whitehall waste. fair enough.t quite but don't you find it quite funny does these rounds funny that he does these rounds and people say, what's in the budget then? and goes, no, budget then? and he goes, no, i'm i can't tell you. i'm sorry, i can't tell you. >> and what's the point? why do we dance every we go through this dance every twice now? isn't so, twice a year now? isn't it? so, um, very, difficult for um, very, very difficult for interviewers like you to try and get something out of but get something out of him, but i'm sure will succeed, i'm sure you will succeed, camilla, try our best. but yeah, i in this i mean, obviously we're in this pre—budget period now. everyone's looking to wednesday. um, really in kind um, but we're really in kind of scrabbling of scrabbling around in the back of the territory yes uh, the sofa territory here. yes uh, there no money gone. there clearly is no money gone. it's disappeared. it started out at 30 billion. we here now it's down to around 12 billion. you've got to save

. 0ver opens up the road to whitehall.ie to go, the former prime minister david cameron spoke about the men in dark suits in whitehall who were preventing him from giving the finucane family and inquiry into the finucane family and inquiry into the merger a pat finucane. this very same suits are looking in the shadows here today. and so too the legacy of kenova. the report calls for apologies all round, respectively for some families, this does not really cut it. in some ways, it represents a soft landing. as an alternative, we say that the report actually signposts a way forward for a full public inquiry into state penetration of belfast security unit during the conflict. deterrence of reference for a can of her work deliberately fred scappaticci——centric to the exclusion of an investigation into the other agents working within that unit. it is overly simplistic and now give to assume that fred scappaticci operated as a loan agent. it is misleading to assume that he presents as the apex of british state collusion inside t

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and we're back whitehall meaningful tax cuts. and we're back uh, whitehall meaningful tax cuts.uh, know, whitehall meaningful tax cuts. and we're back uh, know, andtehall meaningful tax cuts. and we're back uh, know, and there waste. uh, you know, and there is truth in don't get is some truth in that. don't get me wrong. he's right that, uh, the miserably, the state has failed miserably, certainly start certainly since the start of the pandemic. that is, of pandemic. uh, but that is, of course, let's let's remember who's been charge throughout course, let's let's remember who'period. charge throughout course, let's let's remember who'period. that's ge throughout course, let's let's remember who'period. that's been'oughout that period. that's been happening watch of happening on, uh, the watch of the conservatives um, so, you know, good of them to know, it's good of them to recognise that and to admit their failings and no doubt that there of waste in there is a lot of waste in things wokester teams, things like wokester teams, which of things that which are one of the things tha

whitehall has gone up.t spending is higher than it was. >> yes, but that is since the pandemic. that's what i want pandemic. and that's what i want to want bring the to do. i want to bring the numbers down numbers of civil servants down to that they were to the level that they were before the pandemic. between 2010 and 2019, we saw sustained increases in public sector productivity over that period. by productivity over that period. by the way, standards in our schools went up. crime went down. we had more doctors and nurses in the nhs treating more people than ever before. the pandemic stopped that. and what i'm saying in the budget on wednesday is i want to restart the process of public sector reform because public sector productivity is 6% lower than pre—pandemic. and it is wrong to say that we should be putting more money into the public sector, fewer civil servants to be more productive. >> correct. >> correct. >> you want fewer people to do more. >> i think we've got to stop always looking at the input

think it whitehall anyway.nt one. >> banned it down whitehall different one. >> it banned it down whitehall different one. >> it didn't ned it down whitehall different one. >> it didn't ned it doywhitehall,|ll and it didn't go down whitehall, but a different one but there was a different one where want to go where they didn't want it to go down whitehall. where they didn't want it to go dovand hitehall. where they didn't want it to go dovand then all. where they didn't want it to go dovand then it.. where they didn't want it to go dovand then it did. anyway, >> and then it did. anyway, we'll we'll and get we'll check. we'll check and get back but i'm back to you. but i think i'm right that and, uh, right on that one. and, uh, juue right on that one. and, uh, julie says, why is no one mentioning that all these marches every weekend are stopping people going, going into and into london for pleasure and hurting economy? hurting the london economy? that's a very good point indeed. some people just don't want to go

