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david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.stable serving with the metropolitan police has been charged with rape, in connection with an incident in shropshire. ao—year—old paul hoile was due to appear at kidderminster magistrates' court today, facing a total of four charges. he's been suspended from the met and the case has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the body of the former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taken to tokyo after he was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally. a 41—one—year—old man — armed with a home—made weapon — said he carried out the attack. but questions have been growing about the speed of the response of security officers, as our correspondent mariko oi reports. ina quiet in a quiet residential street in japan, hundreds of people gathered as they waited. after a long drive back from the city of nara where he was assassinated, the car arrived. the body of japan's longest serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has now returned home here in tokyo. you might be

with me is david wallace lockhart. does it decide on these rules? there's many a woodpaneled room in that building. a new executive will be deciding the rules for the upcoming leadership contest. there is a precedent for conservative leadership contest that i don't think they'll go too far from. we know the candidates are put forward and mps do various rounds of voting to whittle them down. that final two is put to the conservative party membership. number one, is there a threshold for mps to get into that first round of voting? if we cast our minds back to the last election, i candidate had to have eight fellow mps backing them in order to become an official candidate. there's talk of that figure going quite higher, potentially up to 20, and then there'll be a decision about how often the boats will happen. we know they want to get down to a final two by the time parliament goes into recess. in by the time parliament goes into recess. ., ., recess. in the meantime i wonder if what you've — recess. in the meantime i wo

from westminster, here's our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. influential cabinet ministers who decided they had had enough. within minutes of an one another, rishi sunak resigned as chancellor and sajid javid resigned as health secretary. he was tightlipped when he returned home yesterday evening. just going to spend some time with my family. but the reasons were there when they submitted resignation letters. the outgoing chancellor said... while the outgoing health secretary said... their experts along with variousjunior their experts along with various junior government diggers came swiftly after borisjohnson diggers came swiftly after boris johnson apologised diggers came swiftly after borisjohnson apologised for his handling over promoting crisp and due to a new government position in february. it is alleged he had been told about a formal complaint made about mr pinchot when he was a foreign office minister, something number ten had previously denied. i apologise for in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do, apologise to everybody who ha

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. penny mordaunt has become the latest mp to throw their hat in the ring, i spoke tojonathan blake about her chances along with how the rest of the race is progressing. she will have to tread a very fine line because she has as you suggests, kept herself at arms length from boris johnson, despite serving in his government as a trade minister and as previous they cabinet experience come as you say, as defence secretary. but that experience will be key. also, with her brexiteer credentials and drawing significant support from across the party, though we have yet to hear what her policies would be... we just got a lunch video, which voices of her, but it's sort of quite a warm image of britain, isn't it? a pledge to serve, but no details. stirring music, beautiful landscapes, you know, a deep voice narrating the video, but very little of her, and i think the point she is trying to make is that this is not about personality, it's about substance, it's about a serious person putting themselv

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.achel maclean is supporting sajid javid's leadership bid. she was minister for safeguarding until she resigned on wednesday, and also previously worked as mrjavid's parliamentary private secretary when he was chancellor. she spoke about why she is endorsing sajid javid... i worked with him very closely into very significantjobs in the treasury, and also in the home office. the overriding thing for me, when i look for a candidate to support, is integrity and honesty. someone who will tell the truth to the voters about the hard decisions that need to be taken to tackle the crises facing the country, but also about standards in public life. those are vital for us to repair the trust in our democracy. having taken the decision that sajid has those qualities, it was about who has the experience. this is not an apprenticeship, there is not time to learn on thejob. i looked at what was on offer, and out of all the candidates sajid javid was ahead of the rest, in terms of all experience, and i

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. me now is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. very briefly defence secretary, at the tail end of the theresa may years, and it has been pretty clear that she was unimpressed by his leadership, but somehow presumably she has got to reach out to those people who stuck with borisjohnson, and think, on balance, for them, it was a good thing? she and think, on balance, for them, it was a good thing?— was a good thing? she will have to tread a very _ was a good thing? she will have to tread a very fine _ was a good thing? she will have to tread a very fine line, _ was a good thing? she will have to tread a very fine line, because - was a good thing? she will have to tread a very fine line, because she i tread a very fine line, because she has, as you say, kept at arms length from borisjohnson despite serving as trade minister. that experience will be key, also will her experience to draw significant support from across the party. we are yet to see her policies, which she... ~ . , .

