freight the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican challenged armour —— obama care, the third time the law has survived a vote. the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray reason unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end. and the liberal democrats have taken a seat in bucs, chesham and amersham. now on bbc news: newscast.

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament — the week the health secretary discovered who his friends are. the right honourable gentleman, now forever branded as hopeless hancock by his own leader. also in this programme: britain's biggest police force is accused of institutional corruption. this is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the metropolitan police. changes at the top in northern ireland. mr speaker, let us l be good neighbours. thank you for allowing me to speak. over and out. and looking back at prime ministers and their pets.

which included budgerigars that flew around his bedroom, to the discomfort of visiting ministers. all that to come and more. but first, monday, june 21 was supposed to be "freedom day", the day the people of england could throw away their facemasks and hug one another. but freedom day has been postponed untiljuly 19 after a rise in coronavirus infections. ministers say we must learn to live with the virus as we live with flu. the delay was approved by mps despite a rebellion by more than 50 conservatives. the ayes to the right, 461, the noes to the left, 60. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. a comfortable victory for the government there, thanks to the support of labour mps. their leader, sir keir starmer, tried to pin the blame for the delay on borisjohnson�*s decision not to impose tighter restrictions on passengers arriving from india, where the delta variant was first discovered. and when it comes to care homes, protective equipment or borders,

we see the same pattern from this prime minister — too slow, too indecisive, overpromising, underdelivering. after all these failures and mistakes, why should anyone believe the prime minister now? mr speaker, why should anybody believe the leader of the opposition when he can't decide what he thinks from one week to the next? he says he has a tough position on borders. actually, he was attacking quarantine only recently and saying that it was a blunt instrument that should be lessened, mr speaker. what i think the people of this country want to see is a government getting on with the vaccine roll—out and getting on with our cautious but irreversible road map to freedom. half an hour before that exchange, boris johnson's former adviser dominic cummings dropped his latest bombshell in his continuing critique of the government's handling of the pandemic. dominic cummings published text messages, apparently from borisjohnson, that revealed that, at the height of the pandemic

last year, the prime minister had described his health secretary, matt hancock, as "hopeless" — with a strong swear word thrown in for emphasis. he also considered replacing him with michael gove. some mps were surprised keir starmer didn't ask about those messages, but the snp�*s westminster leader was on the case. as we enter the chamber, - we see what is reported to be whatsapp communication . between the prime minister and dominic cummings. are hair and perhaps the prime minister will clarify whether or not these j are genuine or whether. the derogatory comments that he expressed on his- health secretary are valid or not. an invitation boris johnson chose to ignore. but he couldn't ignore tory unhappiness about the delay to the lifting of restrictions. can my right honourable friend explain why, instead of trusting his world—leading vaccine programme, the common sense of the british people

and his conservative instincts of individualfreedom and individual responsibility, he instead prefers to trust people like professor susan michie at sage, a long—standing member of the communist party who last week let the cat out of the bag and said she wanted some covid restrictions to last forever? mr speaker, nobody, least of all i or my honourable friend, want to see covid restrictions last forever, nor do i think that they are going to last forever, mr speaker. as i made clear earlier this week, i think we can have a high degree of confidence that our programme, our vaccination programme, will work, and i think we need to give it a little bit more time, as i have explained, to save many thousands more lives by vaccinating millions more people. that's what we want to do. well later on, matt hancock himself led the debate on those restrictions. we propose to give the nhs a few more crucial weeks to get those remaining jabs into the arms of those who need them. although we're taking these steps outlined in the regulations today, and i know this is disappointing

for many people, we know that science has given us a solution. we must use this time to protect as many people as we can as quickly as we can, because even though this vaccination programme has been going at a blistering pace, there are still people who we must protect. he also confirmed that care home workers in england would be required to have the jab. matt hancock's labour shadow offered support for the delay with a heavy heart. he'd also read those text messages. the right honourable gentleman, now forever branded as hopeless hancock by his own leader. well, for many of our constituents, when they'll be watching the news tonight, when they know that they failed to protect our borders, when they know that they allowed this variant to take off and when they saw that restrictions are being extended, i think many of our constituents will no doubt repeat the prime minister's expletive—laden sentiment about the secretary of state tonight. the liberal democrats agreed. so, mr deputy speaker, the situation we find - ourselves in was avoidable. ministers must take full- responsibility for having to delay the lifting of restrictions next week, and part of that- responsibility is to support people to do the right thing. _ with businesses on their knees, jobs are at risk and many- of the self—employed have yet to get a penny of surlport _ the rules are being eased

