that is part of the resignation statement thereby nick timothy. a hill. let's find out what lucy fisher makes of it. this isn't the first time we have had problems with nick and fiona. there are very aggressive style, authoritarian, acting as barriers to the prime minister, that's annoyed a lot of senior elected figures as well as senior party staffers. lots of people following the coverage have never heard of these two. they might be thinking, everyone has gatekeepers, the ceo of a big company has a gatekeeper, every politician has, why shouldn't theresa may have one? what makes this situation different? i think it was her refusal to consult more widely her cabinet about setting proposals, and the manifesto is a perfect microcosm of this system of governance. it is too tight fit. she feels to check the social care policy that nick timothy came up with. he distances himself from that. he says he was involved, but he's trying to say, that specific policy was not 100% his idea. that's true, in his statement, he tries to correct the information that i

it is theresa may, nick timothy and fiona hill and it.ck timothy and fiona hilland has it. it is theresa may, nick timothy and fiona hill and has been since she became prime minister. there would have been pressure to open the window is a bit on the way this government was running, regardless of the result. in the aftermath, they had to go. you think it is a sign of theresa may's weakness. she has been depended for years on these two advisers. they are exceptionally close. nick timothy is the policy brain, and fiona hill is the attack dog, going out and telling mps and ministers what she really thinks of them. the three of them are entwined, and now they are gone, it leaves theresa may looking incredibly isolated. how much soul—searching do you think there is 110w soul—searching do you think there is now in the party about what went wrong? labour did not win, the tories did, and i don't want to overstate that, but they are a long way back from where they thought they would be when the election was called, and therefore, in that sense, wha

nick timothy and fiona hill have resigned this afternoon.have resigned this afternoon. two names perhaps not familiar to many people at all before the election, perhaps not even after the election, perhaps not even after the election but they were two key advisers. had been for many years. key advises to theresa may but there had been a concerted effort growing today. a lot of conservatives, some senior conservatives telling my colleague norman smith that if those two did not go down a leadership challenge would be mounted this coming monday. but they have now gonein coming monday. but they have now gone in the last half—hour. let's head back to downing street and norman smith is following it all from there. where they pushed? 0rdid theyjump? i from there. where they pushed? or did theyjump? i think it was a bit of both. there are probably shuffling towards the battlements and ushered towards there at the same time. there was a recognition that within team theresa may if the prime minister was to shore up her premiership, then she could not

the resignation of nick timothy and fiona hill and the fa ct nick timothy and fiona hill and the factediately the five members of her cabinet into the jobs are already doing, that demonstrates weakness. there was a suggestion during the election that she might get rid of philip hammond, but she can't, she had to appoint him to the position he already had at the treasury. she's a weakened prime minister. this is just holding she's a weakened prime minister. this isjust holding on, not wanting to do very much. this was the minimum they had to do today, to come criticism from within the tory party. thanks for now. the prime minister is preparing to hold discussions with the democratic unionist party in northern ireland, so she is able to continue governing. downing street says the chief whip gavin williamson is in belfast for talks with the dup "on how best they can provide support" to theresa may's government. professorjon tonge from the university of liverpool gave me this insight. it's a case of needs must for theresa may. she's friendless otherwise in party terms, here at westminster

mistakes acknowledged by nick timothy today.tain was divided: today, as the consequences of the campaign sunk in, reflection and recrimination, some tory mps saying theresa may had to heed calls to change. there were plenty of voices in the conservative party that reminded her you cannot run the government like you run the home office and there have been plenty of calls to make sure that the circle around her was wider and more inclusive, to prevent anyone believing that the two principal advisers had undue influence. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. with no majority, her plans for things like grammar schools and social care will be hard to get through parliament. and the queen's speech, her programme for government, is just over a week away. in order to lead a minority government, she will have to balance competing demands on almost every front, considering notjust the position of the dup on some issues, but that of her own mps too. in scotland, there are now 13 of them, their backing essential to the prime

