graham brady has come in from interesting. graham brady has come infrom a interesting.me in from a bit of criticism from tory mps for not being forthright enough with mrs may and being too willing to allow things to go on and accept meetings down the line. there is a strong body of opinion in the tory party that he should have gone to mrs may a long time ago to shore things up. but he is is an old school tory, it is a character issue, he doesn't want to force mrs may out of the door. i think tactically as well, forcing a no—confidence vote would be so bloody and brutal and divisive and ugly. bloody and brutal and divisive and it bloody and brutal and divisive and ugly, it would rebound against the party. better to let mrs may reach her own conclusion that she could not go on. i think that will be the tone of the conversation. to clarify, she doesn't have to go through another confidence vote until the end of the year unless the 1922 committee change those rules. explain what they did on that. there was a move to oust mrs may, as we know, in december. that failed, and un

sir graham brady was also saying it is not a job where people are fighting to succeed. not rule themselves out. there is a lot of unofficial electioneering going on. and some effectual electioneering —— official electioneering. if she does give a specific date, what little authority she has left could vanish. that is probably the fear and what sirgraham that is probably the fear and what sir graham brady was talking about here also said in this interview that he believed at this meeting it would be strange if it did not resolve in what he called a clear understanding of her departure plans. there is a lot of pressure on her to now get pretty specific in terms of when she might go. but look, as we were talking about a moment ago, we've been here before. theresa may is not one to spill the beans on something unless she really has to. it seems pretty clear from downing street at the moment, they do want to hang on, maybe have another go at trying to get this withdrawal agreement passed in one form or another. ‘s jessica, withdrawal agreement passed in one form or another.

that would be sir graham brady we don't actually know whether as willem was explaining earlier on that there will be a need for change in the rules so that back bench mps can challenge the prime minister the last leadership election being back in december, and that means that the prime minister cannot be challenged again until december of this year. we understand that might not be necessary, and that the prime minister will make a statement that is expected to be this morning whether we see the famous podium of number 10 coming out and the prime minister making a statement or indeed wherever she makes it within the headquarters of prime minister remains sob seen. we've heard up to ten key figures that may put themselves forward as potential leader. well, then it could be i along and convoluntarily outed process. in previous battled to be the leertd of the conservative party, there's been biweekly ballots on a tuesday and a thursday, but, of course, sir graham brady, who will be in charge of the first stage of the process, may want to speed things up a bit if indeed the timetable of fin

she has spoken to graham brady. in the ist ofjune, when or spoken to graham brady. when or lose spoken to graham brady. in the ist ofjune, when or lose her brexit vote. if she loses, couple units and she will go immediately or she will trigger the process for going insomuch as the race will start. if she wins — and we must say it is unlikely at this stage — she will stay until the end of the process, which probably takes up to the summer recess. she which probably takes up to the summer recess. she had already said she would go after brexit was complete. that was to set a timetable for the tory leadership race. if the deal is voted down again, she has not seen brexit through. this is a really crushing moment for the prime minister. i think you'll be personally devastated to be leaving office and not having seen through that promise. people who know her say she very much wants to be able to say, i came in to do a job, i've got it done. and she was like that at the home office too. it was three years ago she came into downing street, and you will remember the speech h

theresa may is meeting senior backbenchers later this week and sir graham brady has said he believesd be strange if that meeting did not result in what he called a clear understanding on her departure plans. but let's face it, theresa may is not one to spill the beans if she does not have to and we know she is keen to secure a brexit legacy before she leaves downing street. and you can hear more of that interview with graham brady on the week in westminster at 11am today on bbc radio 4. labour has announced plans to abolish the ‘youth rate' minimum wage and extend its real living wage of ten pounds per hour to under 18—year—olds. they say it will leave the average young worker more than £2,000 a year better off, but the federation of small businesses has accused politicians of competing tit—for—tat over wage increases. the united nations says the houthi rebel group in yemen is planning to withdraw its forces from three key ports over the coming days, in the first major step since a ceasefire was agreed in december. the un general overseeing the deal said the rebels intended to redepl

this is after a meeting with graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, which represents conservative she? which represents conservative backbenchers. can she? will sham says defiant may will stay until autumn. perhaps some wishful thinking. that seems to be her preferred timetable, not necessarily what will happen. what number 10 is doing is it is kind of kicking the brexit date, the deadline for brexit, further and further down the line. it's now more likely it will not be until august and the consequence of that is that theresa may would stay on until after the summer may would stay on until after the summer holidays, into the autumn. it just seems that theresa may keeps digging in, every time people suggested she should go and let somebody else take over and have another go at breaking the brexit impasse and going for an alternative to these talks with labour, it just seems she wants to stay. she is not giving any ground to the conservative backbenchers, who are becoming increasingly irate about a deal with labour, of giving ground oi'i deal with labour, of giving ground ona deal

