nick eardley on the process and - could go a bit longer. yes. nick. rocess and some of the names that have emerged. only last night, the prime minister was saying that he had this personal mandate, as he called it, to remain in power. that is what his supporters were saying. so what do the voters who gave borisjohnson a resounding election victory less than three years ago make of today's news? we can go to don valley in south yorkshire, one of the constituencies won by the conservatives in 2019 having been held by labourfor almost 100 years. these are precisely the seats where the boris factor was seen as important. our correspondent danny savage has been speaking to voters there today. in this conservative held seats in south yorkshire today, they were getting used to the idea of borisjohnson leaving office. that didn't necessarily mean they were happy about it, though. we have got nothing, really, to replace him. it's so sorry, i'm so sorry to see him go. you were a supporter of borisjohnson? i was a supporter of him, yeah. i think he has done a lot

i am here with nick eardley.t intend to move out quite yet. 0ne johnson does not intend to move out quite yet. one more point if i made, on policy again, when the scottish government is dealing with such big policy issues, including the exchange of views on a possible referendum, there was a formal response to the other day, that did not come as a surprise. how does it change the dynamics of how the scottish government talks to the uk government, westminster, at a time like this? does it function as usual with officials? 0r like this? does it function as usual with officials? or does this kind of process of turbulent politics affect all kinds of contacts and decision making? i think it will affect an awful lot or what goes on behind the scenes. the scottish government gets on with the dayjob irrespective. in terms of those areas of overlap, it is inevitable that will be more difficult. ministers have changed, they will be getting to grips with departments, there is no certainty how long any of these newly appoint

with me now is our political correspondent nick eardley. ea rdley. let's take a is our political correspondent nick eardley. let's take a moment to reflect of course that had boris johnson dealt with the chris pincher issue differently, we probably wouldn't be standing here today talking about all of this, would we? no, not in this immediate timeframe, but i do think there was this sense of building a crisis within the conservative party mad over the last month alone we have had the confidence vote in the prime minister, we have the resignation of lord geidt, the pm's ethics adviser, we had the two by—elections which the conservatives lost, and now we have this. and itjust feels, i think the frustration that conservative mps have, certainly the ones i've been speaking to over the last 24 hours, is just this mounting sense of crisis, that every time that something seems to clear, something else comes up. i think that's what is so dangerous for the prime minister this morning, is that a growing number of tory mps have just come to the conclusi

thank you, nick eardley, our political - eardley, our political correspondent.unched the invasion of ukraine in february. mr putin will meet the iranian supreme leader as well as the turkish president. grain exports, syria and ukraine are reportedly set to make up the discussions between the leaders. three candidates are in the race to be the next sri lankan president afterformer leader gotabaya rajapaksa fled the country and resigned last week over the island's worsening economic crisis. the country's parliament will vote for a new leader tomorrow. our correspondent secunder kermani has this report. the tea leaves picked here end up in cups across the world. these lush fields are home to sri lanka's biggest export, but they've been badly hit by this unprecedented economic crisis. "our leaders aren't bothered about providing us with the basic "necessities," he says. "they're the ones who have put us in debt by stealing "dollars and spending them however they want. "right now, sri lanka is like a ship stranded at sea." across sri lanka, there are huge queues wait

nick eardley at our political _ cleared by the police. correspondent. - many are expected to join what is likely to be a pretty crowded field. the timetable for the election will be decided next week but there may not be a new leader until september, which means that borisjohnson could stay at number 10 until then. 0ur political correspondent has this report. calm here in downing street this morning. the spectacle of yesterday receding. a new temporary cabinet in place... is the government in freefall? ..a holding position, so new ministers who — may only be in the job for weeks — can try to govern until a new leader is chosen. we have a duty and our duty is to govern. and during a general election, for example, the functions of government are maintained and whilst we are going through this leadership process, the function of government will be maintained. what we are not going to do is we are not going to make big changes that would tie the hands of the prime minister's successor. just two confirmed contenders so far in the race to succe

nick eardley, thank you very much, job? nick eardley, thank you very much. our _ job?ur political correspondent. the whole idea of getting on with the job, the whole idea of getting on with thejob, and lots of the whole idea of getting on with the job, and lots of people will be asking questions, how can this government govern effectively when so much of their time and effort is taken up talking about the position of the prime minister himself? so it is focused on him and his personality and not with the business of actually governing. nick mentioned pmqs at noon today, prime minister's questions afternoon bst. also, liaison committee, committee of senior mps questioning the prime minister later. we will be carrying those events live and we will keep up—to—date with any developments before then as well. for the moment, it is back to rebecca in the studio. thank you, talk to you in a little while. suspects in the ath ofjuly shooting on monday has been charged with seven counts of first—degree murder. they said these were just the first of many charges to come. they will

