thank you, that was jonathan blake _ committee.at was jonathan blake looking - committee. thank you, that was jonathan blake looking at - committee. thank you, that was jonathan blake looking at some | committee. thank you, that was i jonathan blake looking at some of the detail that is in that excoriating report. it's worth remembering that what the committee was investigating is not whether borisjohnson was investigating is not whether boris johnson attended was investigating is not whether borisjohnson attended parties, it's whether he lied to parliament about what you knew about those parties and his involvement in them. that's why they have said that they believe that he deliberately misled parliament and that he knew he was doing so and that is the crucial finding in the report. but matthew, of course, this report doesn't seem to have changed many people's minds who had already made up their minds about borisjohnson. those who supported him before are still supporting him now. it remains to be seen what rishi sunak will say a

here is jonathan blake. well, the committee's _ here is jonathan blake.he committee's report _ here is jonathan blake. well, the committee's report runs - here is jonathan blake. well, the committee's report runs to - here is jonathan blake. well, the committee's report runs to more| here is jonathan blake. well, the - committee's report runs to more than 100 pages, 30,000 words. it is a lengthy investigation into boris johnson �*s claims that he made in the house of commons and those statements were true. and if they weren't, as borisjohnson himself has conceded subsequently, was he misleading the house deliberately? and in the language the committee has been trying to establish, whether it was inadvertent, reckless, or intentional. we can have a look at the main findings of the inquiry. essentially, it has found boris johnson did mislead the house of commons deliberately. he effectively got in the way of parliament being able to do itsjob properly. and that he and his conduct towards the investigation, particularly in the latter stages following his inv

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jonathan blake, thank you, our _ plans as a responsible. jonathan blake, thank you, our political. ax on oil and gas firms will be suspended if prices fall to normal levels for a sustained period. halting the windfall tax would cut the overall tax rate on energy firms from 75% to a0%. it was introduced last year to help fund a scheme to lower energy bills for households and businesses. the public inquiry into the government's handling of the covid pandemic will hold its first public hearing next week. bolton was one of the places which saw some of the highest infection rates. our health correspondent dominic hughes reported from there at the the time and he's been back to the town to find out what those affected want the inquiry to focus on. anastasia's parents hold the memory of their daughter close. the bright, healthy 11—year—old died in late 2021 following complications after contracting covid. now they want some answers. i'd like to know why the age limit for vaccines was set at 12 years old. it has subsequently been changed to five years old. how many lives could have been sav

jonathan blake there for us. thank _ the partygate saga. jonathan blake there for us.sociate editor of the new statesman. thank you so much for making time to speak to us. yes, good evening to you as well. if we weighed a little pastor he said she said, we are seeing today, and look at what it all adds up to, is there a calculation here now by rishi sunak that there is no inherent risk in offending supporters of boris johnson by talking a little tougher with him's ?01ll johnson by talking a little tougher with him' ,, _, , johnson by talking a little tougher with him' ,, u, , ., with him's you could put it that wa . he with him's you could put it that way. he actually _ with him's you could put it that way. he actually said, - with him's you could put it that way. he actually said, well- with him's you could put it that. way. he actually said, well tough, the prime minister in his comments this morning, which from rishi sunak is interesting indeed. but i actually think it's paltry they are to look at it than other way around. it's not necessarily that he has decided th

jonathan blake has been looking at some of the key bits and is in the newsroom with more. >> the report six events to establish whether boris johnson deliberately misled mp's when he said rules had been followed at all times. there are pictures inside the published report. this one from the 19th of june 2020. you can see the prime minister at the time. let's take a look at what the committee had to say. the infamous bring your own booze drinks in the garden may 2020. the committee highlights concerns from some senior officials about whether it should go ahead. it should have been obvious because there were tables, alcohol available, people from the outside and they say the number of people increased while mr. johnson was there. so they say it can't be considered to have been essential for work purposes and committees and boris johnson is suggests would not have advised the public at the time that that sort of event was essential for work purposes had he been asked. let's talk about why the committee believes that and other breaches of the rules about them constitutes contempt of parliam

30,000 words to get through, jonathan blake in the newsroom has been picking out some highlights.il, it's clear the committee have attempted to go to great lengths to prove their central conclusion, that borisjohnson deliberately misled mps. 0n borisjohnson deliberately misled mps. on page nine at the start of this lengthy report which runs to more than 100 pages, they have summarised their findings together with the recommended punishment that borisjohnson should face. they say he deliberately misled the house of commons, that he misled the committee, that he breached the confidence of the committee relating to the statements he made when he resigned as an mp last week having seen the draft findings, he impugned the committee and undermined the democratic process and was complicit in a campaign of abuse and it attempted intimidation of the committee. let's take one of the central findings here, committee. let's take one of the centralfindings here, whether boris johnson deliberately misled mps. some of the language they are using in the evidence they have found that they say supp

here's our political correspondent jonathan blake in westminster. finding that he deliberately misled parliament. other conservatives uncomfortable with the severity of the punishment. so on monday when mps here are due to debate those findings, some had planned to vote against it. borisjohnson planned to vote against it. boris johnson told planned to vote against it. borisjohnson told his supporters he doesn't want them to put up a fight. in the words of one i spoke to who had spoken to mrjohnson, "the world needs to move on". and it means it can all be nodded through in the commons while a formal vote would have shown up exactly how much or how little support borisjohnson has left among his conservative parliamentary colleagues. it is also more convenient for rishi sunak, downing street would not say whether and how the prime minister plans to vote on the findings against his predecessor. borisjohnson himself of course has left parliament but he still plans on making himself heard around here with the weekly newspaper column you mentioned. but in

