as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. borisjohnson may have misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic. that s according to mps investigating the former prime minister s conduct. the privileges committee says evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to mrjohnson, and identified four examples where he may have misled the house of commons. mrjohnson said there was no evidence he knowingly misled parliament. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harri
Its been a testing first day back after the Summer Recess for the government, now mired in the controversy over crumbling concrete. Ministers say a list will be published this week of all the schools affected in england, as rishi sunak rejected claims he oversaw budget cuts as chancellor that meant Raac Concrete couldnt be replaced in as many schools, as the Department For Education had wanted. Its also been a testing day for the Education Secretary, who had to apologise for her frustration, expressed in salty language, after being questioned over the governments handling of the situation. And remember, in the middle of all this are thousands of children, still unsure whether their schools will be fully open for the start of the new term. We will talk to parents and teachers and analyse the finances around School Maintenance and rebuilding. But first chris mason In Westminster on the politics of crumbling concrete. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day but this stuff, conc
our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. you have been casting an eye through this update from the privileges committee. you had out some of their findings there. just flesh those out fathers. just to make very clear what the privileges committee is this is looking at the proceedings of parliament in this specific case about whether boris johnson misled parliament which is a euphemism about whether borisjohnson misled parliament which is a euphemism for lighter parliament over what he knew about the so called partygate affairs, events taking place with no social distancing in some cases behind the scenes in government buildings and offices during lockdown or other restrictions during the pandemic. that s what it s been looking at. he hasn t issued its final report and it is important to emphasise that. that is indeed just an update but what it is set out the areas they are looking at, the kind of areas they are likely to explore with the boris johnson when he has to
iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harriet harland, the former labour deputy leader. we ve been looking at this for some time. this is not their final report today, it is an update looking at the kind of areas they want to explore further with boris johnson as he appears in person and indeedin johnson as he appears in person and indeed in public as this will be broadcast later this month on the week beginning the 20th of march. so this isn t the final verdict but there are some clues, is a very strong clues to their thinking if you bear with me i will run through
and north devon, we really do - stand by the ukrainians. for north devon, read the uk, the country moved by the awful stories unfolding on the other side of europe, but often exasperated by what people see as unnecessary red tape. mark easton, bbc news, devon. it s been revealed that the chancellor, rishi sunak, who s been under pressure over his wife s tax status, held a us green card which allowed him permanent residency there while he was a member of the government here. mr sunak returned the card last year, ahead of his first trip to america as a minister. our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster for us. how significant is this revelation? certainly rishi sunak s opponents seem to think it is. he held a green card which gives him the right to permanent residency in the united states for his first 18 months as chancellor, so in short, that means that he, the person responsible for uk tax policy, was required to fill in a us tax return. tonight labour are asking whet