At the week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up more questions for Borisjohnson Over who paid for the revamp of his downing Street Flat. Dont the brItish people deserve a Prime Minister they can trust and a government that isnt mired in sleaze, Cronyism And Scandal . But the Prime Minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that i paid for downing Street Refurbishment personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme fresh demands by help for india as It struggles wIth Its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of Fire Safety Work being passed on to leaseholders. Here we are today, wIth perhaps A Million of our fellow cItizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. But first, Its been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fItted the inItial bill for the revamp of the Prime Ministers downing Street Flat has Daubed Borisjohnson all week. The news that the Election Watchdog was launching a formal enq
Borisjohnson and his fiancee, carrie symonds, carried out renovations on their private residence above number 11. The total cost of the works isnt known, but Its reported to be well above the annual Public Grant of £30,000 that is available to spend on the flat. Before turning to that row, Sir Keir Starmer brought up another embarrassing headline Comments Borisjohnson is said to have made ahead of imposing a second lockdown in england. Mr speaker, It was reported this week, including in the daily mail, the bbc, and Itv, backed up by numerous sources, that at The End of october, the Prime Minister said he would rather have, i quote, Bodies Piled High than implement another lockdown. Can the Prime Minister tell the house categorically, yes or no, did he make those remarks or remarks to that effect . Prime minister. No, mrspeaker. And, i think what i think the right honourable gentleman is a lawyer, i am given to understand, and i think that if hes going to repeat allegations like that,
by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, charles iii. new details on the queen s state funeral it will be held in westminster abbey on monday 19 september king charles approved the day as a public holiday. a surprise show of unity as the prince and princess of wales arejoined by prince harry and meghan at windsor castle. attending a church service. and in other news ukraine says it has retaken several key towns and cities in the north and east as its offensive against russian forces gathers pace. it has been confirmed that queen elizabeth s funeral will take place on september the nineteenth. her body will lie in state in westminster hall for four days before the service to allow the public to pay their respects. earlier, king charles was formally proclaimed as the new monarch at a ceremony in london. he said he would strive to follow the inspiring example of his late mother. he told the accession council at
the accession council, televised, as we saw. the importance of that is it is an important part in establishing his reign and an opportunity to pledge himself to constitutional government and a good place to do it in front of all the main political figures in the land. in front of all the main political figures in the land. many thanks. members of figures in the land. many thanks. members of the figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet - figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet have - figures in the land. many thanks. | members of the cabinet have had figures in the land. many thanks. i members of the cabinet have had an audience with king charles after he was formally proclaimed monarchy in succession to the late queen. liz truss took her senior ministers to buckingham palace to be received by the new sovereign for the first time. he spent time with opposition parties, including sir keir starmer. chris mason is at buckingham palace. this is
morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm