could be a whitewash so there will be pressure on the cabinet office to come up with an answer about what sue gray will do next. at the moment it doesn t seem clear. this took them unawares this morning, they didn t know the statement was coming and the ramifications of it are still being worked out which is why we cannot give you any firm answers at the moment on what happens next. definitely confusion over all of this. thank you, nick eardley. i m joined now by our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. when we watched cressida dick on tuesday talking to the london assembly and announcing the investigation of events in downing street there was no mention of sue gray being asked to make animal references to any part of her report, yet now a couple of days later that is what the met are asking her to do. it’s
to parliament and said that he will come back when the sue gray investigation is finished. that is the fairest way of dealing with this. it s impossible to know right now how many mps really want borisjohnson out. but many have heard anger from constituents. when, not if, is a common refrain. my constituents at the moment are about 60 1 against - the prime ministerand i ve listened very carefully to l members of my association too. there are some very strident voices in my constituency - demanding that i support the prime minister. - for many conservatives it s the style and character of this government that concerns, not the specifics of any parties. but acting to take out a leader is a drastic move, and it s not clear yet how many punches the prime minister can really withstand. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the muslim council of britain has condemned
family statement issued by his brother, the family said. statement issued by his brother, the family said, we as a family do not condone family said, we as a family do not condone any family said, we as a family do not condone any of his actions and would like to condone any of his actions and would like to sincerely apologise wholeheartedly to all the victims involved wholeheartedly to all the victims involved in the unfortunate incident~ involved in the unfortunate incident. the family say they have been left devastated by this. they have sent their best devastated by this. they have sent their best wishes to the people over in america their best wishes to the people over in america and they are cooperating with the in america and they are cooperating with the police as this investigation continues. they say they had investigation continues. they say they had hoped this would have been brought they had hoped this would have been brought to they had hoped th
interesting. to do that, to make that successful, the prime minister will need the wholehearted support of the chancellor, so that will be very interesting. we haven t seen a great deal of rishi sunak on broadcast in recent days white lets bring in sebastian payne from the financial times. bring in sebastian payne from the financialtimes. lovely bring in sebastian payne from the financial times. lovely talk to you. we will speak to nadhim zahawi in about an hour. i am assuming when the subject of parties comes up he will mention the forthcoming report from sue gray. what do we know about that in terms of when we will get to seeit? that in terms of when we will get to see it? this week, next week? i’m see it? this week, next week? i m afraid to say see it? this week, next week? i m afraid to say we see it? this week, next week? i“n afraid to say we don t know for certain the answer to that. it could be as soon as this week but obviously gray is a senior civil servant, she has do
beneficial to the prime minister, thatis beneficial to the prime minister, that is parallel universe stuff. really? the argument is eight wins delay, really? the argument is eight wins delay, it really? the argument is eight wins delay, it gives him a breathing space delay, it gives him a breathing space | delay, it gives him a breathing sace. ., ~ . y space. i don t think any prime minister would space. i don t think any prime minister would think - space. i don t think any prime minister would think it - space. i don t think any prime minister would think it was i space. i don t think any prime minister would think it was a l space. i don t think any prime - minister would think it was a good idea to be interviewed by the police. i know people get excited by dead cat strategies but this is a sort of trophy hunted dead lion been slammed on the table which i think is hard to say is helpful. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explained why this delay is happening