, sir graham brady was been to the executive and they will have the opportunity to discuss a real changenge so that she could be a challenge for the leadership, because she is now safe until december, correct? yes, because there was a failed challenge, she has until december. but judging challenge, she has until december. butjudging by the mood upstairs, the centre of the conservative party thatis the centre of the conservative party that is relatively agnostic about the eu has moved now. ithink the prime minister will know that. someone said to me it isn't about brexit anymore, it isn't about her as the leader, whatever deal came forward , as the leader, whatever deal came forward, lots of people feel that people are not listening to she is saying. when david davis, boris johnson and i resigned after chequers last year, it was about the policy are not the person. it is now about both and there is no getting away from it. it is also about the policy, the reason why we are here is the policy. where are we to get a caretaker prime minister trying to push the same policy, we would have the

and you can hear more of that interview with graham brady on the week in westminster at 11am today onbc radio 4. labour has announced plans to abolish the ‘youth rate‘ minimum wage and extend its real living wage of £10 per hour to under 18 year olds. they say it will leave the average young worker more than £2,000 a year better off, but the federation of small businesses has accused politicians of competing tit—for—tat over wage increases. the united nations says the houthi rebel group in yemen is planning to withdraw its forces from three key ports over the coming days, in the first major step since a ceasefire was agreed in december. the un general overseeing the deal said the rebels intended to redeploy their forces over four days. the yemeni information minister has dismissed the houthi offer as misleading. president trump says us—china relations remain "very strong" despite washington escalating the trade war between the two countries. the united states has begun the process of extending tariffs to almost all chinese goods after more than doubling them on many other products yes

and you can hear more of that interview with graham brady on the week in westminster at 11am today onbc radio 4. labour has announced plans to abolish the ‘youth rate' minimum wage and extend its real living wage of £10 per hour to under—18—year—olds. they say it will leave the average young worker more than £2,000 a year better off, but the federation of small businesses has accused politicians of competing tit—for—tat over wage increases. the united nations says the houthi rebel group in yemen is planning to withdraw its forces from three key ports over the coming days, in the first major step since a ceasefire was agreed in december. the un general overseeing the deal said the rebels intended to re—deploy their forces over four days. the yemeni information minister has dismissed the houthi offer as misleading. president trump says us—china relations remain "very strong" despite washington escalating the trade war between the two countries. the united states has begun the process of extending tariffs to almost all chinese goods after more than doubling them on many other products ye

graham brady, the head of commons.he head of the 1922 committee which is the representative of the conservative back benches, met theresa may. therefore the big question is, how long is she going to be around? do you have any sense of how that conversation went? a couple of weeks ago, the executive in the 1922 committee, the body that is in charge decided to, they would not change the rules so she could be challenged as soon asjune and vote no confidence. they would state the premise that you have to set out a timetable for your departure, either with or without a deal. because the rules dictate that she cannot be challenged until december. she said... she says she'll be leave leaving as soon as it's settled, but they still have not come back with an answer two they still have not come back with a n a nswer two yea rs they still have not come back with an answer two years on, so it will be possible for them to come up with some sort of deal at the moment, i do not think that was forthcoming, will find a little bit more

and tomorrow morning, she is due to meet sir graham brady, the top brass of the pa rty‘s graham bradye top brass of the party's backbench graham brady, the top brass of the pa rty‘s backbench committee graham brady, the top brass of the party's backbench committee and this could be for theresa may some of the last conversations she has in her currentjob. laura kuenssberg reporting there. let's speak to our political correspondentjonathan blake at westminster. bring us up—to—date with what has happened today. as you saw what laura had her report there, she is in no doubt about the amount of discontent among conservative mps about her leadership, to put it mildly, and her plan for brexit. after the leader of the house quit last night, the chief secretary to the treasury has been promoted to that role. other cabinet ministers have been to the prime minister to see her in dentistry this morning to make their feelings clear. the home secretary and the fourth through terry both went to the prime minister —— foreign secretary, to explain their difficulties and their problems with the brexit