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.er for the first time in years. other companies have already increased their prices this year. the former us president donald trump has made his first speech in washington since leaving office, repeating false claims that the election had been stolen. he described the united states under president biden as a nation in decline. he stopped short of announcing his candidacy for 2024 but predicted republicans would retake the white house. russia has again reduced the amount of gas being delivered to germany, and other central european countries, via the baltic pipeline nord stream 0ne. a german gas grid operator said the flow was now about a fifth of the pipeline's capacity. russia's energy giant gazprom said another turbine needed maintenance, but industry sources said that was just a pretext. vast amounts of carbon dioxide are created in every day things we use in our everyday lives. from the bricks in your walls to the steel in your fridge, it may not be obvious, but the making of these

david wallace—lockhart, bbc news.ur reporter, mark lobel, who is in downing street. sun is rising, new day begins — what can we expect today? what is ahead today? the people behind the store _ what is ahead today? the people behind the store would _ what is ahead today? the people behind the store would have - behind the store would have believe it's business as usual in which case they have a lot of positions to fill starting with the housing secretary of that shock sacking of michael gove an hour later that resignation of the welsh secretary they will have two fill that position and 50 minutes after he resigned a health secretary so they have to feel that as well, aa or more positions are vacant they have to fill pretty quickly, or we could see the podium come out today overhear if boris johnson has a change of heart and on his sword. or it could be the stand—off continuing, at the end of the parliamentary business day what is the government up to, questions and house of commons parliament run by something pro boris

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.l, earlier david popped into the studio and had his latest analysis on the news that defence secretary ben wallace no longer plans to run... he is popular in the party, very popular with the membership, the website which does surveys of conservative members, he has regularly been coming out on top of them. he has regularly been coming his spear heading of the ukraine policy has played quite well there. he has said he is not going to go for it, he's going to stick in his currentjob and focus on that. perhaps there is an element of the fact the policy in ukraine is clear, it has support in the country, and when you are prime minister you have to oversee every government department, and perhaps slightly disappoint others, he has decided he is happier doing what he is doing currently. what is interesting now is who does he get behind? because of all that support he has in the party and with the members, you imagine that his endorsement would mean a lot to the current leadership candidates.

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. head to wimbledon now because the women's singles final has just finished, and hasjust finished, and elena rybakina has become the first to win. it was hard to call, wasn't it? she has become the youngest champion here, since 2011. born in russia, but representing kazakhstan, she did it the hard way, ons jabeur, the world number two, she took the first set, but credit to rybakina, she really fought her way back into this, she is an incredible power player. she has one of the best serves in women's tennis, and once she got the error is out of her game in that first set, and found a more measured, composed pace, she was able to dissect, let's just listen... i able to dissect, let's “ust listen. . .i able to dissect, let's 'ust listen... , ., ., ., ~ listen... i 'ust want to say thank ou to listen... i just want to say thank you to the _ listen... i just want to say thank you to the support, _ listen... i just want to say thank you to the support, the - listen... i just want to say thank

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.r political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest on the announced contenders and those yet to declare. rishi sunak, the former chancellor, saying this is a moment that needs to be grasped, emphasising his experience, and the and the need for truth over fairy tales, as he put it in a campaign video that went online yesterday. then, there is the attorney general suella braverman, who is promising to cut taxes, and then kemi badenoch, who is emphasising the need for a small state. and then tom tugendhat, and our colleagues have caught up with him at a small fete, earlier today. this is my community, this is my first_ this is my community, this is my first event— this is my community, this is my first event i— this is my community, this is my first event i did and i proud to be back— first event i did and i proud to be back here — first event i did and i proud to be back here today because this is who i am _ i'm very proud of our community, i'm very proud of our country, as you know