in terms of the ma nifesto, tim —— nick timothy., there is a view that nick timothy, in particular, was to blame for the social care to buckle and there was no consultation or serious thinking about it. it blew up in a rome —— a morning when all the age charities and dementia charities got sight of it and it fell apart. they are seen as sight of it and it fell apart. they are seen as the problem, i think. mrs may's chance of sustaining her leadership in a medium—term is impossible unless she is given a sort of clean start and that involves getting rid of these two individuals. norman, thank you very much. let us put some of those points to my next guest. i am joined by neil carmichael who lost his seat in the election. stroud in gloucestershire. good morning... good afternoon, i should say. i don't know how much of that you are able to hear. your thoughts, first of all, firstly on white you lost your seat and then more broadly about the performance of the conservative party as a whole. there are three reasons why we lost in stroud.

nick hill —— fiona hill and nick timothy have worked for herfor fiona hill and nick timothy have workedfor a long time, since the prime in asda took office, there have been expressions of concern and advice to the prime minister that the circles she needed to run the home office wasn't the same circle to run the government and had to be wider. what the election campaign did was bring that more to the fore and to have those concerns more demonstrable because of the campaign and what happened. if the prime minister is using the opportunity to work —— widen the circle of advice and be more inclusive of the party as a whole, it will be the right thing to do. the fact that there wasn't a wide circle, to use your phrase, is that one of the key reasons that the conservative majority was reduced? in your mind, is that one of the key problems within the overall general election campaign? when anything goes wrong people point fingers and blame and that sort of thing. it is perfectly clear, all of us know, that the circle of those advising the prime minister is relatively small. putting the manife

the prime minister's top advisers, nick timothy and fiona hill, have resigned.nior tories that mrs may would face a leadership challenge if the two had remained by her side. mrs may is preparing for talks with the democratic unionist party to shore up her government. the chief whip is in belfast for talks. police reveal the london bridge terror attackers tried to hire a seven—and—a—half—tonne lorry but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use. police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. the former top gear presenter richard hammond has been airlifted to hospital afterfracturing his knee following a serious crash in switzerland. the 10—year—old, who sustained brain injuries during a crash in 2006, was driving an electric car whilst filming the grand tour season two when the accident happened. fellow presenterjeremy clarkson tweeted that, "it was the biggest crash i've ever seen and the most frightening, but incredibly, and thankfully, richard seems to be mostly ok". it seems that this was

the headlines at 5pm: the prime minister's top aides, nick timothy and fiona hill, have resigned after the conservatives failed to win an overall majority in the general election. they went following what the bbc understands were demands from some senior tories that mrs may would face a leadership challenge if the two had remained by her side. the prime minister is preparing for talks with the democratic unionist party to shore up her government. the chief whip is in belfast for talks. the other headlines: police reveal the london bridge terror attackers a seven—and—a—half—tonne lorry but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torches were found in the van they did use, police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wrists. a mid—atlantic yacht rescue involving the queen mary 2 2 cruiseliner after a once—in—a—lifetime summer storm. theresa may's top two downing street aides have resigned in the wake of thursday's conservative election failure to get a working majority in the house of commons. their departure comes after the bbc understands that conservative mps

nick timothy said that britain was divided... the campaign sunk in, reflection and recrimination. some tory mps saying that theresa may had to heed calls to change. there were plenty of voices in the conservative party that reminded her that you cannot run the government like you run the home office, and there have been plenty of calls to make sure that the circle around her was wider and more inclusive, to prevent anyone believing that the two principal advisers had undue influence. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. with no majority, plans for things like grammar schools and social care will be hard to get through parliament. the queen's speech, her programme for government, is just over a week away. i cannot see how a queen's speech can be laden with interesting pieces of legislation, because many of them will be items which will cause dispute within the conservative party, and certainly between the conservative party and the dup. theresa may is seeking consensus with the dup in order to govern here. in order

nick timothy and fiona hill we re support.thy and fiona hill were accused of having too much control over policy and tactics, blamed for the election campaign that cost the prime minister her majority. and today, as the consequences of that sunk in, reflection and recrimination. some tory mps said theresa may had to heed calls to change. there have been plenty of calls to make sure that the circle around her was wider and more inclusive to prevent anyone believing that the two principal advisers had undue influence. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides, with no majority, her plans for things like grammar school and social care will be hard to get through parliament and the queen's speech, her programme for government, isjust over a queen's speech, her programme for government, is just over a week away. i cannot see how a queen's speech can be laden with interesting pieces of legislation, because many of them will be items which will cause dispute within the conservative party or between the conservative party or

the express leads with the resignation of theresa may's two closest advisers, nick timothy and fionaoxic‘. lets kick—off, peter. have the 0bserver — theresa may's premiership in peril. threat of mp rebellion blocks dup coalition. this has been overta ken blocks dup coalition. this has been overtaken since it went to press, because this is based on the idea that there was definitely going to bea that there was definitely going to be a deal between the tories and the dup. subsequently, despite the government announcing that the yesterday evening, we had the announcement from both sides that there isn't a deal yet. 0ne presumes there isn't a deal yet. 0ne presumes there will be won, but itjust shows just how nobody really knows what is going on at the moment. it looks like there will be a deal, doesn't it? it does. ironically, theresa may was accusing labour beforehand of having a coalition of chaos, because thatis having a coalition of chaos, because that is the impression she is creating, last night announcing a deal that had not been finalised. that is chaotic. there are voices withi

this is nick timothy and fiona hill? correct.e able to speak freely if they weren't around and if they were around, you don't speak. but it was senior tories who demanded their heads. they wouldn't have gone if they hadn't intended theresa may to stay. they were meant to be the sacrifice, the front—line casualties, protecting their general from further arrows but, whatever the objective, their departure leaves theresa may more isolated than ever. a bleeding swimmer in shark—infested waters when the boat sails off to call for help. so does this preserve the pm? for a day or two certainly it gives her breathing space, butjeremy corbyn is still waiting in the wings. and the questions still abound. who will govern britain now and how? our political editor nick watt is here. talk today, nick, of a dup alliance, or coalition — what would that work as? well, the conservative chief whip gavin williamson has been in northern ireland today meeting arlene foster, the leader of the dup, and other dup leaders, and i am told they are looking a

nick timothy sad he regretted not including a pledge to cap total social care costs — and that the partyvative party and of course of theresa may, and he's worked very hard. but politics is a rough business, and these things happen. they went following what the bbc understands were demands from some conservative mps that mrs may would face a leadership challenge if they didn't go by this weekend. mrs may is preparing for talks with the democratic unionist party next week. i want to make this clear.

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and directly wonder, nick timothy and fiona hill, who is giving heard this ad vice, not to them meet victims, especially when they saw jeremy corbyn, who played this fa nta stically, jeremy corbyn, who played this fantastically, coming across as somebody who actually cares. i completely agree with you that she has been unlucky, she was not directly responsible for the fire but this has become a symbol of the tories against labour, the rich and the poor, a man who is going to make the poor, a man who is going to make the victims and a cold woman who won't. that message could have been avoided. we have this now, the sunday telegraph talking about this stalking horse leadership challenge. not a difficult week for her, obviously, but this idea of her not being able to water down brexit. we don't know who could possibly be the challenger. this story, if it were not so serious, could be very funny, the way it has been written. mate facing the threat of a stalking horse leadership challenge. the assistant political editor of the sunday telegraph says that this has happened in the past, figu

nick timothy and fiona hill have resigned following pressure from mps. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. past friends, now even closer political allies. without enough mps of her own, theresa may has turned to the democratic unionist party to help herform a government. she signalled her intention yesterday in this address. we will continue to work with our friends and allies in the democratic unionist party in particular. our two parties have enjoyed a strong relationship over many years, and this gives me the confidence to believe that we will be able to work together in the interests of the whole united kingdom. with its ten seats won on thursday, the dup will back theresa may on key votes like the budget. it's not a full coalition, but a looser agreement. the details, scant so far. now they're politically centre—stage, prompting renewed scrutiny of their policies by some here in westminster. pro—brexit, socially conservative, the party's opposition to same—sex marriage and abortion in northern ireland has caused concern among some to