i mean, if you have an example of a kind of whitehall diktat , just changing whitehall diktat, just changingit's that and we're seeing more of that now with the changing in people's street names from names which may seem offensive to some people, to something else. i think what is forgotten about these things in whitehall or town halls, is that where you live? really matters, and you mess with these historic boundanes and you mess with these historic boundaries at your peril. and pam moorhouse, as a factory worker, and the telegraph ran a very , very good obituary of her, very, very good obituary of her, making clear that you know her. she is a late bloomer in politics, but , but she really politics, but, but she really fought very hard, and she was really a frustrated that whitehall had discarded these historic names. whitehall had discarded these historic names . we are seeing historic names. we are seeing them come back, aren't we? i think that cumbria is now westland and cumberland, so seeing some of them re—emerge . seeing some of them re—emerge. but this stuff matters. michael christop

the top—down system of whitehall control over public services isn't really the best way. the water companies who knew the service best, bill payers who have a real interest in making sure the service works have representation on the boards of directors who are running our public services. it is notjust water, it is also energy, real, the nhs, that the experimental privatisation just does not have a good track record and it is time to have a serious conversation about to change. have a serious conversation about to chance. ., ~ ,, have a serious conversation about to chance. . ~ ,, ,., have a serious conversation about to chance. ., ~' ,, . to the us now, where the man once known as the king of crypto has been given 25 years in jail. sam bankman—fried used to be the boss of the ftx exchange — but was found guilty of swindling customers and investors. he's been ordered to forfeit $11 billion dollars — which can be used to compensate victims. he's expected to appeal the sentence — but it could be an uphill battle — sam bankman—fried used to be the boss of the ftx exchange —

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m15 and other authorities are based in whitehall fortunately retained many records which, had they notave made the can over investigation would have concluded a number of years ago. today's port presents is a damning indictment upon the state. the staggering takeaway message is that the state could have and should have intervened to save lives. but this didn't happen is legally and morally reprehensible. the findings point to the existence of a macabre joint enterprise between the force unit through the tcg and those who actually fired the shots. we're left with the horrendous conclusion and takeaway message that both state and ira were co—conspirators in the murder of some of its citizens. there is also present as a strong riposte to any naysayers are critical of kenova for the £40 million price tag at the time and resources expended in reaching this point today. there would have been no cost at all had the not operated on an utterly dysfunctional policing system in the oversight of the project. any blaming for the cost of this inquiry rest with the british government. there is an obv

it is very, very different to whitehall where _ is very, very different to whitehall where ministerseography, and the only time they come _ a wide geography, and the only time they come together as when they are in the _ they come together as when they are in the cabinet room. the fact that there _ in the cabinet room. the fact that there was— in the cabinet room. the fact that there was no discussion at cabinet until the _ there was no discussion at cabinet until the 25th of february should not be _ until the 25th of february should not be read at all as there being no discussion— not be read at all as there being no discussion between cabinet colleagues because there was a great deal of— colleagues because there was a great deal of discussion between cabinet colleagues in the way that we would normally— colleagues in the way that we would normally transact business. i would have spoken directly to vaughan gething — have spoken directly to vaughan gething after all the cobra meetings that he _ gething after all the cobra meetings that he had discussed, and he would have been— that h

whitehall sources fear the two nafions whitehall sources fear the two nations could be behind the wavenline. this is all in a bid, they say, to destabilise the uk, which is why today we are debating whether you need stronger internet regulation to stop harassment online and misinformation will be debating that at 720 and in the sport this morning. >> andy murray loses in miami england have more injuries ahead of their friendly with belgium and the greatest figure skating score ever set has been done by american ilya malinin. after landing a quad axel, quad lutz, quad loop and quad salchow, followed by a triple flip quad toe loop with a combo of triple toe, and then added triple lutz, triple axel combo. >> sorry , i'm going to go and >> sorry, i'm going to go and have a lay down now and just try and relax for a while. >> good morning. after a fairly quiet end to the weekend, weather wise, i'm afraid the week ahead does look unsettled. once again. there'll be further spells of wind and rain at times, and i'll have all the details later. >> so our top story this morning . the labour leade

