in his report, lord geidt says... lord geidt is borisjohnson�*s second adviser on ethics.ned when his advice wasn't followed. today, lord geidt said, to avoid exactly that situation, he had not offered mrjohnson advice over the partygate affair. in his reply, mrjohnson absolving himself of breaking the code he must follow... mrjohnson, writing to lord geidt, said he had apologised in parliament and believes, in doing so, he showed leadership and accountability. butjohn stevenson, the tory mp for carlisle, today became the latest conservative to submit a letter of no confidence in mrjohnson. it's thought 28 have now been sent. 5a are needed to trigger a vote. there has been an investigation by the met police. the prime minister has been to the house of commons. he's apologised, humbly apologised. he's accepted the lessons that need to be learned from sue gray's report. he's implemented most of the recommendations and he has not misled the house of commons. but for boris johnson, partygate is not over. many tory mps are still mulling their response, the number of no confiden

and the times in ludgate _ —— lord geidt threatening to quit and boris — —— lord geidt threatening toic— and borisjohnson responded with a public letter to lord geidt explaining his actions and crucially he says— explaining his actions and crucially he says he — explaining his actions and crucially he says he believes he did not breach — he says he believes he did not breach the ministerial code and being fined is not the same as breaking — being fined is not the same as breaking or preaching the ministerial code. in the story says that lord — ministerial code. in the story says that lord geidt was 60—40 in favour of quitting _ that lord geidt was 60—40 in favour of quitting yesterday despite the prime minister possibles clarifications so there are questions as to whether or not he will stay— questions as to whether or not he will stay and we saw someone quit over the _ will stay and we saw someone quit over the bullying scandal affair sometime ago and this will be the second ethics to walk out. just lookin: second ethics to walk out. just looking at _ second ethics to walk out. just

— to see this criticism coming from lord geidt because it's not long ago that he _ lord geidt becausehe was— lord geidt because it's not long ago that he was clearing the prime minister, he was critical of the prime — minister, he was critical of the prime minister and cleared him of any wrongdoing over the refurbishment of the downing street fla- refurbishment of the downing street flag and _ refurbishment of the downing street flag and your suggestions that he did not— flag and your suggestions that he did not really of the tt needed to do the _ did not really of the tt needed to do the job— did not really of the tt needed to do the job properly as the prime ministers — do the job properly as the prime ministers ethics adviser and so, realty— ministers ethics adviser and so, realty the — ministers ethics adviser and so, really the difficulty is he being up for boris — really the difficulty is he being up for borisjohnson, i think. the really the difficulty is he being up for boris johnson, i think. the tone of it, i have — for boris johnson, i think. the tone of it, i have repeatedly

that's not the only problem lord geidt has with all of this.nson should engage early with this question of whether or not he broke the ministerial code. he sounds quite angry that that didn't happen. but borisjohnson goes on to say he thinks there's been a failure of communications between the two offices and perhaps that gives both sides hear enough to blame, something being lost in the ether rather than a disagreement between the two. ., , ., the two. course the two men, during the two. course the two men, during the question — the two. course the two men, during the question being _ the two. course the two men, during the question being asked _ the two. course the two men, during the question being asked of- the two. course the two men, during the question being asked of the - the question being asked of the prime minister slat redecoration, the messages if i remember, turned up the messages if i remember, turned up later on and the prime minister got a bit of a slap on the rest from lord geidt. there is some movement within the parliamentar

to clarify, does this mean lord geidt i difficult questions.e prime minister will probably give it back can always withhold his permission. lord geidt has a more formal team around him, officials who will be working for him specifically, that will strengthen his ability to do those investigations but fundamentally the decision of whether a not he can investigate still the prime minister's.— the headlines on bbc news... an nhs trust at the centre of concerns about avoidable deaths and injuries to babies has been told to make immediate improvements to its maternity services. warnings that the cost—of—living crisis will continue for at least another year if oil and gas prices do not fall. but the government insists its financial aid will help people cope. conservative mp paul holmes resigns as a ministerial aide at the home office following the fallout from the publication of a report into lockdown parties at downing street. russian—backed separatist leaders in eastern ukraine say they've captured the town of lyman, as russian forces persist with

in his annual report the prime ministers advisor lord geidt says if borisjohnson does not believe his

prime minister says he is not breached the ministerial code, but the official ethics adviser lord geidt