the prime minister's two chief advisers nick timothy and fiona hill have resigned. the bbc understands that theresa may had been warned that unless they went, she would face a leadership challenge. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has demanded assurances from the prime minister that the democratic unionist party's opposition to gay marriage won't be allowed to shape government policy. the government's chief whip is in belfast for talks with the dup. the metropolitan police has revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry to carry out last saturday's attack but the payment was declined. donald trump has said he's willing to testify under oath about his conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into links between his election campaign team and russia. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, preparing for the worst in vr. a bunch of new apples. and the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bend

the feeling is that senior services thought nick timothy and fiona hill had too much say. yes. overstate how powerful these two people were. they were running the country with theresa may almost exclusively. that upset other member is of the cabinet and tory party and people in whitehall who felt they should have had more say and could not get near the prime minister because these two people we re minister because these two people were basically running the country. —— members. they could not wait to wield the axe so to speak when the opportunity arose. it was notjust the election result. we were talking about how fragile the power base was right from the moment the tory manifesto was published three weeks before polling day. people lapped onto the front pages of newspapers about it. —— lept. mps were taking this policy onto the doorstep. they we re this policy onto the doorstep. they were finding it was absolutely monstered and savaged. many said it was going down like a bucket of cold sick among conservatives voters. like the triple lock for example. they have been seen as cu

other people have said that nick timothy was one of the great progressive brain is driving forward newllenges faced by this country when it comes to big issues like social care and how we fund it. was it was about the policy itself and more about the way the message was sent and conveyed ? more about the way the message was sent and conveyed? to be honest, i think that was a terrible policy. so it could not have been sold very easily at all. however you do that. ido easily at all. however you do that. i do think the problem with the ma nifesto, i do think the problem with the manifesto, which, obviously, nick timothy co—authored, is that it basically came across as the tory party, the nasty party that we used to be warned about, the dementia tax, the removal of lunches from children, from free school lunches. i think children, from free school lunches. ithinki children, from free school lunches. i think i really, there were structural problems and that ma nifesto. structural problems and that manifesto. in terms of presentation, theresa may has a long way to go and i'm not really convi

mistakes acknowledged by nick timothy today. divided: today, as the consequences of the campaign sunk in, reflection and recrimination, some tory mps saying theresa may had to heed calls to change. there were plenty of voices in the conservative party that reminded her you can't run the government like you run the home office and there have been plenty of calls to make sure that the circle around her was wider and more inclusive, to prevent anyone believing that the two principal advisers had undue influence. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. with no majority, her plans for things like grammar schools and social care will be hard to get through parliament. and the queen's speech, her programme for government, is just over a week away. in order to lead a minority government, she'll have to balance competing demands on almost every front, considering notjust the position of the dup on some issues, but that of her own mps too. in scotland, there are now 13 of them, their backing essential to the prime minister, t

the headlines at 6.30pm: the prime minister's two chief advisers, nick timothy and fiona hill, have resigned. the bbc understands that theresa may had been warned this that unless they went she would face a leadership challenge. the leader of the scottish conservatives, has demanded assurances from the prime minister that the democratic unionist party's opposition to gay marriage won't be allowed to shape government policy. the government's chief whip is in belfast for talks with the dup. the metropolitan police has revealed the london bridge attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry to carry out last saturday's attack — but the payment was declined. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me karthi gnanasegaram and james pearce. the headlines this evening: the lions finally roar. england have just scored. england havejust scored. we england have just scored. we will show you a little bit later on. a good win for the lions in new zealand against crusaders. and the 20—year—old whose first tournament win is the french open. hell

it is something that nick timothy has mentioned in his resignation statement. was that problematic for you to explain? yes. i think that every candidate that you speak to will say that did come up that you speak to will say that did come up as an issue. that you speak to will say that did come up as an issue. there was a significant degree of confusion i think. the wording of the manifesto could have been tighter. i think the explanation of the manifesto could have been interpreted better. we have been interpreted better. we have to take responsibility for the management of that part of the ma nifesto. james cleverley, we have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. we'll keep you up—to—date with any developments here at westminster throughout the day. in the next half hour, let us hearforeign correspondents working in london, giving their verdict. let us find out how they are explaining this british general election to their overseas readers and listeners. it is of course our latest edition of dateline london with sean ley. thirds was supposed to be may's

