it is not justjo swinson who has reservations aboutjeremy justjo swinson who has reservations about jeremyjeremy corbyn. for justjo swinson who has reservations about jeremy corbyn. for example g reaves about jeremy corbyn. for example greaves says jeremy corbyn about jeremy corbyn. for example greaves sasteremy corbyn is a deeply divisive figure and whilst he wa nts to deeply divisive figure and whilst he wants to stop brexit, he does not wa nt to wants to stop brexit, he does not want to help him into number ten. interestingly, we have heard from labour sources that while jeremy corbyn is proposing a vote of no—confidence in boris johnson corbyn is proposing a vote of no—confidence in borisjohnson with idea of deposing the prime minister, taking on the job idea of deposing the prime minister, taking on thejob of interim prime minister so they can ask for an extension from the eu to scratch my ankle a general election —— and call for a general election, we have also heard he might try to seize control of the parliamentary order paper. to rule out in law having a no—deal brexit. looks like

sorry to interrupt you, peter, butjo swinson and change odds have just arrived peter, butjo swinson andn, so let's have a listen to what they had to say. —— jo swinson and jane dodds. liberal democrats are winning again, and this by—election victory shows the people of brecon and radnorshire not only have a first—class mp injane dodds, but they have shown the people of britain that we can do better than the choice on offer between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn. liberal democrats have a vision for a cleaner, safer, richer country in the european union, and as leader of the european union, and as leader of the liberal democrats i will fight to keep other country in the european union. and we now have in parliament one more mp who will fight to make that happen. jane dodds will be a first—class representative for brecon and radnorshire and potentially a key vote on cutting borisjohnson's majority to just one. congratulations, jane. cheering she speaks in welsh. thank you very much to the people of brecon and radnorshire. 34 years ago last month, richard livesey stood here celebrating a b

that speech from jo swinson. began in 1993. so having done the maths on that i believe it isa done the maths on that i believe it is a 17% rise in drug debt since records began in 1993, according to the office for national statistics. victoria derbyshire is on her way, but first let's get a look at the weather from the man with all the details, simon. thank you, rachel. some sunny spells for many of us today. it will be the quieter day before we see the system moving its way. look at the system from madrid and the mid—atlantic, pretty impressive weather system piling on for tomorrow. at the moment we are in this window of choir to weather so in this window of choir to weather so file there are a few showers around this morning, but of cloud, they will tend to get brighter —— whilst there are. a rather dismal day for many of us. through the rest of this afternoon, showers tending to clear away and as i mentioned increasing amounts of sunshine across england and wales come into scotland, perhaps cloud thickening in

well, i am disappointed injo swinson's response. confidence in this government in order to bring about a general election so the british people have a chance the site on their own future and prevent a no—deal exit from the european union. i thoughtjo swinson supported that solution, and i hope she will come round to it. he was also asked about the idea of ken clarke and harriet harman being the ones i suggested who would be the ones i suggested who would be the ones i suggested who would be the ones to lead the emergency government. jeremy corbyn was adamant that he should be the one to ta ke adamant that he should be the one to take the lead if the government colla pses. i'm the leader of the opposition, i'm the leader of the labour party, and under the normal constitutional processes in britain, when the government collapses the leader of the main opposition party is called upon to form a government and we are ready to do that. if principle is more important than the personality, then agreements can be reached around someone else,

also jo swinson, alsojo swinson, live dem leader, we will speak to her as welljust alsojo swinson, liveak to her as well just after 8am —— lib dem leader. documents seen by the bbc show that the government and hs2 knew that the new high—speed railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. the documents were written in 2016, before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project, which raises the question — was parliament given the full picture? our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new high—speed railway was on budget and on time. there was only one budget for hs2, and it is £55] billion. but bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasn't the case. the evidence we've got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer who's funding it, weren't given the full picture. this letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. in it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mclo

the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has suggested the ex chancellor or the former labour deputy leadercould head a temporary government. the conservative mp and father of the house told the bbc the idea was "not inconceivable". 0ur political correspondent matt cole is at westminster. tell us more, what ken clarke has been saying. this is in response to jo swinson floating his name as the longest serving male mp or she also said harriet harman as the longest serving female mp, this is because jeremy corbyn has proposed the idea ofa jeremy corbyn has proposed the idea of a vote in a no confidence. if you manage to depose the prime minister he said he would like to put himself forward in an interim basis to go to the eu, get an extension and then call a general election. jo swinson said no thanks, like the idea but not you as the interim prime minister because i do not think you command enough support from mps. she in turn suggested the likes of ken clarke and harriet harman as possible alternatives who could command more support. this was put to ken clarke and he said yes if he was asked