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and listen to this, whitehall talking about— listen to this, whitehall talking about how it has becomeand look at this, _ and overly centralised and look at this, we _ and overly centralised and look at this, we will turn it on its head, delivering — this, we will turn it on its head, delivering a _ this, we will turn it on its head, delivering a far more active central government to give local leaders the levers _ government to give local leaders the levers needed to turbo—charge their areas _ levers needed to turbo—charge their areas. could have been written by michaet— areas. could have been written by michael heseltine, written by keir starmer— michael heseltine, written by keir starmer and angela rayner in the times _ starmer and angela rayner in the times. what are they talking about? a big _ times. what are they talking about? a big state _ times. what are they talking about? a big state intervention if they win the next _ a big state intervention if they win the next election. the publicly owned — the next election. the publicly owned great british energy to invest in clean _ o

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than in _ would have been made from whitehall than in wales. decision—making we ended up with. and that is a preferable way, i think — and that is a preferable way, i think. �* ., . , ., think. before we leave the question of divergence. _ think. before we leave the question of divergence, he _ think. before we leave the question of divergence, he will _ think. before we leave the question of divergence, he will have - think. before we leave the question of divergence, he will have been i of divergence, he will have been aware that both mrjohnson and mr hart have given evidence to the inquiry that there was a risk of the devolved administrations being, in their words, devolved administrations being, in theirwords, different for devolved administrations being, in their words, different for the sake of being different. in fact, mr hart went further and stated the welsh government actively sought differentiation for no other reason than to be different and to set world's than to be different and to set worlds apart from the other nations in the uk

now the bean counters in whitehall will say, oh, we couldn't possibly do that.but they don't emphasise it enough, in my view, that what we the that what we call the behavioural effects, how a tax change affect how change will affect how people actually . so i agree with actually behave. so i agree with you, martin. i think the tories , you, martin. i think the tories, if they're going to have any chance of making a fist of really challenging labour who are now 2025 points are consistently now 2025 points aheadin are consistently now 2025 points ahead in the polls, they've got to be bold. there's a silent majority out there. in my view, this is my experience 25 years plus as a journalist. crikey 30 years as a journalist. i'm older than i look, it's my experience that many people out there, the silent majority, they want lower taxes, they want smarter taxes. they want to be able to make money, create wealth, generate security for themselves. their families. they want to contribute to their communities and in my view, the tories should be doing more to really empha

i, he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying. it's been a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because they've been in peru rainforest to being cleared for drug cultivation. coco farm is on just enough to survive. well, international smugglers make millions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption. it's. it's another one, so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done. the environmental destruction of the mud is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begins soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the impulses of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip off enables the team to seize over 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more and more creative, and it's becomi

he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying, it's a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because even in peru, rain forests are being cleared for drug cultivation. coca farm is on just enough to survive well, international smugglers make millions, the rule of law is being undermined. by corruption, as i mentioned, it was just another one. so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction and the mud is supporting the customer negotiations for security agreements all to begin soon. more education and training, a planned and a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip off enables the team to seize all of a 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more, more creative an

and he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related death. so not just a few. and it's not just about people dying, it's a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits given in peru. rain forests are being cleared for drug cultivation. coca farm is just enough to survive well, international smugglers make millions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction and the mud is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begin soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip also enables the team to seize over 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is imbedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more more creat. it's becoming harder to find, you know, so limited, but i mean,

i, he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying. it's been a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because they've been in peru rainforest to being cleared for drug cultivation. coco farm is on just enough to survive. well, international smugglers make millions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption. so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction and the mode is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begin soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the impulsive information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip also enables the team to seize over 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more and more creat. it's becoming harder to find. i know so li

and i would like to prevent that from happening in germany and he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related death. so not just a few. and it's not just about people dying. it's a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits given in peru. rain forests are being cleared for drug cultivation. coca farm is just enough to survive well, international smugglers make billions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption . as i mentioned, it was some other ones that are going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction of the mud is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begin soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip also enables the team to seize all of a 7 tons of cocaine in the ports of calais. of the cocaine is imbedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more, more creative

warned putin not to use the terrorist attack in moscow to escalate the war against ukraine, a senior whitehall security official told the telegraph that the desire it is not surprising for the russian dictator to transfer all this to ukraine, but he should not use the fictitious connection as an excuse to intensify his illegal war in ukraine. the white house earlier said there was no indication that ukraine, which is fighting a russian invasion, was involved in the deadly attack. in the moscow region. the yevan houthis fired a missile at an oil tanker belonging to china. this is stated in the statement of the central command of the us armed forces. the incident happened the day before, 23 nautical miles northwest of the port a fly in the red sea. the ship sustained minimal damage, and the fire on board was extinguished within 30 minutes. no casualties have been reported, the attack on... the tanker occurred after the houthis had previously promised that they would not attack vessels from china and russia. in slovakia , ivan korchok, ex-minister of foreign affairs of the country, a supporter of

so i can imagine that in whitehall and in downing street and in the house of commons people will digestn the uk about whether the country should hang on to the european convention on human rights. now, the principles that are outlined in the international covenant on civil and political rights again are a bit of a mouthful, but they're fundamental and they are things that the uk signed up to and they are similar to the european convention on human rights. again we could be looking at parts of the uk, some people, some political groups in the uk, saying do we need this international covenant? but where do you stop? where do countries stop when they do that? do they then say we don't want the universal declaration on human rights? we don't want the prohibition on torture? it is a slippery slope. 0r prohibition on torture? it is a slippery slope. or that is the view from jenney that, that we will —— geneva that we will all if we abandon these principles that came about after the catastrophe of the second world war.— to the spanish island of ibiza now and the soaring cost of a place to live

tradition, choreography, and noisy musical protest out in whitehall. # we're on a road to nowhere #.exchequer. this is a budget during a recession, albeit a mild one, and interest rates remain high, the chancellor acknowledged, but he wanted to signal his instinct is to cut tax when he believes it's responsible. we can now help families not just with temporary cost of living support but with permanent cuts in taxation. and here was the headline measure on that — another cut in national insurance, a tax paid by most workers. from april 6th, employee national insurance will be cut by another 2p, from 10% to 8%. and self—employed national insurance will be cut from 8% to 6%. national insurance was cut by 2p in the pound a few months back, too. when combined with the autumn reductions, it means 27 million employees will get an average tax cut of £900 per year. two million self—employed will get a tax cut averaging £650. changes that make our system simpler and fairer. and there was this change on child benefit. from next month, a parent will be able to earn more before losing it. that me

and here at the residence of the british government in whitehall, in the center of london, they have received an official request from kyiv regarding the approval of the candidacy. valery zaluzhnyi, as the new ambassador of ukraine to the united kingdom. and here british commentators remind that ukraine has not had its own ambassador in one of the most important allied countries for months heroic resistance to russian aggression. and starting from july 2023, i will remind you, when president volodymyr zelenskyy dismissed vadym prystayk as ambassador to london, kyiv actually did not have its own diplomatic representative. london and in particular, if we talk about the british mass media, for example, the editor of the international news department of the most popular tv news channel sky news, dominique wakhorn, in this regard noted that the interview of mr. prystayk, the previous ambassador of ukraine to great britain, interview for skynews, actually led to, let's say, his removal from this post, when vadym prystaiko... criticized some of president zelensky's statements regarding the

of democracy and freedom of the whole world, and here in the residence of the british government in whitehall center of london, they have already received an official request from kyiv, regarding the approval of valery zaluzhny's candidacy, as the new ambassador of ukraine to the united kingdom, and here british observers remind us that ukraine has not had its own ambassador in one of the most important allied countries for months during our heroic time. of russian aggression, and starting from july 2023, i will remind you, when president volodymyr zelenskyy fired the ambassador to london vadym prystaik, kyiv actually did not have its diplomatic representative in london, and in particular, if we talk about the british mass media, for example, the editor department of international news of the largest of the popular sky news television news channel , dominique wakhorn, on this occasion noted that it was the interview... with mr. prystaik, the previous ambassador of ukraine to great britain, the interview for sky news, actually led to, let's say, his removal from of this position, when vadym pr

total, total hiring freeze across across whitehall . across across whitehall.d in the standard a letter from the then health secretary, steve barclay, saying he was concerned that many local nhs organisations are actively recruiting , uh, into actively recruiting, uh, into dedicated diversity roles. similarly, in the at the tory party conference, again, we see the same sort of movements from jeremy hunt. so he said a lot about this in just the last six months. if you go back a little bit further, he's not the first person from the tory party under under whom this entire problem has become has spawned and become significantly worse. he's not the first person to claim that they will address it. so here we have , uh, in january, we also have, uh, in january, we also had guido fawkes reporting a similar thing. but in june of 2022, which is when sajid javid was the health secretary at the time, seemed like a long time ago. but this is what he said, uh, to the house of commons when he was still the, uh, health secretary. so take a look at this. >> it doesn't mean mor

