there live. the church of be there live. the church of england's most senior bishop faces calls to resign over his handling of a sex abuse case days before he is set to take temporary charge of the church. he will live with bbc news. iain duncan smith is planning to raise concerns in parliament this week over chinese infiltration in the british establishment. it comes as an alleged spy he became a confident prince andrew is now reported by several newspapers to have met two former prime ministers. we can now speak to henry settlement. ringers up today in this case. it

henry settlement. ringers up today in this case.— today in this case. it is an extraordinary _ today in this case. it is an extraordinary case - today in this case. it is an extraordinary case which l today in this case. it is an i extraordinary case which has come into the public view over the past few days. when i say the past few days. when i say the public view we still don't know the name of the alleged chinese spy involved. i refer to him as h6, that is how he is referred to in court documents. in those court documents h6 is described as a close prince andrew, the duke of york. we are told h6 attended an event at windsor castle, buckingham palace and st james's at windsor castle, buckingham palace and stjames's palace. it is notjust the royal establishment that alleged spy penetrated. it is also the political establishment. photographed with at least two former prime ministers, theresa may and david cameron. it's not clear if they were prime ministers at the time or had any deeper interaction. they wouldn't have been aware of the claimed motives and background of h6, but it is sparking deep and intense concern in westminster about what this might say about the chinese

communist party and the chinese states approach in its attempts to get the uk to change its policy towards china.- to get the uk to change its policy towards china. what can we hear from _ policy towards china. what can we hear from iain _ policy towards china. what can we hear from iain duncan - policy towards china. what can i we hear from iain duncan smith? we hearfrom iain duncan smith? it's not certain we will hear from iain duncan smith later today in parliament. what he wants to do is use a mechanism called an urgent question to force ministers to come to parliament to answer questions about this case. i think what we will hear is two things, i think we will hear mps questioning whether they should be able to know the name of this person. the reason we cannot name them is a court enforced anonymity order. that may be lifted at some point this week but that is not confirmed. even a politician

saying how do they know if they have met this person if they don't know who this person is? the other set of questions we will hear is about the government's policy towards china. underthis government's policy towards china. under this new labour government, the government has become warmer towards china, warmer towards them in a pragmatic way but keir starmer relatively became the first prime minister in six years to meet the chinese leader. we are expecting keir starmer to do a visit to beijing next year. you will hear from long—standing china sceptics like iain duncan smith later today whether that is wise. he smith later today whether that is wise. ., , is wise. he mentioned possible infiltration _ is wise. he mentioned possible infiltration of _ is wise. he mentioned possible infiltration of the _ is wise. he mentioned possible infiltration of the british - infiltration of the british establishment so give us a bit of background?— establishment so give us a bit of background? yes, this is all about this _ of background? yes, this is all

about this alleged _ of background? yes, this is all about this alleged chinese - of background? yes, this is all about this alleged chinese spyj about this alleged chinese spy was pursuing particular chinese goals. we are expecting the prime minister to hold a press conference, do you think he will be asked about this? possibly, the prime minister is in the nordic countries on a visit with completely different themes. there is an interesting, very slight

difference of opinion between the government and the main opposition, the conservative party on one question here. the conservatives are suggesting that anonymity should be lifted and h six should be named. earlier today a government minister will be in a completely different part of government and they said they thought that was a matter for they thought that was a matter for the court and not something for the politicians to interfere in. the other question i think you will here put to keir starmer today or later will be the speed at which the government is introducing. it will make it easier to monitor what other foreign governments might or might not be doing. the government insists it will in the new year. our chief political correspondent, henry settlement. hospice leaders in england say the sector urgently

could possibly discuss... joanne is a hospice nurse who could lose herjob. she says with christmas not far off, the announcement could hardly have come at a worse time.

at times it is very difficult. hospices receive 30% or less of their funding from the hospices receive 30% or less of theirfunding from the nhs. the rest has to come from donations and fundraising. income has not kept up with rising costs and are now facing higher employer national insurance bills. according to hospice uk nine hospices have announced redundancies and service cuts since the summer. the fifth of hospices in total have planned cuts. £110 million is needed from the government for short—term support in england. last month the health secretary said a financial package would be announced within weeks. we package would be announced within weeks. ~ . ~ , package would be announced within weeks. ~ ., . , weeks. we are currently looking throu . h weeks. we are currently looking through our— weeks. we are currently looking through our budget _ weeks. we are currently looking through our budget for - weeks. we are currently looking through our budget for the - weeks. we are currently looking through our budget for the next | weeks. we are currently looking - through our budget for the next day and how we allocate resources but i want to make sure we are protecting