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.n ever moving story, so david has popped into the studio to update us. it isjust has popped into the studio to update us. it is just good to get your take, and also what you are hearing from the people who are going to vote for the next leader of the conservative party, and indeed our next prime minister. how disappointed they are, that the defence secretary is not throwing his hat in? ., his hat in? there are even conservative _ his hat in? there are even conservative mps - his hat in? there are even conservative mps who - his hat in? there are even conservative mps who are j his hat in? there are even - conservative mps who are publicly coming out and saying that they wanted ben wallace to run. he is popular in the party, very popular with the membership, the website which does surveys of conservative members, he is regularly been coming out on top of them. his spear heading of the ukraine policy... he has said he is not going to go for it, he's going to stick in his currentjob and f

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david wallace lockhart, thank you.nd there will be a threshold, at the moment a candidate will need a proposer, second and possibly 18 supporters, so 28 conservative mps are entitled to get on the ballot. that number may increase because colleagues may decide we need a higher threshold. there is also likely to be a ballot on wednesday which will almost certainly have a threshold of 10% of the membership of the parliamentary party to get through to the second ballot. that means basically mps will start to have to require 20 mps to get on the ballot paper, and 36 to get through to the second round. obviously we have to present two candidates for the party at large by a week on thursday. we will have a series of ballots until that time until we got down to that level and then the last two will go to a vote of the party membership at large. the party board will meet this evening as well and i think that will, if it doesn�*t set the rules it�*ll set the parameters for the rules for the contest across the country. there is a

david wallace—lockhart, bbc news, westminster. nadhim zahawi, has called for unity in the conservative party. that seems like a tall order at the moment given the events of the last few days. very much trying to create a sense of business as usual interview today, he said he would look at all options to build the economy, including the possibility of tax cuts. the prime minister wants to make sure that we, you know... we have fiscal discipline — i share that focus with him, because if we let inflation get out of control, it is deeply damaging for those very same people that we're trying to help today with that £37 billion of help over the next 12 months. but, of course, i will be looking at where else can i make sure the economy remains competitive and dynamic with, you know, our european neighbours and, of course, the rest of the world as well? nothing's off the table. a couple more resignations this morning. there has been plenty of reaction as well. i will tell you about the resignations today later. sajid javid and rishi sunak

david wallace wells writes in the "new york times," many of the headlines about the supreme court's 6ling on west virginia versus environmental protection agency on thursday have suggested an existential setback. for the time being at least the decision functions chiefly to cement the status quo, the problem is the status quo is bad enough. joining me now is "new york times" opinion writer and columnist for new york magazine david wallace-wells, he's also the author of "the uninhabitable earth: life after warming." that says something, david, when you put it that way, you're basically saying this doesn't stop the epa from doing anything because they're already not doing what needs to be done. >> what it does is it prevents them theoretically in the future from imposing some hypothetical standards on the power industry that could meaningfully move the grid away from fossil fuels to clean energy, but they are not doing that now, they didn't do that under the clean power plant because it never got enacted properly. so what we're really doing is taking away some future tools not imposing

david wallace lockhart reports.unded tax cuts. ——against uncosted tax cuts. it's important what we leave our kids and our grandkids, and i think it is important to think about that inheritance. and i don't want to pass them a bill that we couldn't be bothered to pick up. 0k, and you made that... but with polls suggesting the former chancellor is the underdog, we now have a change in approach. allies of rishi sunak argue his new policy won't drive inflation. this particular measure, - along with many other measures, which provided £1,200 to the - hardest—pressed households already is targeted to make sure that some of those energy bills which are, i you know, been going up very fast because of putin's action - in ukraine, that that is tackled. liz truss' energy is focused on law and order. she's promising to publish crime league tables and ensure police officers attend every burglary. i want them focused on tackling crime, tackling criminals, not form—filling, not bureaucracy. and i fear too much of our police time i

david wallace wells is an author known for his work on climate change, including the book, the and habitable, as he says, the ruling won't have any immediate impacts. this was a ruling that applies to possible potential hypothetical powers that be environmental protection agency might use in the future. they were originally designed to be part of obama's clean power plan. but that power plan was essentially never really implemented. and so these are powers which are not, not being used today and essentially never happen. which means it's more of a limitation of what might be done in the future than something that's going to dramatically affect america's emissions or even apartment policies. right now it's, it's the handcuffing. it means that less can be done in the future than we might have otherwise imagine. but it's not a setback. the scale of the dogs decision that reversed roe v wade last week. importantly, the court did not find that the a couldn't regulate carbon emissions at all. it just found that an attack that affirms that carbon was a dangerous a dangerous station in the world and