jo swinson's is different, put somebody more palatable at the top of the plan as the temporary prime clarke, saying they are both up for it in principle. there is a snag there too. jeremy corbyn has repeated again today that he thinks it should be him at the top of that government and doesn't think someone else could lead it. at the moment, opposition partiesjust else could lead it. at the moment, opposition parties just can't get their ducks in a row. some in downing street will be rubbing their hands in glee. they are ploughing on with their plan to get the uk out of the eu at the end of october, and they will be looking at opposition parties and going, this crunch moment arrives and they are fighting each other rather than us. than us. the time is... 17 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime: a policeman has been killed while on duty in berkshire. 10 people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. coming up, it has been a drizzly but successful morning for england's cricketers. i will have the news from the ashes. coming up on bbc news, liverpool's second choice goalkeep

what is interesting this morning is thatjo swinson what is interesting this morning is that jo swinsoninciple, are up to both and both, in principle, are up for it. what we need to do... you have suggested somebody else ought to take leadership of this government, somebody, you suggested, like ken clarke or harriet harman. have you actually asked either of them if they would be prepared to do it? i have been in touch with them because, obviously, you don'tjust mention people's names without checking that they are ok with that. i mean, both of those are long serving member of parliament, the most experienced mps in the house, the father and mother of the house, as they are called in the house of commons. and did they actually say to you that they were prepared to lead a government of national unity? they... they put public duty first and they don't want to see a no—deal brexit and if the house of commons asks them to an emergency government, to get our country out of this brexit mess and to stop us driving off the cliff to a no deal, then yes, they are prepared to do that. and i think t

jo swinson raising doubts aboutjeremy positive.ising doubts about jeremy corbyn being positive. jo swinson raising doubts aboutjeremy corbyn being a ca reta ker aboutjeremy corbyn being a caretaker leader, she was denounced bya caretaker leader, she was denounced by a leading member of labour's front—page barry barder in who thought she was behave nag petulant mannerer been attacked by the chair of the labour party ian lavery as well. i think nonetheless, if you look at what keir starmer is saying, this pressure of time, think if they go for one of the lowest common denominator option, to get an extension to brexit, that is is the most likely outcome today. it raises other question, even if they get that far, what happens, in the following scenario, first of all, once you got that ex tension do you go straight to a referendum, or do you go to a general election? something jeremy corbyn would favour, but also something boris johnson may not fear because the conservatives are ahead currently in the opinion poll, or dubs boris johnson

suggested anjo swinson has suggested anjo swinson has suggested that perhaps ken clarke or people likebe less controversial and to some extent, above the political fray, that we would have a better prospect of securing a majority behind them than we would behind jeremy corbyn. in the end, none of this is likely to prevent a no—deal brexit is it? the government published a report during the course of the week where they said fundamentally, the ball is in the government's court. at the moment parliament isn't sitting so that restricts the ability for mps to influence what happens. even if parliament is sitting, the time needed to take control of the government and take the agenda away from the government and produce legislation which would amend the existing law which says we leave on the 31st of october, isn't going to be available to you? it could be available, but i agree the timing is very tight and that is why over 100 members of parliament, including me, have signed a letter calling on the government to recall parliament so we can have more time to debate this and also to hold bori

jo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, said, don't love the idea.o swinson as possible alternatives who could command more support. this was therefore put to ken clarke in a few interviews today, and he said, yes, he was asked to serve, he would step up.|j can see why. i am no threat to anyone's political career. my views on europe coincide with the majority. i voted for us to leave europe three times on the beginnings ofa europe three times on the beginnings of a sensible negotiated some info if it is because i'm slightly elder statesman, noncontroversial and a threat to everybody, i would lead it. i would threat to everybody, i would lead it. iwould not threat to everybody, i would lead it. i would not want to do it sitting nominally as chairman. i would. i would sitting nominally as chairman. i would. iwould insist sitting nominally as chairman. i would. i would insist we agree on whatever short—term policy this government would do to resolve this brexit crisis. jeremy corbyn has responded in response to suggestions it should not be him in disapp

leader of the liberal democratsjo swinson speaking to radio four earlier today. any confirmation that harriet harman or ken clarke would agree to that situation. you have to ask how effective this will be. we have opposition parties not agreeing at this stage and not being able to compromise on how they would be able to stop a no—deal brexit. we are in the middle of august. that date of 0ctober the middle of august. that date of october 31 is looming ever closer and they could end upjust continuing to debate and nothing gets done. another story that is unfolding through this morning. turkey's military pension fund has reached a tentative deal to buy british steel. 0yak said it plans to take over the firm, which was put into complusory liquidation in ma, by the end of the year. british steel, which owns the scunthorpe steel works where 3,000 people work, was in rescue talks with the government, but they broke down. our business editor simon jack joins me now. what do we know? british steel has been run by the official receiver since it was liquidated in may. in to

yeah, the lib dem leaderjo swinson said this proved borisjohnson has leaderjo swinson said this proved said this proved borisjohnson has no mandate to deliver. he will not change in strategy. he will go ahead with this do ordie strategy. he will go ahead with this do or die idea of us leaving the european union on october 31. that is clearly a blow to the new prime minister. having said that, many people were predicting that the conservatives would lose more votes in this by—election to the brexit party. there is a little bit of evidence of a boris bounce. but if he is going to win a majority at a general election, he needs a johnson jump general election, he needs a johnson jump ready to regain seats like this and take seats in other parts of the country. you can understand why he might be tempted to go into a general election at some point soon, where the brexit party show no sign of going away. it would be a risk if he went into an election having not delivered a brexit. the temptation is there because of the parliamentary numbers here. the government's working majority down to one.

