ian, that row between mr staunton and kemi badenoch seems to be deepening. it and kemi badenoch seemspening-— deepening. it sure is. this spat between the — deepening. it sure is. this spat between the former _ deepening. it sure is. this spat between the former chairman i deepening. it sure is. this spat i between the former chairman and deepening. it sure is. this spat - between the former chairman and the secretary of state for business seems to be continuing. you hurt her there in the house of commons effectively refuted what he said. now he's hit back again tonight, and he's standing by the comments he made. someone like him had to take the rap for the state of the post office and that he had been talking about a senior unnamed person in government that he should stall on the compensation payment. he's also saying this allegation of mixed conduct and bullying has not been raised by him by kemi badenoch. he is a released a statement saying this idea that he was coming up with false allegations, he suggested a blatant attempts to seek revenge. effectively saying no, he is the one t

badenoch. >> badenoch? >> badenoch? >> uh. badenoch. >> uh. badenoch. >> badenoch . oh, do you know >> badenoch. oh, do you know what i bet he's right as well. i like badenoch, so i'm staying with it. >> um, so, anyway, uh, henry staunton has claimed that the government delaying government were delaying compensation payouts to the postmasters who told him to do that, basically. >> well, apparently, >> and he was. well, apparently, he do this and, and, he was told to do this and, and, um, and this has all come out from a meeting with, with badenoch . badenoch. >> um, uh , he claims that the >> um, uh, he claims that the idea was that they were going to limp into the next election by slowly paying these. they will make a big scandal of the whole thing and slow it down and delay it deliberately so. >> the tories. >> the tories. >> but then she's putting >> yeah, but then she's putting out it says out messages on x, which it says here, formerly as twitter, here, formerly known as twitter, which to that which we have to say that we're doing forever prince. doing that fore

yesterday, kemi badenoch hit back hard-— yesterday, kemi badenoch hit back hard. , ., back hard.most people reading the interview yesterday - back hard. most people reading the interview yesterday sunday | the interview yesterday sunday times would sever what it was, a blatant attempt to seek revenge following dismissal. and there was a follow—up punch from the business secretary. i should also inform the house that while he was imposed, a formal investigation was launched allegations made regarding henry staunton�*s condo, including serious matters such as bullying. the former chairman _ matters such as bullying. the former chairman was flawed. a statement released last night on his big enough said... ——on his behalf said... post office sup postmasters and sub— post messages were rob lee prosecutors between 1999 and 2015 after faulty computer system, horizon, made it look like money was missing from their accounts. they want to know why so many still have not been compensated.— been compensated. what mr staunton says _ been compensated. what mr staunton says it _ been compensate

i mean, you know , badenoch. i mean, you know, dunng badenoch.uring the leadership campaign , during the leadership campaign, i mean, she was just awful to penny mordaunt. i mean, she she does she she does take things very personally and hits back. >> but she's the sort of person that i would like to come up against it because you think you fancy let's have one then. >> yes. i actually do. >> yes. i actually do. >> you know, she would bring out the best in you, not the worst in you, you know, because look in you, you know, because i look at i think i would put at her and i think i would put my money on the post office chairman row. my money on the post office cha oh, in row. my money on the post office chaoh, what? row. my money on the post office chaoh, what? being. my money on the post office chaoh, what? being truthful. >> oh, what? being truthful. yeah, i think he wouldn't dare say things unless he's say the things unless he's tried. obviously, in tried. obviously, she's she's in parliament, she shops, she wants. >> the other thing is she was

yesterday kemi badenoch hit back hard.day's sunday times would see it for what it was, a blatant attempt to seek revenge following dismissal. and there was a follow—up punch from the business secretary. i should also inform the house that while he was in post, a formal investigation was launched into allegations made regarding mr staunton�*s conduct. this included serious matters such as bullying. the former chairman was floored. a statement released last night on his behalf said... post office sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after a faulty computer system, horizon, made it look like money was missing from their accounts. they want to know why so many still haven't been compensated. part of what mr staunton says kind of rings true. is that why they extended the deadline? you know, yeah, but at the end of the day, they're still not paying the postmasters. you know, they can shout at each other all they like, but they've still not, they're still not paying people. there co

