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Exactly would my opponent be willing to delay . How about christmas . Climate advisors accuse ministers of a ramshackle approach to global heating reminiscent of dads army. The uk economy returns to growth in may, after shrinking in april, but fears of a slowdown persist. Ask alexa. Users of amazons digital assistant will now be able to get medical advice directly from the nhs. And a new deal to keep the british grand prix at silverstone is set to be announced, ensuring the future of the sports oldest race. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The former Prime Minister sir john major says hes prepared to go to court to prevent borisjohnson trying to force through a no deal brexit. Mrjohnson refused to rule out suspending parliament in last nights tv debate withjeremy hunt. Sirjohn, whos backing mr hunt, said denying mps their say was utterly and totally unacceptable. In order to close down parliament, the Prime Minister would have to go to her majesty the queen and ask for her permission to prorogue. If her first minister asks for that permission, it is almost inconceivable that the queen will do anything other than grant it. Shes advised by her first minister. And she is then in the midst of a constitutional controversy that no serious politician should put the queen in the middle. The queen in the middle of. Now i think this is completely and utterly against parliamentary tradition and against the way in which our government should work. If that were to happen, i think there would be a queue of people who would seekjudicial review. The queens decision cannot be challenged in law. But the Prime Ministers advice to the queen can, i believe, be challenged in law. I for one would be prepared to go and seekjudicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. The two men vying to be britains next Prime Minister faced each other in their only head to head debate answering questions for an hour, with each insisting that he was the best man to take the uk out of the eu. Our political correspondent, iain watson, was watching. It was the first time that the candidates had gone head to head, and they werent slow to lock horns. Borisjohnson said the uk must leave the eu by october the 31st, butjeremy hunt wanted to know what his opponent would do if this didnt happen. No, no, iasked if youd resign, boris, and you didnt answer the question. Will you resign if you dont deliver it, yes or no . In return, borisjohnson wondered whyjeremy hunt was scared to say hed absolutely leave the eu by halloween. How much further, how many more days exactly would my opponent be willing to delay . How about christmas . Muted audience laughter. And jeremy hunt had a rather unconventional accusation to make. The difference between you and me is you are peddling optimism. And im saying we can make a tremendous. I think this country needs a bit of optimism, frankly there also seemed to be some clear blue water on what would happen to the uk ambassador across the pond. He has fallen foul of donald trump. If i am our next Prime Minister, the ambassador in washington stays. Borisjohnson was less categoric. I and i alone will decide who takes important and politically sensitive jobs. Jeremy hunt is the underdog and he certainly did more than bite at Boris Johnsons ankles. But the frontrunner wasnt savaged, much to his competitors frustration. He has this great ability. You ask him a question, he puts a smile on your face and you forget what the question was. And this summed up how much of a slanging match wed seen. Asked to say what one quality he admired in his opponent, borisjohnson seemed to struggle. Erm, i. Audience laughter. I greatly admire his ability to change his mind. But this debate may, in the end, have changed few minds, with neither candidate delivering a knockout blow. Iain watson, bbc news. Lets get the thoughts iiow from our assistant Political Editor norman smith whojoins us now from westminster. Does that debate change much, norman . Not in itself, no. But i think it does point to the five that this is becoming an increasingly better contest. We saw a bit of that with some of the very sharp exchanges. Some of the very personal criticisms by mr hunt. But, really, the tensions between the two rival brexit camps of the tory party are being blown open this morning by the intervention of sirjohn major, with the extraordinary suggestion that he, a former tory Prime Minister, might take an existing tory Prime Minister to court. I might take an existing tory Prime Ministerto court. I mean, ithink it has taken everyone completely by surprise. It points to the fact that the determination of those who want to thwart no deal is not going away. So far, they have been unable to find a parliamentary mechanism to stop no deal. Now, sirjohn major seems to be meeting the possibility of some sort ofjudicial manoeuvre to avoid any attempt by Boris Johnson to suspend parliament, in other words to basically shut it down so he can get round parliamentary opposition. It also, i think, points to frankly the level of animosity between the two camps, with a source close to borisjohnson this morning sir dermot describing sirjohn major as bunkers, a man who has been driven completely mad by brexit. This morning described sirjohn major. Matt hancock was slightly more moderate in his language when he was asked for his reaction. We need to deliver on the result of the referendum because we are a democracy and we follow the results of votes, and then we need to move forward anyway that can bring the party and the country together. In a way, what sirjohn major has said today is just another example of how desperately we need this country to start to come together again. I suppose the great unknown is whether sirjohn major would actually have any legal grounds to stop borisjohnson shutting down parliament. Now, supporters of sirjohn major suggest that if you look at the move by the courts to stop mrs may from triggering article 50 without consulting parliament, that would give sirjohn grounds for hope. But i suspect illegally it is going to be very, very congested. Butjust the sheer prospect of sirjohn deciding that so serious that he viewed the danger of no deal and borisjohnson viewed the danger of no deal and Boris Johnson trying viewed the danger of no deal and borisjohnson trying to take us out by circumventing parliament, that he is prepared, and he says others would too, to go to court to try to stop that happening. We are going to try to get some a nswe is we are going to try to get some a nswers to we are going to try to get some answers to that now. Lets talk more on this now with the labour peer lord falconer, a formerjustice secretary and lord chancellor. Also a practising lawyer in areas relating to the constitution. A good person to talk to about that suggestion from sirjohn major of taking a judicial review. Would he stand a chance . It is a wellfounded suggestion for interestingly enough, it is not one that came for the first time from john major. He was right to pick it up and completely accurately set out what the legal position was, which is that we live ina position was, which is that we live in a parliamentary democracy, where parliament is sovereign, sovereign. If parliament prevented if the sovereign. If parliament prevented if the government prevented parliament from holding the government accountable, for example by passing on act of parliament or no confidence motion, then to advise the queen to progrowth parliament to prevent parliament doing its job would be to cut at the most basic pa rt would be to cut at the most basic part of our constitution, and with therefor be unlawful. John major is also right when he says you cannot ta ke also right when he says you cannot take the queen to court, because it is wrong to involve her in politics but also she is the head of the court system so cannot be taken to court. The way that would be done would be to challenge legally the advice of the Prime Minister to the queen to prorogue. And, again, john major was completely right when he said the queen would in effect be obliged to accept the advice of her Prime Minister to prorogue, so the legal attack is on the advice being given to the queen. Because it com pletely given to the queen. Because it completely undercuts our parliamentary sovereignty, just like the gina miller attack, which was initially thought not to have much success , initially thought not to have much success, succeeded in court because what was happening there was that the executive will strike to take us out of the European Union without parliamentary consent. The court said you cannot do that and i think the courts would say here, no, you cannot exclude parliament from the process. The gina miller case was a lengthy process. Obviously, things can be expedited when time is of the essence, could Something Like this be expedited in a way that would conform to the october 31 deadline . Yes, the courts are incredibly good at deciding cases within the time that external circumstances, exactly like the point you have just made, the 31st of october deadline. I think what sirjohn major, or those who wished to challenge the government, should do is write to the new Prime Minister when he is in office, he has not yet been selected by the tory party, but once he is selected then right and seek an undertaking from him that he will not prorogue to facilitate a no deal, cutting parliament out of the process. If he refuses to give that undertaking, go straight to court and seek decorations that he cannot prorogue to avoid parliamentary sovereignty. Labours position on brexit has changed. Yesterday, obviously, Jeremy Corbyn outlining a shift. What do you think about that, offering they will push for a referendum and would campaign for remain . I am very worried about what consequences would be of a second referendum when the first was conducted on the basis that it would decide whether we left our remain. If parliament, before any general election, agrees to a deal that has been reached with the European Union, which is possible if Boris Johnson gets one and it passes through parliament, i think the right course is not to have a referendum but to accept the deal. If there is no deal, parliament should put no deal off the table and that should never be put to the public. We should just exclude no deal. If you can pass on act of parliament for a referendum on a no deal, you can equally exclude no deal. I cannot see any circumstances in which there would be a referendum before an election. And i understand from what the labour party is saying about its post general election position, they have not yet decided what they are going to do. In that context, the extrapolation would be, if you are campaigning for remain in one circumstance, you would have to do it in another. It becomes very confusing for voters. And also understanding from the new position that labour would seek to negotiate a deal if it took a powerful stop i think that is the right thing to do. My think that is the right thing to do. My position is that if Parliament Passes a deal, we should not have a second referendum, we should accept that deal and get on with moving on to the things that matter to this country, like improving the economy, health, education, etc. So, what is your view of the position that the party is in and what it says about leadership when there is this lack of clarity . Well, i am against the fundamental shift that the leadership has made to adopt a referendum on remain position of course, i would like to remain, ime remain, buti course, i would like to remain, ime remain, but i have to accept the vote of the people in the first referendum. I think what has happened is that the majority of my party, the labour party, are in favour of a referendum and remain, and ultimately jeremy and favour of a referendum and remain, and ultimatelyjeremy and the leadership have in effect succumbed to that position. Their position before was lets not have a referendum, necessarily, and that would be my position as well. Thank you very much forjoining us if you wa nt you very much forjoining us if you want more on the position of the parties and the leadership candidates for the tory party on brexit, you can get much more coverage online. More on the main story is coming up. For now, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. Figures on the health of the uk economy show that gdp grew 0. 