and the liberal democrats who we re snp, and the liberal democrats who were so opposed to it, jo swinson corbyn and discuss this possibility. the daily telegraph are also leading with this line. how far do you think they would really go to backing jeremy corbyn? do you think they would really go to backing jeremy corbyn7|j do you think they would really go to backing jeremy corbyn? i mean, that is an extraordinary thought, isn't it? obviously it would be the end of their careers as conservative members of parliament, and there is already a backlash certainly from dominic grieve's constituency association saying that this is unconservative behaviour. of course it is. it is almost unheard of for members of the governing party to vote with the opposition to bring down their own government. that is one reason why people still remain sceptical at the end of the day that this will actually come to pass. i think the important thing is that they will talk to mr corbyn, and they will talk to mr corbyn, and they will talk to mr corbyn, and they will talk to the other party leaders, to explore the

and i've also been speaking to the lib dem leaderjo swinson who doesn't exactly see eye to eye with jeremyn. massively over budget and behind schedule. the bbc has learnt the government knew this three years ago about hs2 — the new high—speed line linking london to birmingham and beyond. we'll have the details. and borrowing from the bank of mum and dad. parents are now spending so much money getting their children onto the housing ladder that it could hurt their retirement. we'll be discussing this with a generous mum. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. also, tens of thousands of british citizens born in the us but who left when they were children, just like our pm borisjohnson, could have their uk bank accounts frozen due to us tax policy. we're going to be talking to a british man who left the us when he was 15 months old. but now, over a0 years later, he's had his bank account frozen. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about — use the hashtag victoria live. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you — and maybe want to take part

lib dems leaderjo swinson. ken clarke, is that a big discussion going on, or does it seem equally unrealistic when one sits and does the maths? i don't think it is the priority, i don't think it is the priority, i don't think it is the priority of mps who are not sure if jeremy corbyn's plan is going to work is to introduce a piece of legislation at some point when mps return in early september which would seek to mandate the government, basically tell boris johnson you need to go back to brussels and get an extension to the article 50 process if there is not a new deal in place by x date. now, it isa new deal in place by x date. now, it is a convoluted process to get there, again no guarantees it will work, but that's been something that rebel conservatives and many from opposition parties have been talking about over the last couple of weeks. the reason they think that will command a majority is it gives tories who don't want to see no deal some cover, yes, to vote against the government without going for the

our new leader, joe swinson. you can have better, better with the liberal democrats.must be a turning point. not just for our communities here in brecon and radnorshire but for the whole country two. people are desperately crying out for a different kind of politics. faced with the borisjohnson different kind of politics. faced with the boris johnson government and the threat of an ideal brexit. so my very first tell him loud and clear stop playing with the future of our communities. an ideal brexit now. “— of our communities. an ideal brexit now. —— a no deal brexit now. this isa time now. —— a no deal brexit now. this is a time when people that share liberal values must work together. which is why i want to thank the green party and also plaid cymru for their courageous decision to back me this time. the trust and responsibility i now carry to represent every person it is an immense responsibility and an enormous privilege to follow in the footsteps of richard livesey and roger williams is the mp for this area. it's a shining example. and by my friends kirsty willia

so what jo swinson as the prime minister of a temporary government.yn, not one of the party leaders, but someone in parliament to his perceived and rightly perceived to be somebody who is above the fray, who no longer has ministerial ambitions but is a credible parliamentarian, that they may take on that role because they could then command the support of liberal labour, snp, allthe political parties, and including conservative rebels. but really that put you straight back in the same boat, that is not going to work either as far as a considerable number of labourand either as far as a considerable number of labour and tories are concerned. so what do you do? would you try and block the jeremy corbyn plan or what else canjo swinson do? i would question you when you suggest that tory rebels wouldn't support back. it is very clear that tory rebels, any tory rebel who wants to have a future in the conservative party, the thing that will absolutely guarantee them they would no longer have any future is that they backjeremy corbyn. would no longer have any

