if he s to leave office. the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said he ll vote against the prime minister. i m victoria derbyshire, we are live on college green this afternoon in front of the palace of westminster. we will bring you the latest and get reaction from conservative mps to the vote this evening, and ask them how they are going to vote. wherever you are in the country, as a voter, let me know what you think about this confidence vote in the prime minister this evening. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister borisjohnson will tonight face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as party leader. it follows anger over sue gray s report detailing lockdown rule breaking in downing street. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire. thank you, rebecca. let s talk about the dramatic events of this morning. at about 6:30am my colleague helen catt was o
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
part in a work event, they had a brief breakfor a part in a work event, they had a brief break for a takeaway, including keir starmer s there are no rules were broken. durham police say they have received further communications about this event that they have not reopened the investigation. no suggestion yet that the labour leader of the deputy leader are facing a fine. from the point of view of labour they say this is simply a distraction of the focus on partygate. this is simply a distraction of the focus on partygate. maybe you have been enjoying focus on partygate. maybe you have been enjoying the focus on partygate. maybe you have been enjoying the sunshine - focus on partygate. maybe you have been enjoying the sunshine and - focus on partygate. maybe you have i been enjoying the sunshine and maybe you have been enjoying the lack of rain. not everyone has been. matt is in an allotment in london. what are you seeing? what are you seeing? things are lookin: what are you seeing