the appointment of gavin barwell i think isa appointment of gavin barwell i think is a pretty smart one in croydon and had a wafer thin majority there. so not surprising. but key things here. he is well liked inside the parliamentary conservative party. very collegiate person. he has experience. he was a minister up until the election, housing minister. but also, incredibly importantly, you spelt several spells in the office of the whip, so he understands conservative parliamentary party and i think they will see him as a reassuring presence inside downing street. so that they can get things back on track a bit. so a clever move by theresa may to bring him in in particular and clever to do it as quickly as this, given there were all sorts of dangers of a vacuum developing in downing street, of her being isolated and a bit of a hiatus, particularly widely whole discussion with the dup is going on. several conservative mps questioning whether theresa may should even have the right to stay in office and some talk of a successor being planned down the line. but also importantly, gavin barwe

what you make of this choice of gavin barwell? it isa this choice of gavin barwell? his colleagues and she also knows the parliamentary party. cheers of his free looking for someone cheers of his free looking for someone who can cheers of his free looking for someone who can reassure cheers of his free looking for someone who can reassure the parliamentary party, but for those of us who are also keen on the conservative party being a string —— having modernising parts, he is reassuring. what makes him reassuring? because people who were on that wing of the party has no one gathered for a long time, know the politics he stands for and also trust him as a safe of hands. he has been involved in what of the campaigning work that the party has done. here's a friend of mine, therefore probably not looking to me for the more stringent view of his personality, but i think he is widely accepted to be the things that i have suggested. we may try to tease that it'd even if he is a friend! he lost his seat in croydon central only on thursday, this is quite a consolation ram, isn

mrs may said: "i'm delighted that gavin barwell accepted the role as my chief of staff.been a first class minister and is widely respected. i look forward to working with him." the resignations of nick timothy and fiona hill followed what the bbc understands was a warning from conservative mps that mrs may would face a leadership challenge, if she didn't sack them. more on gavin barwell‘s appointment in a moment, but first our political correspondent alex forsyth. they were at the heart of power, the prime minister's closest advisers for years. but nick timothy and fiona hill were accused of having too much control over policy and tactics, costing theresa may her majority and costing them theirjobs. they're brilliant street fighters and terrible political leaders, because what you need at the heart of government is a few grey—haired people who have been around the block a bit and say "don't do that, you will make mistakes". mistakes acknowledged by nick timothy today. he said britain was divided: today, as the consequences of the campaign sunk in, reflection and recrimin

gavin barwell talked they would leave the single market. out they would leave the single market. gavin barwell talked about 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

they've been replaced by the former tory mp, gavin barwell, who's theresa may's new downing street chief of staff, the attackers revealed the london bridge attackers! to hirea revealed the london bridge attackers! to hire a 7.5 ton lorry to tried to hire a 7.5 ton lorry to carry out the attack, hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. it will be extended compared to usual. with me are jack blanchard, political editor of the mirror and caroline wheeler, political editor of the sunday express. welcome. tomorrow's front pages. starting with this: the observer says may's premiership is in peril. the paper leads with its editorial comment saying mrs may is discredited, humiliated, and diminished. it says she is now weak, with rivals and opponents no longerfearing her. the daily mail focusses on the foreign secretary boris johnson saying he is set to launch a bid to become prime minister. it also carries a picture of former top gear presenter, richard hammond, who was involved in a car crash during filming in switzerland. the telegraph says theresa

yesterday, at gavin barwell, who lost the seat, croydon central, on thursday, he was a remain, he hasal, 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 business friendly brexit. —— you that he is after a more business frienr §§i§§lt —— - are| you that he i

she does have gavin barwell, people say he is very attic and well liked.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. this is jeff ho, look at the sunday express again. this isjeff ho, one

there was a huge round of applause and cheering for gavin ba rwell. of applause and cheering for gavin barwell 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 english football's first world cup winners s

particular questions coming the way of gavin barwell.e government. it insists it has not, that the work to do with those regulations is ongoing, but you can imagine those questions will continue now, given what happened yesterday. of course, our thoughts are with the fire, but politics continues — after maybe a brief pause because of recent tragic events, we had theresa may negotiating with the dup, and i wonder how surprisingly resignation is. yes, very striking, isn't it, that fought the third time in just a few weeks, politics causing almost yesterday because of the tower block fire? politicians yet again reflecting on the incredible work of the emergency services. a couple of big things still going on politically, the government trying to stitch together a with the democratic unionist party, to try to ensure they have a majority of the conservatives plus the dup, and the prime minister inviting in five political parties from northern ireland, one after another today, all part of the attempt to restore devolved government to northern

and gavin barwell joins us now. they have given me. and gavin barwelljoins us now.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 to five votes, you ended the nig