friday, it deems, will be key when theresa may meets sir graham brady, the senior conservative backbencherim than will, i think, determine how quickly events moved from then on. but make no mistake, he will be wanting to hear either a date or an immediate resignation from theresa may then. tough day for everyone. thank you very much indeed. well, one man who has been calling for the prime minsiter to resign for some time is the conservative mp and erg member, steve baker. he had this to say to our chief political correspondent vicki young earlier. i think at this point the reality is that certainlyjudging by the mood upstairs, the centre of the conservative party has moved. and i think the prime minister will know that. one said to me it isn't about brexit anymore, it is about her as the leader and whatever deal came forward , the leader and whatever deal came forward, a lot of beerfor your the leader and whatever deal came forward, a lot of beer for your they simply aren't listening to what she is saying? when david davis, boris johnson resigned after chequers, we we re johnson resigned a

the chair of the committee graham brady made this statement after the meeting.ment and i think it does give much greater clarity about the timetable which will be agreed for the election of a new leader of the conservative party. | new leader of the conservative party. i would you describe the image of that interview? it was a very frank discussion. i try to make your views represented on the executive were expressed and we had a very frank exchange with the payments. it was not a disagreement, we have reached an agreement. the statement that i have given you reflexes that agreement between the prime minster and the parliamentary party. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in the houses of parliament. we are talking about the beginning of the end of may and the first week of the end of may and the first week ofjune? do not give these people, simon. theresa may bought yourself some extra time by saying she would bring the withdrawal agreement bill. that is the legislation that would define the law that is about how we the eu. that is due to happen t

and you have been loyal to this point, she has a meeting with graham brady on friday but you think shed say she will resign down and exactly when it? well i think the prime minister position, her power and her authority is inextricably being eroded because of her inability to get this across the finishing line, i would not put the blame on the prime minister, i would put the blame on the extremis in the conservative party and the extremists in the labour party. and not preparing to compromise in any shape orform, not preparing to compromise in any shape or form, the not preparing to compromise in any shape orform, the british and not preparing to compromise in any shape or form, the british and the chlorate expected us to compromise when there is an issue of this magnitude, with no party having a majority and i am prepared to do that and i hope that many of my collea g u es that and i hope that many of my colleagues in the conservative party and labour party are also prepared to compromise because if it does not go through with this prime minister, there has to be compromise at some st

the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps, sir graham brady, says he expects theresa plans to leave downing street. the prime minister is due to meet the committee's executive next week. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker is here. is this wishful thinking? sir graham has tried a few times to have this chat with her. he would say he represents the views of backbench conservative mps, let's be clear, those views do vary but there are certainly some conservative mps, there is increasingly this is the case who want theresa may to set an unconditional timetable for her departure. at the moment what she said, she will go once phase one of brexit is delivered, the divorce settle m e nt brexit is delivered, the divorce settlement of leaving the eu. sir graham brady, he has said talking to the bbc that he does understand why the bbc that he does understand why the prime minister might be relu cta nt the prime minister might be reluctant at this stage to name an exact date. i don't think it's about an intention of staying indefinitely as prime minister of leader of the

... whoever is prime minister, andrea leadsom, sir graham brady. . m could be you and me at thisiament monday when get that done by october the 31st, the deadline, so i expect it‘s either no deal, which is quite frightening, or they asked for an extension. whether they asked for an extension. whether the eu says yes or not, we will see. that was my french exhausted! please, do not do any more. in the times, it all ends in tears. looking at thejob times, it all ends in tears. looking at the job that needs to be done. the irish border, that again is going to be the headache. the backstop issue remains clearly... the attempts to solve it, the backstop is it exists now, clearly is not acceptable to a sufficient numberof is not acceptable to a sufficient number of people. there needs to be a fresh attempt to look at it. the great contradiction here is that, of course, on great contradiction here is that, of course, on the one hand, the eu says we have to have this resolved. at the same time spokeswoman said there will be a hard border if there is no deal. michel barnier turned around

