hello and welcome. well, in the last hour, it is been announced the british prime minister will not determine the fate of dominic raab as deputy prime minister today, dominic raab as deputy prime ministertoday, despite dominic raab as deputy prime minister today, despite being given the report investigating whether he believed officials. let s cross live now to speak to our political correspondent, rob watson come in the newsroom for us. what do we make of this delay because yellow i m afraid we are not a whole lot further along the line, are we? we know that downing street received the report earlier today. we know the report earlier today. we know the bbc understands that dominic raab has read it, and we also understand that there is not going to be a decision today. i think any attempts to read anything into why there is a delay, or if even delay is the right word, is is the right word, is pure speculation, is the right word, is pure speculation, but - is the right word
him for i send you to prison for murdering him for the i send you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ i him for the rest of your natural life. i sentence you. those sentences life. i sentence you. those sentences will run consecutively. and it s the end of an era, as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. mps investigating whether boris johnson misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic say he may have done so on four occasions. the house of commons privileges committee says the evidence they have seen strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to the former prime minister. a report from the committee says it appears mrjohnson did not correct the statements that he repeatedly made, and did
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
of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the