borisjohnson has lost boris johnson has lost the confidence of the british people. borisjohnson has got to go. we will have reaction to the by election defeat. the biggest vote last in numerical terms of any by election ever. labour re takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election with the party s leader also insisting that it s time for a new non conservative government. now we ve had the sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government, but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party and i m so proud. prince charles opens at the summit in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot ex - ress legacy of the slave trade. i cannot exwess the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of my - legacy
i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mason bri
in the commons, conservative mps have started voting for and against their leader. numberten. how much damage is this inflicting on boris johnson? the prime minister needs 180 votes to win and stay on. the result is expected at nine o clock this evening. also tonight. are the world s promises to reduce carbon emissions being kept? we look at the pledges more than six months on from cop 26 in glasgow. families hope for answers as a public inquiry begins into a catalogue of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults at a home in northern ireland. and fancy a four day week but on no less pay? how this brewery is among dozens of companies trying it out in a uk wide experiment. heather watson and harriet dart both get off to the best possible start at the nottingham open, but will eradicate new weight heather watson in the next round? emma raducanu. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six live from downing street. borisjohnson s future as prime minister is in the hands of his t
Decision in the last couple of days. Mr grove has been a close ally of course of the Prime Minister rishi sunak and he served under a number of Prime Ministers, theresa mae and borisjohnson, alongside mrjohnson boris johnson, alongside mrjohnson he borisjohnson, alongside mrjohnson he was one of the leaders of the campaign to leave the eu. His decision of course comes as more than 70 conservative mps have announced that they are leaving rather than fight the election in july. Now, this is our understanding, laura ginsbergs understanding, laura ginsbergs understanding that michael gove will not stand as an mp. Laura goons. This newsjust breaking come not stand as an mp. Laura goons. This news just breaking come of that michael gove the long serving can Cabinet Minister is not going to stand as an mp at the upcoming General Election injuly. He was elected in 2005 and of course well known as a minister for a number of different things. Hes the levelling up different things. Hes the levell
it s mrjohnson s leadership style that concerns others. i think he did a brilliant job over brexit, for which the country and the conservative party should always be grateful. but he does not in my view govern the way that a modern prime minister governs, through the normal processes of the state. it feels a bit more like a mediaeval monarch governing through a court and you absolutely cannot govern modern britain in that way. britain in that way. some tory mps complain britain in that way. some tory mps complain about britain in that way. some tory mps complain about a - britain in that way. some tory mps complain about a lack- britain in that way. some tory mps complain about a lack of| mps complain about a lack of direction from u turns free school meals to an embarrassing climbdown after mrjohnson tried to change parliamentary rules on standards to protect one of his friends. three, two, one! that led to the loss of an ultra safe conservative seat. but it s the lawbreaking par