so graham brady chairs the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps. might be relu cta nt to understands why she might be reluctant to set an exact date. i do not think it is about an intention of staying indefinitely, as the prime minister or leader of the conservative party. i think the reticence is the concern that by promising to go on a certain timetable, it might make it less likely that she would secure parliamentary approval for the withdrawal agreement rather than more likely. while expressing sympathy, so graham brady has also said it would be strange with this meeting she has with tory backbench mps this week does not result in a clear understanding of her departure plan. a clear understanding might be what they're asking for but it does not guarantee that is what will get. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell good afternoon. england's cricketers made a great start to the second one—day international against pakistan in southampton. put into bat, they reached 115 before losing their first wicket, johnny bairstow out for 51, thanks to

sir graham brady, he has said, talking to the bbc, that he does understand why the prime minister might it is about an intention of staying indefinitely as prime minister or leader of the conservative party, i think the reticence is the concern that by promising to go on a certain timetable, it might make it less likely that she would secure parliamentary approval for the withdrawal agreement rather than more likely. how likely is it that she will have to go of her own accord rather than being given the shove? look, who can say exactly what will happen over the coming days and weeks? what sir graham has also said is he thinks it would be strange if this meeting did not result in some clearer understanding of theresa may's plans for her departure, but theresa may still wants to secure some kind of brexit legacy and if she does feel that by naming the exact date, that means that those opponents of her deal are more likely to dig in rather than relent, because they can see her departure date in sight, perhaps she will not want to name an exact date, so they might ask for that this coming w

saying do not expect much change from theresa may and just playing down this meeting with sir graham bradyeen clear and straightforward about what she will do, that she will see through this first phase of brexit, and we have had those discussions already. i do not think you should be too much into the fact the prime minister is meeting the chairman of the 1922 committee. it is normal and write those kinds of discussions take place and another one today. those kinds of discussions take place and another one todaylj appreciate place and another one today.” appreciate it is routine that the circumstances are interesting and there is great pressure on your party and the prime minister to try to reach even more of a deal with the labour party. yes. circumstances are interesting, putting it mildly. circumstances are difficult at the moment. we have had disappointing local election results last week, disappointing for us, we lost some great councillors, ha rd—working councillors. disappointing for the labour party. the signal from the publicly voted in many ways as people do in local elections w

on thursday and seen in headlines in the news channel senior backbencher graham brady confirmed thatme minister would set out a timetable for her departure in the first week ofjune. that's the position agreed by the prime minister and the executive. in the meantime the former secretary boris johnson tells a business co nfe re nce in manchester that of course he will run for the conservative leadership. the eye of bill mccudden was drawn towards the captions of the bottom of the screen there. and finally, these are strange political times and perhaps that's why chris mason's appearance on thursday's breakfast had an unusual visual accompaniment. even cats look on enviously at the number of lives theresa may seems to have had politically. a little illustration for you here, don't get this kind of stuff on newsnight. if you think back the things that the prime minister has survived politically, it is quite striking. just we thought we reached peak chris mason, you have done it again. i'm imagining people tuning in ten seconds into that thinking we had been hacked or something. thank you

so graham brady is the chair of the 1922 committee.st hearing from my colleague, saying he has confirmed that he is considering standing to be leader and so has stood down as chair of the 1922 committee. that means he is effectively not running things, you are. yes, he has been approached by are. yes, he has been approached by a number of colleagues asking him if he would run for leadership. i know he would run for leadership. i know he is considering that at the moment. i am sure he will make a decision in the next few hours as to what he wants to do. how long will the whole process take? when will we have a new party leader and therefore a new leader in number ten downing st? the ambition is to have it done by the time of the summer recess, the end ofjuly. and for those who don't know how it works, the mps come up with two contenders and then that is put to the party around the country? yes, the party membership, and i suspect they will be hustings around the country, possibly even tv interviews or things like that for the wider audi

its chairman is sir graham brady.introduce the necessary legislation before the european elections take place. and possibly in the much nearer future than that. laura kuenssberg does the interview, and she tweeted afterwards this. at least we can agree that there isn't a great deal of clarity as to when the prime minister will go? she said on the 29th of march, the day that brexit was supposed to happen, that she would step down as prime minister wa nts would step down as prime minister wants the first phase of negotiations was done, and when the agreement had passed through parliament. that has been restated by number 10 parliament. that has been restated by number10 again parliament. that has been restated by number 10 again and again that there are many tory mps unhappy with that, particularly after the drubbing the tories got last week. they felt changing the leader sooner than that would make a difference to the party's for jeans than that would make a difference to the party's forjeans and they want a specific d

