ them. your special advisers may have come from your previous department, you might _ come from your previous department, you might decide the time has come to dispense with them or alternatively might be on the look about— alternatively might be on the look about for— alternatively might be on the look about for special advisers. when i was at _ about for special advisers. when i was at the — about for special advisers. when i was at the ministry of housing, communities and local government

communities and local government with my— communities and local government with my great friend james brokenshire i was the only special adviser— brokenshire i was the only special adviser for— brokenshire i was the only special adviser for a month, brokenshire i was the only special adviserfora month, so i brokenshire i was the only special adviser for a month, so i was doing the job— adviser for a month, so i was doing the job of— adviser for a month, so i was doing the job of three people, so it can be very— the job of three people, so it can be very tough in those first weeks. civil servants, 95% of the civil servants — civil servants, 95% of the civil servants i_ civil servants, 95% of the civil servants i worked with were wonderful marvellous people, that there _ wonderful marvellous people, that there is— wonderful marvellous people, that there is that 5% to have their own agenda _ there is that 5% to have their own agenda and perhaps the staff they may be _ agenda and perhaps the staff they may be could not get through with the last— may be could not get through with the last guy or woman in the last six months — the last guy or woman in the last six months maybe they will try to -et six months maybe they will try to get through you in the first couple of weeks. — get through you in the first couple of weeks, so you have got to be quite _ of weeks, so you have got to be quite wary— of weeks, so you have got to be quite wary as well.— of weeks, so you have got to be quite wary as well. what you think about the sackings _ quite wary as well. what you think about the sackings we _ quite wary as well. what you think about the sackings we have - quite wary as well. what you think about the sackings we have heard | quite wary as well. what you think i about the sackings we have heard so far? gavin williams and you said not a surprise, robertjenrick arguably not present either, or do you think suppressing? aha, not present either, or do you think suppressing?— suppressing? a bit of a surprise with robert _ suppressing? a bit of a surprise with robert jenrick, _ suppressing? a bit of a surprise with robert jenrick, but - suppressing? a bit of a surprise with robert jenrick, but the - suppressing? a bit of a surprise with robert jenrick, but the big| with robertjenrick, but the big surprise — with robertjenrick, but the big surprise so far is definitely robert buchan _ surprise so far is definitely robert buchan i— surprise so far is definitely robert buchan. i was there surprised at that because i know he and boris are personal— that because i know he and boris are personal friends and i am very fond of robert. — personal friends and i am very fond of robert, he remains a personal friend _ of robert, he remains a personal friend and — of robert, he remains a personal friend and he and his family are great _ friend and he and his family are great people and i am very sorry for him today— great people and i am very sorry for him today they're wishing well with his future — him today they're wishing well with his future. its him today they're wishing well with his future. �* , , , ., his future. as we see the rest of the reshuffle _ his future. as we see the rest of the reshuffle played _ his future. as we see the rest of the reshuffle played out - his future. as we see the rest of the reshuffle played out this - the reshuffle played out this afternoon, who gets move to where and who gets brought in, are there

any names you are hoping will be brought in? i any names you are hoping will be brought in?— brought in? i really hope victory atkins aet brought in? i really hope victory atkins get a _ brought in? i really hope victory atkins get a promotion, - brought in? i really hope victory atkins get a promotion, i - brought in? i really hope victory atkins get a promotion, i really | atkins get a promotion, i really hope _ atkins get a promotion, i really hope ms — atkins get a promotion, i really hope ms smith gets a promotion. i worked _ hope ms smith gets a promotion. i worked at — hope ms smith gets a promotion. i worked at her with her at the northern— worked at her with her at the northern ireland office and i think those _ northern ireland office and i think those two — northern ireland office and i think those two women are absolutely overdue — those two women are absolutely overdue a — those two women are absolutely overdue a promotion. i know the plan is to highly— overdue a promotion. i know the plan is to highly rates kemi badenoch as well. is to highly rates kemi badenoch as welt i_ is to highly rates kemi badenoch as well. i don't know her, but i am well. idon't know her, but i am pretty— well. i don't know her, but i am pretty sure _ well. i don't know her, but i am pretty sure she will be someone who is promoted in some sense anyway. we will see _ is promoted in some sense anyway. we will see what _ is promoted in some sense anyway. we will see what will happen, it is all to play— will see what will happen, it is all to play for— will see what will happen, it is all to play for and of course there is a lot of— to play for and of course there is a lot of nervousness and it is not over— lot of nervousness and it is not over until— lot of nervousness and it is not over until it _ lot of nervousness and it is not over until it is over, this is going to go— over until it is over, this is going to go on— over until it is over, this is going to go on for— over until it is over, this is going to go on for a couple of days, you have _ to go on for a couple of days, you have all— to go on for a couple of days, you have all the — to go on for a couple of days, you have all the junior ministers, the ministerial— have all the junior ministers, the ministerial bag carriers, the ministerial bag carriers, the ministerial private secretaries, the chief— ministerial private secretaries, the chief whips, all sorts of special advisers — chief whips, all sorts of special advisers and lots of people around, so you're _ advisers and lots of people around, so you're talking about over 100 people. — so you're talking about over 100 people, maybe 200 people moving jobs all at the _ people, maybe 200 people moving jobs all at the same time, so a lot of adjustment for them and their families. _ adjustment for them and their families, and of course when you're not a _ families, and of course when you're not a secretary of state any more the ministerial cars go on all of that _ the ministerial cars go on all of that. instantly. we saw someone a on

a tube _ that. instantly. we saw someone a on a tube just _ that. instantly. we saw someone a on a tube just after he resigned so uniquely— a tube just after he resigned so uniquely become joe public and i think— uniquely become joe public and i think it _ uniquely become joe public and i think it was margaret thatcher who had to _ think it was margaret thatcher who had to ring — think it was margaret thatcher who had to ring a friend and ask how to -et had to ring a friend and ask how to get a _ had to ring a friend and ask how to get a plumber because you are back to civilian _ get a plumber because you are back to civilian life and your diary is pretty— to civilian life and your diary is pretty empty. to civilian life and your diary is pretty empty-— pretty empty. brilliant. peter cardwell, _ pretty empty. brilliant. peter cardwell, thank _ pretty empty. brilliant. peter cardwell, thank you - pretty empty. brilliant. peter cardwell, thank you very - pretty empty. brilliant. peter. cardwell, thank you very much. pretty empty. brilliant. peter- cardwell, thank you very much. we now wait for the prime minister to come back to downing street. i can hear a flurry of activity, so we wait to see. we think dominic raab is actually coming up the street just now. have a look, this is dominic raab and this morning he was the foreign secretary. huge questions about whether that is still his job. questions about whether that is still his job-— still his job. dominic raab is approaching! _ still his job. dominic raab is approaching! he _ still his job. dominic raab is approaching! he is - still his job. dominic raab is approaching! he isjust - still his job. dominic raab is i approaching! he isjust coming still his job. dominic raab is - approaching! he isjust coming up approaching! he is 'ust coming up the street now. — approaching! he isjust coming up the street now. are _ approaching! he isjust coming up the street now. are you _ approaching! he isjust coming up the street now. are you still - the street now. are you still foreign secretary, mr rob? is this an embarrassment? _ foreign secretary, mr rob? is this an embarrassment? have - foreign secretary, mr rob? is this an embarrassment? have you - foreign secretary, mr rob? is this an embarrassment? have you accepted an embarrassment? have you accepted a demotion. _ an embarrassment? have you accepted a demotion, dominic— an embarrassment? have you accepted a demotion, dominic raab? _ an embarrassment? have you accepted a demotion, dominic raab? so- an embarrassment? have you accepted a demotion, dominic raab?— a demotion, dominic raab? so that is dominic raab — a demotion, dominic raab? so that is dominic raab going _ a demotion, dominic raab? so that is dominic raab going into _ a demotion, dominic raab? so that is dominic raab going into downing - dominic raab going into downing street. this morning he was the foreign secretary. the fact that he's coming into downing street suggests he has got anotherjob

perhaps being offered his way rather than a straightout sacking from cabinet, but of course being foreign secretary is one of the single biggestjobs in government. pretty much every other role is a step down from that. so it will be interesting to see what he is offered and of course will he accept it? because thatis course will he accept it? because that is the other issue with big cabinet reshuffle is, the prime minister to offer something, but ministers don't always accept. helen catt, thank ministers don't always accept. helen catt. thank you- _ ministers don't always accept. helen catt, thank you. helen _ ministers don't always accept. helen catt, thank you. helen catt, - ministers don't always accept. helen catt, thank you. helen catt, live - ministers don't always accept. helen catt, thank you. helen catt, live at l catt, thank you. helen catt, live at downing street for us there. katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectatorjoins me now. thank you forjoining us, tell us what do you make of the three names we have got so far and what that tells us about the way the prime ministers going about his cabinet reshuffle? i ministers going about his cabinet reshuffle? ~ ., , , reshuffle? i think it has been interesting — reshuffle? i think it has been interesting because - reshuffle? i think it has been interesting because there i reshuffle? i think it has been| interesting because there was speculation there would be a reshuffle, but there was also speculation it would be a fairly small reshuffle and i think the fact

we have this ongoing situation where clearly boris johnson we have this ongoing situation where clearly borisjohnson is trying to move dominic raab and i think we can safely presume that is not to another great office of state, seeing as it is not going down very well with dominic raab. and that shows this could actually be quite a dramatic reshuffle. i think the departure of gavin williamson is very interesting because i think many thought the promise they will want to keep him in his cabinet because he would not want an organiser like gavin williamson on his back benches. that suggests to me the prime minister is feeling fairly confident about his influence and power in the parliament party. the and power in the parliament party. a few seconds ago, we saw images of dominic raab approaching downing street, walking down downing street and entering number ten. the last we knew, he was foreign secretary. he has not said, he has not answered questions about whether that is still the case. and we know that the prime minister is back in number ten as well, so first of all if we look as well, so first of all if we look a little bit at dominic raab and the

speculation that he is... that he may well be the next name that we get, how significant was the way he handled the evacuation of afghanistan?— handled the evacuation of afghanistan? handled the evacuation of afr hanistan? �* ~ , handled the evacuation of afrhanistan? �* ~ , ., afghanistan? all, i think it is one of those things _ afghanistan? all, i think it is one of those things where _ afghanistan? all, i think it is one of those things where there - afghanistan? all, i think it is one of those things where there had l of those things where there had been, i suppose, of those things where there had been, isuppose, some rumours of those things where there had been, i suppose, some rumours that borisjohnson might want to move an dominic raab predating afghanistan, but the fact that we have just had a few weeks of brutal beatings from cabinet colleagues against dominic raab setting his performance, it means it is a much more pointed remove than perhaps might have been otherwise and they that we are hearing that dominic raab is in a way fighting it, the conversations are still going, shows that he is not comfortable with this and is why it has the potential to become quite fiery and difficult if something cannot be worked out because there's definitely frustration in a foreign office that he has been made to the fall guy, so to speak, when it comes to the afghanistan blame game and i

think this isjust to the afghanistan blame game and i think this is just going to add to that sense. think this is 'ust going to add to that sense— think this is 'ust going to add to that sense.— think this is 'ust going to add to that sense. �* ., , .., , that sense. and how significant is the level of _ that sense. and how significant is the level of support _ that sense. and how significant is the level of support from - the level of support from backbenchers in these sorts of decisions?— backbenchers in these sorts of decisions? ~ ~ ., , ., decisions? well, i think that you see it in some _ decisions? well, i think that you see it in some ways _ decisions? well, i think that you see it in some ways in _ decisions? well, i think that you see it in some ways in the - decisions? well, i think that you see it in some ways in the sense that it was hard for borisjohnson to keep kevin williamson in his cabinet because there were so many backbenchers, particularly from the new intake, saying that ultimately they would not be comfortable with that person staying, so boris johnson could have done it, but i think that keeping gavin williamson in and then sacking others would have made more discontent on the because they would say, well, why is that person still here if you are getting rid of others and not promoting me? ithink getting rid of others and not promoting me? i think in terms of dominic raab, i don't think there's going to be mass outrage if he is demoted or moved outside of cabinet and i think generally speaking what is going to cause borisjohnson most anguish is people who feel they are personally overlooked growl rather than mps being outraged on someone else 's behalf, —— and there are a

lot of mps are expected to be promoted in the coming days and not all of them can be. the promoted in the coming days and not all of them can be.— all of them can be. the consensus that gavin — all of them can be. the consensus that gavin williamson's _ all of them can be. the consensus that gavin williamson's departure | that gavin williamson's departure from his role is not much of a surprise, and robertjenrick�*s again not particularly surprising, what do you sense is the mood of the party at these three names having gone from their roles?— from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting _ from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting if _ from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting if you _ from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting if you look— from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting if you look at - from their roles? yes, i think it is interesting if you look at the - interesting if you look at the conservative home website's recent polling of the cabinet amongst tory members, gavin williamson and robert jenrick fairly low down, similar amanda milling, who there are reports you could also be facing the axe. not confirmed at the moment, and she is party chairman. they are all lowdown in terms of approval ratings, so i think generally these are mps who people thought were underperforming, but robert buckland interesting, as we were just hearing, because he wasn't really tagged as someone who could be moved and i think people thought he was doing a decentjob. i think where robert buckland has fallen foul is

