but i still welcome the work that andrea leadsom and hergroup's welcome the work that andrea leadsom is unusable. there are so many flaws in the policy that we cannot navigate our way through that. one of the things the fda is saying about these proposals is that they are a good start, but they don't go all the way. while the independent investigation process is good and i echo those compliments to the policy, it doesn't go far enough. so what would you add to it? there are a few things we would change. firstly, they have to address the issues of the past. the group have made a choice to restrict the staff bringing past complaints under the new policies. they are not going to be able to bring past complaints from before the last election. and if the complaint is since then, they can only bring it for investigation. that means investigation and no sanctions. what do you make of that cut—off? anything before june do you make of that cut—off? anything beforejune last do you make of that cut—off? anything before june last year, do you make of that cut—off? anything beforejune last year,

that was andrea leadsom. i'm wondering, what has been the reaction to all of that? and what keeps the parliamentary process running. it is extremely unusual not to honour them. even the most fractures of political times, it seems underhand not just for these political times, it seems underhand notjust for these pairing agreements not to be honoured. labour and the lib dems are calling forjulian smith to explain himself to the house and what has gone on, and the prime minister misled the house when she said it had been an honest error. this is wes streeting raising the issue in the house of commons earlier. they do not like to hear it, madam deputy speaker, that this is what one honourable member from the benches is quoted as saying. "julian told me i was needed and to come in and vote. of course he knew i was paired. idid vote. of course he knew i was paired. i did not vote and honoured my pair, and he demanded to know why not afterwards. it then appears that he told the prime minister it was allan he told the prime minister it was all an honest mistake". now, madam

andrea leadsom said this week, that is it, that is the bottom line? half the cabinet would resign.has shown amazing resilience, it is true that resilience is a human quality. but to what effect? and the cost of it? you wonder whether it is a good thing for the country as a whole. i mean, yes, the tory party hasn't imploded yet. it will. you know, you are talking about the possible messy dislocation. we are getting there. you know, you've got the european research group, that cultish, quite large cult of 80 mps, a strong group of brexiteers. why do we call them a cult? ok, let's call it a clique. so you've got this eurosceptic clique in the tory party. but of course we can say there is momentum in the labour party, which is another clique, you might call it a cult, or a faction. actually, on brexit, the labour party is eerily quiet. that is why the brexiteers and rees—moggites can be so vocal. if the politicians can't solve this problem, should we do as justine greening said, throw it out to a second referendum? the problem is there would be no agreement as to what the question woul

that was andrea leadsom arriving in downing street, the cabinet meeting getting under way.r the latest developments on that. a quick look at how the markets are faring. in europe we have been going for 50 minutes, fairly flat but headed in the right direction. now for something entirely different! now, we do things on this show so you don't have to. and this next story is no exception. ben donned a hard hat and safety harness to test out london's newest attraction. it's called zip now and is the world s biggest and fastest inner city zip wire. open for its second year, it's on track to get around 64,000 riders overjust a 16—week period. but how and why are they doing it, given the challenges of setting up in the middle of one of the busiest cities in the world? well, i asked its founder, barry shaverin. it is huge, yeah. two towers. the first tower is 35 metres, the landing tower is 12 metres. they are 235 metres apart. we have also got three zip wires which is bigger than last year, we had two last year. it is quite a big undertaking, barry. where did this idea come from?

andrea leadsom on football and fair play in the commons.y night at ”pm for our round up of the week in westminster, when we'll be looking back over the last few days in the commons and the lords. but for now, from me, goodbye. well, i'm sure you will know what i'm going to say, we're in for a hot and sunny day, no changes to our weather. in fact, the weekend is looking particularly hot across england, temperatures expected to rise. i will say, though, there is a chance of one or two storms across south—eastern parts of the country on friday, or at least a big downpours. we had that on thursday, tunbridge wells with some flash flooding. there's a lot of clear whether across the country now, no widespread cloud rain or anything like that but the heat is so intense that it has been sparking off some showers. this is a picture from thursday from east sussex where we had some downpours and we could see further downpours around sussex in kent and maybe even greater london a bit later on friday afternoon. in the short—term, early hours of friday l