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.cal correspondent ione wells. speaker tell us more about what borisjohnson 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 ma

here is our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher.esterday, correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. untilyesterday, his job was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but last fight he resigned his government role, after allegations that he had groped two men. he had been drinking here, a private member's club in london with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take all of these things _ he had embarrassed himself. we take all of these things seriously, - all of these things seriously, nobody, this, these, my first reaction to when i heard this was one of sadness and frustration that here we are again, in this position, it is absolutely beholden on us to make sure that we do these things properly, from the point of view of the victims. the properly, from the point of view of the victim-— properly, from the point of view of the victims. ~ , ., , the victims. the prime minister was back in downing _ the victims. the prime minister was back in downing stre

thank you, nick eardley, our political _ eardley, our political correspondence.ind, at mind, at least at our last time of checking with him, about who he will back in the contest. interesting to hear nick say that looking up the numbers he's exactly is nine of the current 11 could potentially go through. i will be speaking to the mp for north west richard hill ten and i will asking if he has made his mind yet. —— for north west durham and i will be asking him. a bbc investigation has uncovered evidence that suggests that the british sas executed detainees and murdered unarmed people in afghanistan. panorama has discovered that one unit killed 5a people in suspicious circumstances — and senior officers failed to report the alleged murders and didn't disclose evidence to military police. the mod says it will always hold uk troops to the highest standards and that they served with courage and professionalism in afghanistan. richard bilton has this report. special forces were out most nights. in the winter of 2010, the sas were hunting the taliban. but we have found

thank you very much, nick eardley in central lobby.idence in the prime minister and i hope he leads us into the next general election.— general election. clearly that is not a general election. clearly that is rrot a view _ general election. clearly that is not a view shared _ general election. clearly that is not a view shared by _ general election. clearly that is not a view shared by an - general election. clearly that is i not a view shared by an increasing number of your colleagues. that must concern you. i number of your colleagues. that must concern you-— concern you. i am not sure about an increasin: concern you. i am not sure about an increasing number. _ concern you. i am not sure about an increasing number. there _ concern you. i am not sure about an increasing number. there were - concern you. i am not sure about an increasing number. there were a i increasing number. there were a number of the did not want the prime minister to continue, we knew that at the vote of confidence. ii minister to continue, we knew that at the v

nick eardley, with his take on where we are with the leadership race.editor of conservative cap at home. blue on blue attacks, do you think that will be potentially destructive for the conservative party? absolutely, i think it is one of the reasons the 1922 committee will hopefully truncate the early rounds by raising the threshold for mps necessary to continue on into the contest. currently we have a lot of candidates, there is a lot of mud being slung. this is an internal contest, but it is being conducted in the full gaze of press and public scrutiny, and recently can't afford to have people behaving like this. there seems to be a conventional wisdom emerging that it will end up with a rishi sunak against somebody else. possibly liz truss. is that how you see it, a final choice when it goes to the wider conservative party electorate, who will decide over the summer? i party electorate, who will decide over the summer?— party electorate, who will decide over the summer? i would say that is the most likely _ over the summer? i would say that is the mo

with the latest from westminster here's our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher.terday, hisjob was this is chris pincher. until yesterday, his job was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but last night he resigned his government role after allegations that he had groped two men. mr chris pincher had been drinking here, a private members club in london with the conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take all of these things _ he had embarrassed himself. we take all of these things incredibly - all of these things incredibly seriously. nobody... my first reaction to when i heard this last night was one of sadness but here we have again in this country. it is absolutely beholden on us to make sure that we do these things properly from the point of view of the victims. the prime minister was back in downing street today, meeting new zealand's premier. will you suspend chris pincher? number ten insisted borisjohnson had not been aware of specific allegations about mr pincher when he was promoted earlier

with the latest from westminster here's our correspondent nick eardley.orry, we don't have that report. let's move on to abortion in northern ireland. abortion in northern ireland was decriminalised more than two years ago but services are still limited and last year more than 160 women still flew to england for terminations. many who choose to have abortions in northern ireland have to contend with protestors as they arrive at clinics. later this month the uk's supreme court will decide whether or not to ban such protests amid calls for more protection for staff and women who use abortion clinics. here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. they chant: have mercy on us and on the whole world. - a prayer and a protest. this has become a regular sight outside some of northern ireland's main hospitals. they're here because daisy hill hospital in newry provides a clinic for women to access abortion services. what we have found, and what people have told us, is that it's really intimidating coming up to these gates. fiona and cara have started a voluntary s

