is that as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff i think matters to people. ukraine s president zelensky visits frontline troops in the donbas as the uk announces it will supply long range missiles to the country. are the world s promises to reduce carbon emissions being kept? we look at the pledges more than 6 months on from the cop26 summit in glasgow. hello and welcome. britain s prime minister borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party. the vote was triggered after over 54 conservative mps wrote letters calling for him to be removed. under the current rules mrjohnson can t be challenged for another year. but the result may not be decisive enough to restore his authority. in a secret ballot, 211 conservative mps voted to support borisjohnson. 148 cast their ballot against him. our first report tonight is from our political editor chris mason. after months of awkward questions for boris johnson, weeks of mou
for theresa may s minority government, mps will vote on the queen s speech later. in half an hour s time the culture and media secretary will announce whether 21st century fox will be allowed to takeover sky. the deal would give rupert murdoch total control of the broadcaster. and dame katherine grainger, the incoming chair of uk sport, says she has huge concerns about athlete welfare . i think there is huge concerns, without a doubt, no one is pretending there isn t. good morning. it s thursday 29th july. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a retired court of appealjudge, sir martin moore bick, will be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they don t expect to be able to confirm the final number for at least another six months. this morning the prime minister theresa may released a statement on the appointment of sir martin moore bick to
in yemen is out of control, with over 300,000 people affected. the country has been racked by civil war and an intervention by saudi led forces for the past two years. as a result, government health services have collapsed. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly because he was unhappy with president donald trump s appointment of a new communications director. the new appointee, anthony scaramucci, a former wall street financier, denied there had been tensions over his appointment. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has suspended all official contact with israel, as the crisis grows over additional security measures in the old city ofjerusalem. three palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli security forces. three israelis have been stabbed to death in a west bank settlement. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions be
to the week in parliament. on this programme, the last prime minister s questions before the summer recess seesjeremy corbyn and theresa may going to battle on some familiar themes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created the national living wage. that was the biggest pay increase for people on lowest incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break, we ask three experts what we have learnt from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it s bringing forward the date when the state pension age will rise to 68. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come, whilst also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first, there was a rowdy end of term sort of feel to the last prime minister s questions before recess. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn focused on low pay, but began by highlighting splits at the top of the
saying some senior ministers were briefing against him because they didn t like his views on brexit. that had followed press stories featuring comments he d reportedly made during a cabinet meeting. remarksjeremy corbyn seized on. mr speaker, the chancellor said this week that some public services servants are overpaid. given the prime minister has had to administer a slap down to her squabbling cabinet, does she think the chancellor was actually talking about her own ministers? i recognise, as i said when i stood on the steps of downing street a year ago, that there are some people our country who are just about managing. they find life a struggle. that actually covers people who are working in the public sector and some people who are working in the private sector. and that s why it s important that the government is taking steps for example, to help those on lowest incomes through the national living wage. it s why we have taken millions of people out of paying income ta