and manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in sue gray s report on lockdown parties has passed. the senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is, i do
mistakes boris johnson privately, which is whatever mistakes borisjohnson makes, i m now priced in. so if there is any chance of shifting him, i think mps will have to wait until the next mistake rather than try to push him on this. if mistake rather than try to push him on this. , ., ., , , on this. if there is one, of course, we don t know on this. if there is one, of course, we don t know whether on this. if there is one, of course, we don t know whether there - on this. if there is one, of course, we don t know whether there willl on this. if there is one, of course, i we don t know whether there will be. what is your view of this meeting borisjohnson had a few weeks ago with sue gray. we talk about the objects, even if it will not have influenced her thinking, objects, even if it will not have influenced herthinking, it objects, even if it will not have influenced her thinking, it does not look great we talk about the optics. it look great we talk about the o tics. . . ,
on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is, i do not believe it is material to the outcome of the investigation. let me tell you why. the prime minister always said sue gray can take the report wherever the evidence takes her. sue gray is doing this independently. the prime minister will not interfere or intervene. more than 500 photos have been gathered as evidence by sue gray s team investigating how widely rules were broken on boris johnson s watch. some argue it all should be published to show the public inquiry has done itsjob. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this.
and manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in sue gray s report on lockdown parties has passed. the senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest
andrew harding, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. in australia, the new prime minister elect has vowed to take the country in a fresh direction and end what he called the climate wars. anthony albanese who will be sworn in tomorrow said australia could become a renewables superpower. after recent bushfires and flooding, climate change was a key concern for voters. mr albanese will head straight to tokyo on monday for a meeting with the leaders of japan, india and the united states. obviously the quad leaders meeting is an absolute priority for australia and it enables us to send a message to the world that we. there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world on those issues. our correspondent in australia, shaima khalil, told us about the challenges