we're joined now by our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart who's at westminster. xpecting more contenders to throw their hats into the ring in the coming days — any early favourites? very much the issue. yes. and it is a dizzy field — very much the issue. yes. and it is a dizzy field were _ very much the issue. yes. and it is a dizzy field were looking _ very much the issue. yes. and it is a dizzy field were looking at - very much the issue. yes. and it is a dizzy field were looking at so - a dizzy field were looking at so far. four candidates in the last 12 hours or so declaring and tax seems to be a big issue in this leadership contest. all the candidates have declared so far severed of them saying they will make cutting taxes a priority. the former health secretary also promising to reverse a tax increase thatjust came in april specifically to help deal with nhs waiting times when he was health secretary. he said it is no longer needed and he has a plan which means he can go forward without it. these candidates are setting themselves up against rishi schumacher

david wallace—lockhart, bbc news, westminster.ould be another dramatic day here in downing street. i'm joined now by our political correspondent nick eardley. iam not i am not going to ask you what is going to happen next because nobody knows, but how good this progress in the next few hours and days? there is no sin the next few hours and days? there is no sign of — the next few hours and days? there is no sign of the _ the next few hours and days? there is no sign of the moment _ the next few hours and days? there is no sign of the moment that - the next few hours and days? there is no sign of the moment that boris johnson _ is no sign of the moment that boris johnson is — is no sign of the moment that boris johnson is going to move out of there _ johnson is going to move out of there voluntarily. the positions he appointed — there voluntarily. the positions he appointed last night were all designed to be a message from him to say, i— designed to be a message from him to say, lam _ designed to be a message from him to say, i am

our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, reports. 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy.night, foreign secretary 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy. last night, foreign secretary liz 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy. last night, foreign secretary liz truss 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy. last night, foreign secretary liz truss became 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy. last night, foreign secretary liz truss became the latest cabinet minister to enter the race. in a video posted on social media this morning, she promises low taxes and economic growth. i media this morning, she promises low taxes and economic growth.— taxes and economic growth. i want the best for— taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us _ taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us all. _ taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us all. and _ taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us all. and i _ taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us all. and i am - taxes and economic growth. i want the best for us all. and i am the i the best for us all. and

. _ we can talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart in westminster. rishi sunak resigning as chancellor and sajid javid resigning as health secretary, because they are sick of it configures in politics, but there been a raft ofjunior resignations —— significant figures. we have had private secretaries stand down and around the past 20 minutes or so, we've also had alex chalk, the solicitor general for england and wales, stand down, a junior government minister, saying that he was not willing to defend the undependable, indefensible in his origination letter, and he talked about notjust the hiring or the moving of chris pincher into a new government position that we heard about from chris mason in his earlier report, but he also talked about that partygate saga that happened or came to a had a matter of months ago with borisjohnson getting fined for his events held in downing street at a time when he country was under covid restrictions —— defend the indefensible in his resignation letter. on paper tonight, nothing really has changed for borisjohnson.

our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us this update earlier.nd you're considering a run and perhaps some are hoping to set down a marker and ultimately when someone else is elected leader because they threw their hat in the ring and point they get a nice cabinet position or at least a governor in lima government minister off the back of that but if we cast our minds back a bit —— or become a government minister. theresa may went down to the final two with andrea leadsom i was not a huge name in the public consciousness but she did, than one vote of becoming prime minister and ultimately withdrew before that and theresa may became pm and the rest is history but it does look like a lot of people could potentially throw their hat in the ring and when the rules for this leadership contest are decided on monday as they will be, i suspect the i922 monday as they will be, i suspect the 1922 committee that represents back edge conservative mps may want to put some thresholds in place that would allow them to whittle the numbers down quite quickly to th

