hello and welcome. pressure has intensified on the british prime minister, liz truss, following the resignation of a senior minister and chaos in parliament. on wednesday evening, opposition mps said they saw some members of the conservative party being physically manhandled into supporting the government in a key vote. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, used her resignation letter to criticise the prime minister, who has only been in office for six weeks. our political correspondent ione wells reports. another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it’s sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it s a turbulent her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time for her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time for the - turbulent time for the government but the most important thing is to make sure people in this country know they have secu
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
testing supply lines. with most bridges blown, ukraine s had to rely on amphibious vehicles and boats to keep feeding the front line. they ve only just completed the construction of this crossing. and there are other obstacles too countless russian minefields that need to be cleared. ukraine is still advancing, but it s getting harder. explosion jonathan beale, bbc news, donbas. jonathan beale reporting on the turmoil in ukraine. more on tonight s main story the turmoil at westminster. we rejoin our political editor chris mason. we know there have been gatherings of mps in the evening, do we have any of what tomorrow might bring? we have any of what tomorrow might brin: ? ., . we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? ., , , we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? . , , , bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove nylon - chaos will now prove nylon impo
i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. fix, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from - our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from one l prime minister flailing from one crisis to the next, and a big, blunt question tonight is this a government in its death spiral? is this your last prime minister s questions? earlier, the prime minister had been fighting off renewed demands to step down after the collapse of the mini budget. economic credibility, gone. and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he s gone as well. they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. sneers m
some small arms fire probably from a russian scouting party so they have been telling us to get out of here back to the main headquarters. and how a tree farm in scotland could be the key to tackling climate change and biodiversity. hello and welcome to the programme: it s been another day of unrelenting chaos for the british prime minister liz truss and her government. it was just after 4 pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of suella braverman, the home secretary. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public containing sweeping criticism of the government. there were also angry scenes in the commons where senior ministers were accused of manhandling tory mps to make sure they backed the government in a test of loyalty. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest