iain duncan smith said a change in leadership was needed. think the problem we've got here now is a complete lack of trust, i'm afraid, with the leadership party, ironically, but particularly from my standpoint, with the conservative party. i think the idea that a conservative party that has been led by theresa may into the second terrible election result can then suddenly say, i'll tell you what we're going to do, we'rejust going to sit down and thrash out some kind of stitch up with the labour party that was also told at the election that was also told at the election that we do not trust you either. i think what we have to do is i genuinely think now we have to recognise, we have to make a change. your nhl will bind because you have just decided yet again you will not make a change in terms of leadership until the end of the year so unless you go back again and decide to shred the rule... that is key. will that make a difference? the committee has to sit again. now. urgently. the executive committee. they have to decide that either the pr

mr duncan smith said she was in effect a caretaker prime minister.s as senior conservatives have called for compromise and unity. writing in a sunday newspaper, mrs may has called on the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, to set aside their differences and to "do a deal" to leave the european union. 0ur political correspondent nick erdley reports. nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party, but a caretaker prime minister. and i think therefore making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were l

iain duncan smith is someone who has been critical of the prime minister's approach. been critical of the prime minister's deal. he is going further today saying that the extent of the losses for the conservative party in the local elections mean that the prime minister now needs to announce her departure date and it needs to be imminent. he is not part of the camp that has been clamouring for her to go away the last few weeks, but the local election has pushed him over the edge in that sense. the word he used when i spoke to him about an hour ago was caretaker pm. he thinks the prime minister is now just holding the role for someone else. and that she either needs to announce she is standing down soon or be forced to do so by her party. we know it will not be easy for the party to do that, they have tried before. how many times have we sat here and talked about potential, imminent coups? for a former conservative leader to come out and say this, it is damaging for the prime minister certainly. not at least after that extremely damaging results of thursday's local ele

that is why iain duncan smith says it is absurd for her to be doing that.le this morning waking up to the picture on twitter with a certain milkshake in hand. tell us about this. gavin williamson is spending a lot of time on instagram and after he was sacked he posted this picture talking about the fact he was supposed to be going out to dinner with the americans, but instead he was enjoying a mcdonald's. but you will remember that he was sacked over the prime minister's belief that he was behind a leak of official information, not documents. about huawei being involved in the 5g network planning. something he completely denies. after he was sacked, there were calls for opposition parties to investigate this. you have to sign in official secrets act to get much of the information, the met has come out today and said it does not believe that the leak amounts to a criminal defence. that they had spoken to the cabinet office about the material discussed, but were satisfied that the details did not contain information that breached the official secrets act. so

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a ‘witch hunt‘ after police say they won't investigate a leak from the national security council about huawei. at least one palestinian has died in gaza after the israeli army carried out air strikes in response to rocket attacks by palestinian militants. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. a record 52,000 fans are watching the women's fa cup final at wembley — as manchester city take on west ham. in half an hour on sportsday we'll bring you updates on the game, as well as the latest on celtic‘s win against aberdeen. good afternoon. the former tory leader iain duncan smith has said the prime minister must say she will resign "very soon", after the party suffered heavy losses in the english local elections. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theres

in duncan smith says the prime minister must go now oi’ says the prime minister must go now or in thety suffers losses in the local elections. officials in gaza say a mother and a baby are among three people killed in israeli air strikes. israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least 200 rockets into israel. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, but the indian government's rapid evacuation of overi million people is praised for saving lives. the england captain lifts the fa cup. and it's victory for manchester city in the women's fa cup final, as they defeat west ham 3—0 at wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news. former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a "shabby and discredited witch hunt" — and called for a "proper, full and impartial" assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. the women's fa cup final in under way at wembley — as manchester city take on west ham, with no goals scored yet. in half an hour on sportsday we'll bring you updates on the game, as well as the latest on celtic‘s win against aberdeen. former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a "shabby and discredited witch hunt" — and called for a "proper, full and impartial" assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak — which is something he denies. so gavin williamson calling for a full impartial investigation. realis

iain duncan smith who has been reluctant to publicly say this, he suffered a fair number of fullbacksme, trying to find a brexiteer with labour was absurd and many conservatives would refuse to back it. more of this on two o'clock. thanks for your company this morning. now on bbc news, it's time to witness history. razia iqbal presents five extraordinary testimonies from the past, including a fashion industry pioneer from the days of the soviet union. hello, and welcome to witness, with me razia iqbal. i'm here at the british library to guide you through five extraordinary moments in recent history, told to us by the people who were there. we start with an individual who helped create a fashion industry in the soviet union. under communism, clothes and designs were regulated by the state. but slava zaitsev had the urge to break away and create new designs. he became the first soviet designer to start his own haute couture fashion label. translation: what is the point of a fashion designer? it's to give people joy, the joy of connecting with beauty you see. this has been the most impor