with the latest from westminster here's our correspondent nick eardley.night chris pincher resigned his government role after allegations that he had grouped two men. he had been drinking here, a private scope in london, with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things _ he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things incredibly _ he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things incredibly serious. - over the things incredibly serious. i first reaction when i heard this last night was one of sadness and frustration that here we are again. we need to make sure we do these things properly from the point of view of the victims. the things properly from the point of view of the victims.— view of the victims. the prime minister was _ view of the victims. the prime minister was back _ view of the victims. the prime minister was back in _ view of the victims. the prime minister was back in downing | view of the victims. the prime - minister was back in downing street today meet

that is going out to nick eardley i really shaken things up. another of the contenders. parliament with another of the contenders-— parliament with another of the contenders. ., ., , ., ., ., contenders. that vote is going on at the moment- _ contenders. that vote is going on at the moment. there _ contenders. that vote is going on at the moment. there is _ contenders. that vote is going on at the moment. there is about - contenders. that vote is going on at the moment. there is about an i contenders. that vote is going on at| the moment. there is about an hour left for the candidates to try to get over the threshold of 30 to stay in this race. i have got one of the candidates with me, suella braverman, the attorney general, who has just been voting. then we start off with a procedural question. are you confident of getting the 30? mr; you confident of getting the 30? my team and i have been working really hard, _ team and i have been working really hard, talking to a lot of colleagues, i have enjoyed all of the hustings over the last few days.

with the latest from westminster, here's our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher.sterday, hisjob was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but after allegations he groped two men, he resigned as a government whip and been suspended from the party in parliament. mr pincher had been drinking here, a private members�* club in london, with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take all of these things incredibly seriously. nobody — this, these, my first reaction when i heard this, was one of sadness and frustration that here we are again, in this position. it is absolutely beholden on us to make sure that we do these things properly, from the point of view of the victims. the prime minister was back in downing street today, meeting new zealand's premier. reporter: will you i suspend chris pincher? it's been claimed downing street was warned about mr pincher�*s behaviour before he was given a governmentjob. number ten insisted borisjohnson had not been made aware of specific allegations. chris pinch

our political correspondent nick eardley is in central lobby. most of the focus is now on his successor. most of the focus is now on his successor-— most of the focus is now on his successor. , , ., , ~ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and said _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and said boris - successor. yes, this time last week i we stood here and said boris johnson we stood here and said borisjohnson was desperately trying to cling on to office, but this place moved on pretty quickly and you saw keir starmer change tack and start talking about who was going to succeed mrjohnson, attacking some of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that they just of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that theyjust didn't of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that they just didn't add of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that theyjust didn't add up. mrjohnson for his part said that the eight candidates still in

i'm joined by nick eardley. at the top, we need a proper change of government, we need a fresh start for britain. he said it is good news that boris johnson has resigned, but it should have happened long ago, he has been unfit for office and responsible for lies on an industrial scale and those who have been complicit should be ashamed. he said they cannot pretend they're the ones to sort it out. they have been in powerfor 12 years and the damage they have done is profound. enough is enough. nick, to confirm where we are. boris johnson has confirmed he will stand down? �* ., , johnson has confirmed he will stand down? 1, _., down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell— down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell us _ down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell us all _ down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell us all that _ down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell us all that he - down? boris johnson in the next few hours will tell us all that he is i hours will tell

all eyes on both of them on monday, nick i on both of them on monday, nick eardley, thank you.rsday — homosexuality is outlawed — but the host city is rolling out a special welcome for gay athletes. our midlands correspondent phil mackie went to find out more. tom daley�*s probably the best—known openly gay athlete to have competed at the commonwealth games. he�*s made it easier for some to take the plunge, but for most it�*s simply not possible. there�*s 37 countries in the commonwealth that are competing that currently criminalise lgbt people, which... i feel extremely lucky to be able to compete openly and truly who i am and not worry about ramifications. the numbers have fallen since then — but only slightly. although anti—gay laws are not always enforced, in around two thirds of competing countries homosexuality remains illegal. michael gunning was a 200—metre swimmer who grew up in england but competed forjamaica — one of the countries where there are prohibitive laws. he�*s retired now, but will be working in birmingham during the games. it�*s a human right. you know, be