what we have said is that we want to see a motion of no confidence in the government which jo swinson through the difficult period, to have a people's vote and then a general election. once we have is the brexit crisis. this is a crisis. it needs a government of national unity. what jo swinson suggested is that we need somebody who can bring the house together, who has support across the benches. ken clarke and harriet harman are two people who are often talked about as people who should have been prime minister at one time so if we could get one of them, that would be perfect. jeremy corbyn, u nfortu nately, would be perfect. jeremy corbyn, unfortunately, does not seem to have the support they do. well, you have put your alternatives forward but if jeremy corbyn were not to endorse that, your options would not have a chance of getting through, either, would they? in that case... hang on... go on. surely ifjeremy corbyn wa nts to on... go on. surely ifjeremy corbyn wants to stop a no—deal brexit, he will want the best option for the country and if the best option is somebody who can p

that it was shot down by jo swinson.t back and accused the lib dems leader herself of being extremely petulant. we are offering our fail—safe procedure in order to stop no—deal. and that is? that is by a vote of no—confidence in the government, a temporary government to set up a general election in which we promise that there will then be a second referendum vote which included viable options, both for leaving with a deal and remain. is it a red line thatjeremy corbyn leads that ca reta ker line thatjeremy corbyn leads that caretaker government? jeremy corbyn is the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn put this forward. i thought it was extremely petulant of jo swinson the other day to come out and dismiss this proposal and the way that she did. it sounded as if she didn't take yes for an answer. the liberal democrats and others have been saying for so long look, we need to have a second referendum and remain needs to be on the ballot paper. they are now being offered oui’ paper. they are now being offered our fail—sa

the lib dem leader, jo swinson, says she wants to talk withjeremy corbyn, but insists the labour leadercome prime minister. there's no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop borisjohnson. it's not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. by refusing to back a jeremy corbyn—led interim government, aren't your own red lines scuppering the whole idea? jeremy corbyn, i think, in his heart of hearts, knows that he can't command a majority in the house of commons. and so this is about having a plan that works. so, among mps who want to try and stop a no—deal brexit, there is a big disagreement over methods and tactics. ministers insist that the uk will leave the eu at the end of october, whatever parliament attempts. if bringing down the government doesn't work, mps opposed to a no—deal brexit may try and force borisjohnson to ask the eu for another delay, but time is not on their side. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. police in malaysia investigating the death of the british teenager nora quoirin say they have found no evidence of violence. the 15—ye

the lib dem leader, jo swinson, says she wants to discuss ways to work with jeremy corbyn but insistedhe commons support to become prime minister. there is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop borisjohnson. it's not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. by refusing to back a jeremy corbyn led interim government, aren't your own red lines scuppering the whole idea? jeremy corbyn, i think, in his heart of hearts, knows he can't command a majority in the house of commons. and so this is about having a plan that works. so among mps who want to try and block a no—deal brexit, there is a big disagreement over methods and tactics. ministers insist that the uk will leave the eu at the end of october, whatever parliament attempts. if bringing down the government doesn't work, mps opposed to a no—deal brexit may try and force borisjohnson to ask the eu for another delay — but time is not on their side. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. israel has banned two us congresswomen from visiting the country, after donald trump claimed they "hated israel a

glasgow warriors second row tim swinson willjoin up with the training group as cover, with gregor townsendfrom sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks forjoining us. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and author and journalist, rachel shabi. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. labour, the lib dems, snp, and plaid cymru willjoin forces in the commons next week in a bid to remove boris johnson as prime minister and block a no—deal brexit — that's according to the i. the times reports that borisjohnson has accused opposition mps of attempting to sabbotage the uk's negotiations with the eu after they announced plans to thwart a no—deal brexit. the telegraph says the chancellor sajid javid will announce the outcome of a one—year spending review next wednesday, in which he will reveal increased expenditure on schools, the police and the nhs. the guardian leads on a confidential government briefing paper on education proposals which allegedly includ

the liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, dismissed the idea as "nonsense" but the snp, plaid cymru andk to labour to discuss of stop a no—deal brexit. downing street said mr corbyn would overule the result of the referendum if he became prime minister. our political correspondent tom barton reports. could he be the next prime minister? the man to bring parliament together to oppose and no—deal brexit? jeremy corbyn certainly thinks it is possible. writing to opposition party leaders and rebel conservative mps to say he wants to seek the confidence of the house of commons with the aim of calling a general election and securing an extension to the brexit departure date. i hope they will support the vote of no confidence i will put and that will make sure the government cannot continue this headlong pursuit of a no—deal brexit. that would mean a caretaker government led by labour which would be a government in order to prevent a no—deal brexit and bring about a general election so the people of this country can decide theirfuture. there are plenty of mps inside parliament who are opposed