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei — didn't breach the official secrets act — so isn't a criminal offence. cyclone fonny causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. a record 52,000 fans are set to watch the women's fa cup final at wembley — as manchester city take on west ham in half an hour. good afternoon. the former tory leader iain duncan smith has said the prime minister must say she will resign "very soon", after the party suffered heavy losses in the english local elections. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theresa may as a "caretaker pm". more than 1300 conservative councillors lost their seats. labour failed to make the gains it had hoped for. 0ur polit

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a ‘witch hunt‘ after police say they won't be investigating a leak from the national security council about the tech giant huawei. officials in gaza say a mother and a baby are among four people killed in israeli air strikes. israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least two hundred rockets into israel. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh — but the indian government's rapid evacuation of overi million people is praised for saving lives hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent and anne ashworth, associate editor of the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times reveals exclusive details of theresa may's "final desperate gamble" on brexit — by offering concession

iain duncan smith told me the cipher is up duncan smith told me the cipher is up against the wall., she cannot put that off forever, but she is not listening to them. some are concerned about her move to promise a vote on another brexit referendum, thatis a vote on another brexit referendum, that is what has upset them, they feel she went much further than the agreement carved out in the cabinet yesterday, because she was willing to say that if parliament voted for a second referendum, she would make it government policy. many are not happy about that. another tory mp told me, it is not about the issue, it is about the messenger. even if it is about the messenger. even if it was a fantastic deal, she would not be able to sell it, no one is listening to what she has to say. seve ra lly, listening to what she has to say. severally, there was a meeting of the 1922 committee and executive, the 1922 committee and executive, the group that represents conservative backbenchers, they had the chief whip, julian smith, go into see them, who made it clear that theresa may would not be going t

the former conservative leader iain duncan smith has called on the prime minster to resign following the party's worst result in english local elections since 1995. mr duncan smith said she was in effect a caretaker prime minister. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party, but a caretaker prime minister. and i think therefore making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1300 councillors, was worse than they feared. and be

mr duncan smith said she was "in effect a caretaker prime minister."olitical correspondent nick erdley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party, but a caretaker prime minister. and i think therefore making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1,300 councillors, was worse than they feared. and because of that, some are saying their patience has run out. it's not the first time we've heard senior tories calling for mrs may to go. i

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forcedt after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. palestinian officials say a mother and her baby are among three people who've been killed in gaza in a wave of israeli air strikes and tank fire. israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least 200 rockets from into southern israel. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello there and welcome to sport stay with me holly hamilton and john manchester city win the wome‘s fa cup final for teh sceond time in three years. it's an immediate return to the championship — cardiff city's relegation is confirmed. and saracens ease past exeter as newcastle are relegated from rugby union's premiership. also coming up in the programme, four—time champion john higgins is through to his eigthth world championships final can judd trumpjoin him there —— two his eighth world championships fi

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei isn't a criminal offence and won't launch an investigation. but former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a "witch hunt". health officials in gaza say three palestinians including a m—month—old baby have been killed in israeli air strikes. israel said it was targeting militant sites, after around 200 rockets were fired into southern israel, injuring two people. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125mph. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and john watson. the headlines this evening. champions again — celtic claim their eighth consecutive scottish premiership title with a comfortable victory at pittodrie. nathan ake's late winner ensures tottenham will have to wai

we sent duncan smith to investigate. whisky and involve politicians of all political colours. hence the name all party parliamentary groups. but what do they actually do? well, to find out, i swapped the hustle and bustle of westminster for the more subdued atmosphere of a local sports bar to speak to a member of the all party group on snooker. and to stage my own vintage—style tribute. neil gray says the cross—party aspect of these groups is important. it's a more comfortable atmosphere to do that type of cross—party working than the more adversarial environments of select committees or the parliamentary chambers. also key, the dialogue between the politicians and the industry. that will allow the sport to flourish, the participation to continue to improve, the benefits to the economy to be realised and for the recognition that women's involvement in snooker is improving and developing and something that we should be supporting. the group's chairman says that like many appgs, this one has a specific aim. there is an exe