kemi badenoch says henry staunton wants revenge for being sacked, after he claimed he'd been told toelay payments to branch managers wrongly accused of fraud. alexei navalny�*s widow says her husband was killed because the kremlin couldn't break him and that she will carry on his work. translation: i will continue the work of alexei navalny, l continue to fight for our country. the crew of a british—registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship, after it was attacked by houthi fighters in the red sea. roy hodgson quits as manager of crystal palace afterfalling ill during training last week. the remarkable story behind this shot from the sea bed — we hearfrom the underwater photographer of the year. and is this the fastest goal ever? the team from croydon who are hoping they've set a new world record. on newsnight at10:30... the russian authorities are denying alexei navalny�*s family and his lawyers access to his body in the remote arctic penal colony. did putin's people kill him with novichok, the poison of choice in russia? good evening. there's a deepening row tonight in the post of

apologies, there is kemi badenoch at the dispatch box.spatch box. the allegations are completely — the dispatch box. the allegations are completely false _ the dispatch box. the allegations are completely false and - the dispatch box. the allegations are completely false and i - the dispatch box. the allegations are completely false and i would | are completely false and i would like to make a statement to the house so that honourable members and the british public know the truth about what exactly has happened. i would like to address three specific claims that mr staunton made in his sunday times interview, claims which are patently untrue. first, mr stanton alleges that i refused to apologise to him after he learned of his dismissal from sky news. apologise to him after he learned of his dismissalfrom sky news. that was not the case. in the call he referenced, i made it abundantly clear that i disapproved of the media breaking any aspect of the story. out of respect for henry staunton�*s reputation, i went to great pains to make my con

yesterday kemi badenoch hit back hard. would hope that most people reading the interview in yesterday's sunday times would see it for what it was, a blatant attempt to seek revenge following dismissal. and there was a follow—up punch from the business secretary. i should also inform the house that while he was in post, a formal investigation was launched into allegations made regarding mr staunton�*s conduct. this included serious matters such as bullying. the former chairman was floored. a statement released last night on his behalf said... post office sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after a faulty computer system horizon made it look like money was missing from their accounts. they want to know why so many still haven't been compensated. part of what mr staunton says kind of rings true, is that why they extended the deadline? you know, yeah, but at the end of the day, they're still not paying the postmasters, you know, they can shout at each other all they like, but th

kemi badenoch's department - office. it is interesting. kemi badenoch's department are i office.e _ out the two big things prompted her to remove mrs london was this claim she says _ to remove mrs london was this claim she says that he is blocking an investigation into his conduct and that on— investigation into his conduct and that on a — investigation into his conduct and that on a separate thing he was bypassing formal processes with a point _ bypassing formal processes with a point of _ bypassing formal processes with a point of a — bypassing formal processes with a point of a new director of the board — point of a new director of the board. with kemi badenoch you think that is— board. with kemi badenoch you think that is quite a significant intervention today, what will she do, intervention today, what will she do. will— intervention today, what will she do, will she be careful, measured response. — do, will she be careful, measured response, no, with kemi badenoch you will be _ response, no, with kemi badenoch you will be sure _ response, no, with kemi badenoch you will be

this is what kemi badenoch told mps.ave heard from henry staunton? yes, a point—by—point rebuttal which opens by saying he is "not in the habit of resorting to fabrication". and then he stood by his two big claims in the sunday times. on that claim that he has been advised to go slow on compensation payments, his statement said: and on that letter from the post office chief executive pointing out that more than 300 convictions of sub—postmasters were based on evidence that went beyond the faulty horizon evidence, mr staunton saw this as putting a question mark over the mass exoneration planned by the government. well, mr staunton notes that kemi badenoch does not deny that the letter was sent. henry staunton then challenges kemi badenoch's two big claims about him. on the bullying, he says: and on the appointment of the board member, he said he could not have broken any rules because it was at an early stage. where does this leave us? one white hall figure backed his claims, from nick read, i understand that letter was m