let's speak to our political correspondent, david wallace. a busy few days, isn't it? we are already seeing steve baker withdraw. no was greatly surprised but may have been surprised he was even contemplating to run, but someone said this morning this is all about pushing yourself into the shop window. not at —— not necessarily because you think you will become prime minister, but you hope that whoever does become that will feel obliged to give you a nicejob. he does become that will feel obliged to give you a nice job.— to give you a nice 'ob. he is, there can sometimes _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two _ to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two strands - to give you a nice job. he is, there can sometimes be two strands to l can sometimes be two strands to declare in you are going to run. there's a feeling that you know you don't have much hope, and at this point there are a lot of candidates who are considering a run, and some of them are poss

our political correspondent, david wallace lockhartjoins me.t just there is notjust with the tory leader but also the prime minister, and tax, as we were hearing, very much the focus of the early salvos of this campaign? the much the focus of the early salvos of this campaign?— much the focus of the early salvos of this campaign? the vast ma'ority of this campaign? the vast ma'ority of candidates i of this campaign? the vast ma'ority of candidates are i of this campaign? the vast ma'ority of candidates are promising h of this campaign? the vast ma'ority of candidates are promising to]- of this campaign? the vast majority of candidates are promising to tax l of candidates are promising to tax cut... to cut taxes in some respect. let's remember this is a context to be the next prime minister, but the way this works is that they are trying to get elected leader of the conservative party, to then become prime and a state by default. the electorate is therefore the conservative party mentorship and conservative party mentorship and conservative mps,

let's bring in meteorologist tom sater and david wallace wells, the author of "the uninhabitable earth: life after warming." tom, let's start with you. people may be surprised to hear heat is the number one killer when it comes to all-natural disasters. explain how extreme these temperatures are and the danger. >> it's a silent killer. it will kill thousands this week, and that's not overestimating it. back in 2013 i think it was estimated 60,000 people in europe lost because of heat. the direct correlation, this white line, is the co2 output since we started burning coal in the 1850s. look at the temperatures in blue. it's a direct correlation, what was an average temperature across our globe have shifted. everybody talks about 1936 and the dust bowl days. we had a little bit of red there. it was hot in the western u.s. it was cooler in many spots. >> the globe is just incredibly on fire now. the drought is not only in the u.s. and as ben mentioned it has spread across europe. half of china right now has been in a heat wave, warnings, all of europe and our numbers here hard to recuper

here's our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. and then there were nine. trade minister penny mordaunt to throw her hat in the ring to be the next tory leader. many candidates but one key issue, taxes. former health secretary sajid javid will cut them if he is prime minister, including a tax rise to help the health service when he led it. iii tax rise to help the health service when he led it.— tax rise to help the health service when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will _ when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will not _ when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will not get _ when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will not get growth, - when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will not get growth, if - when he led it. if we don't have tax rises we will not get growth, if we | rises we will not get growth, if we do not get growth we will not be able to help the public services. i have never came across a decision, especially bay, which does not involve risk.— especially bay, which does not involve risk. rivaljeremy hunt pro

. >> let's bring in david wallace wells, columnist for "the new york times magazine" and author of "uninhabitablearming," a subtle title there. tell me what you think is going to be done and what needs to be done? >> we're start off with a really bad american baseline of bad american leadership here. they have rolled their eyes of rhetorical commitments from american presidents and see how little the country actually did. that's where we're coming, from with the failure of build back better and the follow-up compromises that were proposed most of the sober-minded analysts that i know think that the u.s. is going to fail to fulfill 91% of joe biden's climate pledges so the announcements today are useful, useful for protecting some vulnerable communities, but they are not going to move the need israel nearly as dramatically as a large-scale spending project like that bill would have done which means we're still going to be in that same position. the rest of the world is going to be moving quickly and we're going to be suffering. it's frankly an embarrassing place for the world to be and according t

david wallace—lockhart, bbc news, westminster.stions and what will the answers be? we're joined now by our political correspondent, ben wright. what difference do these new claims that came out on the bbc report last night, what difference does that make to the prime minister's rolling this? ,., ., ., make to the prime minister's rolling this? ., . ., , this? good morning. it clarifies what the prime _ this? good morning. it clarifies what the prime minister - this? good morning. it clarifies what the prime minister knewl this? good morning. it clarifies - what the prime minister knew about chris pincher�*s past. i think there has been a shifting narrative, explanation from number 10 since friday, when initially number 10 said over the weekend there were no specific allegations being made about chris pincher at the time he was appointed. that shifted on monday when number 10 conceded the prime minister was aware of general accusations and allegations and rumours about his behaviour, but no specific formal complaint was active at t

