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imposed. douglas ross, their leader here, said it had been a difficult and unsettling time for the party and unsettling time for the party and the nation, as he congratulate mr sunak —— at mr sunak. polls suggest that what has happened as a result of the turmoil is that some scottish voters have shifted potentially from the conservatives to labour but the snp remains pretty static and a way ahead and on independence, the nation remains more or less evenly divided on that. the first...

elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesnt it? this autumn�*s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. well have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions...

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but before that, this. the final chance for liz truss and rishi sunak to persuade conservative party members to vote for them — the last hustings gets under way here at wembley in under an hour. thejury in the ryan giggs domestic violence trial fails to reach a verdict. he could face another trial. andy murray is in action at the us open. well have the latest after emma raducanu falls at the first hurdle in her defence of the title. and on sportsday on the bbc news channel, one month...

for conservative leader — the new prime minister will be announced next monday. in the ryan giggs trial, the jury is discharged after failing to reach verdicts on the charges of controlling behaviour and assault. and we talk to the child refugee from ghana whos now at the summit of britains fashion journalism. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, andy murray comes from a set down to book his place in the third round of the us open. good evening. in his final week as pr...

good evening and welcome to bbc news. the contest to become the uks next prime minister is reaching its climax tonight with the last leadership hustings in london. for the last six weeks conservative party members — who will have the final choice — have been listening to the contenders, foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak. the voting closes on friday and by next tuesday the queen will appoint one of them as herfifteenth prime minister — though in a break...

and peter coleman had this suggestion: the ongoing debate about how the bbc should interpret and demonstrate impartiality flared up again last week when emily matliss, who recently left the bbc after 20 years, gave a lecture at the edinburgh television festival. she questioned the bbc�*s decision to apologise for comments she made on newsnight in 2020 about dominic cummings breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic, which had prompted a complaint from downing street. why had the bb...

if you are on a prepayment metre. this figure isnt the maximum you can be charged. and its predicted that prices will rise even further next year. annual bills could exceed £5,000 from january 2023 and then more than £6,000 from april. worrying figures for many people but some felt the bbc was adding to that worry with the tone and extent of its reporting on what might happen but hasnt happened yet. stuart luck was one of them, writing: while i understand the need to cover rising ene...

one was the same. for me, the elastic snapped and that is why i sent a respectful and polite message to the prime minister this morning suggesting that he should go. mrjohnson has assembled a new cabinet, with some new faces — he wants to stay in no 10 until there is a new conservative leader. arguments have raged all day about just how long borisjohnson can stay in downing street. tonight, he is promising any big decisions will be left to the next prime minister. just over two years...

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