downing street expect he will be promoted. 0liver dowden isa he will be promoted. 0liver dowden is adowden is a morejunior minister. lots of speculation he could be the new culture secretary, replacing baroness morgan, who is standing down from the cabinet. a lot of briefing too about trying to improve the gender balance in the government at all levels. we are told the cabinet will retain the same proportion of women it currently has. there will be an improvement in terms of gender balance at the lower ra nks terms of gender balance at the lower ra n ks of terms of gender balance at the lower ranks of government in the hope that in the future they will have the experience to rise to the cabinet table. names being mentioned in terms of promotions, anne—marie trevelya n, terms of promotions, anne—marie trevelyan, susanna braverman and gillian keegan. we await official news from the prime minister's office, or indeed his house in the next few hours. you will be keeping a close eye on that door, i am sure. let's turn to the prime minister's new year holiday in the caribbean. it had been

oliver dowden could become culture secretary. to be fired. thank you very much. ben hasjust joined us in the studio, looking at british gas figures. yes, i have looked at these so you don't have to. the price cut hurts. this is of gem, the regulator. imposed on them la st gem, the regulator. imposed on them last year. it does this twice a year, it looks at how much the costs are, the investment needed for the energy network. it limits how much energy network. it limits how much energy firms can charge people on standard tariffs. they are limited. at the time the energy firms were not too happy with it. now we get a sense of what it means. in the case of centrica, the onus of british gas, it costs them three of £1 million. it pushes them to a massive loss of £850 million. that is quite the reversal of the profit of more than £980 million it made in the year before. they have gone from a profit of 900 to a loss of 800. 1700. so there is 1400 that is accounted for the business, not the cap? accounted for the business, not the es, ac

oliver dowden the new culture secretary, who had been at the cabinet office, the government machine.rd to your newjob? yes, of course, thank you. six entrants to the cabinet got newjobs today but the neighbourly trouble between numbers ten and ii is the biggest headline of all. this was meant to be a moderate, move along, not much to see kind of reshuffle. not a bit of it. the departure of the chancellor is a huge event, a huge moment for any government but this time it represents something else. a sign of a number ten that wants total dominance, to be in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant this is no power grab. they just want less friction at the top. this is a downing street operation, though, that will not hesitate to clip almost anyone‘s wings. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. tonight, in his resignation letter, mrjavid pointedly urged the prime minister to ensure the treasury retained "as much credibility as possible". and he said it was important that leaders had people around them who could give "clear and candid advice." our economics editor faisal is

oliver dowden the new culture secretary, who had been at the cabinet office, the government machine. newjob? yes, of course, thank you. six entrants to the cabinet got newjobs today but the neighbourly trouble between numbers 10 and ii is the biggest headline of all. this was meant to be a moderate, move along, not much to see kind of reshuffle. not a bit of it. the departure of the chancellor is a huge event, a huge moment for any government but this time it represents something else. a sign of a number 10 that wants total dominance, to be in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant this is no power grab. they just want less friction at the top. this is a downing street operation, though, that will not hesitate to clip almost anyone's wings. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. tonight in his resignation letter, mrjavid pointedly urged the prime minister to ensure the treasury retained "as much credibility as possible". and he said it was important that leaders had people around them who could give "clear and candid advice." our economics editor faisal islam looks now

and oliver dowden is the new culture secretary.ning, it does contain some flash photography. at10:30am at 10:30am this morning, such it gathered arrived and an hour later he resigned. mrjavid turned down staying on in the second biggest role in government because he refused to see his whole team of advisers sacked as a condition of keeping hisjob. here is the man taking over the top job at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a rising star, he had been mrjavid‘s deputy. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? delighted to be appointed. lots to get on with, thank you very much. reshuffles, even for governments with a big majority, can and so often do come with big twists. they are a complicated jigsaw puzzle, and if one piece does not fit for whatever reason, the whole thing can get messy. not least because you always end up with people who are a bit miffed. the cabinet minister leaves home and... have you heard from the prime minister already? she soon did, and she was sacked as business secretary. cue some war

oliver dowden, the new culture secretary who had been at the cabinet office.ewjobs today, but the trouble between numbers ten and ii is still the biggest headline of all. this was meant to be a moderate, move along reshuffle. not a bit of it. the department of the chancellor is a huge moment for any government but this time it represents something else, a sign of a number ten that want total dominance to be in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant this is no power grab, they just want less friction at the top. this is a downing street operation that will not hesitate to clip almost anyone's wings. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. we can cross to our correspondent nick eardley, who is in westminster. a change of chancellor, that no one saw coming. unless of course boris johnson did all along. what is your ta ke johnson did all along. what is your take which ella looked, there is speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson speculation about that. maybe if boris johnson knew all along that speculation about that. maybe if borisjohnson knew

oliver dowden is the new culture secretary.r, brandon lewis has been confirmed as the new northern ireland secretary. he replaces julian smith, who was the first ministerial casualty of the day, when he was removed from his post this morning. and former brexit secretary steve barclay has been appointed as chief secretary to the treasury, succeeding the newly—appointed chancellor mr sunak. our political correspondent chris mason has this report on the morning's events and a warning, it does contain some flash photography. at 10:30 this morning, sajid javid arrived in downing street as chancellor. an hour and a half later, he'd resigned. good afternoon. mrjavid turned down starying on in the second—biggest role in government because he refused to see his whole team of advisers sacked as a condition of keeping hisjob. here's the man taking over the top job at the treasury, rishi sunak. long seen as a rising star, he had been mrjavid's deputy. how do you feel about taking over in these circumstances? delighted to be appointed. lots

now from our archives, mark dowdening discussing his book. -- bowden discussing his book. >> it happened on october 3rd of 1993. it started in the late afternoon when about 20 u.s. army helicopters loaded with the rangers and delta force operators launched to attack a target building in one of the most crowded and dangerous neighborhoods in mogadishu. the mission that day was to capture two lieutenants of somali warlord adid. and the idea was that the delta force operate ors in particular -- operators in particular would land in these little helicopters called ah-6s right on the street in front of the house where these two somali clan leaders had been seep. they would take down the house, as they call it, arrest anyone inside, and a convoy of vehicles would pull up out in front of the target building. they would load up the prisoners and drive out of the city. now, they'd done six of these missions previous to this day, and they knew that they had about 30 minutes to get on the ground, round up their prisoners and load 'em up on vehicles and drive out of the city before they'd run into t