we understand that sir graham brady, he will meet with the prime minister on friday, which is after votingropean elections, although, we do not get the votes until sunday night. a lot of this is about the timing, because we have heard of so many names who may possibly be resigning, stepping down, to prepare for a leadership bid. it is difficult to know when the moment will come, and the conservative mps are looking ahead to those european elections and are very nervous about them. they have written them off, they know they will not do well at all, they are talking about a wipe—out, may be getting a couple of meps. and of course, they are haemorrhaging support to the brexit party, to nigel farage, because they haven't been able to deliver on brexit. he is going round the country and mopping up their votes, as well as labour's votes. it will be a very difficult night for them, and it may well be the case that theresa may stays to take the flak on all of that, but that will be a very difficult moment. there is really no one here who thinks that she can survive more than two or three weeks. th

penny mordaunt might declare, graham brady the chair of the 1922 committee says he is thinking aboutptics, he baker, one of the hardline eurosce ptics, he could baker, one of the hardline eurosceptics, he could declare. pretty patel as well. surely some of these will have to drop out? —— priti patel. you are right, but it will become clear who is actually viable. 0ne will become clear who is actually viable. one person said the other day at westminster, the reason they are all running is because they don't have a clue who is going to win because it is easy to all run and then see who will be the winning candidate because the dynamic is so different to any previous leadership election. it is very hard to know. one of the things, we expect a lot of candidates will drip away in the first contest but if there are people, six or seven hovering around the same numberof people, six or seven hovering around the same number of mps, they might think about why should i drop out? you might even get ten who have roughly the same number of mps and therefore we might have five drop away but then yo

this morning mrs may is meeting with senior backbench mp sir graham brady to discuss her future.s that moved to spoken about the pressure theresa may is under but it feels like it's got a different mood to it today for a couple of reasons. tory mps in their dozens have been abandoning their dozens have been abandoning the prime minister after she announced that new brexit plan earlier this week. cabinet ministers are unhappy as well and a number of them now think there is some point where we will see theresa may here, maybe someone else, setting out a timeline for her departure. number ten haven't confirmed it. there are been a fewjokes here this morning that the guys working on the door might be changing the locks but i don't think that's the case. i think she now is in a place where she knows she's come to the end of the road. last night we had from a couple of tory mps, very different size of the party, speculating on exactly this. see dominic grieve. we have reached the end of the road. there is a lot of authority for the prime minister. she has not been able to pass legislat

that's in addition to that meeting today with sir graham brady.who's in our kent newsroom. have you with us. did you have elections in your neck of the woods last week? we did. thank you very much for having me on. in canterbury, we lost a good of counsellors — — canterbury, we lost a good of counsellors —— a lot of good councillors. we have reached a position now where they say that brexit could be likened amicable divorce, but the withdrawal agreement is almost like fining up your divorce lawyer has been having an affair with your ex all the way through. it means all the trust and all the goodwill is gone. and we've reached a stage now where mps august the don't like the deal, activists don't like the deal, members of the public certainly don't like the deal, which exactly what we saw last week. we need a change of direction. the way it is supposed to work is that grassroots charge forward with the leader, all heading in the right direction, the same direction. that is clearly not happening in this case. i understand you're one of the signatorie

may will have discussions with the chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers graham brady a firm resignation date. in the last hour it has been confirmed by conservative party grassroots members will be holding a no—confidence vote in theresa may on june 15, it is non—binding but will put her under more pressure if they support that vote of no confidence. and theresa may is also expected to chair a meeting of the cabinet today. this will be the first time ministers have met since the conservatives lost over 1300 councillors in last week‘s local elections. our assistant political editor norman smithjoins me now. well, that is a rude awakening after the bank holiday weekend? quite a shopping list of to—dos for the pm, and it comes when the pressure on her over brexit keeps mounting, with sirgraham her over brexit keeps mounting, with sir graham brady going to see her, in affected demand she told him when she is planning to quit. so far she has simply said she will leave when she has brexit done. tory backbenchers want a much clearer timeline, some suggesting they want her go

