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Show Notes
Half a dozen Tory leadership candidates remain.
As the number of candidates in the race to be the next PM is reduced, Chris looks at who’s in front, and who could pick up votes in the next few days.
Also, Laura is back in the studio to chat about her latest Panorama: The Downfall of Boris Johnson.’
And the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan talks us through the political crisis in Sri Lanka.
This episode of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn, Ivana Davidovic and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.