in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it
More on that in a moment. Tonight they go to chelsea who are pushing for a top six place come the end of the season. Iv e ive always had respect for and the work he puts in a topsy turvy season a lot of changes and a lot of change in culture from the way he works and will deliver to good performance but they could clear to the players is a good outfit and spending a lot of money over the last few years theres some quality and without doubt. We have to make sure we deliver. Meanwhile, everton have lodged a formal appeal against their second points deduction, for breaching the Premier Leagues spending rules. The toffees had a 10 point deduction reduced to six on appeal in february. The latest Appeal Process must be concluded by the 24th of may, five days after the final Premier League game. Dundee s Scottish Premiership game against rangers will be played at stjohnstone s Mcdiarmid Park on wednesday, if it cant be held at dens park. Dundee s pitch will be assessed tomorrow morning with a