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henry zeffman, political— they simply look out of touch.y look out of touch. henry zeffman, political correspondent in westminster, thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. the nationwide building society has reached an agreement to buy virgin money in a £2.9 billion deal which would see the brand eventually disappear. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it would not make any material changes to virgin money's 7,300 employees �*in the near term'. the metropolitan police is appealing for help in finding a wanted man believed to be hiding in west london. jake muir of feltham is wanted after having been recalled to prison and he's thought to be in the feltham or hanworth areas. he's also wanted for alleged possession of an offensive weapon and theft of a motor vehicle. the high court says an afghan judge who has been forced to go into hiding from the taliban was wrongly refused relocation to the uk. the anonymou
henry zeffman, political— they simply look out of touch.y look out of touch. henry zeffman, political correspondent in westminster, thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. the nationwide building society has reached an agreement to buy virgin money in a £2.9 billion deal which would see the brand eventually disappear. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it...
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here is our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, and our africa correspondent barbara plett ushere of lords, the upper chamber, took a look at this legislation and for the second time in a row they said to the house of commons that they wanted to make various changes to it. so now it gets sent back to the house of commons, the elected chamber, they will look at it again, although not until after easter, so midway through april. i expect the government to insist again on removing all of those changes, or almost all of those changes made by the house of lords. i think this bill is still going to pass almost in entirely unamended form, in almost the exact form the government wants by the end of april and then the question becomes about practicalities. can the government do what it was not able to do before which is get one of those flights off to rwanda with asylum seekers on it? and then, if so, does it act as the deterrent that the government hopes it will be for those crossing the english channel in small boats, or does it, in fact, as the labour party argues, turn out to be a gim
here is our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, and our africa correspondent barbara plett ushere of lords, the upper chamber, took a look at this legislation and for the second time in a row they said to the house of commons that they wanted to make various changes to it. so now it gets sent back to the house of commons, the elected chamber, they will look at it again, although not until after easter, so midway through april. i expect the government to insist again on removing all of...
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henry zeffman has the story.me people who give millions to political parties have high public profile is. frank hester didn't. until now. this is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the health care software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. it's like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate all black women because she there and i don't hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. the bbc has not independently verified those alleged remarks. in a statement last night, mr hester�*s spokesperson said he accepts that he was rude about diane abbott in a private meeting several years ago, but his criticism had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin. the spokesperson said this should not become an admission that mr hester used the exact words quoted in the guardian. labour have given mr hester�*s defence short shrift. well, sadly, ithink mr hester�*s defence short shrift. well, sadly, i think they unambiguously were
henry zeffman has the story.me people who give millions to political parties have high public profile is. frank hester didn't. until now. this is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the health care software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. it's like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate all black women because she there and i don't hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. the bbc has not...
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but first let's speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman at westminster.th this legislation? tt where do we stand with this legislation?— where do we stand with this legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary _ legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary process. - legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary process. we l legislation? it is stuck in the i parliamentary process. we had yesterday the second time that the house of lords, the upper chamber, took a look at this legislation and for the second time in a row they said to the house of commons that they wanted to make various changes to it. so now it gets sent back to the house of commons, the elected chamber, they will look at it again, although not until after easter, so midway through april. i expect the government to insist again on removing all of those changes, almost all of those changes made by the house of lords. i think this bill is still going to pass almost in entirely unamended form, in almost the exact form the government wants by the end of april and then the question becomes a
but first let's speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman at westminster.th this legislation? tt where do we stand with this legislation?— where do we stand with this legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary _ legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary process. - legislation? it is stuck in the parliamentary process. we l legislation? it is stuck in the i parliamentary process. we had yesterday the second time that the house of lords, the upper chamber, took a look at...
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our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is at westmister.r to give back that £10 million from frank hester? it is certainly a difficult issue for rishi sunak. we so that prime minister's questions, which dominated a very acrimonious session indeed. this morning, andy street, the conservative mayor of the west midlands said if the donations had been to him, he would have given them back. in the last few moments, them back. in the last few moments, the scottish conservative party have suggested that the uk conservative party, to whom these donations were made, should carefully review them. that is an interesting escalation. so far what you haven't had is a clamour from so far what you haven't had is a clamourfrom rishi sunak�*s mps and ministers, certainly publicly at least. for now, it seems his position he will not hand the donations back could help. the lingering political risk for rishi sunak is on how long it took him or indeed his government to get to a position of where they were willing to save that frank hester�*s alleged comments wer
our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is at westmister.r to give back that £10 million from frank hester? it is certainly a difficult issue for rishi sunak. we so that prime minister's questions, which dominated a very acrimonious session indeed. this morning, andy street, the conservative mayor of the west midlands said if the donations had been to him, he would have given them back. in the last few moments, them back. in the last few moments, the scottish conservative party have...