gavin barwell was about to meet the all-party group.t success. matt wrack, you are from the fire brigades union, some are linking the closure of ten fire stations with the loss of 552 jobs, made by the former mayor of london, borisjohnson, with what happened at g re nfell tower. borisjohnson, with what happened at grenfell tower. you, however, are very cautious about making that link, as i understand it. we have still got an incident going on, there are still people missing, still people doing theirjob, and i think we need to concentrate on that. i want to separate the two issues at this stage, the whole thing needs to be investigated, and clearly we were opposed to those reductions, we think they made london is less safe. whether it has had a direct impact on this incident i cannot stay at this stage. in terms of this incident, echoing ronnie's point, the question arises, how can it even happen? we will find out this was an avoidable tragedy, and that is horrifying in a wealthy country, that this can happen. why do you think we will fi

a short time ago, the former conservative housing minister gavin barwell, who lost his seat, told this prime minister should stay. brom tech the conservative party has got the largest number of votes, it has got the most mps, we are the only party capable of forming a strong government to take us through these brexit negotiations. we need to get behind theresa may, but the whole party needs to learn lessons. for the latest, let's speak to our political correspondent eleanor garnier, who is at downing street this morning. so, we know theresa may is back in downing street this morning. the question people are asking is, can she remained there? yes, she has emerged from this election not with that increased majority that she wanted, but instead, fighting for her premiership. after what some are calling a disastrous campaign, there are questions as to just how long theresa may can last here in no 10. heidi allen, the conservative mp, has said she thinks she has six months at best. rightly, others, as well as one minister, have told me they cannot see her staying here. so, big questions, bu

have the best team, and there have been changes in downing street, a smart new chief of staff, gavin barwell party, including by me. i thought tim's piece was interesting when it ends up reminding us that charles the first fired stratford, thinking this would keep the dogs at bay and it didn't. i would also point out that one thing that has made the tory party cros is when theresa may returned to downing street and never mentioned the many good mps who had lost their seats. i was watching, as a tory party member, absolutely furious that there was no acknowledgement of the suffering and loss that had been caused. the tory party doesn't have any options. it is the only way it can geta any options. it is the only way it can get a parliamentary majority, because no other party will deal with them. it is different from 2010, when i was negotiating a coalition and we had the lib dems as partners. there is a big difference between a coalition and a supply and confidence arrangement. let me explain... very briefly, in 2010, we wa nted explain... very briefly, in 2010, we wanted a permanent arrangeme

they've been replaced by one of the losing conservative candidates, the former housing minister gavin barwellcorrespondent — alex forsyth reports. they were at the heart of power, the prime minister's closest advisers for years. but nick timothy and fiona hill were accused of having too much control over policy and tactics, costing theresa may her majority and costing them theirjobs. they're brilliant street fighters and terrible political leaders, because what you need at the heart of government is a few grey—haired people who have been around the block a bit and say "don't do that, you'll make mistakes". mistakes acknowledged by nick timothy today. he said britain was divided: today, as the consequences of the campaign sunk in, reflection and recrimination, some tory mps saying theresa may had to heed calls to change. there were plenty of voices in the conservative party that reminded her you can't run the government like you run the home office and there have been plenty of calls to make sure that the circle around her was wider and more inclusive, to prevent anyone believing that the two

gavin barwell, who was a minister, lost his seat on thursday and is popular.e can speak human, unlike mrs may, and he can speak to people, which is a great criticism of her. one person they were allegedly route it was the chancellor, philip hammond, and he seems to have emerged empowered from all of this. he may push for a softer brexit. precisely. that was the expectation in the past few weeks, that he would be toast after the election, the way that theresa may would not confirm that he would be there as chancellor. he is probably quite a happy man at the moment. let's look at boris and what all this means for him. we have the mail on sunday saying, boris is set to launch bid to be prime minister as may clings on. this morning, he has put out that this is tripe. the more he says that, the more convinced i am that he will run. it is like when michael heseltine said he could not foresee circumstances where he would stand against mrs thatcher and then the next week he did. there is also, apparently, an anyone but boris campaign going on. there is a sense that he

but we know gavin barwell sat on a report from last october, that he should have looked at.d on recommendations from the coroner's report. but what we need to do is make sure that information to this fire we do find out what caused the fire. —— in relation to this fire. now that will be done. the fire service will make a report. the fire service will look at what it was that immediately happened, but beyond that, the public inquiry will get to the wider issues of responsibility in relation to this. around the country there are 4000 other high—rise blocks. there are many, many residents tonight wondering what kind of precautions you're taking. when will you be able to tell them that they are safe when they go to sleep? the government is doing everything in its power to make sure that people are safe. we've identified those buildings and over the weekend, now and over the weekend, people are going in and inspecting those buildings. we will do everything in our power to make sure that people are safe. does the culture have to change? does it have to be a culture where you start