total, total hiring freeze across across whitehall . across across whitehall.in the standard a letter from the then health secretary, steve barclay, saying he was concerned that many local nhs organisations are actively recruiting , uh, into actively recruiting, uh, into dedicated diversity roles. similarly, in the at the tory party conference, again, we see the same sort of movements from jeremy hunt. so he said a lot about this in just the last six months. if you go back a little bit further, he's not the first person from the tory party under under whom this entire problem has become has spawned and become significantly worse. he's not the first person to claim that they will address it. so here we have , uh, in january, we also have, uh, in january, we also had guido fawkes reporting a similar thing. but in june of 2022, which is when sajid javid was the health secretary at the time, seemed like a long time ago. but this is what he said, uh, to the house of commons when he was still the, uh, health secretary. so take a look at this. >> it doesn't mean more

he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a fuse. and it's not just about people dying. it's been a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because even in peru, rain forests are being cleared for drug cultivation. coca farm is on just enough to survive. well, international smugglers make millions, the rule of law is being undermined by corruption and other ones that are going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done. the environmental destruction of the mud is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begin soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip of enables the team to seize over 7 tons of cocaine in the ports of calais. of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more, more creative and it's becoming harder to find an

how far is that like me to go as well compared to the $300000000.00 euros at the whitehall? so now let's do it last week that was somehow squeezed onto the defense budget to go towards your tray and this job and packages $550000000.00. so it's almost twice that and still it's only in the end, some sort of a stop gap. it's something that will help ukraine over a few weeks. maybe a at the battle front, there's a 100 ahmed vehicles, a 100 transport vehicles. there are various rounds of ammunition that are being that we live at immediately, and others that are promised in a few months time. so it's a substantial amount of money. it's not to be sneeze at, obviously, but it's not going to really change the costs of the world in any significant amount of the bigger issue that credit has been complaining about for months now is, i mean, nation. i bought a story as a gem, a defense that ministers also from his 10000 brands. is that a lot? well, that's 10000 drawn from german stockpile. so in that sense, it's a very important signal, but it's, and in fact, it's not brought to match at

tradition, choreography, and noisy musical protest out in whitehall. # we're on a road to nowhere#.ocus. mr chancellor of the exchequer. this is a budget during a recession, albeit a mild one, and interest rates remain high, the chancellor acknowledged, but he wanted to signal his instinct is to cut tax when he believes it's responsible. we can now help families not just with temporary cost of living support but with permanent cuts in taxation. and here was the headline measure on that — another cut in national insurance, a tax paid by most workers. from april the 6th, employee national insurance will be cut by another 2p from 10% to 8%. and self employed national insurance will be cut from 8% to 6%. national insurance was cut by 2p in the pound a few months back too. when combined with the autumn reductions, it means 27 million employees will get an average tax cut of £900 per year. two million self—employed will get a tax cut averaging £650. changes that make our system simpler and fairer. and there was this change on child benefit. from next month, a parent will be able to earn m

muslim organization and that was that was the essential success and that's what scared the horses and whitehall, muslims are getting politically active, and you see the same thing with with the the the the almost inclusion of friends, friends, of course, one of the key organizers of the massive uh pro- palestine demonstrations. been since october the 7th along with palestine solidarity and stop the war, so again this is attempt to to take out part of the key coalition which brings together this massive wave of support for for palestine and against british foreign policy, complicity and direct engagement of the british in the genocide, so that's that's one thing right, the second thing is of course the other organizations, cage is human rights organization, dr. lee used to work there, and and i've written a number of occasions about cage should be not beat. there a human rights organization and it's absord to to accuse them of extremism and and then mend i mean mend are are are milder than khr it's completely absurd to say i mean the idea that men is an organization which calls for califate whic