we have got other people, iain duncan smith has called rory stewart stu pid iain duncan smith has called for making these remarks. matt hancock has thrown his hat into the ring. they all seem to be having a go at each other for various different reasons. as the mail on sunday headline says, it is looking like a toxic campaign already. do you think that is a wise move? the criticism is going to come. at so early on? rory stewart? for the knives to come out. come. at so early on? rory stewart? for the knives to come outlj come. at so early on? rory stewart? for the knives to come out. i do think it is sort ofjustified. this debate, this competition to be the leader, it is all about who is a lever, who is a true leader, who is a remaineror soft lever, who is a true leader, who is a remainer or soft brexiteer. they may say they are the unity candidate, but they will be pushed in one direction or another in the binary choice they will face. i think they are being honest from the very start. borisjohnson, rory stewart, they are poles apart when it comes to brexit. so why not say that from the

we'll be speaking to former conservative leader iain duncan smith later in the programme.gation is under way as a man and a woman are questioned on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 in an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. the four other children, aged between seven months and 11 years, are not seriously injured. president trump and the first lady melania have arrived injapan this morning for the start of a four—day state visit. mr trump will be the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffith looks ahead to his visit. this is a trip really tailor—made for president trump. we'll see him tomorrow playing golf. we know that's one of his favourite pastimes. later on, a trip to sumo wrestling. we know he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states. a different type, but he will be there with a front row seat at an important competition here in tokyo. and all those p

mr iain duncan smith. mr speaker, cani mr iain duncan smith.ay to my right honourable friend that this morning her environment secretary was on the radio and when asked whether that was soui’, radio and when asked whether that was sour, that of its second reading would be brought back to parliament, he didn't answer in the affirmative. he said they would take reflections and they would listen. my question, therefore, to the prime minister is, having presented this to the dispatch box, is she absolutely certain now that she will bring this bill back to the house for a second reading? and if so, could she name the date now and say she will stick to it? i say to my right honourable friend, we have made the government position clear. the second reading will be brought to the house after the whitsun recess. thank you, mr speaker. it is customary to thank the prime minister for customary to thank the prime ministerfor advance customary to thank the prime minister for advance sight of her statement. it was some surprise we all saw the statement not be

iain duncan smith suggested mr stua rt‘s iain duncan smith suggested mr stuart's comment was stupid.ivisions within the party and how brexit will be the only topic in this two—month contest. that was chris mason. let's get more on this. let's get more on this now, and i'm joined by sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent at the financial times. and also, i'm joined by the journalist anne mcelvoy. thank you for speaking to us, both of you. first, i would like to start with you, anne, what you make of the contest so far, the tone, the pictures? i think it's very obvious that this contest is really at the moment all about boris johnson's leadership, or attempts to become leader. and all of the others are basically trying to trim their campaigns around what they think boris johnson's campaigns around what they think borisjohnson‘s leadership campaigns around what they think boris johnson's leadership campaign is going to look like, not least matt hancock and rory stewart. coming out as the younger modernisers. but already, differences between them. would they serve in the event of n

additionally we have iain duncan smith calling rory stewart idiotic for making those remarks. started. less than 24 hours then and they are calling each other names. what do you make of the strategy? do you think it is a good idea for this turning on boris en masse? how is that scene?” idea for this turning on boris en masse? how is that scene? i don't think it matters who. all this does is perpetuates the notion amongst ordinary people out there that this lot are behaving like schoolboys. it is like question time to come on, grow up. this is a crisis facing the country and it was started by sliding each other off in this way and we will, in the eyes of many people, diminish them all.m and we will, in the eyes of many people, diminish them all. it is trying to get through that first stage of the elimination process amongst the mps before it goes out to the members. and boris gets so much attention because he was the person who led the leave campaign. people have so many issues with the way that campaign was held itself. it is almost like unfinished business in a way. unfinishe

the headlines at 10: former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a "witch hunt" after police say they won't be investigating a leak from the national security council about the tech giant huawei. officials in gaza say a mother and a baby are among four people killed in israeli air strikes. israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least 200 rockets into israel. and it's victory for manchester city in the women's fa cup final, as they defeat west ham 3—0 at wembley.

