many restore the palace of westminster. ma ny voters restore the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, and an under reconstruction big bend, goodbye. good morning. if you think it's been hot enough already this summer, well, just wait for the next couple of days because it looks like it's going to turn even hotter. some spots could get to 36 degrees and that brings with it the chance of some thunderstorms and welcome rain and you can see from the satellite picture, a couple of different areas of low pressure spilling out into the atlantic as they approach our shores. we will eventually see some wet weather but ahead of that, drawing this very hot air up from the south. we start thursday morning in double digits just about wherever you are, parts of the south—east starting the day up around 20 degrees and as we go through the day, a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. more on the way of cloud spreading up from south. small chance we might break out the odd shower i

you worked for a number of years as the country of the westminster foundation for democracy what was the main area of your work. and it's first of all thank you very much for inviting to this your. book my work with this mr foundation for democracy was more focus on sporting unstinting parliamentary performances in pakistan and linking pakistani parliament with a u.k. parliament and your scottish parliament we were working a number of countries and we had been linking those parliamentary experiences between pakistani parliament and those parliament i'm a former board member of the west was the phone nation and i think it be true to say that across the political parties the board members were very concerned the wouldn't programs which would be seen as preaching to people or saying the the westminster system was was perfect and beyond reproach but rather to support the do you think. managed effectively in pakistan to get across the support idea with. being at the holier than thou than saying westminster the mother of parliaments was perfect the specifications experience in provoking in

some lost spaces of westminster are recreated. such is the attic of the old house of commons destroyed by fire in 183a. women for banned from the public area in this period. but the ones he was going on down well. women were wives, daughters and sisters of mps and they found their ways onto the attic space above the commons and they they could see through the ventilator by sticking to the holes of the ventilator and looking down into the commons chamber below. we have tried to recreate the ventilator here. how much could they hear from that high up? the university of york have acoustically modelled the ventilator space force and have recreated acoustically the saint stephen chamber below and put this at the ventilator above. the honourable member... the recordings have run it their acoustic model so it is the closest we can get to what it would have been like for the limit. you can hear reasonably well with a slight echo. no bill of this kind would be complete without. when women were let back into watch debates they were fenced i

the row spilt over into westminster. a series of commons votes on brexit meant debate on crucial issues returning powerfrom brussels to the scottish parliament was cut short tojust 18 minutes. at prime minister's questions the next day, the snp‘s westminster leader will be cowed. the people of scotland will not be disrespected by this parliament. mr speaker, under the circumstances, given the disrespect that's shown, i have got no option but to ask that this house now sits in private. a call for the house to sit in private is a way to disrupt business and to register a protest. it means that the public and the press galleries have to be completely cleared. it requires a vote and after some confusion, the speaker ruled that vote could be taken at the end of the session, not immediately in the middle of pmqs as ian blackford wanted. mr blackford objected noisily and john bercow wasn't having that. resume your seat, mr blackford, no. no, you're not moving anything! resume your seat! mr blackford continued to object. in li

charlie is in westminster. the final rescue operation to free the last of those young boys trapped in the cave in thailand is under way and we will get an update shortly. right now, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. some residents living near luton airport have dismissed a consultation into its expansion as meaningless. airport bosses say thousands of newjobs and hundreds of millions of pounds will be added to the regional economy if it expands. it wants to reach 38 million passengers by 2050 more than doubling capacity. but some living underneath the flightpath believe the consulation is no more than lip service. it says, "can you please rank for us the benefits of this expansion?" but nowhere on here can i see a way of saying, i don't think that is a benefit, i think it's a disbenefit to people in this area. there's nothing in here where it actually asks you the straight and honest question, "do you think luton airport should be further expanded ?

