what i want to ask is, would you consider it democratic in 2016 if tory members had picked andrea leadsom, we have to look at the whole system. a lot of it isn't democratic. but you're happy with that? you believe in members? i believe that members and especially now with the growing members of labour party. would you be happy with tory members picking a prime minister. of course you're happy with labour members picking a prime minister, what about tory members. that is democracy. i mean, it's like saying, yeah, i would like to choose, you know, that we weren't going out of europe. but i can't. why on earth not? when blair resigned as leader, the labour members had the opportunity to elect a new leader. as it turned out, it was the same kind of one member election that we had in the conservative party. but it is no different if it is the conservative party or the labour party. but the members, the mp5, are accountable to their voters. and so you used to be, until recently that the mps chose the leader a the prime minister and now the mps might be foisted upon them somebody they don't want

during a debate on the restoration and renewal plans, the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, saidrliament until 2025 at the earliest. with me now is our political correspondent eleanor garnier. eleanor, give us more details esther mcvey a re eleanor, give us more details esther mcvey are leaving but not leaving yet? not leaving quite yet. if the move would not even start until around 2025, of course we will have had another election by then and with a new government and a new parliament, could they change their minds on this whole thing? this big decision on what to do about the state of the palace of westminster has gone on for some time, there have been calls for a decision to make them quickly. the state of the palace is so serious that some believe if we do not get a decision from parliament soon then things could get extremely serious. we heard from the leader of the house, andrea leadsom, that there have been around 60 incidents in the last ten yea rs around 60 incidents in the last ten years that could have led to a serious fire, and we are told to mps, staff and others in

another minister who made it through the reshuffle unscathed was the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom is to appear at business questions. but there was a surprise applet. i'm sure as eager light members of the house will notice, i'm the leader of the house of commons. my right honourable friend is attending sandringham for a meeting of the privy council and we are standing in her place in the they're really our boys jobs and girls jobs. it was supposed to restore the government was diminished authority. never before has a cabinet reshuffle diminished a prime minister quite the way this one has. even to this chaotic government. a conservative referred to speculation before the reshuffle that there was to be a minister for the no deal in the brexit negotiations. the best way to get a good deal is to make clear to them that we are prepared for no deals when we have european withdrawal bill next week, will we have the minister behind brexit in the chamber as we were promised during or before the reshuffle so we can question him or her and if not, why not? i'm sure we'll have a range of de

there are suggestions she could be moved into andrea leadsom's position as leader of the house.lark could potentially be moved. in terms of the names of people potentially staying, we understand philip hammond will probably stay. a lot of brexit ears feel he has not been positive enough about the brexit project. amber rudd, borisjohnson and david davis will probably stay. there had been speculation before christmas that perhaps david davis would be moved elsewhere, but what message would that send to europe? we expect there will be some movement in terms of the new intake, so people who became mps in 2015, perhaps some of those will move up. we know the prime minister has had a lot of pressure from others and her tea m lot of pressure from others and her team who say that the need to promote some new talent. and also the idea that perhaps she could get more women in and people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. soul mix of potential movement. at the moment, speculation, so we're not sure. sun attempt to freshen up the government, but at the same time she has to maintain

business secretary greg clark, patrick maclachlan, the party chairman, and also andrea leadsom, the leaderuse of commons. according to the sunday times, those who are likely to stay in their posts include boris johnson, who are likely to stay in their posts include borisjohnson, philip hammond, amber rudd, david davis, and speculation about a possible promotion forjeremy hunt, the health secretary, or chris grayling, who could step into the job vacated by damian green. our political correspondent susana mendonca is in our london newsroom this morning, what could we expect to happen over the coming days? i suppose at this stage, susanna, it is all speculation? very much so. if you speak to downing street, which we have, they have said it is all guesswork. but we know that there is going to be a reshuffle, said people are going to move about. we understand the cabinet posts will be reshuffled tomorrow, and on tuesday, we will have the more junior roles. what we understand is that theresa may is under lots of pressure to bring up new rising stars, as it were, within the conservative party. sh

during a debate on the restoration and renewal plans, the leader of the commons andrea leadsom said mpss of parliament until 2025 at the earliest. here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. the key thing is if the move would not start until 2025 would have had another election by them, with a new government and parliament could they change their minds on this whole thing? this big decision on what to do about the state of the palace of westminster has gone on for quite some time and there have been calls for a decision to be made quickly, because the state of the palaces so serious. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. president trump says his first year in office has advanced his mission to make america great again, but his opponents say millions of people are left behind. let me take you some of the main stories from bbc world service. many of kenya's privately owned tv and radio stations are still off air. this started yesterday when they attempted to broadcast the opposition leader rail odinga swearing himself in as "the people's president." that is from bbc s

