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BBCNEWS BBC News At Nine July 14, 2024

The uks hottest day on record with temperatures potentially hitting 39 degress. Iamjusta i am just a stones throw away from heathrow airport, where later today we could see the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk. Nissan cuts its workforce by 12,500 worldwide after reporting a 98 drop in profits. And in Sport England face an uphill struggle of theyre to avoid defeat against ireland at lords the irish are playing only their third ever test match. And what goes up, must come down. A french inventor fails in his attempt to become the first man to cross the English Channel on a jet powered flyboard. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. After one of the most radical reshuffles in decades, borisjohnson will chair his first Cabinet Meeting this morning. The new Prime Minister moved quickly to install brexiteers in key posts to help carry out his pledge to take the uk out of the eu by the end of october, with or without a deal. Lets take a look at where we are. Today marks borisjohnsons first full day in office as the new Prime Minister. Last night mrjohnson finalised his cabinet, appointing Brexiteerjacob Rees Mogg as leader of the commons. Mrjohnsons new cabinet saw 17 of mrs mays former senior ministers being sacked or stepping down. With no time to waste, this morning the pm is chairing his first Cabinet Meeting at number ten. Following that meeting, mrjohnson will head to the house of commons to address mps for the first time as Prime Minister. Our political correspondent, jessica parker, reports on a day of resignations, sackings and promotions. A civilised start, meeting with the queen. Then to downing street, taking his place in thejob he has wanted for so long. I have just been to see her majesty the queen, who has invited me to form a government, and i have accepted. But to boos outside, borisjohnson was about to get ruthless. Some were sacked and some quit, but more than half of the old cabinet gone, including his leadership rival, jeremy hunt, who will now have to sweat it out from the backbenches. Promoted this is the uks new chancellor. Brought in a new home secretary, leader of the house of commons, and foreign secretary. The most important thing is to get out of the eu by the end of october, preferably with a deal. Surveying the scene, he hasnt rearranged the cabinet, he has overhauled it, trying to forge a Team Dedicated to that brexit deadline. I think it is really important that people who are appointed have signed up to leaving the eu by the 31st of october. We have already had too much limbo. She was blamed for that limbo, although there was applause for the outgoing pm, and as he takes residence in number ten, applause for him too, but there is no shaking off the huge challenge ahead. Jessica parker, bbc news. Our assistant political editor, norman smith is at downing street for us now, where that Cabinet Meeting is taking place. Good morning norman. First of all, why has there been this huge reshuffle 7 why has there been this huge reshuffle . Because Boris Johnson wa nts to reshuffle . Because Boris Johnson wants to launch a three Month Campaign to get us out of the eu by october 31st. And so he has created in effect, a do or die cabinet, where every Single Member is publicly committed and signed up to the policy of quitting, no ifs, no buts, come what may by october 31st. Notjust hard line brexiteer, former remainers like amber rudd, they are sign odd up to the policy. Central to that campaign has been mr johnsons decision basically to reassembly the old Vote Leave Campaign, the stalwarts of the brexit referendum. The war house horses have been brought back in the back room jobs if you look at the press tea m, back room jobs if you look at the press team, some of the policy team, its the old Vote Leave Campaign being brought back together, because i think being brought back together, because ithink mr being brought back together, because i think mrjohnson knows he has to deliver by october 31st, and if he doesnt, it may well be goodbye, farewell, to his premiership. Let us ta ke farewell, to his premiership. Let us take you through some the big name appointments. Sajid javid. Former home secretary, moved across to the treasury, to take over as chancellor. He will be the man responsible for coming up with the sort of economic measures to help the economy, tick over in the event of no deal. Priti patel is brought back from the political wilderness after she was sacked by theresa may, for the key post of home secretary. Now that suggests there will be a much tougher line on law and order because priti patel has always been at the hawkish end of crime and punishment. Elsewhere, we see dominic raab being brought in to the Foreign Office, former brexit secretary, the Foreign Office has a lwa ys secretary, the Foreign Office has always been regard as a redoubt of remain, now they have an out and out brexiteer at the top. Michael gove, given the key post of in effect minister for given the key post of in effect ministerfor no deal. His given the key post of in effect minister for no deal. His task will be to make sure we are ready to quit, come what may by october 31st. Elsewhere matt hancock, a supporter of borisjohnson after he quit the race, he stays at health and social care, he will be responsible for deliver tong changes which mr johnson say he wans to see to end the social care crisis. Driving on the. Gavin williamson delivered from disgrace after he was booted out after leaking from the National Security council. She back in cabinet at education, finally, Jacob Rees Mogg, the Brexiteers Brexiteer is made leader of the house. He will be the man who will have to manage a hostile house of commons and quite possibly go toe to toe with speaker be co. This morning one of those bercow. The