matt hancock, who knows charlotte edwardes. that's up who knows charlotte edwardes. one thing and matt hancock indicating perhaps another? look, i do not think it is another? look, i do not think it is a good idea to be drawn into personal allegations. 0n a good idea to be drawn into personal allegations. on my part, i'm not going to get into that. the prime minister, as you said, has said this is completely untrue. and i have full faith in the prime minister and i do not doubt what he has said for a second. but i'm not going to be drawn into these allegations. mrjohnson has also been under pressure to defend his relationship with the american tech entrepreneurjennifer arcuri. the police watchdog — the independent 0ffice for police conduct — is assessing whether he should be investigated for a criminal offence because of his dealings withjennifer arcuri when he was mayor of london. ms arcuri was given thousands of pounds in sponsorship and joined him on three trade missions. but he insisted yesterday there was "no interest to declare". so, no conflict—of—interest. th

this is charlotte edwards, saying it happened at the spectator?was a party sitting next to boris johnson who was then the editor of the magazine, and has accused him of groping her thigh during this lunch. downing street have come out to deny this. matt hancock rather foolishly describe this as saying the issue was a private matter, to which people said, hang on a second, is this conduct a private matter? and rightly, he has withdrawn that and has clarified his comment. the government has said there is no truth in this allegation and charlotte edwards has said that if the prime minister cannot remember this, she has a better memory than he does for stop a lot of people have rallied to support her. well, if anything else, apart from brexit, the remain alliance, loss of the majority, loss of a by—election, loss of seven key votes in parliament, to have these kinds of allegations coming out at the beginning of a conservative party conference, while all convention has gone out the window and there is a parliament sitting at an annual party conference,

in addition to that today, charlotte edwards are columns for the sunday times and her first column forllegation that 20 years ago, when mrjohnson was the editor of the spectator magazine and she was a young journalist, they were at a lunch in which they were sat together and mr johnson, she alleges, had put his hand on her thigh, high up her leg. tonight, downing street and said that that allegation is untrue. but charlotte edwards said in response that that must mean that she has a better memory than mrjohnson. into the mix on this story, matt hancock, who is the health secretary, said tonight that he knows charlotte edwards well and regard her as entirely trustworthy and amber rudd, who was in borisjohnson ‘s girl cabinet until recently and then resigned and left the conservative parliamentary party, said that she agreed with mr hancock. mrjohnson facing some awkward questions, albeit about something that happened quite some time ago, but i suppose you put both of those things together, they are clearly different allegations at different times different circumstances, but for mr john

writing in the sunday times, charlotte edwardes said the incident took place in 1999, but the prime ministerne greening, now an independent mp, says it raises significant questions. i can't comment on those accusations, but they are deeply concerning, and in the sense they go to the heart of this question about character and integrity of people in public life and what standards the electorate have a right to expect. of course, denied very firmly by number 10. it's up to them how they respond to them, i'm saying i do think there's a question of character and integrity, and that also goes as far as a prime minister being straight with the british public about what he's asking europe for on their behalf. one of the prime minister's most outspoken critics, sir nicholas soames, said he believes both borisjohnson and charlotte edwardes' version of events. sir nicholas was expelled from the conservative party earlier this month after he voted against the government to try and stop a no—deal brexit. he's been speaking to victoria derbyshire about the decision to be absolutely frank, i'm... disappoin

i have taken over the job that charlotte edwards was doing. know who i would believe in this instance. the problem is, these stories keep coming up again and again and as a kind of go to the character of boris johnson. we live in a time when people do not want to go over people 's private lives but these stories are stacking up and it is not a good look for the prime minister. where do you think it goes from here?|j think do you think it goes from here?” think borisjohnson will do you think it goes from here?” think boris johnson will keep stonewalling it. there are a lot of questions around his private life. we do not know to this day how many children he has. i think he will keep stonewalling this. brexit is going to be the only thing he will focus on. it is quite frumpy in. if you do not like borisjohnson you think this is terrible and if you do, why is this a big deal? if brexit is going to be the overriding deal, if potentially there is no fresher deal and boris johnson insists on living in halloween, and he says he will not break the law

