gavin ba rwell downing street chief of staff. gavin barwell is a former housing minister.w been appointed as the new chief of staff. he was the mp for croydon central. but that seat was lost to labour. i think we can speak to our correspondent who is in westminster. things are moving quickly. tell us more. yes, very swift movement here by theresa may appointing gavin ba rwell. by theresa may appointing gavin barwell. the two previous advisers only resides at about lunchtime today. —— resigned. they were the price theresa may had to pay, if you like, for not getting the result from the election she wanted. a lot of conservatives are very angry with the way they behaved and the way they kept theresa may closeted away from the party. it was a very secretive operation, many felt. the appointment of gavin barwell i think isa appointment of gavin barwell i think is a pretty smart one. he lost his seatin is a pretty smart one. he lost his seat in croydon and had a wafer thin majority there. so not surprising. but key things here. he is well liked inside the parliamentary conserva

yesterday, at gavin ba rwell, the opposite. who lost the seat, croydon central, on thursday, he was a remain, he has been pointed chief of central, on thursday, he was a remi days a has been pointed chief of central, on thursday, he was a remi days a h —— ween pointed chief of chief ‘at chief 5 at downing street. chief of staff at downing street. yes, this is interesting. the two major papers disagreeing with each other. i personally believe that theresa may set out her stall on negotiating stance when she wrote to donald tusk, when she was triggering article 50, at the end of march. she said out of the single market, after the customs union, and of course, having a close trade relationship, a free—trade agreement, and eight close agreement on security, and i personally believe that is right. and i don't think that greenies make a big difference. it is notjust green. so michael fallon said, and i wash it, and it was an interesting moment, he has been very loyal, that he is now shifting and now saying that he is after a more bus

gavin ba rwell alone an increased majority. popular inside the conservative parliamentary party, he was the housing minister up until the election. more importantly, before that, he had a couple of spells in the whips office, which means that he knows the parliamentary party very well. if you're on the flip‘s office and you remain popular then thatis office and you remain popular then that is something of an achievement —— whip‘s office. that is something that he can bring to downing street so that he can bring to downing street so that theresa may can try to be established connection with the party who has felt excluded. it is as smart appointments, theresa may has given strong words tonight in support of gavin barwell and how pleased she is to have him on board. i expect that this was in the offing from last night at some point in time. there was plenty for him to do, he has got to oversee the deal that the strike with the dup, the democratic unionist party, he has got to sell that deal to the conservative parliamentary party

she does have gavin ba rwell, that she trust. l, people say he is very attic and well liked. you can lose your job as an mp one day and double your salary the next. finally, away from this, it is a week ago since the london bridge attack happened. it feels like longer because of what has been happening, and ordinarily, we would have been talking about it a great deal more. hospitals warned that they are tourist targets. the shocking headline, and suddenly, it seems perfectly plausible. if you are looking to make headlines and shock people, of course, the idea that people working around the clock trying to help people, the thought that they could be targeted is horrific. you see it abroad. the number of times in syria, in much worse circumstances, they are targeted, and this little haven that is trying to patch people up, they are targeted. the truth of it is everything is a target. we have heard reports of hospitals and schools being put on alert. let's look at the sunday express again. this isjeff look at the sunday express again

the liaison with backbenchers, there was a huge round of applause and cheering for gavin ba rwell. oflause and cheering for gavin barwell. he is a former conservative mp who lost his seat in croydon on thursday, he has been brought in as her chief of staff, he is a very popular figure her chief of staff, he is a very popularfigure among her chief of staff, he is a very popular figure among the tories, and they really hope that he will make sure there is a much better connection between the parliamentary party and downing street. thank you, vicky. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. coming up this evening... after winning the under 20s world cup do young footballers in england deserve to be given more chances to play? there's a tight match between pakistan and sri lanka in cricket‘s champions trophy — find out who snatched the last spot in the semi—finals. and we have the latest on the british and irish lions as they prepare for their fourth match on the tour of new zealand. good evening — lots in store this evening but we start with engl