borisjohnson has to make space for those who want to keep in cabinet and move down and also those he wants to bring in and i think that is possibly where the situation in which he has left his role.- is possibly where the situation in which he has left his role. ahead of this reshuffle, _ which he has left his role. ahead of this reshuffle, the _ which he has left his role. ahead of this reshuffle, the premise - which he has left his role. ahead of this reshuffle, the premise to - which he has left his role. ahead of this reshuffle, the premise to have| this reshuffle, the premise to have said that it aim through this was to put in place a strong, united team to build back better than a pandemic. what do you make of how the prime minister has gone about that and gone through achieving that aim with the names we have had a ready? iterate aim with the names we have had a read ? ~ .. . aim with the names we have had a read ? ~ ., , ., aim with the names we have had a read ?. .,, ., ., ., aim with the names we have had a read ?. ., ., ., ., ., ready? we has got a long way to go. i think so ready? we has got a long way to go. i think so far — ready? we has got a long way to go. i think so far fairly _ i think so far fairly noncontroversial in terms of those figures who have gone. even robert buckland i don't think is going to create too much of outrage in terms of the party election. i think how dominic raab resolves itself as one to watch. but i think ultimately the appointments we are going to see this afternoon, that is where the action is now because you have a situation where some people may not want to be moved to different briefs and i think we're going to see more of that and that will tell us how it

all comes together in this build back better narrative the government wants. i think one to watch out for is michael gove. there are rumours he might be moved to housing secretary and if so is that something which technically might be seen as a bit of a demotion to he accepts, and if so is it is because he it is a new blog that role, more closely linked to the level of gender and actually is going to be more key and driving reform, which is funny borisjohnson really more key and driving reform, which is funny boris johnson really wants to get from this reshuffle. in terms of what you — to get from this reshuffle. in terms of what you are _ to get from this reshuffle. in terms of what you are mentioning - to get from this reshuffle. in terms of what you are mentioning just - to get from this reshuffle. in terms l of what you are mentioning just now, a lot of these speculative changes would involve a demotion. how palatable is that for ministers who would have had high positions in the cabinet? it is would have had high positions in the cabinet? . ., would have had high positions in the cabinet? , ., ., i. cabinet? it is not something anyone wants, to cabinet? it is not something anyone wants. to be — cabinet? it is not something anyone wants, to be demoted, _ cabinet? it is not something anyone wants, to be demoted, but - cabinet? it is not something anyone wants, to be demoted, but at - cabinet? it is not something anyone wants, to be demoted, but at the i wants, to be demoted, but at the same time i think it is a test of borisjohnson's same time i think it is a test of boris johnson's strength and same time i think it is a test of borisjohnson's strength and power as leader and he is in a fairly secure position. he has a majority of 80, there is currently no viable alternative or powerhouse in the tory party to him. yes, there are

tensions between number ten and number 11, tensions between number ten and number11, but tensions between number ten and number 11, but nothing that really suggests it is an alternative leadership vehicle. so i think ultimately ministers don't have much choice. if they offered a demotion they can take a risk of going to the backbenches and hope something changes in a fairly stable government situation or they can cling on to a role that keeps them inside government. that is what they are facing because of their position. i think when you had theresa may doing reshuffles there was always more room for negotiation because she was a much more vulnerable position, it was a hung parliament, so you... kata; vulnerable position, it was a hung parliament, so you. . ._ parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you. _ parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you. sorry _ parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you, sorry to _ parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you, sorry to cut _ parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you, sorry to cut you - parliament, so you... katy balls, thank you, sorry to cut you off i thank you, sorry to cut you off there, but we havejust thank you, sorry to cut you off there, but we have just had the news coming in in the past few seconds that dominic raab has been confirmed as justice secretary, that dominic raab has been confirmed asjustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. that is the first cabinet appointment there, so a double whammy. we have heard of his departure from his previous role and his new appointment, so katie, if i

canjust bring you his new appointment, so katie, if i can just bring you back, what is your reaction to that? i can just bring you back, what is your reaction to that?— your reaction to that? i think it links into _ your reaction to that? i think it links into what _ your reaction to that? i think it links into what we _ your reaction to that? i think it links into what we were - your reaction to that? i think it links into what we were just i your reaction to that? i think it - links into what we were just talking about. it is clearly a demotion. i think the fact it has taken so long to get from that conversation, reports that dominic raab was throwing his toys out of the pram over it shows that this has not been an easy decision by the former foreign secretary, but i think it is testament to boris johnson's current power and holder of his party that dominic raab has concluded that is the best option for him if he cannot have a great office of state. we are 'ust seeint have a great office of state. we are just seeing images _ have a great office of state. we are just seeing images now _ have a great office of state. we are just seeing images now on - have a great office of state. we are just seeing images now on the - just seeing images now on the screen. thank you, katy balls, for your thoughts there. we're just going to leave you now. we have just seen images of the home secretary, priti patel, entering number 10 downing street there, just a few seconds ago, entering number ten at downing street and at downing street live for us is our correspondent, helen catt. helen, a couple of things to talk about. the big one is dominic raab.

much speculation about the fact that he would be likely to leave his role as foreign secretary and we have had that confirmed, but also his move to justice secretary, again something that people were speculating, given his background.— his background. yes, that has been confirmed. — his background. yes, that has been confirmed. he _ his background. yes, that has been confirmed, he is _ his background. yes, that has been confirmed, he is now— his background. yes, that has been confirmed, he is now the _ his background. yes, that has been confirmed, he is now the justice i confirmed, he is now thejustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. it is the first appointment in this new look cabinet. that is technically a step down from foreign secretary, but obviously it is one that dominic raab has felt he can accept, to stay in the cabinet. so that is the first appointment. we have alsojust in the cabinet. so that is the first appointment. we have also just seen priti patel, the home secretary, go into number ten, so we are waiting to hear whether she remains in that role and borisjohnson has been pretty supportive of priti patel over time. pretty supportive of priti patel overtime. certainly pretty supportive of priti patel over time. certainly she has run into a few controversies in recent years. borisjohnson has been very active in supporting her, so we will wait to see if priti patel remains home secretary. after that we will need to find out who is the new

foreign secretary, even though dominic raab, as we now know, has been given thatjob in justice instead. he was already the de facto deputy prime minister, it was dominic raab who stepped in while borisjohnson was in hospital during the covid pandemic, so that is the appointment so far. we also know who has left government completely. that happened slightly earlier this afternoon. that is robert buckland, the formerjustice secretary, who has obviously now gone and has made way for dominic raab. he was removed from government this morning. , sorry, earlierthis from government this morning. , sorry, earlier this afternoon. robertjenrick, the housing and community secretary, he has also left government, and gavin williamson, the education secretary, also left the government. that is not necessarily a surprise, i don't think. there had been quite a lot of speculation he was likely to go in the reshuffle, given the criticism he has received about his handling of particularly education during the pandemic. so number ten has released a few words on each of them, thanking all of them for their time. they said robert buckland had made a

huge contribution to the government as justice secretary and lord chancellor, including making our streets safer through significant reforms to sentencing. they said robertjenrick had led crucial work over the last two years, most importantly driving reform is to build more houses. and gavin williamson, numberten build more houses. and gavin williamson, number ten has said that, he played a key role in transforming the skills agenda, providing a lifetime skill guarantee for millions across the country. the panellist have said they are grateful and so good that various different attributes for each of them, same for robert buckland he was grateful for his hard work and dedication, for robertjenrick for his drive and commitment, and commitment, and for gavin williamson for his loyalty and service.— for his loyalty and service. helen, if we to for his loyalty and service. helen, if we go back— for his loyalty and service. helen, if we go back to _ for his loyalty and service. helen, if we go back to dominic - for his loyalty and service. helen, if we go back to dominic raab, i for his loyalty and service. helen, l if we go back to dominic raab, you mentioned that is a demotion from foreign secretary, one at the big cabinet positions. he is nowjust a secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. i mean, on the face of it deputy prime minister sounds like a pretty significant

role? , , , ., , sounds like a pretty significant role? , , , ., ,, role? does, yes. it does sound like a bit role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title. — role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title. but _ role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title, but in _ role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title, but in the _ role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title, but in the way _ role? does, yes. it does sound like a big title, but in the way that - a big title, but in the way that whitehall works, actually it is not... it doesn't have much power and as we found out during the coalition, nick clegg was the deputy payment is down one of his complaints was that actually the role does not have a huge amount of real power in the way it does if you are running a big department like the foreign office, where you have got real hat and sway. it doesn't necessarily have that. of course he will still be running a department, he will be thejustice secretary, so still running a department, but in the ranking of cabinet posts certainly it ranks lower than foreign secretary, the big cabinet post if you like the chancellor, the home secretary and the foreign secretary, so anything beyond those for someone who has held those roles is a bit of a demotion.— is a bit of a demotion. dominic raab faced a huge — is a bit of a demotion. dominic raab faced a huge amount _ is a bit of a demotion. dominic raab faced a huge amount of _ is a bit of a demotion. dominic raab faced a huge amount of criticism - is a bit of a demotion. dominic raab faced a huge amount of criticism for| faced a huge amount of criticism for the fact that he was on holiday in crete when the taliban took over kabul. was that what sealed his fate? or is this something that was perhaps a longer time,? i

fate? or is this something that was perhaps a longer time, ?_ perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are — perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are usually _ perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are usually a _ perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are usually a lot _ perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are usually a lot of- perhaps a longer time,? i think... there are usually a lot of factors l there are usually a lot of factors that go into a reshuffle. it may be there was someone else they want to promote into a role, however with this certainly i think what happened in afghanistan is likely to have played a part in this. certainly he did come into an awful lot of criticism for that decision to stay on holiday in crete while kabul fell. certainly i think the negative headlines that have attracted, the criticism that attracted from mps on all sides, criticism that attracted from mps on allsides, really, ithink criticism that attracted from mps on all sides, really, i think it will not have helped his cause in keeping the job as foreign secretary. so not have helped his cause in keeping thejob as foreign secretary. so i think it certainly is going to have played a role in what is going to be interesting is who now upsets up to fill that role of foreign secretary. i think we willjust have to wait to see over the course of this afternoon. see over the course of this afternoon-— see over the course of this afternoon. ., , ., , ., afternoon. there was a bit of speculation _ afternoon. there was a bit of speculation from _ afternoon. there was a bit of speculation from all- afternoon. there was a bit of speculation from all of- afternoon. there was a bit of speculation from all of our. afternoon. there was a bit of. speculation from all of our other guests earlier, katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator,

that the surprisingly face of the departure of robert buckland from the role ofjustice secretary was done to make way for this role for dominic raab, who has a background in law. what do you make of that? obviously, we can't know exactly what is on the prime minister's mind, but certainly that sort of politics does play a part in a reshuffle. sometimes it is not a case of how good or otherwise you are,, sometimes you have got to make room for someone else. there is a lot of politics in a reshuffle as well about making sure you bring the right people in that also keeps the party happy to a degree, so suddenly that suggestion from others that perhaps that has been the case with robert buckland because he was seen as pretty popular and good at his job and certainly the reaction from conservative mps this afternoon, the few that we have spoken to over the afternoon, has been one of sadness that actually he was one who was seen as pretty good at his job, so there is always an element when doing reshuffles of party politics and is, keeping a party happy, making sure you have the right

balance of people in your cabinet, notjust balance of people in your cabinet, not just about the individual or the individual role, but what the cabinet looks like the role in terms of political leanings, in terms of various things, so there is a lot of political balancing to be done in a reshuffle as well as matching up who is the right man or woman for the job. is the right man or woman for the 'ob. �* ., . ., ., ., job. and how much of what we have seen so far— job. and how much of what we have seen so far from _ job. and how much of what we have seen so far from the _ job. and how much of what we have seen so far from the panellist - job. and how much of what we have seen so far from the panellist of's l seen so far from the panellist of's reshuffle do you think will have kept the —— from the prime minister's reshuffle will have kept the party happy?— the party happy? difficult to say because a loss _ the party happy? difficult to say because a loss it _ the party happy? difficult to say because a loss it will _ the party happy? difficult to say because a loss it will depend i the party happy? difficult to say because a loss it will depend onj the party happy? difficult to say - because a loss it will depend on the appointments. i am because a loss it will depend on the appointments. iam not because a loss it will depend on the appointments. i am not sure that beyond robert buckland's sacking, i think the other two sackings may not particularly cause ripples across the parliamentary party, but i think the parliamentary party, but i think the key thing is going to be what happens with those appointments, who is put into those jobs, and that will give an indication of where borisjohnson is going in terms of his government moving from this point, post—pandemic what he is going to do. he said this was to build a cabinet to build back better, so actually who puts in

these key posts is going to be a really good indicator of how he intends to move on and tackle that, and i think it will be again interesting to see who moves into it. hang on, let'sjust see who's coming out. dominic raab, are you happy as secretary? bre coming out. dominic raab, are you happy as secretary?— coming out. dominic raab, are you happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clet t ? happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do _ happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do you — happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do you see _ happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do you see it _ happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do you see it as - happy as secretary? are you happy as nick clegg? do you see it as a - nick clegg? do you see it as a demotion? — so that was dominic raab, who this morning foreign secretary, this afternoon justice morning foreign secretary, this afternoonjustice secretary. as you said, no words for the camera there. yes, helen. dominic raab are staying tight—lipped there, but that was dominic raab, as we know, who has been fired from his role as foreign secretary. thank you, helen, live from downing street for us. just to recap a few minutes ago we saw the home secretary, priti patel,

entering number 10 downing street, so will you be waiting to see when she emerges. let's take a look at the weather forecast out. here is how willetts. good afternoon. it is how willetts. good afternoon. it is much drier today across the eastern half of scotland, notably eastern half of scotland, notably eastern england, with some warm spells of sunshine breaking through and we will see more over the coming days, but we will have some early fog around and it is notjust eastern areas thing that sunshine, we have an abundance of it that further west as well and that's property where we will have higher temperatures, but for most and notably further warmer day. in contrast cloudy skies for scotland, western scotland and northern ireland with showers breaking out. that is a weak weather front which as we go through this evening will pull showers across the rest of eastern scotland before clearing, and elsewhere in the mist and mist and elsewhere in the mist and mist and fog and low cloud returns and in what will probably be a bit of a cooler night night for many of us. mr and fog could be problematic through the rush—hour tomorrow, quite dense patches, but once it

clears sunshine coming through and most will have a brighter and one day if you see the sunshine, but powder again for western scotland, northern ireland and support you in what will probably be a bit of a cooler night night for many of us. mr and fog could be problematic through the rush hour tomorrow,

hello. this is bbc news. the headlines — the prime minister, borisjohnson is conducting a reshuffle of his cabinet this afternoon. in the last few minutes, dominic raab has been appointed as justice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary, while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their posts asjustice and housing secretary. we'll be keeping you up to date with the latest from the reshuffle throughout the day right here on bbc news. also this afternoon... government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid.

