Of reassurance to eu leaders, saying that his country remains committed to continued cooperation. And what a night ahead for non League Sutton united, as they host premier League Giants arsenal in the fa cup. Its five oclock, our main story members of the House Of Lords have begun debating the legislation that will allow the government to begin the process of withdrawing the uk from the European Union. In a mark of the significance of the debate, theresa may was present. The leader of the house, baroness evans, said she was confident the lords would not ignore the result of the referendum and the vote in the commons. Joining me from the House Of Commons lobby is our Political Correspondent leila nathoo. 100 peers want to talk, what have we been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hear from been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hearfrom peers, a range of views this afternoon, both supporters and opponents of brexit and the governments plans and strategy fo
there was no need to wait for the report into a series of alleged rule breaking events. the conservative party chairman said today that the culture in number 10 should be addressed. here s our political correspondent nick eardley. a prime minister under pressure over what went on in here. were covid rules broken in downing street? how often did staff drink late into the night while the country was locked down, and can boris johnson survive? labour s leader has made his mind up. i think it s pretty obvious what s happened. there s industrial scale partying been going on at downing street. not much of it is really denied, and i think that the public have made up their mind. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think the prime minister broke the law. i think he then lied about what had happened. mr speaker, i want to apologise. the prime minister has admitted he attended one drinks gathering at a time when socialising was extremely limited. that left many of his mps furious.
conservatives have been on the back foot over lobbying scandals the opposition labour party has been gaining ground in recent polls. labour today set out to seize the initiative on that issue, of mps standards whilst, at the same time its leader, sir keir starmer, also embarked on a reshuffle of his top team. it didn t go entirely to plan. the labour party chose this week to announce its plan to clean up politics . and its deputy leader angela rayner who would deliver the plan in a speech. it was a chance to apply pressure on borisjohnson. but labour s leader had other plans too. here s the times telling us: emboldened sir keir starmer plots labour shadow cabinet reshuffle . the story went on. starmer may seek to get angela rayner on board before making any changes . bear in mind earlier in the year angela rayner refused to be moved in a reshuffle after labour lost a by election in hartlepool. and angela rayner was asked about this new reshuffle on times radio s breakfast show.
have done, and we have done, but i do feel they should have done the same as us. labour s leader was critical, too. the only reason he has u turned on this is because he has been busted. it is like bank robbers who got caught and now they are offering the money back. one rule for them, another for everyone else. it is contemptuous of the british public. this has been a pretty messy start to a week where government communication is going to be key. most legal restrictions will be lifted in england tomorrow, but ministers don t want this to be a free for all. they will still be urging caution and for people to behave responsibly. in leeds today, people were making the most of the weather, but with more freedoms comes risk. the government expects cases to rise in the coming weeks, but how high? i think it is almost certain we will get to 1,000 hospitalisations per day. it will almost certainly get to 100,000 cases a day. the real question is, do we get
which allows participants to keep working if they do a daily test. a cabinet minister was sent out to defend the plan. it ensures that the pm, the chancellor can conduct the most essential business but at other times of the day. they won t be mixing with people outside of their own households. there was criticism from politicians and businesses who face significant disruption. and less than an hour later, the government backed down. in york today, sympathy was in short supply. it was sort of comical, the fact that it was boris and rishi. it was, wasn t it? everyone is thinking the same. you have got a bit of common sense and everyone is thinking, right, well, they have done thatjust for themselves so they don t have to self isolate. we ve all done everything we should have done, and we have done, but i do feel they should have done the same as us. labour s leader was critical, too. the only reason he has u turned on this is because he has been busted. it is like bank robbers