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live now to westminster and our political correspondent, henry zeffman. thank you for your time.sues there, the business secretary talking about but could you paint the picture for us about the speculation around any sort of leadership change? the speculation around any sort of leadership change?— speculation around any sort of leadership change? the mode is really dark _ leadership change? the mode is really dark and _ leadership change? the mode is really dark and the _ leadership change? the mode is really dark and the conservative | really dark and the conservative party at the moment and it got a lot darker last week. a couple of reasons. one chap and right at the start of last week, a week ago today, the decision by lea anderson for conservative mp tojohn reform uk, that the sudden on the right which many conservative mps are worried about but the other thing happened when she heard a little bit about in that interview was these allegations about comments made by frank hester, a big conservative party donor, he gave the party £10 million last year. now the conservatives ini
live now to westminster and our political correspondent, henry zeffman. thank you for your time.sues there, the business secretary talking about but could you paint the picture for us about the speculation around any sort of leadership change? the speculation around any sort of leadership change?— speculation around any sort of leadership change? the mode is really dark _ leadership change? the mode is really dark and _ leadership change? the mode is really dark and the _ leadership change?...
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our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, said the uk's deputy prime minister will be speakingng hours. i think he's got two audiences— in the house of commons, he'll be addressing mps. but i think really this is the uk government addressing beijing. from what we know so far, there's going to be broadly two areas that he's going to address. one is going to be about a specific cyber attack on an institution, the electoral commission, our elections regulator here in the uk. they announced last year that they had faced a cyberattack back in 2021 and 2022, but they didn't name a culprit. it sounds like oliver dowden is going to say that the cyber—attackers had links to beijing. and then the second thing that oliver dowden is going to talk about is threats to mps directly. three mps, all of them real sceptics of china, have been called to a briefing from parliament security department.�*s we think that's going to focus on specific threats, cyber threats that they face. so all together, i think a fairly firm statement of concern from the uk government about malign activity from china
our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, said the uk's deputy prime minister will be speakingng hours. i think he's got two audiences— in the house of commons, he'll be addressing mps. but i think really this is the uk government addressing beijing. from what we know so far, there's going to be broadly two areas that he's going to address. one is going to be about a specific cyber attack on an institution, the electoral commission, our elections regulator here in the uk. they...
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earlier, i spoke to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman in westminister., the biggest announcement was known the evening before, let alone after the budget. conservative mps were in the house of commons waiting for something that would be a big surprise, often in westminster known as the rabbit out of a hat, but actually the biggest announcement was the 2% cut in the rate of national insurance, the tax paid by those in employment, which had leaked the day before. so it had a sort of slightly odd political landing, the budget, because it became kind of a bit of a flat one for conservative mps. i'm emphasising conservative mps because the budget is of course a big economic event for people up and down the uk, but it is also, especially in a general election year, a political event. and some conservatives wanted jeremy hunt not to cut national insurance but cut income tax because that is paid by a wider range of people including pensioners, who are a big part of the conservative electoral coalition. i think the reception on the conservative side has been reas
earlier, i spoke to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman in westminister., the biggest announcement was known the evening before, let alone after the budget. conservative mps were in the house of commons waiting for something that would be a big surprise, often in westminster known as the rabbit out of a hat, but actually the biggest announcement was the 2% cut in the rate of national insurance, the tax paid by those in employment, which had leaked the day before. so it had a sort of...
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zeffman.nk roughly two groups of critics, one group who fear that in redefining extremism the government risks creating more division. that was the message from the archbishops of canterbury and york and that has been the message from some labour mps and we also heard earlier from three former conservative home secretaries who warned against the politicisation of extremism as an issue. another camp of critics generally on the libertarian wing of the conservative party are people who are warning that groups such as anti—abortion campaigners or those with gender critical views could end up being captured by this definition though the government insist they won't be. it is worth knowing that this comes after days when the government was grappling with questions over alleged comments made by a donor to the conservative party. michael gove has been facing questions on this this morning. i take these things exceptionally seriously, it would be the case that any assessment about whether or not an ind
zeffman.nk roughly two groups of critics, one group who fear that in redefining extremism the government risks creating more division. that was the message from the archbishops of canterbury and york and that has been the message from some labour mps and we also heard earlier from three former conservative home secretaries who warned against the politicisation of extremism as an issue. another camp of critics generally on the libertarian wing of the conservative party are people who are warning...
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here's our political correspondent, henry zeffman — talking about the mood within the conservative party is really dark in the conservative party at the moment and it got a lot darker last week. a couple of reasons. one happened at the start of last week, a week ago today, the decision by lee anderson former conservative mp to join reform uk, that party on the right which many conservative mps are worried about but the other thing happened when you heard a little bit about in that interview was these allegations about comments made by frank hester, a big conservative party donor, he gave the party £10 million last year. now the conservatives initially repeated the defence of frank hester which was that he was sorry for the comments he made but that they were not related to race or gender but within 2a hours of that line you had the prime minister rishi sunak saying actually the comments at least as reported were racist and it was that mishandling that most aggrieved conservative mps so the mood in the come against a very bleak backdrop. they are way behind the labour party in the opinion
here's our political correspondent, henry zeffman — talking about the mood within the conservative party is really dark in the conservative party at the moment and it got a lot darker last week. a couple of reasons. one happened at the start of last week, a week ago today, the decision by lee anderson former conservative mp to join reform uk, that party on the right which many conservative mps are worried about but the other thing happened when you heard a little bit about in that interview...
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and our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, is in westminster now.et that pleased or disappointed tory party backbenchers? it disappointed tory party backbenchers?- disappointed tory party backbenchers? ., backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative — backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, _ backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, not _ backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, not much - backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, not much was - backbenchers? it went down ok with i conservative mps, not much was done that and not much better than that. a lot of conservative mps with an eye to political prospects were hoping for some sort of political game changing moment and i generally think they did not get that. although that may well be because of the old fact yesterday morning before the budget had been delivered, we knew the big ticket item, the 2% to national insurance, perhaps because he wanted to signal intention beyond that, it is the reason jeremy intention beyond that, it is the reasonje
and our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, is in westminster now.et that pleased or disappointed tory party backbenchers? it disappointed tory party backbenchers?- disappointed tory party backbenchers? ., backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative — backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, _ backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, not _ backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps, not much - backbenchers? it went down ok with conservative mps,...
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our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster.ong conservative mps of a general election defeat is what is fuelling the speculation. the mood among conservative mps this morning is really bleak. it has certainly got a lot bleaker really bleak. it has certainly got a lot blea ker last really bleak. it has certainly got a lot bleaker last week as well. why? well, there were a couple of big events last week, the decision from lee anderson, the former conservative mp, tojoin reform, the party where the conservatives are losing some votes to the right. also the big row over donations by frank hester to the conservative party. but underpinning all of that is a bigger concern for the conservative mps, which is the opinion polls, which poll after poll showed the conservatives going down to the labour party by a very large margin at that general election, whenever it comes. even some conservative mps who think that they are likely to lose to labour at that election had thought that the margin between them and labour in those polls would ha
our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster.ong conservative mps of a general election defeat is what is fuelling the speculation. the mood among conservative mps this morning is really bleak. it has certainly got a lot bleaker really bleak. it has certainly got a lot blea ker last really bleak. it has certainly got a lot bleaker last week as well. why? well, there were a couple of big events last week, the decision from lee anderson, the former conservative mp, tojoin...
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henry zeffman there. crew members have been killed in a houthi missile strike on a liberian—owned cargo ship off southern yemen. it's the first deadly attack since the group began targeting international shipping last november. take a look at this footage that came in just a short while ago — dramatic images of the rescue of the surviving crew. it's the indian navy rescuing those survivors. the owners of the ship that was targetted said it was now drifting and on fire. let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell who's injerusalem. these are the first deaths we have seenin these are the first deaths we have seen in these houthi attacks. what is the significance of that? this seen in these houthi attacks. what is the significance of that?- is the significance of that? this is really going _ is the significance of that? this is really going to — is the significance of that? this is really going to increase _ really going to increase international concern about the impact of the houthi attacks.
henry zeffman there. crew members have been killed in a houthi missile strike on a liberian—owned cargo ship off southern yemen. it's the first deadly attack since the group began targeting international shipping last november. take a look at this footage that came in just a short while ago — dramatic images of the rescue of the surviving crew. it's the indian navy rescuing those survivors. the owners of the ship that was targetted said it was now drifting and on fire. let's speak to our...
