because it is being challenged and we have to accept that and respond to this challenge, which i hope we will be doing in this debate. despite the hysterical reactions of the country can i think it s important to state that this is a properly constituted senior committee of the house as indeed the leader of the house did so in her remarks. it was asked to do a difficult but vitaljob and it discharged its duties with integrity and honour will stop it is our duty now, i believe, before this house to ensure that we support the members of that committee and we support the conclusions that they have come to after this detailed work. i believe also we should thank the members of the privileges committee because they have done the house of commons a very great service under the most intense pressure. instead of being thanked, they have found themselves traduced in the borisjohnson worshiping print and tv media, which has called into question their motives and their very integrity. t
ahead of the covid public inquiry,say they were obliged to pass on evidence of potential law breaking under the civil service code. is it fitting and proper that the correct procedure, certain anomalies vigorously investigated, or is it a smear, a stitch up, a witchhunt? they will not let lockdown lie. who said lie? it is on the front pages left, right and centre, we have been here before. it is an avid ready phone in, it has got to be done! forward to hearing from you on this one. that is what we re doing. we will be reading all your text to get a measure of what you think, here is the news from karishma patel. the annual rate of inflation in the uk fell to 8.7% in april, the first time since august last year that it s been in single figures. inflation had been at10.1% in march. borisjohnson s office has said it s totally untrue that the former prime minister may have committed further breaches of covid rules. labour has called on the government to explain why the allegati
appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
in county tyrone, northern ireland. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to meet union leaders in a bid to end the council workers strike crisis tributes pour in for bbc breakfast presenter and journalist bill turnbull, who s died at the age of 66. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine year old olivia pratt korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detectives have now released cctv of the gunman running from the scene. a 35 year old man who was the target of the attack, and was on parole, is still being treated in hospital and will be sent back to prison when he s discharged. detective chief superintendent mark kameen gave an update about the investigation at a news conference. i m going to show you some footage in a moment of a man that murdered olivia. i m doing this because people may recognise what he s wearing. it may also help people remember seeing