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 was o
the prime minister will announce tomorrow that the h52 line between birmingham and manchester will be scrapped. he s also set to lay out plans for billions of pounds of funding to improve east west rail, and local services. the labour mayor of manchester andy burnham says he tried to reach a compromise with levelling up secretary michael gove in a last ditch meeting this afternoon. mr burnham willjoin us live. also tonight. the home secretary made her pitch to the right wing of the party, with warnings of a hurricane of migration. the wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming. how did her language go down with colleagues? would you call it a hurricane? i would say it s a big problem. my language is different to her language. just like every politician is an individual. what do you think of her language? i think that she is trying to emphasise how important it is that we tackle som
we ll look at some presidential errors. also, unreal and overoptimistic. for the nhs and welfare state if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. that s the opinion of the former prime minister sirjohn major. and the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, we ll speak to the former greek finance minister yanis va roufakis. i m katty kay in washington christian fraser s in london. big increases in defence spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the state department that s what president trump wants from his first budget. he s promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history , and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9%. also today, the defence secretaryjim mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled islamic state group. this is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. we must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war, a
the academy award for best picture. oh you! come on. la la land. the team behind la la land had already started the victory speeches when the mistake was uncovered. this is not a joke. moonlight has won best picture. moonlight. best picture. a moment i will never forget. it has never happened in of the oscars. it was a little awkward! the british people are being offered an unreal and over optimistic vision of what brexit will look like, sirjohn major has warned. the former tory prime minister also called for more charm and a lot less cheap rhetoric from the uk government towards the rest of the eu. and he said the costs of leaving would be substa ntial and unpalatable . downing street said the government was determined to make a success of the uk s departure from the eu. sirjohn major warned. sirjohn major warned that the brexiteers had been overly optimistic about britain s future as i voted on the losing side in the referendum, i ve kept silent since lastjune. th