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henry zeffman reports.ying was a gender or race based comment, but it was clearly inappropriate. he has apologised, and i think we need to move on from that. cancelling anyone who has ever said anything. _ cancelling anyone who has ever said anything, this is half a decade agom — anything, this is half a decade agom |t— anything, this is half a decade auo. .. , :, anything, this is half a decade am," , :, . anything, this is half a decade auo... , :, : :, ago... it is not cancelling him, and his aaivin ago... it is not cancelling him, and his giving money — ago... it is not cancelling him, and his giving money back. _ ago... it is not cancelling him, and his giving money back. i _ ago... it is not cancelling him, and his giving money back. i don't - ago... it is not cancelling him, and i his giving money back. i don't know. it's not his giving money back. i don't know. it's not my — his giving money back. i don't know. it's not my decision _ his giving money back. i don't know. it's not my decision to _ his
henry zeffman reports.ying was a gender or race based comment, but it was clearly inappropriate. he has apologised, and i think we need to move on from that. cancelling anyone who has ever said anything. _ cancelling anyone who has ever said anything, this is half a decade agom — anything, this is half a decade agom |t— anything, this is half a decade auo. .. , :, anything, this is half a decade am," , :, . anything, this is half a decade auo... , :, : :, ago... it is not cancelling...
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let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. henry, morning to you.a budget, any budget fuses the political with the economic but especially when it is almost certainly the last budget before a general election but i think it went down reasonably well with tory mps. if not spectacularly well. tory mps fundamentally are one of the core constituencies for a tory chancellor's budget. it didn't go well spectacularly because i think we knew about the biggest announcement in advance, that 2p cut national insurance, i was stood on this very spot talking about it 21! hours ago before the budget had been delivered. also it didn't go down spectacularly well because some conservative mps would have preferred jeremy hunt to cut income tax instead but he decided that within his own fiscal rules and the broader economic picture, he could not do so. perhaps that is why he instead set out this broader, long—term ambition to abolish national insurance altogether. it's pretty vague as an ambition, we don't really know what timeframe he is talking over, he says he wants
let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. henry, morning to you.a budget, any budget fuses the political with the economic but especially when it is almost certainly the last budget before a general election but i think it went down reasonably well with tory mps. if not spectacularly well. tory mps fundamentally are one of the core constituencies for a tory chancellor's budget. it didn't go well spectacularly because i think we knew about the biggest announcement in...
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zeffman joins us now.iver dowden in the house of commons later. he will be addressing mps. his audience is really engaging. we are expecting two overarching things. one will be about attacks on an institution, the electoral commission committee elections watchdog. we learned about the cyber attack last year. that is windy electoral commission told us it had happened. it happened in 2021. for the first time today it sounds like we will get closer as to who conducted their cyber attack. 0liver dowden is expected to say it was carried out by people with links to beijing. laterwe carried out by people with links to beijing. later we will hear more about cyber threats to individual mps. three mps had been called to a briefing this afternoon about particular cyber threats they themselves have faced. among them set iain duncan smith. like others, he is a very firm critical of china. i think we're going to see the government calling out with a real directness malign activity from another state. that is a big deal.
zeffman joins us now.iver dowden in the house of commons later. he will be addressing mps. his audience is really engaging. we are expecting two overarching things. one will be about attacks on an institution, the electoral commission committee elections watchdog. we learned about the cyber attack last year. that is windy electoral commission told us it had happened. it happened in 2021. for the first time today it sounds like we will get closer as to who conducted their cyber attack. 0liver...
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our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, joins us now.the argument the government makes to the end of the year and to that general election. inflation coming down the hoping government might also mean interest rates coming down, something jeremy hunt the chancellor was talking about moments ago. $5 the chancellor was talking about moments ago-— moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its _ moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its target, _ moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its target, that - moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its target, that opens | moments ago. as inflation gets i closer to its target, that opens the door for— closer to its target, that opens the door for the bank of england to consider— door for the bank of england to consider bringing down interest rates. — consider bringing down interest rates, that brings down mortgage rates. _ rates, that brings down mortgage rates. it— rates, that brings down mortgage rates, it makes a very big difference. it is too early to know whether— difference. it is too ea
our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, joins us now.the argument the government makes to the end of the year and to that general election. inflation coming down the hoping government might also mean interest rates coming down, something jeremy hunt the chancellor was talking about moments ago. $5 the chancellor was talking about moments ago-— moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its _ moments ago. as inflation gets closer to its target, _ moments ago. as inflation gets closer to...