we are at westminster in london. washington correspondent kevin cirilli joins us after the moment last night of the nomination of a new supreme court justice. what will justice cap not, judge kavanagh do today? kevin: he is heading to capitol hill to meet with key lawmakers, including centrists republican lawmaker susan collins from maine who has said she will not be on board to support any cap candidate who disagrees with roe v. wade. the senate majority is so slim, mitch mcconnell wants to get this through in the 66 days or fewer that it took them to get judge gorsuch -- justice gorsuch through. with centrist democrats and republicans really questioning this, the margin of error is so small. it appears he has got the opening. i was quite taken by noah feldman of harvard law writing for bloomberg opinion who gave judge kavanagh a rave review as these nominations. >> everyone invited to the white house last night, including senators donnelly, height camp, heitkamp,ned -- and manchin declined their invitation. last ni

it spilled over into westminster. a series of votes on brexit meant debate on crucial issues about returning back to the parliament cut short to just 18 minutes. the prime minister's questions the next day westminster leader wheeled out an arcane parliament re procedure. >> the people will not be disrespected by this parliament. mr. speaker, given the --. [ yelling ] >> i have got no option at this house. [ yelling ] >> the house in private is a way to disrupt business. it means that the public and the press galleries have to be completely cleared. it requires a vote and after some confusion the speaker thinks that vote could be taken at the end of the session. not immediately in the middle of pmqs as black wanted. mr. black objected noisily and john wasn't having that. >> and then you'll see mr. black --. [ yelling ] >> mr. black continued to object. >> in light of the persistent and repeated refusal of the gentleman to resume his seat when so instructed, i order the right honorable gentleman to withdraw immediately

now it's time for westminster in review. hello and welcome to a hot and sultry westminster, where the temperature has been rising inside the chamber and out. coming up on this programme, government and opposition mps harangue ministers as the government grapples with the uk's exit from the european union. a strong, independent, self—governing britain that is genuinely open to the world. not the miserable, permanent limbo of chequers. theresa may insists she has a plan for a principled and practical brexit. but there is drama in the commons and the lords as the government faces a series of knife—edge votes. the ayes to the right, 301. the noes to the left, 307. also on this programme, ministers promise an end to what is called the hostile environment to immigrants in the wake of the windrush scandal. and as the government promises more money for england's nhs, the opposition asks, who's paying? her figures are so dodgy they belong on the side of a bus. we have consistently put extra money into the national health service.

bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. very feverish. how much trouble could the govenrment be in today? yes, tricky night and difficult time ahead as well. there was a feeling among pro—remain campaigners that they felt downing street had capitulated in the direction of brexiteers, in some of those votes last night, crucially in accepting some of the things that brexiteers had demanded. but this afternoon could be a role reversal. some former remain campaigners see an opportunity and they are confident to amend government legislation, which if they were to win would ensure the uk stayed in a customs union, if there wasn't a free—trade deal negotiated by january next year. the government is absolutely of the view that the uk will leave the customs union when we leave the eu. there is a separate argument going on at westminster which is when mps should pack their bags and disappear forever summer. there has a suggestion that the government working for that to happen sooner rather than later, thursday rather than next tuesday, to stop

now for a look at some of the other westminster news in brief. the dup's ian paisley made an emotional apology to the commons forfailing to register and declare two free trips to sri lanka in 2013. the family holidays, worth an estimated £50,000, were paid for by the sri lankan government. the commons standards committee recommended that mr paisley be suspended from the commons for 30 days. it is to my constituents, mr speaker, who have sat me here since 2010, that i make the profoundest of all apologies. they have honoured me with unwavering support to be their voice and i hope they will continue to have that confidence in me in the future. the brexit campaign group vote leave was fined more than £60,000 and referred to the police. the electoral commission said the organisation exceeded its spending limit by funnelling money through a pro—brexit youth group, breaking electoral law. in the commons, there was clear anger. i never thought i would see the day when a government minister would come to this house and seek to downplay one of the mos

let's go to westminster abbey. there has been a service to celebrate the centenary of the aria. —— the raaf. members of the royal family have attended the service as part of a day of events, princess ann and prince andrew, so a day of events to celebrate 100 years of the royal air force and it will culminate with a fly—past over buckingham palace later that will involve up to 100 aircraft. they represent the raf across the decades and will be involved in that fly— past and will be involved in that fly—past so that service at westminster abbey. let's bring in daniela ralph, who was at horse guards parade, surrounded by some of the aircraft that will be involved. tell us what the focus of this service has been. today was very much a showcase and a centrepiece of all those celebrations over the past month to mark the centenary. the westminster abbey service perhaps the more formal part of the day, senior members of the military, the royalfamily senior members of the military, the royal family led by the quee