the gruesome twosome have gone, nick timothy and fiona hill.bles but for the sake of the country, we need the house to it is quite intelligent, her enemies an damianl it is quite intelligent, her enemies an damian i was looking at the bbc interview earlier, she has learned nothing. her apologise for her mistakes, sound like a human being. she is the personality she is and but she does have to change the way she governs which is to iraq a key tories are apoplectic at what has happened. i am convinced she will stay for a while, let the dust settle and then they will take it from there. will she not stay until they can replace her safely?” from there. will she not stay until they can replace her safely? i think she will wait for the party conference. i cannot see that she is learning anything. those two people she brought in were advisers and it is so easy to blame them and the sack them, but actually the essential problem is within her own personality. jeremy corbyn changed even within a couple of weeks, he understood how he was presenting himsel

the express leads with the resignation of theresa may's two closest advisers nick timothy and fiona hillheadline refers to them as toxic. so let's begin. by by the way, we will be with you for 20 minutes tonight, i hope you are pleased. the observer... i should calm down a bit. the observer, made‘s premiership in peril. we know we've got this mechanism called confidence and supply, caroline, who would or wouldn't want a dup coalition? it would be more stable, wouldn't it? that is the pro of having a coalition deal, she could have confidence, although not great confidence, that she can get some legislation through the house of commons, but it would only give her a majority of two. that means that if people didn't turn up, she would still struggle to command that majority. there are concerns about the dup stance it particularly in things like abortion, gay rights and climate change. there has been lots of twitter activity with mp5, sarah woollaston was one of them, really being very bad vocal about their opposition to this kind of opposition to this kind of opposition of the party and thei

it was nick timothy, theresa may's former, all—influential chief—of—staff, who i think made the mosthe said the public were tired of austerity. it's a message that has cut deep with this government. tired indeed and pay put the surge in support for labour last week down to that weariness, despite evidence that controlling the public finances, rescued, in part, the economy. for supporters of a different approach, it's time for a change. we've had ten years of austerity and with it, real economic failure and weakness. my hope is that, finally, this defunct economic theory will be put to one side and government will have the sense to understand that the public sector needs to play a role in reviving the private sector. who could benefit if austerity is relaxed 7 theresa may's under pressure from her new partners, the dup, to ditch means testing of the winter fuel payments. in its manifesto, the dup said it wanted to guarantee pensions increases of at least 2.5%, backing the present triple—lock. they also said they wanted to maintain benefits. could the benefits freeze be reversed 7 but

this isn't about nick timothy and fiona hell, this is about theresa may.ay ran the home office with this very tight control and you can do that as a minister but when you are at prime minister, you cannot run the government like this, and sol think even what has happened since his election has underlined some of the extraordinary weaknesses in theresa may as a leader. her statement outside downing street was just incredible. there is gavin ba rwell just incredible. there is gavin barwell saying they will listen and learn, they are not listening and not learning. if she seriously think that by getting rid of two people most of the public have never even heard of, that it will somehow safer, she is living in la land. you say it is not about nick timothy and fiona hell but they did become part of the story, it is so often attributed to do, that if you become pa rt attributed to do, that if you become part of the story it is time to get out. as an unelected figure inside government, someone very close to prime minister, someone who also did get some people's b

senior tories have demanded mrs may's joint chiefs of staff fiona hill and nick timothy are removed thisas theresa may prepares for discussions with northern ireland's democratic unionist party to provide the extra support the conservatives need in the house of commons to continue governing. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. her report contains flash photography. waiting but waiting for what?