ministers say they're working to avoid that. a record jump in inflation to 3.2%, the highest level in almost a decade, as the price of food and transportation goes up. facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research, which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go — four amateur astronauts make history, as the first all—civilian crew to blast off into space. we are keeping a close eye on the comings and goings at downing street — but first, some other news. there's been a big jump in prices. uk inflation hit 3.2% last month — up from 2% injuly — that's the largest increase in the rate of inflation since the consumer price

index was introduced, nearly a quarter of a century ago. transport, food, eating out, and recreation all pushed up the cost of living. our economics correspondent andy verity has been taking a look at the figures. a palette of cooking oil at a record price, just one of the many basic surprise that have shot up as the basic economy as we open post—pandemic, triggering the quickest price inflation for nine years. food wholesalers, like this one in uxbridge that supplies upmarket hotels and restaurants, are working as hard as they can, but still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for us is shortages. every delivery that comes into our warehouse is affected in some way. it is either late, doesn't turn up, or when it does turn up, it is short, and that is due to the chronic shortage of lorry drivers. everything this firm sells is packaged in cardboard, where it says prices are up by 40%, and plastic

prices havejumped by 70%. with much higher prices and fuel costs, they are expecting all firms like theirs to raise prices next year, if they haven't done already full stop with if they haven't done already. with shortages of goods and lorry drivers and sky high shipping costs, wholesalers like this are at full stretch just trying to get the goods in the back door to meet demands from their existing customers. they are turning new customers away. so far, they have been able to protect their customers from higher prices, but in the coming months, they are going to be forced to raise them. at restaurants like this independent pub near windsor, prices were higher compared to august 2020 when the government's eat out to help out scheme allowed them to offer half—price meals from monday to wednesday. but it has also found that to offer the good service it wants to, it's having to pay higher wages. if we are going to start paying our staff as professionals and start treating them like professionals,

we have to pay them a decent living wage, which is what we have started to do, and that will have a knock—on effect as to how profitable our business is, and while we are happy to take a slice of the pie, our slice, and give it away and share it with our staff, at some point some of that— pie is going to have to come from the customer as well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat out to help out, it was 2.8%. the biggest single factor was petrol, with unleaded up 21.5 p over the year to £1.35 a litre. like the bank of england, the office for national statistics says it believes the jump in the rate of inflation is temporary. is temporary, as suppliers struggled to keep up with the reopening global economy. but if companies keep having to pay bigger pay rises to get the staff they need, that view may have to be revised. andy verity, bbc news. just to bring you another update, another bit of news we have three now on borisjohnson's cabinet reshuffle. amanda milling has tweeted in the past few seconds that

it's been a privilege and an honour to be the co—chairman of the conservative party. thank you to the voluntary party and the team at cchq for their support. thank you to borisjohnson for this opportunity. boris johnson for this opportunity. i will borisjohnson for this opportunity. i will continue working to deliver on our plans to level up the uk. that has just on our plans to level up the uk. that hasjust come on our plans to level up the uk. that has just come from amanda milling in the past couple of minutes, so as we understand it, someone else who has lost their role as part of the prime minister's cabinet reshuffle. more on that as we get it. shamima begum — who left her home to join the so—called islamic state group when she was 15 — has apologised for her connection to the terror group, and repeated her request to be allowed to return to the uk. begum remains in a syrian refugee camp, two years after health secretary sajid javid revoked her british citizenship when he was head of the home office. she's been speaking to the bbc�*sjosh baker.

i'm asking the british people to forgive me because i made i will regret it for the rest of my life. whether you can see it on my face or not, it kills me inside, i lose sleep over it.— face or not, it kills me inside, i lose sleep over it. and why is it ou lose sleep over it. and why is it you regret _ lose sleep over it. and why is it you regret joining _ lose sleep over it. and why is it you regret joining isis? - lose sleep over it. and why is it| you regret joining isis? because you regret 'oining isis? because isis bruin you regret joining isis? because isis bruin people's _ you regret joining isis? because isis bruin people's lives, - you regret joining isis? because isis bruin people's lives, isis i isis bruin people's lives, isis ruined my life, my family's life, you know, and i will have to live with that. i you know, and i will have to live with that. .. you know, and i will have to live with that-— you know, and i will have to live with that. .. , ., ~' with that. i mean, when you think back to being _ with that. i mean, when you think back to being part _ with that. i mean, when you think back to being part of _ with that. i mean, when you think back to being part of a _ with that. i mean, when you think back to being part of a group - with that. i mean, when you think back to being part of a group that| back to being part of a group that did commit— back to being part of a group that did commit genocide, _ back to being part of a group that did commit genocide, that- back to being part of a group that did commit genocide, that did . did commit genocide, that did murder. — did commit genocide, that did murder. that _ did commit genocide, that did murder, that did _ did commit genocide, that did murder, that did carry- did commit genocide, that did murder, that did carry out - did commit genocide, that did - murder, that did carry out attacks around _ murder, that did carry out attacks around the — murder, that did carry out attacks around the world, _ murder, that did carry out attacks around the world, how _ murder, that did carry out attacks around the world, how does - murder, that did carry out attacks around the world, how does that| around the world, how does that feel? _ around the world, how does that feel? �* . ., ,, , around the world, how does that feel? 3 ., ~ , , .~' around the world, how does that feel? 3 ., ,, , , ., around the world, how does that feel? �*, w , , ., , feel? it's, it makes me sick to my stomach. — feel? it's, it makes me sick to my stomach, really. _ feel? it's, it makes me sick to my stomach, really. it— feel? it's, it makes me sick to my stomach, really. it makes - feel? it's, it makes me sick to my stomach, really. it makes me - feel? it's, it makes me sick to my| stomach, really. it makes me hate myself. joining me now is dal babu, who is a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police who liaised with shamima begum's family following her disappearance. thank you very much forjoining with us. first of all, ijust thank you very much forjoining with us. first of all, i just want to get your reaction to what she is saying

there. i your reaction to what she is saying there. .. . your reaction to what she is saying there. ... . . . your reaction to what she is saying there. .,, , , , ., your reaction to what she is saying there. , , , ., ., there. i was surprised, i had no idea she would _ there. i was surprised, i had no idea she would be _ there. i was surprised, i had no idea she would be doing - there. i was surprised, i had no idea she would be doing this i idea she would be doing this interview. i know she has spoken to a number of networks around the world. i think what you see is quite a naive individual, who regrets hugely her action, and i think we have to remember that she went as a 15—year—old child. she was one of eight girls at bethnal green academy school in tower hamlets that was being groomed. one girl had already gone. these three girls then went, and at that stage, the police, the metropolitan police, counter terrorism command, tower hamlets council and the school i decided not to share the information with other young people at that school. there was only when these three girls went that they share that information, and so today we still haven't had a serious case review. two of the girls who went with shamima begum have died. when this story broke, the council, children services at

tower hamlets council, the police and the school then decided they needed to protect the other four girls that were within this friendship group. i see it as the biggest safeguarding failure in western europe. fitnd biggest safeguarding failure in western europe.— biggest safeguarding failure in western europe. biggest safeguarding failure in western euro-e. �* ., ., western europe. and what do you say to tteole western europe. and what do you say to people who — western europe. and what do you say to people who may — western europe. and what do you say to people who may say, _ western europe. and what do you say to people who may say, well, - to people who may say, well, actually, whatever she says, and whatever the words from her now, there is no way of knowing whether she is no longer a risk for security. she is no longer a risk for security-— she is no longer a risk for securi . ~ ., ., ., security. well, we have heard from the previous _ security. well, we have heard from the previous home _ security. well, we have heard from the previous home secretary - security. well, we have heard from the previous home secretary that l the previous home secretary that there is information that hasn't been shared with the general public, which indicates a high level of risk. i mean, i don't know what that information was. that won't be shared with the public, so i think the struggle she has is she made incredibly foolish comments about the manchester bombing. but there is also a question about whether it was appropriate to interview a nine months pregnant woman who was about

to give birth hours later, who had lost two children, and she said things which to this day she regrets. i rememberthe things which to this day she regrets. i remember the pictures of the three young women going, the three 15—year—olds going on their way to istanbul, they were wearing general clothes of young women, and here she is, re—emerged from wearing clothes that young women in london would wear. so it is quite interesting how thatjourney, where she had been wearing the nicart, and in the meantime has gone. —— the niqab. she says she was groomed. i am inclined to believe her. i think she was groomed. she left this country, and within days of leaving, married men that were almost twice her age, and i married men that were almost twice herage, and i think married men that were almost twice her age, and i think we shouldn't lose sight of the grooming that took place on the internet, and i'm not entirely sure what the internet companies have done in the meantime to make sure that our vulnerable people are kept safe.— to make sure that our vulnerable people are kept safe. former chief

superintendent _ people are kept safe. former chief superintendent in _ people are kept safe. former chief superintendent in the _ people are kept safe. former chief| superintendent in the metropolitan police, thank you forjoining us. now we are going back to our reporter helen catt, who is live at downing street, because we are just getting some more reports through of the prime minister's cabinet reshuffle. helen, can you update us on the latest?— reshuffle. helen, can you update us on the latest? yeah, so we now know the main points— on the latest? yeah, so we now know the main points that _ on the latest? yeah, so we now know the main points that have _ on the latest? yeah, so we now know the main points that have been - on the latest? yeah, so we now know the main points that have been made| the main points that have been made so far, the first one was dominic raab, he has been moved from foreign secretary to be the justice secretary. he also takes on the post of deputy prime minister. we are also being told priti patel is staying as home secretary, and that rishi sunak is staying as chancellor. so those three offices are now filled. the next big one we are now filled. the next big one we are waiting for is to find out who is going to be the next foreign secretary, now that dominic raab has been moved from that role. liz truss, the international trade secretary, she went into downing street a few minutes ago. there had been a lot of speculation that this might be where she was headed, that the foreign secretary might be going

to her. she obviously has a lot of experience in her role as international trade secretary with international trade secretary with international relations, she is very popular in the conservative party, certainly among the grassroots, so there has been a lot of speculation that that might be the role she comes outwith. we have also just in michael gove going to downing street as well. he is of course the cabinet office minister. we will wait to see if that is where his days were stopped lots of speculation there could be a bit of movement there, and so those of the main appointment is we have heard so far, we have dominic raab as thejustice secretary and deputy prime minister, priti patel staying on as home secretary, rishi sunak staying on as chancellor, and we await the foreign secretary. chancellor, and we await the foreign secreta . �* secretary. and helen, with priti patel staying — secretary. and helen, with priti patel staying in _ secretary. and helen, with priti patel staying in her _ secretary. and helen, with priti patel staying in her role - secretary. and helen, with priti patel staying in her role as - secretary. and helen, with pritil patel staying in her role as home secretary, that might come as a bit of a surprise to many who suspected that her role might be under threat as well. .. , that her role might be under threat as well. ., , , ., , ., as well. certainly, she has had some fairl bit as well. certainly, she has had some fairly big moments _ as well. certainly, she has had some fairly big moments of _ as well. certainly, she has had some fairly big moments of controversy i fairly big moments of controversy over the last few years, but