the scottish national party reckons that the westminster government -- it spilled over to westminster. prime minister's questions the next day the snp's leader will doubt an arcane pulmonary procedure. >> we will not be disrespected. [indiscernible] a call from the house as a way to disrupt business. it means that the public in the press galleries have to be completely clear. confusion the speaker could be taken at the end of the session not immediately in the middle. [indiscernible] mr. blackford continue to object. refusal toe repeated resume in history -- seat one so instructed i order the gentleman to withdraw immediately from the remainder of the states setting. turned and march 20 exit. mpsment later the other snp followed him. later it was appeared to be a prearranged -- his party would tow parliamentary seizure protest against what he said was being ripped up as powers are repatriated from brussels. -- he s&p were angry theresa may was under pressure. and eu summit at the end of june after that came familiar weekend reports over brexit camera members. the prime minister would

now, it is time for westminster in the review. though welcome to a hot and sultry westminster where the temperature has been rising inside the chamber and out. coming up on this programme, covenant and opposition mps harangue ministers as the government grapples with the uk's expert from the eu. a strong, independent, self—governing britain but is generally open to the world. —— genuinely. not the permanent limbo of checkers. theresa may says she has a plan for a principle yet practical brexit. but there is u nrest practical brexit. but there is unrest in the commons and the laws. —— lords. unrest in the commons and the laws. -- lords. the eyes have it. also on this programme, ministers promised an end to what is called the hostile environment to immigrants in the wa ke environment to immigrants in the wake of the windrush scandal. and as the government promises more money for england's nhs, the opposition asks, who is paying? her figures are so asks, who is paying? her figures are so dodgy they belong on the side of the

several brexiteers here at westminster wa nt several brexiteers here at westminster want her to drop checkers as the new phrase has it. in about ten minutes i'll be talking to british government expert tony travers and we'll be talking, among other things, about whether this deal, this compromise will be the right compromise to satisfy british brexiteers, or whether they may feel, with borisjohnson, that their dream is dying. thank you so much for now, phillipa. will as phillipa mentioned, we will be back with her at westminster in about ten minutes. but, in the meantime, let's fill you in on some other stories today. donald trump has confirmed he is nominating brett kavanaugh as his pick for the us supreme court. he's a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. he is used to this high office. joining me now is david willis. he is our correspondent in washington. good to see you, david. tell us more about the choice. sally, judge brett kavanaugh was unveiled to

the scottish and westminster government weren't on the e.u. withdraw bill and what it would mean for devaluation. it meant that the westminster government was drafting a power draft for powers that were coming back into brussels. >> a series of common votes on brexit meant debates on crucial issues about returning power from brussels to the parliament was cut short to just 18 minutes. the next day the s.n.p. wheeled out an arcain parliamentary procedure. >> will not be disrespected by the -- mr. speaker, under the circumstances, given the best -- this no option left in house, to sit in private. >> a call for the house to go in private is a way to discuss business and register a process. it means that the press gallery has to be completely cleared. after some confusion, the speaker ruled that vote could be taken at the owned the session, not immediately in the middle of m.q.'s as ian blacksford wanted. wasn't having that. mr. blackford continued to object. >> in light of this persisted and repeated refusal of the right honorable gentleman to re

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tonight at ten we're at westminster — where borisjohnson has resigned as foreign secretary and launched a searing attack on theresa may's approach to brexit. in his letter of resignation — signed this evening — mrjohnson accuses the prime minister of seeking a brexit that would turn britain into a colony of the european union. it was the second senior resignation of the past 2a hours — after david davis stepped down as brexit secretary overnight. i was the person who had to present it, to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else and if i don't believe in it, then i won't do as good a job as someone who does believe in it. but the prime minister — under mounting political pressure, with her leadership being questioned — insisted she was taking the right approach for the country. this is the right brexit. leaving the eu on 29th march 2019. a com plete the eu on 29th march 2019. a complete end to free movement taking back control of our borders. we have a crisis in government — two secretary of states have resigned and still we're no clearer as to what our future re

the snp's westminster leader set out his case. and the conservatives have no mandate for the power grab on the scottish parliament. you can see the case as this. if scotland as the scottish people who are sovereign. i'm grateful to the right honourable gentleman for giving way. he has spoken about a power grab. if it is, why did his leader in scotland have to increase her cabinet from 16 to 26 because of all of the extra powers coming to holyrood according to nicola sturgeon? my goodness, we're talking about the sovereignty of the scottish people and that's what we get. i'm not even going dignify that. people right across scotland want power in scotland's hands. recent polling revealed an majority of scots trust holyrood to make decisions and areas that the tories want to grab for westminster. what honourable members opposite claim is that scotland is a partner of the united kingdom because they want scotland and the united kingdom to be separate things. they are not. scotland is part of the united kingdom, scotland is at the hear

