well . well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday the 13th of november. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm miriam cates. >> the health secretary defends plans to name and shame bad hospitals in new public league tables, saying the government will no longer turn a blind eye to failure. but will this new scheme work? >> and donald trump has appointed elon musk to head up a new department of government efficiency as the incoming us administration continues to take shape, can the real life rocket man put boosters under the us government, or will it all blow up on the launch pad? >> telegraph columnist allison pearson got a knock on the door from the police, thanks to a social media post from a year

ago, which social media posts. well, she's not allowed to know. is this a reasonable crackdown on hatred or a kafkaesque speech? police nightmare ? speech? police nightmare? >> we're also going to be in lambeth palace because of course, there's some fallout from that archbishop decision. >> yes, big breaking news from yesterday. i think one of the really interesting stories , really interesting stories, though, is this allison pearson visit by the police. and what's really fascinating is when she asked who her accuser was, the police person said, it's not an accuser, it's a victim. and yet she's not even allowed to know which is the offending post. so very interesting connotations for free speech. >> she's not allowed to call her accuser and accuser. she's not allowed to know of what she has

been accused. she's not allowed to know the tweets. she's not allowed to know who is accusing her. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> the victim. who is the victim? the victim has to be an accuser. otherwise they're not anyway. and it's not a crime. >> but it is a crime. and to make it even more complicated. elon musk has now tweeted about this. he's obviously very critical of what he sees as a labour government's crackdown on free speech and yet he is now a member, or soon will be, of the us government commenting on free speech in the uk. i mean, it's a mess, a plot twist, it's a it's a complete mess. >> it's actually deeply concerning. if, i mean, i suppose i'd almost rather live in a country where we all knew what the rules were, even if the rules were ridiculous and tight and overbearing and statist at least knowing what the rules, what you were allowed to say and what you were allowed to say and what you're not allowed to say. in this instance, it looks like you don't even know what you're not allowed to say, but any rules that are based on what you might call an abstract noun like what is hate, what is love, are just purely in the eye of the

beholder. >> something that to me is an acceptable, acceptable opinion might be. hate to you though. how can a police officer interpret that? we need to stick to laws that are based on facts and easy to measure boundaries, which we have seen to have crept away from? >> and i mean, you and i both know alison. >> i mean, i find it very hard to believe that she would hurt a fly or even a metaphorical fly. and yet she gets a knock on the door from the police on remembrance sunday. >> and i thought what was so brilliant about her response is that she said to the police officer, we are today commemorating people who died for our freedom, who stood up against tyrannical regimes. and then she gets a knock on the door from the thought police. very disturbing, but at least it happened to somebody with some influence who can then call this out. >> but of course, if you want to knock on the door from the police, please do visit the gb news website. you can go to gb news website. you can go to gb news dot com forward slash yoursay and risk all sorts of arrest and all the rest of it. not from us, not from us, but please do get involved with the conversation all to come of course, after your news headunes course, after your news headlines with lewis .

headlines with lewis. >> tom. miriam. thank you very much. good afternoon. it'sjust much. good afternoon. it's just after 1:00. here are your latest gb news headlines. the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch, criticised the prime minister at prime minister's questions today over topics on council tax, national insurance contributions and the budget. the conservative leader also pressed the prime minister on decisions he made at cop 2029 climate summit in baku . cop 2029 climate summit in baku. >> mr speaker, i welcome the prime minister back from his trip to azerbaijan, where he has unilaterally made commitments that will make life more experience for everyone back home. >> i'm very proud. i'm very proud of the fact that we're restoring leadership on climate to this country from the uk , to this country from the uk, because that will be measured in lower bills on energy independence and the jobs of the future. >> and in relation . >> and in relation. >> and in relation.

>> and in relation. >> and she may have missed, but on monday i was very pleased to announce a huge order into jobs in hull for blades for offshore wind. if she's opposed to that sort of action, she should go to hull and say so . hull and say so. >> the safeguarding lead at the church of england says abuse within the church is a whole church problem. after the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, resigned following a report that revealed a cover up spanning decades. it comes as victims of john smyth, who is thought to be the most prolific abuser associated with the church, called for further resignations from senior clergy members involved in the scandal. justin welby announced yesterday that he was standing down after an independent review concluded smyth could have been brought to justice if he had formally reported him to the police more than a decade ago . sarah than a decade ago. sarah sharif's father has told jurors he takes full responsibility for the death of his ten year old daughter, taxi driver irfan

sharif made the admission under cross—examination as his wife, behnaz batool, 30 years old, sobbed in the dock at the old bailey today. previously , sharif bailey today. previously, sharif had sought to blame batool for killing his daughter but in a dramatic admission told jurors i accept every single thing . post accept every single thing. post office bosses have set out plans to fix their finances amid reports that hundreds of branches could close down. the shake up may result in the closure of 115 branches wholly owned by the post office, putting more than 1000 jobs at risk. post office chairman nigel railton made the announcement at the company's headquarters in london earlier on today. addressing postmasters across the country as well as retail partners and post office staff , partners and post office staff, failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and managers sacked if they can't

improve patient care and take control of finances, health secretary wes streeting told leaders at the nhs providers conference in liverpool. there will be no more rewards for failure as he set out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance . nhs england poor performance. nhs england will carry out a no holds barred review of nhs performances across england, with the results being made public in league tables which will be regularly updated. nhs trusts can be expected to be ranked on a range of indicators such as finances , of indicators such as finances, delivery of services, patient access to care and competency of leadership. the health secretary also championed the chancellor's autumn budget , also championed the chancellor's autumn budget, claiming the nhs came out on top. >> our collective challenge is to take the nhs from the worst crisis in its history, put it back on its feet and make it fit for the future. the budget was important. the chancellor gave us the investment we need to arrest the decline , begin fixing arrest the decline, begin fixing the foundations and start

turning the service around. the nhs was the standout winner. we're delivering the largest health capital budget since labour was last in power, and the biggest cash uplift in day to day spending of any government department. >> authorities in indonesia are racing to evacuate remaining villages around an erupting volcano. mount lewotobi laki laki on flores island erupted last week but is continuing to spew out lava and towering columns of ash. local authorities are reporting that 15,000 people have been evacuated, with at least 63 injuries and around 2500 houses, including 25 schools damaged, with at least ten fatalities. the uk foreign office has issued a travel warning to that region . a travel warning to that region. and finally, legend of the stage and screen actor timothy west has died at the age of 90. his

family provided the update on x, where they said timothy died peacefully and was with his friends and family at the west end at the west end star and the wide range of roles including long stints in both coronation street, eastenders brass and not going out . well, those are your going out. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. there's more from 1517 00:09:25,784 --> 00