in this case, regarding journalist charlotte edwardes, they did intervene.ause they don't want this to be rippling through this conference. they want to try and kill off the story. but i wonder if there is just a little bit of unease about the potential damage these sorts of stories are doing in terms of mrjohnson's standing with female voters. thanks, norman, we are fully briefed and up to speed. talk to you later. the chancellor sajid javid will be delivering a speech at the conservative party conference this afternoon and we'll be going to that live at 2.45, so do stay with us for that. the health secretary, matt hancock, says he's "looking very seriously" at making vaccinations compulsory for all school children in england. there's been a rise in the number of measles cases — and the latest figures show a fall in the take—up of all routine jabs for under—fives in the last year. simonjones reports. so we just do about there. a massive drive is needed, according to the health secretary, to get more children vaccinated. he told an event at the conservative

denied the chair and the solid geisha in that he groups are 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwards says the incident took place when she worked at the spectator a conservative news magazine paul johnson was it says iter the allegations against johnson are overshadowing the 2nd day of the u.k.'s annual conservative party conference in manchester well the conservatives are trying to steer that conversation away from back sets at that conference nigh opposition parties are meeting to discuss ways to prevent crashing out of the european union without a deal honestly has more from manchester. but slogan you can see behind me get bricks it done is 100 percent the message of the conservative party wants the whole of the u.k. to hear over the next 3 days of the conference very simple slogan dreamt up undoubtedly by boris johnson's chief of staff dominic cummings who controls policy entirely now in downing street dominic cummings the man responsible for the original brics its slogan take back control before the 2016 referendum and it's entirely designed to appeal to an electorate to the con

he has had to answer questions about whether he did grasp the thigh of charlotte edwardes, but now weim that the woman on the other side of him, whose allege thigh he also squeezed, was in fact the wife of his chief advisor, dominic cummings, the power behind the throne at westminster. she has denied that and said boris johnson was always a good boss. but does any of this matter? well at one level you can say borisjohnson has denied this, it happened 20 years ago, probably won't make any difference to how borisjohnson is viewed by the party faithful here. but it matters in this sense, boris johnson is having to talk about something he didn't want to talk about and it raises the woman fact or. does boris johnson about and it raises the woman fact or. does borisjohnson have a problem with women? i say that, because we have had these allegations, we had the claims about the business woman jennifer arcuri and the brusque response to female mps in the house of commons. and the concern is this could dent boris johnson's standing with female voters. thank you. that meeting of opposition part

elsewhere, he said he had spoken to the prime minister about the charlotte edwards allegations.who alleges that some 20 years ago at a lunch at the spectator, where she was working on borisjohnson was editor, that he squeezed her thigh. downing street have denied that. sajid javed said he had sought reassurances from him and was satisfied by what he had been told. not so, it would seem, justine greening, who thought it did raise significant issues. justine greening, who thought it did raise significant issueslj justine greening, who thought it did raise significant issues. i can't comment on those accusations, but they are deeply concerning, and in a sense, they go to the heart of this question about character and integrity of people in public life and what standards the electorate have a right to expect. of course, denied very firmly by number ten. it's up to them how they respond to them. i'm saying i do think there is a question of character and integrity. and that also goes as far as the prime minister being straight with the british public about what he is asking europe for

has denied a journalist accusations that he groped her 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwards says it happened when she worked at the spectator that's a conservative news magazine while johnson was its editor the case is overshadowing the 2nd day at the annual conservative party conference in manchester charlie has this update from. the conservative party conference in manchester boris johnson is plowing ahead with his new policy promises on health care housing and infrastructure allegations he. was at a luncheon 1909 approving very hard to ignore downing street says the allegations are untrue but a number of m.p.'s including some within johnson's own cabinet say they know. to be trustworthy meanwhile here in opposition leaders met to discuss the possibility of a vote of no confidence in the government but the liberal democrat leader said that is not going to happen this week because it would bring about more likely to bring about a new deal of a play into the prime minister's hands but it could happen in 3 weeks time it was also an urgent question focusing on the allegations