the independent has liberal democrat leaderjo swinson calling on tory mps to act now to prevent a no—dealn other words, the fact. —— defect. the express leads on tory mps asking brexit party leader nigel farage not to field candidates against them. in the observer, ‘schools chaos after no—deal brexit‘. that is a bit frightening. a secret government document reveals some schools may even have to close. leading in the mirror, ‘race row over the new strictly judge', with the bbc being accused ‘of box ticking'. in the sunday times, an end to the menopause, pioneering surgery can delay the effects for 20 years. it says. so it isn't sold brexit. know, but nearly all brexit. is this one true? i wouldn't be surprised about this, it is dangerous territory if you are in a small majority. we saw the by—election where the liberal democrats won, now, you can argue if you were a tory strategist the fact that exit, the brexit party for stanley have 3000 votes. if those votes had gone to the conservatives, they would have retained the seat. there is no saying whether they would have gone to the conservat

now jo swinson.ill not stand by while the prime minister sends our country into a catastrophic no—deal brexit and takes away the rights of people to have their voices heard. we note that the no deal that the government is heading towards is in itself anti—democratic. there is no mandate in our country for a no—deal brexit. it was not on offer in 2016. and to make it even worse, the prime minister now threatens to silence parliament, the place where people have their voices heard. and thejob that we all do to represent our constituents is important to give voice to them. to my constituent, a doctor who came to my advice surgery because he was worried about the government‘s no deal planning for his area of nuclear medicine, and what that would mean for the number of cancer screening and treatment that could be provided. for the people who are concerned, having looked at the government‘s own analysis of what no deal means, that they are concerned about shortages of food in the supermarkets, they are con

so that is how that leads us to liz saville roberts, for example, the leader of plaid cymru, jo swinsonthe case and certainly we would want to open this up as soon as possible to more women, more diversity. that would certainly be my dream. but what i am doing is trying to look at a practical way of breaking the logjam. and it seems to me by approaching those women who are in the most senior positions, in parties across westminster, it gives us the best chance of being able to do that. i just want to make this point to you because it is a big issue for our audience in particular. you say a no—deal brexit is a disaster which will hit women hardest. some of the women you have written to to help you block a no—deal brexit voted time and again for cuts in the coalition government which affected some of the most vulnerable in our society, including women, including people with disabilities. i am acutely aware of that and i stress again this is not some kind of dream cabinet of the women with whom i have most in common. it is a grouping of women who are the most senior, either leaders or depu

excellence on this has jeremy colbert who's been absolutely clear about that and joe swinson who seems to be waking up after a long period of negligence are concerned about that kind of issue but if things stay virtuous i mean this thing pass straight us. maneuver a bit of a cunning trick doesn't mean he mustn't i really we mustn't think how clever they are we mustn't go into that song. because we can only guess at those we could look at the actual consta. decency and of the honor of the way people are behaving well as us take it this way when we had the opposition last week facing a very difficult to even the who might be a. prime minister for for a period of time and space are the same or not that were not that one this week we saw the opposition to despoil opposition coming together in the shop chose the one thing that got them absolutely united is the author of parliament being suspended or what would be the government's interest in actually doing something that would maximize the opposition it would be an act of such provocation as peter suggests while it is hazardous to predict w

signed by 2a, brought by 2a mps, including, for example, the new leader of the liberal democrats, joe swinson joanna cherry from the snp. and so they wanted the court to decide whether the prime minister has the right to suspend parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. we have learnt about that petition just in the last 15 minutes or so, so we will keep you up—to—date when we hear more on that. let's return now to news that a british airways flight had to be evacuated after smoke poured into the cabin minutes before it was due to land. the plane, travelling from london to valencia in spain, was on its descent when smoke began filling the cabin. joanne kay and her sonjosh were on the flight when it made the emergency landing. they spoke to my colleague rebecca jones from denia, on the eastern coast of spain. we were coming in to land, and the cabin crew were already in their seats, strapped in. and there seemed to be quite a loud bang, which came from about five or six rows behind us. then, the cabin started to fill with what looked like a white gas or smoke, and it filled very quickly, a

the message to all of you from me and oui’ message to all of you from me and our new leader, joe swinsonu can have better. better with the liberal democrats. this victory must bea liberal democrats. this victory must be a containing point, notjust for oui’ be a containing point, notjust for our communities here in brecon and radnor share. but for the whole country as well. people are desperately crying out for a different kind of politics. there is no time for tribalism. in our country, we are faced with a boris johnson government and a threat of a no deal brexit. so my very first act as yourmp, when no deal brexit. so my very first act as your mp, when i arrive in westminster will be to find mr boris johnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him loud and clear stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no deal brexit now. applause this is a time when people who share liberal values must work together. which is why i want to thank the green party and plaid cymru for their courageous decision to support me this time. the trust and responsibility i now carry to represent

