is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened has shifted in the past few days yesterday it said mrjohnson was aware of some allegations which were either resolved or not part of a formal complaint this was before he appointed mr pincher as deputy chief whip. but in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner lord mcdonald, the former permanent secretary at the foreign office said the account given by no 10 was not true . mr pincher was suspended as a conservative party mp last week over allegations of sexual misconduct. 0ur political correspondent
Involving mr pincher when he was given thejob in february. but yesterday, downing street said borisjohnson was aware of some allegations that were either resolved or did not turn into a formal complaint. lord mcdonald s intervention contradicts that claim and some of borisjohnson s own backbenchers are exasperated. it does appear that ministers of the crown have been lied to by people in downing street before being sent out onto the media. i call the deputy- leader, angela ranger. in the commons this lunchtime, labour said this was all about borisjohnson s judgment. what message, mr speaker, does this send about the standards of this government and what they set? what message does this send to the british people facing a cost of living crisis while their government is paralysed with scandal? when will this minister stop
Before yesterday, so why were they not telling ministers that yesterday? has there been any explanation from downing street? hat explanation from downing street? not reall . explanation from downing street? iirrt really. the explanation given in the light of our reporting overnight and this morning, that there was indeed a formal complaint against chris pincher which was pursued and upheld, the explanation was given that that was resolved and yesterday downing street said the prime minister was aware of complaints that were either resolved or did not come to anything, and the word resolved is an interesting one to use and you can draw your own conclusions about what that implies. but ministers detail a site, ministers have had to go out ministers, details aside, they ve had to go out and give lines which
A public inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man during a foiled prison break has found that he was lawfully killed . 28 year old jermaine baker died while trying to free an inmate from a prison van in north london in december 2015. a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher directly contradicting the account from downing street. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions amid the worst drought in 70 years. several municipalities have already announced water rationing. the affected areas include