ione wells _ changing. 0k, thank you very much indeed. wells reporting there. j police in the us have arrested a 22 year—old man after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an independence day parade near chicago. more than 20 others are in hospital after a high—powered rifle was fired multiple times from a rooftop. the suspect has been named as robert e crimo iii. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. the streets where celebrations had been taking place quickly turned into a hunting ground, as police searched for a killer. a man who brought terror to an independence day parade. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb had been out in the sunshine for the symbolic day of the 11th ofjuly. a few minutes into the parade, shots rang out, creating shock, confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. i thought that it was the navy that was saluting the flag with rifles, but then when i saw people running, um, i picked up my son, and i started running. at first, the police found the gun but not the gunman. it took until t

i think ione wells, as well as the sun... you're quite right.he original sun story. she broke a further story three or so days later. i'm sure the newspapers you mentioned would push back at the idea they're slavishly covering the prime minister in one way or another, but let's quickly run down how they've covered the events of the last 2a hours. the mail on sunday... sorry, if we go back to sunday, the mail on sunday ran a critical page. today, criticalfront page. today, the daily telegraph ran a column by lord frost, who negotiated brexit on behalf of borisjohnson. lord frost is calling for the prime minister to go. the daily express stayed on side. it said the resignation of rishi sunak was a potential for tax cuts. the front page of the mail today talks about mrjohnson as the greased piglet. and a mail editorial on monday said, "well, mrjohnson's the best man to lead britain." so we've been getting different messages from the mail across the last few days. but more broadly, michael crick, there does appear to have been an evolution in the po

i think ione wells, as well as the sun... you're quite right.inal sun story. she broke a further story three or so days later. i'm sure the newspapers you mentioned would push back at the idea they're slavishly covering the prime minister in one way or another, but let's quickly run down how they've covered the events of the last 2a hours. the mail on sunday... sorry, if we go back to sunday, the mail on sunday ran a critical page. today, criticalfront page. today, the daily telegraph ran a column by lord frost, who negotiated brexit on behalf of borisjohnson. lord frost is calling for the prime minister to go. the daily express stayed on side. it said the resignation of rishi sunak was a potential for tax cuts. the front page of the mail today talks about mrjohnson as the greased piglet. and a mail editorial on monday said, "well, mrjohnson�*s the best man to lead britain." so we've been getting different messages from the mail across the last few days. but more broadly, michael crick, there does appear to have been an evolution in the position

more from our political correspondent, ione wells.r rishi sunak would need an incredible boost, really, to bring him back at this stage. now, in terms of, as you say, the endorsement that we've had last night from tom tugendhat and why that's significant — perhaps less so the endorsement itself, remember that at the moment it's not really mps that matter right now, it's the tory party members. but i think why it's significant is the fact that he's decided to come out now and support her shows that people like him think that's where the momentum is. it's with liz truss. if you want a job in a future government, that's where mps feel is the sort of most likely camp at the moment for them. i think, speaking to some liz truss allies last night, their message ahead of ballots going out to tory mps on monday was certainly one of optimism. they're saying they're not complacent but they feel like everything is pointing in the right direction from them. meanwhile, there has been a bit of pessimism, from some sunak allies, with some telling me

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ione wells, bbc news.ser to then—prime minister david cameron, sean worth. very good to speak to you. there must be half of you who desperately want to be in there so you can hear and see everything that's going on around you, particularly this week, i love to be a fly on the wall which must be slightly relieved to be involved in these extraordinary events. clearly some trauma about what has happened. how you feel about it? i what has happened. how you feel about it? ., ., ~ . ., , about it? i have worked elections and they've _ about it? i have worked elections and they've been _ about it? i have worked elections and they've been full _ about it? i have worked elections and they've been full on. - about it? i have worked elections and they've been full on. in - about it? i have worked elections| and they've been full on. in terms of your question, what the urgency is like right now is to get people back here and they cannot bring their own grandmother to get over each other. the big game at the moment is

