a lot of mps, conservative mps, said they were waiting for the sue gray report before they made a verdict on the prime minister. we had it on wednesday and we hearing for them some more, three a ministerial aide who quit hisjob in the home office because of what he called a ministerial aide who quit his job because of what he called a ministerial aide who quit hisjob in the home office because of what he called toxic culture in number ten, a senior conservative backbencher who called on the prime minister to resign under backbencher who said she had lost confidence in him. a treasury minister said the prime minister is an yellow card territory. the government has published new guidelines which govern the behaviour of ministers, the ministerial code. under the new rules they say that if a minister breaches the code in a minor way they might not have to quit, it will be up to the prime minister. however, it does say if a minister knowingly misleads parliament, a serious offence, they d s
in the coming days. we expect more likely tuesday or wednesday. and that will be then the end of a very long process and the publication of what was intended to be the official, internal government verdict on what has become known as the partygate saga. what will be published in the report, there is close to 500 photographs, other evidence as well, messages exchange, e mail chains that will all be in their and labour says it all has to be in there for people to have confidence in this process. undoubtedly there will be uncomfortable reading for the prime minister and others after sue grey published her interim report early in the year saying the level of
objections that could hold up the publication process and definitely, because there may be a legal challenge. if not, it will be finalised and published in the coming days. we expect more likely tuesday or wednesday. and that will be then the end of a very long process and the publication of what was intended to be the official, internal government verdict on what has become known as the partygate saga. there are some unknowns about how much evidence will be republished. there is something close to 500 photos and they will be other evidence as well, message exchanges, e mail chains, how much of that will be in the end labour said it all needs to be published in the report for people to have confidence in this process. there is the detail and the findings themselves. just how damning will they be? it will be uncomfortable reading for the prime minister and
fixed penalty notices for all the accusations they faced as part of the partygate saga. 0ne accusations they faced as part of the partygate saga. one of the questions for durham police, they have been in the spotlight before around covid 19 regulations regarding dominic cummings, the former chief adviser and his infamous trip during lockdown, they did not invest investigate him or find him at the time because they wanted to stick to their policy of not taking retrospective action, but that would be what they re doing here so that is from darren please to the metropolitan police who are still investigating ten events at downing street and across government, it is reported that potentially boris johnson was at six of those, and now the elections are over, we may be expecting to find out more information from the metropolitan police about whether those events were breaking the law. we police about whether those events were breaking the law. police about whether those events were break
local authorities providing local services from libraries to dustbin collection, planning and potholes. but they will also provide the best indication for some time of the national, political picture. so the conservatives will be braced for the voters verdict on their handling of the cost of living crisis. for many the cost of living crisis. for many the government s response to the war in ukraine at the partygate saga. labour s leader, sir keir starmer, is attempting to talk about his party s plans is attempting to talk about his pa rty s plans to tackle is attempting to talk about his party s plans to tackle rising household bills, but he still faces questions over his own conduct during lockdown. the liberal democrats will be looking to take seats from the conservatives in the south, labour in the north and the green party and others will want to make gains as well. there is plenty at stake. a lot of conservative mps here are waiting for the results of these local elections to deci