let's get the latest from our political correspondent, nick eardley in westminster.k like? ., . , what will the next few days look like? ., ., ., , ., what will the next few days look like? ., ., ., ,., like? politics moves on quickly, doesnt like? politics moves on quickly, doesn't it? _ like? politics moves on quickly, doesn't it? you _ like? politics moves on quickly, doesn't it? you heard _ like? politics moves on quickly, doesn't it? you heard boris - like? politics moves on quickly, - doesn't it? you heard boris johnson doesn't it? you heard borisjohnson there, a few days ago we were hanging on what his next words would be. but already everybody in westminster is talking about what comes next. the early frontrunner in this campaign is the former chancellor, rishi sunak. but the truth is, a lot could change over the next few days. because as the number of candidates is whittled down, probably quite quickly, there will be a lot of horse trading between the campaigns, a lot of people backing candidates who are eliminated, and then get behind somebody else. chattin

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

campaigning hard over the weekend, with promises on education and the nhs. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley. she has had some big endorsements in the last few days, adding to her sense of momentum. but speaking to rishi sunak�*s team, they are not throwing the towel in. they still think it is all to play for. interestingly, talking to tory mps this weekend, a lot of their members are still undecided. they haven't made their minds up yet. rishi sunak is hoping that a bold policy agenda can get him back on the front foot. this weekend he has been talking about the nhs. today, it is £10 fines for people that don't turn up for gp or hospital appointments. people that don't turn up for gp or hospitalappointments. he people that don't turn up for gp or hospital appointments. he reckons that would help with the backlog after covid, although some doctors are saying it would hit the poorest the hardest. liz truss's team are optimistic. they think she is getting a good reception from the membership. today, she is promising to revamp the university admissions system, including widening access, ijy sys

let's get more on this from our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins me from westminster.barrassed himself but over the weekend there have been several allegations of sexual misconduct in the newspapers, they had been denied by chris pincher to the newspapers. there is this increase in question over what the prime minister knew about allegations and when. on friday, we were told by downing street that the prime minister was not aware of specific allegations. this morning, the outline has changed from number ten who said the prime minister was aware of rumours and speculation. before chris pincher was given a job in the whips office in parliament. remember, thatjob as deputy chief whip meant he was in charge of party discipline, he also had a row in mps welfare. numberten discipline, he also had a row in mps welfare. number ten has also not denied a claim made by some who worked in number ten under boris johnson that mrjohnson used the term pincher by name, pincher by nature. the prime minister �*s spokesman said it was not deemed acceptable to stop mr pincher getting his w

nick eardley will find us someone.at is more likely than not. - will go for liz truss? i think that is more likely than not. but - will go for liz truss? i think that| is more likely than not. but kemi will go for liz truss? i think that i is more likely than not. but kemi is someone who has made clear her own independence of mind and a number of her supporters, particularly those in the european research group have spent time... at pressure from liz truss that she is by default the candidate of the right. we may see a kind of personal rebellion from a few on that basis. if i can come in on something that you heard your guest saying. there was a point that supporters of rishi sunak in particular have been making and of liz truss that there is a barbed comment about needing candidates who have experience at the very top level of government and as your correspondent picked up, he seemed to be talking about penny mordaunt, i'm amazed by the number of people in the contest who seem to have forgotten, penny mordaunt was cab

let's rejoin our political correspondent nick eardley.e.— questions this afternoon at the liaison committee. a busy afternoon for boris johnson _ liaison committee. a busy afternoon for boris johnson up _ liaison committee. a busy afternoon for boris johnson up against - liaison committee. a busy afternoon for boris johnson up against that. for borisjohnson up against that committee at three o'clock but at the same time he will be trying to shore up some support among pretty glum —looking tory mps this afternoon. and at the same time there are powerful backbenchers discussing changing the rules to allow another confidence that the prime minister potentially within days. the pm spokesman said that borisjohnson would fight days. the pm spokesman said that boris johnson would fight that vote but i have to say that chatting to tory mps around here including some allies of the prime minister not many would say confidently that he will definitely win it.— will definitely win it. nick, thank ou. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz scha