most vocal critics of the brexit approach and the other ones who have been out today, not least andrea leadsome house of commons, who was on newsnight saying despite the fact she is a brexiteer, she supports the prime minister's version of the plan. looking at the senior cabinet jobs, the home secretary, chancellor, foreign secretary and prime minister, they all supported remain during the referendum, although some, like the home secretary, sajid javid, has come round to more of a brexit supporting perspective. you could imagine theresa may might have a more unified cabinet but what she hasn't done, in fact quite the opposite, is resolve the tensions on the backbenches in the party, because that's where there's a huge amount of concern about the prime minister's approach and talk tonight of not just minister's approach and talk tonight of notjust ousting the prime minister, but on how they can pile on the pressure to get her to change policy, weather tactically through votes in the house of commons, all with other resignations. —— whether tactically. we haven't seen the end of this drama but f

the whole system has been led by the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, and she on the group shedmit it is not a permanent system and there is still some way to go but they say there is a positive step to creating the long—term cultural change in parliament. 7 million people in north—west england are facing a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. the company says the temporary ban will "safeguard essential supplies" in the region, where reservoir levels are already low. danny savage is at a reservoir near bolton. danny... yes, reeta, just a few mails from bolton and this reservoir should be full of water at this time of year. as you can see, it is empty. the ground around it at the bottom is all cracked by the sun we have had over the last few weeks, and there are other reservoirs like this at the moment. people here have been encouraged to stop using as much water as they have been used to and they have responded to that which has led to a slight drop in demand but not enough. it means with no rai

the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, has announced a series of measures to tackle sexual westminster. the new code of conduct follows several allegations of inappropriate behaviour last winter. mps will vote on the proposals on thursday. the headlines on bbc news... it's another gruelling day for theresa may and her brexit plans — remain supporters are threatening to support legislation, that could wreck her proposals. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined and referred to the police for breaking electoral rules during the referendum two years ago. after siding with valdimir putin over america's intelligence agencies, donald trump faces a tidal wave of criticism, including from the most senior republican in congress. and england are chasing 257 to win the odi and england are chasing 257 to win the 0di against india. the wicket of jonny bairstow was the first to fall. he was gone for 30. the frenchman has won the tenth stage of the tour de france. geraint thomas and chris froome finished nearly two minutes behind the race leader. and liverpool make an offe

were very close, those reports in the times were raised today earlier in the commons and here is andrea leadsomssured the house yesterday that it was a error that the cheap web and my right honourable friend, the member for great yarmouth, had both apologise for. there were three pairs on tuesday and i myself was one of them andl tuesday and i myself was one of them and i did not receive any call from anyone telling me to vote. conservative party sources still maintain that the jo swinson breakdown of the arrangement, the breakdown of the arrangement, the breakdown where it jo breakdown of the arrangement, the breakdown where itjo swinson, her hair, brandon lewis and voted, they are insisting that that was a mistake but it is understood that there was consideration by the chief whip of deliberately breaking other short—term pairing arrangements, arrangements that were put together on an ad hoc basis by that night for a particular votes when mps had other commitments or were out of the country. it is understood that none of those actually went ahead, but the fact that there was a consideration o

the whole system has been led by the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and she admits itightly to 2.7%, which means the bank of england may decide against raising interest rates in august. the european union and japan sign one of the biggest free trade deals in history, which will cover almost a third of the world‘s gdp. the head of the european commision, jean—claudejuncker, said the deal was a victory for free trade. more on that in a moment. the uk government has warned it must raise taxes or cut spending to fund extra spending on the nhs. the warning came from the financial watchdog — the office for budget responsibility — which said that the country‘s finances would suffer unless action was taken. so the eu has signed the biggest single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winnerfor them. single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winner for them. the single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winnerfor them. the idea is the eu will export dairy products mostly to japan, japan‘s biggest exporter the eu is cars which will be tariff—free now and clearly it is a winfor be t