to announce his resignation in early july following repeated criticism of his conduct in government. the decision on who the new prime minister will be is down to a relatively small group of 160,000 conservative party members. borisjohnson will formally resign tomorrow and the the queen will then ask liz truss or rishi sunak to form a government. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we have some technical issues with our link to huw, but there is a picture of the door at no 10, who will be walking into it as the new prime minister? we are half an hour away from that announcement. and as huw mentioned, it will be the fourth prime minister in six years. so, the scene is set at the qeii conference centre, which is just around the corner from downing street. as you can see, there is a large press contingent gathered there, waiting for the announcement. and around the corner is where the announcement will be made. we can see all of the journalists lined up, the cameras trained on th
brady, and immediately to the right, you 0 leary, the husband of liz truss, and liz truss. to the right of that, rishi sunak. seniorfigures beginning to arrive in the room, and mingle around. enter your whom are confronted by a certain amount of jeopardy over their future careers, will they feature in the new government of liz truss which will take shape in the coming days? never mind careers at westminster, what really matters is what the government will do, and how soon will they act, on the big question of energy bills? we expect them to do something perhaps as soon as thursday, thursday is pencilled in for this big announcement on energy bills, it is promised to be big, thatis bills, it is promised to be big, that is their language, let s wait and see what they actually do. they know that they have to do something significant, given the turmoil that so many individuals and businesses are facing at the moment, confronted by ballooning bills. by ballooning bills. chris, you ust sai
companies to help bring down bills and address what it calls our broken energy system. theo leggett, bbc news. the prime minister has been dealt another blow to his leadership following the resignation of four of his senior advisors. the most damaging departure was the loss of borisjohnson s long time ally munira mirza, who quit after what she called a scurrilous attack by the prime minister on the labour leader sir keir starmer. our political correspondent damian grammaticus reports. their departure has left borisjohnson shorn of some of his top team and still under pressure. the communications director jack doyle walked out. the media messaging spun out of his control weeks ago. the chief of staff, dan rosenfield, brought in just last year to get a grip on things, on his way out. and the prime minister s top civil service adviser martin reynolds. he had sent the e mail inviting 100 staff to a garden party. but munira mirza s resignation is the most damaging. his close friend and ad
in energy costs this morning and with bills set to rise by hundreds of pounds, some people are being forced to choose between heating their homes or feeding their families. others say they re having to move house because of spiralling costs as breakfast s jayne mccubbin has been finding out. it is the biggest energy price rise in history. lose sleep at night, that worry of, what next, what next? angie is feeling it in birmingham. more than double. it used to be £80 a month, and now it s £250, and that even before the next increase that we ve just incurred today. for peter in wellingborough, who is an agency worker, it means tough choices. i have to dress like this every day. i have to take cold showers. i get out of my cold shower, i stand shivering, because i cannot or dare not put on the gas so i ve got no heat when it comes to getting some money and all my bills are getting paid,
your time is money, ed miliband. and act. thank you very much for- your time is money, ed miliband. we will have more discussions through the morning. lots more information for you about the effects of the energy price rises will be. and also looking in detail at what if anything you can do to insulate your home, try and get those bills down. we will be talking to the chief executive of eon and greg hands this morning this morning as well. a the energy minister as well this morning. we should be gratefulfor the calmer conditions we have got here, matt? yes, we have got much calmer conditions here. a colderfeel on the way, and some wintry showers. colder air is pushing towards the south and east, temperatures eight or 9 degrees at the moment. the dividing line between that and the