departure date when she meets the chair of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, sir graham bradyomorrow morning conservative mps have urged theresa may's husband philip to ‘just tell her‘ it's time to leave downing street., that's according to the metro. the telegraph reports the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt is the latest cabinet minister to withdraw his support for the prime minister's brexit deal. the i says the home secretary sajid javid has also lost confidence in theresa may's brexit vision. and the guardian says centrist cabinet ministers think the next conservative leader will promise a hard brexit. so most papers leading with theresa may. that's where we should start as well, why not start perhaps with the financial times and jack, made to set out departure gate as mutiny kills off that brexit plan, and actually, the financial times plays actually, the financial times plays a straight battle that paints a brittle picture. that's right, we waited a long time, we've always known that this premiership is coming to an and slowly but surely in the last few months and it look

here is sir graham brady.greed to meet to decide the timetable for the election of a new leader of the conservative party as soon as the second reading has occurred, and that will take place regardless of what the vote is on the second reading, whether it passes or whether it fails. some say that the implication is if it fails, she does resign. that goes beyond what we've agreed and it goes beyond what i am able to say today. we have an agreed position, an agreed statement and i think it does give much greater clarity much greater clarity about the timetable, which will be agreed for the election of a new leader of the conservative party. how would you describe the mood at the meeting? it was a very frank discussion. i tried to make sure that all the views represented on the executive were expressed and we had a very frank exchange with the prime minister. that sounds like a disagreement. no, we have reached an agreement and the statement that i have given you reflects that agreement between the prime minister

around 9am this morning she met the head of the party's backbench mps, the 1922 committee, sir graham bradyhas been with her, telling her she effectively doesn't have any choice but to leave. we are seeing some party officials, including the prime minister's husband, philip may, and her press secretary, at the end of downing street, so i think the statement is imminent. i will step aside, as we ta ke imminent. i will step aside, as we take a look at the lectern. this is a moment that has been very much forced on the prime minister. her leadership has been questioned, not only in the party at large around the country, but also on conservative backbenchers where she has haemorrhaged support. the home secretary and foreign secretary both went to see her yesterday. all after the latest proposals for getting her brexit deal, her withdrawal agreement bill through parliament, and there was widespread anger about that and backlash against it with a lot of conservative mps and members of the cabinet saying, enough is enough, it's time to go, you have run out of road. she has been in office as prime

secondly, whether sir graham brady does actually tell the prime minister that he is going to pave theay for a no—confidence motion in her. and on that point, norman, i suppose when it comes to theresa may's future, the big question is will she want to resign rather than be effectively forced out through a no—confidence vote, for example? be effectively forced out through a no—confidence vote, for example ?|i guess only mrs may knows the answer to that. we know she has been extraordinarily resilient and determined in previous situations like this, where we have seen resignations and unhappiness. she has carried on anyway. this time it does feel of a very different order. it is not just does feel of a very different order. it is notjust brexiteers who are up in arms. what we saw yesterday was a centrist tory mps saying she could not go on, mps who backed her bill, people like nicky morgan, sir edward leigh, saying you have to drop it and it's not going to get past and it would do incalculable damage were it would do incalculable damage were it to go down. it seemed she has lost support

departure date when she meets the chair of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, sir graham bradyservative mps have urged theresa may's husband philip to just tell her it's time to leave downing street. that's according to the metro. a conservative leadership contest will kick off following the state visit of president trump, that's the lead in the times. the daily mail says a new prime minister will occupy number ten by the summer. the guardian says centrist cabinet ministers think the next conservative leader will promise a hard brexit. the telegraph reports the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt is the latest cabinet minister to withdraw his support for the prime minister's brexit deal. and the i says the home secretary sajid javid has also lost confidence in theresa may's brexit vision. really only one story in town. we'd better start with that. let's start with the daily mirror. they seem pretty certain about this. most of the newspapers are carrying i their the newspapers are carrying on their front pages - expectation that front pages and expectation that tomorrow, theresa may

but on friday the prime minister is meeting sir graham brady, the head of the back ventures in the britishmons. if she does not say to sir graham at that meeting that she is going i think she will be in trouble. what will happen todayis be in trouble. what will happen today is that members of her backbench committee, the 1922 committee, they held a vote on whether to change the rules to allow an immediate vote of no—confidence in her. what did they then do? they put those ballots in sealed evan and the lives. prime minister says on friday i'm off, they will keep the votes in sealed envelopes. if she says she will stay the envelopes will be opened and i think it will be clear there will be a majority for a rule change, a vote of no—confidence and then i think it is clear the prime minister would lose that. in that case, who takes over? the front runner usually fails in conservative leadership contests. the front runner is borisjohnson. he resigned in summer over theresa may's exit blueprint. things look good for him because nigel farage raj, one of the leading figures in taking britain to b