really good to have you with us, that is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. are any further developments on what is turning out to be quite a bitter dispute between those two men. an update on strike action at heathrow airport, one of europe's busiest. the first of the summer strikes that were manned for the 24th and 25th ofjune have now been called off. that strike, you may remember, would involve around 2000 security officers. heathrow airport are saying they have made an improved pay offer and as a gesture of goodwill, the union has decided to postpone the strike. that is not to postpone the strike. that is not to say that all the strikes that are planned over the summer are off. this isjust planned over the summer are off. this is just the first. there are another 29 days of strike action that are spread right across the summer in relation to this dispute over pay and conditions. heathrow saying they have now issued a new pay offer. the union will vote on it and in what they call a gesture of goodwill by the union, that first day of strike action is now p

there at the house of commons, with the home secretary, the shadow home secretaryjust talking and jonathan blakeur don't have a plan and the labour opposition saying this is continued conservative chaos when it comes to basic numbers here. yes. continued conservative chaos when it comes to basic numbers here. yes, we have seen an — comes to basic numbers here. yes, we have seen an effort _ comes to basic numbers here. yes, we have seen an effort today _ comes to basic numbers here. yes, we have seen an effort today by _ comes to basic numbers here. yes, we have seen an effort today by the - have seen an effort today by the government to put this issue of small boats crossing the english channel front and centre. the prime ministers visited the kent coast this morning and held a news conference there and now we have the home secretary speaking in parliament. really, in substance, there isn't a huge amount new to say, but the government is keen to demonstrate it is making some kind of progress, stopping the boats, as the prime minister puts it, is one of his five main priorities in government. and

all right, jonathan blake there for us. thank you very much for going through that report with us. 30,000 words is a lot to get through. but you have done very well with that. now i spoke to dominic —— dominic reeves, former attorney general, and somebody who is also set on the privileges committee just like the one that has released this report. —— dominic grieve. obviously at this stage i has only had the chance to look at the summary because it is rather a lengthy report, as you will appreciate. but it is quite clear that the committee seems to have done a perfectly sensible, credible piece of work, in exactly the way i would have expected, because what happens with this committee is that people leave their party political allegiances to one side when they go and sit on it. and the evidence, frankly, against mrjohnson is overwhelming. it is overwhelming because of the evidence the parties took place. what i think particularly is telling is that when he came to the house and made his various statements about giving assura

there's a lot of detail in the report. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has been looking at is in the newsroom with more. the committee's report has looked in detail at six events to establish whether in their eyes borisjohnson deliberately misled mps when he said rules had been followed at all times. there are pictures inside the published report, this one from the 19th ofjune 2020 in the cabinet room. you can see the prime minister and others at the time there. let's take a look at what the committee had to say about an event slightly earlier in the downing street garden, the infamous "bring your own booze" drinks in the garden in number 10 in may 2020. the committee highlights concerns from some senior officials about whether it should go ahead, the social nature of the gathering they say should have been obvious because there was trestle tables, alcohol available, people from outside number 10 including carriejohnson, borisjohnson�*s wife, and they say the number of people increased while mrjohnson was there. so they say it can't be considered to have been essential for

rob, there's a lot of things happening now, let's go to l of things happening now, let's go to jonathan blake that he has got the report. this is the report we have been waiting for. jonathan, i have got you on the line. tell us what you know so far. just in the last couple of minutes, the long—awaited report about the privileges committee looking into boris johnson's privileges committee looking into borisjohnson's conduct privileges committee looking into boris johnson's conduct and attempting to establish whether he misled the house of commons and whether he did that deliberately or otherwise has been published. you can see it here on the screen. it runs to some 108 pages. we are expecting around 30,000 words. it is a lengthy report and it will be a lot of detail in there. this is the first any of us have seen of it, so we will take you through what we hope to see as the main findings. you can see the title page. it was referred to the committee in april 2022 into the conduct of the right honourable borisjohnson. this is theirfinal report. it honourable borisjohnson. this is their final re

jonathan blake isjoining us. why is keir starmer saying this now?e north sea, it will honour existing contracts and licenses which will be able to expand, but that industry will not grow under a labour government. they will be no new licences granted. that is coming to criticism from some who say that industry is the basis for and provides many thousands ofjobs in the uk and if you simply cut it off at a stroke, investment and a big part of the economy will suffer as a result. also on onshore wind, labour will promise keir starmer will see this morning they will lift the ban on unsure wind which means that if there is any local opposition to wind farms being built in england specifically, they cannot go ahead. those two main areas are what we are going to hear more from keir starmer this morning, but as i suggested, he is facing pressure from not only oil and gas industries on the one hand, who want to know their industries have something of a future, but also environmentalist on the other who want labour to go further and have criticised keir starm

we'rejoined now by our political correspondent jonathan blake.t of the prices returning to those levels before the tax was due to end in 2028 anyway. i think this is put in place as a signal, a reassurance to energy companies that if prices are to fall, they will not be subject to these very high tax rates, even regardless of that. in the hope companies will continue to invest in the sector and keep uk energy reasonable at the uk energy industry at a sustainable level, the government is putting in place is guaranteed but still the windfall tax remaining in place on the face of it until 2028.— of it until 2028. thanks for taking us throu~h of it until 2028. thanks for taking us through that. _ it's a stomach—churning sight we've seen far too many times over the past year — raw sewage being pumped directly into our rivers and seas. it's an issue many campaigners have taken into their own hands — including those at langstone harbour where samples have revealed a "cocktail" of chemicals in the water. environment correspondent jonah fisher is there fo