we saw this week how the paper was fought over in westminster. well, here the eu has plenty of its own doubts and questions. but don't, if huw, expect any great drama out of brussels tomorrow. the eu has no intention of slamming the door on theresa may or her proposal. the eu feels that the brexit negotiations are far too delicate for that, with that threat of the no deal brexit scenario hanging in the air. our business editor simon jack is here. we heard there about some of the concerns in brussels — how would you characterise the concerns among british business? i would say these warnings are timely because it coincides with a week in which in the boardrooms of the uk there is no doubt that the chance of a no deal brexit has gone up. with westminster and some of the amendments we have seen, if back in december of last year there was an agreement that has a last resort, if we do not come to any agreement, in order to prevent a ha rd any agreement, in order to prevent a hard border in northern ireland, as a last resort we would keep a very clos

we'll have the latest on an extraordinary day at westminster. but first let's look back at how have events unfolded. just before midnight the first reports emerged that david davis the brexit secretary had resigned. then we heard junior brexit minister steve baker had also quit. at ten—thirty, downing street confirmed that housing minister and prominent leave campaigner dominic raab would be the new brexit secretary. then at three o clock downing street announced that boris johnson had resigned as foreign secretary. finally at three—thirty, the prime minister addressed the house of commons where she thanked mr davis and mrjohnson for their work, and defended the chequers brexit proposals. theresa may told mps that ministers were getting ready for every eventuality in the brexit negotiations. mr speaker, a responsible government must prepare for a range of potential outcomes including the possibility of dell deal. including the possibility of no deal and given the possibility of no deal and given the short period remaining before the short pe

so let's first head to westminster and our correspondent philippa thomas. she is looking ahead to the day, and we have just seen new cabinet members arriving at downing street. it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall? it would, we are looking particularly at dominic raab, who goes into the cabinet as brexit secretary. he was and is a brexiteer, he is also a trained business lawyer who has had stints 9535; legsé 855“ re; re? 534i brussels working with the eu and in brussels working with the eu and the world trade organisation, so he really should know his stuff. he will be at the helm of negotiations with michel barnier now. alsojeremy hunt becomes the new foreign secretary. he is interesting because he was a remainer during the campaign but afterwards, since, has said the country voted for brexit, i am now brexiteer. but it shifts the balance within cabinet is likely, perhaps towards what theresa may wa nts perhaps towards what theresa may wants which is, frankly, something ofa wants which is, frankly, something of a compromise between the hard a

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. in a stunning u—turn, president trump says he ‘misspoke' yesterday in his press conference with the russian president. he has come in for a storm of criticism from political friends and foes alike for supporting president putin's assertion that russia did not interfere in the us election over american intelligence's repeated assertions that he did. now president trump says he got his words wrong and meant the opposite. chris buckler has the latest from washington. with president trump, nothing comes without a little drama, even what some might regard as an apology. without a little drama, even what some might regard as an apologylj some might regard as an apology.” have full faith in our intelligence agencies. theyjust turned off the light, that must be the intelligence agencies! after so much outrage, he had little choice but to shed new light on what he said in helsinki. as the appeared to support vladimir putin's claimed that russia did not meddle in the american presidential

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent, alex forsyth is at westminster, now the dust is settling on an extraordinary 2a hours, allowing for the prime minister who received a polite reception from her colleagues on the 22 committee of backbenchers, where does this leave her? number 10 went swiftly to fill the vacancies of borisjohnson went swiftly to fill the vacancies of boris johnson and went swiftly to fill the vacancies of borisjohnson and david davis, and in doing that they will hope they can quickly shut the door on what's been quite a damaging and difficult day for theresa may, with all the turmoil that's gone on. beyond that what this does is entrenched the divisions that were already in the conservative party of the brexit, she might have resolved her immediate cabinet vacancies budget hasn't resolved how to bring her party together with different views. some of the supporters of theresa may have said today that this could do her a favour, saying that she won't tolerate dissent in the ca