there are anjo swinson road into the queen saying please don't do it. —— wrote to the queen.ueen and they don't do it, your majesty —— they want to meet the queen. i find this interesting because i think next week mps will have a vote not to prorogue. i think you have an issue in parliament being set against the monarchy, never a good thing. also there are legal cases ongoing at the moment questioning this decision to prorogue the queen giving her consent and the high court in edinburgh will, i think at 10am tomorrow morning, that is being led byjoanna cherry, qc of the snp, there are going to be similar hearings in belfast, to gina miller is taking some of the legal action. so this whole issue about the queen getting involved, and i said earlier, there are rumours that number ten may advise the queen to not give royal assent to any piece of legislation. so seeing the monarch being dragged into politics, which is something that is not meant to happen in this country. what could she have done? exactly the queen has been put in a difficult position. not by the prime minister bu

i thoughtjo swinson supported that position and i hope she will come round to it.mps who will back you to be an interim prime minister. or are you hearing different? well, you are following the news as much as i am. there are mps who are saying they will not vote with the government on this matter. opposition mps are all going to support a motion of no confidence. i think it's important that we stand up to this government and prevent a no—deal exit, knowing all the damage that will do to industry, jobs, and to stop boris johnson from this headlong rush into a very damaging trade agreement with the united states, which would be damaging to the environmental, working in consumer conditions we have in this country. there was talk this morning about another interim leader, perhaps kenneth clarke or harriet harman, is that something you could agree to? i'm the leader of the opposition and the leader of the labour party, and under the normal constitutional processes in britain, when a government colla pses, britain, when a government collapses, the leader of the main opp

but his plans have already been dismissed by the leader of the liberal democratsjo swinson, who saidite mps. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. just another day in westminster. a protest about the potential risk to farming from a no—deal brexit, and politiciansjostling to prove they have the best strategy for trying to stop it happening. labour'sjeremy corbyn has written to other opposition party leaders asking them to back him as a caretaker prime minister. we, the labour party — by far the largest opposition party — have, i think, a responsibility to take over to ensure there is no cliff edge brexit. so, what is he talking about? well, it is possible for mps to install a new prime minister without there being a general election first. if borisjohnson's government loses a vote of no confidence, there would then be a 14 day period for mps to prove someone else could command support as prime minister in this place. for this to have any chance of working, some tory mps would have to join forces with opposition parties, and that is a very big step to take. i think it would

the independent has liberal democrat leaderjo swinson calling on tory mps to act now to prevent a no—dealing brexit party leader nigel farage not to field candidates against them. in the observer, schools chaos after no—deal brexit. a secret government document reveals some schools may even have to close. leading in the mirror, race row over the new strictlyjudge, with the bbc being accused "of box ticking." in the sunday times, an end to the menopause — pioneering surgery can delay the effects for 20 years. let's plunge straight in with the first of those stories, the front of the telegraph this morning. mps told it is too late to stop an idea brexit. this is a briefing that dominic cummings gave to mps and ministers, about the fact that boris johnson needs to make clear to the eu that no deal is not a bluff, it isa eu that no deal is not a bluff, it is a real thing. eu that no deal is not a bluff, it is a realthing. of eu that no deal is not a bluff, it is a real thing. of course, the difficulty with this is, the headline says it is too late to stop no idea but we do not know. march 28

but his plans have been rebuffed by the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, who said mr corbynd mps‘ support. our political correspondent tom barton reports. could he be the next prime minister? the man to bring parliament together to oppose and no—deal brexit? jeremy corbyn certainly thinks it is possible. writing to opposition party leaders and rebel conservative mps to say he wants to seek the confidence of the house of commons with the aim of calling a general election and securing an extension to the brexit departure date.” election and securing an extension to the brexit departure date. i hope they will support the vote of no confidence i will put and that will make sure the government cannot continue this headlong... there are plenty of mps inside parliament who are opposed to a no—deal brexit. quite how they achieve that though is farfrom quite how they achieve that though is far from clear. quite how they achieve that though is farfrom clear. jeremy quite how they achieve that though is far from clear. jeremy corbyn‘s idea of holding a vote of no confidence could see b

it's incumbent on the other opposition parties to support him but that won't go down well with jo swinsonem leader, who said she won't support making him prime minister. straightaway there isa prime minister. straightaway there is a split in the call it what you wa nt is a split in the call it what you want remain anti—brexit, anti—government camp that plays into boris johnson's and. if they anti—government camp that plays into borisjohnson‘s and. if they are anti—government camp that plays into boris johnson's and. if they are not of that emboldens him and strengthens his position. at the g7 summit in biarritz he refused to rule out provoking parliament. not something he wants to do. the story was revealed on the weekend he asked the attorney general geoffrey cox to provide legal advice if parliament could the shutdown for five weeks. until october the 15th, that's a long time. that would be a huge constitutional crisis. —— could be shut down. the times has a different story on the brexit story. this is justin welby. we know he's been a very political archbishop of canterbury since he to

