the other thing is that you could have david liddington there and michael govein david liddington therecellor or home secretary, something like that. i think whatever happens, it needs to happen quickly. in the end, u nless needs to happen quickly. in the end, unless you have somebody who is fairly moderate, like orjeremy hunt, or philip hammond, are going to end up with the same group of people, like jacob rees—mogg, to end up with the same group of people, likejacob rees—mogg, in to end up with the same group of people, like jacob rees—mogg, in the european research group, who have basically held the country to ransom for the last three years. they would say they have defended what the majority voted for. well, they do, from the point of view, if you like the idea of no deal, they've got a point. we don't know why people voted the way they did. all we know is that they voted to come out of europe. what the erg argue is that that means no deal. what is interesting about the mail on sunday putting michael gove into the caretaker role, it does strike me that whoever the caretaker is cann

some are tipping this man, david liddington, as a caretaker.ime minister to get britain through its current brexit crisis. but he says he has no intention of doing it. i have no wish to take over from the prime minister who is doing a fantasticjob. there is one thing working closely with the prime minister, it cures you completely of any lingering shred of ambition. in this volatile time the next few days are far from clear. ministers are urging for calm. to be talking about changing the players on the board is self—indulgent at this time. we have to decide how we want to proceed. this former tory leader said any minister suggesting theresa may goes now should be sacked. but what about in a few weeks' time? this breaks into a second phase, assuming the withdrawal agreement got through, if it did get through the second phase needs to be tackled separately and differently. by somebody else? that is a possibility but it's not something i am saying i recommend right here and right now. there are still huge decisions to be made here, it's not clear

david liddington, the de facto deputy prime minister to theresa may has said he is 100% behind her andons he could take place. mrs may is meeting senior collea g u es place. mrs may is meeting senior colleagues this afternoon at her country home, chequers, to discuss the crisis, and it follows an admission in a letter to mps on friday that she may not have enough support to put her deal before them for a third time. what is theresa may thinking this morning? perhaps just days left to save her brexit plan, furious speculation about her future. are you prepared to resign to save your deal? no signs she intends to go just yet but some have suggested that could be the solution. mrs may goes and someone else takes over in the short term to help end the logjam in parliament. some are tipping this man, david lidington, as a caretaker. a short—term prime minister to get britain through its current brexit crisis. but he says he has no intention of doing it. i have no wish to take over from the prime minister who is doing a fantasticjob. there is one thing working closely with the prime minister

and the de facto prime minister, david liddington, tried to turn this into not a matter of substancehe european council, the prime minister will set aside days for discussion. it is not about indicative votes but about whether parliament takes control, and that will be a real defeat for theresa may if this goes through, because the mp5 take over the house of commons next wednesday. and that is why we have had this series of debates on government motions, because the prime minister, facing defeat from yvette cooper's amendment at the end of february, said, i will do this, but we will do it has the government because i don't want to concede the principle that parliament can control the business. david liddington is scheduling his indicative votes for early april, basically saying, if we are in that prolonged extension because parliament has rejected the withdrawal deal, and there is a motion for a short extension to tie that to finalise the approved withdrawal agreement, and if not, we are intoa withdrawal agreement, and if not, we are into a longer extension, that is when the governme

some are tipping this man, david liddington, as a caretaker.m prime minister to get britain through its current brexit crisis. but he says he has no intention of doing it. i have no wish to take over from the prime minister who is doing a fantasticjob. there is one thing working closely with the prime minister, it cures you completely of any lingering shred of ambition. in this volatile time the next few days are far from clear. ministers are urging for calm. now is not time to change the captain of the ship, we need to chart the right course and the prime—minister has. she has made sure we have a deal which honours the referendum mandate and allows us to leave in a way that means we can strengthen our economy and take advantage of life outside the european union. this former tory leader said any minister suggesting theresa may goes now should be sacked. but what about in a few weeks' time? this breaks into a second phase, assuming the withdrawal agreement got through, if it did get through the second phase needs to be tackled separately and di

and there is all this talk about having an interim leader, whether it's david liddington or michael govert of stuff. i think the prime minister, her departure is guaranteed in the short—term. it is not going to be long now so her departure is guaranteed. what is not guaranteed is her legacy and is her legacy going to be that she failed to deliver on the largest mandate that any government has been given to a referendum? or has she succeeded in doing that? she is either going to fail or succeed and that is going to be her legacy. she at least has got to be given the opportunity over the next few days to deliver that. joining me with more on this is our political correspondent, nick eardley. the idea of a caretaker prime minister has been voted so then we start discussing who that might be and how it would come about. yes, and how it would come about. yes, and to be honest like so much of this process the answers are not com pletely this process the answers are not completely clear. we do know for sure is there is a lot of pressure on the prime minister right up to cabinet level, people wh