3 in the three months to may, with it, communications and retail showing strength. The office for National Statistics says that despite the growth, there has been a longer term slow down in the often dominant Services Sector. The overall rise reflects a return to growth following a decline in april. The uks preparations for Climate Change are being run like dads army with a ramshackle approach to the crisis, according to a scathing new report. The governments chief Climate Advisers say they are shocked ministers are failing to cut emissions fast enough, and adapt to rising temperatures. Our environment correspondent Roger Harrabin reports. First of all, lets just start by looking up. Climate warming means more heatwaves are inevitable in the uk. That will leave the elderly vulnerable. They cant expel heat easily. The report says care homes like this will need to be adapted to stay cool, along with hospitals and homes. Summer exercise classes here are already accompanied by careful rehydration. During the hot weather period, we ensure that staff are extra vigilant and they have an awareness of how important it is to support our residents in being hydrated. And we do that by offering fluids little and often, offering a variety of cold and hot options. Climate heating will effect large areas of the uk, ca re care homes are a particular problem because of the ageing population but hospitals are a problem too. And even modern flats are sometimes being built with ventilation that is com pletely being built with ventilation that is completely inadequate for the sort of temperatures we are expecting to hit. Climate heating will effect large areas of the uk, the report says. These docks at immingham in humberside are vulnerable to sea level rise. The authors say ministers need to communicate much better whats expected when extreme weather strikes. Only the power sector is really on track for meeting its targets on cutting emissions. The transport department comes in for sharp criticism. Its emissions have barely dropped. The government insists it is taking clomid change very seriously. The committee wants deeds, not words. A 28 year old man has been arrested in romania over the murder of valerie graves in 2013. The 55 year old woman had been staying at a friends house in sussex over the Christmas Period when she was bludgeoned to death in her bed on december 30th. 28 year old Cristian Sabou was arrested today using a european arrest warrant, and the british authorities will now be seeking his extradition to uk. The headlines on bbc news. Former Prime Minister sirjohn major says he would seek a judicial review if borisjohnson tries to Prorogue Parliament to deliver a no deal brexit. Conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt clash over President Trump and brexit in a head to head tv debate. Climate advisors warn ministers to get real over global heating and say theyre taking a dads army approach. They say it is lagging far behind what is needed. And after yesterdays reign at old trafford, play has resumed at the cricket world cup semifinal. New zealand have set india 244 victory but have already lost two wickets in their reply. 52. And their reply. 5 2. And to the british grand prix on sunday for subs over store bosses are expected to announce this afternoon that they have signed a deal to keep the race at the circuit, despite the concerns over rising costs to host formula 1. And the Manchester United manager says the media have an agenda against pol pot. They have received no offers for their clubs record signing. Against paul pogba. Users of amazons digital assistant, alexa, will now be able to get medical advice directly from the nhs. From this week, the Voice Assisted Technology will automatically search the nhs choices website when uk users ask Health Related questions. Previously it provided information from a range of sources. The department of health in england says it could help to reduce demand on the nhs. Earlier, our colleagues at bbc breakfast spoke to Health Secretary matt hancock. People already ask alexa medical questions. That happens in millions of homes across this country. I want, when people ask those questions, for them to get the very best advice. For instance, if you ask, should i vaccinate my children . , i want you to get the nhs medical advice, that says, yes, you should. Of course, i also want people to be able to go and see their doctor, go to their doctors surgery, obviously. Now, the two go hand in hand. In the same way that some people want to go to the doctors over their smartphone or skype. I do that and i think it is absolutely terrific but others will want to go into the surgery and have the face to face conversation. We have got to use all of this technology to make sure that the resources that go into the nhs go as far as possible, but crucially, people are already asking alexa for medical advice, so lets give them the very best advice. Joining me now is helen stokes lampard, chair of the Royal College of gps. Is this a good idea . It is certainly an interesting idea. The idea of a voice activated search system being powered by good, trustworthy information is excellent and Good Progress. However, oui information is excellent and Good Progress. However, our slight anxiety is that the safety of the information has to be verified and using the information in this way for we know that some of the algorithms and symptom checkers out there are not as good as they should be. There is a safety question. The other question for me is about the digital divide. We know that there are millions of people around the uk who are notjudicially savvy, able to use smartphones and Voice Activated Technology not technically savvy. Interesting idea, Good Progress in some areas and absolutely better to have information that is powered by reliable background, but lets evaluated robustly from the outset to make sure that it is safe and think about those who cannot access a shiny new tech. You talk obviously about the reliability of the information that is being accessed. But when you look at the phone service, the 111 system, which has been criticised for getting it wrong because basically somebody phones up, talk to a lay person who imputes questions into an nhs system and it does not always get it right, and there have been issues arising as a result. When that fails and you think about the potential for what would happen with alexa, do you have concerns . Yes, it is the same concerns . Yes, it is the same concerns that we have here. The same with any symptom changing technology. The beauty when you see a Health Care Professional as they are not listening to the words you say, they are looking at you as a whole person. They have your background to hand, medical notes and can evaluate so many other elements. Of course, they have got the years of Clinical Training behind us which help as well. But there are areas where technology would help us to be better doctors. If we get those systems write for the future, they will help doctors, nurses and pharmacists do a better job. Do not want to be luddites. We wa nt to job. Do not want to be luddites. We want to move forward, but it must be safe. We cannot take risks when it comes to the health of our population. And what about issues of confidentiality. When you see your gp, it is completely confidential. If you are talking to an Electronic Device about health concerns, we are good that potentially end up . At the very least, you could be targeted by advertisers. Absolutely. There are several areas with any commercial, voice activated search, youre giving your information to them by engaging with the jackpot. In the same way, once you have engaging with the jackpot. In the same way, once you have one engaging with the jackpot. In the same way, once you have one of these activated in your home, anything you can say can be listened to and people need to be aware of that and the limitations and risks. Totally different from using a secure conversation with your gp in terms of confidential tea, and the targeted advertising is a risk. Also, will it be setup to give advice which encourages you to buy prescriptions from their online pharmacy, delivered to your door with complete convenience. Whether bea with complete convenience. Whether be a risk of pushing products that are not entirely appropriate suitable . Very much aware of all of these things. Try it out if it works for you and over 1 these things. Try it out if it works for you and over1 Million People will be seeing a gp up and down the country. There are a small number of those who can get a moment of advice from the internet, that is fine, and it needs to be the best it can be. But i am not worried this is going to replace gps anytime soon. Thank very much. A Global Operation to tackle wildilfe crime has led to the seizure of tens of thousands of animals, birds and Sea Creatures in less than a month. In a joint operation across 109 countries, 30 big cats were seized, and large quantities of animal parts. 440 pieces of Elephant Tusk were taken, and more than half a tonne of ivory were found. And more than 10,000 live turtles and tortoises were siezed, as well as just under 1,500 other reptiles. With me now is our Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley that is a huge number of animals being found and taken. What has been going on . It is an astonishing hole and a reminder that Wildlife Crime is on the rise across the world, and the kind of illegal trade which is interconnected with organised crime. As you mentioned, an astonishing number of animals have been seized on this hole. 10,000 turtles and tortoises stop also, interestingly, it involved timber, because they we re it involved timber, because they were also looking at protected species in flora and fauna. They managed to grab 74 truckloads of timber of course, some of the very famous animals that are trafficked precisely because they have this sort of mystical value on the black market. Have a tonne of underparts pangolin parts, the only mammal to have a fairly skilled skin. There are various mysteries surrounding them around medicine and folklore and beauty products. So, obviously, that is one specific example is to why that animals been targeted. What about more widely, other animals, who is taking them . Why are dominant were they getting them from and why . These International Crime gangs involved in this, many are going online to do it. 21 arrests in spain during this operation were to do with online crime. Also, in italy, 1850 birds were seized. Again, because operation thunderbolt were looking at what was being sold on the internet. This was a cross agency operation. Notjust interpol, also Wildlife Agencies and Customs Officials right across the world in 109 countries. And where will the animals end up questionable people buy them as pets . Some might buy them as pets, they might be delicacies on food markets are, of course, beauty treatments and also used in clothes. That, of course, is why so much emphasis has been on ivory. It is an issue which Prince William and Prince Charles have championed. They hosted a conference last year. Interestingly, the british army is now involved in many operations in malawi and gabon to try to crackdown on animal poaching. This is an issue, just like human trafficking, which we are going to hear a lot of over the next three years. Frontline Police Officers say the service in england and wales has been cut back so much it isnt robust enough to respond to changing patterns of crime. Their views are contained in a review carried out by the home office, which also reported deep concerns about the welfare of staff and the lack of leadership in policing. Heres our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. The thin blue line cant get any thinner. Thats the message from Police Officers and staff across england and wales. They were interviewed as part of a Home Office Report which showed how police cut backs and organisational changes have taken their toll. The frontline policing review found that officers felt under constant pressure. There were concerns inexperienced staff were in roles they werent prepared for, and rest days were being frequently cancelled. One mid ranking officer said the service had become incredibly fragile and brittle, summing up the problems in the report. And its with that information from the front line that we can challenge ourselves at the home office, but also challenge the leadership of the Police System to do an even betterjob in terms of supporting the front line against crime. A common criticism in the report is that are there arent enough true leaders in policing who can inspire people and set a good example. Officers said they expected chief constables to do much more to promote their well being. The Home Office Said inspections would be carried out to ensure forces were looking after the welfare of officers and staff. Ministers also promised to include frontline officers in future decisions about policing. Danny shaw, bbc news. The veteran american character actor rip torn has died at the age of 88. He appeared in films such as sweet bird of youth, the cincinnati kid, men in black and cross creek for which he was nominated for an academy award. On television, rip torn won an emmy for the Larry Sanders show. Now its time for a look at the weather. We had a lot of cloud this morning. Some showery outbreaks of rain for for many parts of england and wales, that cloud is breaking up to give us some sunny that cloud is breaking up to give us some sunny spell. It is going to feel quite warm throughout this afternoon. Further north and west, a bit more cloud. Still some showers across Northern Ireland and into scotland. Some only have your site. Later on, some heavier showers in the north east of scotland, with some thunderstorms. Maximum temperatures across the no these northern and western areas, high teens, low 20s. England and wales, with that sunshine, 23 to 25 celsius. Later on, another batch of rain and thunderstorms make their way into western scotland. Heavy rain pushing into england and wales over tonight. Over 90 timber just getting down to about 12 to 16 degrees. Overnight temperatures. Those rain and showers will tend to clear away, except scotland where we could see heavy, thundery downpours. Elsewhere, a lot of cloud, brightness developing into the afternoon and tempers up to 25 celsius. Temperatures. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines former Prime Minister sirjohn major says he would seek a judicial review if borisjohnson tries to suspend parliament to deliver a no deal brexit. The Prime Ministers advice to the queen cani the Prime Ministers advice to the queen can i believe be challenged in law. And i for one would be prepared to go and seek a judicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. Conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt clash over President Trump and brexit in a head to head tv debate. Climate advisors accuse ministers of a ramshackle approach to global heating reminiscent of dads army. The uk economy returns to growth in may, after shrinking in april, but fears of a slowdown persist. A 28 year old man has been arrested in romania over the murder of valerie graves in 2013. That get a sports update. Good morning. After yesterdays rain at old trafford, india and new zealand have resumed this morning in their cricket world cup semi final. New zealand had a couple of overs to see out and made it to 239 8, a very gettable target youd have thought. But, india have made an terrible start. Rahil, sharmka and the captain kohli have all gone, for one run a piece. India are currently 6 3. Silverstone is expected to announce late today that it has signed a deal to keep the british grand prix. The race has been in doubt since silverstone exercised a break clause in its contract because it of the cost of staging it. A new contract to keep the race at the venue is believed to have been agreed in the past few days. The Manchester United manager ole Gunnar Solskjaer says that there is an agenda against the clubs record signing paul pogba. The players agent has said he wants to leave and hopes there will soon be a satisfying solution for all parties. But pogba has still travelled to autsralia for the start of their pre season tour and solskjaer says the frenchman is a great professional. There is an agenda against paul. He isa there is an agenda against paul. He is a top bloke. He is a great professional. They have never been any problems. Hes got a heart of gold. Jesse and paul yesterday were Walking Around and it is portrayed asa Walking Around and it is portrayed as a fight between the two boys. I know you are here to sell papers and sell stories but there are no problems between the boys at all. Things three british clubs were in european action last night celtic beat fc sarajevo 3 1 in bosnia, in the first leg of the Champions League first qualifying round. Mikeyjohnston scoring the pick of the goals in the first half. Welsh side, the new saints, drew two all in their match. Science lessons rangers comfortably beat partimiers stjosephs in gibraltar, 4 0 in the first leg of their Europa League meets first qualifying round. Summer signing sheyi ojo with the pick of the goals on his debut. Johanna konta told a journalist not to patronise herfollowing her quarter final defeat to ba rbora strycova at wimbledon yesterday. Konta lost in straight sets to the unseeded czech player, meaning that her wait for a first grand slam will go on for a little bit longer. Sums and it was the questioning about her mentality in big matches that the british number one took issue with. Sues you im asking you are somebody wa nts to sues you im asking you are somebody wants to go on and win a grand slam one day. Is it not something. Please dont patronise me. Reporter im not patronising you. No, no, you are. In the way youre asking your question, youre being quite disrespectful and youre patronising me. Later on today all four mens quarter finalists take to the court at wimbledon with the top three seeds all involved. Defending champion Novak Djokovic is first up on centre court against belgiums 21st seed david goffin. Third seed and two time winner rafael nadal faces sam querrey while eight time champion Roger Federer takes on japans kei nishikori. So far its been really easy for him andl so far its been really easy for him and i am so far its been really easy for him andlama so far its been really easy for him and i am a big fan of his game. He has one of the best backends in the game. He is a great return player and is solid mentally. I always thought he was a great talent. Ive known him since he was 16 or 17 years old. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Last nights first head to Head Television debate of the campaign saw the two candidates making claims about how they would deliver brexit. With me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris, to take us through some of the claims made during last nights debate. Lets start with the fact that both candidates said they could renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. What do you make of that . The debate reemphasised at the point they plan as are quite similar and it is to take what has been negotiated so far, renegotiated even though the eu says it is no longer at the negotiation, then ratify it, then legislate for it and all before then legislate for it and all before the 31st of october. So in other words to win about three months what has not proved possible so far in about three years. It is a pretty tall order. Mrjohnson says i am going to bring the can do optimism to change things. Jeremy hunt says im going to bring that entrepreneurial negotiating flair. But whichever it is, the basic facts remain the same, the difficulties theresa may has grappled with remain the same and of course the deeply divided house of commons remains the same. So its going to be difficult for either of their plans of negotiate and leave with a different deal to actually come into effect. On no deal, borisjohnson was talking about the money that could be saved so lets listen to a clip of what he said. Inexpensive if you prepare. What we need to do is to make sure the Agricultural Sector is properly safeguarded and that we have Just Supply Chain is protected. That we have deals on aviation. Much of their work has been done. We will we have to go out on no deal, we will have £39 billion to spend which i think will be very helpful in lubricating the consequences. What do you make of that . The 39 billion is something he said consistently throughout this campaign. Here is something we can use as a bargaining chip. The difficulty is of course is that he also wants to rapidly prioritise getting a free trade deal done and if you are going to turn around to your negotiating partner and say were not going to give you the money the previous government promised to pay you are souring the atmosphere to start with. The eu as already we are not going to Start Talking about the future trade deal until issues such the financial settle m e nt until issues such the financial settlement and the irish border are settled. Mrjohnson also talked about and no deal outcome and said it would be vanishingly inexpensive which was quite a striking line in the debate actually. The vast majority of economists think it will be anything but that. Forecasts can be anything but that. Forecasts can be wrong but that certainly where the majority of Economic Analysis lies. People might say its not why i voted for brexit, i voted for other reasons, its not about the money. That seems to be a legitimate argument to make but its not quite the same as mrjohnson saying that he no deal outcome is going to be virtually cost free. The evidence suggests thats not the case. The irish border and whether there is technology or not to resolve that issue, we have talked about it so many times. Lets see whatjeremy hunt had to say about that. Many times. Lets see whatjeremy hunt had to say about thatm involves first of all mobile checks for food products, secondly a trusted trader scheme and thirdly use of technology, not new technology but technology that already exists. How quickly is that available . The technology exists and it will take some time stop why wasnt it already agreed . The eu didnt want to create because they would rather stay in the eu. But questions weve asked so many times, does it exist . Technology of various kinds can help and it can make borders run more smoothly. But the idea it provides an instant answer in the kind of timescale we are looking at with brexit, no it isnt, not yet. Certainly not by the 31st of october. Jeremy hunt talked in the clip about having mobile teams operating just away from the border to carry out checks on things like food safety. That raises a whole different host of questions. Where would they go . Would they need security when they go . Given the delicate political issues surrounding the border. And if you look at what both sides have said about the border, the eu and in fact the Civil Servant who was until recently in charge of Brexit Border planning, both of them have said at the moment there is no border anywhere in the world where the technology to make it as frictionless as it is now does currently exist. So yes it can be pa rt currently exist. So yes it can be part of a solution but it could be a solution that is several years in the future. Theyve had the debate, they are both being interviewed by andrew neil on friday. That will be interested but most tory members will by then. There is more of your reality check stuff online if people wa nt to reality check stuff online if people want to see what else has been looked at. This is the scene live in the house of commons where Prime Ministers questions will begin shortly. Angela merkel has been meeting the finnish Prime Minister but you can see in these pictures that she is visibly shaking. It has been ticked up visibly shaking. It has been ticked up by visibly shaking. It has been ticked up by cameras twice before at least. The ceremony in berlin. She is shaking in the way that we have seen previously. It happened twice in june. She was seen shaking when she was greeting you and the ukraine president in berlin. That was a very hot day and her aides said the issue was dehydration and they were no wider health concerns. Subsequently at the end ofjune she was seen shaking again at an indoor event when germanys newjustice minister was being appointed. She is outdoors. Im not sure how hot it is in berlin today but previously the reason given for her shaking so visibly has been issues of the heat and dehydration. Charging overseas patients for nhs care in england must be suspended until it is clear it is not harming patients the Royal College of midwives has said. One doctor told the bbc that a couple whose baby died following an emergency caesarean were not given the body as they were unable to pay £10,000 in medicalfees. The department of health said the charges had raised 1. 3 billion pounds since 2015. Catrin nye reports. Last may, rene came from south africa to london for her son thanes wedding. She is now too ill to fly home, so has been sleeping on his sofa for more than a year. While on her trip, she was rushed to a e, struggling to breathe. They then rushed my mum up to a ward. There was a person from the overseas Visitors Department and they had gone to her bed, to interview her. Thane discharged his mum. She has no medical insurance and isnt eligible for free nhs care. They were scared of being billed. They strongly advised that we didnt. He wanted to do further tests and i refused. I said no. Because i would have had to pay it and i didnt have the money. Its just very stressful. He did say that he didnt think i would make it past december. So have you just accepted that you are going to die here . Exactly. That youre not going to be able to find out any more about. No. Whats wrong with you . That is exactly whats going to happen. In 2015, a new immigration act came into force. This made having indefinite leave to remain in the uk a requirement for getting free nhs care in england. It placed a statutory duty on nhs trusts to identify and charge people not eligible. Another change came in october 2017. Nhs Service Providers now have a duty to check the eligibility of patients and charge upfront, before treatment. There are significant exemptions, like gp services and emergency care, which remain free for everyone. Andrew, whose name weve changed, worked on the overseas medical team at a large London Hospital for around a year and a half, until summer 2018. How were you picking people to charge . I think potentially at the moment, the weight is being done is discover notary because we dont have the resources to apply it in a fair, consistent and nondescript notary way. So it could be that someone has potentially a name that sounds like it is less likely to be someone who would be resident in the uk. A foreign sounding name . Yeah. The lists would be extremely long, so if you had ajohn smith versus a muhammad khan, you dont have time to write device, so youd go for mohammed khan. The shadow home secretary has called for a suspension of the policy. Upfront charging is immoral and unconscionable. I think at the very least, the current policy needs to be suspended. Lets find out what the size of the problem is but also, we need to look at how people may be suffering. A spokesperson for the department of health and social care told us . Sane works for the nhs, which he says has made his mums situation even harder. This doesnt seem. The nhs that i work for, that i know. And its my mum. Catrin nye, bbc news. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news. Former Prime Minister sirjohn major says he would seek a judicial review if borisjohnson tries to Prorogue Parliament to deliver a no deal brexit. Conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt clash over President Trump and brexit in a head to head tv debate. Climate advisers warn that Government Action to curb emissions is lagging far behind what is needed, and criticise a ramshackle approach. In the Business News the uk economy returned to growth in may after shrinking in april, but it hasnt yet allayed fears of a slowdown. The economy grew 0. 3 from the month before, after declining 0. 4 in april, according to the office for National Statistics. The governments brexit ferry programme was rushed and risky, according to a Cross Party Group of mps, who confirmed the botched project had cost £85 million. A procurement process to provide extra Ferry Services was held in anticipation of the uk leaving the eu on the 29th of march. Superdry founderjulian dunkerton says he is trying to steady the ship after the fashion retailer reported an £85 million annual loss. Mr dunkerton returned to the firm in april, after a Lengthy Campaign against the previous management, who he said had a misguided strategy. Lets begin with that news that the economy saw growth in may, after contracting the month before. But economists say thatjunes growth figures will have to be strong to avoid an overall contraction for the second quarter. A partial recovery in car production, which had fallen sharply in april, was the main reason for the economys upturn in may. A joining us now is lena komileva, chief economist at g plus economics. Sense of these give us a sense of what these figures tell us because i said in the introduction there are still fears of a wider reduction. That is correct. The latest figures we re that is correct. The latest figures were better than feared but they we re were better than feared but they were not strong enough. So the broader picture is one of stabilisation at best. There are two parallel stories here. One is about Global Concerns related to the geopolitical spat between the us and china that has destabilised Global Supply chains, depressing International Investment sentiment. But there is also the other story which is the domestic political uncertainty. That fear about a hard brexit at the end of march is what led uk Car Manufacturers to bring forward their annual factory shutdowns earlier than normal. That contributed to the april decline. But it wasnt enough to lift the economy. The broader picture beyond manufacturing is the stagnation in the Services Sector and that is something that will definitely concern economists and the bank of england because the uk economy is very much a consumer economy and the Services Sector is pretty significantly linked to demand at home. So uncertainty about brexit and uncertainty about the global trade economic link between the us and china. And all of this serves to underline that we are in a position where however good or however strongly domestic economy can be we are so strongly domestic economy can be we are so reliant on that global trade picture and you have touched on some of the headwinds were china and the United States. So it means we are in a position where we are vulnerable however good our economy is doing domestically. Absolutely. There is a global slowdown and we have seen it in all of the major countries. Germany is a negative growth territory. The uk is not immune to those global headwinds. There is also no particular domestic reason why the uk economy should be contracting. This is very much linked to uncertainty. Sooner or later this uncertainty will lift and we will see some of that growth can back but it could be later rather than sooner. You touched on what the bank of england might make of this. They are keeping an eye on what happens because they have a few tools at their disposal to maybe encourage demand and things like cutting interest rates. In the United States there is an expectation that rate they could be cut at the end of the month. The Central Banks are really worried about the state of the Global Economy right now. Central banks have shifted in a conservative man over the past month. The disruption will linger and that will continue to feed that slowdown that we have with no upward momentum and growth already stagnating the risk of a recession have increased. That said, Central Banks in the bank of england in particular do not have the vaccine that hedge the Global Economy from recession a decade ago. This time around its linked to uncertainty that is beyond Central Banks to queue. It will take some time before that lifts and in the meantime that disruption to supply chains and Business Investment and productivity and profitability will be with us for some time. The bank can help to manage that but there is no way the back of england can change the course of events. Quite a different picture this time around. Thank you. James dyson, the british billionare and inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has bought the most expensive apartment in singapore, where his Company Plans to build an electric car. The three storey super penthouse at the top of singapores tallest building was reportedly sold for £43 million. It was called a bungalow in the sky when it was first marketed a couple of years ago, as Luxury Living for the well heeled in singapore. Earlier we spoke to our Asia Business correspondent, karishma vaswani, about whats on offer according to marketing documents. Things like your own plight private lift, an infinity pool, private barbecue pit. And if youve got the wine, 600 bottles of wine. Thats the size of the wine cellar in this apartment. It spans Something Like 21,000 square feet over three stories with views of the harbour of singapores marina and the historical shop House District as well. It really is something to marvel at. Weve heard from the Dyson Company which says this is a private residence so they cant comment any further except to say that this sale has gone through. Mr dyson was criticised heavily when he made the decision to move his headquarters to singapore earlier in the year but he says he will continue to pay uk tax and so will the company. Thats all the Business News. Just an update on the german chancellor angela merkel, his Spokesman Says she is fine. We can show you the pictures that have sparked the latest concerns after she was seen in berlin with the finnish Prime Minister visibly shaking. Its around 18 degrees day are today so its not a particularly hot day. They have not said anything about the cause of the shaking but they say she is fine. They were two occasions previously injune when she was in quite high temperatures and she was seen visibly shaking and they said then it was to do with dehydration. In the next few minutes, Prime Ministers questions will start in the house of commons. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, joins me now from central lobby in the houses of parliament. What are you expecting . It will be interesting to see whether theresa may goes on the front foot over our embattled ambassador in washington. She was quick out of the blocks when donald trump started firing off those tweets. Norman, i amjust going to interrupt. Kim tadic has resigned. Well, that is a significant development. Clearly he thought his position was untenable. We know he did not attend a number of engagements after the white house rescinded his invitations to a dinner last night. So he clearly felt his usefulness was reaching an end. Nevertheless, its a big call because the impression will be that he has gone because of pressure from the white house at a time when politicians have been queueing up here to say you cannot back down just because a Foreign Government doesnt like the sort of telegrams who are ambassador is saying. So it isa who are ambassador is saying. So it is a significant development. I imagine so cames view is this is perhaps the best way out of a situation which risks severely snarling up relations between downing street and the white house particularly with a new incoming Prime Minister and maybe this is the clea nest way Prime Minister and maybe this is the cleanest way to end the controversy. But i suspect they will be a lot of people here in westminster who will have some concerns about that decision because it does look as if he has been pretty much forced out by donald trump and the anger donald trump has heaped on him even though many would argue he was merely doing hisjob, giving many would argue he was merely doing his job, giving candid many would argue he was merely doing hisjob, giving candid and forthright and meant to be confidential advice to the British Government. Clearly he has decided this is the cleanest and simplest and best way to bring this whole controversy to an end. We have just had a copy of the letter that he has sent to the Commonwealth Office in which he has said he will be resigning. It says the leak of official documents from this embassy, they had been a great deal of speculation about my position. I wa nt to of speculation about my position. I want to put an end to that speculation. The Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like although my posting is not due to end until the end of this year i believe in the current circumstances the responsible courses to allow the appointment of a new ambassador. I am grateful to all those in the uk and the us who have offered their support during this difficult few days. This has brought home to me the close ties between our two countries. I am also grateful to all those with whom ive worked over the last four decades particularly my tea m last four decades particularly my team here in the us. So obviously the question, as you say lots of questions about him going, but also the next issue is of course who will replace him . That will be a matter for theresa mays successor. I would think so and a key choice because they will be pressure to appoint someone who is much closer politically to donald trump. Maybe to appoint a business person or a prominent brexiteers given that we are going to want that trade deal with america. The danger with that is it is such a blow to the integrity of standing of the Civil Service, we heard William Hague yesterday cautioned against that arguing that senior civil serva nts that arguing that senior Civil Servants have the experience and depth of knowledge to perform best in these very high profile delicate positions and saying much better to stick with normal procedure and appoint another senior Civil Servant. There is anotherfactor to win that again and again we have seen win that again and again we have seen how senior Civil Servants have been left exposed and very often hang out to dry. Im thinking of ollie robins, theresa mays chief negotiator in the brexit negotiations. Lambasted by a brexiteers and now forced to stand down. We saw a lot of criticism of max egg well the cabinet secretary after he launched that leak enquiry which forced the resignation of Gavin Williamson the then defence secretary. Again we are seeing these top man the really taking a tumbling in the political limelight. A situation which they are neither normally thrust into but during the brexiteers they have been thrust into for one reason or another. The other thing with noting is the pressure now to establish who leaked these telegrams because clearly the motivation was to damage the ambassador and they have succeeded and they have succeeded in ensuring he will be replaced so there will be a lot of speculation that may be some of those in the pro brexit camp, maybe they could be involved because they want a more pro brexit figure in washington. So there are a lot of key questions still to be a nswered lot of key questions still to be answered about who was responsible for that and there is of course now an enquiry being conducted by the Cabinet Office and by the foreign affa i rs Cabinet Office and by the Foreign