kemi badenoch will make scandal. kemi badenoch will make a today in the commons scandal. kemi badenoch will make a refute today in the commons scandal. kemi badenoch will make a refute claimsay in the commons scandal. kemi badenoch will make a refute claims the] the commons scandal. kemi badenoch will make a refute claims the government ns to refute claims the government delayed giving compensation , and delayed giving compensation, and the fighting must stop now. >> that's the message from labour leader sir keir starmer, as he called for an end to the fighting in gaza . and trans fighting in gaza. and trans women's milk row, an nhs trust, claims get this breast milk chemically producing trans women i >> -- >> that's someone born biologically male is as good for newborn babies as that produced by females . we'll find out if by females. we'll find out if they're right and ask who this benefits. >> did you miss me terribly ? no. >> did you miss me terribly? no. let us know your thoughts on all of our talking points today. >> did you miss me ? there we are >> did you miss me

i'm with kemi badenoch.one of the privileged business elites brought down to earth sooner destined sooner or later, she's destined for the top in my book. she's the potential rising star the only potential rising star with to fill with the charisma to fill boris's shoes. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> here's an interesting >> now here's an interesting thing if thing from charles, who says if the government up quickly, the government pays up quickly, this compensation. by the this is the compensation. by the way, about that? way, charles, what about that? um, uh, fujitsu paying up quite way, charles, what about that? um, dodgyitsu paying up quite way, charles, what about that? um, dodgy system. ng up quite way, charles, what about that? um, dodgy system. but|p quite way, charles, what about that? um, dodgy system. but he|uite way, charles, what about that? um, dodgy system. but he says their dodgy system. but he says if the government pays up quickly, we'll know there's quickly, then we'll know there's no in what staun

speaking in the commons, kemi badenoch said mr staunton's claims were a blatant attempt to seek revengelowing his own dismissal. >> mr staunton claims that when he was first appointed as chair of the post office, he was told by a senior civil servant to stall on paying compensation when there is no evidence whatsoever that this is true . in whatsoever that this is true. in fact, on becoming post office chair, mr staunton received a letter from the bays permanent secretary, sarah mumby, on the 9th of december, 2022. it welcomed him to his role making it's crystal clear that successfully reaching settlements with victims of the post office scandal should be one of his highest priorities , one of his highest priorities, as kemi badenoch . as kemi badenoch. >> now, new government guidance has been issued for teachers in england, restricting the use of smartphones in schools . as smartphones in schools. as concerns grow over the impact of social media, young people headteachers can now choose to include a ban on phones with provisions for searches of school bags. if necessary. headteachers s

miss badenoch said mr miss badenoch also said mr staunton's claims were a blatant attempt to seek revengeafter he was sacked. sir keir starmer asked rishi sunak if he backed the business secretary's claims . the business secretary's claims. >> i appreciate that the business secretary has put the prime minister in a tricky position, but but, but will he commit to investigate this matter properly in including whether that categoric statement was correct and why, rather than taking those accusations seriously , she accused a seriously, she accused a whistleblower of lying . whistleblower of lying. >> in response, rishi sunak insists he is standing by his business secretary, but he kept the focus on what he called the unprecedented steps the government is taking to support victims of the scandal . victims of the scandal. >> people who were working hard, serving their communities had their lives and reputations destroyed and that's why we are working hard to ensure that they get justice and compensation. and that's why we established sir wyn williams inquiry. it is why we have already paid out

i badenoch and rishi sunak.position to do something now look, something about this. now look, they need to deliver on the promises that they made, which is compensation. promises that they made, which is and compensation. promises that they made, which is and , compensation. promises that they made, which is and , you compensation. promises that they made, which is and , you know, rensation. promises that they made, which is and , you know, andation. promises that they made, which is and , you know, and deliver it >> and, you know, and deliver it now , deliver it now. now, deliver it now. >> all right. look, thank you very, very much. uh christopher, thatis very, very much. uh christopher, that is christopher head there. who is the former subpostmaster and office scandal victim and post office scandal victim who at prime who was mentioned at prime minister's questions sir keir minister's questions by sir keir starmer today. very starmer earlier today. very grateful have you on show grateful to have you on the sh

