and i think they pointed out to oliver dowden — think they pointed out to oliver dowden and the chieff a massive manrity_ must feel now in front of a massive majority of— must feel now in front of a massive majority of women in the room is how they women— majority of women in the room is how they women feel in most of the meetings — they women feel in most of the meetings that they typically tend to sew what _ meetings that they typically tend to sew what oliver dowden is now saying as he is _ sew what oliver dowden is now saying as he is a _ sew what oliver dowden is now saying as he is a reopening the candidates list for— as he is a reopening the candidates list for the — as he is a reopening the candidates list for the next general election. it is list for the next general election. it is quite — list for the next general election. it is quite a — list for the next general election. it is quite a significant move, and what _ it is quite a significant move, and what he _ it is quite a significant move, and what he wants is for that candidate list to _ what he wants is for that candi

a sunday telegraph, oliver dowden again . telegraph, oliver dowden again featuring here.ve a conservative party chairman going around making these bizarre claims about labour and the lib dems when it is a crunch weekend ahead of the local elections but also the sunday telegraph. it is highlighting that we may see more female conservative mps at the next general election and we have ever had and thatis election and we have ever had and that is great news and something that is great news and something that the likes of baronessjenkins, senior tory mps have been advocating for. —— advocating for for many years. and he is finally giving them recognition, but he cannot highlight that any bid to distract people away from these allegations of harassment and misogyny that we have been saying for many, many years. we need more women in politics, absolutely, but who is going to feel comfortable seeing themselves any long—term clear and place where they might not be taken seriously. a very welcome move, but hopefully more will be donein move, but hopefully more will be done in the s

the conservative party chairman, oliver dowden, says a change of leader would "not be in the nationaled in the row over lockdown parties. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the continuing controversy is preventing parliament discussing issues like the cost of living crisis. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest. he's broken the law while in office, been fined for it. and this week in india, even as borisjohnson said he wanted to focus on other things — trade deals, ukraine — he couldn't escape questions about partygate. labour's leader wants to talk about an emergency budget to tackle the cost—of—living crisis. but today, he was unapologetic about keeping a focus on law—breaking in downing street. i do want to concentrate on the cost of living, but if you or anybody else thinks i am not standard about standards in public life, that it doesn't matter that the prime minister has broken the laws he made, that it doesn't matter that his authority to lead the country is shot through, that it doesn't matter his own mps now, as we saw on thursday, don't reall

here in the uk, the conservative party chairman oliver dowden has backed the prime minister, borisjohnsonorisjohnson remaining in office. the labour leader sir keir starmer says mrjohnson's authority to lead is �*shot through' and called on the government to have an emergency budget to deal with the cost of living crisis. is �*shot through' and called on the government to have an emergency budget to deal with the cost of living crisis. here's our political correspondent, peter saull. the prime minister probably feels there is a lot weighing him down right now. last week's state visit to india, a welcome distraction from his woes back home. some in his party think it is time for him to go. so step forward the chairman of the conservatives with a message for his restless colleagues. you do need to balance against that, first of all, the really good things that he has done as prime minister whether that is delivering the vaccine programme, getting brexit done, or the actions in ukraine. but also the challenges we face right now, whether that is national security or energy security, unparalle

in the uk, the conservative party chairman oliver dowden has described as "speculation" the idea thatnvestigations into covid lockdown parties. he said the war in ukraine and the cost of living crisis were borisjohnson's main focus. our political correspondent — peter saull — gave my colleague joanna gosling the latest. reports emerging on friday that the police were starting to issue fines for people who attended the garden party in downing street in may and downing street are insisting that the prime minister himself is yet to receive a second fan, he has already been fined for one gathering, but it has been a difficult week, a u—turn on thursday which culminated in mps improving an investigation into whether or not borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament and there are real grumbles again on the conservative backbenchers about whether or not he should stay as leader with one former minister suggesting it was a question of when, not if, a confidence vote takes place. it was up to the conservative party chairman to come out and defend the prime minister on the sunday morning progr

but what boris johnson and oliver dowden and others need to understand is this is endemic, it is notjustive _ report should be banned? i have seen the conservative mp _ report should be banned? i have seen the conservative mp caroline - report should be banned? i have seen the conservative mp caroline nokes i the conservative mp caroline nokes who chairs the women and equalities committee has written to the authorities suggesting that. i do think it is a wider issue the one journalist or one story in one newspaper. the problem goes wider. we need to rooted out and to make people realise this sort of briefing and this sort of article is unacceptable but it is part of a broader problem. it is notjust about onejournalist and broader problem. it is notjust about one journalist and article. i wish it was but it is deeper than that. ~ . , , wish it was but it is deeper than that. . ., , wish it was but it is deeper than that. ., ., that. what disappoints you more, the 'ournalism that. what disappoints you more, the journalism or— that. what disappoints you more, the journalism or the _ that. w

you've got people like the conservative party chairman oliver dowden saying it was ludicrous.l and i'm told that both messages when those individual�*s inimitable personal styles. those individual�*s inimitable personalstyles. it those individual�*s inimitable personal styles. it has now prompted a conversation aboutjust the level of sexism there is at westminster and in political coverage of westminster. that was something i was being discussed this morning by rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, a colleague of angela rayner, who was on bbc breakfast talk about tax but ended up talking about this in its current and historical context. what really depresses me is the culture inside parliament, more than 100 years after the first woman took her seat in the house of commons that this sort of stuff is still going on and there are still far too many people, including members of parliament, who think that this sort of briefing and this sort of story is acceptable. there should be no place for it in 215t—century britain. and yet still too many people, including too many elected mem