denied the chair and the solid geisha in that he groups are 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwardssays the incident took place when she worked at the spectator a conservative news magazine paul johnson was it says iter the allegations against johnson are overshadowing the 2nd day of the u.k.'s annual conservative party conference in manchester well the conservatives are trying to steer that conversation away from bracks it at that conference nigh opposition parties are meeting to discuss ways to prevent crashing out of the european union without a deal honestly has more from manchester. but slogan you can see behind me get bricks it done is 100 percent the message of the conservative party wants the whole of the u.k. to hear over the next 3 days of the conference very simple slogan dreamt up undoubtedly by boris johnson's chief of staff dominic cummings who controls policy entirely now in downing street adama.

has denied a journalist accusations that he groped her 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwards says it happened when she worked at the spectator that's a conservative news magazine while johnson was its editor the case is overshadowing the 2nd day of the annual conservative party conference in manchester austria's conservative leader sebastian kurtz looks likely to return to power exit polls for the snap elections suggest his people's party is in the lead with more than 37 percent of the votes but he's looking for a new coalition partners after a corruption scandal undermined his old ally the far right freedom party dominic cain has more from vienna. reaction to sunday's election result here in austria has been swift and pretty clear most people agreeing it was a resigning success for the people's party under sebastien courts the man who'd been voted out of office by the parliament behind me back in the spring now seemingly propelled back towards power in september by taking the number of votes that he did the number of seats that he did people say he now has the choice of whic

the major talking points of the consummate of conference has been this article, an article by charlotte edwardsed her and another woman a jenny —— at ——ata —— at a dinner party two decades ago. a conservative spoke and says thatis ago. a conservative spoke and says that is not true. and then there is this concerning the american businesswomanjennifer macklin. this concerning the american businesswoman jennifer macklin. she went on trade ships wall boris johnson was mayor of london and it is alleged she received several tripping due to herfriendship is alleged she received several tripping due to her friendship with mrjohnson. it is reported she is telling friends she had an affair with him. the prime minister denies he did anything wrong. two distinct stories that which raised two distinct issues around potential inappropriate conduct. how do you assess the two of them?” inappropriate conduct. how do you assess the two of them? i would just say this briefly. you've got the number ten downing st denials. to those people who back brexit and who like borisjohnson as the leader of brexit, whatever

has denied a journalist's accusations that he groped her 2 decades ago sunday times columnist charlotte edwards says it happened when she worked at the spectator that's a conservative news magazine while johnson was its editor the case is overshadowing the 2nd day of the annual conservative party conference in manchester. protesters are gathering in haiti's capital demanding the president's resignation schools and businesses are closed in port au prince's offices from leaders called for people to either demonstrate or stay safe at home there's been weeks of protests in haiti over fuel shortages and an economic downturn when you are alone has more from haiti's capital port au prince. here in the haitian capital things have quieted down quite a bit we're not seeing the scale of the protests that took place last week on friday when thousands of people took to the streets once again calling on the resignation of haitian president juvenile mores there were police that were attempting to disperse the crowd using tear gas at times police even used live ammunition they were a much larger protest than w

story today, the pre—minister has denied, of course, the allegations of touching the thigh of charlotte edwardse, one of the journalists that may have witnessed this, no, she wasn't. you get this feeble atmosphere here, but it's not really, i think, affecting most of the delegates. the question is whether it affects the pre—minister‘s reputation, i guess, with the wider electorates. but so far, as you know, borisjohnson is a, shall we say, somehow overcome so many challenges in his political life, it's not necessarily stop him from getting into number ten downing st, the question is will it now stop him from winning a subsequent election. i don't think the allegations will die down, in what would be, ithink, when it allegations will die down, in what would be, i think, when it comes a very, very contentious election, indeed. but so far, it hasn't quite caught him out. i think they are are still of course questions around his role as london mayor, questions were and whether he should have declared and whether he should have declared an interest when friends were attending trade missions. so i th