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This is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11. scotland yard says it hasn't requested a delay to the publication of the sue gray report into lockdown gatherings in downing street. borisjohnson is reportedly wavering on plans to raise national insurance in april to fund health and social care. on the bbc�*s question time programme a minister admitted the move is unpopular. everybody in the room is against it. is that fair? are you all against it? applause but another minister says that rise is needed to help fund vital provision. to change, it was approved by the cabinet, it was a...

Record and all the things he wanted to do and being rather more bombastic. in a position where you have one audience, the conservative backbenchers, that's what they want to see, that you are going to fight and you are up for it and that you will make changes to what you have been doing. i think they have landed on the right strategy even if they didn't start with it in the first place and i think they will be happy with the delay happening this morning because it helps as well so they have got to the right place evenif they have got to the right place even if they didn't start there. chris, t...

And the way that the week has turned out means that events are very different. does it put borisjohnson in a stronger position now? i different. does it put boris johnson in a stronger position now?- in a stronger position now? i think there is a mixed _ in a stronger position now? i think there is a mixed view _ in a stronger position now? i think there is a mixed view about - in a stronger position now? i think there is a mixed view about this. | in a stronger position now? i think. there is a mixed view about this. as you say we were expecting the report earlier this week. we were expecting...

Need to start being more conservative. ., ., ., ., conservative. you are a former director of _ conservative. you are a former director of strategy, _ conservative. you are a former director of strategy, you - conservative. you are a former director of strategy, you have l conservative. you are a former- director of strategy, you have been inside number 10 in the days when theresa may was under pressure to resign as prime minister what would you be advising the current prime minister to do now? would you advise him to dig his heels in and hope things move on, or is it time to call it a day? i ...

It's not totally clear, to be honest, borisjohnson said yesterday, the sort of answer that raises eyebrows in westminster, where he said we have to fund the nhs and find money for that and social care, but didn't categorically say the national insurance rise would go ahead in april. the word from downing street is there are no plans to change it but i think the pressure on borisjohnson for a rethink is only going to get more considerable in the next few days and weeks. nick eardley there. earlier i spoke to alex bailin qc and asked him what we should read into this development. there is a very...