hospices. want to make sure we are protecting hosices. ., ., , ., , want to make sure we are protecting hosices. ., ., i, hospices. you say more shortly but when? they _ hospices. you say more shortly but when? they need _ hospices. you say more shortly but when? they need to _ hospices. you say more shortly but when? they need to be _ hospices. you say more shortly but when? they need to be making - when? they need to be making financial decisions _ when? they need to be making financial decisions before - when? they need to be making financial decisions before next| financial decisions before next christmas. financial decisions before next christmas-_ financial decisions before next christmas. , ., ., christmas. the department of health said it wants — christmas. the department of health said it wants to _ christmas. the department of health said it wants to ensure _ christmas. the department of health said it wants to ensure everybody - said it wants to ensure everybody has access to quality end—of—life care and policy would be set out in due course. a hospice leader said there would be concern if there was no announcement before christmas. i think people would be incredibly disappointed and people do expect an announcement. people trust wes streeting, hospices have been reassured by his consistently complimentary and positive statements about the value of hospice care. statements about the value of hospice care-— statements about the value of hospice care. statements about the value of hosice care. , . ~ , hospice care. the scottish and welsh governments — hospice care. the scottish and welsh governments have _ hospice care. the scottish and welsh governments have announced - hospice care. the scottish and welshl governments have announced funding to help hospices pay bills but for those in northern england and northern ireland trying to plan budgets for next year, there is great uncertainty. a two—year—old boy has died and four

adults have been injured in a hit—and—run incident involving a stolen car. it happened in the west midlands on saturday night. detectives said the driver of the porsche which was stolen earlier this month fled the scene. police are appealing for them to come forward. let's go live to the post office horizon it inquiry which will today begin hearing closing statements from key people about the evidence presented during all seven phases of the three year long inquiry. more than 700 postmasters were convicted of theft, false accounting and thousands more force to make up shortfalls after a problem with fujitsu's horizon software. four suicides were also blamed on this. an it project gone wrong. that was because it would be an inquiry that was actually about people, by people

whose mental and physical health had been impacted. about people whose marriages and partnerships had deteriorated and failed. about people who thought about taking their own lives and in some cases who took their own lives. since that time, we have been engaged in a rather substantial task. we have disclosed 270,785 documents to the participants in the inquiry. as you have heard me say, the contemporaneous material has been the lifeblood of the inquiry because it has allowed us properly to test what witnesses have said to us. i am reliably informed the page count is 2 million pages, so we have had plenty of material to work with. we

have presently obtained 780 witness statements including disclosure statements including disclosure statements and the page count for that material is 23,928 pages. we have had oral evidence from 298 witnesses, including a wide range of expert evidence. perhaps the most significant figure does not relate to the work that we have had the privilege to undertake. it is the number of postmasters and former postmasters who have died whilst waiting for the post office and government fully and fairly to compensate them. many of whom have been called participants in the inquiry and his passing it has been your sombre duty to announce, with, i am afraid, tragic regularity. i hope that we, as your team, have fulfilled the promise that i made at the start of the inquiry to you, not to lose sight of the fact that the

inquiry was not to be one into a computer system, inquiry was not to be one into a computersystem, but inquiry was not to be one into a computer system, but rather an investigation into the harm caused by people to people. it is now for others to help you marshal your thoughts and your conclusions through the submissions that they now make. . ~ through the submissions that they now make. ., ~ ,., ~ .,, now make. thank you. write, as i think everyone — now make. thank you. write, as i think everyone will _ now make. thank you. write, as i think everyone will know, - now make. thank you. write, as i think everyone will know, we - now make. thank you. write, as i | think everyone will know, we have allocated — think everyone will know, we have allocated effectively an hour to reach _ allocated effectively an hour to reach advocate, apart from one advocate — reach advocate, apart from one advocate who has been limited to 30 minutes _ advocate who has been limited to 30 minutes i_ advocate who has been limited to 30 minutes. i will have to be reasonably strict about that so we -et reasonably strict about that so we get through what we need to do in each dav~ — get through what we need to do in each day. obviously, there is a vast amount— each day. obviously, there is a vast amount comparatively of written submissions from the people who wanted _ submissions from the people who wanted to— submissions from the people who wanted to make them, which i have been _ wanted to make them, which i have been trying — wanted to make them, which i have been trying to