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Year since the january the 6th riot in the us. the prime minister has offered a humble and sincere apology over his failure to disclose key messages relating to the refurbishment of his flat at downing street. the uk top adviser cleared the prime minister of breaking the ministerial code after re—examining evidence. our political correspondent is in westminster. then, what has emerged in the last few minutes? this then, what has emerged in the last few minutes?— few minutes? this is effectiv...

Thinks deep down whether he did anything wrong. i cannot believe he is convinced by the argument he put yesterday that this was a work meeting when the whole country think that it clearly was a social event, and was in breach of the regulations. and the problem for the prime minister is that he seems to have breached the ministerial code. he misled parliament about parties and admitted yesterday he spent about 25 minutes at what most of us think was a party. and therefore he is in breach of the ...

Its quite serious, is that the ministerial code might have been broken. one thing the code does say is that public money should not be used for party political or in that sense political purposes. so i assume that is one of the things he is thinking about when he is suggesting the code might have been broken. if suggesting the code might have been broken. . , ., suggesting the code might have been broken. ., , ., ., suggesting the code might have been broken. ., y., ., , broken. if what you are ...

Thank you. im ben brown, live in downing street on another difficult day for the prime minister. as westminster awaits the report of a senior civil servant into lockdown parties in government, borisjohnson faces mps in a rowdy house of commons. the labour leader has called on him to step down. the ministerial code says that ministers who knowingly misled parliament will be expected to offer their resignation. does the prime minister believe that applies to him? ~ , mr minister believe that appli...

And all the diplomatic side, moscows formal demand for nato to pull back in eastern europe received this response from the us. the? pull back in eastern europe received this response from the us.- this response from the us. they are to ass this response from the us. they are to pass and — this response from the us. they are to pass and also _ this response from the us. they are to pass and also a _ this response from the us. they are to pass and also a path _ this response from the us. they ar...

Misled the house. we have yet to finally been able to conclude that, but he would appear to be under some kind of interview by the police under caution, which would be pretty extraordinary. so i think, you know, despite the fact that conservative mps made a very good show of support for him at pmqs today, they must still be wondering whether he can carry on, whether he is the person to lead them into the next election. i mean, when you say he misled the house, that would be a breach of the minis...

It has to go much deeper than that, this is somebody who was a government minister, who was told that herjob came to an end because of a protected characteristic. that is actually against the law. its not yet clear who will be fronting this new inquiry. labours deputy leader angela rayner says the prime ministers independent ethics adviser lord geidt should be put in charge, claiming the chief whip mark spencer could have broken the ministerial code. this all comes at a time when mark spencer an...

Your listeners, i will give the true answer. the true answer is we are all only human and to stand in the midst of such a maelstrom where you are trying to move the prime minister is a terrible, a great and terrible experience, and itjust doesnt have to be me every time. it just doesnt. you know, i am a backbench member of parliament, i have one vote in a leadership confidence vote, like i do in the house of commons, and, you know, i am not under duty to be a leader of every interaction, and i d...

Including the health secretary sajid javid and education secretary nadhim zahawi, were among those calling for her claims to be investigated. these are you know really serious allegations and you know no one makes those easily, it takes a lot of bravery for somebody to stand up and say this and make these allegations, which is why we have to look at this quickly, but thoroughly, which is why the prime minister has made the right decision to get the cabinet office to look at this. but the conserv...

Fact—finding mission. isuspect ministerial code, it is a fact—finding mission. i suspect we will be poring over the language of it. if other events are brought to light, if there is a suggestion the prime minister knew about things that broke the rules, or if he broke the rules, i think that would add to the rules, i think that would add to the pressure. one senior tory said to me last week if there is a suggestion the prime minister has broken the rules or done something seriously wrong, it...