Affairs committee. How long is that enquire expected to take . Very difficult to know. If you compare and contrast into the inquiry into the National Security league, these telegrams could go to hundreds of figures in west hall and whitehall as opposed to 15 or 24 if you cross reference whitehall as opposed to 15 or 24 if you cross reference everybody who received all of the telegrams, you could probably narrow it down quite dramatically. But i would think it is going to be difficult to actually kneel someone for this. Who knows, it could indeed be a foreign power. Although, there has been a degree of scepticism about that. The Foreign Office minister seemed pretty quizzical at the idea it could be russia. Nevertheless, we know russia does engage in this sort of Cyber Espionage and clearly it would be in russias interest to destabilise relations between britain and america. So, you know, it could involve more than the Cabinet Office. Who knows, we may need to involve gchq as well. I suspect this is probably got a way to run it in terms of actually concluding who was behind this league, if we have managed to establish conclusively who are which country was responsible. It has been said many times, you just said, jeremy hunt said yesterday in a tweet donald trump, it is thejob of said yesterday in a tweet donald trump, it is the job of ambassadors to give an honest assessment of a situation and jeremy hunt said american ambassadors do it, all ambassadors do it. Looking at this and the potential of what happens when something is sensitive as lea ks, when something is sensitive as leaks, it will stick other ambassadors and diplomats, presumably, in what is their key job, which is to be honest and open. That is the key issue. Will ambassadors know be much more reticent about committing to paper or e mail candid thoughts about the country and leaders of those countries in which they are based . Because governments absolutely depend on that sort of impartial advice. It may well come up at pmqs. Lets just see how it goes. Advice. It may well come up at pmqs. Letsjust see how it goes. Question numberone, mrspeaker. Letsjust see how it goes. Question number one, mr speaker. Mr speaker, this morning, i have spoken to the ambassador. I have told him that it isa ambassador. I have told him that it is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position as ambassador. The whole cabinet rightly gave it fill support to Sir Kim Darroch on tuesday. He has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and wheel him an enormous debt of gratitude. Cheering Good Government depends on public serva nts Good Government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. I want all our public serva nts to frank advice. I want all our Public Servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. I hope the house will reflect on the importance of defending our values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure. Mr speaker, the whole house. Order the whole house will wa nt to house. Order the whole house will want tojoin house. Order the whole house will want to join me house. Order the whole house will want tojoin me in sending our deeper simply to the student paramedic killed whilst on duty last week. This is a reminder of the members of our Emergency Services who risk their lives each day on our behalf. This morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, in addition to my duties on the size, i shall have a further such meetings later today. My duties in this house. I would first like to associate myself with the comments regarding the tragic accident last week. I am pleased to see the Prime Minister is wearing green. Iam hoping it is see the Prime Minister is wearing green. I am hoping it is not merely a green wash because the government legislated for net zero by 2020 but the already reported they would miss the already reported they would miss the target and today, they said that the target and today, they said that the policy and fermentation falls well short of what is required. Target is helpful but what we need is policies that actually deliver. Clearly, the pm wants to leave a climate legacy of the will she bring forward a ban on diesel and petrol ca is forward a ban on diesel and petrol cars from 2040 22030 or and when will she bring forward the government promised for cheap underwent power . Can i say that in fa ct we underwent power . Can i say that in fact we have an excellent record in relation to our dealing with Climate Change as a government. We have outperformed on our first Second Carbon budgets from 2008 two 27. We are on track to meet the third and the latest projections so we are on track to deliver over 90 of our performance for the fourth and beth carbon budgets. We are the first major economy to legislate for nate zero emissions by 2050. The uk is leading the world on Climate Change. I want to see other countries following our example. North staffordshi re following our example. North staffordshire used to have one of the most extensive Rail Networks in the most extensive Rail Networks in the world but now, often, people in stoke on trent after allowing their cars. Will the Prime Ministerjoin me in my petition to reopen stations in my constituency as the next step to improving our local transport . Cani to improving our local transport . Can i say, i know he has been campaigning on this issue for some time and has met ministers to discuss this. I understand that this is an area that is about to benefit from refurbished modern trains on the crew to derby lane from december of this year as part of the new franchise. In relation to the station at meer, the department for transport will live heard my honourable friends called to reopen the station and i know that he will continue to campaign on behalf of all of his constituents. Thank you, mr speaker. It regret the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch. I think the comments made about him are beyond unfair and wrong. I think he has given honourable and good service and should be thanked for it andi service and should be thanked for it and i think the whole house should join together in deeply regretting the feeling that he has obviously got that he must resign at this moment. I alsojoin got that he must resign at this moment. I also join the got that he must resign at this moment. I alsojoin the premier list and passing condolences to the family of the woman who died as part of our Emergency Services giving service to people. Many people welcomed the powerful points the Prime Minister made when she was first appointed about burning injustices in britain. Does she agree with me that access to justice is vital in order to tackle burning injustices . Can i say, there are many burning injustices that can be tackled any variety of ways. That is the action that i have taken, not just as Prime Minister but also as home secretary. I will give him an example. The race disparity audit, which shines a light on inequality in the Public Services, is enabling us in the Public Services, is enabling us to put into place action that helps to ensure that people across this country, whatever their background, whatever their background, whatever their background, will ensure that they have access to the Public Services they need. This year, this year marks the 70th anniversary of the legal aid and advice act. That act introduced by the post war Labour Government gave all people access to justice, not just the government gave all people access to justice, notjust the rich. It was an essential pillar of a welfare state and decent society. The tory, Lib Dem Coalition slashed legal aid in 2013 and the results are clearly very unfair. The number of law centres and other not for profit legal aid providers has more than halved. There are no legal aid deserts across the whole country. There are now. Does the pro minister think that has helped or hindered the fight against burning injustice . The point that i was making to the right honourable gentleman that he seems to fail to recognise is that the whole question of burning injustices is not aboutjust access to the legal system. Shouting it is all very well members from the opposite benches are shouting. If the labour party cared about burning injustices, they would have done a darn sight more when they were empowered to with it. To deal with it. Some people have very short memories. It was the tory. Shouting it is all right, it is ok. The tory Lib Dem Coalition cut legal aid but also brought in fees for employment tribunal. The then minister for employment relations, the honourable memberfor east employment relations, the honourable member for east dunbartonshire, piloted that through the house. But since that time, my union, the unison, took the government to court and won and as a result, employment fees were cancelled. The cuts to legal aid affect people, mr speaker. Like marcus. Marcus is a 71 year old on credit, a leaseholder who is threatened with being evicted. He says, and i quote, open quote i paid taxes and National Insurance all my life. How is it right that i am being bullied and threatened with homelessness . The state will not protect me. He goes on to say, i have been working until 2am every night for the past six months, collecting evidence. I have got no idea if i have prepared my evidence correctly. Does marcus, trying to save his own home, not deserve legal aid to get proper representation in aid to get proper representation in a court and be fairly heard . Obviously, i recognise the concerns that marcus has about taking his case. But the right honourable and might reflect on the fact that one quarter of the ministry ofjustices budget is spent on legal aid the we spent £1. 6 billion on it last year. We are committing to ensuring that people can access the help they need into the future, but that is only one part of the picture. We have published a plan for Legal Support to maintain and improve access to support for those in need, and we are conducting a fundamental review of criminal legal aid fees schemes, which will consider criminal legal aid throughout the life cycle of a criminal case. So, there are aspects of this issue that we are, indeed, looking at. But i think it is important that we ensure that we are careful with the provisions that we make for legal aid. As i say, one quarter of the ministry ofjustice budget is spent on legal aid. We arejust going budget is spent on legal aid. We are just going to leave Prime Ministers questions for a few moments. We will be back, but we just want to get some more reaction to that resignation of the uk ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, after correspondence that he had sent to the government was leaked and led to donald trump tweeting and criticising him, saying that he was inept and a pompous bill. Well, just in the past few moments, as you have been hearing, Sir Kim Darroch has resigned. We heard theresa may saying it was a matter of great regret that he found it necessary to leave his position. We can talk to james landale, our Diplomatic Correspondent. A really swift resignation and, actually, not one that was expected to come like this . Sir kim darroch is an incredibly honourable man of great distinguished public service, and he has taken the decision, which actually gets the British Government out of a hole. He has, by falling on his own sword, removed a problem that potentially could have a damaged uk us relations further. He has also meant that the fact that this story, potentially problems around his own position could have dragged on for a long time, that has now been cut short. Also, in the statement made by his boss, the head of the Foreign Office, in response to this hints at one of the other reasons why he has gone. He talks about the wish to relieve the pressure on your family and your collea g u es pressure on your family and your colleagues at the embassy for stopping other words, donald trump made sir kims position untenable, it simply could not work. And so he has relieve that pressure by resigning. He has also opened up this intriguing possibility, it is now possible for theresa may, she remains Prime Minister, to appoint his successor in the remaining weeks she has an office. You say that he removed a problem that could have damaged us uk relations further. Also what it is a shows the absolute power of somebody who wants to leak something with whatever intention they might have, to actually see somebody leave their job as a result. Yes, it shows that, in part, the agenda of whoever leaked these documents has been, in part, fulfilled, because it meant that Sir Kim Darroch has now gone and that uk us kim darroch has now gone and that uk us relations are damaged as a result. The interesting question is how both the existing feminist and future Prime Ministers try to pick up future Prime Ministers try to pick up some of the pieces. The existing Prime Minister and future Prime Minister. In terms of humid replacing, suggestions have been made that it needs to be somebody donald trump would want to