conservative era sceptics, they were very angry from jacob rees—mogg it to steve baker and ian duncan smithand we are not going near a day that labour is suffered by second referendum if you want on this, opening the door to having a second referendum and they said we did not trust you, we are not on boyd and then the labour pragmatist whojust wanted boyd and then the labour pragmatist who just wanted done boyd and then the labour pragmatist whojust wanted done i imagine like most people, they said we are not getting on board because again we did not trust a future tory pm to rip it up in the the appeal was the dup, they said it's the same oral —— old to deal not budging, so the whole thing is an utter failure for the premise that you look at how it's portrayed in headlines in the papers tomorrow, you have to wonder why she'd bothered giving the speech in the first place, number ten, what are they hoping to get out of this at every single target group is going to say we are not on board it's a waste of time now and by the way can you get out of it sooner. equal opportunity offence, and so o

iain duncan smith suggesting the comment from mr stewart was stupid.will be the dominating and only topic in this two—month contest. chris, thank you. and there will be more on the leadership contest tomorrow on the andrew marr show at 10am on bbc one. his guests include former brexit secretary dominic raab and the chancellor, philip hammond. a british man is reported to have died on mount everest, bringing the death toll to 10 this season on the world's highest peak. robin haynes fisher reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. there have been reports of overcrowding and climbers have been queuing near the peak. an irishman also died on the mountain yesterday, located in the himalayas. andy moore has the story. did you see where you were going, robin? i'm going to the top. but i'm going via the ice storm! yeah, it should be a trip to remember. robin haynes fisher was filmed by his partner at everest base camp just a few weeks ago. and this was him four years ago on the summit of mont blanc. he had also climbed aconcagua, the highest mounta

former conservative party leader iain duncan smith says the prime minister must say she will go veryish local elections. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act so isn't a criminal offence. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace marking his official accession to the throne. here, rail passengers face travel disruption this weekend

i've been speaking to the former leader of the conservative party, iain duncan—smith — i asked him whonservative party. i haven't made my decision because i thought it was unseemly for me to think about this until the prime minister decided whether she was going. now she has i will talk to the various candidates. i have said that clearly. the thing i say to those standing for election is that their purpose in life is to bring the party together. if that is the case, telling everyone they won't serve under one person or the other is not exactly what they need to be doing, we need to come behind whoever wins the competition as a party, deliver on the brexit deal and then take the fight to what i consider to be a marxist labour party. that seems the basic principles. boris johnson, you would back him, be happy? i stand by what ijust said, whoever gets elected by the party in the country i will support them and encourage everyone to support them in whatever context — on the backbenches or in the cabinet or whatever. do you think borisjohnson should have stayed in the cabinet and help deliv

former conservative party leader iain duncan smith says the prime minister must say she will go ‘veryions. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act, so isn't a criminal offence. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125mph. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace, marking his official accession to the throne. here, rail passengers face travel disruption this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway.

former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced english local elections. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei — didn't breach the official secrets act — so isn't a criminal offence. cyclone fonny causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. a record 52,000 fans are set to watch the women's fa cup final at wembley — as manchester city take

what do you think, iain duncan smith?n't have plenty of time, and it needs to be done sharply. there are two elements that the 22 will have to look at. the 1922 committee. one is, how many people does it take to nominate somebody? it is low at the moment, but i think it needs to be ten or12 moment, but i think it needs to be ten or 12 people. each round, instead of having one drop off, they may need to look at whether three drop off in the early rounds to accelerate the process. it may not be popular, but i given —— but given the nature of the fact of what we face, we don't want it to be chaos. given the contest is pretty much under way, isn't it too late for the 1922 to do anything about it? no, they haven't set the rules. they haven't said when the hustings or the votes in parliament will be. i would ask them to think about simplifying this contest. numbers of nominations, and how many drop out on each round. with this many people you need to change those. does it matter if you have a number of candidates? not in the se