more reactions at westminster. but stop tojohn redwood. work you surprised when you heard that he had gone? no. it was a bit surprising that nobody had resigned given the nature of the check a statement. the statement had all those excellent principles that i agree with but thenit principles that i agree with but then it had detail which contradicted the statements. it was very muddled and i was surprised they had signed it. what happens now? i hope the prime minister revisits the check a statement and realises it is not what the overwhelming majority of the party wa nt overwhelming majority of the party want and what voters want and adjust it. why not do more homework and have an offer that make sense? my suggestion is we offer a comprehensive free trade agreement. table that now and say to the eu, if you like this we will talk about it, if not we willjust leave. we are going to be under wto rules anyway. the issue is do we have a site trade agreement or not. they said they wanted, as the uk once, to work for even less friction and world

our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. hejoins us now. what he joins us now. what else can we expect theresa may to stay in this speech? i think the main thrust of the speech will be to say to michel barnier, in effect, through a megaphone diplomacy, that the prime minister has got this brexit blueprint agreed at chequers, she has lost two cabinet ministers over it. she will tell them to be flexible, not to nitpick but to actually be not much more flexible in its approach as well but she will reiterate that there is a red line about northern ireland. she will not leave northern ireland in the same rules as the republic, and create an internal customs border within the united kingdom, she said that something she wouldn't do and no british prime minister would, so she is making that very, very clear in a speech tomorrow. but to some extent she is still being overshadowed, somewhat, by problems at westminster, because when she was in northern ireland she was asked about the pairing row that is going on at westminster, and she said that the party chairman, brandon

as i see are very frantic atmosphere at westminster today with atmosphere at westminster today with a sense of things moving although no one is sure where they are moving. 0liver started late last night when david davis the brexit secretary resigned. that triggered, later on today as we know, the resignation of the foreign secretary, borisjohnson with all the talk of our potential leadership challenge. we will talk to laura kuenssberg later on about what the numbers are seeing on the conservative backbenchers. just to reca ptu re conservative backbenchers. just to recapture on the fast events, here is jonathan blake recapture on the fast events, here isjonathan blake our political correspondent. are you confident today, mr davis? for two years, david david has been the uk's man in brussels, leading the negotiations with the european union that would shape the uk's future outside it. but at the prime minister's country residence on friday, the drive in the last week in this white paper was primarily number 10, rather than my department. that's fair enough, it's not the first time that'

we are live at westminster with the very latest. turkey's president names his his son-in-law as economy minister and expand his control over the central bank. what it could mean for investors. and president trump takes to the supreme court, an opponent of government regulation. we will see what his position could mean for global business. and a look at what is happening at european benchmark's. stocks up for the sixth consecutive day, best

parliamentary union israel and westminster foundation for to malta sit and you'll continue to champion the cause of soft power as well yes i think it's extremely important it works behind the scenes but it's often what is effective and what works over the long term a member and some national delegations it should be a part of the particular residence when people find a member of parliament from scotland most definitely it's often the case that delegates will come up to me and say that they have a board already with scotland they've studied in scotland they've child in scotland perhaps a peanuts andras university aberdeen are possible they mention this. with scotland and they want to increase the bilateral relations which is really important for scotland both of them thank you very much. in the studio. coming up after the break we look from the theory of thought power to the practice and specifically tie these initiatives have impacted on the key commonwealth country of pakistan as we speak to on the run. with the then. it's hard to imagine the decades after the war a nazi don't tell wa

i am anna edwards live from westminster this morning. a beautiful daybreak over westminster. you see the pound a little weaker. the newspapers and london talk about a government in crisis. can't theresa may face down those challenges from within her own party -- can theresa may face down those challenges from within her own party? risk a bloomberg business flash from juliette saly. isiette: 20th century fox preparing a higher offer for comcast. themberg understand that move is likely to come around the time of the formal approval fox's bid.oval of elon musk is due to be in shanghai at an event with the government today as the u.s.-china trade were up and -- upends the world's largest market for vehicles. tesla has been working on setting up a production facility in china more than one year. world cup fever is boosting u.k. consumer spending on entertainment, barbecues, and televisions. consumer spending grew 5.1% in june. a separate report from the british retail consortium showed that sales gained an annual 1.1%. that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: thank you very m