work with. What would you expect the considerations to be . Clearly there will now be a discussion about whether a not a political appointee is made or whether it is a career diplomat. Within whitehall, the Foreign Office, there would be huge resista nce office, there would be huge resistance to the idea that not only should they give way to the agenda of the liquor but should also start appointing ambassadors simply to flatter and satisfy the leader of the house government stop if take that opinion then you set an extraordinary precedent for other relations around the world. I think there will be huge internal pressure to nature that whoever is appointed isa to nature that whoever is appointed is a career diplomat, or an official. One of the leading contenders has always been sir mark sedwell, currently the National Security adviser to the Prime Minister. He has been in the frame for this. Whether a naughty takes over that position remains to be seen. Thank you very much, james. Lets go back to the house of commons and prick up with Prime Ministers questions again. Of those, six were removed or detained under the last Labour Government. I say to the gentleman, the way he talks, you would think he was a man of principle but what do we actually see from him . Labour policy is to ban nondisclosure agreements, but his staff have to sign them. He was an anti racist, now he ignores anti semitism. He has been a euro sceptic all his life, now he backs remain. He is truly living up to the world dominant words of marx, those are my principles and if you do not like them, i have got others. He is truly living up to the words of marx. Shouting and jeering i know he is keen to get to the dispatch box when the name marx is identified. I was merely going to point out to him those were the words not of coral but of gradual. Two. Two. Coming from the Prime Minister which created the hostile environment which brought around the windrush scandal. He ordered go home va ns to windrush scandal. He ordered go home vans to drive around london. Refuses to acknowledge islamic phobia in her own party and his party concerned with racists and anti semites in the European Parliament and sucks up to those governments across europe. We do not need those kind of lectures. One legal aid do not need those kind of lectures. One legalaid firm. Do not need those kind of lectures. One Legal Aid Firm. Mr speaker, one Legal Aid Firm said, we see more people more desperate and in more extreme need than they were five yea rs extreme need than they were five years ago. There is nowhere to send them. Those people are invisible to them. Those people are invisible to the system. This is a denial of peoples basic rights. The un says legal aid cuts have overwhelmingly affected the power and people with disabilities. The poor. Without equal access to justice, there disabilities. The poor. Without equal access tojustice, there is no justice. Today, in modern britain, millions are denied justice because they do not have the money. Is that not a disgrace . Is that not a burning injustice . He may do his best to ignore the anti semitism in his party, but i think he should. Shouting i think he should listen to the words of the former labour Party General secretary, the noble lord lord reisman, who said, we may one day be the party of antiracism once again, but it certainly is not today. He has asked questions about injustice. Order it is an injustice when you force people who are working hard day and night to earn income for theirfamily working hard day and night to earn income for their family to pay more taxes because of a labour Party Economic policy and government that has led to the destruction of our economy. What do we see from the labour party . You earn more, they wa nt labour party . You earn more, they want you to pay more tax. You buy a home, pay more tax. You want to leave something to your children . Pay more tax. Labours £9 billion family tax labour used to have a slogan of education, education, education. Now, it isjust tax, tax, tax, injustice. Shouting Prime Minister, i am a unionist with every fibre of my being and that is why i was so aghast to hear nicola sturgeons colleagues wishing to railroad through an independence referendum without a section 30 order anytime on Public Services in scotla nd order anytime on Public Services in scotland are mismanaged and need that resource, an economy that has stagnated and continually pursuing policies that catch of the circulation of our United Kingdom at berwick, and not because they are in the entrance of scotland. Well the play ministerjoin with me to condemn this illegal referendum approach and push the snp to prioritise areas that are actually in the interests of the people of scotland . In the interests of the people of scotland . Manuel the in the interests of the people of scotland . Manuel the Prime Minister join scotland . Manuel the Prime Ministerjoin with me . The snp promised people in scotland in 2014 that the independence referendum was a once in a generation vote. Now, they are laying the foundation for another vote in just 18 months time. The snp often claim they stand up time. The snp often claim they stand up and claim it here in this house, that scotland is being ignored. It is being ignored by an snp government obsessed with another referendum, against the wishes of a clear majority of scots. I agree with my honourable friend, people in scotla nd with my honourable friend, people in scotland won the Scottish Government that focuses on improving their skills, improving their Health Service and their economy, not one thatis service and their economy, not one that is obsessed by separation. Ian blackford thank you, i must say, every time the Prime Minister speaks on scotland, our vote goes up. Laughter mr speaker, today is a memorial day i trust that everybody in this house will want to recognise the unbelievable sacrifice that so many faced. Yesterday, i met some of the survivors of genocide and we must do all that we can to make sure that we call out the genocide deniers, that we learn the lessons from mans inhumanity to man that we witnessed in the continent of europe, and never again should this happen in europe or anywhere else. Can ijoin with the Prime Minister in her words question market is a pity that the former foreign secretary, the candidate for the leadership of the tory party, did not stand up for a leading diplomat at the United States yesterday. Lastly, mr speaker, canning also paid tribute to winnie ewing, who has her 90th birthday today questioning the only parliamentarian to sit in the size, the Scottish Parliament and the European Parliament. We remember the words of winnie, stop the world, scotla nd wa nts words of winnie, stop the world, scotland wants to get on. Mark carney has said that the uk economy does not appear to be growing. One of the few to protect the financial crisis in 2008 has said, the early evidence suggests that the uk is already in recession. The dark clouds of brexit are with us. Well the Prime Minister continued to ignore all the warning signs of recession . First of all, in relation to the memorial, i agree with him. We hope every time we see a massacre of this sort, we hope that humanity will learn from it. Sadly, all too often, we see that is not the case. I was at the western balkans summit last friday in poland, working with the countries of the western balkans, encouraging them and working with them to find peaceful ways of working together so that we can ensure that those countries seek political stability and prosperity for their people in the future. He then talks about the state of uk economy forced i am very pleased to see that we actually have the best record in the g7 in terms of growth. We have the longest quarterly period of growth of any of the countries in the g7. We also, i have to say, we have record numbers of people in employment, record low in unemployment and investment in our economy. This is an economy that is doing well but it could really take off and would have done if the right honourable gentleman had actually voted for brexit and voted for the deal we got for their size. Perhaps we can look at the facts. Record food bank use, the brexit bell so farforfinancial food bank use, the brexit bell so far for Financial Services companies alone is as much as 4 billion, Foreign Investment projects into the uk have dropped 14 , the lowest level in six years. Car production fell 155 in may, the 12th straight month of decline. Uk retail sales have experienced their worstjune on record. The near stagnation of the Services Sector engine is one of the worst performances over the past decade. That might fail 15. 5 in may. Your legacy will be driving the uk economy over a cleft into another recession. As this Prime Minister not sacrificed the jobs and livelihoods of people of the uk in order to please her brexiteer backbenchers . Take no deal off the table and take positive action to restore confidence in the economy. The blame for any recession will lie at the door of this brexit obsessed government. Shouting that is incapable of doing their day job. He talks about the car industry iam job. He talks about the car industry i am sorry that in reference and Car Industries he did not reference the fa Ct Industries he did not reference the fact that in the last week, we have seen fact that in the last week, we have seen the announcement byjaguar land rover that they are going to manufacture vehicles in castle bromwich, preserving 2700 jobs at the plant. We have also seen bmw announced they are going to manufacture the electric many in their oxford plant, preserving 5000 jobs the right honourable gentleman knows that he could have taken no deal off the table by voting for the deal. But if you wants to talk about economic forecasts and the future of economies, perhaps he should give a little more reflection on the fact that the forecasts for scotland show that the forecasts for scotland show that it will grow its economy is lower than the rest of the United Kingdom over the next four years underan snp kingdom over the next four years under an snp government in scotland. Cross party under an snp government in scotland. Cross party work can be immensely beneficial, especially when delivering peoples priorities. Will she agree with me that the excellent work, working with the Council Leadership which is now conservative, to win an award for future high streets fund . Because we can agree that our high street are the keystone of local communities. Cani the keystone of local communities. Can i say, i think the point he makes is an absolutely excellent one for what we have seen in the example he has quoted is the benefit of cross party he has quoted is the benefit of cross Party Working. This can be immensely good, immensely positive for local communities. I am delighted to hear that bolton cancels bed for the town centre has been progressing to the next phase of the peers right, we believe in our high streets, that is why we have created the high street fund and this across Party Working has shown what can be achieved. Children as young as seven have been groomed and exploited to commit crimes such as placing drugs inside their bodies to move them across the country yet are to move them across the country yet a re often to move them across the country yet are often treated of them as criminals, not victims. Theres also a side lives abroad, with two thirds of councils having no plan for tackling this kind of expedition and just have to collecting the data on those at risk. If she wants to secure any legacy on tackling modern day slavery, will she instruct the home secretary to deliver a cross Team Strategy to tackle this despicable crime and end the criminalisation of these vulnerable youngsters . Can i say, indeed, we are continuing our work on tackling modern slavery. I was pleased that the government responded yesterday to our independent review of the modern slavery act and we have taken on board most of the majority of the recommendations from that independent review. This includes, of course. We are leaving Prime Ministers questions because of the breaking news which is that Sir Kim Darroch, the uk ambassador to the United States, has resigned. He is saying that he is doing so because he is unable to carry on doing the job. President trump had described him as wacky and very stupid in a series of tweets after e mails were lea ked series of tweets after e mails were leaked that had been sent from Sir Kim Darroch over a period of several yea rs, kim darroch over a period of several years, with his assessment of donald trump, obviously classified documents, they were leaked and the followed has now led to the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch. Donald trump had said we will no longer deal with him. It is being reported that whitehall sources, according to the Financial Times, have said that the decisive moment was when he watched the tory Leadership Debate last night and saw that the next likely Prime Minister was someone that the next