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Boris Johnson could make a remarkable comeback to Downing Street after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned overnight just 44 days into the top job. 

Group chats and so on. people saying, we need to hearfrom him soon. we still think he is going to run, but we have not had that reassurance, and in that, they were thinking they would go to petit mordant, just because rishi sunak was rejected, as it were, by members last time. he lost very decisively to liz truss. i think theyjust worry about what that would look like, to put rishi in again, but that might not be a big trend. definitely if you sunak backers switching to penny morton. rishi sunak...

Borisjohnson can affect that investigation which looms over boris johnson can affect the contest. we are waiting to hear from sir graham brady in the course of the next hour on what the rules will be and the thresholds that he will set for candidates to take part and continue in that race. we will very shortly be going to manchester, gathering reaction from voters. lets talk to our political correspondent alex forsyth whos with me now. i think the truth of it is boris johnson will put his hat in...

Similar coming out of downing street yesterday, that they wouldnt commit to the pension triple lock, nor will they commit to putting benefits up by inflation as the prime minister borisjohnson promised a few months ago. that could lead to a pretty big rebellion within the conservative party now. a lot of tory mps who are worried about their spending plans the government has worried this could push more people closer to poverty. laboursaid could push more people closer to poverty. labour said thi...

Who can maintain stability, we need to get the economy a chance to recover, keep me in place. but to get the economy a chance to recover, keep me in place. but a lot of conservative _ recover, keep me in place. but a lot of conservative mps _ recover, keep me in place. but a lot of conservative mps are _ recover, keep me in place. but a lot of conservative mps are not - of conservative mps are not convinced. 0k, nick, thank you. nick eardley, our chief political correspondent. joining us now to ...

Tory MPs have been told a Labour vote seeking to ban fracking is being treated as a ‘confidence motion’ in Liz Truss’s Government.

Coffin of everything she stood for over the summer. her whole programme for government has been junked over the summer. her whole programme for government has beenjunked by the new chancellor, and there is more pain to come. the chancellor warned yesterday of eye watering the difficult decisions on spending. that basically means to you and i that there are cuts coming, the chancellor will be in cabinet later this morning telling ministers that they have to cut their budgets. thats going to make ...

It is the mortgage or if their business going under. secondly i in terms of substance that she needed to read —— be realistic that we wont get all this from spending. and i think setting out a plan that is more balanced make sense. and i think whatjeremy hunt has said today suggests that they are going today suggests that they are going to have a more balanced plan. imilli to have a more balanced plan. will seak to have a more balanced plan. will speak now — im joined now by noa hoffman, a...

And put the party in a difficult position. this u-turn this morning is a recognition of the difficulty the prime minister and the chancellor find themselves in. it is not a difficult realization. that is because we have had rebellions from conservative mps. former cabinet ministers coming out and slating the entire economic package. and questioning the prime ministers judgment. this 45 tax cut, was only 2 billion pounds worth of 45 billion pound package to address the economic difficulties. many...

Before _ yesterday. it should have happened before that, there was a breakdown implications between the treasury and conservative mps. i think it was conservative mps, michael gove and grant _ conservative mps, michael gove and grant shapps said they would not vote for— grant shapps said they would not vote for this, and tallies of lists will be — vote for this, and tallies of lists will be brought together that showed well over_ will be brought together that showed well over a dozen, commun...