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henry zeffman in westminster.ore being sold at auction. do you think they fly around the world? .,,, , , do you think they fly around the world? , , , ., do you think they fly around the world? ._ world? possibly, they are actually maaical, world? possibly, they are actually magical. ben. _ world? possibly, they are actually magical, ben, that _ world? possibly, they are actually magical, ben, that is _ world? possibly, they are actually magical, ben, that is how- world? possibly, they are actually magical, ben, that is how it - world? possibly, they are actually. magical, ben, that is how it works. the shoes — one of four surviving pairs used in the film — previously made headlines when they were stolen from a museum in 2005 — before being recovered 13 years later. they will go on display in cities including new york, london and tokyo before being sold in december. pretty cool. and don't forget you can keep up to date on all of the day's news live on bbc iplayer — just head for iplayer and look out for bbc news,
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we're joined now by chief political correspondent henry zeffman. morning to you, henry.s an important point that damian arose there, this is this government's definition of extremism, not a legal change of any kind, and the question will obviously be in practice what difference will it make? you will obviously be in practice what difference will it make?- difference will it make? you are exactly right. — difference will it make? you are exactly right, charlie. _ difference will it make? you are exactly right, charlie. what - difference will it make? you are exactly right, charlie. what we | difference will it make? you are i exactly right, charlie. what we are talking about here and what we are going to hear more about from the government today, it's not a new law, it's not anything which will change the kind of legal architecture of how different organisations go about their work. what it is is a definition for government but also crucially for other public authorities. so the groups that end up being covered by this new definition, they won't have contact from governme
we're joined now by chief political correspondent henry zeffman. morning to you, henry.s an important point that damian arose there, this is this government's definition of extremism, not a legal change of any kind, and the question will obviously be in practice what difference will it make? you will obviously be in practice what difference will it make?- difference will it make? you are exactly right. — difference will it make? you are exactly right, charlie. _ difference will it make? you...
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it follws a complaint from a conservative mp. 0ur chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, joinson here? the first important thing to stress is the police are not at this stage investigating angela rayner. they are reassessing a decision they made last month not to investigate her. they are looking at whether they should open an investigation or not. into what is quite complicated. the particular complaint they received focuses on what address you used on official documents, registering to vote. that gets into questions of what her primary residence was after she got married in 2010. this all follows claims made in a biography of angela rayner written by lord ashcroft, a former conservative member of the house of lords. he made claims about her former council house in stockport, which she bought under right to buy. those questions raised by lord ashcroft initially focused on tax implications of whether she lived there or at her then husband's address. those questions are the ones not being considered here. the deputy chairman of the conservative party wrote to greater manchester
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we're joined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman.unt will emerge in the next few hours. henry, how much of a factor is the next election in this budget? it factor is the next election in this bud . et? , factor is the next election in this budaet? ,. ., ,~ , budget? it is certainly a big factor. today _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is a - budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is a big - budget? it is certainly a big - factor. today it is a big economic moment for households across the country, of course, but it is also a big political moment because the government is running out of set piece events before the general election comes, whenever it comes, where they really get the opportunity to grab the attention of the nation and say, this is what we want to do. today is one of those few remaining events. we do happen to know one of the big things the government is going to do. they are going to cut national i
we're joined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman.unt will emerge in the next few hours. henry, how much of a factor is the next election in this budget? it factor is the next election in this bud . et? , factor is the next election in this budaet? ,. ., ,~ , budget? it is certainly a big factor. today _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is a - budget? it is certainly...
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our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now.mself, and £5 million through his company. it was adding a meeting of that company back in 2019 where the guardian— that company back in 2019 where the guardian alleges he was talking about— guardian alleges he was talking about an — guardian alleges he was talking about an executive from a rival firm and he _ about an executive from a rival firm and he went— about an executive from a rival firm and he went on to say this. "it's like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate all black women, because she is there. i don't hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot." it's important to say the bbc has not independently verified of those alleged _ not independently verified of those alleged remarks. but mr hester did roof -- _ alleged remarks. but mr hester did roof —— responded to the guardian yesterday — roof —— responded to the guardian yesterday. in a statement his company— yesterday. in a statement his company said he accept
our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now.mself, and £5 million through his company. it was adding a meeting of that company back in 2019 where the guardian— that company back in 2019 where the guardian alleges he was talking about— guardian alleges he was talking about an — guardian alleges he was talking about an executive from a rival firm and he _ about an executive from a rival firm and he went— about an executive from a rival firm and he went on to say this....
