for party discipline and the deputy are no longer in post at least that is the view of conservative mps. it will make is this your last pmq? is a time to resign? liz truss was at a traumatic five weeks has been fighting off for the demands for her to resign after the collapse of the mini budget and her economic strategy. mini budget and her economic strate: . ., . mini budget and her economic strateu. ., u , , strategy. economic credibility. gone. strategy. economic credibility. gone- and strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the chancellor, - strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the chancellor, he | strategy. economic credibility. l gone. and the chancellor, he is strategy. economic credibility. - gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as welt gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as welt they gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as well. they are all gone. so, why is she as well. they are all gone. so, why is she
that there may be tax cuts, possibly, in the way, and one of my guests said that could give a sugar rush to some mps and voters and it might be a popular policy although whether that would keep a lid on rising inflation is debatable. let s focus on the action at westminster. we have had prime minister s questions in the last couple of hours and in one hour the prime minister will be facing a committee of senior mps, the liaison committee, so he hasn t returned here, he is staying in the houses of parliament before that committee meeting. borisjohnson says he is keeping on with the job despite a wave of government resignations which have continued today. we have seen a growing number of ministers resigning today with many expressing unhappiness at the prime minister s style of leadership and concerns that the work of the government is being overshadowed by questions about the prime minister s integrity. we can have a closer look at what has been happening. so far today we have
a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
making them question their loyalty and test their support for the prime minister. so, it is those people wavering in the middle that boris johnson will need to be concerned about and need to come up with some answers and reassurances for them in the coming days. i answers and reassurances for them in the coming days- the coming days. i don t know if you are at the lobby the coming days. i don t know if you are at the lobby briefing the coming days. i don t know if you are at the lobby briefing this - are at the lobby briefing this afternoon. the lobby briefing is where journalists go and speak to the spokesperson for the prime minister. this is the third at least account of events that a spokesperson is having to go live. has it put them in a difficult position? i has it put them in a difficult position? has it put them in a difficult osition? ~ . , ., , position? ithink it was. iwasn t at this afternoon s position? ithink it was. iwasn t at this afternoon s briefing. - posit
who was at it, what was done at the party, secret santa and the festive games and drinks and nibbles and so on. and then we were just really waiting for a moment that would be the right time to publish. so you come back to the story, you start having lots of conversations building on what you first heard about in january. can you pinpoint when you first thought, my goodness, this is a huge story? well, last tuesday i was sitting in the number nine briefing room, the same room in fact that paul s video that paul and itv showed of allegra stratton was filmed in. and listening to the prime minister s official spokesman at the normal lobby briefing. that morning on the radio drjenny harris, the uk health security agency chief, had suggested that people might want to be a bit careful about how they socialise at christmas and cut back