eleanor garnier, thank you.ormer chief strategist, steve bannon, has expressed regret for comments attributed to him in a book depicting the president as being unfit for office. in a statement, he said his remarks were aimed at mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, not the president. mr bannon‘s also rowed back on quotes in the book about mr trump's son, donald junior. major retailers have signed up to a voluntary ban on selling corrosive liquids to under—185 in a bid to reduce the number of acid attacks. drain cleaner and paint stripper are among the substances. the government is promising new legislation. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. arthur collins, jailed for 20 years for an appalling nightclub attack. watch this cctv. you can see him throwing acid on his victims, 22 people left with burns, a crime involving a household product that's been growing, year on year. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last

eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster.hearing, funding is as the heart of the debate over the problems facing the health service. labour insists the nhs needs more money, but the government says the nhs is now better prepared for winter pressures. here's our health editor hugh pym... there are 73 outstanding ambulances right now. it was a striking image from a week of intense pressure. leah butler—smith's video of ambulances at a hospital with her mother waiting, even though she was having a stroke. big questions are now being asked about the nhs and its funding. health spending needs to keep rising to pay for new medicines and meet the sometimes complex needs of a population which is living longer. the percentage of the population aged over 65 in the uk was under 15% in the 1970s and is projected to get close to 25% by 201m. health spending across the uk has grown a lot since the 1950s, shown here after adjusting for inflation, and has now reached more than £140 billion per year. average annual government spending on heal

eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster.'ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the parliamentaryjournalist, tony grew and the entertainment journalist, caroline frost. funding is at the heart of the debate over the problems facing the health service. labour insists it needs more money, but the government says the nhs is now better prepared for winter pressures. our health editor hugh pym reports. there are 73 outstanding ambulances right now. it was a striking image from a week of intense pressure. leah butler—smith's video of ambulances at a hospital with her mother waiting, even though she was having a stroke. big questions are now being asked about the nhs and its funding. health spending needs to keep rising to pay for new medicines and meet the sometimes complex needs of a population which is living longer. the percentage of the population aged over 65 in the uk was under 15% in the 1970s and is pr

here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. may lost her majority in the general election, faced a rebellion from some of her own mps, was forced to deal with cabinet resignations and even had to sack her second—in—command. it means she starts the year with a reshuffle. well, no prizes for guessing, andrew, that obviously, damian green's departure before christmas means some changes do have to be made. speaking exclusively to the bbc, the prime minister has made clear that she wants her government to be about more than just brexit, insisting she is in listening mode. one of the clear messages we got was that there are a number of areas in which people were concerned about what we were proposing. so just as we have looked at issues on school funding, tuition fees, on housing and we're taking forward approaches in relation to that, on this issue of foxhunting, what i can say is that there won't be a vote during this parliament. and on the environment, plans for 50 million more trees, a push to win over new voters and those who've

with me now is our political correspondent eleanor garnier. eleanor, give us more details esther mcvey are leaving but not leaving yet? not leaving quite yet. if the move would not even start until around 2025, of course we will have had another election by then and with a new government and a new parliament, could they change their minds on this whole thing? this big decision on what to do about the state of the palace of westminster has gone on for some time, there have been calls for a decision to make them quickly. the state of the palace is so serious that some believe if we do not get a decision from parliament soon then things could get extremely serious. we heard from the leader of the house, andrea leadsom, that there have been around 60 incidents in the last ten yea rs around 60 incidents in the last ten years that could have led to a serious fire, and we are told to mps, staff and others in westminster, about just what mps, staff and others in westminster, aboutjust what it is like working over there, they will tell you about the mi