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henry zeffman is in westminster. morning.this ping-pong, in westminster they call this ping—pong, don't they? to the outside as it might seem like a curious moment in time where a very big and important debate is had and a decision made, and then goes back and forth? ., ., , , and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of _ and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether _ and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether this - and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether this one . and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether this one is ping or pong. but either way it is coming back from the house of lords to the house of commons, although not until after easter. basically the way the legislative process works in parliament is that you have the house of commons debate a piece of legislation, the house of lords the —— debate that legislation. but it can't become law until both of them agree on every dotted eye and crossed t. as it stands there are seven amendments, changes the house of lords
henry zeffman is in westminster. morning.this ping-pong, in westminster they call this ping—pong, don't they? to the outside as it might seem like a curious moment in time where a very big and important debate is had and a decision made, and then goes back and forth? ., ., , , and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of _ and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether _ and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of whether this - and forth? yeah, i have slightly lost track of...
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henry zeffmanjoins us. failed asylum seekers from the uk. henry zeffman joins us.migration and asylum policyl plants? morning. we know that l immigration and asylum policy is such a big issue for so many people. and both political parties are preparing for it to be a big part of the general election battleground as well. and this morning we get a bit more detail on labour's policy. as you said there, they are announcing a returns and enforcement unit, which they say will speed up processing and speed up returns. and included in that will be 1000 staff who they will fund to send around the world, in part to help strike new diplomatic agreements to improve the returns process. but also, when they are there in those countries, to improve the speed of returns agreements which already exist. now crucially, this means returns for people to countries deemed safe. so asylum seekers who come to the uk have their claims rejected, but originated in a safe country. there are still other questions about what governments do for those who come from countries deemed unsafe. and by
henry zeffmanjoins us. failed asylum seekers from the uk. henry zeffman joins us.migration and asylum policyl plants? morning. we know that l immigration and asylum policy is such a big issue for so many people. and both political parties are preparing for it to be a big part of the general election battleground as well. and this morning we get a bit more detail on labour's policy. as you said there, they are announcing a returns and enforcement unit, which they say will speed up processing and...
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we're nowjoined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. pm queue today in the commons.ney. and there are calls for the labour party —— from the labour party and others for the conservative party, especially since rishi sunak alleged the comments were racist, to hand back the money. kevin hollinrake, a government minister, says they won't hand back that money. in another interesting exchange you asked him if they would accept future donations from frank hester. �* . . accept future donations from frank hester. �*, , . , , accept future donations from frank hester. �*, , , . . hester. let's be absolutely clear. yesterday the _ hester. let's be absolutely clear. yesterday the prime _ hester. let's be absolutely clear. yesterday the prime minister i hester. let's be absolutely clear. yesterday the prime minister is l hester. let's be absolutely clear. i yesterday the prime minister is said that this man's alleged comments were racist and wrong, and you say if they say man wanted to give another £10 million today to the conservative party, you would take the money?— conserva
we're nowjoined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. pm queue today in the commons.ney. and there are calls for the labour party —— from the labour party and others for the conservative party, especially since rishi sunak alleged the comments were racist, to hand back the money. kevin hollinrake, a government minister, says they won't hand back that money. in another interesting exchange you asked him if they would accept future donations from frank hester. �* . . accept...
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let's speak now to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman.evertheless, obviously going to be welcomed by a lot of motorists. another thing i can tell you is that jeremy hunt is going to warn cash—strapped councils in england that they will have to find further savings. he is going to emphasise the government's waits for them to cut down on consultants and diversity, equality and inclusion. they believe there is wasteful spending on councils they can scale back, even as they warn they need more money from government to fund services they are currently operating. that is another theme. we know that councils“ finances have been a big issue for so many councils and so many people who use their services recently. but obviously the big question remains, what is the personal tax cut that the government has been signalling is coming? will it be national insurance, will it be income tax? will it be 1p or 2p? how will the government funded? either going to find it by reductions in future public spending? if so, is that a bug in the british people suppo
let's speak now to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman.evertheless, obviously going to be welcomed by a lot of motorists. another thing i can tell you is that jeremy hunt is going to warn cash—strapped councils in england that they will have to find further savings. he is going to emphasise the government's waits for them to cut down on consultants and diversity, equality and inclusion. they believe there is wasteful spending on councils they can scale back, even as they warn they...