lets bring in nick eardley. _ get 30 votes today? 193 lets bring in nick eardley.were hearing tom tugendhat talking on the other side of the green, just a few moments ago. he was speaking on camera, answering reporter questions. we are shortly going to be hearing from penny mordaunt, and there was also the stuff going on behind closed doors and via phones. the whatsapp groups, the lobbying, jockeying for position, and trying to go for the votes once the different contenders drop out, as happened yesterday, a number of contenders dropped out and, immediately the remaining candidate's supporters were trying to get the votes of those who have been supporting the ones that went out. let's talk to nick eardley. so, what was tom tugendhat saying? his bi what was tom tugendhat saying? h 3 big thing to say was to talk about defence spending, he wants 3% of gdp to be spent on defence every year. but there was an interesting potshot that sounded like a criticism of rishi sunak. rishi sunak said at his launch that he didn't want arbitral targets when it came to things like de

our political correspondent nick eardley reports.pincher in 2018, when he was working on a project about politicians. shortly after they were introduced, mark says he was touched inappropriately by the mp. itrailien inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking _ inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out _ inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out and _ inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out and he _ inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out and he was - inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out and he was asking| were walking out and he was asking me if i was running, i told him, and he said you must have a lot of stamina. almost like he's giving me the come on. then he is feeling my leg and saying you must be muscular. that immediately makes me worried and thinking, you know, that's not right. so, touchingly there, i don't think he should be doing that to someone he is onlyjust met. when he's outside and he's got his arm around me and then touching me on the bottom, i don't thi

we are going to talk to nick eardley in a moment.irst, our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart, reports on mrjohnson�*s most serious leadership crisis so far. two influential cabinet ministers who decided they'd had enough. within minutes of one another, rishi sunak resigned as chancellor, and sajid javid resigned as health secretary. mrjavid remained tight—lipped when he returned home yesterday evening. i'm just going to spend some time with my family. but the reasons were there in black and white when the pair submitted resignation letters. the outgoing chancellor said... the outgoing health secretary said... their exits, along with various junior government figures, came swiftly, after borisjohnson apologised for his handling of appointing chris pincher to a new government position in february. it emerged borisjohnson had been told about a formal complaint previously made about mr pincher when he was a foreign office minister. that was something number ten had previously denied. i apologise for... ..eh, for it. i think

our political correspondent nick eardley is with me now. ping up to say another member of the government has gone. we saw the cheap web going in there about 45 minutes ago, to talk to the prime minister presumably about how to fill these positions. it will be really difficult for boris johnson to really difficult for borisjohnson to do really difficult for boris johnson to do that. really difficult for borisjohnson to do that. he really difficult for boris johnson to do that. he has key cabinet roles which at the moment are unfilled. just as significantly, there are ways ofjunior ministerial roles which are unfilled. some departments have one minister left. this government at the moment cannot function. if borisjohnson cannot get on the front that and appoint people into these positions, it is extremely difficult to see, no matter how stubborn and defiant he wants to be, how he can continue. every time we have one of these resignations there is a letter attached. brandon lewis seems one of the most significant this morning. in his comment he

i'm joined by our political correspondent nick eardley. the race still wide open?ain to get into the final two based on the number thius of the moment with a big battle is to be the other candidate goes to the membership from next week and i have to say that seems a pretty open race. penny mordaunt yesterday had a bit of the wind in her sales taken out when she lost a vote and liz truss did ok yesterday but not as well as she might have wanted and all the while kemi badenoch still creeping up in the numbers and asking a lot of people this morning to think about 44 her rather than liz truss. there has been a story throughout this process, the right of the conservative party want a smaller state and lower taxes and things like that, they are pretty split and we're still seeing play out. however if kemi badenoch were to be knocked out in about three hours which still seems the most likely outcome today, that could really change things and at that point this afternoon she has the ability to become a kingmaker and her vote going to liz truss would give her a massive boo

they're the only ones who can vote to choose the next prime minister. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyt know by the end? you might think ou don't know by the end? you might think you have _ don't know by the end? you might think you have heard _ don't know by the end? you might think you have heard a _ don't know by the end? you might think you have heard a lot - don't know by the end? you might think you have heard a lot from i don't know by the end? you might i think you have heard a lot from them already, but this is the first event thatis already, but this is the first event that is solely for members, and is a chance for them to grill the two candidates on their policies, on their plans, on their personalities. what is really interesting is, chatting to tory mps, there are some tory members who seem to be really unhappy about the way that things transpired over the last few weeks, and the way that borisjohnson was forced out. there are also unhappy about the tone of the debate so far, and all of these blue on blue attacks we have been seeing. it will be interesting to see if the t

well, i'mjoined now by our political correspondent nick eardley. risjohnson 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, af