on a sunday evenings are very busy monday, not just westminster that brussels as well. they will be looking to the uk to see what is happening next and david davis was the minister in charge of delivering britain's exit so theresa may will have to fill that gap pretty quickly so have to fill that gap pretty quickly so first of all, the timing is interesting and secondly, what she does next, people will really be watching both here and abroad. the assumption here is that both the position put forward by theresa may and the cabinet is unacceptable to those, i hate this phrase, hard brexiteers, those who really want to leave the eu and abandon many of the rules or restrictions of the eu. that's right. there are lots of issues on the table but things like free movement within the european union, things like trade policy, the role of the european court ofjustice within britain's laws. all those sort of big issues were thrashed out at chequers, the sort of country residence of the uk prime minister on friday. there is a sort of common rule book for goods going across the bord

so, how will these latest developments at westminster be viewed in brussels? christian fraser reports. the contrast between david davis and michel barnier could hardly have been starker. davis, with the breezy air of self—confidence, optimistic it would turn out well, in spite of the growing evidence to the contrary, versus barnier, a sticklerfor detail, methodical, irritated at the lack of british progress. it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start discussing our future relationship? there were criticisms of the brexit secretary's apparent lack of preparedness. last year, he appeared for a meeting with mr barnier with no notes or documents at all. but last month, it emerged that davis had spentjust four hours with michel barnier this year. to those paying close attention, the nitty—gritty of the job was being passed to a man in the background, senior civil servant 0lly robbins. 0nce part of david davis' team, he now reports directly to the prime minister. what david da

, i don't think they're westminster, i don't think they're westminster tea m westminster, i don't think they're westminster team particularly care whether or not there is a government up whether or not there is a government up and running in northern ireland because they have so much say and power that they probably think they can do more for themselves and their voters from westminster. nationalists feel left out of the brexit negotiations. northern ireland voted 56% to remain and yet the only people whose voices are being heard in the brexit negotiations are the dup who work ha rd negotiations are the dup who work hard brexit is. allison, thank you for speaking to us, security correspondent at the irish news. —— brexit —— brexiteers. if it's a four—fingered wafer covered in chocolate, then kit kat would tell you they own that design. the makers of kit kat, nestle, have been trying to trademark it for more than a decade, and rival cadbury has been fighting hard against. this morning, the european court ofjustice has handed downjudgment. fiona trott is at the nestle base in yo

let's cross to our chief politcal correspondent vicki young in westminster. while he was speaking, the prime minister in another part of westminster defending her brexit strategy? that was a scathing assessment of the policy and of the negotiating approach. what he was doing was articulating what dozens of conservative mp5 feel, that she has given away too much too early and she needs to go back to her previous position, and i think many will see that as a threat from boris johnson, saying there was still time to save brexit, to change tack. the question being, if she doesn't, what happens next? there are rumours going around this place that there are almost enough conservative mp5 willing to put in that letter to the 1922 committee which theresa may is about to address now, which would force a vote of no—confidence in her. that is all still speculation of course. theresa may absolutely sticking to her guns, no sign that she she is going to go back from her position, she thinks what she has put forward is the only workable solution, the only kind of deal th

you put them side by side, lancaster house said laws will once again be made in westminster. lancaster house said it would be wrong to comply with e.u. regulations without having a vote on what those rules and regulations are. chequors now makes us rules takers. lancaster house says we don't want anything that leaves us half in, half out, we do not see the -- [inaudible] as we leave. checkers says that we will remain in lock step on goods and agri foods and much more besides with disputes ultimately regulated by the european court of justice. far from making laws in westminster, there are large sectors in which ministers will have no power to administrative or even deviate. after decades in which u.k. ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly e.u. regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept every -- for our economic health with no say of our own and no way of protecting our businesses and entrepreneurs from rules now and in the future that may not be in their interests. my right honorable friend the chancellor was asked to identify the biggest si

in a day of extraordinary drama at westminster, the foreign secretary borisjohnson has become the second senior minister to resign from theresa may's government. his departure follows that of david davis as brexit secretary overnight. mrjohnson‘s resignation has fuelled serious speculation about the future of mrs may's leadership. today's events took place just three days after the prime minister secured a hard—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process.

