the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another round
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
hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? this lunchtime, more conservative mps are signalling their unhappiness about the prime minister s leadership. what do voters think? i think lie after lie after lie. yeah, he s lost the confidence, so he s got to go, unfortunately. i d like to see boris carry on. i think he s done a decentjob. i know he s had a bit of problems. nadhim zahawi arrives at the treasury, replacing rishi sunak as chancellor. with inflation at a ito year high, we ll assess the challenges in his in tray. we ll have all the very latest from here in westminster. our other stories on the programme. dozens of arrests are made in an international police operation, targeting a people smuggling gang thought to have brought 10,000 migrants across the channel. it s kick off tonight for the women s european football championship. england is the host, and among the favourites to win. here at wimb
that there may be tax cuts, possibly, in the way, and one of my guests said that could give a sugar rush to some mps and voters and it might be a popular policy although whether that would keep a lid on rising inflation is debatable. let s focus on the action at westminster. we have had prime minister s questions in the last couple of hours and in one hour the prime minister will be facing a committee of senior mps, the liaison committee, so he hasn t returned here, he is staying in the houses of parliament before that committee meeting. borisjohnson says he is keeping on with the job despite a wave of government resignations which have continued today. we have seen a growing number of ministers resigning today with many expressing unhappiness at the prime minister s style of leadership and concerns that the work of the government is being overshadowed by questions about the prime minister s integrity. we can have a closer look at what has been happening. so far today we have