country. i will read some of them in a moment. the first dark political correspondent helen catt can bring you all of the day s events so far. but first, our political correspondent helen catt. for weeks, the contents of sir graham brady s inbox has been a source of intense speculation. now there is confirmation. the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed, therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. that vote will take place this evening. thejubilee offered a brief breakfor number ten, but the movement towards this point has been building over many months. some tory mps were angry about revelations of lockdown breaking parties in downing street, as details kept on emerging and the prime minister himself was fined for breaking covid laws. i don t think you can be in charge of setting the rules during lockdown and then blatantly allowing people under your direct leadershi
said here and what our report has shown is that was not what was going on, this man was abusing his position and his power. if you think back to sarah everard being murdered last year, and all of the public concern about that, and how the state response to violence towards women and girls, we have tried to shine a light on the more secret parts of the state and its record on violence against women and girls. hopefully this report might start a bit of a debate about that.- bit of a debate about that. thank ou. and if you d like to see more on this story, you can watch the abuser working for mi5 available on the bbc iplayer. the prime minister will face no more fines after the police announced they have closed their investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown. borisjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party in the cabinet room injune 2020. the police investigation resulted in a total of 126 fixed p
it s not part of his cover. and i think they do have powers to authorise their agents to commit crimes as part of their cover. but it s really only to access life saving intelligence or disrupt more serious crime. and what we ve said here and what our report has shown is that wasn t what was going on, this man was abusing his position and abusing his power. and if you think back to sarah everard being murdered last year and all of the public concern about that and how the state response to violence towards women and girls, what we ve tried to do with the report is shine a light on the more secret parts of the state and its record on violence against women and girls. and hopefully this report might start a bit of a debate about that. thanks to daniel for that. the prime minister will face no more fines after the police announced they have closed their investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown. borisjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month
things like this are normally secret, mi5 doesn t normally have people like me investigating them, exposing this kind of thing, and a case like this can generate a wider debate about the more secret part of the state s response to violence against women and girls. last year, with the murder of sarah everard, we saw outrage about a police officer abusing his power and there s been a lot of focus since then on the role of the police. maybe now because of a case like this, we might see more focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies.- focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you. intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you, our intelligence agencies. daniel de| simone you, our correspondent, intelligence agencies. daniel de - simone you, our correspondent, thank you. the metropolitan police has closed its investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown, which means that borisjohnson will not receive any more fines. mrjohnson and th
stephanie rawlings blake, the former mayor of baltimore, and lord peter ricketts, the uk s former national security adviser. hello, welcome to the programme. borisjohnson will face no further action from the metropolitan police over the parties that were held in downing street while covid restrictions were in place. borisjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party in the cabinet room injune 2020. in a lengthy statement, the met said they had issued a total of 126 fixed penalty notices, fines to 83 men and women most of them understood to be civil servants who were at events on eight different dates between may 2020, at the height of lockdown, to april 2021. here s our political editor chris mason. it was not long before christmas that partygate was first exposed, and since january, officers