restaurants and has pretty solidly stood by priti patel so there was probably an expectation she would stay on thejob. probably an expectation she would stay on the job. of course, the current challenge that is particularly facing the home office, which they have not cracked, is that issue of small boats across the channel, so i think there will still be some pressure on her to solve that, as we have seen the numbers getting higher as they have come across this summer, so it has certainly not been without controversy and they have been questions about the big issues her department has been dealing with. but she stays on the role, and as we said, borisjohnson has previously pretty solidly backed her, so i don't think it is a massive surprise she stays there, also not a surprise that rishi sunak stays on as chancellor.— that rishi sunak stays on as chancellor. ~ . .. that rishi sunak stays on as chancellor. . , ., , , chancellor. we understand liz truss went into number _ chancellor. we understand liz truss went into number ten _ chancellor. we understand liz truss went into number ten a _ chancellor. we understand liz truss went into number ten a few- chancellor. we understand liz truss| went into number ten a few minutes ago. there are suggestions, we understand, that she could be up for the foreign secretaryjob. what do you make of that? the foreign secretary 'ob. what do you make of that?— you make of that? yes, certainly there has been _ you make of that? yes, certainly there has been a _ you make of that? yes, certainly there has been a lot _ you make of that? yes, certainly there has been a lot of _ you make of that? yes, certainly. there has been a lot of speculation, a lot of talk in westminster that that might be what is offered to liz truss. it would certainly be a big step up from international trade

secretary, but she has been seen as having been doing a pretty good job by other mps as international trade secretary, certainly she is very popular in the conservative party, among the membership, notjust the mps, which counts for something, and she has quite a lot of experience now from her role as international trade secretary, where she has been going out and overseeing those trade deals with other countries post—brexit, so i think it would not be inconceivable that she then moves up be inconceivable that she then moves up onto that bigger stage of foreign secretary and takes on that very big role, as i say, one of the biggest roles in government, in the wake of dominic raab. roles in government, in the wake of dominic raab-— dominic raab. now, helen, we are ttettin dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more _ dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of— dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of an _ dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of an idea _ dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of an idea of- dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of an idea of at - dominic raab. now, helen, we are getting more of an idea of at least| getting more of an idea of at least the early stages of the formation of the early stages of the formation of the prime minister's new cabinet now. what do you make of how well that will go down with the party, in terms of who we know is staying in their roles and who has been appointed to new roles? i their roles and who has been appointed to new roles? i think it is alwa s appointed to new roles? i think it is always interesting _ appointed to new roles? i think it is always interesting to _ appointed to new roles? i think it is always interesting to see - appointed to new roles? i think it is always interesting to see how i is always interesting to see how these things go down with the party, and, usually, it takes a while to

see what the full structure of the cabinet looks like and what balances within it, who goes where, so i think it is probably a bit too early at this stage to try and work out exactly how the party will feel about all of those. we certainly know that those who have left government... i am just try to see who else is coming up downing street, it looks like oliver dowden, the culture secretary, coming up downing street on his way to number ten. that was a shout there, are you expecting a promotion? speculation that education secretary could be on the table. so oliver dowden again pretty much seen as a pretty competent performer, so is he going to come out of that door as the culture secretary or ac perhaps one of those who might be one of the winners of this reshuffle? is he moving to a different department, maybe a higher profile one. we now have oliver dowden inside number ten, the culture secretary, liz truss, currently the international trade secretary inside number ten, and we are waiting for those later

appointments. and michael gove, the cabinet office minister, also inside number ten. cabinet office minister, also inside numberten. it cabinet office minister, also inside numberten-— number ten. it is interesting, with oliver dowden, _ number ten. it is interesting, with oliver dowden, as _ number ten. it is interesting, with oliver dowden, as we _ number ten. it is interesting, with oliver dowden, as we saw- number ten. it is interesting, with oliver dowden, as we sawjust - oliver dowden, as we sawjust entering number ten there, the culture secretary, he too hasn't been without criticism of the way he has handled his role during the pandemic, with a lot of criticism about support for the arts during lockdowns. what is the feeling around how likely he is, then, to potentially go into this education secretary role, as you suggest may be the case?— be the case? that was only 'ust a suggestion — be the case? that was only 'ust a suggestion from i be the case? that was only 'ust a suggestion from here, h be the case? that was only 'ust a suggestion from here, we h be the case? that was onlyjust a suggestion from here, we don't l be the case? that was onlyjust a - suggestion from here, we don't know what the prime minister has planned for him. but you are right, there was some criticism, but i think, in general, he has been seen as a pretty competent performer in the culture secretary role. i think he is certainly, he has not hit the same controversy that others who have left the cabinet have done, for example gavin williamson, the former education secretary. i think oliver

dowden is seen as perhaps a bit more of a safe pair of hand so it be very interesting to see where the prime minster puts him. does he keep him in culture? there are some pretty big things on the agenda for the culture secretary to deal with, whoever that is coming up, or will he get moved to one of those slightly bigger briefs, like we know that for example education is a free role now. we know that communities is also a vacant role that will need filling after robertjenrick was sacked from cabinet earlier this afternoon, too. so it will be really interesting to see where, what he comes out of that door as. and. comes out of that door as. and, helen, comes out of that door as. and, helen. a — comes out of that door as. and, helen. a few — comes out of that door as. and, helen, a few minutes _ comes out of that door as. and, helen, a few minutes ago - comes out of that door as. and, helen, a few minutes ago our. helen, a few minutes ago our political editor laura kuenssberg mentioned that michael gove had his call with devolved leaders this afternoon polled, and you mentioned afternoon polled, and you mentioned a moment ago that he is there now. what is the suggestion of what may be the case with him?— what is the suggestion of what may be the case with him? again, i think we have to — be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait _ be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait and _ be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait and see _ be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait and see where - be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait and see where he i be the case with him? again, i think we have to wait and see where he is| we have to wait and see where he is put. so at the moment he is the cabinet office minister, and as you

said, he had a call is scheduled with devolved leaders this afternoon, because he has also been very active in trying to look after issues to deal with the union, he has really been heading that up here in westminster. now some of the speculation, and it isjust pixelation that has been going around in westminster, is perhaps you might end up moving into that freed up community secretary role. now traditionally, that is seen as a reasonablyjunior cabinet role but reasonably junior cabinet role but there reasonablyjunior cabinet role but there is a suggestion that perhaps that could be beefed up if you can move into that, and it has got quite a few big policy issues to deal with coming up over the rest of this parliament. it is one of the department that is really key in that levelling up promise boris johnson has made, so would that be an acceptable move? the cabinet office is much more of an overseeing type department, where he would look over the running of government in a number of ways, so it would be quite a different move for him to move out of there. you would expect him to be expecting something fairly chunky to be able to accept it if he is to

move from the cabinet office. itrgfe be able to accept it if he is to move from the cabinet office. we may be able to get — move from the cabinet office. we may be able to get more _ move from the cabinet office. we may be able to get more revelations - move from the cabinet office. we may be able to get more revelations on - be able to get more revelations on that now, so thank you, we will come back to you. as i said, let's get more on that from sebastian payne, who was whitehall editor for the financial times. sebastien, you have been tweeting about michael gove. do you have an idea, then, of where he might be going? itrgfe you have an idea, then, of where he might be going?— you have an idea, then, of where he might be going? we know that michael gove has gone — might be going? we know that michael gove has gone into _ might be going? we know that michael gove has gone into downing _ might be going? we know that michael gove has gone into downing street - gove has gone into downing street right now, and everyone in whitehall is expecting him to go for the ministry of housing, communities and local government. that may be seen as a sideways roll from where he is at the moment, but it would be very on brand from mr gove, who likes to see himself as a bold reformer, and one of the biggest reforms this government needs to see is planning, housing and the levelling up agenda. now, there may be some responsibilitiesjiggled now, there may be some responsibilities jiggled around, now, there may be some responsibilitiesjiggled around, but responsibilities jiggled around, but that responsibilitiesjiggled around, but that seems to be the theme of where it is heading. it is not fully confirmed at the moment because, as i said, mr confirmed at the moment because, as isaid, mr gove confirmed at the moment because, as i said, mr gove is in with the prime minister at the moment. but the widespread expectation is he will leave the cabinet office and have a

department oversea and something to perform, because whether it is education orjustice or the environment, that's what mr gove likes to do. i environment, that's what mr gove likes to do— likes to do. i want to pick your brains for _ likes to do. i want to pick your brains for what _ likes to do. i want to pick your brains for what inside - likes to do. i want to pick your brains for what inside info - likes to do. i want to pick your brains for what inside info you | likes to do. i want to pick your - brains for what inside info you may have on movements of someone else who has just left downing street. so, priti patel, the home secretary, we know she is staying as home secretary, we understand, she has just left downing street, we saw images a few seconds ago of her leaving number ten. so what do you make of her and what has happened to her in this reshuffle?— her in this reshuffle? there was a lot of speculation _ her in this reshuffle? there was a lot of speculation that _ her in this reshuffle? there was a lot of speculation that boris - lot of speculation that boris johnson was going to move priti patel, particularly over this issue of the small boats crossing the english channel but ultimately seems to have kept in that position. we should remember of course when all those allegations about bullying within the cabinet office were put about, or as within the cabinet office were put about, orasjohnson within the cabinet office were put about, or asjohnson staked his reputation on priti patel, keeping her in that role despite the advice

of an independent ministerial advisor. in one respect it is maybe not a surprise she stayed where she is. there was some talk around today, and we should say whitehall is full of lots of gossip, much of it's is full of lots of gossip, much of its pure speculation at this moment, that he might want someone else to go in to get a grip of the situation. but i think the fact that borisjohnson did really rallied behind miss patel over that bullying row shows he still has in her. the real test for her i think will be what happens with the small boat situation? if it is seen as the home office has a grip on that, then she will stay there for a good deal longer, i would think. priti will stay there for a good deal longer, i would think. longer, iwould think. priti patel as home secretary, _ longer, iwould think. priti patel as home secretary, faced - longer, iwould think. priti patel. as home secretary, faced criticism but stays. dominic raab, foreign secretary, faced a criticism and has moved, because this comes down to support within the party, doesn't it? it support within the party, doesn't it? ., , ., ., , ., it? it does, and it also comes down mostl to it? it does, and it also comes down mostly to the _ it? it does, and it also comes down mostly to the prime _ it? it does, and it also comes down mostly to the prime minister's - mostly to the prime minister's perception of how they are doing in their respective departments. mr raab has been foreign secretary

since the summer of 2019, and he's been widely criticised for his handling of the afghanistan withdrawal when he was on holiday during that key weekend, and a general sense within the foreign and commonwealth and development office he didn't quite have a grip on the situation there. now when mr robb saw the prime minister to discuss his new role, he was in there for quite a long time, and people in whitehall were suggesting that maybe the meeting hadn't gone as well as the meeting hadn't gone as well as the prime minister had hoped it would. but the fact is he has gone to the department forjustice and he has picked up this title of deputy prime minister, but the key difference with this title is when nick clegg had that title under the coalition government, he had an office to go with that, he was right at the heart of the government's decision process. with mr raab, he's got the title, but all his power is in the justice department, which got the title, but all his power is in thejustice department, which is a downgrade from the foreign office, which is of course one of the great offices of state. there is a lot of speculation about who is going to be the new foreign secretary, people seem to be tipping liz truss at the moment but it is a very fluid situation and nothing is fully

confirmed at the moment. ihtnd situation and nothing is fully confirmed at the moment. and what would ou confirmed at the moment. and what would you make _ confirmed at the moment. and what would you make of _ confirmed at the moment. and what would you make of liz _ confirmed at the moment. and what would you make of liz truss - confirmed at the moment. and what would you make of liz truss then, i would you make of liz truss then, and that move? is that something that would potentially be quite a popular step? that would potentially be quite a popularstep? i that would potentially be quite a popular step?— that would potentially be quite a popular step? i think it would be ttoular popular step? i think it would be popular within — popular step? i think it would be popular within the _ popular step? i think it would be popular within the conservative l popular within the conservative party, if you look at various polls of the grassroots, liz truss is named as the most popular member of the cabinet, that her agenda to strike trade deals now that britain has left the eu is very popular with the tory grassroots, and moving her to the foreign office would be a step up from that. and of course obviously boris johnson step up from that. and of course obviously borisjohnson does not have a large number of women in his cabinet, and bringing another woman into one big office of state would at least have parity at the very top there. so that is why i think it would be a popular move, but again we will have to wait to see, they could be someone else we haven't even thought of yet. but that is certainly what i have picked up at the moment, that she seems to be in contention for that. tats the moment, that she seems to be in contention for that.— contention for that. as you mentioned, _ contention for that. as you mentioned, dominic - contention for that. as you mentioned, dominic raab| contention for that. as you i mentioned, dominic raab was contention for that. as you - mentioned, dominic raab was in discussions with the prime minister,

he was on the prime minister's office for quite a while before he emerged and entered number ten, and before we discovered that he had been moved to this new role. which, as you say, is a step down, is a demotion. how do you think that will be received within the party? itrgfeiiii. be received within the party? well, i think be received within the party? well, i think mps — be received within the party? well, i think mps in _ be received within the party? well, i think mps in boxes _ be received within the party? well, i think mps in boxes were - i think mps in boxes were overflowing with e—mails and letters about the situation in afghanistan, and i think you do get to a situation with cabinet ministers when they get criticised, if their positions become an interminable, and i think if you look at the criticism mr raab has faced, he also gave quite a testy appearance in front of the foreign affairs select committee on the afghanistan issue, then there was a general sense that his position could not continue, and the people i had spoken to within the people i had spoken to within the foreign office felt he had lost the foreign office felt he had lost the confidence of many officials there. there has been quite a vicious briefing war between the ministry of defence and the cabinet office and the foreign office about mr raab, and about the afghanistan

position. i think mr raab is still broadly popular with conservative mps, many of them rallied around him during that period following the uk's withdrawal, but i think at this position mr robb now has to face the big question ofjudicial reform. this is a key plan of the conservative party's 2019 manifesto, to look atjudicial review, the prisons, sentencing, and mr grant was a lawyer before he became a politician, so with some respect it seems a very natural appointment and one i think will generally be welcomed. one i think will generally be welcomed-— one i think will generally be welcomed. ., ., ~ most women in british prisons are mothers, and through the pandemic, many of their children were stopped from visiting them. the prison reform trust says this has had a significant impact on the children of imprisoned mothers, damaging their mental health and causing anxiety and nightmares. karen morrison reports. i had nightmares. ijust wished i could see mummy. i didn't know if i would ever see mum again.