speculate on the big issue because this is theresa may's loyal cabinet ministers, you heard from david liddingtoner chief whip and brexit secretary is there, on the other side, some brexiteers she is struggling to win over, borisjohnson brexiteers she is struggling to win over, boris johnson and brexiteers she is struggling to win over, borisjohnson and the former brexit secretary dominic rab, iain duncan smith, jacob rees mogg, all influential brexiteers who she hopes that somehow she can get on board with her deal. i've got to say from where i am sitting now, it looks like a tall order. so far there has been very little sign that tory brexiteers are ready to roll over, nor is the dup or a labour mps in any great numberand nor is the dup or a labour mps in any great number and that is why the government thinks it has little chance as things stand of winning a vote. given the cast list assembled at the country house for possible to new among the brexit process, is it possible to get a deal with jacob rees mogg's group, the influential group, european research group, because effectively people are

the prime minister and david liddington said, if this goes down, we will do indicative votes anyway,ay be slightly different to the way that oliver letwin was doing them, i don't know if he has revealed his approach during the debate... something i don't understand, maybe you can tell me, if they take control on wednesday, and they find something they can fall in behind, consensus around one issue, could they take that then one step further, and start legislating for that? the prime minister has said it is not binding on the government. it is up to the government. it is up to the government but bear in mind, go back one step, we don't know how they do they indicative votes, sequentially, altogether, system transferable vote, in terms of ranking them? from a lot of what i heard in the debate, oliver letwin is in in favour of a slower process to let things emerge organically but there is not that long before april. kenneth clarke is in favour of transferable vote, that might allow winners to emerge. one of the things that is emerging, within those indicative votes, they would take a re

and there is all this talk about having an interim leader, whether it's david liddington or michael govesort of stuff. i think the prime minister, her departure is guaranteed in the short—term. it is not going to be long now so her departure is guaranteed. what is not guaranteed is her legacy and is her legacy going to be that she failed to deliver on the largest mandate that any government has been given to a referendum? or has she succeeded in doing that? she is either going to fail or succeed and that is going to be her legacy. she at least has got to be given the opportunity over the next few days to deliver that. joining me with more on this is our political correspondent, nick eardley. given that theresa may survived a vote of no confidence from her mps last year, she supposed to be safe for 12 months. how could they get rid of her? that mechanism for ousting the prime minister is gone. but the suggestion this morning is there is a growing feeling within there is a growing feeling within the cabinet and within the wider conservative party that the prime minister needs to go to and

coming in to try and reassure them today, these members of the chambers of commerce, including david liddington minister, who said that no brexit is causing disruption. he said politicians of all parties have a duty to put the national interest first. and another plea from the british car industry? yes, they reported figures saying car production is down 15% in february compared to february last year, so a big drop. that is because of lower sales across europe and the far east, level deezer —— lower diesel car sales. they say they need that on top of everything caused by brexit like a hole in the head. from a rather tuneful westminster this hour, back to you, kate. tests conducted around the grenfell tower site in west london have revealed evidence of huge concentrations of toxic chemicals in the soil and dust, which experts have warned could put the community at risk of long—term health problems including asthma and cancer. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. alerted by a colleague working independently, this professor recovered three bin bag fulls of this stuff —— bean bags fu

enjoy the support of parliament, then the government will facilitate, as one of my colleagues, david liddingtonmajority of what it would approve and so i think that is the right step. you think that is theresa may's plan? that she will give indicative votes? yes. one of the things, every minister when they speak at the dispatch box, speaks on behalf of the government. and so the commitment that he made was that the government would provide parliament with the means to come to a view on the options available. a hint from greg clark that he thinks we could end up in the place of indicative votes. this is a moving feast on the word i have heard so much this week is fluid, thatis heard so much this week is fluid, that is still the case at many things can change over the weekend. if there was indicative votes to happen, it is farfrom clear what will emerge as the plan. if you thought this week was busy, wait until next week. i can't wait. thank you very much indeed. we will have much more on the latest brexit developments from westminster and brussels at 5.30. stay with us for that. a former ira bom