for weddings, although some restrictions do remain. but as colleagues have said, and as my honourable friend will appreciate, for many couples, being able to hug but not dance, you can't have a band, you've got to socially distance — that's not the kind of big day that they wanted for themselves and their families. so can he reconsider this? andrea leadsom voted with the government. but other tories couldn't be persuaded. with a heavy heart, i'm afraid to say to the minister that i cannot support the government this evening because i cannot find a way to explain to my constituents why the things they are looking forward to getting back to doing have to wait. the government has set a disastrous precedent in terms of the future of liberty in these islands. now, i could understand it if we were a communist party, but this is the party that inherited the true wisdom of given the current situation and the need to get more people . place the rules are being eased for place weddings, although some restrictions do remain. but as colleagues have said, and as my honourable friend will appreciate, for many couples, being able to hug but not dance, you can't have a band, you've got to socially distance — that's not the kind of big day that they wanted for themselves and their families. so can he reconsider this? andrea leadsom voted with the government. but other tories

couldn't be persuaded. with a heavy heart, i'm afraid to say to the minister that i cannot support the government this evening because i cannot find a way to explain to my constituents why the things they are looking forward to getting back to doing have to wait. the government has set a disastrous precedent in terms of the future of liberty in these islands. now, i could understand it if we were a communist party, but this is the party that inherited the true wisdom of the whig tradition. sir desmond swayne. the easing of covid—i9 restrictions has been delayed in scotland too. the whole country was due to move to the lowest level zero of its five—tier system from the 28th ofjune. but the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said that this was likely to be be delayed by three weeks so that more people can be vaccinated against the virus. with borisjohnson having delayed the lifting of restrictions in england, she told msps that the scottish government too would adopt a cautious approach.

given the current situation and the need to get more people fully vaccinated before we ease up further, it is reasonable, i think, to indicate now that it is unlikely that any part of the country will move down a level from the 28th ofjune. instead, it is more likely that we will opt to maintain restrictions for a further three weeks from the 28th ofjune and use that time to vaccinate with both doses as many more people as possible. doing that will give us the best chance, later injuly, of getting back on track and restoring the much greater normality that we all crave. yesterday, the national clinical director suggested that this new variant could delay lockdown exit by up to ten weeks. can the first minister tell us, is the government seriously considering delaying the move to level zero until september? at no point today did i say i thought restrictions would be in place for a period of further months. i didn't say that.

i have tried all along not to commit to firm dates way into the future that nobody can be certain can be delivered. if we do have a three—week delay from june 28, that i takes us to july 19. can we have a commitment that we will have next - to all 40—pluses double—dosed - by that date and every 18—year—old single—dosed by that date, - so we can ramp up, truly ramp up our vaccination programme? on vaccination, we are literally going as fast as supplies allow. if we cannot reach milestones on vaccination, it is only going to be because we don't have the supplies to do that. so i've set out in response to the earlier question the milestones we're working to, the fact that all over—18—year—olds will either have had their first dose or the appointment for the first dose by the end of next week. we are then bringing forward second doses and we will go as fast as supplies allow, while planning for extending the vaccination programme into other cohorts. nicola sturgeon. now, an extraordinary tale of police corruption and the murder of a private investigator.

the home secretary has accused the metropolitan police of a litany of mistakes over the killing of daniel morgan. priti patel was responding to a report from an independent panel, which found the force was "institutionally corrupt" in the way it concealed or denied failings over the unsolved murder — a finding rejected by the met�*s commissioner, dame cressida dick. daniel morgan was attacked with an axe in a pub car park in southeast london in 1987. his brother believes he was on the brink of exposing police corruption when he was killed. despite five police inquiries and an inquest, no—one has been brought to justice for the murder. the met police admitted corruption had hampered the original investigation. priti patel told the commons the report was deeply alarming. police corruption is a betrayal of everything policing stands

for in this country. it erodes public confidence in our entire criminaljustice system. it undermines democracy and civilised society. we look to the police to protect us, and so they are invested with great power. the overwhelming majority of officers use it honourably, but those who use their power for immoral ends do terrible harm, as do those who indulge, cover up or ignore police corruption. this is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the metropolitan police. she listed the improvements that had been made to the way police corruption was handled, but she said she could not ignore the report's findings. its recommendations are wide—ranging and far—reaching across aspects of policing, conduct, culture and transparency in public institutions.

today, i have written to dame cressida dick to ask her to provide me with a detailed response into the panel's recommendations for the metropolitan police and the wider issues outlined within the report. this afternoon, i will also ask her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services to consider how best it can look into the issues raised. her labour shadow quoted from the report. the family of daniel morgan suffered grievously as a consequence of the failure to bring his murderers tojustice, the unwarranted assurances they were given, the misinformation which was put into the public domain and the denial of the failings in investigation, including failing to acknowledge professional incompetence, individuals' venal behaviour and managerial and organisational failures. the panel has proposed the creation of a statutory duty of candour, to be owed by law enforcement agencies to those whom they serve. it's a vital reform and it's particularly urgent, as there will be another inquiry soon into the covid pandemic. so can the home secretary confirm that that recommendation will be implemented?

