should chinese telecoms giant huawei be allowed an integral role in the sg networks of other countries? senior cabinet ministers have urged the conservative party to unite after it suffered its worst english local election results for 25 years. more than 1,300 tories councillors lost their seats in thursday s vote prompting further calls for theresa may to step down as prime minister. the labour party also suffered losses, but there were big gains for the lib dems, the greens and many independents. our political correspondent nick eardley gave us his assessment of these election losses for the conservatives. the scale of the conservative losses was considerably more than many thought. we had heard predictions up toa thought. we had heard predictions up to a 1000, it went considerably beyond that to 1300, and i think they are bruised this morning. they are desperate to try and find something that avoids another kicking in the european elections which happen in just kicking i
it might benefit uk farms. senior cabinet ministers have urged the conservative party to unite after it suffered its worst english local election results for 25 years. more than 1,300 tory councillors lost their seats in thursday s vote prompting further calls for theresa may to step down as prime minister. the labour party also suffered losses, but there were big gains for the lib dems, the greens and many independents. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, gave us his assessment of the election losses for the conservatives. the scale of the conservative losses was considerably more than many thought. we had heard predictions up to a 1000, it went considerably beyond that to 1300, and i think they are bruised this morning. they are desperate to try and find something that avoids another kicking in the european elections which happen injust three weeks‘ time. the big question for the conservatives is how they find a solution to the brexit impasse. that is what they a
reviewers are ben chu, economics editor at the independent, and sian griffiths, education editor for the sunday times. good morning. the prime minister has said a failure to deliver brexit would be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy. writing in the sunday express, the prime minister has urged mps to back her brexit deal in tuesday s crucial commons vote. many of the other sunday papers are dominated by reports of plots and splits around brexit, with the sunday times, for example, saying that downing street has uncovered a plan by back bench mps to take control of the brexit process if mrs may loses the vote on her deal. with me is our political correspondent susana mendonca. thank you grew much forjoining us. just two days to go. all the papers today. and stories about the plot and divisions, saw very little sign theresa may is going to get to deal through but he has issued this last minute plea. through but he has issued this last-minute plea.
the prime minister has pleaded with mps to back her brexit deal in this week s crucial commons vote warning that a failure to deliver brexit would be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust. it comes as downing street expressed concern that mps could thwart brexit by changing parliamentary rules to dicate the next steps in the process if tuesday s vote is lost. our political correspodnent susana mendonca reports. it s crunch week for theresa may s brexit deal. the vote which she put off last month to buy her more time will happen in just two days, and with her government again heading for a defeat the prime minister has been trying to win over her back benchers. writing in the sunday express, she urged mps to back her deal, warning that if parliament stopped brexit it would be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy. rumours have been brewing about plots by backbenchers to seize control of parliamentary business, if the government loses t
the first ever women s trophy at the prestigious awards, but there s controversy as the lyon star and norway international is asked to twerk on stage. and at 11:30 we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the guardian s political correspondent jessica elgot and the telegraph s brexit editor dia chakravarty stay with us for that. good evening. sir david attenborough has told a un conference that climate change is humanity s greatest threat for thousands of years. he was speaking at the opening ceremony of climate talks in poland. he said climate change could lead to the collapse of civilisations, and the extinction of much of the natural world. our science editor david shukman reports. it s been a year of deadly fires and record heat. and also, new warnings from scientists about the dangers of living in a world of rising temperatures, with the risk of many more scenes like this. a social media campaign has gathered voices from around the world, call