focused on her key advisers, fiona hill and criticism focused on her key advisers, fiona hilland nick timothyfar too much influence, by and large, and are regarded as, not out of control, but beyond the control of even senior cabinet ministers. it was interesting this morning listening to the former director of communications, katie perrior, talking about them and the climate they created in downing street. they are brilliant street fighters but at the heart of political government you need people who say, don't do that, we will make a mistake. in the manifesto preparation, we have landed badly on the doorstep and some mps didn't even know what was going to go in it so even know what was going to go in it so it is too tightly controlled at the top. i heard her on the radio as well.m a way they have become a litmus test for many conservative mps about how far for many conservative mps about how faers for many conservative mps about how far mrs may is really far —— willing to adapt, listen and repackaged her leadership. whether she will stand by them or let them go because many tory mps take th

it was nick timothy, the former influential chief of staff, who i think make the most significant intervention he said the public were tired of austerity, a message that has cut deep with this government. tired indeed and many put the surge in support for labour down to that weariness, despite evidence controlling the public finances rescued in part the economy. for supporters of a different approach it's time for a change. we have had ten years of austerity and with it real economic failure and weakness. my hope is finally this defunct economic theory will be put to one side and government will have the sense to understand the public sector needs to payroll in reviving the private sector. the pm trying to knit together an agreement with the dup that could see the end to plant cuts in winterfuel that could see the end to plant cuts in winter fuel payments and guaranteed pension increases of at least 2.5%, but take care on spending — of warning from george osborne's former chief of staff. the deficit is much lower than it was so if we ease up now we will probably be okfora if we ease up now we

yesterday, nick timothy, one of the prime minister's key advisers who she sacked, conceded in effectally was the leader who understood this but they had failed to get that across in their campaign. it is interesting to hear the prime minister talk about it repeatedly in answer to these questions but some of her backbenchers may think it is too late. now the sport. the republic of ireland have gone top of wales and serbia's group. let show you the score at the moment. it is 0—0. wells macro have just scored a penalty. wales are leading 1—0 in serbia. aaron ramsey was the scorer of the penalty. the republic of ireland are in the same group of serbia. they kept up their unbeaten record in group d with a 1—1 draw against austria in dublin. ireland fell behind in the first half but this late equaliser from jonathan walters means martin o'neil‘s side are now a point clear of serbia and five clear of wales, in belgrade this evening. the canadian grand prix got under wayjust over an hour ago with some incredible drama in montreal. britain's lewis hamilton made the perfect start from pole, bu

nick timothy has been with her since 2005. ends and the other begins! for her to be alone, and i must say that at the moment she must feel alone and friendless in downing street. it is a horrible position for anybody who has, as i do, having worked with her, real affection and respect for her, real affection and respect for her as her, real affection and respect for heras an her, real affection and respect for her as an individual. it is sad, watching this situation right now. so even bringing in someone like gavin barwell, someone with experience as a campaigner and a minister, you do not think he could replace what they will provide? it's more about the quality platform. is she going to credibly be frontwoman for a bunch of policies that are not necessarily diametrically opposed to where she is personally, but in certain cases, will be a complete rowing back on what she was laying out during the campaign. in certain areas, in terms of net migration for example, she has stood by for many yea rs. example, she has stood by for

particular anger has been aimed at theresa may's gatekeepers fiona heal and nick timothy.think she might need to have a rethink of how she i’u ns need to have a rethink of how she runs things, the inner circle?|j think runs things, the inner circle?” think the cabinet will demand a rethink. i think they will say we have to do things differently around here, you have to widen the circle of the blue advise you and listen to a cross of the blue advise you and listen to a cross the party. for the moment is diminished prime minister will attempt to govern with the help of northern ireland's democratic unionist, probably an arrangement in which they would support the queen's speech and budgets, meaning lots of late nights as theresa may 60 pass other legislation. the proposed tie—up the party that opposes gay marriage and abortion is causing alarm amongst tory modernisers, notably the leader of the scottish conservatives. and then there is the small matter of brexit. theresa may called this general election to give herself a free hand in the brexit negotiations and to ensure she

yesterday, her two closest advisors, nick timothy and fiona hill, resigned.eanwhile, foreign secretary boris johnson has dismissed reports in many of today's papers of a tory party leadership bid as "tripe", saying he was backing the prime minister "100%". this morning, theresa may and her husband attended a church service in sonning in berkshire. former chancellor george osborne, who now edits the london evening standard, told the andrew marr show mrs may was living on borrowed time and it was only a matter of time before she was forced to resign. i mean theresa may is a dead woman walking, it's just how long she's going to remain on death row... what's your guess? i think we will know very shortly. we could get easily to the middle of next week and it all collapses for her, or if it doesn't — and i agree with toby, there are many tory mps who don't want a leadership contest right now — it will be delayed. but be in no doubt — look at this weekend, you've got the leader of the opposition coming on the programme as a sort of victor, and you've got the prime m