the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, told mps that the aim was to end the uncertainty for everyone to discuss with trade unions and with industry representatives, to be able to ensure that we get to the bottom of this as soon as we possibly can. the government's spending watchdog says private companies will get almost £200 billion from the public purse over the next 20 years for deals set up under private finance initiatives. pfi schemes allow private companies to build and maintain schools, hospitals and other projects in return for an annual payment. the national audit office says annual charges have reached more than £10 billion. its report was written before the collapse of carillion. the government says it only approves pfi schemes that are value for money. royal watchers queued in cardiff from dawn to see prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle. the couple did a walkabout at cardiff castle — after arriving an hour late due to train delays. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is in cardiff. sarah, people were not put off by the weather publicly? they certainly won't. it

some of the rumour mill suggests that she might the moved into the role currently held by andrea leadsompartly because theresa may had a torrid time over the last couple of months where we saw two ministers actually standing down. another minister, damian green, was forced to resign over issues around his conduct. so she is in a position where she does need to have something of a reshuffle. the understand there is lots of pressure oi'i understand there is lots of pressure on herto understand there is lots of pressure on her to bring up new names, people who are perhaps rising stars of the party. —— who are perhaps rising stars of the party. — — we who are perhaps rising stars of the party. —— we understand. the danger for theresa may, as always with reshuffles, is that you end up creating enemies, especially if you put somebody on the back and she doesn't want to be them, or you put them ona doesn't want to be them, or you put them on a roll that they don't want, that could be difficult for her. she only has a working majority of 12. we saw her lose a vote before christmas because she ha

to the sunday times said that three senior cabinet ministers, justin greening, greg clark and andrea leadsoming with the prime minister was no inclination to play ball and that they have to use. dixon and less they have to do. the journalist toby young has resigned from the new university regulator and theresa may on sunday giving a qualified vote of confidence but now he stepped down because of his controversial statements in the past. this will pass most voters by frankly, they won't necessarily know who toby young was and how stepped back. theresa may pinned her colours to the mast at the weekend, the pressure built, it might happen unnoticed to people but yesterday at the dispatch box, jo johnson, unnoticed to people but yesterday at the dispatch box, jojohnson, who was instrumental in appointing him, was instrumental in appointing him, was getting difficult questions from either side, his own side as well. it's a headache for the prime minister and unnecessary from her point of view. thank you for coming in. former adviserfor point of view. thank you for coming in. former adviser for th

theresa may's former director of human occasions said today that andrea leadsom was told to make thee the plans? we have been waiting nearly three years. it is a 22 year environment plan. you mentioned in your introduction the hog a husky moment, that manifested as cut the group —— cut the green clap. let's talk about the ideas being talked about today. do you welcome them? the prime minister has a target to end voidable plastic. booing it is difficult to find one. isa booing it is difficult to find one. is a plastic tampon applicators? lawro, do you know what i voidable plastic is? this is the problem. we have had is the pre—briefing. in 25 years i will be 75, the prime minister will be 86. we can't wait to tackle the tide of plastic waste in ourocean. we to tackle the tide of plastic waste in our ocean. we also need to be looking holistically at how we tackle climate change and how we meet the current recycling targets, which is 50% recycled by 2020, which we are currently set to miss. mary is right. there is a short—term needs to get things done. if government wants to solve a big

education secretary, greg clark, the business secretary, greg clark, the business secretary, andrea leadsomfeeling there is real pressure building up on the backbenches from new tory mps who are putting up their hands and saying, hey, what about us, give us a go. mrs may has to make some space somewhere. it is those long—serving middle ranking ministers who are looking vulnerable. thank you, norman. so, watch of the new team look like and what message should it centre the country? —— what should the new team look like. let‘s ask two of the party‘s mps who‘ve not yet made it into a ministerialjob. rachel maclean was elected in 2015 as the mp for redditch. kwasi kwarteng was elected in 2010. he‘s the mp for spelthorne in surrey, and works for chancellor philip hammond. he became his parliamentary private sec after the 2017 general election. welcome, both of you. according to commentators, the pm wants more mps from ethnic minorities and more women in hertop team. are either you of expecting a call? i‘m not expecting anything. i have beenin i‘m not expecting anything. i have been in parliament