, officialdom, sick of whitehall, sick of the they ignored sick of the obr.s freaked out and we all know what happened, and then and so jeremy hunt, there's no way he was going to ignore the obr . but i going to ignore the obr. but i actually do think the obr have become a high handed. now become a bit high handed. now i do think they've taken on the sense their forecasts are sense that their forecasts are absolutely gospel, and i know it strikes me that jeremy hunt, he wanted to do an income tax cut of £0.02 that would have helped pensioners , landlords as well as pensioners, landlords as well as workers. and i think the obr pushed back. yeah. and so i think they compromised on a national insurance cut. >> and but he was spooked by what happened with truss. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> he was fearful that. >> he was fearful that. >> that's why we have >> and that's why we have a bonng >> and that's why we have a boring not helping boring budget that's not helping the that should be helping. could >> that should be helping. could you said bearing you not

let's speak to lucy fisher, whitehall editor of the financial times.ming in the programme. thanks for having me. is thanks for coming in the programme. thanks for having me.— thanks for having me. is this 'ust the usual swirl i thanks for having me. is this 'ust the usual swirl of i thanks for having me. is this 'ust the usual swirl of politics? h thanks for having me. is this 'ust the usual swirl of politics? is h the usual swirl of politics? is there any more to us? put into some context for us please. i there any more to us? put into some context for us please.— context for us please. i think last week was. _ context for us please. i think last week was. by _ context for us please. i think last week was, by the _ context for us please. i think last week was, by the estimate - context for us please. i think last week was, by the estimate of - context for us please. i think last i week was, by the estimate of many context for us please. i think last - week was, by the estimate of many of his colleagues, rishi sunak�*s worst week in politics to date. i

if you're looking, if you're looking down the whitehall at whitehall rubbish chute, at christmas easter at easter, you usually find some fairly unsavoury things that have been kicked , hoping that either kicked out, hoping that either nobody notices or that , nobody notices at all or that, or that the story runs into the kind of dead zone, during the houday kind of dead zone, during the holiday breaks. so i suspect the government knew this was going to be a problem, it's embarrassed by it, which is why it's made this announcement at this but yes , it's this point, but yes, it's a classic of the of the of the ill. it's a classic. here's a big donor to a political party who then gets a big top honour, now, you know, people may say , now, you know, people may say, well, that's fine, that's just how politics works. or people might say, actually, you know what? the whole honours system really needs to be about selflessness and actually party donors should never get anything. and i would make that as a general rule, frankly. and also people just doing their day job, i think that is also peopl

to happen is this centre of excellence that's been set “p centre of excellence that's been set up in whitehallt with the list in the coming weeks. this is a government that is not afraid to complete noses out as it responds in its view to what happened on october the 7th and a rise in anti—semitism is another hate crimes. anti-semitism is another hate crimes. ., ., let's speak to yasmine adam for the from the muslim association of britain. yasmine, thank you very much for talking to us. your reaction to being named by mr mack to buy one of the organisations —— mr gove? it’s the organisations —— mr gove? it�*s disappointing but not surprising at all. we expect some things from mr gove given the track record. both would fall foul of the definition. should michael gove remove his privilege and stop hiding behind it and provide evidence for his accusations, otherwise we will, like our colleagues, threaten legal action as well.— action as well. how damaging potentially — action as well. how damaging potentially do _ action as well. how damaging potentially do think— action as well. how damaging pot

why suddenly discover whitehall waste , uh, just in the run up to waste, uh, just in the run up to ais fooled by that now? >> an the government are still running a deficit, which means that day to day spending is such that day to day spending is such that more is going out than comes in. the national debt is over £2 trillion. we have politicians of all colours got to get honest with the public about the disastrous state of the nation's finances. >> well, i think everybody knew that once we took the measures that once we took the measures that we took during covid, uh, that we took during covid, uh, that we took during covid, uh, that we were going to end up trillions in debt. i mean, if you people to stay home, you pay people to stay at home, you're going you're going to you're going to you're going to create of problem. and create that sort of problem. and nobody in their right senses imagines uh , imagines that you can just, uh, magic with a wand in magic that away with a wand in your first year in office. of course, you got , uh, so course, you got, uh, so inevitably that, you kno

