lord geidt used to beat the queen s most senior advisor before taking on thejob he hasjust most senior advisor before taking on the job he has just left. most senior advisor before taking on thejob he hasjust left. his task as independent adviser, overseeing and investigating ethics and behaviour in government at a time dominated by rows about the prime minister s own conduct. the ministerial minister s own conduct. the ministerial code minister s own conduct. the ministerial code is - minister s own conduct. the ministerial code is very clear in that the ministerial code is very clear in that the sole jurisdiction over it is commanded by the prime minister himself is commanded by the prime minister himself and that is why, that is how we ensure himself and that is why, that is how we ensure there is good administration and governance and of course administration and governance and of course we administration and governance and of course we are always going to be guided
ofjourneys across britain. it is going to be a real inconvenience for our pupils, especially at a time where we ve got public examinations going on. more than 100 migrants cross the english channel, after more than 400 yesterday, as the government says deportation to rwanda is still on the cards. and, the england and wales cricket board brings charges against yorkshire, and several individuals, over allegations of racism. and coming up on the bbc news channel, there is no room in the squad for former england captain steph houghton at the women s euros next month. welcome to bbc news at ten. in the latest blow to the prime minister s authority, his ethics adviser, lord geidt, announced his
more unsettled picture after that with the breakdown to thundery showers. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson s ethics adviser lord geidt resigns, saying there was a legitimate question over whether the pm had broken ministerial rules over pa rtygate. next week s rail strikes are expected to knock out half of of britain s train services with barely a fifth running. the us central bank raises interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point its biggest increase in nearly three decades. a number of people have been charged by the england and wales cricket board following its investigation into allegations of racism at yorkshire county cricket club. ministers say they re planning a new flight of asylum seekers to rwanda after the first plane was grounded last night after legal action. 0ur shrinking coastline
tonight at ten. the prime minister is dealt another blow as his ethics adviser suddenly resigns. lord geidt has said it s reasonable to suggest that mrjohnson may have broken the ministerial code in relation to lockdown parties in downing street. after facing mps yesterday, lord geidt apparently concluded that his position advising borisjohnson on standards of ministerial behaviour was no longer tenable. resignation is one of the rather blunt but few tools available to an independent adviser. we ll have the latest on the resignation, and how damaging it could be for the prime minister. next week will see the biggest strike on the railways in living memory, affecting millions
are rests with the prime minister, and that really is where one of the main points of tension between lord geidt and number ten had been. he complained that his purpose didn t go far enough, they needed to be beefed up, and there subsequently were, although he described that in his annual report as being at the low end of ambition. he still did not have the power to unilaterally instigate an investigation into whether a minister had broken the ministerial code. he had to do that in consultation with the prime minister. so, that was one of the frustrations, clearly too there was a frustration about the recent partygate saga and bother the prime minister had broken the ministerial code. lord geidt didn t feel that the prime minister defended his actions in public with relation to the ministerial code well enough, so it may well be that all that has left him feeling that his position was untenable, and that he had to go. we have had a little bit more reaction tonight. angela rayner, the