the prime minister's top aide5 — nick timothy and fiona hill — have resigned after the conservativesy mp, gavin barwell, has been appointed to replace them a5 there5a may's new downing street chief of staff. they went following what the bbc understands were demands from some senior tories that mrs may would face a leadership challenge if the two had remained by her side. the other headlines... police reveal that the london bridge terror attackers tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry, but their credit cards were declined. petrol bombs and blow torche5 were found in the van they did use. police say they had pink ceramic knives tied to their wri5t5.

yesterday, her two closest advisors nick timothy and fiona hill resigned.hile, foreign secretary boris johnson has dismissed reports in many of today's papers of a tory party leadership bid as "tripe", saying he was backing the prime minister "100%". these are pictures of theresa may and her husband arriving to church this morning in sonning in berkshire. the democratic unionist party says it has had "positive talks" over a possible deal to support a conservative minority government, but that no final agreement has yet been reached. both sides are understood to be working towards what's called a confidence and supply agreement. so how will it work and what challenges could it pose? here's our political correspondent, mark lobel. historically friends, hoping to shape the future working together. without enough conservative mps to form her own government, theresa may has turned to the democratic unionist party. she outlined her intentions straight after the shock election result, to help regain her political balance. we will continue to work with our friends

fiona hill and nick timothy, having to resign, as a result of tensions within the conservative party,an elected mps, but ultimately, because it is a compromised parliament, whatever happens, in the lead up to the queen's speech, and it is not a political statement at all, the prime minister's position and the conservative party have been hugely weakened and ultimately, the suggestion is, it is far too soon. ba rwell barwell coming in as - chief gavin barwell coming in as the chief of staff. she is in a dinghy on her own. i do - know if you agree? ewe !c!e net knee! if yeu agree? . , much ww". !c!e net keew if yeu agree? . , much so. ww". !c!e net keew if yeu agree? . , ‘ much so. before we www !ww wwt icwww if yeu agree? . , ‘ much so. before we move yes, very much so. before we move on, do you think the prime minister can make up for lost ground now?m is very difficult. she has a tricky week ahead. she is starting to try to get into the right territory, the invitation to downing street to the victims yesterday. people want more resources and potentially more money. the government has

the conservative party have been a lot -- effectively run by three may, fillon aesa hill, and nick timothy the rest of the party react? good evening, you are as a -- do you believe the numbers? and what is the reaction function within the leadership of the conservative party now going to deliver? phillip: it is very, very surprising. we had nothing other than the ug ov poll, which may not have been inaccurate sign. there were no reports of a labour surge. i had conversations this morning it was ale who felt spring tour is the most conservatives. this was very, very surprising. i think it is right to have some lose thatill the snp number of seats in scotland? i would be very surprised. it is hard to cancel the effects of an exit poll. they have a good degree of precision. we do know that all of the polls that were out, they all varied something like turnout rate. all the polls were predicting 100 plus for the conservatives, all relate on the idea the historical turnout by the other bases would remain the same. clearly, it must be the case that has not happened. they must've turned out in un

it was this idea put forward by a clever but now seemed to be discredited campaign guru named nick timothyturn to a prethatcher era of emphasizing solidarity, being okay with raising taxes and all about regulation, in fact, when government needs to step in when business and markets fall short. and that vision -- paul: didn't work. we got the terror attacks in the last two weeks. what role did that play? and theresa may had been home secretary equivalent to homeland secretary here, did that hurt her? >> i spoke with party insiders ahead of the election and they were so confident that the fact that the country seems to be facing frankly allow-grade islamist insurgency with three attacks in 72 days that that would help her because for all her other shortcomings she put herself forward as the steady hand, she wouldn't engage in debates about these issues of security pree -- precisely because it allowed her to stay above the fray and appear as the prime minister and the rest do get out in petty forums and debates. all together they thought were in short of victory because she was facing a guy w