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this was very naive policy but it is dying hard, they are embedded in whitehall and many people thinkawkish you can see the reluctance. irate extraordinarily hawkish you can see the reluctance.— the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks _ the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very _ the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very much - the reluctance. we have to leave it there but thanks very much for- the reluctance. we have to leave it l there but thanks very much for being with us. ., ~ there but thanks very much for being with us. ., ,, , ., the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned russia against trying to exploit friday's deadly militant attack on a moscow concert venue to blame ukraine. four suspects appeared in court in moscow charged with terrorism. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack, in which at least 137 people were killed. mr macron said the same group had plotted actions against france, and it would be cynical and counterproductive to try to turn the blame on kyiv. the kremlin has refused to comment on t

yeah, and you can, but he didn't find willing eaters in whitehall or in the colonial office for schemes that involved the establishment of a jewish state in palestine. britain was really concerned with 2 things by the time that the 1st world war had broken out, they brought to do with the board 1st and foremost, this was an imperative for the survival of britain that it's empire. and secondly, they wanted to ensure that coming out of the board victorious, that their empire would benefit from the victory. so at this stage, i invite simmons and herbert samuels ideas about the rights of the jews to settle in palestine did not find much sympathy in the corridors of power in london. at disappointed fights monroe to a friend asking whether there wasn't at least a discussion to be had about what he called the chance for the jewish people. i realize, of course, he went on, we cannot claim anything. we are much too optimized for it. what did they do, however, was to throw together vitamin the russian, jewish immigrants searching for a homeland and refuge from persecution. with herbert samuel lor

the dwp has also used a classic whitehall phrase, saying it will respond in due course, and also addedthe point. and of course this is just one of many long—running calls for compensation. the government has already budgeted £1 billion for victims of the post office's horizon computer system scandal. that dodgy software was first introduced 25 years ago in 1999. and of course there's the infected blood scandal where up to 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c, and more than 3,000 are thought to have died. that happened in the 1970s and 1980s, and decades on, only interim compensation of around £400 million has been paid out. the total bill is likely to be billions. and when the government is giving out tax cuts based on wafer thin economic projections, these sums are really do matter. waspi campaigners have acknowledged today that as the clock is ticking, women are dying, and the longer the delay, the few who are likely to get a payout. to discuss this we're joined by frances neil, who coordinates that campaign group, waspi, in essex. and helen morrissey, head of retirem

was yesterday's budget seen by some in whitehall as a good day to bury bad news?e department revealed that the taxpayer had picked up the tab for the £15,000 in damages and costs its secretary of state michele donelan had incurred for falsely accusing an academic of supporting or sympathising with hamas. but the opposition parties are not allowing it to be buried, with labour calling for ms donelan to repay the full amount from her own money. in a moment, we'll speak to one of the academic colleagues of the academic ms donelan singled out. but first here's nick on the ongoing political fallout. what is going on? well, continuing heat on michelle donelan. you'll remember that the science secretary was obliged to pay £15,000 of taxpayers' money earlier this week to an academic she had falsely accused of spreading extremist views and of being a sympathiser or supporter of hamas. today, labour described this as a "new low for ministerial standards". it called for michelle donelan to make a statement to mps. and of course, it wants her to repay the money. now the prime

whitehall.bilise society, including vicious online rumours about the princess of wales . a about the princess of wales. a majority of private schools will raise fees if labour bring in vat raid and free speech threats from climate of censorship. the sun newspaper . government to sun newspaper. government to punish cyber raid china hack attack on the uk chinese hackers accessed the personal details of 40 million uk voters in an assault on our democracy , assault on our democracy, according to an exclusive report in the sun. the guardian suspects appear in court accused of moscow attack that left 137 dead and nhs exodus as overseas nurses seek higher pay. the times beijing blamed for malign cyber attack on election watchdog. catherine inspired to speak out by reaction to the king's cancer and russell group gets most of its fees from overseas. of course those are the top universities in the uk. uk students now account for less than 25% of some leading institutes . income. than 25% of some leading i

whitehall.lise society, including vicious online rumours about the princess of wales . a about the princess of wales. a majority of private schools will raise fees if labour bring in vat raid and free speech threats from climate of censorship. the sun newspaper . government to sun newspaper. government to punish cyber raid china hack attack on the uk chinese hackers accessed the personal details of 40 million uk voters in an assault on our democracy , assault on our democracy, according to an exclusive report in the sun. the guardian suspects appear in court accused of moscow attack that left 137 dead and nhs exodus as overseas nurses seek higher pay. the times beijing blamed for malign cyber attack on election watchdog. catherine inspired to speak out by reaction to the king's cancer and russell group gets most of its fees from overseas. of course those are the top universities in the uk. uk students now account for less than 25% of some leading institutes . income. than 25% of some leading ins