i miss my mum so much, it was so upsetting - not being able to hug her. just some of the testimonies of children who could not see their mothers in prison during the pandemic. when the nation went into lockdown, so did prisons, and all visits were stopped. even for mothers and children. tawana was sent to prison, after drugs and a firearm were found in her house. she completed her four years in prison during the pandemic and is now home with her three young daughters. i think it did a lot of damage, actually. i mean, it did. to have your mum, it is like having your world, and to have that taken away at such a young age... what was your biggest fear when you were in prison? my main biggest fear was that my children would stop loving me, or would forget about me. to know that my mistakes put me in that position, which i totally have a lot of regrets for — my choices, my bad decisions — and to know that that was going to affect your children that you were supposed

to put first, you know, it is heartbreaking. we have had reports of those children bed wetting, - intense nightmares and totally bewildered because _ they can't recognise - their mothers when they see them on video calls. really concerned about what this i impact on the emotional well—being of children will really do i to them in the long—term. it wasn't just younger children who felt the pain of separation. when vicky was convicted for tax fraud, her daughter was 16. vicky was moved between three different prisons during the pandemic. everyone felt it, that frustration, just being on the wing or in the house where i was, the atmosphere just changed completely. itjust went. everyone turned in on each other because you have got nothing, everyone is feeling frustration. it was just a horrible place to be in. all prisons have now resumed social visits and the testing

of visitors is being rolled out to allow physical contact. but campaigners and their families are calling on the government now to keep visits for children and their parents in prison, even if other restrictions have to be tightened. the ministry ofjustice says, "the decision to stop visits was not taken lightly and we know the difficult impact this has had on parents in prisons, particularly mothers. but there is no question these measures helped save lives. women's prisons were prioritised for the roll—out of video calling and inmates were given extra phone credit to help communication with loved ones, especially children". a mum's job never ends. you can make mistakes, but you can pick it back up and make it even better, so i think that is where me and my children stand now. karen morrison, bbc news. we have some breaking news to bring you. more on the prime minister's cabinet reshuffle. the latest is that liz truss has been appointed foreign secretary. that is confirmed now. liz truss has been appointed as

foreign secretary. of course, she was the international trade secretary before then, and is now in this new role, after dominic raab was removed from that role. so if you minutes ago we got confirmation that dominic raab was moved from his role as foreign secretary, and was moved to a slightly less high—profile role ofjustice high—profile role of justice secretary, high—profile role ofjustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. if you will remember, dominic raab faced controversy after he was on holiday during the takeover of kabul by the taliban, so he was removed from that position, and there had been much speculation that liz truss would be moved into the role of foreign secretary. we understand she was someone who would have been quite a popular choice, so this has

confirmed that move now that international trade secretary liz truss has now been moved from that role to the role of foreign secretary, replacing dominic raab in that role there. it is for pm. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: the prime minister, borisjohnson, is conducting a reshuffle of his cabinet this afternoon. in the last few minutes, liz truss has been appointed as the new foreign secretary — a promotion from her previous role as trade secretary. asi as i have said she replaces former foreign secretary, dominic raab, who has been appointed asjustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary, while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their posts asjustice and housing secretary.

michael gove will take over as housing, communities and local government secretary. we'll be keeping you up to date with the latest from the reshuffle throughout the day right here on bbc news. also this afternoon... government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say they're working to avoid that. a record jump in inflation to 3.2% — the highest level in almost a decade — as the price of food and transportation goes up. facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go — four amateur astronauts make history as the first all—civilian crew to blast off into space.

the prime minister is reshuffling his top team of government ministers. in the last few minutes, the former trade secretary liz truss has been appointed foreign secretary — the first woman to hold the role. dominic raab, who previously held the role, has been demoted — and becomesjustice secretary, with the additional roles of lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. after some speculation over her position, it's been confirmed that priti patel will be remaining as home secretary — here she was arriving at number 10 a little earlier. gavin williamson was the first casualty of the reshuffle, losing hisjob as education secretary. he was heavily criticised for his handling of the disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. in a tweet mr williamson said,

thejustice secretary, robert buckland, has also been sacked. he said... and robertjenrick has confirmed he's lost his job as housing and communities secretary. in a tweet he said... our political correspondent, helen catt, is at downing street. let's get more from her. thank you for being there, as always, as you have been through the afternoon, and another big revelation, another big announcement from this reshuffle. liz truss has been made foreign secretary, which is what you had to be collated earlier.—

secretary, which is what you had to be collated earlier. yes, so we have now tot be collated earlier. yes, so we have now got the — be collated earlier. yes, so we have now got the three _ be collated earlier. yes, so we have now got the three top _ be collated earlier. yes, so we have now got the three top posts - be collated earlier. yes, so we have now got the three top posts in - now got the three top posts in cabinet have now been filled. rishi sunak reconfirmed as the chancellor, priti patel stays on as the home secretary and now liz truss gets a significant promotion to become the foreign secretary at the expense of dominic raab, who has been demoted tojustice dominic raab, who has been demoted to justice secretary, dominic raab, who has been demoted tojustice secretary, but dominic raab, who has been demoted to justice secretary, but also picked up this additional title of deputy prime minister. he had been the de facto deputy in any case, if you think about the pandemic when borisjohnson was ill in hospital not farfrom here, it borisjohnson was ill in hospital not far from here, it was borisjohnson was ill in hospital not farfrom here, it was dominic raab who stepped in, but this gives him the formal role of deputy prime minister. that role doesn't come with any formally recognised responsibilities, it is usually up to the prime minister, so we will wait to see what will come with that, but those three top jobs during as we expected to rishi sunak and priti patel staying where they are an liz truss becoming foreign secretary. she was previously the international trade secretary, so of course she has experience in dealing

with international relations, she has been out overseeing trade deals post—brexit, so she has got some international dealings experience in recent years and she is also very popular with the conservative party, particularly among the membership. so we know those posts have been filled. there are a number of ministers still inside number ten, so other people we have seen go in in the last half an hour also include michael gove, who was the cabinet office secretary. is he still that? we wait to hear. oliver dowden, who was the culture secretary, has also been a number ten. is he in line for a promotion from that or will he come out with a demotion? in the last few minutes we have had a new face come to downing street, nadine dorries, the health minister, coming this time, that suggests she will be in line for a wallet cabinet. we will wait to hear what comes from those. ihtnd wallet cabinet. we will wait to hear what comes from those.— wallet cabinet. we will wait to hear what comes from those. and in terms ofthe what comes from those. and in terms of the appointment _ what comes from those. and in terms of the appointment of _ what comes from those. and in terms of the appointment of liz _ what comes from those. and in terms of the appointment of liz truss, - what comes from those. and in terms of the appointment of liz truss, as i of the appointment of liz truss, as you mentioned, a popular move within the party, but what made is it that

makes her a popular choice for? i think she hasjust seen makes her a popular choice for? i think she has just seen as... makes her a popular choice for? i think she hasjust seen as... she think she has just seen as... she has been very popular in terms of the work she has done around international trade, so she has really been at the forefront of the post—brexit move on getting trade deals with other countries, and borisjohnson has said this cabinet is about how he plans to build back better. this is his post—pandemic, post—brexit cabinet, if you like, and so i think that is a pretty big signal, that you have got liz truss, who has been instrumental in that post—brexit work, particularly around trade deals, moving into that role as foreign secretary. i think it gives a real signal of where he is intending to go and also another pretty big promotion that puts another woman in one those big roles and offices of state, which is seen as a pretty good thing, and cabinet to have a good gender balance across cabinet as well, so i think that will be broadly welcomed as well. absolutely, so liz truss the foreign

secretary, she is the second female foreign secretary to be appointed since margaret beckett and as you say in terms of the percentage of women in the cabinet, how important was it for prime minister boris johnson to, you know, to perhaps have a slightly higher percentage than he has had already, given that overall the proportion of women in his cabinet was actually lower than previous, many previous prime ministers?— ministers? yes, that has been something _ ministers? yes, that has been something that _ ministers? yes, that has been something that has _ ministers? yes, that has been something that has been - ministers? yes, that has been. something that has been raised ministers? yes, that has been - something that has been raised and he has faced criticism for, so we have just got another figure possibly coming up, another car down the street, so i am just going to keep an eye on who that might be. oh it, it is nadhim zahawi, the vaccines minister. he has had a very big role recently, leading that vaccine programme, and has been seen as a competent performer in overseeing that vaccine programme, which has been a realflagship of the government's programme throughout the pandemic, so again him coming in at this moment sounds like he may be getting a promotion

to the cabinet table. so that is now in nadhim zahawi and his colleague in nadhim zahawi and his colleague in the department of health, nadine dorries, both gone into number ten, so we wait to see if they both emerge with newjobs. we are also waiting to see what happens with oliver dowden, the former culture secretary, also with michael gove inside number ten as well, the cabinet office, and we know that there are a number ofjobs that are vacant, we know the education secretary role is vacant after gavin williamson was sacked from that earlier this afternoon. justice secretary robert berglund who has also left government earlier, but that role has been filled by dominic raab. we also know we have got... just coming up there as mark spencer, the chief whip. there just coming up there as mark spencer, the chief whip. are you ttoin to spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay _ spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay in? _ spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay in? so _ spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay in? so that - spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay in? so that is - spencer, the chief whip. are you going to stay in? so that is mark| going to stay in? so that is mark s-encer, going to stay in? so that is mark spencer. the _ going to stay in? so that is mark spencer, the chief _ going to stay in? so that is mark spencer, the chief whip. - going to stay in? so that is mark spencer, the chief whip. he - going to stay in? so that is mark spencer, the chief whip. he is i going to stay in? so that is mark| spencer, the chief whip. he is in charge of discipline in the

conservative party. he is sounding pretty positive about this reshuffle, saying that it has gone well. he is hoping to stay in post as the chief whip, is obviously prime minister wants him to, so looking pretty optimistic there that this is a reshuffle that so far has gone well. this is a reshuffle that so far has gone well-— gone well. before mark spencer entered number _ gone well. before mark spencer entered number ten, _ gone well. before mark spencer entered number ten, we - gone well. before mark spencer entered number ten, we saw. gone well. before mark spencer - entered number ten, we saw nadhim zahawi, and of course he has been one of the faces that has been more visible on our tv screens during this pandemic and it is interesting to note that he may well be in line for a promotion, whereas some of the otherfaces for a promotion, whereas some of the other faces that have become more familiar of the pandemic went to the other direction, for example robert jenrick, who is on at the earliest names to go, again a face and became more familiar to viewers during the pandemic with him taking over downing street briefings. but, you know, the opposite for nadhim zahawi? . ~ know, the opposite for nadhim zahawi? , ,, , ., know, the opposite for nadhim zahawi? , ,, ., zahawi? yes, i think if you had asked me _ zahawi? yes, i think if you had asked me two _ zahawi? yes, i think if you had asked me two days _ zahawi? yes, i think if you had asked me two days ago - zahawi? yes, i think if you had asked me two days ago who i

zahawi? yes, i think if you had| asked me two days ago who do zahawi? yes, i think if you had - asked me two days ago who do you think might get a promotion out of this i think nadhim zahawi would have been why the names i would have put forward because he has been so high profile in recent months and seen as a pretty competent performer on this, the vaccine programme has been a big success for the government and he is very much been the face of that over recent months, so it seems like a pretty obvious choice for him to be possibly in line for a promotion. robert jenrick, the housing secretary, as you mentioned has been sacked from cabinet this afternoon that post is now vacant. he of course had his own run—ins with controversy over his time in cabinet, so he is also... there are quite a lot of big things coming down the track for department in terms of boosting up the levelling up agenda and is very borisjohnson has said this is about building back his cabinet better going forward, so the levelling up agenda is going to be huge in that, so it is going to be really interesting to see who is put into that department to take on some of those really big key policy drives that the government wants to put forward over the coming years.