ione wells, bbc news. and of course we will keep you up—to—date on that as it progresses.ne as well. nearly five months after being forced to close down, russia's last independent tv channel is back on air. the station known as tv rain was blocked a week into russia's invasion of ukraine because it described it as a " war" it's broadcasting from neighbouring latvia. this is what their presenter said in their first broadcast from outside russia. 0ver over the next two hours will cover the top news of the day. it is a phrase i haven't uttered in a.5 months. that is a long time. with me is our reporter, azadeh moshiri. a big moment. they are back on the air. tell us more. that a big moment. they are back on the air. tell us more.— the air. tell us more. that is riuht. the air. tell us more. that is right- it _ the air. tell us more. that is right- it has _ the air. tell us more. that is right. it has been _ the air. tell us more. that is right. it has been a - the air. tell us more. that is right. it has been a long - the air. tell us more. that is i right. it has been a long

ione wells, bbc news. lockhart gave us this update earlier. there are a lot of candidates we understand you're considering a run and perhaps some are hoping to set down a marker and ultimately when someone else is elected leader because they threw their hat in the ring and point they get a nice cabinet position or at least a governor in lima government minister off the back of that but if we cast our minds back a bit —— or become a government minister. theresa may went down to the final two with andrea leadsom i was not a huge name in the public consciousness but she did, than one vote of becoming prime minister and ultimately withdrew before that and theresa may became pm and the rest is history but it does look like a lot of people could potentially throw their hat in the ring and when the rules for this leadership contest are decided on monday as they will be, i suspect the i922 monday as they will be, i suspect the 1922 committee that represents back edge conservative mps may want to put some threshold

ione wells, bbc news.s has been launched by its chair baroness hallett. the uk covid—19 inquiry will begin preliminary hearings this year and the first witnesses will be called next spring. 0ur health correspondent jim reed is here. what's the scope of this inquiry going to be?— what's the scope of this inquiry auoin to be? , ~ , .,, ., going to be? very likely to be one ofthe going to be? very likely to be one of the most _ going to be? very likely to be one of the most complex _ going to be? very likely to be one of the most complex public- going to be? very likely to be one i of the most complex public inquiries in british legal history. it is going to look at the events of the last two, two and a half years through the pandemic, which has led to the loss of 180,000 lives in this country alone. they will look at decisions made by politicians, civil servants, scientists, doctors. all of this is being chaired and led by an appeal courtjudge, baroness hallett, and we heard from herfor the first time today

ione wells, bbc news.ding brexiteer mp steve baker has formally decided not to run for the conservative leadership, and has instead thrown his weight behind the attorney general suella braverman. what changed is that i flushed out that i would not be able to win. i was very clear that i was realistic, that without cabinet experience it is difficult for anyone to get into the last two. much as i would love to seriously run, i will get the prime minister i run with suella braverman. i'm so enthusiastic to back someone with all the skills and talents and beliefs, so i am delighted to back her and i would have been a candidate without any hope of reaching the last two. i don't want to waste the public �*s time, or mps time by standing when i wouldn't make the last two. mark spencer told bbc breakfast he is backing rishi sunak, who was at the moment the front runner. he has not the the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, _ the moment the front runner. he has got the experience, the _ the moment

joining me from westminster is uk political correspondent ione wells.a lot of the breaking news on this story over the past 48 hours. ione, let'sjust look the timeframe also is there a realistic chance the party could come up with two names, perhaps, before the summer recess, or is that just too optimistic which all that is certainly a possibility. the timetable still yet to be confirmed, really. irate timetable still yet to be confirmed, reall . ~ ., , . ., , really. we are expected to be confirmed _ really. we are expected to be confirmed next _ really. we are expected to be confirmed next week - really. we are expected to be confirmed next week after - really. we are expected to be l confirmed next week after that powerful backbench committee of tory mps, the 1922 committee, meets to establish it. the expectation is those initial stage of happen quite quickly. her member that, first, any hopeful leadership candidates need to get supportive enough tory mps and get through the first stages, then the crucial test. getting the vote of tory party members.

