damian green said that the government were being practical and pragmatic.ic! if you hear helicopters buzzing overhead at any time it is because they are preparing for the arrival of the king or queen of spain said thatis of the king or queen of spain said that is what that noises and it is also white mrs may and jeremy corbyn we re also white mrs may and jeremy corbyn were not facing up to each other at pmq ‘s and we had emily thornbury and damian green. main clashes were over what happens if there is no deal and emily thornbury questioned whether there was any planning and preparation of what was the plan? have a lesson. is there a contingency plan for no deal, or isn't there? if there is will he undertake to publish it? the honourable lady is happy to talk about unemployment but she cannot bring herself to talk about falling unemployment. we will clearly have to try harder to establish a consensus on what would hope would be something that were genuinely unite all sides of this house. 0n theissue unite all sides of this house. 0n the issue of the report t

damian green.e minister has asked the committee on standards in public life to conduct a review into the intimidation experienced by parliamentary candidates. it follows reports of abuse experienced by many of those who stood injune's general election. the scale of the problem was set out in westminster hall by a conservative mp, who called a debate on the issue. i don't know how many colleagues have read the report from bcs, who published a survey recently. in a three—month period, mps received 188,000 abusive tweets. that's in a three—month period. that's one in 20 tweets received by colleagues. meanwhile, he said older volunteers were scared to put up posters and candidates were abused because of their religion or sexuality. simon hart gave an example of the type of harassment being suffered. he cited the experience of the former bristol conservative mp, charlotte leslie. whose parents became victims of this particular abuse. their entire oil heating supply was drained into their garden by someb

one can imagine, if this is indeed true, that damian green would be saying something that we re greenre not sanctioned by the prime minister herself. so one wonders what other of the core beliefs are going to be ditched in order to woo back the youth vote or indeed the actual votes —— the older fought. back the youth vote or indeed the actual votes —— the older foughtm makes you wonder what the tories really sta nd makes you wonder what the tories really stand for now, doesn't it? they keep changing. i would love to bea they keep changing. i would love to be a fly on the wall in thorpe hammond pots house right now. if this has landed on his doorstep, he will be taking his hero to rate now. this is £8 billion a year to axe tuition fees. we would the money come from? the premised, all throughout the election campaign, was criticising labour and jeremy corbyn for the magic mainichi, that there's a quote that has come to back —— come back to haunt quite significantly. he doesn't say, but even that's a signal that they are going to look at it. people would argue that tuition fees actually

own front bench before he starts being read about it like tories i'm a de facto prime minister damian green could but downplay what labor backbenchers with me alone the arcane sounding bricks a question from the westminster leader and the scottish national party does begin to give kingdom government intend some ensured to five of the scotland back to change any aspect of the devolved. what that will prove with the scottish referendum in one thousand nine hundred seventy arguably not a question about democratic accountability that is easily understood to a reason me fan in gave it a go though and de facto highlighted the s.n.p. continued support for you neo liberalism i'm so you surprised at the scottish nationalists approach in my understanding of their position is that they want the power was taken from london to edge and so they can give them back to grass i. think as i understand it that's their position but perhaps their inability to explain the logic of that position might explain the recent general election result they have in fact the s.n.p. won scotland meanwhile because the three i

you are right damian green is flagging up that even that flagship tory policy may be ending.ition fee. are they really plans, the mail on sunday saying theresa may ready to consider a dramatic u—turn on tuition fees to woo young voters back, but surely that won't mean scrapping tuition fees in the way labour have suggested. everything is up labour have suggested. everything is upforgrab, it labour have suggested. everything is up for grab, it seems like it. you know, there have been several interviews that show the result of the election mean the government is not the strongest position. people coming for money, maybe it leads to vote. we don't know which one could, theresa may, leave aside the brexit thing, which is already complicated, domestically this is is a whole host of issues in which every minister must be banging down the door asking for mormon. it shows the power of the youth vote in the election, which was, had never really been harnessed before, young voters registering and voting labour. what was fascinating in the eu referendum only 40% of 18—25—year—olds voted

damian green is the first secretary of state and what of theresa may's closest allies. on paper, yes. but even your own conservative backbenchers and some former senior cabinet ministers are apparently plotting to get rid of her this year. the first duty of the government is to make sure it passes the queen's speech legislation, which means we have got a legislative programme for the next two years. we've done that. we won a majority for that. absolutely, she and the government have the authority to put that legislation into practice. 0k, what do you say to conservative mps who are plotting how to get rid of her? i think there is less of this than you would think. i've been around westminster long enough to know that injuly there's lots of chatter, but i know absolutely that the overwhelming majority of my conservative colleagues in parliament are firmly behind the prime minister. and for those who aren't, because you say an overwhelming majority of colleagues are behind her, meaning some aren't, for those who aren't, what do you say to those who are plotting how to get