priti patel said work was taking place across government on how these wider issues would be addressed. it was theresa may who set up the panel when she was home secretary. at the heart of this damning report, thorough report, is yet another example of an organ of the state whose job was to protect the public prioritising the reputation of the institution over the delivery ofjustice. will my right honourable friend agree with me that the vast majority of police officers act with integrity and with an overriding sense of public duty, but where corruption does occur, it must be rooted out with vigour?

this has only come to light because of the determination of the family and the persistence of the independent panel, so most troubling of all is the failure of senior police leadership and of policing institutions to uncover what has happened and the scale of the problem over so many years. i note that there is a whole chapter on the challenges. of securing cooperation. is that what provides - the explanation for why it took eight years for the panel to complete its work? i was some of the delay caused by difficulties in persuading i the met police and others to provide documents and files _ requested by the inquiry? priti patel said there was a slowness in terms of sharing information. so that is why, mr speaker, it is important that i hold the commissioner to account, ask the right questions, as i'm doing so this afternoon. and as i have said, it is important that, first of all, we seek answers to many outstanding questions, we question and find out what's happened in terms of policing conduct historically, over three decades. priti patel. northern ireland has a new first minister. the dup�*s paul givan was nominated

after a stand—off over irish language laws, with the uk government saying it will legislate for language protections if the stormont executive does not. it follows a late—night deal brokered by the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, although there's still unhappiness within the dup and other unionist parties. in his acceptance speech at a special sitting of the stormont assembly, the new first minister appealed for unity. northern ireland is a special place. it's special because of its people. we have different identities. we need to respect those identities. that difference shouldn't be seen as a threat, it should be seen as a strength. we have a rich tapestry that makes up who we are, what we are, the society that we belong to. sinn fein nominated michelle o'neill to continue as deputy first minister, joint head of the executive office. each of the five parties within the executive all have distinct identities and different outlooks and policies. there are parties of the right, centre and left in coalition

government, which is undoubtedly challenging to steer. we do not and will not always agree, but we're adults and we can get around the executive table. we can give our perspectives, we can voice our views and take decisions collectively in the best interests of the people that we are elected to serve. people want mature political leaders who will get things done. the sdlp welcomes that this crisis appears to have been averted, - i but the people of northern ireland. should never have been brought back to the point of crisis yet again. five parties, the british government and the irish government _ all signed up to new decade, new approach _ all of us made promises - to the people of northern ireland, and all of those promises must be honoured. -

it is a day of indisputable victory for sinn fein. it is a day of shame and humiliation for the dup, added to by the fact that the nomination made today was in defiance of a vote of the dup assembly group. and that spelled a crisis for edwin poots, dup leader for less than three weeks, with his party furious at his decision to nominate a first minister. three days earlier, arlene foster had stepped down with an appeal to northern ireland's political parties to stick to the deal they had agreed to injanuary last year. let us realise in every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity. some have a british and irish identity, some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all, this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of "my identity is better than yours", but it is only by respecting each other's identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live

here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let's be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i'm sure we've all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now, mr speaker, i haven't always made the right calls. none of us are perfect. but at the end of the parable, our lord asks, "who is your neighbour?" the one who stopped to offer help. remember, stopping meant the samaritan reaching out across the religious divide, and it also meant him reaching into his own pocket and paying a price to provide shelter for the injured man. our lord concludes the parable by saying, "go and do likewise." mr speaker, let us be good neighbours. thank you for allowing me to speak. over and out.

applause arlene foster. to wales now, where the first minister, mark drakeford, has unveiled his "programme for government" after labour's victory in last month's senedd elections. the programme promises a living wage for care workers, who'll be paid £9.50 an hour, and jobs and training for young people. the first minister, who doesn't have an overall majority, also offered to work with his political opponents. where there are others in this chamber who have an appetite to work constructively to pursue and indeed improve the proposals we have put forward, they will find this government keen to engage positively with them. these actions then set out in the programme prioritise kindness and collaboration over division and competition. the conservatives wanted more detailed plans to grow the economy.

were you adviser to the welsh government and the then first minister, the first labour government did put tva targets there so that we as an opposition could scrutinise the progress of that particular government. i note from this particular programme for government, targets are sorely missing, and it would be beneficial to understand, especially when it comes to the economy, how much ambition you have for the economy here in wales. it's up to this government to show that a truly - transformative programme for government can be put in place - within that uk context. i'm afraid that that is not - what i see in this programme for government, but as i wish the first minister well- in embarking on the next five years, i guess it's up to his government - to prove me wrong. rhun ap iorwerth. time now for some other news from around westminster,