is speaking to bbc's david wallace lockhart. . . speaking to bbc's david wallace lockhart. , ., ., .,onsibility as well.— responsibility as well. is the mood in the labour _ responsibility as well. is the mood in the labour party _ responsibility as well. is the mood in the labour party that, - responsibility as well. is the mood in the labour party that, at - responsibility as well. is the mood in the labour party that, at prime | in the labour party that, at prime minister's questions next week, you will be facing a different individual there at the dispatch box and johnson will be gone shallow he does seem to be trying to cleaning by his fingernails. he does seem to be trying to cleaning by his fingernails.— by his fingernails. he is someone who has no _ by his fingernails. he is someone who has no shame _ by his fingernails. he is someone who has no shame and _ by his fingernails. he is someone who has no shame and therefore | by his fingernails. he is someone i who has no shame and therefore is obviously trying to cling regardless of everyone else, but that is deeply damaging to

david wallace wells is an all thought man for his work on climate change, including the book, the uninhabitable earth. he says, the ruling won't have an immediate impact. this was a ruling that applies to possible potential hypothetical powers that be environmental protection agency might use in the future. they were originally designed to be part of obama's clean power plan. but that power plan was essentially never really implemented. and so these are powers which are not, not being used today and essentially never happen. which means it's more of a limitation of what might be done in the future than something that's going to dramatically affect america's emissions. or even our apartment policies are right now. it's, it's the handcuffing, it means that less can be done in the future than we might have otherwise imagine. but it's not a setback. the scale. busy of the dobbs decision that reversed roe v wade last week . importantly, the court did not find that the a couldn't regulate carbon emissions at all. it just found that an attack that affirms that carbon was a dangerous a dangerous agent

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david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.orrespondent colletta smith has more. life isn't easy for jodine at the moment. and she's not alone. i'm trying my hardest. that's all i can do. that's what anyone can do is just try their hardest, but it's like our hardest is just not enough. i will be blamed if i am not able to provide for my children. but it's not me that's in charge of how much i'm able to provide for my children right now. she's got four kids and depends on her universal credit payments. right, so i'm meant to be entitled to 1,750 a month. but because there is a benefits cap, i am reduced to only... i think it'51,350 a month. and then another 100 comes off of that. with rising prices and less money coming in, she's had to make some really hard decisions. like, i can't afford my life insurance any more, so that's really, really worrying. if something happens to me, my children are going to get nothing. i can't even do a decent food shop any more because...food just costs too much! half of all universal credit claim

well, with me now is our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. hi, david.be fairly soon. early this evening, i expect. should be fairly soon. early this evening, iexpect. i should be fairly soon. early this evening, i expect. ithink should be fairly soon. early this evening, i expect. i think the key thing at such a crowded field is exactly how many mps set a threshold up exactly how many mps set a threshold up for a candidate to even get into the first round. there's some talk about that number being 20. it could even go higher. it's to ensure any candidate even gets on the first round ballot paper. has a base of support within the party. if you look at mps who have declared who they back —— who they're backing, they back —— who they're backing, they haven't actually hit that 20 threshold. many aren't publicly declared yet, so that may change, but it's setting quite a high threshold. it really could quite rapidly knock a few candidates out. we're looking for the threshold, but presumably also a deadline for this to come down to two. we presumably also a de

let's talk to david wallace locker in westminster. tell us what happened to.ned to. let's go back to last week when _ us what happened to. let's go back to last week when chris _ us what happened to. let's go back to last week when chris pincher - to last week when chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip, of course a position responsible for party discipline. he wrote the prime minister a letter saying he had drank too much one evening and it was the same evening that claims emerged he had groped two man. since then, chris pincher has faced a number of historical claims, it is important to say that he denies these. now borisjohnson, via his spokesman, has now said that he was aware of reports and speculation of alleged sexual misconduct when he appointed mr pinter as deputy chief whip in february. downing street has not commented on claims, he also referred to chris pincher as "pinter by name, pinch or by nature." this seems to have evolved because it was stressed that the prime minister did not know of any specific allegations when he was appointed, thoug

