brandon lewis, the justice is toast, is what he said.ut no confirmation yet about him. we haven't had the appointments yet, and i've spoken to many mps, many of them close to rishi sunak, who say they really don't know what his plans will be. he has kept it very tight. some said it has been hermetically sealed, this process, and that is how he wanted it. he hasn't promised jobs to anyone, including penny mordaunt, i'm told, so we will have to wait and see once it's all official.— it's all official. indeed, and he hasn't promised _ it's all official. indeed, and he hasn't promised any _ it's all official. indeed, and he hasn't promised any jobs, i it's all official. indeed, and he hasn't promised any jobs, but| it's all official. indeed, and he i hasn't promised any jobs, but at the hasn't promised anyjobs, but at the same time, he has talked about uniting the party. he has said unite or die — does that mean he has to bring in people from all wings of the party? bring in people from all wings of the -a ? a, , bring in people from all wing

the business secretaryas first to resign followed by justice secretary brandon lewis.die morton is leaving as chief whip. th tory party chairman is out. whales secretary gone, also the education secretary, leveling up secretary simon clark. the environment secretary. let's talk to conservative mp caulfield who joined the effort to bring back mr. johnson but switched to mr. sunak. we talked about people who are out but there are so many of the same names in the cabinet. how can this be a fresh start? guest: i think what rishi sunak is doing is bringing -- at this time whether we've got such a urgency about getting the work done, the cost of energy, factors we are facing, but many other issues. having people that know their briefs and have worked in those departments before cannot be underestimated how important that is. if you have a whole new team that need to meet civil servants, that takes time. having people who can walk in the door and get on the job from day one is ccial. host: you originally wanted a return for boris johnson. what made you change your mind? guest

and that person, this time is a man called brandon lewis, who i'm sure you know don't, and i'm actually struggling to think what his job is at the moment. i think he might be just a secretary. i he who sort of he, he think he could do it. realistically. they've the names to watch a ratio student who came 2nd last time, penny mordant, who missed out how to interpret as anyone has had a good, a successful run in trust as 6 weeks in office. penny has. those are the 2 by the i would, i would really be watching and it's quite possible. last time the party was given a choice between receive soon and someone else. they chose someone else. so i wouldn't rule out doing that again, but it didn't go all that well, did it, robert hutton, veteran, thank you for your time tonight. let's take a look now and some of the other stories were falling for you today. b, c o, b and government says it will take part in peace talks on the 2 year old conflict in the northern region. next week. negotiations with the people's liberation front and south africa are due to take place after a previous attempt failed e

hear that wendy morton is out as chief whip and heading to the backbenches, jacob rees mogg and brandon lewisrted earlier on have left the government, both resigned as business secretary and justice secretary respectively. the uk has its third prime minister in only seven weeks. rishi sunak was formally a point of this morning by control. there will be continuing coverage on the bbc news channel, including all those cabinet reshuffle appointment we expect in the coming hours. in a moment on bbc one, the news where you are, but we leave you with some of the images and moments of the last few hours, after yet another momentous day in british politics. from all of us here in downing street, thank you for watching. our country continues to battle through a storm, but i believe in britain. i believe in the british people. and i know that brighter days lie ahead. thank you. together we can achieve incredible things. we will create a future worthy of the sacrifices so many have made and fill tomorrow and every day thereafter with hope. thank you. welcome to downing street, where the prime minister,

thejustice secretary brandon lewis has said the deal is the restart of a constructive relationship.ntment, unlike his predecessor, who had refused to negotiate. but the challenges he faces are far more complicated than barristers' pay. he is under pressure to slash backlogs which now means some trials take more than two years to be heard. the more than two years to be heard. tue government more than two years to be heard. tte government attempted more than two years to be heard. "ttj: government attempted to more than two years to be heard. ttj: government attempted to claim more than two years to be heard. t“tj: government attempted to claim this was a consequence of the barristers' strikes but that is simply not true. the global covid—i9 pandemic exasperated the court delays. however, court delays have been around for nearly 20 years. this was just another burden on an already stretched system. this just another burden on an already stretched system.— stretched system. this result is a ma'or stretched system. this result is a major victory _ stretched system. this result is a majo

the conservator party conference on the brandon lewis suggested it would change and today, in a writteniness like this, but there will be some sort of attempt to change the emphasis of the policy. find sort of attempt to change the emphasis of the policy. and we know when this is — emphasis of the policy. and we know when this is going _ emphasis of the policy. and we know when this is going to _ emphasis of the policy. and we know when this is going to start? - emphasis of the policy. and we know when this is going to start? yes, i when this is going to start? yes, the oli when this is going to start? yes, the policy will — when this is going to start? yes, the policy will begin _ when this is going to start? yes the policy will begin effectively straightaway, but we will not see the full details of it until they update their policy later in the year, so exactly quite how it is going to work, not clear. what has been happening with some problematic prisoners is they have been going to a particular wing of one of the women's prisons, and i might be an option you might, because there has