attorney general geoffrey cox was asked as he left for this morns meeting was that no deal cabinet . For this morns meeting was that nodeal cabinet . Yes. Well leave on sist october. Nodeal cabinet . Yes. Well leave on 31st october. What is top of the agenda sir . I think we will be revealing the situation generally and the issue of brexit, but make no mistake, this government is committed to leaving the European Union. Now one of the names we havent mentioned is that of dominic cummings. He is not a politician, he is not in the cabinet but he is as important as anyone sitting round that cabinet table. He is the mastermind, the brains for Boris Johnsons three Month Campaign to quit the eu, as he was during the Vote Leave Campaign. He was the person who pulled together the whole campaign, and gave it its impetus and drive and strategy. A maverick, someone and drive and strategy. A maverick, someone who doesnt mind putting noses out ofjoint. What it tells us, i think, noses out ofjoint. What it tells us, ithink, is noses out ofjoint. What it tells us, i think, is that mrjohnson is prepared to shake things up in his campaign to get us out of the eu. Joining me now from westminster is the former conservative party leader and dung dung dung. Is this pick up on what norman was saying is that no deal cabinet do you any . on what norman was saying is that nodeal cabinet do you any . I think it is best described as a leave by the 31st october cabinet, of which the 31st october cabinet, of which the stream of work that needs to ta ke the stream of work that needs to take place, preparing for departure without a deal is a critical component, but obviously, they would like to reach some arrangement with the eu, not the Withdrawal Agreement as it stands, that is dead, boris has had that clearly, but there are other arrangements that can be made, to, so both eu and the uk depart in a managed way, and dont end up with ta riffs a managed way, and dont end up with tariffs and rows going on after. That is feasible. You dont get one without the other and the other is you have to prepare for no deal brexit, you have to prepare to leave. There are lots of mini deal, the no deal is a terrible phrase. Lots of mini deals in existence to get various things done, there are i7 already, things liked me sins and landing rights, those deals are already pretty much agreed and need to be ratified and there are more to be done. It is not no deal in the sense you walk away and never speak teach other again, it is managing that process which is critical. But as potentially no deal as compared toa as potentially no deal as compared to a much closer relationship, isnt it. Well, it depends what you mean. Withdrawal agreement was a bad deal, because it would have locked us into the eu as a rule take for a considerable amount of time, with no real absolute assurance that we would have ever have left that authority. Now that was not what the british people voted for when they said leave. What they meant is you are not under the European Court of justice take back control, all of that meant that that died after the third time of being voted down. That is still the only deal in town really as far as the eu is concerned, isnt it. We havent really heard any serious suggestions from the eu that the there could be a significant renegotiation of the deal that theresa may was trying to get through. And i dont think a significant renegotiation of the deal by the way is going to happen. By deal by the way is going to happen. By no means do i think that to be the case, i think that the eu has decided that by and large this deal is what they themselves like, so they probably wont want to deeply renegotiate this, which is why i dont think it is worth wasting time, why dont we have a big renegotiation, the key thing is what they should be talking to them about is ok, you accept now you should accept that we are leaving, by the sist accept that we are leaving, by the 31st october. So what we want to know from you, the eu, and you should know from us, is what does that look like as we go out, and how do we then minimise any of the impacts to businesses on both sides of the channel, and to individuals too . That means that reaching agreement as we head towards free trade, which is the objective of the borisjohnson government, trade, which is the objective of the Boris Johnson government, but trade, which is the objective of the borisjohnson government, but the in between bit about stabilisation, stand stills on things like tariffs etc, which are feasible, these things need to be thrashed out with the eu so there is an arrangement. When borisjohnson spoke after winning the leadership contest, he talked a lot about unity, didnt he. Do you think that the make up of the cabinet, heavily weighted as it is to brexiteers is the sort of cabinet thatis to brexiteers is the sort of cabinet that is going to deliver the unity he talked about . Well, i think the cabinet will be united. No question. Of course, nobody is glossing over the fact that there are people in the fact that there are people in the conservative party, there are in all parties, everyone is divided over these issues, there are people in the conservative party who dont believe that we should leave without a deal, and are deeply conearn sender about it. I dont have any problem with that. Concerned about it. The key question is the default mechanism for the uk right now it is law, it is already law, passed into law that we leave as adjusted now for 31st october. But you say if i may interrupt mr Iain Duncan Smith, there will be unity, you believe in the cabinet, but is there going to be o unity in the conservative party or will members of the conservative party seek to thwart the cabinet if it tries to push through a no deal brexit . I mean that is a distinct possibility isnt it . I was trying to explain that, before you