conservative mps are split over whether to approve a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament over rule breaking in the pandemic. a committee recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass. it s been suggested that many tories may not turn up for the vote on monday. authorities in greece are under increasing pressure to explain how a migrant boat sank off the country s southern coast on tuesday. it s claimed the boat capsized when coastguards attached a rope. nearly 80 people have died and it s reported that up to 750 were on board. the home office has told the government s spending watchdog that plans for the asylum system are in doubt, unless there s urgent action. the national audit office said hundreds more cases needed to be decided every week to clear the backlog by the end of the year. the government says it s working non stop to deal with cases. the ceo of tesco says there are encouraging signs that inflation is starting to e
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
please keep your distance before colliding with the bouquet. given what you went through, do you find it hard to stomach two a long hangover for it hard to stomach two a long hangoverfor rishi it hard to stomach two a long hangover for rishi sunak, it hard to stomach two a long hangoverfor rishi sunak, the prime minister doesn t even drink. partygate, is it time to move on? that is what we are discussing. and here is the news. mps will debate the privleges committee s report which found borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown parties in number 10. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after seeing its conclusions before the report was published last week. it s unclear whether rishi sunak will attend today s debate. labour has confirmed it s to end new north sea oil and gas exploration if it wins the next general election. the party leader sir keir starmer will also announce plans to set up a publicly owned green energy company based in scotland
because we must not tolerate the casual disregard for truth that has become the hallmark of this government. it should shame us all. we are honourable members of parliament. it isn tjust a title. it is something we should hold dear. we should be honourable in what we do in this place. we should be honourable to the people we serve because they have elected us. and democracy demands honourable conduct and we haven t seen much of that over the last few years. and if we allow lies to go unchecked and deceit to become the norm, then our democracy begins to crumble and that s what s been happening. we sit here time and time again, we see ministers coming to the dispatch box and we say, that s not true and then they say, we aren t allowed to say it isn t true. we have to say that they inadvertently misled the house and they will correct the record, and they will correct the record, and they will correct the record, and they never come back. they tell and they never come back. they