jo swinson, the lib dems leader and others, are suggesting a figure such as kenneth clarke or harriethouse, could potentially unite mps from all parties to form a temporary government with the sole aim of avoiding a no—deal brexit. ken clarke says, if it came to it, he would be willing to do that, but he and others are saying at this point it should not be mps' priority, they should be looking for other ways, and one option is to unite around legislation going through the house of commons when mps return from their summer break, to somehow amend it and force the government's hand and compel them to ask the eu for an extension to the brexit process, something the prime minister would never want to do, and it seems jeremy corbyn, although that wouldn't be his preferred option, is willing to work along those lines with other parties, but there is no detail on exactly how that plan would work i do know one clear path that parties are united around, so tonight, as the brexit deadline comes ever closer, with the government adamant the uk will leave the eu at the end of october, with or with

he has sent out a letter which cut the leader of the lib dems, jill swinson, she was not expecting that the best person to lead this national unity party. her immediate reaction was, we don't think you should do it. they have ken clarke and harriet harman instead to lead this parliament. but he did not do that. it seems to me he is as confrontational as boris in this anti—also... he confrontational as boris in this anti—also. .. he is confrontational as boris in this anti—also... he is not romania, we know he is quite in favour of brexit. and also when he was a refusenik in the labour party he voted with the conservatives over 400 times. thank you to twitter for telling me that! if you want people to do something, you have to get together with the and convince them but instead he says i am the only person who can do this. it was not so person who can do this. it was not so much the idea but the execution of it that has let things down?|j think they had a very good manifesto but whenever people are asked in an opinion poll whetherjeremy corbyn is the man that is going to lead this countr

yes, it was interesting, we heard jo swinson there saying it shows that the liberal democrats are winningct that other parties on the remain side of the argument decided not to put up candidates, but it does look as though they could be picking up, as we saw in the european elections, votes from the conservatives, as you've mentioned, but perhaps also votes from labour supporters too. well, they are picking up some votes from the conservatives, about 9—10% of those people who said that they voted conservative 2017 are telling pollsters they would vote for the liberal democrats. the honest truth is at the end of the day, that's not the conservatives' principle problem. their principle problem has been the loss of votes to the brexit party, and certainly, the liberal democrats are gaining more from labour than they are from the conservatives, because at the end of the day, there are far more remain voters who previously voted labour, and it is to remainers that the liberal democrats are primarily appealing. that said, notice the use of the language byjane dodds, the new mp for brecon, of th

it says he has also given his backing to a proposal by the lib dem leaderjo swinson, to lead an "emergency we are going to talk about a remarkable sporting event now. a baton representing the lives of those saved by organ donation has been travelling the country to mark the beginning of the world transplant games. yeah. thousands of athletes, all of whom have received a transplant, are taking part. kathryn stanczyszyn has more. craig jones trains every week with his volleyball club in leeds but this is a practice with a difference, his final one before coming an international competitor. let's go! he's heading to a sporting event with one criterion, they have to have had a life changing operation. after multiple infections destroyed craig's lungs aged 18, he spent the best part of his 20s house bound on 24—hour oxygen. spent the best part of his 20s house bound on 24-hour oxygen. nine years later my lung capacity went down to 996 later my lung capacity went down to 9% and the doctors told me that i needed a transplant immediately. 9% and the doctors told me that i needed a transplant immed

glasgow warriors second row tim swinson willjoin up with the training group as cover, with gregor townsendl those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you. documents seen by the bbc show the government knew the hs2 rail project was over budget three years ago. the documents were written in 2016 — before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project — which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. the high—speed line will link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been speaking to a former hs2 manager, and has this exclusive report. this is the story of a former manager at hs2, the public company building britain's high—speed railway, who says he was fired just as he was about to reveal an uncomfortable truth. andrew bruce says his task was to work out how much the land and property needed to build the first stretch of the railway between london and birmingham would cost. it was a crucial part of the project's budget, the figure hs2 was using at the time was £2.8 billion. i knew that

it says he has also given his backing to a proposal by the lib dem leaderjo swinson, to lead an "emergencyan collins is here to tell us what's caught his eye. this is an interesting story about facial recognition. i interviewed a few people about facial recognition. you always think about the police training facial recognition, would be the domain of a local co nsta bula ry be the domain of a local constabulary to say the staff can actually work. if it is effective in fighting crime, and getting the bad people, because of a recognition database. but people, because of a recognition data base. but is people, because of a recognition database. but is actually an epidemic of private companies. it is curious, because it does not seem to be many rules and regulations around this. if there are any, very few people seem to know precisely what they are. we do know in places like they are. we do know in places like the states, san francisco had a court case, they aren't facial recognition cameras. however, the trafford centre in manchesterjust as an example, at a scheme running last year where some

