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Lib Dems target South West amid Tory uncertainty
Andy Davies is in Somerset to assess how the Lib Dems are targeting the South West of England.


Can Tories hold on to vulnerable seats in the North?
It was the Tories' humiliating loss in two key by elections last month which helped to seal Boris Johnson's fate - so what are the voters saying about his decision to go?


Boris Johnson is putting together a new government but is it able to govern?
As Boris Johnson steps down - what now for the country and who will actually get on with the business of governing?


‘Rishi Sunak was not a successful chancellor,’ says Jacob-Rees Mogg
We spoke to Jacob Rees Mogg in his only television interview since the Prime Minister resigned.


Who are the potential candidates for Conservative Party leader – and Prime Minister?
The timetable for the Tory leadership contest will be set out next week - and already there are many names in the mix - not least the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak who's reportedly set up a campaign headquarters in a central London hotel.


Sir Graham Brady asked if it’s damaging that Johnson has not yet left Number 10
All the intrigue now moves to the ranks of the Parliamentary Conservative Party - where MPs have the challenge of choosing a new leader - without splitting the party into pieces in the process.


Boris Johnson steps down as Tory leader – but stays on as PM until autumn
He's going, but not yet.


New PM must be a Brexiteer, says Tory MP Andrew Bridgen
There are already favourites among the would be leadership contenders - but what are the different wings of the Tory party saying?


How will Boris Johnson’s departure affect relations with Ukraine?
Boris Johnson didn't waste much time after his resignation speech to get back on the phone with someone more friendly than some in his own party, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 


Boris Johnson resigns: What happens now?
Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, but says he will continue to serve until the party chooses his successor.


’He’s not going to resign unless he’s forced to do so’, says Rachel Cunliffe from the New Statesman
At the end of an extraordinary day, Boris Johnson is still in Number 10.


Boris Johnson ‘appalling PM says SNP MP
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted a letter from Boris Johnson saying it was not the time to consider another independence vote.


‘I think his time is up’: voters in marginal Conservative seat discuss PM’s future
How is all of this going down among the voting public?


Boris Johnson could not ignore a no confidence vote, says Whitehall expert
The keen Whitehall watcher Dr Catherine Haddon from the Institute for Government is with us.


Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘finished’, says senior Tory MP
We’re joined by the senior Tory MP, Sir Charles Walker, former vice chair of the 1922 Committee.



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