House will be with the honorable member. I am sure you will want to join me in wishing her a speedy recovery. Meetingsing i had in addition to my duties in in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Catherine west i associate myself with those kind remarks on behalf of my honorable friend the member for bolton , southeast. My constituents are reeling from the 9 contraction of the economy since march this year. Unemployment has skyrocketed and joblessness in haringey is the highest in the capital. Unfortunately, we are at the same time facing the idea that there could be a congestion tax forced on an extra 4 million londoners by this government. These londoners are already facing the double whammy of covid and financial ruin. Will the Prime Minister please immediately stop the imposition of this dreadful plan . I look forward to his answer. Pm johnson i must respectfully inform the honorable lady that the current mayor of london had effective
Recorded for the first time. Well talk to kai gunner and Brooke Morgan about what it was like to be a teenager and homeless. And ask the politicians what their parties plan to do tackle the problem. Leaders of six councils across Northern England have called for a massive increase in government funding to deal with widespread flooding, saying theres likely to be lasting damage to vital infrastructure including power plants, roads and bridges. In our film today, weve been to meet People Living in South Yorkshire. If the politicians got off their backsides and helped these younguns with me, wed get further. Theres too much of this and not enough work. Thats my feeling. And comedian al murray has told this programme his nephew desperately needs a stem cell match within weeks. He is critically ill. There is a 50 50 chance of him surviving this, basically. And without the transplant there is no cure. How soon would he have to have it . Before christmas. This has got to happen kind of right
Centre in westminster, where theyll make their first speech as leader moments later. This is the scene outside the hall, where mps and officials are starting to arrive to take their seats. Norman smith is there for us. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt borisjohnson and jeremy hunt are expected to arrive in the next two minutes on the challenge facing whoever wins is enormous. Tonight the tory party will give their vision to the country and deliver brexit by october the 31st. Well take you through every moment of this crucial day, as the conservative party selects the uks next Prime Minister. Good morning and welcome to westminster. Within the next hour, we will know who will be our next Prime Minister, as the result of the conservative leadership contest is announced. This is the scene live at the Queen Elizabeth ii Conference Centre here in westminster where the outcome of the ballot of conservative Party Members will be revealed. Borisjohnson is the clear favourite over his
Know. Well thank you brandon can i thank you and your team at conservative Central Office for doing a fantastic job its been a team effort and shown the conservative family at its best and if i could make one plainly as a backbencher can we be kind to the next Prime Minister than weve been to the current Prime Minister. Is it so without further to that im going to hand you over to the wonderful cochair of the 922 Committee Jane cheryl. Thank you very much charles on the 24th of may the Prime Minister the right honorable theresa may announced that she would be standing down as leader of our party on the 7th of june and over the past 46 days in 1022 committee organized 5 ballots of members of parliament and then worked with the Party Chairman and the Electoral Reform services to present the final 2 candidates say all qualifying members of the conservative and Unionist Party could vote for our new leader i want to check a childs thanks to brandon and in particular to the party board and t
Please welcome the chairman of the conservative party, brandon lewis. [applause] class that morning, and this morning marks the culmination of a conflict that surely affects every inch of our party. Our values, our ideas, our people and organization. A party that isfundamentally strong and united in a common purpose. Prosperity, opportunity, fairness and security for everyone in our United Kingdom. Im usually proud of chairman of everyone in our party throughout this election so colorless, working together to deliver a fair and efficient election. Held postings and 16,000 cities across the United Kingdom and in every region and in every nation. Our candidates have covered some 30,000miles , taking over 400 questions and answered hours of questions in interviews. Its been a fantastic event last wednesday. We welcome thousands of our Party Members and friends and family here directly from our candidates. And its a first for a Political Party with all the online hosting open to everyone i