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on friday the prime minister will meet graham brady, chair of senior conservative backbenchers, amidwing calls for her to stand down. she's already set a timetable for her departure after mps vote on brexit legislation next month. for now, though, she remains in number 10. but with her own party and westminster as a whole deeply divided, to what extent is theresa may truly empower? caroline wrigley, bbc news. —— caroline rigby. indians will finally find out today who has won the general election after a long and bitter campaign. if it feels as if it's been going on for weeks, it has — six. voting was staggered in seven stages beginning in early april, giving every one of india's 900 million eligible voters access to polling stations. voting ended on sunday and counting has now begun in earnest. the final result will be declared later. let's go live to delhi and my colleague karin giannone. she's been following events from india. hello and welcome to delhi and another searingly hot day in the indian capital. we're just outside the lok sabha, or lower house of parliament. counting has

she is under extreme pressure over whether she should go or stay and tomorrow she is due to meet graham bradye top brass of the party's backbench committee and that could be fit theresa may some of the last conversations she has in her current job. thank you, laura. laura kuenssberg at westminster. a former youth football coach has been found guilty of indecently assaulting 23 teenage boys. bob higgins sexually touched and groped his victims, who were mostly trainees at southampton and peterborough united between 1971 and 1996. duncan kennedy is at bournemouth crown court for us this evening. duncan. this is one of the worst cases to come out of the football abuse scandal, which first broke in 2016. you are right, bob higgins worked as a youth team coach for southampton football clu b a youth team coach for southampton football club and peterborough united, as well as other clubs. he was a trusted member of staff but today he was found guilty of 45 cou nts today he was found guilty of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 23 boys. i should warn viewers, some people may find the details in this

the agreement follows talks between mrs may and senior conservatives, led by sir graham brady, who said they had a "frank" discussion. the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, today confirmed he'll stand for the leadership. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a police escort no protection from reality. theresa may has tried and tried to keep notjust the trappings, but a slippery grip on power. but her party's agonies over europe and gridlock behind those gates mean her time is officially nearly up. the formality of the announcement no disguise for what the prime minister had to agree. we have agreed to meet to decide the timetable for the election of a new leader of the conservative party as soon as the second reading has occurred, and that will take place regardless of what the vote is on the second reading, whether it passes or whether it fails to pass. not leaving for the last time yet, but in plain english, if theresa may can't persuade reluctant mps to back her brexit deal injune, the door will close on her time in office. it's out of the question she could stay if sh

do you think that, for example, graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, representing tory mpshink he will go to her next week, he is talking about a clear understanding of a timetable next week. we have eu elections coming up. i have no idea. this week, i watched a very interesting 2—part documentary called brexit: behind closed doors, which followed the europeans behind this. you said it is like waiting for godot, it is more like escape rooms, where you are stuck in a windowless room and you can't see out and you have to solve all these puzzles. what was striking about these documentaries was how, to the europeans, the team in the middle, britain is just a basket case. we have lost it, they are rolling their eyes and going, well, what on earth do they want? what happens next? i can see that this programme would make brexiteers very angry, because there was joking and irony and cavalier attitude. but it also made me feel, how much we are stuck in this ridiculous cave off to decide where anything actually happening. let's get back to the positives, i started out positive, i'd l

colleagues to make the very best offer i can to them we came together around an amendment from the graham brady and this gave rise to the work on alternative arrangements to the backstop although it's not possible for those to that close the backstop in the withdrawal agreement we can start the work now to ensure they are a viable alternative so as part of the new deal we will place the government under a legal obligation to seek to conclude alternative arrangements by december 2020 so that we can avoid any need for the backstop coming into force. i've also listened to unionist concerns about the backstop so the new bricks it deal goes further to address these it will commit that should the backstop come into force the government will ensure that great britain will stay aligned with northern ireland we will prohibit the proposal that a future government could split northern ireland off from the u.k.'s customs territory and we will deliver on commitments to northern ireland in the december 27th in joint report in fall we will implement paragraph 50 of the joint report in law the northern ireland

