Business secretary Andrea Leadsom accuses the speaker, john bercow, of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. Serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. In a gripping match, 19 year old Bianca Andreescu beat williams, whos now lost four majorfinals in a row. We have another largely dry day today with plenty of sunshine for england and wales. A bit more cloud for Northern Ireland and scotland later with a few showers, i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. Its sunday september the 8th. Our top story Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a new blow to his authority after his work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, resigned last night. Ms rudd said she no longer believed the governments Main Objective was to leave the eu with a deal, and she described the sacking of 21 rebel tory mps as an act of political vandalism. Our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. Once tipped as a future pm, amb
Going into getting a deal. The business secretary, Andrea Leadsom accuses the speaker, john bercow of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. Serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. In a gripping match, 19 year old Bianca Andreescu beat williams, whos now lost four major finals in a row. And im here in newcastle where around 60,000 people will be swapping their sunday lie in to take part in the great north run later. Good morning. A largely dry day today with plenty of sunshine in england and wales. More clout in Northern Ireland and scotland later on with some showers. All of the details in 15 minutes. Its sunday september the 8th. Our top story. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered a new blow to his authority after his work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, resigned last night. Ms rudd said she no longer believed the governments Main Objective was to leave the eu with a deal and she described the sa
Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its
By Hurricane Dorian aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our Political Correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that