i'm joined now by our political correspondent ione wells.isjohnson — presumably he's in charge till then — what happens to him next? there's quite a long process between now and september when there's quite a long process between now and september when the there's quite a long process between now and september when the new there's quite a long process between now and september when the new prime minister and conservative parties will be announced first, they have until the end of tomorrow evening and any candidates that want to put themselves forward to get the right amount of backing to officially nominate themselves, they need at least 20 of the conservative of parliament to back them and in order to officially do this. and voting begins. 0ther conservative mps and westminster will be able to vote in the first round and any mps who have put themselves forward will need at least 30 votes in the first round to get to the next round. these series of votes will continue among conservative mps and other distant candidates remaining. some of the

earlier, my colleague ben brown spoke to our political correspondent ione wells.re starting to announce thick and fast with the former chancellor rishi sunak being the latest to announce publicly he will be bidding for the next conservative party leadership. he has released a pretty slick video on social media outlining his intentions, stressing integrity and determination rather than fairy tales as the thing which is going to drive his campaign to be the next conservative party leader. interestingly, he, a bit like some of the other candidates that are widely tipped to be putting forward a leadership bid, including steve baker and nadhim zahawi and the former health secretary sajid javid, talks about his upbringing. one of the things that tainted rishi sunak's brand when some tipped him as an heir apparent, were some things about his wife's non—dom tax status and rishi sunak's own wealth which led people to fear he was out of touch especially during a cost—of—living crisis. in this video, he's keen to emphasise his grandmother immigrated to the uk and that his mo

ione wells, bbc news.ew minutes, the institute for fiscal studies has published their initial analysis of both candidates in the conservative leadership race. mr sunak wants to stick with the spending plans that are in the books, taxes rising to the highest share for 70 years. it would mean a small amount of headroom against the current fiscal rules, which includes having taxes being at least as high as day—to—day spending by the end of parliament. liz truss wants to make changes in the forms of tax cuts to the tune of more than £30 billion per year. the tune of more than £30 billion peryear. so the tune of more than £30 billion per year. so that much is clear, a clear difference in direction in the immediate term. what we have yet to hear so much about is the implications of that for what she would do to spending and her strategy for managing the public finances going forward. let's see where this leaves us. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is in westminster. good afternoon. we are starting to see

ione wells, bbc news.r of the exchequer, nadhim zahawi is one of those who still needs to secure the support of enough mps to get on the ballot. he's set out five pledges — but has one clear priority. to cut taxes, to reduce the burden of the current cost of living on people, so bring forward the basic rate of income tax cut to next year, so 19p, the year after we'll drop it to 18p and we will reverse the corporation tax, the 25% corporation tax, back to where it is today to help businesses, small and large. firmer health and foreign secretary jeremy hunt had a few words for reporters as he left home this morning —— former. have a lovely morning. reporter: do ou exect have a lovely morning. reporter: do you meet to — have a lovely morning. reporter: do you meet to get _ have a lovely morning. reporter: do you exoect to get on — have a lovely morning. reporter: do you expect to get on the _ have a lovely morning. reporter: do you expect to get on the ballot? - have a lovely morning. reporter: do you expect

ione wells, bbc news.b blackman — the joint executive secretary of the 1922 committee. they will decide on the rules for the leadership contest. yes, ok, the 1922 elections are being held on monday, so nominations close for that at noon on monday. the ballot for the new executive will be held in the afternoon and the new executive, whoever is elected, will meet on monday night. that executive will then agree the timetable and the processes for how we select the two candidates that we offer to the party at large. and the only thing i can tell you about the timing at this moment is that we are going to offer the party two candidates by the 21st ofjuly, ie by the time we rise for recess. we don't know, of course, yet how many candidates there will be, but we conduct a series of what we call exhaustive ballots, and we probably will be exhausted by the time we do it! in order to shortlist the number to two candidates that then go to a postal ballot of all the membership of the party. the prime minister has said