rising out of the evidence today._ and kemi badenoch rising out of the evidence today.e to see happen next? what _ evidence today. what would you like to see happen next? what i - evidence today. what would you like to see happen next? what i would i to see happen next? what i would like to see — to see happen next? what i would like to see is _ to see happen next? what i would like to see is exactly _ to see happen next? what i would like to see is exactly what - to see happen next? what i would. like to see is exactly what everyone else would like to see, is that we make progress on delivering justice to postmasters and providing them with compensation they deserve. but let's be clear about this, when the post office came knocking, demanding these phantom sums from a broken computer system, they didn't ask, can we have the money in two or three years? they wanted the money then and if they didn't get it they were going to put people in prison, and that's exactly what they did. so postmasters are asking to be treated in the same way. when you came looking for money fro

in the last hour, the business secretary kemi badenoch has hit back at claims made by the former post that when he was sacked, ms badenoch had told him: "someone's got to take the rap." he also claimed he was told to stall paying out compensation, until after the general election. she said there was no evidence of that. it is not fair on the victims of this scandal, which has already ruined so many lives and livelihoods to claim as mr thornton has done, that this is being dragged out a second longer than it ought to be. for him to suggest otherwise for whatever personal motive is a disgrace. it risks damaging confidence in the compensation schemes which ministers and civil servants are working so hard to deliver. i would servants are working so hard to deliver. iwould hope servants are working so hard to deliver. i would hope that most people reading the interview and yesterday's sunday times will see it for what it was, a blatant attempt to seek revenge following dismissal. let's speak to lord james arbuthnot, he is a member of the horizon compensation advisory board, which oversees

kemi badenoch said the allegations were categorically untrue and that it was a blatant attempt by theek revenge after she dismissed him. with me now is our business correspondent emma simpson. we have got the situation where a 900 sub postmaster is were convicted in the scandal and many are still fighting for compensation and now we have this extraordinary war of words between the business secretary and the ex chairman, henry staunton. another drama in a way, henry stanton is a 75—year—old city grandee and he was sacked last month and he had only been in post for a year. he gave this explosive newspaper interview at the weekend, claiming he was told by a senior civil servant to slow down the rate of compensation payments. apparently this was to help the government finances ahead of the election. he also made claims about the way in which he was unceremoniously fired by kemi badenoch and today she came out fighting, saying he was a disgrace. it out fighting, saying he was a dis race. , out fighting, saying he was a disurace. , , disgrace. it is so disappointing that he has — disgrace.

and they both put down points of order about kemi badenoch . now to some extent an badenoch. now to some extent an impartial observer might look at these two leading labour mps putting points of order down about the business and trade secretary and thinking is this a coordinated attempt . is this coordinated attempt. is this a sort of gunning for her? >> aren't they? they're gunning for her. and i wonder if it has something to do with the fact that she could potentially a that she could potentially be a future conservative leader. >> i think that's highly , highly >> i think that's highly, highly likely. but course , those likely. but of course, those points of order were asking for her to correct the record over trade talks with canada and a separate one asking for documents to be released with this row over, the former head of the post office, it seems like this story will not go away. >> yes, and yesterday we were talking about prince william's statement because out in statement because it came out in our did, did it not? our show. it did, did it not? and we weren't sure w

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um, ex post office chair out for revenge, says kemi badenoch . let's go to says kemi badenoch. landing in britain without security checks and a major new immigration scandal, the mail can reveal . the borders watchdog can reveal. the borders watchdog warned of dangerous failings as a prominent london airport , a prominent london airport, which potentially allowed thousands passengers to evade thousands of passengers to evade passport controls. there go . passport controls. there we go. yeah, well, the times same story about navalny's wife widow, unfortunately. now, um, okay. all right. so i'm joined again by my press pack, daily express columnist carole malone, journalist commentator mike buckley, brexit party buckley, and former brexit party mep so so while mep belinda de luci. so so while the king is open to rebuilding ties his estranged son, ties with his estranged son, insider sources have stressed that the duke of sussex, prince harry, will not be welcomed back as working royal any time as a working royal any time soon. and let's be honest, opening the local community cent

