Cabinet, with every minister committed to quitting the eu by october 31st. But is there trouble ahead on the tory backbenches . But is there trouble ahead on the tory backbenches . What do voters want from the new government . Weve brought mps, commentators and voters together and well ask is a no deal brexit more likely than ever . What about a general election . And what should the new pms priorities be . And could this be the hottest day ever recorded in the uk . Temperatures could reach 39 degrees celsius in southern and Eastern England today. Well have you a full forecast just before 11. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. What do you want from let us know use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. vm borisjohnson has chaired his first cabinet meeting, after
And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
had questions to answer. the comments were secretly filmed and broadcast by channel 4 while activists were campaigning for reform uk in clacton, where mr farage is standing. nigel farage claimed the racist comments were a set up . our political correspondentjoe pike is in westminster. nigel farage s sur #3r50iz entry into this election reenergised reform and gave them a poll boost as well, but his controversial comments about russia and ukraine plus this drip, drip of allegations concerning first candidates, and now campaigners has left some of those around mr farage feeling nervous. a warning my report contains offensive language. please welcome nigel farage. applause. he s attempting a fightback after yet more accusations of racism within reform. this whole thing is a complete and total setup. but this time it s not nigel farage s candidates, but his campaigners. one, seeing a pride flag on a police car, compared gay people to paedophiles. you see that bleep degenerate fla
largest economy. industrial output is lagging and house prices have fallen at theirfastest pace in a decade, highlighting the continued strains in the property sector. retail sales though have performed better than expected. so what does this all mean for china s recovery and the global economy? let s unpack all this with our asia business reporter sura njana tewari. markets in asia here are very conscious that make cautious about that mixed bag of data coming out of china. retail sales were up by 3.7% in may and that was better than april s 2.3% growth and beat many project projections with the government crediting labour day holidays and trade in programmes to encourage consumers for all of the appliances as well as shopping festivals as reasons for the improved sales. still, though, it was the third lowest reading since last august and may not do much to overcome concerns about a lack of demand in the country and spending. house prices fell at the fastest pace in a deca
largest trading partner and this is why. look at the figures, 2 way trade grew over 9% to over $300 million. i spoke with former australian ambassador to china geoff raby who explained the significance of this visit. the significance of the visit is that not only is it the first since 2017, but it marks the resumption of the annual reciprocal high level visit exchanges. these started in the 1980s and continued until 2017 and they are resuming again. to the comments by philjust then, relations have normalised and that s what china is looking for. beyond that, in terms of geopolitics, does it weigh on relations given the fact that australia is a strong ally of the united states but depends on china for trade? how do you reckon going forward that australia manages to balance these out? absolutely. it s a critical issue, it s interesting to note that since the seven years since the last high profile visit from a chinese leader to australia, china has gone from 16% to 75% of 60