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ben houchen, obviously ou're tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing — tonight.chen, obviously you're hearing natalie _ tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing natalie speak - tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing natalie speak for| tonight. ben houchen, obviously i you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you havejust you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you have just had a you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you havejust had a baby girl and she first time. you havejust had a baby girland she is first time. you havejust had a baby girl and she is very young, six months old. what did you think of what natalie was saying and the message we have to talk about? it is heartbreaking listening to the stories— heartbreaking listening to the stories and i would agree with what andy burnham said but what is interesting and what we need to get to grips— interesting and what we need to get to grips with is we need justice but also timely— to grips with is we need justice but also timelyjustice as well. one of the big _ also t
ben houchen, obviously ou're tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing — tonight.chen, obviously you're hearing natalie _ tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing natalie speak - tonight. ben houchen, obviously you're hearing natalie speak for| tonight. ben houchen, obviously i you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you havejust you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you have just had a you're hearing natalie speak for the first time. you havejust had a baby...
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ben houchen probably felt a — ten. forgot about them. ben houchen probably felt a bit _ ten.yes. i think he'll _ mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived _ mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived early, - mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived early, there . think he'll arrived early, there were shots of them all in number ten. he wasn't being ostracised, they were talking to him. afterwards he came out and said, "look, this is the government the people have elected and everyone needs it to work to improve things." a slightly different dynamic, and all the others like andy burnham were there — he came out as the cabinet, ed miliband and him were hugging in the street. there was a lot of hugging and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament. keir and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament.— and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament. keir starmer has talked about _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting up _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about set
ben houchen probably felt a — ten. forgot about them. ben houchen probably felt a bit _ ten.yes. i think he'll _ mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived _ mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived early, - mayor. from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived early, there . think he'll arrived early, there were shots of them all in number ten. he wasn't being ostracised, they were talking to him. afterwards he came out and said, "look, this is the government the...
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ben houchen, mayor of teesside.ndards among tens of thousands of nhs and private health care workers. but it stands accused of putting the public at risk, as well as endangering nurses and midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation which was causing real distress to staff, which was having an impact on their casework decisions, which meant that good nurses were, for many, many months and years, being investigated for minor offences. bad nurses were allowed virtually to get away with it if it took place the review into the culture of the nmc describes how staff are struggling in an environment where poorjudgment, toxic behaviours and paralysis are affecting decision making. the report describes how the nmc is struggling with a backlog of more than 6,000 cases, many of which drag on for years. one case involving allegations of sexual assaults and rape took seven years before the nurse was struck off the register. delays in resolving cases can have a devastating impact. in the last year alone, six nurses have taken
ben houchen, mayor of teesside.ndards among tens of thousands of nhs and private health care workers. but it stands accused of putting the public at risk, as well as endangering nurses and midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation which was causing real distress to staff, which was having an impact on their casework decisions, which meant that good nurses were, for many, many months and years, being investigated for minor offences. bad nurses were allowed virtually to get away with it if...
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, ben houchen have more power to control their local area ? in my humble opinion, i am willing to be proven wrong. if this becomes a fantastic exercise in empowering local citizens, i worry that it actually makes
, ben houchen have more power to control their local area ? in my humble opinion, i am willing to be proven wrong. if this becomes a fantastic exercise in empowering local citizens, i worry that it actually makes
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ben houchen, the conservative mayor of tees valley, is the only one who's not labour.terests. and, yes, in many ways they will prove a thorn to keir starmer. but they are bound by party allegiance in a way that has never been true of conservative prime ministers dealing with these metro mayors. you also have a labour first minister of wales, vaughan gething, dealing with a labour prime minister. that's a dynamic we haven't seen for 14 years. and looking at the general election results in scotland, it seems quite plausible that within a couple of years you'll have a labour first minister of scotland dealing with a labour prime minister. and even if you don't in 2026, that dynamic, whereas for a long time westminster leaders have been a bit nervous about, "how do you handle the snp?" because the snp have seemed like they're the dominant political force. they have been absolutely busted in this general election. so when keir starmer goes to go and meetjohn swinney, the first minister, i'm sure they'll have a very cordial chat. but the power imbalance is going to be massiv
ben houchen, the conservative mayor of tees valley, is the only one who's not labour.terests. and, yes, in many ways they will prove a thorn to keir starmer. but they are bound by party allegiance in a way that has never been true of conservative prime ministers dealing with these metro mayors. you also have a labour first minister of wales, vaughan gething, dealing with a labour prime minister. that's a dynamic we haven't seen for 14 years. and looking at the general election results in...
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i will go to andy burnham and ben houchen, andy burnham, you are noting as natalie was saying we do notnd exploitation of women and girls. so all creditor. she will have empowered many people in the last few days, given as a new mp she has chosen to do what she has done. we do need the culture change that she speaks of. we just have a situation where extreme images are far too readily available in society and that clearly has an impact. on young men, lads who look at those kind of images. we have cultural issues within the police and you may remember that i commissioned a report last week to look at some of those issues. and to make some really clear statements about the use of strip search within the police. i am saying there should be a presumption against it, and we need a real change there and picking up need a real change there and picking up on the issues around policing mentioned before, for me, when sarah everard was murdered, i will be honest and say to you, i had conversations with my daughters that i should have had before. but i finally did have in terms of understanding som
i will go to andy burnham and ben houchen, andy burnham, you are noting as natalie was saying we do notnd exploitation of women and girls. so all creditor. she will have empowered many people in the last few days, given as a new mp she has chosen to do what she has done. we do need the culture change that she speaks of. we just have a situation where extreme images are far too readily available in society and that clearly has an impact. on young men, lads who look at those kind of images. we...
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. >> but from within her own party, ben houchen.g that suella braverman would be perfect to lead the conservatives because she would mean that the labour would have a long run in power. i basically saying that she would make the tories unelectable. yeah. is that a common view in the left? >> yeah, but i mean, actually to the left she well, she's a gift. i just think she . so from that i just think she. so from that point of view, she sounds like a gift . but actually you don't gift. but actually you don't want a conservative party that is way out there. where where you have. i mean, iain dale from lbc said said, you know, this is absolutely terrible. i mean, there are a lot of tories were awful. and actually, i mean, i was talking to a tory, a former tory mp, last night who and who said, i said, you know, she's she's absolutely terrible and he is very right wing and the most powerful tory in the country. >> ben houchen, who is the only remaining conservative mayor, criticised and condemned what she said . and she said divisive she s
. >> but from within her own party, ben houchen.g that suella braverman would be perfect to lead the conservatives because she would mean that the labour would have a long run in power. i basically saying that she would make the tories unelectable. yeah. is that a common view in the left? >> yeah, but i mean, actually to the left she well, she's a gift. i just think she . so from that i just think she. so from that point of view, she sounds like a gift . but actually you don't gift....
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i mean, that was i mean, that was because ben houchen probably felt a little bit, you know, a bit a bit because he's the only conservative mayor for tees valley. so i think he i think he arrived early and there were some shots of them all inside number ten. and they, you know, he wasn't being ostracised. they were talking to him. and afterwards he came out and said, look, this you know, this is the government that the people have elected and we everyone needs it to work to improve things. so, um, it's a slightly different dynamic. and then, yes, all the others. so like andy burnham was there and then he came out as the, as the cabinet, sorry. started started arriving and ed miliband, they were hugging in the street. so we're still at the sort of hugging, hugging, smiling stage, i would say, of this new parliament. and also keir starmer has talked about setting up this new council of the nations and regions, hasn't he? so it sounds like those, those mayors who have complained about being kind of locked out of downing street under the previous government are going to have a sort of open i
i mean, that was i mean, that was because ben houchen probably felt a little bit, you know, a bit a bit because he's the only conservative mayor for tees valley. so i think he i think he arrived early and there were some shots of them all inside number ten. and they, you know, he wasn't being ostracised. they were talking to him. and afterwards he came out and said, look, this you know, this is the government that the people have elected and we everyone needs it to work to improve things. so,...
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and thanks as well to ben houchen there.ople might disagree with that. and i've had this sort of panic at these sorts of titles. it's true ben. take it, own it. >> we never panic. >> we never panic. >> never. but we will be back right after the break. hopefully. see you after now we've got a great story to bfing now we've got a great story to bring you now. which we had a very emotional story which we've edhed very emotional story which we've edited for you. our very own gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. and last week she was working on the general election. she expected to be outside downing street thursday, friday, friday with the results, but instead she found herself in a terrible situation, her worst nightmare after two of her sons, matthew and andrew, were reported missing. lost in bali after climbing a mountain well, catherine endured, as she puts it, the worst day of her life before finally, after 40 hours of no sightings or online locations, either the pair were found and earlier we spoke to catheri
and thanks as well to ben houchen there.ople might disagree with that. and i've had this sort of panic at these sorts of titles. it's true ben. take it, own it. >> we never panic. >> we never panic. >> never. but we will be back right after the break. hopefully. see you after now we've got a great story to bfing now we've got a great story to bring you now. which we had a very emotional story which we've edhed very emotional story which we've edited for you. our very own gb...