he's the victim of a smear campaign, after his public argument with the business secretary, kemi badenochring into the horizon �*computer scandal�*, mr staunton said he thought more could be done to speed up compensation to sub—postmasters, who had wrongly been prosecuted after the computer system made it look as though money was missing from their branches. here is some of what henry staunton had to say. what happened to these poor postmasters and their families is a tragedy and a scandal. they have been failed time and time again by a whole host of british institutions who were supposed to be there to protect the citizen, and ensure fair play. we all know that there was inaction all around by the judicial system, the government, whitehall and particularly inside the post office until the itv drama, mr bates versus the post office, and there was a rocket then put under things. the secretary of state, senior civil servants and officials are asking us to believe that everything was going swimmingly all along. when it damn well wasn't. the hearing also heard from three former sub postmaster

sarah munby has written to the business secretary kemi badenoch, saying that "at no point" did she suggestsacked last month, has published the notes he took during a meeting with ms munby in january last year. here's our business editor, simonjack. thanks, sophie. new chapters in this very unusual and bitterfeud between the business secretary and this man. 75—year—old henry staunton — veteran of boardrooms including legal and general, new look and wh smiths, and until last month, chair of the post office — has found himself in a bitter row with the business secretary. in an explosive interview with the sunday times, he said he was effectively told a year ago by the business department's top civil servant to stall compensation payments to the victims of the post office scandal. that claim was fiercely rejected by kemi badenoch in the commons on monday, who called the claims a disgrace and accused him of spreading falsehoods. mr staunton claimed that when he was first appointed as chair of the post office, he was told by a senior civil servant to stall on paying compensation. there is no evi

kemi badenoch specifically denies all about.by what he said. more on that story in the house of commons later today. we are expecting kemi badenoch to make a statement. also mps saying, never mind this row. when is the legislation we had about at the start of the year to exonerate the sub—postmasters being brought before mps? the widow of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny will meet eu foreign ministers in brussels today. mr navalny�*s death in a russian prison was announced on friday. his widow yulia is among those calling for president vladimir putin to be held responsible. prison authorities say he suffered "sudden death syndrome". the british medical association will announce this afternoon ifjunior doctors in northern ireland have voted to strike over pay. the union is asking for an above inflation pay increase because it says junior doctors' salaries have fallen by 30% over the last 15 years in real terms. if action does go ahead, it will mean a 24—hour walkout on march 6th. ramblers say hundreds of areas of open

kemi badenoch ? or the guy that used badenoch? or the guy that used to the post office?on this one. >> another interesting story here. front of the mail there, leading with nottingham leading with the nottingham stabbing victims families learning officers shared learning that officers shared graphic details of their injuries to each other over. whatsapp the guardian reports on putin facing accusations of covering his tracks over alexei navalny's death , and the express navalny's death, and the express is leading with the minister being urged to end the postcode lottery for cancer care . lottery for cancer care. >> right, okay, christopher, let's go to the express few of them, 1 in 4 patients were treated within the target time of 62 days after a referral from their gp in the worst performing nhs trust. >> it's a terrible story. this i mean, it's unbelievable . but of mean, it's unbelievable. but of course this is because of the postcode lottery. i mean, we're thinking of moving from london and my doctor who is brilliant, she said to me, you know what you should do before

. also protege kemi badenoch., the former deputy of the chief of the defence staff, who will tell us he thinks joe tell us whether he thinks joe biden is fit to be us president. queen elizabeth ii's former press secretary, andersson, press secretary, elsa andersson, will join to discuss all will also join me to discuss all things royal following the king's diagnosis , and king's cancer diagnosis, and we'll get the verdict live from our panel in our people's panel in manchester. but first of all, i'm joined by shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden mp for mcfadden, and the labour mp for wolverhampton south east, mr mcfadden. lovely to see you this morning. um, the u—turn on the green prosperity plan comes after a great deal of flip flopping. i mean, i could go through the list, but we've had all sorts of u—turns from sir keir starmer. is he all sorts of u—turns from sir keir starmer . is he indecisive all sorts of u—turns from sir keir starmer. is he indecisive ? keir starmer. is he indecisive? i