frankly, the government is in complete and utter chaos because last thursday david liddington, the dethe absence of getting a deal through, applying for a short extension would be reckless. yet we wake up this morning to discover that is precisely what the prime minister is going to seek from the european council meeting in the next couple of days. secondly, what is the purpose of the extension? clearly we needed to avoid a no deal packs a tonne that is the principal purpose but i suspect that he will say, what we do with extra time —— clearly, we need it to avoid a no—deal brexit and that is the principal purpose. the government has not twitched out to other views about what should happen across the house of commons. it is essential parliament takes responsibility and seeks through a series of indicative votes, looking at other options, to see whether there is anything that can command a majority. the other thing i would say is that whatever deal is eventually agreed, if there is one, then i do think that the british people should be asked to confirm whether that is what they wanted

so if we could get a deal next week or in the next couple of weeks, because of course david liddingtoniamentary majority for an alternative deal. if that alternative deal can be found in the next couple of weeks, then i think we can get a deal over the line, and we won't need a very long extension. the extension should only be as long as we need once we have got a deal over the line just to have some extra time to have the domestic legislation through, and i think there is a cross—party parliamentary majority for a sensible, pragmatic bridge building form of brexit, and i hope that next week we will finally have the chance to debate and vote on that option in parliament. stephen kinnock, thank you forjoining us once again. thank you forjoining us once again. thank you very much. labour mp stephen connect there. with me is hannah white, the deputy director of the insitute for government, a think tank focusing on government policy. thank you for coming in. let's try and make sense of all of this. first of all, were you surprised by the speaker's of all, were you surprised by the spea ker

perhaps the replacement, saying in a rather odd way, a caretaker prime minister, in the shape of david liddingtonemain. both sides saying, do we really want to shift her right now. and, some say, if we get rid of the prime minister, if she commits to leaving, then maybe we can support the deal because we would have control of the process, thatis would have control of the process, that is going to put off some of the labour backbenchers that she needs to support the deal. as you said, ever enclosing circle at the moment, wherever she looks, the answers are disappearing. very tight spot for theresa may. helping us notjust through this hour of outside source, but guiding us through the three votes on the amendment which start in under50 votes on the amendment which start in under 50 minutes' time, 10pm. votes on the amendment which start in under50 minutes' time, 10pm. we will bring all of that to you live, whether watching on bbc news or on bbc world news. now, let's look at things from the european union's perspective. the eu says a no deal brexit is becoming more likely. we are working with the u

answered means that all of those issues are still being talked about now her de facto deputy david liddington today with opposition mps, some from the independent group and from labour mps the independent group and from labourmps as the independent group and from labour mps as well, who have in the past been working towards a scenario where mps take over the process. now the government has promised that if the government has promised that if the deal fails to go through they will provide some kind of process to let mps vote on all the different scenarios to try to come to a conclusion, something that they all agree on, but let's face it, at that point you will probably talking about wednesday next week, two days before that deadline and there are a lot of anxious mps around here. we will touch base later, thank you very much, vicki young with the latest thoughts at westminster. the german chancellor angela michael has appealed for calm and said every effort should be made to ensure that the uk does leave the eu in what she called an orderly manner. translation: i think you and i, we all must

let me talk to you about the assurance that you got today from david liddington at the dispatch box wherees have you had? we have had assurances from the dispatch box today and to be absolutely frank, most of us are concerned by assurances from the dispatch box because the government has intended to follow through on its policies. but has made a promise and it is a good start. the problem in the last few months is theresa may's deal has been the only one on the table. the government has not been able or willing to counter it with any other brexit options prattley by minister's. once we get past the point where we voted on it three times and it is defeated, it makes sense parliament is allowed to look at other brexit options, this has been presented in the media as an attempt to frustrate brexit but i think is the right thing to do. if there is deadlocks we look to do next, but we look at the other brexit options that could command a majority in the house of commons, it is necessary. i know you are discussing what those options might be, where do you think there may be consensus? it is dif

somebody at the top of the cabinet, jeremy hunt, michael gove, david livingstone —— david liddington,ast of the problem is, the problem then as we getjeremy corbyn as prime minister. let's take a break and get the weather. we have hit 19 degrees today in south yorkshire. it will turn cold overnight. a lot of sunshine around, still some pockets of nest and luke wright —— lieu cloud. this band of rain and drizzle will sink southwards overnight. ahead of its mist and fog patches, particularly in the west. temperatures in rural areas could be close to freezing. we will see the mist and fog lifting through the morning and some lengthy spells of sunshine arriving. this main band of cloud will sink into north wales. north of it, the air is colder, to the south of it, the heat will be confined to the south—east, up will be confined to the south—east, up to 19 degrees. on sunday, drier but cooler, light winds but some sunshine at times. the ayes to the right, 286. the noes to the left, 344. mps have voted to reject the withdrawal agreement which theresa may struck with the eu. this house has r