helen, thank you. we will come back to hell and later throughout the afternoon, but first... let's speak to sian griffiths, education correspondent at the sunday times. thank you very much forjoining us. first, let's start with the first big name to go, the first announcement of someone who was losing his role, gavin williamson. that role still to be filled, so first of all, what was your reaction to his departure? i first of all, what was your reaction to his departure?— to his departure? i was not surprised _ to his departure? i was not surprised and _ to his departure? i was not surprised and i _ to his departure? i was not surprised and i don't - to his departure? i was not surprised and i don't think| to his departure? i was not - surprised and i don't think many people were surprised. perhaps the big thing is that it has been so long coming because gavin williamson had had a very bad pandemic. it has been a year of chaos and mismanagement and head teachers, i think, have been exasperated and frustrated at the education department's handling of the covid pandemic. just the worst thing

probably was last summer when he had the exams fiasco and children did not sit a—level and gcse exams and algorithm gave them greats. the grades were wrong. children lost the university places temporarily, there were protests on the streets and the government had to do a complete u—turn and do the exam results in a different way. that was a disaster, but there have been many, many since then, most importantly probably in terms of how covid regulations should play out in schools, where teachers have said they have had last minute, and contradictory advice. and thenjust last minute, and contradictory advice. and then just about two weeks ago of course we had this terrible confusion, where gavin williamson confused marcus rashford, who has been delivering a brilliant campaign to promote free school meals for children, the manchester united footballer, and he confused him with another black sportsman, maro itoje, the rugby player, who has been leading a campaign to end

the digital divide, so really there has just been the digital divide, so really there hasjust been a the digital divide, so really there has just been a catalogue of fairly disastrous mistakes in this department. disastrous mistakes in this department-— disastrous mistakes in this de-artment. �* ., ., ~' department. and what do you think reaction is likely _ department. and what do you think reaction is likely to _ department. and what do you think reaction is likely to be _ department. and what do you think reaction is likely to be among - department. and what do you think reaction is likely to be among the l reaction is likely to be among the education sector, teachers and schools, to the fact that he was the first big name to go in this cabinet reshuffle? ~ ~ , reshuffle? well, i think they will think not before _ reshuffle? well, i think they will think not before time. _ reshuffle? well, i think they will think not before time. you - reshuffle? well, i think they will| think not before time. you know, reshuffle? well, i think they will- think not before time. you know, why hasn't happened sooner? they have been groups openly calling for him to resign over the past 12 months, as one disaster followed another, so i think they will think, yes, let's see who the new pair of hands is, let's hope it is going to be a smoother, calmer more efficient way of running a department and of liaising with the schools across the country. hopefully we start to come out of the pandemic. ihtnd country. hopefully we start to come out of the pandemic.— out of the pandemic. and we are still to hear _ out of the pandemic. and we are still to hear who _ out of the pandemic. and we are still to hear who might _ out of the pandemic. and we are still to hear who might replace i still to hear who might replace gavin williamson in the education secretary role, but what do you

think was the moment that really sealed his fate when it comes to calls for, you know, the decision for him to leave the role? listed a whole... whole ream of failings, from what you have said, but was there one thing that stood out within the sector that made him a popular choice to go from the role? well, i think since the a—level and gcse fiasco last summer, it has just been... you know, ithink gcse fiasco last summer, it has just been... you know, i think possibly the government has been waiting for the government has been waiting for the right moment to do the reshuffle. i think they waited until, you know, hopefully the worst of the pandemic is over and somebody said to me, why waste a good minister on a reshuffle? i think they have been waiting to get the right person into that post and waiting for the right moment to replace mr williamson. so... waiting for the right moment to replace mrwilliamson. so... i waiting for the right moment to replace mr williamson. so... i think it was the a—level disaster last summer, but obviously it can't have helped that he made that awful

confusion a couple of weeks ago between marcus rashford and maro itoje. that can't have helped either! in itoje. that can't have helped either! . ., itoje. that can't have helped either! , ., ., , either! in terms of what is looked for and hoped _ either! in terms of what is looked for and hoped for— either! in terms of what is looked for and hoped for in _ either! in terms of what is looked for and hoped for in his _ either! in terms of what is looked | for and hoped for in his successor, what do you think the priorities? its, what do you think the priorities? safe pair of hands. somebody who is calm and you can steer schools through the last, hopefully, this crisis. someone who is not going to make any more major stakes. it is interesting i think that gavin williamson tweeted out today that he was most proud of his skills agenda. he has been very much pushing this idea that we are too academic in our schools, that there are a group of children for whom vocational qualifications are important, that we need more skills, we need more t levels, these t levels that are supposed to be as good as a—levels. these are very interesting ideas, important ideas, but the question is are they going to be put in place in

are they going to be put in place in a way that works? because they are very much in their infancy at the moment and i think a safe pair of handsif moment and i think a safe pair of hands if the government is going to continue with that idea that we have a vocational need in this country and children who gain vocational qualifications that are as good as a—levels and academic qualifications, and that is going to be a big, big change and it really needs an expert person to steer that through calmly, so the parents are confident that if their children take these t levels, that if they do these vocational qualifications, they will get a job, that their kids will get qualifications that are just as good as a—levels. back will get qualifications that are just as good as a-levels. back to, education correspondent - just as good as a-levels. back to, education correspondent at - just as good as a-levels. back to, education correspondent at the i education correspondent at the sunday times newspaper, thank you for your thoughts there. and of course we will bring you news of who is appointed in the position of education secretary as soon as we get it, but first let's bring you some breaking news now. this is on the number of covid deaths. we have

just got the latest figures on covid deaths in the uk, the uk records 201 deaths in the uk, the uk records 201 deaths on wednesday. that is up from 185 on tuesday, so it has gone up to 201 deaths from 185. and the cases recorded in the uk have gone up to 30,597 cases, up from 26,628 covid cases on tuesday. and we are now going to bring you some more breaking news. this is about the bbcjournalist, martin bashir, who you may remember did that interview with diana, princess of wales, that panorama interview. scotland yard has said, this is breaking news in the past few minutes, scotland yard has said they

will not be launching a criminal investigation into martin bashir�*s panorama interview with princess diana of wales. that is what has come from the metropolitan police after assessing lord dyson's report into the 1995 documentary. so some breaking news there that scotland yard will not be launching a criminal investigation into bbc journalist, martin bashir. now... government scientific advisers are warning there could be a big wave of hospital admissions for covid—19 next month in england. but they say that surge could be avoided with some light touch restrictions. modelling from the government's sage advisory committee suggests hospitalisations could increase from about 700 a day in england to as many as 7,000. there are fears the virus will spread more rapidly, with children going back to school and staff returning to the workplace. anna collinson reports.

from offering a vaccine to 12— 15—year—olds in school to providing a boosterjab to millions who may be more vulnerable to covid, it is hoped vaccines will do the heavy lifting this winter, but will the government's plan a be enough to protect the nhs? as people return to the classroom and the office, government advisers say the infection rates could rise. modelling suggests this may lead to between 2,000 and 7,000 daily hospitalisations in england next month. the current average is around 750. the potential for the virus to cause huge numbers of deaths is greatly diminished, so that does allow more flexibility, but it does still remain the case that acting earlier will be more effective. sage members suggest introducing light touch measures like encouraging working from home, requiring all contacts of cases to isolate and clear messaging.

the government's plan b includes suggestions like mandatory facemasks, but they say this will only be triggered if the nhs is under unsustainable pressure. i do not think we are going to have to have another lockdown. the vaccines are working, and other measures. but i think it would be irresponsible for any health minister in the world to say anything is 100% ruled out. as this graph shows, the number of people being admitted to hospital with coronavirus in the uk is higher compared to 2020, though antibody levels are also higher thanks to the vaccine and natural infection. even so, the exhausted health service is trying to juggle day—to—day care, reduce record waiting lists and prepare for other respiratory viruses. there is a finite number of staff and beds, so the more covid patients the less attention can be given to others. it is notjust patients with covid, we are busy with lots of other patients, and emergency departments and acute units are really struggling

so our concern is if there is another increase in the number of covid patients coming in, that we really will not be able to do the things that we hoped, which is keep normal care going and obviously do some of the catchup of the backlog. nine months since the vaccine rollout started, there are still 5 million people who are yet to take up their offer. emily was initially against it until she contracted covid and became so ill she had to be placed in an induced coma in intensive care. now in a community hospital, her road to recovery will be long. my lungs are not going to be right. i have had another lung infection from it. my one lung is not taking in the air properly. it is all the after effects. i have a high heart rate. even when i was on a ventilator, my heart stopped twice. so, vaccinate. just have it done. those working on the front line say winter has already

arrived with the nhs. while it is hoped the vaccine will help, more disruptive measures and even possible lockdowns cannot be ruled out. anna collinson, bbc news. we have got another appointment to bring you on the cabinet reshuffle. michael gove has been confirmed to the communities and housing department. and we are going to go now to downing street, where our political correspondent, helen catt, is life for us. allen, this was the role of robertjenrick and now it is michael gove's. role of robert jenrick and now it is michael gove's._ michael gove's. yes, and i think if ou are michael gove's. yes, and i think if you are looking — michael gove's. yes, and i think if you are looking at _ michael gove's. yes, and i think if you are looking at this _ michael gove's. yes, and i think if you are looking at this reshuffle i you are looking at this reshuffle for signs of what borisjohnson wants to do with the coming years in this parliament, and actually the appointment of michael gove to community secretary is a pretty good one. traditionally it is seen as a morejunior role, michael

one. traditionally it is seen as a more junior role, michael gove obviously being a pretty big hitter moving into that role and he has got a good reputation as being someone who is able to work white wall and make things happen, and housing in communities is a department that has got a lotta things coming down the track, so it is one of those departments that is really vital in doing things to do with the levelling up agenda borisjohnson talks about, his aim of levelling up the country. the communities department is really instrumental in that, so obviously he wants someone who is really a doer in there. it is also notable in announcing his appointment, downing street also says that michael gove takes on a cross governmental responsibility for levelling up, it like that very clearly, and says he maintains industrial responsibility for the union and four elections. they are also notjust the levelling up agenda, also some pretty controversial planning reforms the government has suggested they wanted to put forward, which have not gone down at all well with conservative backbenchers and that is something that will land on michael gove's plate now as well, to try to placate

those and get them on side to get those and get them on side to get those reforms through parliament. thank you for getting us up to date there, helen catt, and we will be returning to you throughout the afternoon for more on the cabinet reshuffle. but actually we can get more on that now. joining me now is sir bob neill, conservative mp for bromley and chislehurst and chair of the commons justice committee. i want to just get your thoughts first on some of the earliest news we had in terms of thejustice secretary, robert buchan, leaving. what was your thoughts on that? i was very disappointed indeed to see robert buckland leave, i thought he did a very good job asjustice secretary and he understood the importance of the lord chancellor role, the guardian of the independence of the judicial system and ifrankly think independence of the judicial system and i frankly think he independence of the judicial system and ifrankly think he has been poorly treated. his and i frankly think he has been poorly treated.— and i frankly think he has been poorly treated. his role has been taken over— poorly treated. his role has been taken over by _ poorly treated. his role has been taken over by dominic _ poorly treated. his role has been taken over by dominic raab, - poorly treated. his role has been j taken over by dominic raab, who poorly treated. his role has been - taken over by dominic raab, who was previously foreign secretary. what do you make of that?—

previously foreign secretary. what do you make of that? well, dominic is a senior minister _ do you make of that? well, dominic is a senior minister and _ do you make of that? well, dominic is a senior minister and experienced and he was a justice minister before, and so of course as chairman of the select committee i look forward to working constructively with him and i am sure he will recognise the importance of the office that he now takes on, which is very different in that it any other cabinet minister, but obviously working constructively with dominic does not take away from my mount disappointment at the way robert buckland has been treated. one of the people we spoke to earlier were suggesting that perhaps this was a practical move and in a way robert buckland was sort of sacrifice in order to create a position for dominic raab, away from his foreign secretary role. itrgfeiiii. position for dominic raab, away from his foreign secretary role.— his foreign secretary role. well, i mean that — his foreign secretary role. well, i mean that would _ his foreign secretary role. well, i mean that would be _ his foreign secretary role. well, i mean that would be speculation. | his foreign secretary role. well, i | mean that would be speculation. i his foreign secretary role. well, i - mean that would be speculation. i am not privy to that and as i say i look forward to working constructively with dominic, who i worked with before when he was a minister, but i do think the message we ought to get, any prime minister ought to get, is that the lord

chancellor's role is not something that should be used in the same political bargain ship that other cabinetjobs are because it does have a very specific role under the constitutional reform at. and it would not help if it was given the impression that that was not treated as a very serious and important office of state. i am sure dominic raab will work and step up to that role, i have no doubt as to that, but i think there is no reason to think robert buckland was dispensed with other than that he was collateral damage or some bigger part of reshuffling and i think along with lord chancellor, the role of lord chancellor deserves better as an institution them to be treated like that. ., ~ ., ., , like that. you think of many in the party share _ like that. you think of many in the party share your views? _ like that. you think of many in the party share your views? i - like that. you think of many in the party share your views? i think i party share your views? i think robert was _ party share your views? i think robert was a _ party share your views? i think robert was a very _ party share your views? i think robert was a very popular- party share your views? i think - robert was a very popular member of the government and it is because he was totally loyal to the prime minister and he worked extremely hard, went the extra mile for individual backbenchers. only