appeared to be grave questions over their loyalty to socialism standing in factories and i was damian green once arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office something he denied before being dismissed by the crown prosecution service the honorable gentleman is ingenious in you know asking very personal questions i commend him for it unfortunately he has got his own record on this subject as we should please june last year gentleman said that the leaders. the labor party is not destined to become prime minister and he called on him to resign i suggest he might want to make peace with his own fun thanks me for being rude about it like to resume the day facto prime minister damian green could but downplay what labor backbenchers will be that alone the arcane sounding bricks a question from the westminster leader on the scottish national party does the united good government intend some men should do five of the scotland back to change any aspect of the devolved company that approves of the scottish referendum in one nine hundred ninety seven arguably not a questi

alsojustine greening wants more money for schools and damian green, who is the closest to the prime minister that potentially the tuition fees policy could also be overturned. so there is definitely a move abroad and jockeying for position within cabinet. that's how the mail on sunday leads their front page. this is on theirfront sunday leads their front page. this is on their front page as well. that's right. it seems there is real pressure on the prime minister actually to make an announcement before the 20th ofjuly, so that it is sense, although mps won't be in westminster and talking to each other, which i gather is when a lot of the plotting goes on, but it would seem they want... there may be some announcement a foot. and of course this is on the back of weeks ina course this is on the back of weeks in a demonstration in london and other parts of the uk about stopping austerity, basically. it is interesting that the polls are very bad now. they've been spooked by the election result. the observer was just showing that now according to the latest poll in the observer by opinion it shows

damian green. >> mr. -- mr. speaker i've been asked to reply, my right honorable friend the prime minister is in attendance on her majesty the queen welcoming their majesties king felipe and queen letitia of spain. isn't today's report that the national grid made $3 billion pounds profit in 2015-16 at the expense of households further evidence that the government is not delivering fair energy prices? will the government agree to an immediate rebate for overcharging? and will the government now commit to an energy price cap for the 17 million households on the most expensive tariffs? >> the right honorable lady is right to identify the issue of energy prices and i'm sure she will welcome the announcement in the queen's speech that the government will insure fair markets for consumers, this will include bringing forward measures to help tackle unfair practices in the energy market to help reduce energy bills. i'm sure this is an issue on which we can work across the house together. >> mr. speaker, yesterday you ki

damian green is first minute of state so during the summer last year borisjohnson had state so duringummer last year boris johnson had a state so during the summer last year borisjohnson had a short term in charge. i can't see that's been repeated this time somehow. you'd editor was saying she is a dead woman walking not long ago but she is still hanging on. how do you rate her chances of prime ministerial survival at the moment? not brilliant but every day she clings on makes it a little bit easierfor her. the biggest things in her favour are brexit negotiations and the fear of having somebody else ta ke the fear of having somebody else take over that the talks end up falling apart one where another because somebody new comes in, and the more important one when it comes to the conservative party as there would be huge pressure for the new leader to holding your election and they are terrified it leads to jeremy corbyn. the daily mirror has a front—page seeing cops quiz kids age four and this is an angle on the rising crime story we have been reporting all day. the matter have focused

we will speak to the first secretary of state damian green at 7:10am on breakfast.ng a blaze overnight at london's popular camden lock market. 70 firefighters were sent to the scene after the fire broke out at around midnight. london fire brigade says the situation is now under control but the cause remains unknown. there are no reports of any casualties. the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi has congratulated his armed forces on their victory over islamic state militants. it's nine months since government forces launched an attack to liberate mosul. much of the city has been reduced to rubble, and thousands of people have lost their lives. the bbc understands a government inquiry into the so—called gig economy will call for flexible workers to be paid above the minimum wage. the taylor review, which is due to be published tomorrow, will affect firms like deliveroo and uber. it's expected to argue that additional wages will help to offset the lack of holiday and sick pay. counter—terror police have launched a film telling holiday—makers how to react in the event

damian green is standing in for theresa may at today's prime minister's questions.ou live now to the house of commons where prime minister's questions has started. we are waiting for it to start, we can bring in norman smith. a bit ofa a bit of a different feel to things today, with too few people standing in. many people thought she did very well last time. she asked six questions on one subject. she may talk about brexit again and pick up on these comments by the foreign secretary. that comment that the european union could go and whistle if they wanted the tape of payment via been talking about from the united kingdom to leave the european union. we have the first report by one of the pay review bodies, the teachers, which suggested sticking to that 1%. there is a lot of unhappiness within the conservative party about this. especially when inflation has risen to 2.9%. she may also talk about the so—called gig economy. the labour party believes a lot of these companies are hiding behind technology to avoid paying national insurance. it will be an interesting dynam

