we think it is being published around 15 minutes or so, so as soon as we get it, we will bring it to you. let s speak now to dr catherine haddon, a senior fellow at the institute for government. thank you forjoining us. going back to basics in a moment to talk about thejob and the to basics in a moment to talk about the job and the significance of it but first of all, and this business of the delayed publication of the letter, what do you read into that? it is a bit of a strange one. normally, these are released when it is announced that somebody is resigning. we think in this case, it was partly about that it was quite a sudden resignation, it seems to have taken downing street and the prime minister by surprise yesterday evening when it happened. so therefore, the prime minister had not yet written his response. but also, there seems to be something about the reasons why lord geidt resigned and a particular case that he was looking into which the government described as commercially
over a software update, which is said to have slowed down some devices and drained the batteries more quickly. apple insists it would never do anything to intentionally shorten the life of its products. an australian man has gone to new heights to stop his car being stolen using a forklift to suspend the vehicle and the alleged thief in the air. police said the woman had broken into the man s home in logan, west of brisbane, and was about to make her getaway when the owener, brendan mills, and his family, came home. one of ourtop one of our top stories, the resignation of one of the uk prime minister s ethics adviser, that is lord geidt, the second adviser to quit in two years, he left his role last night and it is understood he sent a letter to the prime minister detailing his reasons for leaving.
we believe events in the resignation in his letter. and there we believe events in the house - resignation in his letter. and there we believe events in the house of| we believe events in the house of commons. the shadow cabinet office minister fleur anderson posing that urgent question and you will have heard the response from the cabinet office minister. to bring you up to date on what was said. confirmation that the resignation letter from lord confirmation that the resignation letterfrom lord geidt will be published over the course of the morning and the prime minister s reply will also be published alongside it. there has been increasing pressure on number ten to publish the letter which may give some detailed reasons as to why lord geidt left when he announced his departure yesterday, it did not give specific reasons and also addressing concerns over the independence of that ethics adviser role. we heard that ethics adviser role. we heard that there are changes to the system b
from evicting tenants without giving a reason, under government plans to make the private rental market in england fairer. i m in the devon constituency which has voted conservative for 100 years. is there a change in the air? find this hour. good morning and welcome to bbc news. events are moving swiftly this morning after the resignation yesterday of boris johnson s former adviser on the ministerial code, lord geidt. speaking within the last half hour, the government minister michael ellis confirmed that lord geidt s resignation letter will be published shortly. he is the second ethics adviser that the prime minister has lost in under two years.
he was on his own, and he knew he was on his own. and he must have felt abandoned, you know, alone on his bedroom floor. that s the most troubling part of it for me. as promised, we are going live now to the house of commons regarding an urgent question over the resignation of lord geidt. we are expecting a question from a shadow cabinet office minister. mr question from a shadow cabinet office minister. question from a shadow cabinet office minister. mr speaker, thank ou. i office minister. mr speaker, thank you- i would office minister. mr speaker, thank you. i would like office minister. mr speaker, thank you. i would like to office minister. mr speaker, thank you. i would like to start office minister. mr speaker, thank you. i would like to start by - you. i would like to start by thanking lord geidt for his work as independent adviser on ministers interests. and indeed for his years of public service before he took up this role. i hold him in the highest regard, he has be