likely Prime Minister was someone who, quote, was willing to throw several servants under the bus when the chips are down. It was a matter that both of the tory leadership contenders were asked about last night. Jeremy hunt said he would keep Sir Kim Darroch in post until he retires, which is due to happen at the end of the year for johnson did not answer the question, in spite of being asked six times. Lets go to our Diplomatic Correspondent now, who is in the houses of parliament, with more reaction. Thank you very much indeed for i can confirm what you have just said, that there are definite suggestions here today that Sir Kim Darroch decided to stand down when he was watching the tory leadership contest last night and the failure of Boris Johnson to give him any support. We are joined johnson to give him any support. We arejoined by the Foreign Office minister for you have just lost your ambassador to washington for some how do you feel about it . |j ambassador to washington for some how do you feel about it . I am upset and angry how do you feel about it . I am upset and angry i think we have lost a supreme and angry i think we have lost a supreme diplomat who was serving the interests of this country extremely well he has behaved with enormous did nettie in the face of a very, very unfairand did nettie in the face of a very, very unfair and unacceptable onslaught. Enormous dignity for i think he decided himself for the good of the country did a great pity andi good of the country did a great pity and i would like to play pay enormous tribute to the quality, dignity and integrity of a truly excellent public servant. What do you make of the suggestion that Boris Johnson didnt what do you make of the suggestion that borisjohnson didnt give him any support last night and that triggered his resignation . any support last night and that triggered his resignation . I dont know but as a former foreign secretary and he hopes to be a future Prime Minister, has basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus. There are a lot of people in the commons who are very angry and feel that he has lost so much respect for having done what hes done. His disregard for Sir Kim Darroch and his refusal to back him was in my view pretty contemptible but also not in the interests of the country he is trying to lead. Supporters of Boris Johnson country he is trying to lead. Supporters of borisjohnson would say its more important for britain to have a Good Relationship with donald trump and the white house and the prospect of a trade deal in the future are more important. None of that means that he could not have defended him. And he didnt. And he deliberately did not do so when asked. For someone who wants to lead, let alone unite this country, that was negligence on his part and he has basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under the bus to save his own personal interests. Theresa may remains Prime Minister and she does until she leaves the post when the new leader is chosen. She could now appoint a new ambassador to washington. She could use these last two weeks to take a decision. I hope whatever the Prime Minister does in the next two weeks will be taken out of a sense of duty and in the interests of the country which are two qualities Boris Johnson appears to have lacked over the last 24 hours. Thank you for joining us. Thatsjust a reflection of some of the anger i am picking up across whitehall this morning. The anger at the decision by Sir Kim Darroch to stand down and the consequences it can have in terms of whether or not official should be able to speak in confidence, whether or not they should be any politicisation of the Diplomatic Service to bend to their wishes and future of others. I dont think weve heard the last of this just because Sir Kim Darroch has decided to resign. And there is of course an enquiry under way into who carried out the leak and even more impetus now to find out exactly who was behind it. What is the expectation on how long that enquiry might take and whether they will uncover who was behind it . Traditionally leaked inquiries in whitehall do not make much progress. However this one is different stop of the four documents that were leaked to the mail on sunday on the weekend to had pretty broad circulation, the sort of general everyday reporting of events that naturally come back to whitehall. These were things about a Campaign Rally that mr trump had been at, their assessment of how the state visit had gone. But the other two documents with specific letters written personally by Sir Kim Darroch to the National Security council ahead of a meeting. One of them to discuss uk and us relations and another two to discuss specifically us policy on iran in the last few weeks. Those documents had much smallest regulations so it will be possible for the investigators to draw diagrams over who had access and to see where those diagrams intersect. So it is at least possible for the source of this lake to be found. Whether it will happen remains to be seen. Weve had reactions from both of these holy leaderships candidates, borisjohnson has these holy leaderships candidates, Boris Johnson has given these holy leaderships candidates, borisjohnson has given his reactions saying he regrets the news. Hes a superb diplomat and i worked with him for many years. Whoever leaked those diplomatic telegrams has done a grave disservice to Civil Service. I hope whoever it is his rundown, caught and eviscerated. Its not right that Civil Servants must be able to make in the spirit of freedom must be licked. Its not right that civil serva nts licked. Its not right that Civil Servants prospect should be dragged into the political agenda. Weve also had a reaction from jeremy hunt who has said i am deeply saddened by Sir Kim Darrochs decision to resign. He served his country with the utmost dedication and distinction. Their positions yesterday were thatjeremy hunt would allow Sir Kim Darroch to serve out the rest of his term until it was due to retire at the end of the year and Boris Johnson did was due to retire at the end of the year and borisjohnson did not a nswer year and borisjohnson did not answer the question. It is being suggested that when Sir Kim Darroch watched that tory Leadership Debate last night that was the moment he decided to go because he saw that the next likely Prime Minister was someone the next likely Prime Minister was someone when the chips were down was willing to throw Civil Servants under the bus. Lets listen to how theresa may told mps the news of the resignation in the house of commons and Prime Ministers questions. Resignation in the house of commons and Prime Ministers questionslj and Prime Ministers questions. have told him it is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position as ambassador. The whole cabinet rightly gave its full support to him on tuesday. Sir kim darroch has givena on tuesday. Sir kim darroch has given a lifetime of service to the uk and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. I want all able to give full and frank advice. Iwant all our able to give full and frank advice. I want all our Public Servants to have the confidence to be able to do that and i hope the house will reflect on the importance of defending our values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure. We can talk now to load rennick a former ambassador to the United States serving as ambassador between 1991 and 1995. Thank you for joining us. What is your reaction . My reaction is to strongly congratulate Sir Kim Darroch on taking a brave and courageous decision and absolutely the right decision. What now needs to be done is notjust the normal leak decision. What now needs to be done is not just the normal leak enquiry but are really serious forensic leak enquiry because if this goes unpunished it is extremely damaging to the whole way the system works. The ambassador in washington has to be able to tell the Prime Minister and the foreign secretary in confidence what he thinks about the situation at his end and what can be done about it. This was rochester league, it was a breach of the secrets act and whoever did it needs to face the real possibility of going to jail. Sir kim darroch took the right decision and did exactly what i would have done because it was futile to pretend that he could carry on for another six months in washington and able to see the president of the Vice President or any members of the cabinet or the joint chiefs of staff or the head of the cia or whoever because he wasnt deemed to be able to do so. Not through any fault of his own but through any fault of his own but through somebody else. What message will donald trump take from this because he responded in the way he did and as a result of those leaked e mails the us would no longer deal with him. You cant be surprised by Donald Trumps reaction to this. He was described as being inept and radiating insecurity in the e mails. Sir kim darroch was quite entitled to say that back to london. He didnt expect it to be in public. But you cant expect the president to be anything other than offended and to react to that. If id said the same about bill clinton he would have reacted to that. I had very close relations with two president s but i also criticised clinton for giving upa but i also criticised clinton for giving up a visa to gerry adams when he was still cultivating the ira. Our relationship would have been very different if he had read all my e mails and they mustnt be a situation where a president gets to read the ambassadors e mails. fl puts ambassadors in a precarious position when the leader of the host nation wales such power to effectively end the career of that diplomat in the event of a leak. The career of this diplomat has been envied ended by the person who perpetrated the leak. Donald trump was bound to react the way he did and the any other president would have reacted the same way. They would not have turned the other cheek. People dont take extremely personal slights very readily. Yesterday we still heard people arguing that he should stay on for another six months. That was absurd. He would not have been able to see any of the key people in washington before the next six months. So good for Sir Kim Darroch. He has behaved honourably and comes out with his reputation intact. But we need to find out who did this because it was a very carefully prepared and orchestrated leak indeed. The Financial Times is quoting whitehall sources are saying that Sir Kim Darroch was watching the Leadership Debate last night and saw that the most likely Prime Minister was someone most likely Prime Minister was someone who when the chips are down was willing to throw Civil Servants under the bus. That was because borisjohnson was asked several times whether he thought Sir Kim Darroch should stay on and he didnt answer. Jeremy hunt said he would have kept him until he was due to retire at the end of the year. What do you make of those comments . retire at the end of the year. What do you make of those comments . I was astonished byjeremy do you make of those comments . I was astonished by jeremy hunts do you make of those comments . I was astonished byjeremy hunts remarks because how was the ambassador going to continue to do hisjob. I have no idea what triggered his recognition but it would have been in large part because he understood he wasnt going to be able to do hisjob because he couldnt see the senior members of the administration. What was he going to do for the next six months . Attend cocktail parties . I said from the beginning of this saga that his position was untenable. That was a criticism of the leaker. Sir kim darroch reached the right conclusion and anyone who wanted to keep in there for the next six month, that was pie in the sky. The concerns of those who say he should stay ha rd concerns of those who say he should stay hard in part because of the power effectively that you give to somebody else to decide the future of your own ambassador. Alan duncan saying on the bbc a short while ago, it is not in the interests of this country for somebody to leave office in this way. Obviously when you are a diplomat there is a multilayered system underneath you. You say he absolutely couldnt have continued but he didnt have that long to run and in terms of showing who decides the uk ambassador, would it have been sensible to have kept him in post . I dont agree with one word of that. Whats the ambassador supposed to do . I spent my time talking to the secretary of state, the defence secretary, the head of the cia, the us trade representative and the National Security adviser. But if Sir Kim Darroch had stayed for six months what exactly was he supposed to do apart from attend cocktail parties . Will this make other diplomats very wary of sending open assessments of the host country and the characters involved in future . There is a very obvious risk that it will notjust in there is a very obvious risk that it will not just in washington and that is why its so damaging and it has to be taken