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a majority, will have to vote against the prime minister if he is to leave office. but this morning, ministers stand behind him. i think that he will deliver for this country, - and i think it would go on to win a general election. the prime minister says he welcomes the opportunity to make his case to mps. within the last hour, it s been confirmed that the prime minister, borisjohnson, will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party. that vote will take place between six and eight o clock this evening. there ll be a count straight away, with the result expected shortly afterwards. only conservative mps will take part, and it will be a secret ballot held in one of the party s committee rooms. the vote has been triggered by a threshold being met of at least 5a mps writing to sir graham brady, who chairs the backbench 1922 committee, saying they no longer have confidence in mrjohnson s leadership. conservative mps began to turn against the prime min ....
but at least 180 conservative mps, a majority, will have to vote against the prime minister, if he s to leave office. several cabinet ministers have said they ll stand behind him. i think that he will deliver. for this country, and i think he would go on to win a general election. i the prime minister says he welcomes the opportunity to make his case to mps . and in other news britain says it ll send long range rocket launchers to ukraine. russia s president putin responds by threatening to attack new targets. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s been confirmed that the prime minister borisjohnson will face a vote of confidence today in his leadership of the conservative party. that vote will take place between six and eight o clock this evening: there ll be a count straightaway, with the result expected shortly afterwards. only conservative mps will take part the vote s been triggered by a threshold being met of at least 5a mps writin ....
if the west supplies long range weapons. a public inquiry into allegations of abuse at a hospital for vulnerable adults in county antrim is getting under way in belfast. the chaos for travellers continues, with more cancelled flights announced today. and coming up on the bbc news channel, five more new faces in the england rugby camp, whilejonny may earns a recall ahead of next month s tour of australia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from downing street. sounds like a protest has struck up at the sounds like a protest has struck up at the gates, there was booing a few moments at the gates, there was booing a few moments ago, white, not entirely clear moments ago, white, not entirely clear who moments ago, white, not entirely clear who that was aimed at. this evening, borisjohnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as prime minister. it follows anger over sue gray s report ....
if he s to leave office. the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said he ll vote against the prime minister. i m victoria derbyshire, we are live on college green this afternoon in front of the palace of westminster. we will bring you the latest and get reaction from conservative mps to the vote this evening, and ask them how they are going to vote. wherever you are in the country, as a voter, let me know what you think about this confidence vote in the prime minister this evening. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister borisjohnson will tonight face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as party leader. it follows anger over sue gray s report detailing lockdown rule breaking in downing street. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire. thank you, rebecca. let s talk about the dramatic events of this morning. at about 6:30am my colleague helen catt ....
in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day ....