and a former bbc director general has told mps that, in hindsight, martin bashir should have been sacked over his behaviour in the run—up to his 1995 interview with princess diana. at the time, tony hall investigated bashir�*s faking of bank statements amid questions about whether the reporter had used them to secure the scoop. lord hall, who was head of news in the mid—1990s, was asked about his conclusion. considering what you knew at the time, why did you report to the bbc board of governors that you believed that mr bashir was honest and honourable man? well, let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt caused. but at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance. we, the team, gave him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. the speaker sir lindsay hoyle�*s

patience with the prime minister has been wearing thin after borisjohnson chose to reveal details of the delay to the lifting of the lockdown rules to a news conference rather than to mps. i do not find it acceptable - at all that members of all this house are elected to come - here to serve their constituents, not to serve them via sky or bbc. the question should be made here. the prime minister should be here. i i'm sorry if his dinner would'vel been affected because i was told that he was in brussels. i think the nearest brussels tonight was the sprouts at the dinner - that was being served to him. but i say now, prime minister, you are on my watch, - and i want you to treat this house correctly! _ after a meeting between the two men, it's now been agreed that mps will get to hear the news at the same time as the rest of us. a conservative mp has apologised to the commons after an inquiry

found him in breach of parliament's bullying and harassment policy. the commissioner for standards found that daniel kawczynski had acted in an intimidatory and threatening manner towards two members of staff after technical difficulties had meant he'd been unable to attend a virtual committee meeting. i did not swear nor raise my voice, but my behaviour led to two complaints. i have reflected on my behaviour. i accept it constituted bullying, and as such was entirely inexcusable. the circumstances were stressful for the staff who were assisting the committee and for me. i apologised to them before, and i apologise to them again and to the house unreservedly. i will never repeat such behaviour. thank you, mr speaker. finally, there's been some good news this year for animal lovers who rent their home in england. depending on your tenancy agreement, there's more of a chance that your landlord will let

you keep a pet. and according to an historian in the house of lords, you'd be in good company. does my noble friend recall the importance that winston churchill attached to his pets, which included budgerigars that flew around his bedroom to the discomfort of visiting ministers? would not the great man have been distressed that so many landlords are denying their tenants the affection and companionship that loving pets provide? perhaps my noble friend can hear a famous voice muttering those words "action this day" to get those new tenancy agreements widely applied, so important in this context. i'm grateful to my noble friend pointing out the views of the great man, and we do recognise that domestic pets bringjoy, happiness and comfort to people's lives, and we've seen that

particularly in the pandemic, and we also recognise that the model tenancy agreement is a step forward and we need to see its wider adoption. and that's why we're going to work hard to ensure that landlords do adopt it. and, indeed, there is some evidence of dog lovers living in rented accommodation who've been able to keep their pet, despite some scurrilous newspaper reports that dilyn the dog isn't as well—behaved as his owners. well, that's it for the week in parliament. thank you for watching. i'll be back on bbc parliament at 11pm on monday evening with the highlights from the commons and the lords. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there. friday is set to be another day of split weather fortunes,

with largely dry and often sunny weather across northern and western areas. further south and east, well, the chance once again of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. feeding up from the near continent, you can see this weather system herejust fringing into south—eastern areas, whereas this ridge of high pressure is going to be keeping things mainly dry settled across a part of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales, and the far south—west, after a fairly cool, fresh start. there will be some spells of sunshine and just the odd shower. but down toward the south—east, you can see more in the way of cloud and some sporadic outbreaks of rain. now, don't take the detail on this chart too literally, it's often hard to pin down the detail in these thundery scenarios, but there will be some heavy bursts of rain, perhaps as far as the west country, the west midlands, up to parts of lincolnshire and east yorkshire. the greatest chance of seeing thunder and lightning is across parts of east anglia and the far south—east, where you will also notice the strength of a keen, north—easterly breeze. so while it will still feel humid here, temperatures

will be a good few degrees down on where they have been. maybejust 16 there in norwich. 20 in the sunshine in plymouth, that's the expected high. but more generally, we're looking at temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. now, as we head through friday night, we'll see this wet weather clearing off into the north sea. still some cloud affecting eastern areas, clearer spells further west and further north and quite a cool, fresh start to the weekend for most. a little bit fresher than it has been, even across the south—east corner. on saturday, we find ourselves between weather systems, so that means, actually, a decent amount of dry weather. quite a cloudy start for some, i think we should see some spells of sunshine, chance of one or two showers here and there, and more especially, creeping up from the south through the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures not doing too badly in the strong june sunshine, maybe 23 degrees there in liverpool. always a little bit cooler the further north you look across the uk. but for sunday, well, the weather picture is a lot more complex. low pressure swinging in from the west, this frontal system driving its way

northwards, what it means that is most places will see some outbreaks of rain from time to time throughout the day, could be some heavy, thundery downpours creeping in towards the south, and those temperatures ranging from 21 in london, 22 in norwich, tojust 12 degrees in aberdeen.

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