i'm joined from westminster by our political correspondent ione wells.son speaker tell us more about what boris johnson new. speaker tell us more about what borisjohnson new. i speaker tell us more about what boris johnson new.— speaker tell us more about what boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson _ boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson was _ boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson was made _ boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson was made aware - boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson was made aware of i boris johnson new. i can revealthat boris johnson was made aware of a | borisjohnson was made aware of a formal complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by chris pincher when he was a foreign office minister, from 2019 until 2020. i understand this complaint triggered a formal process which was led by a cabinet office official, but which the prime minister, borisjohnson, and the then foreign secretary dominic raab were made aware of. this process led to a report confirming his misconduct, wh

i'm joined now from wesminster by our political correspondent ione wells.n the idea of right is widening field of who can potentially replace boris johnson in a significant time group they said yes, we wanted to be him. rishi sunak launching his bid to become the new leader of the conservative party. he become the new leader of the conservative party.— become the new leader of the conservative party. become the new leader of the conservative pa . . , , , conservative party. he has been seen as one of the — conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front _ conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners _ conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners in - conservative party. he has been seen as one of the front runners in the - as one of the front runners in the tory leadership contest and joining the backbench mps tom tugendhat and suella braverman as the two others are publicly declared their bid. there are others shoring up support and it is expected that more may announce in the coming days. widely tipped to b

earlier, we heard from our uk political correspondent ione wells, who explained what happens next ine leadership race for the topjob. that is certainly a possibility, and a timetable is still yet to be confirmed really. we are expecting to have all that confirmed after next week after that powerful backbench committee of tory mps, the 1922 committee, meet to establish it. sit with the expectation is those initial stages will happen quite quickly. rememberfirstany quickly. remember first any hopeful leadership quickly. rememberfirstany hopeful leadership candidates need to get the support of tory mps and get to the first ages and in the crucial test once in the final two is getting the votes of tory party members. whoever wins that battle of course then becomes the new conservative party leader and by default then the new prime minister. now a new prime minister. now a new prime minister is fitted by september but the exact time frame though is still unclear. just we have heard of some of my colleague's reports just then, there are still some tory mps who were not particularly happy w

our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster.st to tweet that cabinet members were on their way to number ten to tell the premise for his time was up so what did she tell us now with matt thank you very much for spending time what has been an incredibly busy which look about what is still to come. what can you say about how this contest is shipping up at the moment? it’s shipping up at the moment? it's shaina shipping up at the moment? it�*s shaping up kind of thick and fast really. as you say, it was onlyjust days ago that cabinet members tours members were still in boris johnson's government and some of them are now declaring her believe they would be the new conservative party leader and the latest nasa and we had this evening is from the former chancellor rishi sunak who was second member of cabinet to resign from government and his profile rocketed during the pandemic choosing things like the furlough scheme and other business support schemes was up however something touched upon a little bit in his resignation letter to bor

well we've had another intervention from a political heavyweight — our political correspondent, ione wells, the former northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis has announced that he is endorsing liz truss, the foreign secretary, to be the next tory party leader, the next prime minister. now, it is significant because he specifically cites in his endorsement her plans to override parts of the brexit deal between the uk and the eu, the northern ireland protocol. he says, on the other hand that he felt that rishi sunak had put up some sort of resistance to those plans. although that has been heavily denied today by rishi sunak�*s campaign team who have argued that rishi sunak supports the plan for this new northern ireland protocol bill and he would go through with it if he was prime minister, unless of course the eu decided to negotiate a different outcome to some of the challenges that the government has said are a result of that protocol. it's interesting isn't it, because many people say it is what they are saying and what they are pledging that matters. but when you look at one of the h