brandon lewis who replaced dominic raab asjustice secretaryjust a matter of weeks ago, has basically with the ministry of but they had toa ct on other chronic issues within the system. let's hearfrom her now. i think firstly, there is a lot of anger— i think firstly, there is a lot of anger because barristers were driven to take _ anger because barristers were driven to take this_ anger because barristers were driven to take this action as a last resort and that— to take this action as a last resort and that has caused stress and division — and that has caused stress and division within the profession and we hope — division within the profession and we hope to move to become united. why the _ we hope to move to become united. why the offer has been taken, it is a step. _ why the offer has been taken, it is a step. it _ why the offer has been taken, it is a step. it is — why the offer has been taken, it is a step, it is seen as a first step on which — a step, it is seen as a first step on which to— a step, it is seen as a first step on which to build. however, there is still a _ on wh

thejustice secretary brandon lewis has said the deal is the restart of a constructive relationship. the court delays. however, court delays have been around for nearly 20 years. this wasjust another burden on an already stretched system. this result is a major victory for ministers but many barristers still have grave reservations about whether or not the government will inject enough cash into the courts to enter the backlogs in courts like this one in north london. if they don't see that investment, they are prepared to go back out on strike. dominic casciani, bbc news. here with me now is nigel lithman qc who is a barrister, criminal qc, judge and former chair of the criminal bar association. good to have you with us and thanks forjoining us. were barristers right to accept this offer? the?r right to accept this offer? they were right _ right to accept this offer? they were right to — right to accept this offer? they were right to do _ right to accept this offer? they were right to do so _ right to accept this offer? they were right to do so with - right to accept this offer? iis

business secretary jacob rees—mogg was first to resign, followed by justice secretary brandon lewis.s also out. sir robert buckland has gone, as well. then there's the education secretary kit malthouse, levelling up secretary simon clarke and environment secretary raniljayawardena. maria caulfield and originally wanted to bring back boris but she switch to rishi sunak. there are so many of the same names in the cabinet, how can this be a fresh start?— this be a fresh start? what he's doinu is this be a fresh start? what he's doing is bringing _ this be a fresh start? what he's doing is bringing forward - this be a fresh start? what he's doing is bringing forward the i doing is bringing forward the talents of the party, and i think it's really important at this time when we've got such a urgency with getting the cost of energy factors we are facing, particularly around. having people who know their briefs who've worked in those departments before, it's impossible to underestimate how boring that is, because when you have a new team to learn its department, that takes time. having peop

speaking this morning, thejustice secretary brandon lewis said he still believed the government was doingbeen in a position where in the medium—term we want to make sure we have that debt to gdp ratio moving in the right way, get on top of that. actually, we've still got the second lowest in the g7. but the chancellor... look, the chancellor and the prime minister listen to what people say. and we often get criticised as politicians for not listening to people, they have listened, they want to focus on that wider package that he outlined, a package that's going to help the most vulnerable in society, a tax cut for 30 million people, and drive economic growth, which ultimately means more money to spend on public services. so i think what they've done, i think, is a good thing in the sense that they've shown they are prepared to listen to people. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, who's at the tory conference. another day at the conservative confidence, do you think the prime minister and the chancellor in particular can reassess more control of the situati

thejustice secretary brandon lewis has said the deal is the restart of a constructive relationship.icated than barristers' pay. he is under pressure to slash backlogs which now means some trials take more than two years to be heard. the government attempted to claim this was a consequence of the barristers' strikes but that is simply not true. the global covid—19 pandemic exasperated the court delays. however, court delays have been around for nearly 20 years. this wasjust another burden on an already stretched system. this result is a major victory for ministers but many barristers still have grave reservations about whether or not the government will inject enough cash into the courts to enter the backlogs in courts like this one in north london. if they don't see that investment, they are prepared to go back out on strike. dominic casciani, bbc news. back to our main news, those missile strikes in ukraine. there is pressure on hardliner —— from hardliners in moscow to change tactics and escalate the war against ukraine. 0ursecurity tactics and escalate the war against ukraine. 0u