i've been speaking to the former leader of the conservative party, iain duncan—smith — i asked him who to see lead the conservative party. well i haven't generally made my decision, because i thought it was unseemly for me to even think about this until the prime minister decided whether she was going or not. now she has, i will talk to all the various candidates, i have said that quite clearly. but the one thing i do say it to those who are standing for election, is that their purpose in life is whatever to bring the party together. and so if that's the case, then telling everybody that they won't serve under one person or the other is not exactly what they need to be doing. we need to come behind whoever wins this competition, as a party, deliver on the brexit deal, and then take the fight to, what i consider to become a marxist labour party, but that seems the very basic principles, really. if borisjohnson got the job, you would back him then? you would be happy about that? well i stand by what ijust said, however, boris, orwhoever, whoever gets elected by the party in the country,

iain duncan smith set the dogs running yesterday by suggesting the prime minister should name a date was going to go and if she would not, the 1922 committee might move against her. is there any indication his call has picked up any resonance? there are some who sympathise, but what there has not been so far is what we often see as the cacophony of calls for the prime minister to do something. some are holding their fire until after the european elections when the tories could do worse than they did in the locals. but there is perhaps a question of if the prime minister comes back with a deal she has signed with labour that goes towards their position this week, many will be furious. but there is another risk. if she does not get the deal donein risk. if she does not get the deal done in time by the european elections, the voters will punish the conservative party again and then her critics might come calling. israel's prime minister has ordered the military to continue with massive strikes on the gaza strip and to deploy tanks, artillery and infantry forces around the territory. pal

thank you iain duncan smith.remiership. with me now is maddy teemont—jack, a brexit researcher for the independent think tank, the institute for government. that was quite stark, end game for brexit and bpm's premiership potentially. how do you see events playing out? the government has decided that rather than try to hold a vote on the deal again, they will bring forward the legislation which will implement the deal in domestic law. at this stage, there are not the votes to pass the bill. what will be interesting to see is whether mp's accepts the initial introduction as accepts the initial introduction as a bell and then use it as an opportunity to amend it over the next stages of negotiation or influence how the agreement will be cemented. but it seems tricky to the play minister effie refused to accept the winters first introduced. what do you think about the strategy here? what we know is that so far, the government has been very relu cta nt to the government has been very reluctant to publish this bill beca

one brief last question, your colleague, iain duncan smith, said that he countenances the idea of a dealis view, they wa nt labour, because in his view, they want a customs union and that is against what you said in your ma nifesto, against what you said in your manifesto, and that making a deal with jeremy corbyn manifesto, and that making a deal withjeremy corbyn is making a deal withjeremy corbyn is making a deal with somebody who cannot be trusted. i hope it doesn't come to having a deal withjeremy corbyn. i have a difficulty being in the lobby with jeremy corbyn, but the only reason the prime minister has been forced to try and find a compromise with jeremy corbyn is 3a of my colleagues voted with jeremy jeremy corbyn is 3a of my colleagues voted withjeremy corbyn against jeremy corbyn is 3a of my colleagues voted with jeremy corbyn against the deal on the 29th of march. if you don't like the prime minister talking tojeremy corbyn, get out of the lobby and stop voting with him. thank you forjoining us. cross—party talks have resumed this afternoon between senior cabinet ministers an

iain duncan smith wants to take him to win arboretum. it seems like a positive choice.e him to mandatory fish and chips. it's a plethora of traditional british images. i don't think any of them will actually get their wish. it's unlikely. more from victoria in one hours time. tomorrow, "wake up to the menopause" with our new series to help women live a better menopausal life. to understand what it's really like we asked some who are living through it to share their tips and advice." what do i think when i think of the menopause? ijust what do i think when i think of the menopause? i just think confusion, that's my word, just total and utter confusion. liberation. challenging. hot, dried up. wisdom, maturity and experience. relief, because i'm through the other side now. no more periods. try not to commit murder. it's made me get out and enjoy life. it's made me get out and enjoy life. it's pretty damn unfair most women go through what we go through. what's my advice to someone going through menopause? talk, talk, talk. you don't have to put up with the worst of the symp

the former work and pensions secretary, iain duncan smith, has called for changes to the rules governing "looking like chaos" because too many mps have entered. so far, 11 candidates have come forward, with the former chancellor, george osborne telling bbc radio 4's pm programme, that it wasn't a bad thing that the party had a proper choice, and that the candidates must be put under proper scrutiny. let's go now to westminster, where we can speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. we are used to fields of ten or 15 01’ we are used to fields of ten or 15 or 20 candidates running for us presidential nominations, are we turning more american in this style? i don't think we are because i think there is quite a backlash against this huge range of candidates in a british context. we have never seen such a large field, the most we've ever had in a tory contest was five. we now have 11 with another five potentially waiting in the wings, taking it up to 16 or 17. who knows? but there is no real momentum behind paring back some of these peripheral candidates, culling the candidates,

iain duncan smith was not an obvious person to succeed, but he did.davis. david cameron was a nobody at the beginning, nobody had heard of him. but he managed to come from nowhere because he took off his tie and jacket and did the whole casual compassionate conservative thing, and people thought it was great. so he won. and theresa may only won because of the greek tragedy slaughterhouse that went on in the background between borisjohnson, michael gove and the other candidates. basically, nobody else was left standing, they were all lying ina was left standing, they were all lying in a bloody pool on the stage. again and again, it never goes to plan. boris johnson has again and again, it never goes to plan. borisjohnson has his supporters in the country and in parliament, but equally there are many tories who would pretty much die ina many tories who would pretty much die in a ditch to stop him. they don't trust him. frankly, they don't think he is a tory in some ways, they think he is a borisjohnson one—man fan club. so there are many tories who will

secretary and others as well, but we have been told she is refusing to see them tonight and iain duncan smith i am joined by the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee. you have decided that the time has come for theresa may to stand aside. that is right, i wrote in the financial times this afternoon that the time has come for afternoon that the time has come for a change of leader, we only had a few months left until the 1st of 0ctober deadline, and we need a new tea m 0ctober deadline, and we need a new team to deliver that. sadly, the prime minister has done her absolute best and nobody can fault her for her devotion to duty and integrity, but sometimes it isn't about the individual, it isjust but sometimes it isn't about the individual, it is just time for a change. do you think that a new leader could change the dynamics here, given that the parliamentary numbers will stay the same?” here, given that the parliamentary numbers will stay the same? i do, because i think we are going through a large change, notjust here in the uk, but also in europe, of course, tomorrow, the europe

iain duncan smith, arch brexiteer, said get it over now. why can't that happen?back from moving the dialogue forward by stepping aside? david: she really feels that her legacy, if it is going to be anything, has to be delivering on this promise. this is what brought her to power after the referendum in 2016. time and again, she said she would deliver. brexit is brexit -- remember that phrase? to step down without having delivered brexit seems like an enormous failure to her. tom: and i really try to --erstand a liberal democrat where are the liberal democrats, in the middle of all of this, and also that new party? david: the liberal democrats have not had a pretty good week. they have been arguing for a long time -- they are the party of remain. 48% of the british public wanted to stay in the european union. they had not really been getting much traction. but this week, we have the elections for the local councils, and they had their best result in a generation. they picked up all of those voters deserting the conservatives and the labour party. from the governme

if you think of theresa may and david cameron and john major and iain duncan smith, none of those withreign secretary saying yesterday he will definitely be in the mix. esther mcvey, former cabinet minister, pretty keen. rory stewart, new to the cabinet, rather keen on an upgrade for him around the cabinet table. quite keen on chairing them and being prime minister himself. as for others who haven't quite said yes when asked the question, but sure i keen... there is a smorgasbord. a smorgasbord. a whole card set. there no end of people who are talked about. in the mix you have the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. health secretary matt hancock. liz truss, chief secretary to the treasury. andrea leadsom, leader of the commons. the list goes on and on and on and the challenge for mp5 the commons. the list goes on and on and on and the challenge for mps in the coming months will be to whittle that list down to just two and then roughly 100,000 conservative members around the country will have the awesome responsibility on behalf of eve ryo ne awesome responsibility on behalf of everyone els

iain duncan smith, the former leader, calling for a change in the rules to narrow the field slightly bar for candidates to enter. they could still be some more joining, couldn't they? talk about unlucky 13. gp surgery closures across the uk have reached an all—time high, affecting an estimated 500,000 patients last year according to new research. an investigation by the medical website pulse found under—resourcing and recruitment difficulties were forcing surgeries to close with many smaller practices merging to survive. our reporter leigh milner has more. that is excellent. every year, millions of people are treated by their local gp. over the past year, then nhs has lost over 400 qualified gps and surgery closures across the uk are at an all—time high. according to new figures released by the medical magazine pulse, in 2013, just 18 surgeries shut across the uk. by last year, that number had increased to 138. nhs england, which runs the health service, said it refuted the pulse figures. according to their data, which only covers the past financial year, it hasn't seen fewer closure