the first target for sacrifices are the two closest advisers, nick timothy, fiona hill. many resent their control. they say they're not listening to those two advisers rule the roost, so there's pressure for one or both of them to be got rid of in this immediate election aftermath. the question is, though, how dependent is theresa may on those two, her whole style has been close decision making with a small knit group of decision makers. would she be able to adapt to life without those two. certainly the pressure is for them to go, and they of course also held to have stopped the chancellor getting into the election campaign and countering labor's economic arguments and jeremy given a free run on those. >> we know theresa may ran on the platform of strong and stable. brexit ne brexit negotiations nine days away. not as strong as the snap election, the government not as stable. robin oakley, appreciate the context. thanks so much. >>> coming up, donald trump taking credit for a diplomatic crisis that isolated qatar. we'll tell you his new message. g keep you sidelined. th

disastrous showing in the general election, she was forced to get rid of her two closest advisers nick timothyded up the no 10 policy unit. so what does she do? who does she need alongside her to steady the ship? joeyjones was formely a media adviser to mrs may when she served as home secretary. and anfirm. and an firm. she has cut quite an isolated figure in recent days. yes, she has. it must be a very lonely and nvidia ‘s place as she finds herself in right at the moment. she will know that the vast swathe of the conservative party blames her, blames her advisers were principally blames her advisers were principally blames her advisers were principally blames herfor the blames her advisers were principally blames her for the situation blames her advisers were principally blames herfor the situation in which they find themselves. i think the key thing to remember is that she was crystal clear with the parliamentary party, the 1922 committee, she said that she would serve as long as they want her to. and she knows that she is basically a hostage to the desires of the conservative party. at the

the easiest thing for all conservative mps to do is to blame nick timothy and fiona hill, the aides whok in snowdonia, the nice fresh air their made her gung ho and going for the election. david davis has been briefed, has been blamed for triggering the early poll. the big problem is that it was never fully explained by theresa may by the election had been called. there was an idea of strengthening her mandate, she could have won all seats in england, scotland and wales and whether it would have made any difference with the eu in terms of negotiating position is subject to doubt. did you sense that they were being played? doubt. did you sense that they were being played ? i doubt. did you sense that they were being played? ithink doubt. did you sense that they were being played? i think the electorate do have a sense of that. the history of snap elections is not a happy one for the government calls it and i think she should have been talked out of the moment it started to discuss it. was a huge shock. we came back after the holidays and... if you looked at the polls initially you would

but he put the blame squarely on her advisers because she is known to deal withjonah hill and nick timothyerms of putting policy together. that will have to end. i think it will have to end more generally because they say that she has consulted on that policy and if she had consulted widely among ministers, they would have water of the pitfalls. whether the policy was right or wrong, because i think the polling will show that it affected her quite dramatically. let's ask that directly to beat. was that the point where the paul's made a significant change? yes, absolutely. the conservatives we re yes, absolutely. the conservatives were holding, even creeping up, until the board of the manifesto, —— the point of the manifesto. a week later they had dropped three points and labour had climbed a further three points and that was the game changer. if you take the simplistic but possibly correct view that those three points were lost for the rest of the campaign because of social care, that is the difference from a hung parliament and a comfortable majority, if not a big majority. jeremy corbyn

and of course she is without her two previously the advance —— key advisers, nick timothy and fiona hill has been for the past year that she had these two very close advisers, and then when they moved here to downing street, some people thought they would have to operate differently. being prime minister and in downing street is a different kind of operation. you have to bring people with you, work across the whole of whitehall, notjust one government department. many felt that things didn't change enough and still decisions were being taken in this very tight group. it was clear listening to sir michael fallon yesterday, the defence secretary. he said he went into theresa may and he said he went into theresa may and he said he went into theresa may and he said he and others have said to her that things will have to change. so a different kind of decision—making and the fact that of course her authority has been damaged. she did not deliver that huge victory that many of these conservatives were hoping for. that means she is going to speak to them, she will have to make decisions alongsi