i'm joined by our political correspondent, nick eardley. 7.30, channel a.. you can indeed. i think there's _ burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there's a _ burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there's a couple i burn or come out shining. you can indeed. i think there's a couple of| indeed. i think there's a couple of reasons why tonight really matters. one is because there are these two outsiders at the moment. they are getting their moment to shine. i suspect they will want to grab it and make an impression. the truth is both tom tugendhat and kemi badenoch are struggling and unlikely to be in the final two. but tonight is their chance to say, look at my ideas, you cannot ignore me. for penny mourdant and lease trust, this is their chance to cement a second place run —— liz truss. penny mourdant is bowling really well with tory members, and liz truss is looking like the candidate off the right of conservative party. both of them will want to grab a bit more of that momentum and get closer to getting on the final ballot of conser

nick eardley — our political correspondent — is with me.calm here today compared to this time yesterday. it here today compared to this time esterda . , . ., ~ here today compared to this time esterda . , u, ~ h, yesterday. it is calm. i think some ofthe yesterday. it is calm. i think some of the few — yesterday. it is calm. i think some of the few broiled _ yesterday. it is calm. i think some of the few broiled nature - yesterday. it is calm. i think some of the few broiled nature of- yesterday. it is calm. i think some of the few broiled nature of the i of the few broiled nature of the past few days has settled a bit, not just here but we know not what is happening but in the way that can serve the party as well there was a real sense of chaos yesterday and lots of anger in the party that borisjohnson had hung on for so long, lots of questions about whether he would have to be turfed out immediately because of the bad blood in the party. speaking to tory mps this morning there is a bit more calm. apparently the tory whatsapp groups are no

let's talk to nick eardley, political corresponding to has just tweeted this. last few seconds as well i have had a line through from the labour party, a spokesperson saying keir starmer and angela rayner have always been clear that no rules were broken in durham. the police have completed their investigation and have agreed, saying that there is no case to answer. politically, this is a huge relief for keir starmer. he is a man who has built his political reputation on being mr rules, by sticking by those rules. he has always tried to contrast himself with borisjohnson. when it was announced done constabulary were looking into this case, it was this cloud that hung over keir starmer. he said that he would resign if he was find, because he wanted to try and move on from it. that was a gamble, because nobody was certain what the force would come what with. i imagine sir keir starmer, his deputy angela rayner, the whole team at the top of the labour party are breathing a backside of relief this morning because what a remarkable moment that would have been if sir k

value-— percent accurate so i take that at facevalue. ., i'm joined by our political correspondent nick eardley ,., , ., well, wasn't that interesting way to start. �* , , ., ., , start. absolutely, what really struck me was _ start. absolutely, what really struck me was ten _ start. absolutely, what really struck me was ten days - start. absolutely, what really struck me was ten days ago | start. absolutely, what really i struck me was ten days ago four start. absolutely, what really - struck me was ten days ago four of the five people on stage were in boris johnson's the five people on stage were in borisjohnson's government, in boris johnson's government, in different borisjohnson's government, in different roles. the only one who was in was tom tugendhat. yet they are all trying very hard to move on from borisjohnson and basically dump a lot of that record. you had that clip we just played which showed none of them saying that they thought borisjohnson was honest and that yes or no answer. none of them would say specifically yesterday answer. they have also been trying to dump a lot of his

let's talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley. it is really going to match the rate of inflation. as you say, 9% just now. there are predictions it will peak at 11% in the autumn. unions are saying unless you match that, you're basically offering people a real terms pay cut. there is already talk about potentially more industrial action over the next few months. we have heard a lot about the idea of a summer of discontent, given how many sectors of feeling the pinch. the argument you will hear from the government today when they set out these pay deals is there needs to be some responsibility in this. that earned the chancellor nadhim zahawi is using a sound public finances, not getting carried away and spending too much money. —— they turned the chancellor. there is an ideological battle between people saying the cost of living is so high you need to increase wages to match it and those saying if you want to keep inflation under control, you need to make sure pay does not increase too much. it will be this afternoon when we get t

our political correspondent nick eardley reports.a project about politicians. but shortly after they were introduced, mark says he was touched inappropriately by the mp. when we were walking out and he was asking me if i was running, i told him, and he said, "oh, you must have a lot of stamina." and then he's, you know...almost like he's giving me the come on. and then he is feeling my leg and saying, "you must be muscular." you know, that immediately makes me worried and thinking, you know, that's not right. so, touching me there, i don't think he should be doing that to someone who he has onlyjust met. and then when he's outside and he's got his arm around me and then touching me on the bottom, i don't think that should happen either, really. chris pincher strongly denies mark's allegations and says a member of staff was present at all times. mark says he should quit parliament. borisjohnson also faces questions, after he promoted mr pincher in february. have you turned a blind eye to sleaze, prime minister? number 10 conceded toda