. —— david liddington.xit, michael gove, and others would say someone highly competent, jeremy hunt. across the summer “— competent, jeremy hunt. across the summer —— someone who competent, jeremy hunt. across the summer —— someone who is into brexit, michael gove. there needs to bea brexit, michael gove. there needs to be a leader who can heal the wounds of brexit, move from the daft lies and promises and threats of the campaign, and re—inspired the country as this is a moment of change. you want the withdrawal agreement, she lost it at the last goal. it is a mountain to climb if she can get that through. the series of indicative votes have been talked about, do you think mps could trust the government to take control of that process. because previously when the prime minister has promised something it is not turned out that way and there has been anger when mps have pulled amendments on the basis when they could get something from the prime minister itself. basis when they could get something from the pri

david liddington, who is deputy prime minister, de facto deputy prime minister, de facto deputy primeter, de facto deputy prime minister, has rejected claims he has been lined up to replace her. i don't think that i have any wish to ta ke i don't think that i have any wish to take over from the pm, she i don't think that i have any wish to take overfrom the pm, she is doing a fantasticjob and i tell you this, one thing that working closely with the prime minister does is cure you completely of any lingering shred of ambition to want to do that task. a cruise liner which ran into trouble off the coast of norway has reached port after hundreds of passengers were winched to safety because the engines had failed. mozambique's authorities is a half a million people have been affected by the cyclone there. the raf has flown out aid supplies today. now on bbc news, it is time to join the sportsday team. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm damian johnson. we've the latest on scotland's bid to restore some pride against san marino to come. also ahead... danjames is prince of wales, crowning hi

. —— david liddington. were a suspension that shall be temporary can become a unilateral right to withdraw for the united kingdom? because i do not see that the withdrawal agreement makes any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if i can any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if! can take any such provision for that whatsoever. well, if i can take you to the attorney general‘s legal advice, he speaks to that very issue at paragraph 17, where he says that he considers that the legally binding provisions of the joint instrument and the content of the unilateral declaration reduce the risk that the united kingdom could be indefinitely and involuntarily detained within the protocol‘s provision, at least in so far as thatis provision, at least in so far as that is brought about by bad faith. the point i am making is that the issue that came through in many of the debates we had in parliament was this issue of the eu, which i do not, for the record, believe is the intention, because it is in both side

meetings have been going on between mps, including opposition party mps, and david liddington, the ded a change in tone, particularly on the part of the prime minister. stop trying to set people up against each other. do yourjob and try to bring us together to come to a consensus view. and to show leadership? and to show leadership. i think there has been an acknowledgement of the fury with which the tone, never mind the substance of the prime minister's remarked, was greeted. in terms of a way forward, i think the impression we have been given is that the government accepts that if there isn't an agreement, a consensus, forming behind the prime minister's deal, they will have to look at some form of process where the government, where parliament, the house of commons, can reach a majority view. talking about what would happen if theresa may‘s deal is not back next week. what is extraordinary is that even her own ministers don‘t know what her plan b would be, whether she would be willing to go through with no deal scenario, or whether, as has been said by david liddington and others,

press for a short delay but keep open the option for a much longer delay and only last week david liddingtons scathing about the idea of ruling out a longer delay. this was him in the comments. —— the house of commons. in the absence of a deal, seeking such a short and critically one—off extension would be down right reckless and completely at odds with the position this house adopted only last night, making a no deal scenario far more rather than less likely. not only that, mr speaker, but from everything we've heard from the eu, both in public and in private, it is a proposal they would not accept. what are we to make of it all? i'm joined by the former universities ministers who resigned in protest at the brexit saga. what do you make of this move? totally confusing. the prime minister wants her deal to go through but if she allows for a short extension at the end of which there is a sharper cliff edge for no deal, then there is no incentive for those who she wants to back her deal who prefer no deal as an option to move to back her deal. they think they can sit tight and get what they wa