business secretary jacob rees—mogg was first to resign — followed byjustice secretary brandon lewis.s said he will go — leaving the role of wales secretary vacant. then there's the education secretary kit malthouse, levelling up secretary simon clarke and environment secretary raniljayawardena. so can rishi sunak unite a divided conservative party? i spoke earlier to former tory mp anna soubry for her thoughts on the new pm might fare in the topjob. what people want is competence and stability and decency. i think of a decency front there's no reason to think that rishi sunak will deliver on that for that competence, we get to see. asjohn asked schwartz has rightly identified, this is like the titanic ——john rightly identified, this is like the titanic —— john ashworth. it's like shifting the deck chairs around on the titanic i think the conservative parties reputation with your viewers, out in the real world away from west minister is in absolute tatters. he has a mountain to climb if the conservatives are going to get thrashed at the next general election. i have to say, i'm quite

mercifully we settled on brandon lewis. brenda lewis is not bad, he's all right.c raab, it's just extraordinary.— just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to ou for just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to you for a _ just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to you for a bit — just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to you for a bit longer. _ just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to you for a bit longer. good - just extraordinary. i'd love to talk to you for a bit longer. good to i to you for a bit longer. good to talk with you. let's recap a bit on those appointments. just to let you knowjeremy had saying chancellor as returning his deputy pm, james cleverly staying on, ben wallace staying on, suella braverman reappointed as home secretary. earlier on ahead of those appointments. earlier on ahead of those appointments. mr sunak gave a speech to the nation before making his way into number ten as prime minister for the first time. he said "i will unite the country, not with words, but with action." he is the third leader in seven weeks, but today he promised he will fix mistak

thejustice secretary brandon lewis has said the deal is the restart of a constructive relationship.er pressure to slash backlogs which now means some trials take more than two years to be heard. the government attempted to claim this was a consequence of the barristers�* strikes but that is simply not true. the global covid—19 pandemic exasperated the court delays. however, court delays have been around for nearly 20 years. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: a wave of russian missile strikes have hit on cities across ukraine, sparking international outrage. the heads of the two big global financial institutions — the world bank and the international monetary fund — have warned of a growing risk of global recession, with inflation an ongoing problem, following russia�*s invasion of ukraine. now this is the imf�*s current forecast for global growth in 2023: 2.9 percent. but that�*s expected to be slashed at this week�*s annual meetings in washington of both the imf and world bank, due to shocks caused by the covid pandemic, the war in ukraine and cl

and brandon lewis does not want an early general election, does he?speech tomorrow. her big challenge is going tomorrow. her big challenge is going to be to get some of the back when we know a lot of her party are less than happy.— are less than happy. indeed, thank ou ve are less than happy. indeed, thank you very much _ are less than happy. indeed, thank you very much indeed. _ are less than happy. indeed, thank you very much indeed. a _ are less than happy. indeed, thank you very much indeed. a month, . you very much indeed. a month, goodness me! aha, you very much indeed. a month, goodness me!— you very much indeed. a month, goodness me! a lot can happen in a month. goodness me! a lot can happen in a month- four — goodness me! a lot can happen in a month. four weeks _ goodness me! a lot can happen in a month. four weeks ago _ goodness me! a lot can happen in a month. four weeks ago today - goodness me! a lot can happen in a month. four weeks ago today you l goodness me! a lot can happen in a . month. four weeks ago today you were in downing street

some clearing out going on, we know thatjacob rees—mogg has gone as business secretary, brandon lewisfor work and pensions. she supported in the recent leadership contest rishi sunak but she may have gone to create space. find sunak but she may have gone to create space-— sunak but she may have gone to create space. and we think wendy morton has _ create space. and we think wendy morton has gone _ create space. and we think wendy morton has gone as _ create space. and we think wendy morton has gone as chief- create space. and we think wendy morton has gone as chief whip. i create space. and we think wendy| morton has gone as chief whip. so create space. and we think wendy - morton has gone as chief whip. so we have seven vacancies of a cabinet of 24. that leaves quite a bit of wriggle room and we may get some more about that is a decent bit of space to move people around and bring new people in.— space to move people around and bring new people in. remember there are --eole bring new people in. remember there are peeple in — bring new people in. remember there are peeple in the _ bring

our political editor chris mason is saying that those close to brandon lewis are urging him to stand, want to make the decision themselves, that we will wait and see if they make that call. and that could mean this moves quite quickly. on the threshold is to get through various rounds are actually quite high make sure there is a new prime minister in place by this time next week. {3t in place by this time next week. of course, look at your phone at any time you want, i will not take it as an insult at all! of course you've got to do is to keep up with as you get messages from important political sources. get messages from important politicalsources. but get messages from important political sources. butjust on the terms of the rules, then, that's going to be crucial, isn't it, that threshold? not to be rude to potential contenders but they will want to weed out fringe candidates who will not attract much support in order to keep this contest as short as possible, just a few days. i think that is absolutely right. there is absolutely no doubt that that's the case. mps in the conservati