let's get more on this from our political correspondent nick eardley. good morning, nick.income tax because that could make inflation even worse. then you have some like sajid javid and liz truss who say, let's cut taxes right away. i think that's going to be the big debate. i really crowded field at the moment. 11 at the moment, could be 12 in the next few hours, i'm told the home secretary priti patel was weighing up whether to chuck her hat into the ring late last night. she was 50—50 according to her team. it's a crowded field and the big question is going to be how quickly tory mps can whittle it down to the last two. �* ., ., , ., ., last two. and how are they going to be able to do _ last two. and how are they going to be able to do that? _ last two. and how are they going to be able to do that? so _ last two. and how are they going to be able to do that? so this - last two. and how are they going to | be able to do that? so this evening, the 1922 committee, _ be able to do that? so this evening, the 1922 committee, we _ be able to do that? so this evening, the 1922

let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley(. get on the political front foot. in the past year it has been the crises at westminster and questions about borisjohnson, the scandals around downing street, have really dominated political discourse. i think the tory leadership is going to dominate political discourse, clearly so now wants to get out there and explain more about who he is as as a politician. they are slightly nervous that keir starmer hasn't really told the country much about what they would be voting for, more what they would be voting against, which would be boris johnson into a lesser extentjeremy corbyn cosmic leadership as well. he seems to be wanting to get back on the front foot, he seems energetic, he seems to be using the cloud being lifted from over the labour leader's herrte to explain what he wants to do as a politician.— do as a politician. thank you very much. do as a politician. thank you very much- more _ do as a politician. thank you very much. more of _ do as a politician. thank you very much. more

earlier today our correspondence nick eardley reported sajid javid seriously considering running to beervative leader, the last few months have been rocky for his reputation, dented by his wife's tax affairs in his resignation this week seems to have reenergised his leadership hopes. on tuesday evening he was replaced by nadhim zahawi, who by wednesday evening was already calling on mr johnson to quit privately. by thursday morning, he was doing it publicly as well. he is seen as another contender for the top job. one mp worked with nadhim zahawi at the department for education and here she is and whether she would support him to be the next prime minister. he support him to be the next prime minister. , ., ., ., ., minister. he is a great man and somebody _ minister. he is a great man and somebody i _ minister. he is a great man and somebody i have _ minister. he is a great man and somebody i have worked i minister. he is a great man and somebody i have worked very, l minister. he is a great man and i somebody i have worked very, very closely read, got very keen priorities and is an a

one question, nick eardley is still us with, do we still have a government, we have lost so many ministers that isn't happening. we terms of making decisions, that isn't happening-— isn't happening. we have a government, _ isn't happening. we have a government, i'm _ isn't happening. we have a government, i'm not - isn't happening. we have a government, i'm not sure. isn't happening. we have a | government, i'm not sure it isn't happening. we have a i government, i'm not sure it is functioning. the department for education have no ministers. the calculation that may have been made in there today one we have been talking about, borisjohnson probably couldn't fill all the vacant roles, given the level of anger against him. he was probably done. he had nowhere to turn to fill the minister ideal posts. 0ne done. he had nowhere to turn to fill the minister ideal posts. one other fact, borisjohnson will tell us later he wants to stay during a leadership contest. tory mps are texting us and getting in uch and posting online and saying they don't think that is feasible. boris johnson at the moment

. _ we can speak now to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in central lobby in the houseshe hit— he still in this? absolutely. people said, would he hit the _ he still in this? absolutely. people said, would he hit the limit? - he still in this? absolutely. people said, would he hit the limit? he i he still in this? absolutely. people said, would he hit the limit? he is| said, would he hit the limit? he is way over_ said, would he hit the limit? he is way over that. there is real momentum and also if you look at the result_ momentum and also if you look at the result as _ momentum and also if you look at the result as a _ momentum and also if you look at the result as a whole, what you see is that there — result as a whole, what you see is that there is — result as a whole, what you see is that there is a huge vote for freshness and people who are outside the curreht_ freshness and people who are outside the current establishment and tom is offering _ the current establishment and tom is offering a _ the current establishment and tom is offering a clean start and i think t