interjected. It is law that we leave by the 31st octoberfull law that we leave by the 31st october full stop. Law that we leave by the 31st octoberfull stop. The law that we leave by the 31st october full stop. The article 50 comes to an end on 31st october. We are out. That is European Union law by the way and we have embodied and enshrined that date in uk law. U nless enshrined that date in uk law. Unless that lay, that date is changed, that law, it would have to be changed by legislation no matter what happens, we are leaving. So that is the key question, so now, the only thing that would create a problem, i say the only thing, there are problem, i say the only thing, there a re lots of problem, i say the only thing, there are lots of things, the biggest thing is if there was a vote of confidence. It is up to my collea g u es confidence. It is up to my colleagues in parliament whether or not they support their government, it is almost unheard of to vote against your government, in a vote of confidence, because the subsequent election therefore means that you run a risk at this stage of putting the other side in, in this case Jeremy Corbyn putting the other side in, in this caseJeremy Corbyn and his marxists so caseJeremy Corbyn and his marxists so the idea is they face big pressure, all i can say is right now, the law is that we leave by sist now, the law is that we leave by 31st october, and we would like to getan 31st october, and we would like to get an arrangement, but if we dont thatis get an arrangement, but if we dont that is the law. As you say we are in in extraordinary political time, briefly, finally, having run Boris Johnsons Leadership Campaign what is next for you . Well, i was asked by boris to come in and get the second phase running, which we did, brought some people in, and i think the result speak for itself, two thirds of the party voted for him. I am happy with that, i stepped away towards the end of last week when it was clear the campaign was over. I am very happy to get on campaigning to ensure that we leave the European Union, on that date, because if we dont i have said to my colleagues all this rowing just ceases to be of any importance at all. Disappointed not to be in this cabinet . Not in the slightest bit. I never asked to be in the cabinet. I have done six yea rs be in the cabinet. I have done six years in cabinet. I was leader of the conservative party, i head up an organisation called the centre for socialjustice was voted think than thank of the year by prospect magazine. I am thank of the year by prospect magazine. Iam not thank of the year by prospect magazine. I am not in the slightest bit bothered about that, i never asked for it, but i know what i had hoped for was that borisjohnson would be focussed on leaving, because it is the indecision round this which is causing the problem, it is not leaving, it is business is not knowing whether we are leaving oi not knowing whether we are leaving or not which is causing the back of investment. Money will come through once we leave, because they will know what they are investing in and why. That is the key element. Iain duncan smith, thank you very much. Pleasure. Joining me now from westminster is alex dawson, a former downing street adviser during theresa mays time. Thank you for speaking to us this morning. Just picking up on that subject of the balance in cabinet, very heavily weighted towards brexiteers it seem, described as a vote leave cabinet. Is that the sort of cabinet that you think can get thejob done that of cabinet that you think can get the job done that borisjohnson wa nts the job done that borisjohnson wants done or is that perhaps lack of balance, arguably going to make it harder . I think they would argue it harder . I think they would argue it would be a clean break cabinet for a clean break brexit. Why it has the advantage of is it is a cabinet built round a specific interpretation. Leave on 31st october, the problem is not necessarily going to be disloyalty in the cabinet and disloyalty to borisjohnson in the cabinet and disloyalty to Boris Johnson and leadership manoeuvring, the difficulty will be trying to leave it through, first negotiated of the European Union. Then getting it through parliament, where you have got individuals like philip hammond, david gauke, who are happy to work with the potentially labour opposition to frustrate that sist labour opposition to frustrate that 31st date if there is a no deal. Labour opposition to frustrate that 31st date if there is a nodeal. And alex, as we speak, i think we can show our viewers the first images from inside the cab neating, going on in downing street. There we go. Boris johnsons first full day as testimony and his first Cabinet Meeting kicking off business first thing this morning. I think we have just this, this one image to show at the moment. I am sure more will emerge. Looking again at this cabinet, alex, do you think this is also a cabinet that borisjohnson has put together, with an eye to a potential general election, and with an eye to winning back voters who have been persuaded to vote for example for the brexit party . Yes, undoubtedly, if you look at his speech on the steps of downing street it was about brexit and exit by 31st october which is a clear pitch to voters who left the conservative party for the brexit party, but also, there is a strong dose of economic populism in there, in terms of extra spending, tax cuts and leaving aside a lot the arguments from austerity that we had over the last decade or so from the conservative party. They will look to figures like robertjenrick as individuals who will be able to sell a programme one nation and elementments of social justice, calibrated if not necessarily going to the country before brexit, but after brexit. There a deal of focus on the deadline

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