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we tracy brabin to ben houchen.ion in east yorkshire . devolution in east yorkshire. >> now the devolution of power means making sure that your party controls power . most of party controls power. most of the mayors across england and wales are they're labour, they're the labour party. so sir keir starmer, you could argue, has got some skin in the game to make sure that the labour party controls areas, even if the labour party aren't in power in westminster. do you think it's a bit cynical to be devolving power to ensure the labour party continues to run the regions and the cities? >> absolutely not at all. i do believe i work very well with my neighbour, mike ross, the leader of hull city council. he's the leader, is democrat, is the liberal democratic leader of the hull city council . i work well hull city council. i work well across the piece with anybody. i sit on the northern powerhouse , sit on the northern powerhouse, i sit on the transport for the north. we work across party and actually for me, being a mayo
we tracy brabin to ben houchen.ion in east yorkshire . devolution in east yorkshire. >> now the devolution of power means making sure that your party controls power . most of party controls power. most of the mayors across england and wales are they're labour, they're the labour party. so sir keir starmer, you could argue, has got some skin in the game to make sure that the labour party controls areas, even if the labour party aren't in power in westminster. do you think it's a bit...
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, ben houchen have more power to control their local area ?o, control their local area? no, that's a clear one. why do you think not? >> in my humble opinion, i am willing to be proven wrong. if this becomes a fantastic exercise in empowering local citizens, i worry that it actually makes our leaders less accountable. it actually fragments our country. and guess what will increase your taxes ? what will increase your taxes? that's what i reckon. >> i think that there's a real opportunity here because we're in for almost no opposition in parliament. the labour party has so many mps in parliament, they can railroad anything through the house of commons. well, one of them's a conservative, but of course there are going to be more mayoral elections through the course of the next parliament. and i think that if people have another outlet for opposition, i think it works quite well in the united states of america. and i always think that perhaps having one party in control of absolutely everything is a is a sort of ratchet for more government. but t
, ben houchen have more power to control their local area ?o, control their local area? no, that's a clear one. why do you think not? >> in my humble opinion, i am willing to be proven wrong. if this becomes a fantastic exercise in empowering local citizens, i worry that it actually makes our leaders less accountable. it actually fragments our country. and guess what will increase your taxes ? what will increase your taxes? that's what i reckon. >> i think that there's a real...
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but then i've spoken to conservatives as well, ben houchen among them.e mayor for tees valley, who says that he thinks we may as well just get on with it because the values and the opinions are pretty much all of the conservative candidates are well known. most of them are either served in the cabinet or else run for the leadership themselves. it's a very different race to last time. suella braverman, who did do pretty well in the last race, it seems as though her campaign is almost dead on the start line. steve baker, danny kruger, these right wing, miriam cates to these right wing figures, some of them mps, some of them former mps who supported her last time have backed away . this time, have backed away. this time, danny kruger is now supporting robert jenrick. meanwhile, tom tugendhat is picking up support from both the left and the right of that part of the party. as we've seen in that joint op ed today by steve baker on the right and damian green on the left , both of whom lost their left, both of whom lost their seats. he is widely being seen as t
but then i've spoken to conservatives as well, ben houchen among them.e mayor for tees valley, who says that he thinks we may as well just get on with it because the values and the opinions are pretty much all of the conservative candidates are well known. most of them are either served in the cabinet or else run for the leadership themselves. it's a very different race to last time. suella braverman, who did do pretty well in the last race, it seems as though her campaign is almost dead on the...
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but the relationship between keir starmer and ben houchen, the only surviving conservative mayor, willi have already said hello. we have. he won the election, right, and he is our prime minster. if he succeeds then the country succeeds, and i have offered my support to be able to help, i want to continue to deliver for my area and he was keen to be able to see those growth plans put in place and i look forward to working with him. gone from government, along with the conservatives, is the phrase �*levelling up'. they introduced it to describe their plans to boost regional economies but labour called it a gimmick and said it hadn't worked. it was firmly tippexed out of the department yesterday, so we are now the ministry of housing, communities and local government. and why that is important for me is, well, one, levelling up was only ever a slogan, it wasn't thing that people felt in their communities. but local government wasn't included and people do feel local government in their communities, people know what their council does, people know how important those services are. and as t
but the relationship between keir starmer and ben houchen, the only surviving conservative mayor, willi have already said hello. we have. he won the election, right, and he is our prime minster. if he succeeds then the country succeeds, and i have offered my support to be able to help, i want to continue to deliver for my area and he was keen to be able to see those growth plans put in place and i look forward to working with him. gone from government, along with the conservatives, is the...