he says he was told _ row with kemi badenoch. he says he was told to— row with kemi badenoch.reswell who said it was incorrect to say that the post office _ was incorrect to say that the post office was — was incorrect to say that the post office was told to go slow on compensation payments. this office was told to go slow on compensation payments. this is the first time that _ compensation payments. this is the first time that henry _ compensation payments. this is the first time that henry staunton - compensation payments. this is the first time that henry staunton has l first time that henry staunton has spoken publicly, and until now he has been sticking with what he has been saying. has been sticking with what he has been saying-— has been sticking with what he has been saying. that's right and it has been saying. that's right and it has been interesting _ been saying. that's right and it has been interesting to _ been saying. that's right and it has been interesting to hear— been saying. that's right and it has been interesting to hear with - been saying. that's right an

uk business secretary kemi badenoch dismisses claims the former we have been looking into the death ofsation to sub—postmasters until after the election. she's called the allegations �*completely false'. i will not hesitate to defend myself and more importantly my officials, who cannot respond directly to these baseless attacks. right now, the post office's number—one priority must be delivering compensation to postmasters. and the bafta goes to... all right, i can read it. ..0ppenheimer! applause. and oppenheimer was the big winner at the baftas, taking home seven prizes, including best film. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with the death of the russian opposition leader who died in jail last week. we'll be going live shortly to the house of commons, where the uk government will be making a statement on his death.

here's secretary of state for business and trade, kemi badenoch i think it is really interesting thatdoing. they are still all over the place with their £28 billion figure, u—turning on it, on whether it's an ambition or a plan. they don't have a plan and we do. one of the reasons why we know this is because the bank of england has just today said we are going to hit it inflation target by april. that is a sign that our plan is working. let's go live now to bridget phillipson shadow secretary of state for education. talking about what we heard from labour today, thank you forjoining us here on the programme. respond to that from kemi badenoch, saying you simply haven't laid out a plan to voters about what you would actually do. �* , . , . voters about what you would actually do. �*, ., . voters about what you would actually do. . ., do. it's a bit rich coming from the conservatives _ do. it's a bit rich coming from the conservatives after _ do. it's a bit rich coming from the conservatives after the _ do. it's a bit rich coming from the conservatives after the enormousj conservatives

kemi badenoch making very clear that's not the case. it crystal clear to staunton that a financial settlement should be a priority for the post office. and already £163 million in payments have been made. and she pointed out a dedicated team of ministers have been working for many, many months on the post office scandal. she says before the itv drama , 1473 offers have the itv drama, 1473 offers have already been made. we'll have much more on that story, of course, throughout the show , so course, throughout the show, so there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00 later this houn between now and 5:00 later this hour. i'll have a big update on the luxury flats in farnborough that were going to be handed over to migrants. in fact, that's happening as we speak. i'll have live information from the scene, but first, there's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. well, the other top stories this afternoon from the gb newsroom. a man who piloted a people smuggling small boat across

thank heavens for kemi badenoch . we heavens for kemi badenoch. we think she's rather good news.hink so , matthew, you may not think so, matthew, but she is, because here is an ethnic woman, a black woman who's known poverty in nigeria. who's there ? she's always who's there? she's always fighting for a bit of a scrap . fighting for a bit of a scrap. but you know what? she believes in. and i think we need people like that in the conservative party. >> isn't jerry right? this is just virtue signalling. >> i'm not a fan of virtue signalling, and i hope it isn't. and i'm not a spokesman for. no, i know, but what does it mean? clearly the labour party get things wrong when, not if things wrong and when, not if when become the next when they become the next government . i, as a journalist government. i, as a journalist and political commentator, and as a political commentator, fully intend to hold them to account on this, though the suggestion is that the existing protections been talking protections we've been talking about protections already just aren't beefy enough, and i think ke