yesterday, you know, he changed his diary to come with me and other members of thejustice diary to come with me and other members of the justice committee and other mps to meet a female afghan judge, who had managed to get out of afghanistan, to talk about how we are trying to help people like that who are under real threat of their lives from the taliban. he went the extra mile to do that and i think the fact that robert went the extra mile counts for a lot with a lot of people in the conservative party. 50 people in the conservative party. so why do you think the prime minister made the decision to remove him from that role, in amongst the other decisions of his cabinet reshuffle? i think, as you said before, this is unfortunately just a case i think, as you said before, this is unfortunatelyjust a case of collateral damage. there is no good reason, other than that apparently he seems to have needed to make some space. he seems to have needed to make some s-ace. .. ~' he seems to have needed to make some s-ace. .. ~ ,, he seems to have needed to make some s-ace. .. ~ y . he seems to have needed to make some s-ace. .. ~' , . ., space. thank you very much for 'oinint space. thank you very much for joining us _ space. thank you very much for joining us this _ space. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon, - space. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon, sir i space. thank you very much for. joining us this afternoon, sir bob neill, and for sharing your thoughts on that. that is sir bob neill, mp, chair of the commons justice committee. let's have a look at the

weather forecast, committee. let's have a look at the weatherforecast, here is helen. thank you, what a difference a day makes, some sunshine around, and the west we had 20 plus degrees celsius and presence in china and we will see more sunshine over the coming days, but not for all. that sunshine has been breaking through the clouds in the east in the last few hours, but in the west a week by the front giving a few bits of showery rain in the west of scotland and northern ireland through the rest of this evening and they will turn heavier as they push east and hit the mountains, but for many a fine, dry and pretty warm evening, temperatures are only eating away gradually, but they will do under the starry skies over night. i think tonight will be a little cooler than recent nights, not drastically, and you can see the shower is pushing to the north. we are looking at 9—12 as we head towards thursday morning. thursday morning could be quite misty and foggy in places, the showers having cleared away from the north—east. the fog at this time of

year lingers for the rush hour, but it should be fine and dry for most, although again we are plagued by more cloud, and the next weather front coming in to the west as we head through the afternoon with some patchy rain to end the day in northern ireland. more later.

hello. this is bbc news. iam i am luxmy gopal. the headlines — the prime minister, borisjohnson is conducting a reshuffle of his cabinet this afternoon. in the last few minutes, liz truss has been appointed as the new foreign secretary, a promotion from her previous role as trade secretary. she replaces former foreign secretary, dominic raab who has been appointed as justice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary, while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their posts asjustice and housing secretary. michael gove will take over as housing, communities and local government secretary. he was in duchy of lancaster.

also this afternoon... government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say they're working to avoid that. a record jump a recordjump in a record jump in inflation to 3.2%, the highest level in nearly a decade, as the price of food and transportation goes up. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's our reporter. john watson. many john watson. many thanks. john watson. many thanks. after john watson. many thanks. after manchester united and chelsea, it is the turn of liverpool and manchester city to begin their champions league campaigns tonight. the latter came close to realising a long—held ambition finally winning club football's biggest prize when they lost in last season's final to chelsea. they prepared to face

leipzig in their opening match of the competition. manager pep guardiola has told their team they must forget about what has gone before. sport is always a new challenge, so what happened in the past happened in the past, we have experience, new ones, but that doesn't mean it is going to be well this season. so start a new competition lucky and fortunate to be involved and try to win the first game of many. that is what they will need to do. liverpool face the italian giants, ac milan. both sides remain unbeaten in the league this season, but have enjoyed so many memorable nights in this competition, including that memorable final in 2005, which saw liverpool overturn a three—goal first—half deficit. this is, in fact, the first time the two sides have met in europe, outside of a final. it's a long time ago that we had a champions league game at home. we have now the opportunity to experience again the atmosphere anfield is able to produce in the premier league. but we spoke a lot in the past, rightly so, about european nights at anfield, and i can't wait

to experience that. it will be great and, erm, i'm really looking forward. it will be another one later against another european giant. it will be another one later against another european giant. pele has provided an update on his health, saying he feels ready for "90 minutes, plus extra time", after leaving intensive care. the three—time world cup winner has had surgery to remove a tumour in his colon. he posted on social media — "i have already left the icu and i am in my room. we will be together soon". pele is brazil's all—time leading scorer, and one of only four players to have scored in four world cups. good to see him out of hospital. europe's ryder cup captain padraig harrington has appointed the 2016 open champion, henrik stenson, as his fifth and final vice—captain for the contest, which begins on friday week, at whistling

straits in wisconsin. stenson has played in five cups, winning three times. in his last outing, in paris three years ago, he won three matches out of three. hejoins his fellow—swede robert karlsson, as well as luke donald, graeme mcdowell and martin kaymer in the role. stenson said he accepted straight away when he got the call. the world anti—doping agency is to review whether cannabis should remain on the list of banned substances. the american sprinter sha'carri richardson missed the tokyo olympics, after testing positive for cannabis in june. she said he'd used it to help cope with the death of her mother, and wada say they've had numerous requests to look again at its status. the review will begin next year, and cannabis will remain prohibited, for the time being. that's all the sport for now.

let's bring you a recap now of the cabinet reshuffle. the prime minister is reshuffling his top team of government ministers. in the last hour, the former trade secretary liz truss has been appointed foreign secretary. dominic raab who previously held the role, has been demoted, and becomesjustice secretary, with the additional roles of lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. after some speculation over her position, it's been confirmed that priti patel will be remaining as home secretary — here she was arriving at no 10 a little earlier. gavin williamson was the first casualty of the reshuffle losing hisjob as education secretary. he was heavily criticised for his handling of the disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. in a tweet,

mr williamson said 'it has been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019. despite the challenges of the global pandemic, i'm particularly proud of the transformational reforms'. thejustice secretary, robert buckland, has also been sacked. he said 'it had been an honour to serve in government for the last 7 years�*. 'on to the next adventure'. and robertjenrick has confirmed he's lost his job as housing and communities secretary. in a tweet he said it had been a 'huge privilege' and will "continue to support the prime minister and the government in every way�* he can. replacing robertjenrick as housing secretary will be michael gove. our political correspondent, helen catt, is at downing street. so, helen, you know, we've got most of the shape of the cabinet so far, or a lot of the announcement so far.

what does that tell us about the way the prime minister is going about this, and what sort of cabinet he is trying to form? tats this, and what sort of cabinet he is trying to form?— this, and what sort of cabinet he is trying to form? as you would expect, what we have — trying to form? as you would expect, what we have so _ trying to form? as you would expect, what we have so far _ trying to form? as you would expect, what we have so far is _ trying to form? as you would expect, what we have so far is the _ trying to form? as you would expect, what we have so far is the big - what we have so far is the big offices of state, if you like, so the chancellor reconfirmed, priti patel reconfirmed as home secretary and now liz truss demoted from international trade secretary to the foreign secretary. we also know that dominic raab has been moved to becomejustice secretary, with this additional title of deputy prime minister. it doesn't come with any formally designated responsibilities, although it is honestly a big job title, that is normally for the post—holder, the prime minister, to work out what their remit is, and of course dominic raab has previously acted as the de facto prime minister. it was dominic raab who stepped up when borisjohnson was in hospital with covert of course. so we have those big posts in place. of course liz truss audie has that international

experience through herjob as international trade secretary, and she is very popular among the conservative party. we are now looking at the other roles as those appointments come out. most recently, michael gove has been appointed as a secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. that is an interesting appointment. generally that role is seen as one of the perhaps slightly morejunior seen as one of the perhaps slightly more junior ones seen as one of the perhaps slightly morejunior ones and seen as one of the perhaps slightly more junior ones and cabinet. michael gove of course is the big hitter, he was the cabinet office minister, he has worked in several departments in cabinet. so i think it is significant that borisjohnson is moving someone who is seen as a big hitter, as someone who gets things done, to that department, which is so key to some of the things borisjohnson says he wants to do, like the levelling up agenda for example. and that is been made pretty clear in the announcement directory put out about the appointment of michael gove, it says he also takes on a cross government responsibility for levelling up, and he retains his ministerial

responsibility for elections. that is an interesting indicator of where borisjohnson is going with this government. there are a number of people still waiting to see what is happening with them, ben wallace the defence secretary went in not so long ago. oliver dowden the culture secretary also went in quite some time ago into number ten, so we are waiting to see what happens with them. also, two health ministers have gone into number ten, had not beenin have gone into number ten, had not been in the cabinet, they were the level down if you like, nadine dorries and nadeem zahawi, who of course as the vaccines minister, he has been front and centre of running that vaccination programme. so it is interesting to see what will happen at this point when we are looking towards the autumn and winter and the prime minister himself has said the prime minister himself has said the pandemic isn't over.— the prime minister himself has said the pandemic isn't over. thank you. we are still — the pandemic isn't over. thank you. we are still awaiting _ the pandemic isn't over. thank you. we are still awaiting news - the pandemic isn't over. thank you. we are still awaiting news as - the pandemic isn't over. thank you. we are still awaiting news as to - the pandemic isn't over. thank you. | we are still awaiting news as to who might be the new education secretary. but of course we will

keep you up—to—date and will probably return to helen soon with more what we can get. but first we arejoined by kevin more what we can get. but first we are joined by kevin courtney, joint general secretary of the national education union. thanks forjoining us. the first news of the day in this cabinet reshuffle was the departure of gavin williamson from his role. it feels like an eternity ago now. given how many announcements we have had since. but what do you make of that, what was your reaction when you have that news?— that, what was your reaction when you have that news? well, our union, m union you have that news? well, our union, my union is — you have that news? well, our union, my union is not _ you have that news? well, our union, my union is not politically _ my union is not politically affiliated, we are always willing to work with government ministers, we are really looking forward to finding out who the new secretary of state for education is. we will really want to engage with them. but i have to say, we can't pretend that we are sorry that gavin williamson has gone. he really had lost the confidence of teachers and head

teachers, i think of many parents, in fact i think the prime minister should have acted sooner on this matter. you know, gavin williamson really wouldn't engage with us during covid, when we were making sensible suggestions that could have made schools safer, and therefore kept them open longer, he wouldn't engage with us to talk about our plan b on exams, which meant far too many... the c02 monitors we had been pressing for, he didn't move on that until very late on, so they won't get into schools until very late this term. that may lead to more disruption in our schools, because those mitigations aren't in place. so, like i say, i think gavin williamson had lost the confidence of teachers and head teachers. we are open to working with whoever is appointed next. we want someone who can work with us to get the money from the treasury for education recovery that we really need, that can work with us on school funding,

which is a big problem in our country, and currently we are levelling down education funding, not levelling it up. there are so many other things that we have to work on. �* ,., ., work on. and with the departure of gavin williamson, _ work on. and with the departure of gavin williamson, obviously - work on. and with the departure of gavin williamson, obviously we - work on. and with the departure ofj gavin williamson, obviously we are still waiting to hear who might be appointed to that role. but do you think this was something that it was really the groundswell of concern from the sector that was behind this, or was it simply down to his particular handling of the crisis? how much do you think the sector was listened to come in terms of their concerns over how he did? it is hard to read that — concerns over how he did? it is hard to read that from _ concerns over how he did? it is hard to read that from outside, _ concerns over how he did? it is hard to read that from outside, i - concerns over how he did? it is hard to read that from outside, i think. i to read that from outside, i think. and lots of people had been speculating that gavin williamson would have been moved on sooner, after the first round of exam debacle last year. and then after not being ready for it this year. what surprises me is the prime

minister's quote, he says gavin williamson has played a key role in transforming the skills agenda. his quote doesn't mention schools at all, it is a real absence and what the prime minister has said about him, and i think that tells us something, that the prime minister isn't willing to say that gavin williamson has done a good job on schools. but then, the prime minister, if you thought that was the case, he should have acted sooner. so a lot of this has to be at the prime minister's door. sometimes, we felt when we were talking to the dfee or talking to gavin williamson, it felt like actually of the decisions were being made in number 10 downing street. so let's hope that we get a secretary of state that will engage with us, will engage with the profession, and can then get some business done with downing street and with the treasury. downing street and with the treasu . .. ~ downing street and with the treasu . ., ,, , ., ., , ., treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thouthts. treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thoughts- we _ treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thoughts. we will— treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thoughts. we will bring _ treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thoughts. we will bring you - treasury. thank you, kevin, for your thoughts. we will bring you details l thoughts. we will bring you details on who the new education secretary

is, once we get it. but first, let's go to tim montgomery, who is a founder and former editor of conservative home. thank you forjoining us. first i just want to get your reaction to how the cabinet reshuffle has been so far? ~ how the cabinet reshuffle has been sofar?. ., _ how the cabinet reshuffle has been so far? . .,, ., , , ., so far? well, obviously there are tossibl so far? well, obviously there are possibly still _ so far? well, obviously there are possibly still some _ so far? well, obviously there arej possibly still some appointments so far? well, obviously there are i possibly still some appointments to be made, and so we need tojudge it as a whole, but liz truss is obviously a headline development. she has catapulted really by being made foreign secretary to being a possible future leadership contender. i think she has been rewarded for her policies on trade, and also quite a robust position with her qualities brief. she really didn't adopt the politically correct attitudes of that establishment, and it may be a signal that boris johnson wants a slightly more hawkish or different