commenting today, standing in for theresa may, damian green said the plan is to get a deal, but not one interests of the other member states of the european union to reach a deal with what is one of their biggest trading partners. but here in brussels it is clear michel barnier is increasingly concerned. he says he wants clarity and fast, preferably by monday, because that is when the real hard negotiations begin. damian grammaticus, bbc news, brussels. the king of spain has told parliament he's confident the uk and spain can reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar. king felipe and queen letizia of spain have begun a three day state visit to britain. it's being seen by the government as an opportunity to forge closer ties with spain as the uk prepares to leave the european union. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. a state visit is pageantry with a purpose. high—end hospitality with a strong dose of interstate diplomacy. the queen, of course, is used to it. greeting the king of spain as if he were family. which he is, distantly. both are descendants of queen victo

meeting the king and queen of spain on their state visit to the uk, so the first secretary of state damian greenour, emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, filled in for mr corbyn. it was ms thornberry who arrived with enough swagger for the both of them. by my reckoning, in the 20 years since he firstjoined this house, he is the 16th member of the party opposite to be represented at prime minister's questions. so how about i give him to the end of this session to be able to name all the others? i'm grateful to the right honourable lady for her kind remarks. i might take up her offer to try and name all 16 in the tearoom later. rather than delay the house now. there are many, many distinguished people of both sexes who have done it in this party, because we of course elect women leaders occasionally. cheering. mr corbyn sometimes avoids the topic of brexit at pmqs. not ms thornberry. she wanted to know what would happen if britain didn't reach a deal with the eu. this isn't some sinister nightmare dreamt up by remainers, it was the prime minister who first floated the idea of no deal, t

commenting today, standing in for theresa may, damian green said the plan is to get a deal, but not one but also in the interests of the other member states of the european union to reach a deal with what is one of their biggest trading partners. here in brussels, it's clear michel barnier is increasingly concerned. he says he wants clarity and fast, preferably by monday, because that's when the real hard negotiations begin. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard will return to the high court tomorrow as their legal battle to allow him to be given an experimental treatment continues. at the centre of that case is the question, who decides what is in the best interests of a desperately ill child, his parents or doctors, and how far you should go to maintain life? in a completely separate case, branwenjeffreys has been speaking to the mother of a seriously ill 10—year—old girl who is facing an agonising dilemma. she contacted the bbc because she wanted to tell her story. for ten years, juliet has cared for her daughter. all her life, ro

but do join me at the same time tomorrow for a prime minister's questions with a difference, as damian greeny corbyn. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. yesterday was one of those days for the southern half of the uk. yes, the covers were on the court at wimbledon. the rain was heavy at times and the umbrellas were out. it wasn't just across the south—east of england where we saw rain. further west in the south of wales it was hammering it down for a time. extensive rain in the southern half of the uk, as you can see from yesterday's radar. the brighter colours indicate heavier downpours. that rain is on the move overnight, moving southwards and eastwards. so it is the far south—east that first thing still has some rain to be had. temperatures about 14—15 degrees. a little bit lower than recently and dipping into single figures in northern scotland, so a relatively chilly start here. the rain clearing away pretty quickly. it leaves behind a fair bit of cloud in east anglia, through the m4 corridor and south of that. despite the cloud it is mostly dry. when we break

, says damian green, you are scaremongeringi worry about, says damian green, you are scaremongering.ear research in my constituency in oxfordshire and that is under threat if we leave the nuclear treaty with europe. there are a whole range of issues, whether cancer treatment or nuclear research in terms of cleaner nuclear research in terms of cleaner nuclear energy that could be threatened if we leave euratom and the paper the government is publishing today on the future of euratom does not mention medical research so i do not think it will clarify the position on treatment. dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering? dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering ?i dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering? i am not scaremongering, it is my role in representing patients in this country and clinical radiologists and oncologist to make sure those patiently map are treated properly, so patiently map are treated properly, so my role is merely to protect patients and make sure they do not suffer as a result of us leaving euratom. the governme

you have damian green who was essentially the deputy prime ministerand essentially the deputy prime minister they do not want any kind of cliff edge break. others like michael gove and liam fox want to jettison the eu and back out there and start negotiating these new trade deals. the problem is we have not really had that conversation over the past year with what brexit looks like. a lot of the past year has been people scratching their chins past year has been people scratching theirchins and past year has been people scratching their chins and thinking, but not much leadership from the government. i think this is where it turns to the premise in the autumn, when she comes back from a walking holiday in switzerland. hopefully she can say right, this is where it's going to be. if you keep having these splits about little details about the transition period, you don't get to theissues transition period, you don't get to the issues we are talking about, about what our migration policy will be, what will the irish border lookalike, is the ecj going to have a role? lookalike, is the ecj going t