i'm joined now by our political report david wallace lockhard. many views of economic policy you would get depending on how many economists you ask. it is incredibly complex and is being presented simplistically, there is a very small number of people who will choose between these two candidates across the country, what does the polling suggest? that across the country, what does the polling suggest?— across the country, what does the polling suggest? that is right. this whole debate _ polling suggest? that is right. this whole debate is _ polling suggest? that is right. this whole debate is coming _ polling suggest? that is right. this whole debate is coming down - polling suggest? that is right. this whole debate is coming down now| polling suggest? that is right. this l whole debate is coming down now to economics. it is a very complicated and at the same time it is quite straightforward, liz truss wants to cut taxes straightaway if she becomes prime minister. former chancellor rishi sunak once to keep them as they are which would include some

let�*s get more on this from our political correspondent david wallace lockhart.im zahawi, the chance of a, he wants to see tax cuts. he was to protect children from what he seas as radical activists. grant shapps talking about the need for an emergency budget. when it comes to sajid javid, the former health secretary, who wants a lot of tax cuts, he wants to scrap tax rises that came in enable on national insurance to help thunder getting the backlog in the nhs down. when he was in the cabinet he believed that was necessary but now he has a plan that wouldn�*t needed to stay in place. jeremy hunt talking scrapping corporation tax and more business acts in deprived areas, which could play well with mps who represent conservative seats in the north of england, so—called redwall seats. this may not be a full field yet. there is a lot of chat about the foreign secretary, liz truss, and penny wharton, international trade minister. the rules will be decided here at westminster tomorrow. there may well be thresholds, meaning that every candidate who has declared so far

we're joined now by our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. f picket lines. he didn't think that was the job of politicians are inspiring to remember aspiring to be the next government, however that was defied by sam tarry, the shadow transport minister, who not only went to the picket line but gave quite a lot of media interviews when he was there, tweeted lotta pictures of himself on social media, it was quite a high—profile appearance on the picket line, and when it came to his sacking yesterday from his role, a labour party spokesperson stressed it wasn't just the fact that he had gone and joined those pickets, it was what they called unauthorised media appearances, where he did seem to add points freelance on certain policy issues, such as how much of a pay rise some workers should be expecting. this has caused quite a big backlash in some corners of the labour party. we've heard from a number of backbench mps, especially those on the left of the labour party, people like diane abbott and john mcdonnell, really criticising this decision to

we're joined now by our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, who's in westminster this morningm we have got with rishi sunak is _ that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that _ that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that he _ that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that he is _ that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that he is in - that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that he is in a - that. the problem we have got with rishi sunak is that he is in a bind, l rishi sunak is that he is in a bind, that he _ rishi sunak is that he is in a bind, that he has— rishi sunak is that he is in a bind, that he has got to double down on the policy— that he has got to double down on the policy he has had. i believe that tax— the policy he has had. i believe that tax in— the policy he has had. i believe that tax in this country is too high at their— that tax in this country is too high at their current levels, so high that— at their current levels, so high that they— at their current levels, so high that they will be doing more harm than g

. >> that was nancy reagan from a 1985 camp david interview conducted by then nbc news chief white house correspondent, chris wallace. that press and the public never tire about speculating how political this former hollywood actress was and how much influence she had on the 40th president. it wasn't until she left the white house that she felt fully free to address all those questions in her memoir. her effort, as she said, to let nancy be nancy. but, she left plenty of clues along the way. her public image in particular was a source of continuing frustration to her. you will hear, in her own voice, how she experienced her white house years, featuring footage from c-span video library. first, nancy reagan on how she tried to counter negative publicity, part of an interview with journalist kendrick smith. she is talking about her 1982 surprise performance at the club press -- known for its political parodies. this is nancy reagan in her own words. >> secondhand clothes, secondhand clothes. they are all the rage. at the spring fashion shows. even my new trench coat with fur a caller ronnie bought for ten cents on the