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that was confirmed this morning by lord mcdonald.not telling the truth, saying the prime minister was briefed at the time about not only that investigation that took place into mr pincher�*s conduct at the foreign office but also the outcome of that investigation as well. he has particularly taken issue with number 10 �*s use of the word resolved saying just because it was a result doesn�*t mean mr pincher was somehow exonerated, in fact the opposite end he had to apologise for his conduct. these twists and turns which has resulted in another line today from number 10 saying the prime minister actually was briefed at the time about this foreign office that he simply did not recall that earlier this week and over the last few days has not gone down well with conservative mps. last few days has not gone down well with conservative mp5. i think a very damning line that summarises the mood in the party today from the former chief whip mark harper who told the bbc earlier today that he felt ministers of the crown had been lied to. this is

and speaking this morning, lord mcdonald said it had made inaccurate claims. to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping the people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning and i think that is not working. in an extraordinary letter to parliament's standards watchdog, lord mcdonald said contrary to claims by number ten, borisjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of an investigation into chris pincher�*s behaviour in 2019, when he was a foreign office minister. he says there was a formal complaint and mr pincher was not exonerated. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, was foreign secretary at the time. you don't believe, then, the word of lord mcdonald who said mrjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of the investigation? so, that's news to me, i wasn't aware of that and it's not clear to me that is factually accurate. chris pincher resigned from hisjob as deputy chief whip last thursday. he has denied

lord mcdonald's dynamite claim this morning came just before cabinet met.ays, the cameras are let in but there are no are let in, but there are no questions from reporters. it did not look like the jolliest meeting of ministers. there is a key question at the heart of all of this — what did borisjohnson know about chris pincher�*s alleged past behaviour when he was appointed deputy chief whip in february? number ten's line has shifted over recent days. i briefed the relevant senior official... and speaking this morning, lord mcdonald said it had made inaccurate claims. i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning, and i think that is not working. in an extraordinary letter to parliament's standards watchdog, lord mcdonald said contrary to claims by number ten, borisjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of an investigation into chris pincher�*s behaviour in 2019,

however lord mcdonald says downing street is not telling the truth and that borisjohnson was briefed about the initiation and outcome of the investigation into mr pincher when mr pincher was a foreign office minister this this morning the former civil servant published his letter, alongside a tweet saying, "this morning i have written "to the parliamentary commissioner for standards — "because number ten keep changing their story "and are still not telling the truth." sir simon mcdonald was asked on the today programme this mornig how the information he provided about chris pincher got to boris johnson. i briefed the relevant senior official in the cabinet office, you will understand such complaints about ministers are very rare, very sensitive, they are dealt with at the very top level, and so i had the help and support of the cabinet office through the investigation. 0ffice through the investigation. are you convinced, are you sure that the cabinet office in person told mr johnson about it? i the cabinet office in person told mr johnson about it?— johnson about it? i know that the

by this morning, lord mcdonald was categoric... —— lord mcdonald was categoric...borisjohnson invited me in for a hastily arranged interview. do you accept it was a grave error to appoint chris pincher to your government? yes, i think it was a mistake, and i apologise for it. i think, in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. i apologise to everybody who's been badly affected by it. your spokesman said you were not aware of a specific allegation. on sunday, a cabinet minister sent out to interview — "i've been informed this morning he" — you — "didn't know about a specific allegation," but you did. you're saying that now. yesterday, another minister, he had been given a categoric assurance you weren't aware of a specific allegation. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i don't know... i was, i'm afraid, focusing on other things at the time, but what i'm telling you now is my recollection of events. and my recollection is that there was one complaint that was raised with me specifically. there was other rumour and inn

lord mcdonald was categoric...cabinet resignations, borisjohnson invited me in for a hastily arranged interview. do you accept it was a grave error to appoint chris pincher to your government? yes, i think it was a mistake, and i apologise for it. i think, in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. i apologise to everybody who's been badly affected by it. your spokesman on friday said you were not aware of a specific allegation. on sunday, a cabinet minister sent out to interview — "i've been informed this morning he" — you — "didn't know about a specific allegation," but you did. you're saying that now. yesterday, another minister, he had been given a categoric assurance you weren't aware of a specific allegation. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i don't know... i was, i'm afraid, focusing on other things at the time, but what i'm telling you now is my recollection of events. and my recollection is that there was one complaint that was raised with me specifically

lord mcdonald - the mistake i made. what are you doing better?. 50 foreign office, maybe he shouldn't be moving on to housing. so there's the prime minister _ be moving on to housing. so there's the prime minister speaking to - be moving on to housing. so there's the prime minister speaking to the i the prime minister speaking to the bbc�*s the prime minister speaking to the bbc�*s political editor chris mason. one cabinet minister, a lot of us have been keeping out for, nadhim zahawi walked in through the door of number ten. what we wouldn't like to know about the conversation that may be happening with the prime minister, we haven't heard from him since the resignations of rishi sunak and sajid javid. in other resignation to tell you about — the uk parliamentary... nicola richards has resigned. another resignation from the government, the private secretary for the department for transport, nicola richards, has resigned. we also heard from the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, who's been tweeting her reaction. she says everyone in boris

if you would it would happen today with lord simon _ it would happen today with lord simon mcdonald,rmanent secretary of the foreign office in 2019 who made _ of the foreign office in 2019 who made the — of the foreign office in 2019 who made the point very clearly that the prime _ made the point very clearly that the prime minister was informed about allegations against chris pincher at the time _ allegations against chris pincher at the time. and made it very clear that the — the time. and made it very clear that the prime minister was not being _ that the prime minister was not being open and honest about that. that is— being open and honest about that. that is exactly why in my view is gone _ that is exactly why in my view is gone today. gf that is exactly why in my view is gone today-— that is exactly why in my view is one toda . , , gone today. of course the number ten osition gone today. of course the number ten position is that — gone today. of course the number ten position is that this _ gone today. of course the number ten position is that this is _ gone today. of course t

original claim on sunday no official complaints against mr pincher were never made is inaccurate, lord mcdonald outcome, precisely— complaint made and then the outcome, precisely because it did not lead to a formal— precisely because it did not lead to a formal disciplinary grievance process — a formal disciplinary grievance process let alone formal action. i do not _ process let alone formal action. i do not know how sir simon would know that but— do not know how sir simon would know that but if— do not know how sir simon would know that but if he _ do not know how sir simon would know that but if he was briefed directly, that but if he was briefed directly, that is_ that but if he was briefed directly, that is news to me. this that but if he was briefed directly, that is news to me.— that is news to me. this clearly uts that is news to me. this clearly puts another — that is news to me. this clearly puts another twist _ that is news to me. this clearly puts another twist on _ that is news to me. this clearly puts another twist on this - that is news to me. this clearly puts another twist on t

a day later on tuesday, lord mcdonald intervened. this extraordinary political maelstrom and continues to play out and downing street both online and bbc news and hear on bbc news. if you been tracking the weather forecast for the past few days, you may have seen that the temperature is expected to rise quite significantly that everyone in the uk, mostly across the south we are increasingly confident that a heat wave is on the way and is likely to affect the southern half of the british isles. in the short—term, it is cloudy and relatively cool in the north of the country, recently we've had some spots of rain and the weather system writing around this area of high pressure and in the south of us, this high is expected to eventually build up across the uk, this high pressure will be responsible for spreading the very hot air in our direction and this is not going to happen right away. and if you look at the wind arrows coming from the north, relatively fresh north atlantic era but having said that, temperatures in the morning 15 to 1

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