speaking in brecon among party activists, liberal democrats leaderjo swinson said that the party wasor a cleaner, safer, richer country in the european union. and as leader of the european union. and as leader of the liberal democrats i will fight to keep our country in the european union, and we now have in parliament one more mp who will fight to make that happen, jane dodds will be a sparse representative for brecon and radnorshire and potentially a key vote and cutting borisjohnson‘s majority to just one. for their part the conservatives have been talking down the scale of the defeat. 0ur political correspondent pete saull is in westminster. i guess any party would? it is all expectation management and looking at the positives in every situation. it is quite quiet in westminster, many mps are ransom a holiday, but they will come back at the start of september and we expect a series of knife edge vote again over brexit. why this is important for the conservatives, the government's working majority is down to one, meaning it only takes one conservative mp to rebel for them to lose

but jo swinson has now sent this tweet, offering to "meetjeremy corbyn to discuss how we can work togetherng wherever they are, and that is there is theoretically a majority in parliament against the idea of a no—deal brexit, but the issue is turning back to some sort of practical plan. and that is where the difficulty lies, and so far i just cannot quite see at this point and piece coalescing around jeremy corbyn because he‘s a deeply polarising figure and very toxic to many nonlabor politicians. frankly he‘s quite toxic to sun in his party, so we are sort of still in that key place which is a big question in british politics, can mps block a no—deal brexit? theoretically yes, do we know how they would do it or if they will? know. simple answer there, talk us through the calendar of the next few weeks if you‘d like, when does it get going again? it gets going again on september three at mps come back from their holidays i should say by the way, borisjohnson and his closest days and haven‘t been on holiday and all they been preparing for a nokia brexit instead. at september three is when m

but his plans have already been dismissed by the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, who saidher day in westminster. a protest about the potential risk to farming from a no—deal brexit, and politiciansjostling to prove they have the best strategy for trying to stop it happening. labour‘sjeremy corbyn has written to other opposition party leaders asking them to back him as a caretaker prime minister. we, the labour party — by far the largest opposition party — have, i think, a responsibility to take over to ensure there is no cliff edge brexit. so, what is he talking about? well, it is possible for mps to install a new prime minister without there being a general election first. if borisjohnson‘s government loses a vote of no confidence, there would then be 814 day period for mps to prove someone else could command support as prime minister in this place. for this to have any chance of working, some tory mps would have to join forces with opposition parties, and that is a very big step to take. i think it would be absolutely extraordinary if any conservative mp considered even

in the past we have always seen disagreements like withjo swinson who could not supportjeremy corbyn minister. she has however agreed to go to this meeting and the prospect of changing the law to meet the prime minister to to brussels to aspirin extension is still a possibility but it requires a lot of discipline and people from different parties working together and that does not happen 30 often. —— to ask foran does not happen 30 often. —— to ask for an extension. thank you very much. thank you very much. borisjohnson was given 30 days by the german chancellor, angela merkel to find a workable solution to the irish backstop issue. during his news conference with emmanuel macron, the prime minister gave some indication of what an alternative might look like. there are all sorts of proposals that have already been... imight direct you to an excellent paper that has been done by greg hands and other mps in westminster from all parties that goes through some of the ways in which you can check for contraband, check for rules of origin, check for...stop smuggling but not have checks at t

it says he has also given his backing to a proposal by the lib dem leaderjo swinson, to lead an "emergencytalking about throughout the programme this morning. that brings you up—to—date with what is in the papers this morning. i would draw your attention to one story, you know you are talking about the high street, it is loo5ely linked, this. go with me, steph. where do people want to go? you want to get people on the high 5treet, into shops, maybe they want to go to toilets. apparently a lavatory in hull... are you going to tell me you are familiar with it?|j am not! this lavatory in hull is now am not! this lavatory in hull is now a lonely planet's new guide to the nation's top 500 de5tinations a lonely planet's new guide to the nation's top 500 destinations in the uk. why? it is at victoria pier in hull and i5 hailed as a gorgeous... thi5 hull and i5 hailed as a gorgeous... this is what it says. "a gorgeous temple of an advertorial luxury". it i5a temple of an advertorial luxury". it is a grade ii listed edwardian building, and the toilet particularly. you apparently get coach load5 par

jo swinson joins us now. good morning to you. so in thejob just a week.lly good for the liberal democrats, but i think this has wider national significance as well. not only does it cut borisjohnson's majority to just one, and show that there isn't a mandate for his no deal brexit, this also shows hope to people in this country that they don't have to settle for that choice between boris johnson don't have to settle for that choice between borisjohnson and don't have to settle for that choice between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, there is a more positive alternative available. the liberal democrats. you say it is a great night for your party. 0n democrats. you say it is a great night for your party. on paper, yes, a victory as a victory, but nonetheless the greens and plaid cymru stood aside to let you campaign on this platform, and there was still an overall majority for parties that were backing leave. this is not a huge anti— brexit move, by any stretch. well, first of all, i do genuinely say thank you to plaid cymru and the greens. i have beenin pl