antiestablishment foreign policy. michael gove to housing is very interesting. the conservative party can't survive as a long—term political force if it doesn't deal with the housing crisis. if it doesn't allow young people to join the housing ladder. michael gove is one of the party's biggest brains. putting him in thisjob one of the party's biggest brains. putting him in this job suggests that borisjohnson knows he has to build more homes. that boris johnson knows he has to build more homes.— that boris johnson knows he has to build more homes. now, tim, i 'ust want to interrupt i build more homes. now, tim, i 'ust want to interrupt you, i build more homes. now, tim, i 'ust want to interrupt you, because i build more homes. now, tim, ijust want to interrupt you, because we l want to interrupt you, because we understand that oliver dowden is looking to become tory party chair. conservative party chair. what do you make of that?— you make of that? that is an interesting _ you make of that? that is an interesting development. i you make of that? that is an - interesting development. oliver, as he is caught by fellow conservatives, is a very safe pair of hands, so i wonder if in some ways he is being appointed to what tories used to call minister for the

today programme, someone to go on the television and radio when there is a sticky issue to deal with, and he will deal with that with a sort of straight bat. i think it is also a sign that we are getting to that stage of the parliament where a bigger heavyweight person is needed inside tory hq. the present holder of that office, amanda milling, isn't well known. she is relatively inexperienced, and it is a sign that the tory party is beginning to gear up the tory party is beginning to gear up for the next general election. poor brenda from bristol hopefully and watching and hearing this news, but i think there is a sign of that. in terms of the big casualty of this, but not unexpected was dominic raab's departure from the foreign secretary. you mentioned liz truss being a popular replacement for her. what do you make of dominic raab's

demotion in effect, and how that will be received within the party? well, it is clear that borisjohnson has tried to ease the move as best he can. he has effectively made him deputy prime minister. justice is a bustling's holiday, round pegs in round hole, if you like. dominic raabis round hole, if you like. dominic raab is a lawyer by background, and so he is accomplished in the field. but i'm also sorry that actually we have lost robert buckland, who was the lord chancellor. he was a remainer, sort of on the centre of the conservative party, and i think it is very important, post—brexit, that boris johnson it is very important, post—brexit, that borisjohnson is a healing leader. that he reaches notjust across the conservative party but beyond it to try and heal the wounds that were caused by brexit. and losing people like robert buckland, who is from that one nation conservative tradition, i regret that, there is not much sign yet in

this reshuffle that a big beast who remained in the past, people who perhaps have taken a different position from the government on covid, are being brought into government. i would like to see a big attempt from borisjohnson, but as we begin with, there are still some appointments to be made, so perhaps there is still some room for that to be done. tim perhaps there is still some room for that to be done.— that to be done. tim montgomery, thank ou that to be done. tim montgomery, thank you very _ that to be done. tim montgomery, thank you very much _ that to be done. tim montgomery, thank you very much for _ that to be done. tim montgomery, thank you very much forjoining - that to be done. tim montgomery, thank you very much forjoining us| thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon and for your time. we arejust going to this afternoon and for your time. we are just going to recap some news that we brought you in just the past few minutes. another appointment in the cabinet reshuffle is oliver dowden. he was the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, so he was the culture secretary, but now he is the conservative party chair. so that is some information we have had in the past few minutes. let's go now to anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. thank you so much for joining us. we have many names

announced, many gone, many confirmed as appointments. what are your thoughts on the reshuffle so far? i think there are two big aspects to it, one is that borisjohnson is aware and very sensitive to the fact that he doesn't have a grip on his party at the moment and some people have said it doesn't matter so much, because labour is not polling very strongly, but he is known to favour being in good shape, and being able to choose to go for an early election if he wants one, and i think he certainly felt he was determined to run through that national insurance reform, which is really a tax rise by another name, but it has caused a lot of discombobulating in the conservative ranks. i think he also feels that he has too many disaster prone cabinet ministers around the place, so out goes gavin williamson and to an extent dominic raab they come out as foreign secretary, and moved i wouldn't even say sideways, really downwards to justice secretary. borisjohnson himself is often known

for his gaffes, but he is a very tactical and very strategically adept politician. i think the feeling in number ten was that they had the gaffes but they didn't have the strategy to go with it. this reshuffle is intended to address that. �* .. reshuffle is intended to address that. �* ., ., .,~ reshuffle is intended to address that. ., ., that. but what do you make of some ofthe that. but what do you make of some of the less popular _ that. but what do you make of some of the less popular movies _ that. but what do you make of some of the less popular movies that - that. but what do you make of some of the less popular movies that he's| of the less popular movies that he's made? i mean, robert buckland, we have heard from a lot of people who are disappointed, to put it mildly, that he has gone from his role? yes. that he has gone from his role? yes, i think that he has gone from his role? yes, i think that — that he has gone from his role? yes, i think that is — that he has gone from his role? yes, i think that is true, _ that he has gone from his role? fie: i think that is true, although popularity, you usually mean they have some allies, i don't suppose the country a sort of up in arms saying bring back robert buckland tomorrow. robert buckland may indeed come back tomorrow, he has a very well liked and competent minister, but i think he was collateral damage. as i understand it, dominic raab had a torrid time as foreign secretary but he believed he was very central to the project of stabilising relations, post—brexit. he is also a lawyer by background and that is probably a consideration if you are dealing with these knotty

trade issues, and that northern ireland stand—off still really a very vital one that has to be resolved to get trade back up and running again on satisfactory terms with the eu. i think when he had to 90. with the eu. i think when he had to go, and he really didn't want to go, and he seems to have fought until the last minute, just a secretary because of his legal background was one of the few jobs because of his legal background was one of the fewjobs he was prepared to accept to go quietly, so he goes to accept to go quietly, so he goes to thatjob and gets a lot of other bells and whistles job titles to go with it, that quite often happens when somebody quite senior has to be moved against their will and that is the outcome. so i think it is more about that than it is a reflection on mr buckland's failings, i don't really see it that way.— on mr buckland's failings, i don't really see it that way. thank you, we will have _ really see it that way. thank you, we will have to _ really see it that way. thank you, we will have to leave _ really see it that way. thank you, we will have to leave it _ really see it that way. thank you, we will have to leave it there. - we will have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. senior editor at the economist. there will be more news on the cabinet reshuffle at the top of the hour, with ben brown. at first, let's look at some of the rest of the day's news. there's been a big jump in prices.

uk inflation hit 3.2% last month — up from 2% injuly. that's the largest increase in the rate of inflation since the consumer price index was introduced, nearly a quarter of a century ago. transport, food, eating out, and recreation all pushed up the cost of living. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has been taking a look at the figures. a pallet of cooking oil at a record price, just one of the many basic supplies that have shot up, as the global economy's reopened post—pandemic, triggering the quickest price inflation for nine years. food wholesalers, like this one in uxbridge, that supplies upmarket hotels and restaurants, are working as hard as they can, but still can't meet demand. the current priority issue for us is shortages. every delivery that comes into our warehouse is affected in some way. it is either late, doesn't turn up, or when it does turn up it is short, and that is due to the chronic shortage of lorry drivers. everything this firm sells

is packaged in cardboard, where it says prices are up by 40%, or plastic, where prices have jumped by 70%. with much higher shipping and fuel costs, they are expecting all firms like theirs to have to raise prices next year, if they haven't done already. with shortages of goods and lorry drivers, and sky—high shipping costs, wholesalers like this are at full stretch just trying to get the goods in the back door to meet demand from their existing customers. they are turning new customers away. so far, they have been able to protect their customers from higher prices, but in the coming months, they are going to be forced to raise them. at restaurants, like this independent pub near windsor, prices were higher, compared to august 2020, when the government's eat out to help out scheme allowed them to offer half—price meals from monday to wednesday. but it has also found that to offer the good service it wants to, it is having to pay higher wages. if we are going to start paying our staff as professionals and start treating them

like professionals, they need to have a decent living wage, which is what we have started to do, and that will have a knock—on effect as to how profitable our business is, and while we are happy to take a slice of the pie, our slice, and give it away, and share it with our staff, at some point some of that pie is going to have to come from the customer as well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat out to help out, it was 2.8%. the biggest single factor was petrol, with unleaded up 21.5p over the year to £1.35 a litre. like the bank of england, the office for national statistics says it believes the jump in the rate of inflation is temporary, as suppliers struggled to keep up with the reopening global economy. but if companies keep having to pay bigger pay rises to get the staff they need, that view may have to be revised. andy verity, bbc news. just some news to bring in from the past few minutes. nadine dorries has

been promoted to culture secretary, that was a role previously held by oliver dowden, who has become the conservative party chair, and now the role of culture secretary has gone to nadine dorries. just some information, news over the past few minutes for you. the bbc has confirmed jess brammar has been appointed as executive news editor of the bbc�*s news channels. ms brammar was previously in charge of the huffington post uk and has worked at the bbc and itn. the bbc�*s head of news fran unsworth said the appointment was made through a fair and open process. it's one small step for billionaires, but could it be a giant leap for space tourism? the first—ever civillian—manned space flight is due to take off from florida after midnight, with a four—person amateur crew, led and funded by entrepreneurjared isaacman. it follows a summer space race between some of the richest men in the world, including sir richard branson and jeff bezos. jonathan amos reports.

they are four people who want to make a difference, on earth, and off it. jared issacman, hayley arceneaux, sian proctor and chris sembroski — the inspiration four crew. they are all amateur astronauts. five, four, three, two... six months ago, they were pursuing everyday careers. today, they're the subject of a netflix documentary series and are preparing to climb aboard a spacex capsule to rocket into the sky. it's been made possible byjared issacman, a wealthy businessman with a passion for planes and some big dreams. i've been going to the space station for some time, and there's just unbelievable science and research and great contributions that are coming out of there, but if we're going to go to the moon again, and we're going to go to mars and beyond, then we've got to get a little outside of our comfort zone and take that next step in that direction. lift-off! mr isaacman purchased the space

flight but then gifted the three adjacent seats to people with an inspirational story to tell. that's exemplified by 29—year—old hayley arceneaux. she overcame bone cancer as a child, and as an adult, has gone back to work for the hospital that cured her. i remember getting off the phone and my hands were shaking. it was just so exhilarating. this is definitely not something i ever imagined would happen. but i think that's what makes it so fun for me. and lift-off! in the 60 years since the first human went into space, fewer than 600 people have ventured above 50 miles in altitude. and most of those have been military—trained personnel. the inspiration four believe they're breaking new ground. they don't have what was famously called "the right stuff", and if they can go into orbit, they say, anyone can. jonathan amos, bbc news. now for your weather with helen.

what a difference a day makes. we have some sunshine, but at this time of year, once the folk forms, it does last through the rush—hour so thatis does last through the rush—hour so that is the main thing to be concerned about if you are travelling. we are between this area of low pressure, this weak weather front up to the north and west, which is still producing some showers for parts of scotland and northern ireland. you can see it here on the satellite picture, this thick cloud, and it will continue to produce showers through this evening, pushing their way north—eastwards across scotland as well, while the cloud continues to melt away further south and east, and as it does so, because we have had all that rain and moisture, the overnight issue becomes mist and fog after the showers make their way across northern scotland full stop they could be some patchy fog anywhere, it could be quite dense as well. and it will be slightly cooler tonight. temperatures dipping back into single figures in rural areas. it has been quite warm, the knights, the last week or so, so we will notice that. as we get up tomorrow, it might be grey and slow to start with for that mist and fog but not for all, with for that mist and fog but not forall, it

with for that mist and fog but not for all, it will be patchy, and once it clears away, probably mid—morning for the likes of the scottish borders and the welsh marches, plenty of sunshine follows. the cloud will clear from the north—east of scotland. it does look less cloudy for western scotland and northern ireland for the first part of the day but we have our next weather front coming in, of the day but we have our next weatherfront coming in, and there could just be the odd isolated shower, but warm again particular in that sunshine, 20 to 22 celsius. that is because we are pulling in a southerly wind, and we pulling it in ahead of this next weather system, which we saw coming into western parts late in the day tomorrow. so thatjust parts late in the day tomorrow. so that just slowly trundles its way eastwards, and it is really going to give us a difficulty for the focus for the weekend, because it stalls. so on friday, some areas could see some fairly wet weather, whilst further east after again a murky start with the mist and fog, it could actually be quite warm and dry full stop brisk winds with these rains, likely to be northern ireland, scotland and wales and the southern west of england, but as we take this walk is poured into the weekend, where will that area of low

pressure and its attendant weather fronts come to live? doesn't look like it will be a wash—out but there will be some showers this weekend and quite a bit of cloud as well. so the weekend, still warm, southerly winds, butjust a little bit more unsettled. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 5pm: the prime minister borisjohnson is holding his first cabinet reshuffle since the general election. dominic raab is demoted from his role as foreign secretary — he becomesjustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. mr raab is replaced as foreign secretary by liz truss — a promotion from her previous role as trade secretary. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their posts asjustice and housing secretary. in the last half hour, michael gove has moved from duchy of lancaster to housing secretary. and intellect at the appointment,

the former health minister nadine dorries