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.n illegal to set a pack of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of scent. many conservatives and campaigners would like the hunting act to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. but having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last year's general election, theresa may's plans to give mps a vote on the issue were pushed back to 2019. now, in an attempt to improve her party's fortunes, the prime minister has gone one step further. one of the clear messages we got on a number of areas was when people are concerned about what we were proposing. just as we have looked at issues on school funding and tuition fees and housing, we are taking forward approaches in relation to that. on this issue of fox hunting, what i can say is that there will not be a vote during this parliament. for now, then, there is little chance the law on fox hunting will be changing any time soon

alex forsyth, bbc westminster. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. hammond may have been behind this. this. and eu should only move very modestly apart with brexit. modestly apart with brexit. shadow brexit secretary who joins me now. now. government has done so far on brexit? brexit? we are with leaked impact assessments. assessments. quality of all of the work that has been done so far? been done so far? in the first place, it is an obvious thing to do. thing to do. to parliament so that we can see them and debate them. them and debate them. we have not got anything to challenge the government on. challenge the government on. explain why they said that there work not any couple of months ago. work not any couple of months ago. anyway so why do you care so much about getting your hands on them? about getting your hands on them? that is an odd position to take. to parliament so we can hold them to account. account. but to not allow parliament to do theirjob, is not good enough. theirjob, is not good enough. in the single market and the customs union.

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.en illegal to set a pack of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of scent. many conservatives and campaigners would like the hunting act to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. but having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last year's general election, theresa may's plans to give mps a vote on the issue were pushed back to 2019. now, in an attempt to improve her party's fortunes, the prime minister has gone one step further. one of the clear messages we got on a number of areas was when people are concerned about what we were proposing. just as we have looked at issues on school funding and tuition fees and housing, we are taking forward approaches in relation to that. on this issue of foxhunting, what i can say is that there will not be a vote during this parliament. for now, then, there is little chance the law on foxhunting will be changing any time soon.

here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier.not start until 2025 would have had another election by them, with a new government and parliament could they change their minds on this whole thing? this big decision on what to do about the state of the palace of westminster has gone on for quite some time and there have been calls for a decision to be made quickly, because the state of the palaces so serious. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. president trump says his first year in office has advanced his mission to make america great again, but his opponents say millions of people are left behind. let me take you some of the main stories from bbc world service. many of kenya's privately owned tv and radio stations are still off air. this started yesterday when they attempted to broadcast the opposition leader rail odinga swearing himself in as "the people's president." that is from bbc swahili. an istanbul court has released on bail the head of amnesty international in turkey. taner kilich is accused of being a memb

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.k of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of sand. many conservatives in the campaigners would like the hunting act is to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. but having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last yea r‘s parliamentary majority in last year's general election, theresa may's plans to give mps a vote on theissue may's plans to give mps a vote on the issue were pushed back to 2019. now, in an attempt to prove her pa rty‘s fortu nes now, in an attempt to prove her pa rty‘s fortunes and now, in an attempt to prove her party's fortunes and show showers this to the electorate, the prime minister has gone one step further. 0ne minister has gone one step further. one of the clear messages we got on a number of areas was when people are concerned about what we were proposing. just as we have looked at issues on school funding and tuition fees and housing,

we can talk now to our north america corrspondent, eleanor garnier who is in our los angeles studio.backdrop of a strained relationship it has been strained at times. it was only last week we heard the prime minister was saying that the president would be visiting the uk. the state visit, that's with all the pomp and ceremony where donald trump would be seeing the queen, that has been on the backburner but there is a more straightforward visit, a working visit, and it was due to take place next month. we know donald trump's public official reason becoming is because he is unhappy with the building and its relocation, all the bbc understands although donald trump is blaming the obama administration, the decision was taken before president obama came into office. there are other reasons being suggested for coming? the threat of anti—trump demonstrations. the mayor of london has made it clear that he doesn't think he is welcome in this country. another difficulty is that when theresa may made that invitation to donald trump to come to the uk that state visit, it was very early on. it be

eleanor garnier, westminster. feels like every week brings a new challenge to her authority?hen it comes to brexit could be behind this. behind this. chancellor's way of thinking when it comes to brexit. comes to brexit. accusations about why documents have been leaked. —— brexit bulls. of the conservative party, notjust in the cabinet. in the cabinet. power to pull the rug from under her? her? staying in the single market, staying in the customs union. staying in the customs union. more direction and more oomph when it comes to domestic policy. it comes to domestic policy. the rug from under herfeet, if that is going to happen at all. still to come even though we are in the middle of the negotiations. the middle of the negotiations. turning from westminster, to columbia. protect their rights to a healthy environment. environment. get full details of this online, for failing to address climate change. failing to address climate change. block that case, it has not been resolved one way or the other. resolved one way or the other. ordered the government is to reduce carbon emis