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ben houchen, as you contest now.e you could say the most powerful conservative in the party has said it's incredibly important that there isn't a fractious contest. or you could see the party in a long period of wilderness. do you agree with those comments? and do you think that there are any particular names in the hat who've thrown their hats in the ring? who could be problematic for that ? could be problematic for that? >> look? well, you're not going to get draw me on, any particular candidate just yet. but what i would agree with ben hawkins, you know, summation that we don't want a fractured contest and saying that we do need to have a full, frank and open debate about what the conservative party stands for, what we will offer the country in the next half of this decade. and that's what i fully expect our leadership election to be about. the timeline for all that and how it will work, is for the party board and the 1922 committee to work out, and meetings are ongoing, almost as we speak, to determine just those
ben houchen, as you contest now.e you could say the most powerful conservative in the party has said it's incredibly important that there isn't a fractious contest. or you could see the party in a long period of wilderness. do you agree with those comments? and do you think that there are any particular names in the hat who've thrown their hats in the ring? who could be problematic for that ? could be problematic for that? >> look? well, you're not going to get draw me on, any particular...
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i mean, ben houchen, who i spoke to yesterday, the conservative mayor for tees valley, now the most powerfulhat they should get on with it and do the election pretty quickly because he says, well, we know what all of the key player thinks thinks all of these people have either stood as a conservative leader before or been a big player in the previous government. so sort of what's the point in hanging around, but yeah, i suspect the discussion starts in a few weeks time and the leader is in place by conference. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> fascinating stuff. well, let's get the views of former conservative mp for lichfield, sir michael fabricant. michael, lovely to have you on the show . lovely to have you on the show. commiserations regarding thursday. i know you've been a very loyal servant to your constituents for many, many years in the constituency, but it's about the future now . who it's about the future now. who is the best kind of person to take over the party? is this a battle of left versus right ? battle of left versus right? >> i think sadly it will become just that. >> but you
i mean, ben houchen, who i spoke to yesterday, the conservative mayor for tees valley, now the most powerfulhat they should get on with it and do the election pretty quickly because he says, well, we know what all of the key player thinks thinks all of these people have either stood as a conservative leader before or been a big player in the previous government. so sort of what's the point in hanging around, but yeah, i suspect the discussion starts in a few weeks time and the leader is in...
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tory ben houchen getting his in the selfie. it's just that, you know, nice warm words.te. >> do we want second rate politicians in this country to have more power concentrated in their hands? >> i don't think it's necessarily that they are second rate about any individual. i think it's that the model is completely wrong and i don't . completely wrong and i don't. >> i support devolution in principle. i think that power , principle. i think that power, that decisions should be taken as close as possible to the people they affect. but the problem with the model that we have now is essentially the mayors are just an additional level of bureaucracy, and they don't have tax raising powers, which most people would probably think is a good thing or indeed tax cutting. >> but they don't have tax cutting power. >> so they can go to westminster and say, we want more money. >> and if the government says no, there is no more money, they can go back to their electorate and blame the government. now that's worked well for labour mayors under a conservative government because they hav
tory ben houchen getting his in the selfie. it's just that, you know, nice warm words.te. >> do we want second rate politicians in this country to have more power concentrated in their hands? >> i don't think it's necessarily that they are second rate about any individual. i think it's that the model is completely wrong and i don't . completely wrong and i don't. >> i support devolution in principle. i think that power , principle. i think that power, that decisions should be...
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but the relationship between keir starmer and ben houchen, the only surviving conservative mayor, willo be of importance. he won the election, right, and if he succeeds, i have offered my support to be able to help. i want to improve my area and help. i want to improve my area and he was keen to be able to see those plans put in place. i look forward to working with him. gone from government along with the conservatives is the phrase levelling up. they introduced it to describe their plans to boost individual economies that labour said it was a gimmick and hadn't worked. eu; said it was a gimmick and hadn't worked. �* , ., , said it was a gimmick and hadn't worked. �* , . , ., worked. by that is the one levelling u . worked. by that is the one levelling u- was worked. by that is the one levelling uo was only — worked. by that is the one levelling no was only ever — worked. by that is the one levelling up was only ever a _ worked. by that is the one levelling up was only ever a small— worked. by that is the one levelling up was only ever a small move, - worked. by that is the one levell
but the relationship between keir starmer and ben houchen, the only surviving conservative mayor, willo be of importance. he won the election, right, and if he succeeds, i have offered my support to be able to help. i want to improve my area and help. i want to improve my area and he was keen to be able to see those plans put in place. i look forward to working with him. gone from government along with the conservatives is the phrase levelling up. they introduced it to describe their plans to...