lancaster house set laws that will be made in westminster. there will be an ongoing harmonization rule book. lancaster house said it would be wrong to comply with i rules and regulations without knowing what they are. they make us rules takers. lancaster house said we don't want anything leaving us half in and half out and hold on to. check est said we will remain on lock step with dispute ultimately adjudicated about the european court of justice. far making laws in westminster, there are large sectors which ministers will have no power to initiate, innovate or deviate. after decades in which u.k. ministers have gone to brussels and talked about costly i regulation, we are now claiming we must accept it for our economic health with no say of our own and no way of protecting our businesses and entrepreneurs from rules now and in the future that may not be in their interests. my right honorable friends, the chancellor was asked to identify the biggest single opportunity from brexit. after some thought, he said, regulatory innovation. well ther

bbc news, westminster. this is the scene in the commons — where the trade bill there is nothing happening there because they have completed the second of 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in central lobby for us. so far so good for theresa may but the big one is later. yes the votes are not the contentious one, the danger zone will come later in the evening, these are the amendments where there is significant backing of conservative mps, remember, this is really a numbers game for theresa may, it is all about whether there isa may, it is all about whether there is a critical mass of rebels on her own backbenches, who can ally with labour, ally with the snp, other opposition parties, to inflict a defeat. last fight they came pretty close, closer i think that many expected, certainly the snp, the lib dems had lost a couple of mps who didn‘t vote, so closer than than they were expecting last night. there were just throw votes in it on the two critical votes, the government did end up winning, but

westminster magistrates' court heard yonatan eyob claimed £81,000 in financial aid over a 12—month period. he'll be sentenced next month. he's the ninth person to have appeared in court charged with fraud following the grenfell fire. millions of people across england are unable to book an appointment with a gp outside of working hours — despite targets to offer extended access to doctors by october. analysis of official figures by the bbc shows that more than 5 million people — or 10% of registered patients — had no access to gps outside of normal working hours. more than a million people in india's north—east state of assam stand to be stripped of their citizenship after they were omitted from a list of recognised voters. india's hindu—nationalist government says they are merely trying to root out illegal migrants. but human rights campaigners believe the government is actually trying to disenfranchise, or even deport, assam's muslim minority.

i'm sure they are all desperate to leave westminster and get away for a bit but when they come back of course we're talking about what is happening within the conservative party and that has not even gone to the eu yet so what is the future still of that chequers plan, now amended, that now has to go to the eu, will it survive there? that has a lwa ys eu, will it survive there? that has always been the main point about these agreements in westminster, they look incredibly inward looking because as you say this is all about negotiating with the eu and we're here talking about internal divisions more than two years on from the referendum. over the plan to ta ke from the referendum. over the plan to take to brussels. ministers insist that the plan is intact despite the amendment that we had yesterday. they insist they do not change policies of the other wings of the party would beg to differ and say what has happened is a wrecking ball has been driven through that chequers agreement. what will happen over the summer, the plan was to ta ke over the summer, the plan was to take that white p

happens in a westminster bar or in the environs of westminster?” happens in a westminster bar or in the environs of westminster? i think this new system needs to be applied not just this new system needs to be applied notjust in this new system needs to be applied not just in parliament, this new system needs to be applied notjust in parliament, it needs to be applied beyond. many people tell me how they have been sexually harassed or assaulted by councillors or at the clp level. it is important that these proposals be applied not just to parliament, but also to political parties. political parties need to have an independent system. but if it's away from the working environment, does that not become a more grey area for the parliament authority to investigate? wouldn't the right thing be to go to the police? gender we have is with clerks were we have is with clerks were they often we have is with clerks were they ofte n ta ke we have is with clerks were they often take trips aboard with their committees we often have this problem but there we o

iam simon i am simon mccoy, live in westminster. plenty from here at westminster in a few minutes. but first breaking news in thailand where all 12 members of a thai youth football team and their coach have now been brought alive and safe, out of the flooded caves where they were trapped hundreds of metres underground for over two weeks. it was two british divers who discovered the 12 footballers and their coach. they had been trapped ina their coach. they had been trapped in a cave which was cut off by hundreds of metres of water. it has been a very difficult and lengthy rescue operation. let's join danjohnson who's talking to the bbc‘s yalda hakim. yes. this is the entrance to the cave and hear workers havejust started leaving because this rescue effort ca n started leaving because this rescue effort can now wind down. they have been celebrating as they left. we heard people applauding in cheering. this nation is happy at the news which has filtered out from that pays. look at that. that is the tenth ambulance, pardon me, the 12th ambulance to have left this site over the last