gavin ba rwell talked about they would leave the single market. ut the appealjeremy corbyn had to voters... the real thing that we need to understand is how the labour party got 40% of the vote and how they were successful in motivating large numbers of people who do not normally vote for them, and what we can do to make sure people that are conservative minded, who voted to remain in the referendum, are happy to keep supporting the party. we look at the higher effects, the high turnout and in strong remain areas labourdid turnout and in strong remain areas labour did well. and how in the next election, we can address those concerns. gavin barwell will be at the centre of government in downing street trying to wrestle with those issues and how theresa may can broaden her repeal. that is part of an interview on panorama this evening on bbc one at 8:30pm —— broaden her appeal. let's talk now to the former conservative minister and mp rob wilson who lost his seat in reading east on friday. thanks forjoining us. thank you for coming in. let's talk abou

there is gavin ba rwell just incredible.gavin barwell saying they will listen and learn, they are not listening and not learning. if she seriously think that by getting rid of two people most of the public have never even heard of, that it will somehow safer, she is living in la land. you say it is not about nick timothy and fiona hell but they did become part of the story, it is so often attributed to do, that if you become pa rt attributed to do, that if you become part of the story it is time to get out. as an unelected figure inside government, someone very close to prime minister, someone who also did get some people's backs up, you will understand. here is the thing, but i didn't do, i got the backs up in the media, for sure, but within the government, this is about the government, this is about the government, so these people have got in and they have gone out of their way, with theresa may's bacchin, with her permission, to basically bully and intimidate the civil service. you cannot govern without the civil service

now she has a new chief of staff in gavin ba rwell, has a new chief of staff in gavin barwell, who lostge time. gavin barwell would have remained mp if not for the prime minister calling this unnecessary election, this gamble that failed. so in a way, it is odd. he certainly doesn't owe her a bit of loyalty given that he has lost his seat. gavin barwell is a nice man. conservative contacts seem to have good words to say about him. after the more hostile, macho style of nick and fiona, that will be welcome. diplomacy and charm will be needed now that the prime minister is so we can. secondly, he's very much a party man. he worked for conservative central office and now conservative central office and now conservative headquarters, at the heart of the party for 70 years. so we are seeing a shift of power away from downing street and back to the party in london. and he has served asa party in london. and he has served as a minister? he was a loyal foot soldier in theresa may's government for the past ten months. before that, he was housing minister. he can probably expect some ribbing. he

and gavin ba rwell joins they have given me. and gavin barwell joins us now. they have given me.dbury mp, a0 of ale. thank you both of you forjoining us. gavin, if we can pick up your thoughts. where did it go wrong, from your point of view? i think the results we re point of view? i think the results were particularly bad in london. nationally, it is quite mixed picture. clearly, we didn't get the result we wanted in overall seats, and labour share of the vote went up and labour share of the vote went up a very significantly. i think we need to give them some credit for that and understand howjeremy corbyn managed to motivate people who do not normally vote to come out and vote. definitely we could have runa and vote. definitely we could have run a better and vote. definitely we could have runa better campaign, and vote. definitely we could have run a better campaign, but it is also about understanding why some people were motivated to come out and vote who do not normally do so. it is worth pointing out to people, in your constituency, you were defending a majority ofjust a06 t

why are our question is not being made to the former housing minister, gavin ba rwell, former housingven have a government at the moment. mr speaker announced to the house yesterday that the new minister, nick heard, was available to discuss the problem with colleagues. she made the immediate announcement she would do everything she can to help the families. i am of no doubt at all that as a matter of urgency, the end her team are trying to get to the bottom of what has happened. —— the bottom of what has happened. —— the prime minister and her team. but i don't want to point the finger at anyone. i want to say this is awful and has taken a tragedy to get attention on this issue, that sprinklers save lives and you cannot put any price on someone's life. thank you. chairman of the fire safety group. and now for the weather. quite a warm and muggy start to the day. through the day, some respite from the heat and humidity. feeling quite fresh, especially in the west. sunshine and showers today. the fresh feel is down to the fact we have a cold front working eased through the day allowing

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