would automatically be invited to apply for oxford and cambridge. 0ur political correspondent, ione wellsnto what has been said, we have had another heavyweight way into this contest. who is it and what have they been saying? fix, who is it and what have they been sa in? �* who is it and what have they been sa in? ~ ., who is it and what have they been sa in? �* ., ., saying? a boost for the foreign secretary liz — saying? a boost for the foreign secretary liz truss's _ saying? a boost for the foreign secretary liz truss's campaign l saying? a boost for the foreign i secretary liz truss's campaign this morning with the endorsement of the former northern ireland secretary brandon lewis. he has publicly announced that he is backing liz truss in this campaign and the reasons he cited is being largely around her approach to the northern ireland protocol, that part of the brexit deal which the government is planning to override part of in a new proposed law. he accused rishi sunak of intervening or not necessarily being that keen on these plans to override the northern ireland protocol, but tha

would automatically be invited to apply for oxford and cambridge. 0ur political correspondent, ione wellss, we have had another intervention from a political heavyweight? that's riaht, toda from a political heavyweight? that's right, today another _ from a political heavyweight? that's right, today another former - from a political heavyweight? that�*s right, today another former cabinet minister, the former northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he is endorsing liz truss to be the next tory party leader and priming us to. it significant because he specifically cites in his endorsement her plans to override parts of the brexit deal between the uk and the eu. the northern ireland protocol he says on the other hand that he felt rishi sunak i put up some resistance to those plans. although that has been heavily denied today by rishi sunak�*s campaign team who have argued that he supports the plans for this new northern ireland protocol bill. he would go through with it if you were pro—minister unless of course, the eu decided to negotiate a different outcome to some of the challenges

ione wells, bbc news.ncellor, nadhim zahawi, is one of the remaining candidates, who last week urged the prime minister to stand down after a series of ministers resigned. mr zahawi told this programme that he defended his actions , saying it demonstrated that he put the country first: i went to see boris on tuesday night. he offered me to be his chancellor. he said, i need you to work on this economic strategy that we need to present, which would have been presented this week, tomorrow, thursday. i headed to the treasury. i worked literally all hours to try and get the strategy together. but by about four or five o'clock the next day, it became obvious to me that the number of ministers that were resigning meant that we couldn't realistically have a functioning government. i went to number 10, i met the prime minister. i explained that i thought that he was in danger of being humiliated, and i didn't want to see him being put through that. he's a friend of 30 years. he said, i'd like to have one more go,

ione wells, bbc news. lets talk to our political correspondent nick eardley. will necessarily all go to the same place, those 30 plus mps who backed tom tugendhat last night might vote for different candidates. the expectation of some or go to penny mordaunt, son michael to rishi sunak, liz truss�*s team thinks she could get some of them. it is a strange leadership race because it is not always completely obvious what is going on. i think we have a rough idea of what will happen over the next 36 hours, rishi sunak is pretty much guaranteed a place in the final two now, his numbers are nearly there, he is in a pretty good place, his team is pretty good place, his team is pretty happy. the big battle, and it is big, it�*s for second place. from looking purely at the ticket is a battle between mordaunt and liz truss to see which can beat the other into second place. kemi badenoch�*s team say there is still all to play for and she is getting lots of votes from people on the right of the party, she will spend the day trying to chip away at some of liz truss�*s vote

and the education system, ahead of the next phase of the contest. 0ur political correspondent, ione wellss more. they both made quite significant pledges today, to start with, rishi sunak has pledged that he would introduce £10 fines for people who mess gp or hospital ——miss appointments more than once. in terms of how this would work in practice, his team had said that it would be up to gp surgeries and hospital trusts to use their own discretion and decide if someone had a reasonable excuse or not. but he argued that this policy would reduce some of those backlogs by reducing the number of missed appointments. it has had some criticism though by liz truss's campaign but also by some gps as well who said it would add more bureaucracy and potentially hit some more vulnerable patients more. liz truss said that she would like to reform the educational system in england. she wants to move to a system where people apply to university after getting their qualifications, rather than before. she also has quite an intriguing policy that said any student who gets the top grade would automatically