the government — in the shape of the deputy prime minister in all but name, damian green — said today eu and the chances of there being no deal at all is "probably overstated." but in tonight's viewsnight, david cameron's former advisor, julian glover, urges them to get on with it. dear theresa, do a deal. on the issue of that deal or no deal with the eu, there are two particular issues that may need urgent attention. first, the uk's scheduled withdrawal from membership of the european nuclear regulator, euratom, about which the medical and scientific communities have expressed grave concern. and, quite separately, we heard warnings today from ryanair that all fights to the continent could be grounded if we don't get an air transport agreement in place sharpish. our political editor nick watt and our business editor helen thomas have been looking into both of these matters. i will begin with nick watt. what do we know about the euratom situation? the government is facing the prospect of its first major brexit rebellion over its plans to pull out of that treaty. i have learned the gove

but there are big remainers on her side, who's the effective deputy prime minister, damian green, bigemainor. one of the big announcements today, concerned high speed two. details of the northern section of the route and some contractors for the first southern phase were published. hs2 is not a new policy, but it was a perfect way of changing the subject from the government's troubles. yet even here, there are questions about money, and there are divisions in the cabinet. liam fox, for example, campaigned against it before he was appointed international trade secretary. earlier today, i sat down with the transport secretary, chris grayling, to talk about hs2, and the government's predicament. and i asked him whether he was 100% sure that hs2 was going to happen. yes, because the work has started already. on the first phase from london to birmingham, the enabling works are being done. the contracts we've let today are for the first full part of the work. this is going to happen. but it has to happen. people tend to misunderstand what hs2 is about, it's a capacity project more than anyt

the first secretary damian green insisted this morning that mrs made's call for cross—party consensusgetting on with it. i would say the conservative party won most seats and most votes at the general election, and that everyone now should get on with the job but the country has given us, which is running this country in the way that meets our conservative principles, that there are a lot of issues we face, not just principles, that there are a lot of issues we face, notjust brexit both domestic issues as well, and what the people of this country want is a government that gets on with governing. so, what chance of some kind of cross—party co—operation? i am joined by the liberal democrats' spokesman. the difficulty i have got with what the prime minister is saying is that her track record is the complete opposite. but we have seen, whether it is for instance the report that the government's agreed under david cameron when she was home secretary to publish on extremism and the funding of extremism and the funding of extremism in the uk, something she agreed with the lib dems, is whethe

commenting today, standing in for theresa may, damian green said the plan is to get a deal, but not onealso in the interests of the other member states of the european union to reach a deal with what is one of their biggest trading partners. but here in brussels it is clear michel barnier is increasingly concerned. he says he wants clarity and fast, preferably by monday, because that is when the real hard negotiations begin. damian grammaticus, bbc news, brussels. the commons speaker has announced the result of the votes for the committee chairs. conservative remain campaigner and former education secretary nicky morgan will take over as the chair of the influential treasury committee from andrew tyrie, who stood down at the election. the conservative mp for tonbridge and malling tom tugenhat, who campaigned to remain, will take over as foreign affairs committee chair. labour former shadow work and pensions secretary rachel reeves has won the contest to chair the business, energy and industrial strategy committee. a huge iceberg hasjust broken away from antarctica. the giant block is es

at the weekend, senior cabinet minister damian green called for a ‘national debate' over tuition feesiscuss this and now with david laws, a former liberal democrat cabinet office and schools minister. and in birmingham studio... amatey doku, the deputy president of the national union of students, the liberal democrats famously accused of a u—turn on this issue. do you have regrets now about what you did in government? all the political parties some ways made a mess of their position on tuition fees. if we look at the fundamentals about the new system and what it has delivered to date, we can see its record in helping defunding of new places in university has been good, and more students from disadvantaged records have gone on to attend university. that is good. one of the changes in today's report that i am concerned about the money to keep an eye on is that since the original big increase in fees, the system has been tilted to be less favourable towards disadvantaged students. partly because of the loans. the interest rates. well, yes, and what was initially going to be a maintenance

current is going to continue and yet we we re current is going to continue and yet we were told by damian green the progress thatjeremy corbyn seemed to be making to attract students. we always want to expose the shortcomings of labour's policies and damien's fat broking piece was to get a chance to reflect on how wrong we would be as a country to jeopardise the system and so the social mobility progress the system has enabled to reverse and he is right to do so. that is the government's responds on these latest figures from the iss about the level of debt some students are an with. let's go live to westminster and talk to the shadow education secretary. it is still labour policy to wa nt secretary. it is still labour policy to want to scrap tuition fees? absolutely, and we believe we should remain with education maintenance gra nts remain with education maintenance grants as well because we believe children and students from disadvantaged backgrounds are being held back by this government. they are leaving university with £57,000 worth of debt and the drop—off rate for disadvantaged students i

. >> uk first secretary of state damian green took questions at the house of commons where british prime minister theresa may who was meeting with the king of spain. mr. green was asked about the status of brexit negotiations sand further trade deals with the european union. >> for the questions to the prime minister, caroline flint. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. damian ee