hello. rishi sunak has hit back at borisjohnson in the ongoing row over the former prime minister s resignation honours list. he says mrjohnson asked him to do something he wasn t prepared to do, and overrule the panel tasked with vetting his nominees for the house of lords. meanwhile, the investigation into whether mrjohnson misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street is expected to conclude today. mps will meet to finish their inquiry and decide when their report should be published. with the latest, here s our political correspondent, helen catt. borisjohnson may boris johnson may be borisjohnson may be leaving the house of commons, but the row over who he has been stopped from sending to the lords is getting increasingly bitter. irate to the lords is getting increasingly bitter. ~ ., ., , , , bitter. we have grappled with these thins in bitter. we have grappled with these things in the bitter. we have grappled with these things in the past. bitter.
Mr sunak of not telling the truth, of blocking peerages by acting too slowly and dragging their feet over some of the cheques that need to be done to make sure these things go through. there is a battle to be believed going on here between mr sunak and mrjohnson. i have been chatting to tory mps this morning and as one backbencher put it, he thought it was far more likely that tory mps would side with the boss, side with mr sunak when it came to accounts of who said what in a private meeting. but there is something bigger going on as well here, clive. most of westminster had been moving on from some of the psychodrama that dominated the conservative party last year that brought down prime minister and essentially ground the party to a halt. it seems to me that boris johnson is more than happy to play his part in bringing that psychodrama back, and that has got to make rishi sunak at least a bit nervous. w . , to make rishi sunak at least a bit nervous. w ., , ., nervous. nick eardley
Meanwhile, the inquiry into whether mrjohnson misled parliament over lockdown parties at no 10 concludes today. also this lunchtime. an 11 year old girl from a british family has been shot dead while playing in her garden in france. the flamboyant and controversial former prime minister of italy, silvio berlusconi, has died. he was 86. and a very special wedding anniversary, a 75th for this happy couple in south west london. we just clicked. we re so natural together. we never noticed the years. and coming up on bbc news, manchester city gear up for their treble trophy parade, with thousands of fans expected following their champions league triumph this weekend in istanbul.
Should go as a party. i think that isn t somewhere we should go as a party. there is more to come. should go as a party. there is more to come- the should go as a party. there is more to come. the privileges should go as a party. there is more to come. the privileges committee| should go as a party. there is more l to come. the privileges committee is meeting today to finalise its report on partygate which prompted mr johnson s resignation. we are expecting that to be published within days. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is at westminster. it s interesting that mr sunak was so direct in relating his version of events in relation to that conversation with mrjohnson? isn’t conversation with mrjohnson? isn t it ust, conversation with mrjohnson? isn t itjust. clive? conversation with mrjohnson? isn t itjust, clive? since conversation with mrjohnson? isn t itjust, clive? since rishi sunak became prime minister, he has often go