the issue of threshold, ione wells was talking about this.into the contest. at the moment, it could be as low as 80, but there is an anticipation that it's going to end “p anticipation that it's going to end up a lot higher. —— as low as eight. the simple rule here is the higher the threshold, the harder it is to qualify, and therefore inevitably the number of candidates getting through to the first round will come down. the more it will favour of established big—name candidates from the cabinet, who don't need to build up the cabinet, who don't need to build up as much momentum. that's one of the things that we are looking out for. there are others as well. when will the whittling down to two candidates be sorted out by? that will be confirmed. when will the members vote on those last two? with ink towards the end of august. there are lots of important details from sir graham brady —— we think. the list of candidates is greeted by a mix of mockery and anger by the opposition labour party. sir keir starmer has said it's opposition labour part

would automatically be invited to apply for oxford and cambridge. 0ur political correspondent, ione wellssaying. what else has come out this morning? saying. what else has come out this mornin: ? ., , ., saying. what else has come out this morninu? ., , ., ., ., . , morning? lots of announcements cominu morning? lots of announcements coming out _ morning? lots of announcements coming out over— morning? lots of announcements coming out over the _ morning? lots of announcements coming out over the last - morning? lots of announcements coming out over the last couple l morning? lots of announcements| coming out over the last couple of days, partly because members are getting their voting ballots tomorrow so there has been a big push by both candidates to announce as many policies as possible. on that verse one around liz truss's announcements around education reforms in england, her big promise has been to shift to a system where students would get their grades before applying to university rather than applying on the basis of predicted grades. she has also said she would like any student wh

ione wells, bbc news. still feeling confident. there is so much momentum, i'm doing well. there is all to play for because i am the only change candidate left. do you still feel confident because after yesterday, you know, today may be your last chance? i do feel confident. there's everything to play for. my colleagues are looking at who is going to be winning the next election and i think i'm that candidates, so let's see what happens. who do you think you're going to get support from now that other candidates have gone? well, i think i'm going to have a support from all wings of the party. i'm the unity candidate as well as the change candidate. thank you. it could go pretty much anywhere, so i don't think that they will necessarily go into the same place, those 30 plus mps that backed tom tugendhat last night. they might vote for different candidates. the expectation is that some of them will go to penny mordaunt, some of them might go to rishi sunak. liz truss' team think she could get some of them as

let's go back to ione wells.r a place in the top two. clearly this weekend there will be lots of votes to play for particularly the question over who skips up the votes of suella braverman, who's been eliminated. in fourth place was kemi badenoch and we cannot speak to kemi badenoch's campaign manager whojoins us at —— we can now speak. what did you make of the results? it's another good day. we had a great result yesterday in the first round and are built on that and gain votes, one of four campaigns that gain votes. it demonstrates what kemi is trying to say and it resonates with the party and hopefully the country and the opportunity to see what kemi is saying and see the brilliance. quite some way to get into the final two, where are you planning to get those votes from, could some of suella braverman's votes come to kemi badenoch? we welcome the support of colleagues whoever they voted for last eight but what kemi is doing differently from other candidates is she's putting forward a consistent and coherent m

well we've had another intervention from a political heavyweight — our political correspondent, ione wellst minister. it significant because he specifically cites in his endorsement her plans to override part of the brexit deal, between the uk and eu, the northern ireland protocol, he says come on the other hand, that he felt rishi sunak had put up some sort of assistance to those plans. although that has been heavily denied today by rishi sunak but i can pentium who have argued that he supports the plans of the northern ireland president bill. he would go through that if he was promised unless, of course, the eu decided to negotiate a different outcome to some of the challenges that the government have set a result of that protocol.- that the government have set a result of that protocol. many people would say it — result of that protocol. many people would say it is _ result of that protocol. many people would say it is what _ result of that protocol. many people would say it is what they _ result of that protocol. many people would say it is what they are - result of that protocol. many

