Brussels talks: Theresa May speaks, but Emmanuel Macron stars
Seeing the leaders arrive here at the European Council you’re struck by the buoyant mood.
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Two weeks after a General Election that was supposed to make her stronger in Europe, Theresa May is in Brussels – a diminished figure amongst the EU leaders.
Seeing the leaders arrive here at the European Council you’re struck by the buoyant mood.
This is Theresa May’s first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister. Reports say that senior Tories expect it to be her last. But could the Speech itself bring Mrs May down? FactCheck investigates.
Former Cabinet Minister Ken Clarke, former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable, and Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner discuss Theresa May’s future, Brexit, austerity and the Grenfell Tower fire.
Conservative MP Dr Sarah Wollaston and by conservative author and journalist Toby Young speak to Cathy Newman about the Government’s response to the fire.
When Theresa May entered Downing Street just ten days ago – she already faced some of the toughest challenges of any post war prime minister. Brexit, managing a deeply divided party and mending a still struggling economy were difficult enough – but the Grenfell Tower Fire has arguably been her biggest test.
David Gauke, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, dismisses criticism of Theresa May’s response to the west London fire, saying she was affected as a human being and did not want to get in the way.
The opposition politicians who began the day calling for a public inquiry had their demands met perhaps more quickly than they expected. Our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, reports.
The Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster is flying to London tonight for talks with Theresa May, describing it as a “tremendous opportunity for Northern Ireland”. But she leaves behind another set of difficult discussions in Belfast, trying to get the power-sharing government there back up and running.
The day began with former Chancellor George Osborne describing Theresa May as a “dead woman walking” and her Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon denying the controversial floated deal with the DUP was a formal coalition. It ended with the Prime Minister’s reshuffle of her cabinet and more questions about where this political impasse is headed.
Interview with Joey Jones – who worked as Theresa May’s spokesperson when she was Home Secretary.
They were her most trusted advisors. Indeed it’s said apart from her husband, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, were the only people she listened to. And yet government insiders said the two presided over a “toxic and bullying” environment at Downing Street. Now they are gone, blamed for the disastrous election campaign, their scalps the…
The new Parliament will be the most diverse ever, with 51 MPs from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. It will also have the most women MPs ever – a total of 208. But for one woman, it hasn’t been the best of campaigns. When Theresa May announced the election, she had a 20 point…
Sergei Stanishev, president of the Party of European Socialists and former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, says Theresa May “gambled” by calling an election, but did not receive a stronger mandate – and compares this to David Cameron’s decision to hold the EU referendum.
The lectern in Downing Street has been wheeled out again.