our political correspondent nick eardley has the latest from westminster.date on what exactly downing street are saying. yes. bring us up-to-date on what exactly downing street are saying. yes, this is an important _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift from _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift from downing l is an important shift from downing street. we talked over the weekend and downing street's lying then and at the end of last week was that the prime minister had never been aware of any specific allegations against chris pincher. —— downing street's line. when he appointed chris pincher to the post of deputy chief which in february, what did he know, how much did he know, it came out at the weekend that an mp who had claimed that there had been inappropriate sexual advances has gone to downing street in february to alert them about his concerns and that the prime minister had in the past referred to apparentlyjokingly mr pincher, calling him pensi

let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley.erride the brexit deal. this is about implementing key parts of the brexit deal that borisjohnson site with the european union a couple of years ago. what the european union is saying that is that the uk is not taking its obligations to the northern ireland protocol seriously enough. it is not collecting the data it needs to about what is being transported between the uk and northern ireland. it is not making sure that some goods are being smuggled into the single market through northern ireland. what it is done today is written to the uk government saying you need to deal with this, start taking it more seriously or we will go further, the threats is to take it to the european court. the uk has always said it wants to try and make the brexit deal work, but the protocol as it stands just isn't working. although the european union is writing this strongly worded letter today and is threatening more action, it doesn't look likely from london personal point of view that this is going to b

it follows last night's bruising debate on itv. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, has the latesthi sunak were repeatedly knocking lumps out of each other and rishi sunak was saying liz truss was offering people something for nothing when it came to a tax plan and saying it was a socialist agenda and liz truss was accusing rishi sunak of being responsible for inflation going up, saying he had stifled growth by putting taxes up to the highest levels in the last 70 years and anybody who watched the debate last night might have found it quite easy to forget that all of the five candidates on stage were in the same party. some tory mps are privately ripping their hair out and really worried about the damage that the debate is doing to their party, and it is that backdrop against which rishi sunak and liz truss both said they were unlikely to take part in a third debate tomorrow, and as a result sky news have pulled it. it's not happening. it's important to remember that we the public don't get a vote in this in this contest, so even if the viewers are watching the debate last night, e

our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. good morning. separately at this stage. where is the focus tending to land now? ,., ., ., , ., land now? good morning. there is one issue that we — land now? good morning. there is one issue that we are _ land now? good morning. there is one issue that we are going _ land now? good morning. there is one issue that we are going to _ land now? good morning. there is one issue that we are going to hear- land now? good morning. there is one issue that we are going to hear a - issue that we are going to hear a lot about in the next six weeks, it is the economy and specifically tax and whether it should be cut now or cut later. i do think that will be one of the big dividing lines between rishi sunak and liz truss because rishi sunak argues that he can't cut tax right away, that you need to wait until you have got inflation under control. that is probably about a year away. liz truss says that actually by putting tax up just now you are stopping economic growth so you need to cut it right away to make su

i'm joined by our political correspondent nick eardley.were watching it, just how would you sum up the moment there? it was really interesting _ you sum up the moment there? it was really interesting because _ you sum up the moment there? it was really interesting because it _ you sum up the moment there? it "wes really interesting because it down there and up there, borisjohnson's team at ministers, family, some of his allies had gathered and they all looked pretty ash in the face, pretty emotional about the whole thing, and it is remarkable to think that when i got here this morning at half past five, boris johnson's plant was still to cling on to power. but the steady stream of resignations that kept coming and be moved from nadhim zahawi meant he was pressed out and you got the impression from that speech he felt hard done by. he talks about the tory heard that saying when it moves it moves. he talked about only being a few points behind in the polls, clearly he still thinks he could win back an election for the conservative party, win

know if he is part of that michael gove delegation, or if he is doing this independently, but nick eardleywho are appealing to him to step down now, we saw five ministers resigning in one go, saying that he should resign for the good of the party in the country, but whether he is paid to do that —— prepared to do that, we shall see. offer behaviour, unacceptable in any life, it is clear to see, but he ignored it. it was the same when his ally was on the tape from the lobbyist. it was the same when his home secretary was bullying staff. it was the same when taxpayer puts's money was being abused, and it was the same when he partied his way through lockdown. anyone quitting now, after defending all that, hasn't got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn't this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rats? you recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rats?— fleeing the rats? you should hear what his lot _ fleeing the rats? you should hear what his lot say _ fleeing the rats? you should hear what his lot say about _ fleeing the rats? you should hear what his lot say about