of the fire breaking out in west london and increasing inequality that resumes chief of staff gavin barwell who allegedly sat on a tower block fire safety review even state mandated u.k. broadcasters at the scene couldn't avoid the topic of rich was as poor as they sought opinion from the local community one thing i wanted to say that i was saying about i might have been afraid to exploit it was something that i don't know about what i will i do know is dated regeneration last year building that they talk about doing all of these buildings they did it that they wouldn't only ten million pounds they're talking about and put the plastic things on there. because they want more reasons to not be on this to. generate the blocks or they could knock them down and often i'm not so sure that was totally an accident i'm not even going to lie i'm not going to lie to you could you cause me to have i'm not going to lie the whole situation that's going on in this area and we don't want the way that they don't want us here and there's richmond. they don't want us here and they put those richman's blocks o

in the last hour, the former tory mp, gavin barwell, has been appointed to replace them a5 there5a may'ss from some senior tories that mrs may would face a leadership challenge if the two had remained by her side. the other headlines... police reveal that the london bridge terror attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry, but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torche5 were found in the van they did use. police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wri5t5.

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there is gavin barwell saying they will listen and learn, they are not listening and not learning.riously 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 being on site, you have to work with them, and now they have to work with them, and now they have g

chief of staff now, appointed a new chief of staff now, a former mp, who was one until thursday, gavin barwellss coverage, she is going to be in a sticky situation, i believe. watching that speech on friday when she returned from seeing the queen, it was extraordinary. for many people was as if the election had not happened. do you think we will need to see a change in the way she approaches? something more honest and says that she acknowledges, perhaps, that things went wrong? one of the strangest things about the election campaign was that the public got to know her quite well and found her to be a little defensive, a little brittle and not really that open. she did not do a tv debate and in press conferences and interviews that she came across as irritable. and we had a bizarre sight on friday which was her giving a victory speech, as such, or as if she had won a landslide when they did not happen. she needs to be more open and more collegiate with her colleagues. a little warmer, really, if she is to survive. other people have said that nick timothy was one of the great progressive brain i

for example, we know that gavin barwell, the former housing mr, now cheese of —— chief of staff for theresavice. what is crystal clear is ministers have been consistently given advice, which frankly has been wrong. i think the issue of sprinklers has been known for quite a long time there. 2009, you have the lateral fire in southern. there were a lot of conferences there. tenants who had had the sprinklers retrofitted from sheffield, toured the country, to spread the gospel of how effective it was. it was also remarkably cheap. they told it was £2000. cheaper than cladding? it is different protection. cladding is about installation with the materials. but sprinklers save lives. seriously, if we talk about a lack of cash, is it more important to put cladding on the outside to keep a building warm, or save lives? just to finish my point, if you put sprinklers in the building there, it is my view you can negotiate a very significantly lower is my view you can negotiate a very significa ntly lower insurance rate. so you make the savings by the cost of insuring the buildings, which are colossal,

gavin barwell was a minister, then he lost his seat now he is the prime minister's new chief of staffith the dup. what's the latest? i think there is little doubt that they will be at deal, itjust depends on what shape it will take. the dup will be pushing for more money, more investment for northern ireland and want a stronger voice with regards to breakfast —— brexit. they want a say in what happens to the whole of the uk for example the pensions policy. fuel allowance for older people being protected. the westminster government is looking like it is on the cards. what is less certain talks to get devolution backed up and running again. the five main party leaders will be meeting with the british and ireland irish governments. while the talking will be starting in belfast this morning, the mines in many people here will be on what is going on in london. later we'll be speaking to the brexit secretary david davis. that's at around 7.40. detectives investigating the london bridge attack have made a further arrest in east london. a 19—year—old man was detained in barking on suspicion o

gavin barwell, the housing minister. you can see what is being projected on the forecast.e split pretty evenly, we don't know if that will come into play. bolton west, theresa may launched her campaign in this neck of the woods. not this exact seat. very tightly fought. they only need a .8% swing to ta ke fought. they only need a .8% swing to take it from the conservatives, but the figures the forecast is coming up with suggest labour would be on coming up with suggest labour would beona coming up with suggest labour would be on a 9—point lead in pretty much all of these seats. that's why we're saying they have a very good chance of taking them. this would go read as well. bedford, 13 on the labour target list. it looks tight at the moment. tony blair took it three times for labour. it's not often you'll hearjeremy corbyn and tony blair in the same sentence, but we could be looking at some interesting changes of seats. bedford projected to be at least ten points between labour and the conservatives. brighton, camp town, next to the green seat, simon kirby on this forecast,