i spoke to our political correspondent ione wells about this in the last hour and i asked her how theng up is shaping up sick and fast and as you say, just days ago, cabinet ministers was still in boris johnson's government and some of whom are now publicly declaring they want to be the new conservative party leader and the latest in us and we have had this evenings from the former chancellor rishi sunak was the second cabinet minister to resign from boris johnson's government resign from borisjohnson�*s government and his profile really rocketed during the pandemic introducing things like the furlough scheme and other business support schemes and sending us touched upon a little bit in his resignation letter to borisjohnson that a little bit in his resignation letter to boris johnson that they did disagree on letter to borisjohnson that they did disagree on certain elements around the economy and building back from covid—i9 as well. he is now launched a slick and glossy video to launched a slick and glossy video to launch his campaign and he has been training to other candidates who

our political correspondent, ione wells, is with me now. hello, good morning to you. of a front runner? i think at the moment— much of a front runner? i think at the moment she _ much of a front runner? i think at the moment she certainly - much of a front runner? i think at the moment she certainly is i much of a front runner? i think at the moment she certainly is seen j much of a front runner? i think at i the moment she certainly is seen as leading the polls on all fronts, really. i think the more general consensus from both sides is that either she would need a blow to the campaign, or rishi sunak would need an incredible boost to bring him back at this stage. in terms of the endorsement that we have had last night from tom tugendhat and why thatis night from tom tugendhat and why that is significant, perhaps less so the endorsement itself, remember at the endorsement itself, remember at the moment it is not mps that matter right now but tory party members. but why it is significant is why he has decided to come out now and supporters should think that people sho

ione wells, bbc news. well, i'mjoined now by our political correspondent nick eardley.orisjohnson may have resigned as conservative party leader, he is still here at downing street and still prime minister. some have said that is not the right thing to do now.— thing to do now. there is a lot of anuer thing to do now. there is a lot of anger and _ thing to do now. there is a lot of anger and bad — thing to do now. there is a lot of anger and bad blood _ thing to do now. there is a lot of anger and bad blood in _ thing to do now. there is a lot of anger and bad blood in the - anger and bad blood in the conservative party about what has happened over the last few days. some of those who resigned in the last 48 hours think the man behind that door needs to go immediately. it is hard to see how that would happen because he doesn't want to leave before a new leader is elected. my understanding is that process will probably take until the start of september. i think it is likely we will have borisjohnson in number 10 for a few weeks yet. extraordinary scenes here yesterday, a

and the education system, ahead of the next phase of the contest. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells in terms of how this would work in practice, his team have said that it would be up to gp surgeries and hospital trusts to use their own discretion and decide if someone had a reasonable excuse or not to miss an appointment. but he argues that this policy would try and tackle some of those nhs backlogs by reducing the number of missed appointments. it has got some criticism though, both by liz truss' campaign but also by some gps as well who have said it would add more bureaucracy for gps and potentially hit more vulnerable patients more. now liz truss has also announced that she would like to reform the education system in england. she would want to move to a system where people applied to university after getting their qualifications rather than before? she's also had quite an intriguing policy which has got lots of pick up today saying that any student who gets the top grades would automatically be invited to interview at oxford or cambridge university. 0k, interesting. and also to

let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells.ve not heard from all the possible runners and writers what we have heard from a few. how is the re shipping up? have heard from a few. how is the re shipping up?— shipping up? shaping up pretty cuickl shipping up? shaping up pretty quickly and _ shipping up? shaping up pretty quickly and certainly _ shipping up? shaping up pretty quickly and certainly the - shipping up? shaping up pretty- quickly and certainly the candidates are starting to announce thick and fast with the former chancellor rishi sunak being the latest to announce publicly he will be bidding for the next conservative party leadership. he has released a pretty slick video on social media outlining his intentions, stressing integrity and determination rather than fairy tales as a thing which is going to drive his campaign to be the next conservative party leader. interestingly he and a bit like some of the other candidates that are widely tipped to be putting forward a tutorship bid, including steve baker and nadhim zah