brexit deal in the first week ofjune, she will go and meet the chairman of that committee, sir graham bradyetable for departure, whether she wins or loses. if she loses, and that is the odds on favourite result at the moment, she is expected to trigger the contest immediately. she will stay on as prime minister until there is a new conservative leader but if she wins that she will stay on longer and see through the process of brexit so she can take us out of the european union. either way, by the end of the summit we will likely have a new prime minister and conservative leader. she has always said she wanted to see brexit through, that is what she came into power to do and it has dominated her premiership. this will be devastating, and the picture on the front of the mirror, itjust tells 1000 words. she looks so broken, and it would be personally devastating for her to not deliver on the one thing she promised to do. so many times we have seen this, though, haven't we, that a prime minister is brought down by their own party, in the end, it seems. conservative prime minister is over europe

but we know the immediate sequence of events because sir graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee will meet theresa may on friday to assume either here and offer of resignation from the prime minister or as the executive of the committee will meet on that day as well, to make clear to her that they intend to change the rules of the leadership contest for the conservative party so she may well face a vote of very soon. but it was unclear for some time because as you say, the chief whip in charge of party discipline came to the house of commons here and went into party discipline came to the house of c1 committee. and went into 5545'— ff ,, f party discipline came to the house of c1 committee. only went into 4444— 44 4 4 party discipline came to the house of c1 committee. onlyvi couple » 4444— 44 44 4 party discipline came to the house of c1 committee. onlyvi couple of'444 44 44 4 1922 committee. only a couple of minutes letter, he came straight out again and we know that he told the backbench mps that theresa may was not going to resign, and so he presumably went back to downing st

it is understood that the prime minister will have discussions with sir graham brady after the committeeship contest. the time a teenager spends on social media has only a small negative effect on how happy they are, according to a new study. university of oxford reseachers say concerns that social media is creating a generation of depressed teenagers are overstated and that excessive use of sites like facebook, instagram and twitter are not actually making youngsters less content. it goes against some of the other research. it does indeed. things like snapchat but i am not sure my teenagers use that, they have probably moved on. more than 5,000 people fell victim to fraud last year while booking a holiday, according to new research. the travel association, abta, says they lost on average more than £1300 each. that includes spending on bogus airline tickets, accommodation or organised tours. the who's who of the celebrity world attended the annual met gala in new york last night where the theme this year was camp. and showing everyone how it's done was lady gaga, who arrived in a billowi

secretary, sir michael fallon previously, there is essentially a group that also includes sir graham bradye involved in steering the party through choppy waters. they are involved in the process for electing the leadership. the suggestion now is that senior ministers are going to press theresa may to enter the labour talks over what happens next. 0n brexit. may to enter the labour talks over what happens next. on brexit. those talks have been going on for six weeks. they haven't been going anywhere, they are not successful, the labour party have been very mixed in terms of their strategy from even being in the room. it's funny they've gone on for so long. they don't seem to have made much progress but they seem to keep going. for all we know, they are playing rock, paper scissors. they might come to a decision if they did. does anybody in government actually know where this is headed? no. none of us do, that's the problem. it's the biggest game of chicken that we've ever played and it's the most dangerous game of chicken that we are ever going to play. extraordinary. also in the times is,

graham brady chose the important 1922 backbench committee and he has been speaking to the week in westminster he says he understands why the prime minister might be reticent to set an exact timetable. i don't think it is about an intention of staying indefinitely as prime minister or leader of the conservative party. the reticence is the concern that by promising to go on a certain timetable it may make it less likely that she would secure parliamentary approval for the withdrawal agreement rather than more likely. jeremy corbyn seems keen to remind us jeremy corbyn seems keen to remind us that he is still the labour leader are not going anywhere soon and he has a new policy launched? —— and he has a new policy launched? —— and not going anywhere. he has a new policy regarding the minimum wage, and labourare policy regarding the minimum wage, and labour are very pleased about their legacy of the minimum wage act, jeremy corbyn says that those under 18 should get the real minimum wage of £10 an hour, there should be equal pay for equal work, he is speaking at a youth event in birmingham to lau