as a criminal event offe nce. To be taken as a criminal event offence. I am to be taken as a criminal event offence. Lam bound to be taken as a criminal event offence. I am bound to this day by the official secrets act and if people ceased to take it seriously the need to be made to take it seriously. So it would be healthy if a real example can be made in this case. Were diplomats to start to act differently as a result of what has happened here, what impact would that have . When for instance clinton gave a visa to gerry adams ive forewarned london thats what he was going to do because i saw him the night before and he was so evasive i knew what the answer was going to be. I also said that this gives an opportunity to us because we should now say if you now failed to help deliver an ira ceasefire you are going to look very silly indeed. And thatis going to look very silly indeed. And that is what happened. We turned that is what happened. We turned that to our tank advantage. Clinton would not have enjoyed reading my telegrams. And are you saying that potentially that correspondence was potentially, we all know the role that bill clinton ended up playing in the Peace Process so ended up playing in the Peace Process so obviously you are saying that this correspondence is vital but it might not happen in the future. It really is endangered. The less brave ones will say im not going to put this at risk because if you make cutting statements about your local president in its published they will react the way President Trumpeted. Who benefits from whats happened here . There are two possible versions of this. One is that somebody was disgruntled about the relative success of the trump state visit and the other possibility which is even worse is that somebody wanted to make Sir Kim Darrochs position untenable. Either way it is a breach of the official secrets act and the person responsible either needs to go to jail or be afraid of going to jail. Attention will turn to who replaces Sir Kim Darroch. Theresa may has around two weeks left in office. Do you think its something she should sort out before she leaves office . It has to be left to his successor. You are only effective in washington, i worked forjohn major and Margaret Thatcher and i was able to be effective in washington because i had the full backing of the way. Its very important that whoever succeeds Sir Kim Darroch first of all is experienced and competent but secondly that he or she has the strong support of the Prime Minister. Borisjohnson was foreign secretary. He knows senior diplomats so he can either choose one of those or he can look outside the Foreign Service which people have done before. But its gotta be somebody who has the Prime Minister plasma confidence. Lord rennick, thank you very much forjoining us. We can talk now to our vital correspondent for the Financial Times. Whitehall sources say it was actually when he was watching the debate last night that Sir Kim Darroch decided to step down. What have you heard . Thats pretty much right. Sir kim darroch spoke to theresa may yesterday and she said she had full confidence in his position and they spoke again this morning and Sir Kim Darroch told the Prime Minister he had made this decision and my understanding from certain officials in whitehall is that Sir Kim Darroch watched last nights tv debate werejeremy hunt fully supported his position but borisjohnson fully supported his position but Boris Johnson didnt and fully supported his position but borisjohnson didnt and that was a very key moment in his thinking to resign. He was not forced into this. This was not the decision of the current Prime Minister or the Foreign Office but looking forward to the next most likely Prime Minister and to the next most likely Prime Ministerand mr to the next most likely Prime Minister and mrjohnson said last night the special relationship is bigger than one person and he said he wouldnt get ahead of himself about deciding who would take up that role. So clearly Sir Kim Darroch has seen which way the wind was blowing. And he decided to head towards the exit door. Just talking towards the exit door. Just talking toa towards the exit door. Just talking to a former ambassador to the United States whose view was that his position was untenable once the decision had been taken in washington to block him from any diplomatic engagements. Jeremy hunt because mcveigh was that he would have kept him on telly was due to retire at the end of this year. What is the wider assessment on how tenable or not his position was . Sir kim darroch was due to retire next year anyway. Sir kim darroch had said he would be happy to stay on until the end of 2020 to see through the next president ial election. The immediate effect of this whole saga was to curtail that so Sir Kim Darroch was due to go injanuary anyway. On a matter of principle of anyway. On a matter of principle of a general view was he probably should have stayed because now it looks like donald trump has made the decision about who should be the uk ambassador to the us and that is very bad precedent to set because its not up to host countries to decide ambassadors. Mrjohnson for whatever reason has decided the special relationship between the two countries is more important than this test with Sir Kim Darroch. The crucial question now is who will be the next ambassador. Will it be a career Civil Servant or will they look to put a political appointee in the and one of the trump supporter . A lot of people who are very uneasy about whats going on about this and the fact the impartiality of britains Civil Service now seems to have been thrown into doubt. Enquiry thatis have been thrown into doubt. Enquiry that is under way into who was behind the leak, how detailed will that be . My my understanding is the enquiry will include potential breaches of the secrets act because some of those lea ks secrets act because some of those leaks diplomatic secrets act because some of those lea ks diplomatic cables secrets act because some of those leaks diplomatic cables we saw on the mail on sunday included some high level classified intelligence. They were some things they that were political gossip about the Trump White House but there were more details about iran and its development of nuclear weapons. Thats something thats far more troubling. And the circle is much smaller than the general diplomatic telegram so when the investigation gets under way they will narrow it down quite quickly to who and where was responsible for it. We did see borisjohnson was responsible for it. We did see Boris Johnson last night was responsible for it. We did see borisjohnson last night talking about ministers leaking things so the big question is what it Civil Servant or a minister or some kind of ministerial aide . The general view on white or was or was it was a political person who leaked this because it would be such a career ending thing for a mandarin to put this into the press. He has the whiff of a political motive. But im sure the next Prime Minister will wa nt to sure the next Prime Minister will want to move quite quickly and get this wrapped up as soon as possible. Do you expect this to impact in any way at all on the outcome of the tory Leadership Campaign . As we saw from the tv debate last night Boris Johnson are still the favourite. Jeremy hunt has not had a decisive moment. He didnt deliver that knockout blow to mrjohnson. But this will prove a difficult 24 hours for borisjohnson. This will prove a difficult 24 hours for Boris Johnson. Weve this will prove a difficult 24 hours for borisjohnson. Weve seen supporters ofjeremy hunt attacking him. Alan duncan was saying to your channel just earlier him. Alan duncan was saying to your channeljust earlier he was blaming borisjohnson for this channeljust earlier he was blaming Boris Johnson for this leak. Channeljust earlier he was blaming borisjohnson for this leak. So im think hell be on the back foot about this. Its going to be a difficult time for mrjohnson but will it change the outcome of the race . I really doubt it. So alan duncan talked on the bbc news channel short while ago. Lets hear what he said. Im upset and angry. I think we have lost a supreme diplomat who was serving the interests of this country extremely well. He has behaved with enormous dignity in the face of a very unfair and unacceptable onslaught and i think he decided himself for the good of the country. Its a great pity that he did. I would like to pay enormous tribute to the quality and dignity and the integrity of a truly excellent public servant. What you make of the suggestion he was watching the leadership contest last night and the failure of Boris Johnson to give him support and that was the crunch moment when he made his decision . Whether thats what triggered it i dont know but i do know is that Boris Johnson, triggered it i dont know but i do know is that borisjohnson, a former foreign secretary at and he hopes to be the future Prime Minister, has basically thrown our top diplomat end the bus. There are a lot of people here who are very angry and feel that he has lost so much respect for having done what hes done. His disregard for Sir Kim Darroch and his refusal to back him was in my view pretty contemptible but also not in the interests of the country he is trying to lead. Support of that supporters of Boris Johnson would say its more important for britain to have a Good Relationship with the white house than the Career Prospects of one individual. None of that means that he could not have defended him. And he could not have defended him. And he didnt. And he deliberately did not do so and ask. I think for someone not do so and ask. I think for someone who not do so and ask. I think for someone who wants not do so and ask. I think for someone who wants to lead let alone unite this country, that was contemptible negligence on his part and he has basically thrown was fantastic diplomat under the bus to serve his own personal interests. Theresa may remains Prime Minister until she leaves the post when the new leader is chosen. She could now appoint a new ambassador to washington. I hope whatever the Prime Minister does in the next two weeks will be taken out of a sense of duty and in the interests of the country which are two qualities borisjohnson appears country which are two qualities Boris Johnson appears to have lacked over the last 24 hours. So alan duncan on the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch as uk ambassador to the United States and they will be much more on the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch on the 1pm news. Right now, its time for a look at the weather. We have some more sunshine around today but the chance of a few showers. This is where the rain has been falling over the last few hours. Showers into the west across eastern Northern Ireland and one or two across the north and north east of england but they will gradually depart. Much of england don wales drive this afternoon with good sunny spells. Feeling warmer than yesterday. Showers return to Northern Ireland and they will get heavier. Temperatures around 26 degrees in the south east corner. A generally humid feel wherever you are. The risk of some minor flooding as well and outbreaks of rain tonight. Heaviest with the risk of thunder. We could even see some welcome rain in the midlands but many southern coastal areas in south wales will stay dry and another muggy night. Low pressure is sitting over the top of us but it doesnt mean they could be prolonged spells of rain. Through the day most places will be dry for a time but then the shower close will start to brew up. Its across parts of eastern scotland where we could see severe thunderstorms developed by the end of the afternoon to take it in the evening. Temperature is very similar to the humid conditions of today. It turns fresh into friday. We start with sunshine in many areas but some shower close will grow up particularly in the eastern counties of england. Further west showers become fewer in number. Temperatures down on what we have seen today and tomorrow but it will still feel pleasa nt tomorrow but it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine. A sunny start on saturday. Cloud building up. Its down the spine of england we are most likely to see some showers with temperatures still in the low 20s. Most centring around on sunday. Goodbye for now. Britains ambassador to washington resigns after the leak of his confidential memos criticising the trump administration. It comes after President Trump condemned Sir Kim Darroch as stupid , wacky and a pompous fool. The Prime Minister says he was just doing his job. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. I want all our Public Servants to have the confidence to be able do that. Sir kim darroch says its impossible for him to carry on in his current role. Well be live with our Diplomatic Correspondent at westminster and getting reaction from washington. Also this lunchtime. 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