tonight henry staunton has accused kemi badenoch of making an astonishing series of claims after today. she told mps he'd sped, made up anecdotes following his dismissal . miss following his dismissal. miss badenoch took aim at mr staunton today in the commons , accusing today in the commons, accusing him of making up claims that he was told to delay government compensation payments for post office staff . and yesterday mr office staff. and yesterday mr staunton said the government had deliberately delayed compensation payments and tonight he says he's standing by those comments. miss badenoch had earlier said mr staunton's claims were a blatant attempt to seek revenge following his own dismissal . dismissal. >> mr staunton claims that when he was first appointed as chair of the post office , he was told of the post office, he was told by a senior civil servant to stall on paying compensation . stall on paying compensation. there is no evidence what so ever that this is true in fact, on becoming post office chair , on becoming post office chair, mr staunton received a letter from the b

but i trust kemi badenoch. she actually went to the house of commons of her own volition.d operator. she's a good politician. she's learned from mistakes she made in the early days. she went there . she made days. she went there. she made it absolutely there it absolutely clear there was meant smoking gun today, meant to be a smoking gun today, wasn't was the wasn't there? this was the letter. and the letters letter. and what did the letters say? chairman of post say? the chairman of the post office . you must keep legal cost office. you must keep legal cost down. that means don't pay the filthy lawyers too much. it doesn't mean drag back compensation. >> you sure? yes. doesn't legal costs mean the total legal bill? legal costs? does it just mean legal costs? >> of course it does. >> of course it does. >> i think i think he got the message from government that we delay on this . uh, you know, we delay on this. uh, you know, we can't afford to pay them now, spread it over a number of years. what? which is what is what is been going on now of that ten, 15 years that they tha

but i trust kemi badenoch. she actually went to the house of commons of her own volition.ood operator. she's a good politician. she's learned from mistakes she made in the early days. she went there . she made days. she went there. she made it absolutely there it absolutely clear there was meant smoking gun today, meant to be a smoking gun today, wasn't was the wasn't there? this was the letter. and the letters letter. and what did the letters say? chairman of the say? the chairman of the post office . you must keep legal cost office. you must keep legal cost down. that means don't pay the filthy lawyers too much. it doesn't mean drag back compensation. >> you sure? yes. doesn't legal costs mean the total legal bill? legal costs? does it just mean legal costs? >> of course it does. >> of course it does. >> i think i think he got the message from government that we delay on this . uh, you know, we delay on this. uh, you know, we can't afford to pay them now, spread it over a number of years. what? which is what is what is been going on now of that ten, 15 years that they th

war of words between the sacked post office chair, henry staunton, and the business secretary kemi badenoch. and also today between henry staunton and the former business department permanent secretary sarah munby. yet is there something that's in danger of being overlooked here? something more institutional than personal? let's talk about the role of a body called uk government investments, or ukgi. this is a quango directly owned by the uk treasury, charged with overseeing the government's stakes in commercial bodies such as natwest and channel 4. and that includes oversight of the publicly—owned post office. a ukgi representative sits on the post office's board. in an interview at the weekend mr staunton alleged ukgi was behind a letter written by post office's nick read injanuary 2024 to the lord chancellor alex chalk claiming that 300 of the prosecutions of postmasters were legally sound. now this letter is not yet in the public domain, but its existence has not been denied by either the government or the post office. and crucially, mr staunton argues ukgi were trying to influence the

i mean, we had kemi badenoch in here last week. she gave a good account of herself. obviously going to be speaking to braverman and to suella braverman shortly, and she's leadership she's another leadership contender mordaunt, contender. but penny mordaunt, is answer to the tories is she the answer to the tories woes, think? woes, do you think? >> well, the grasses do do really like her. and it's not surprising she's surprising that she's topped a poll because she has in the recent been a favourite recent past been a favourite with conservative members, with conservative party members, and she's taken quite and i think she's taken quite a tough stance on defence recently. points recently. she's made points about and the need to. about the navy and the need to. as a former defence secretary, albeit briefly, exactly . um, so albeit briefly, exactly. um, so i think she maybe has has won some popularity there . but some popularity there. but popcorn. yes. that will be one of the political moments of this week. nigel farage is week. um, nigel farage is apparently attendin

that prompted a furious response with the business secretary, kemi badenoch, who accused him of spreading no order to slow compensation but it was aware of issues regarding mr staunton's behaviour. concerns had been raised — staunton's behaviour. concerns had been raised with _ staunton's behaviour. concerns had been raised with me _ staunton's behaviour. concerns had been raised with me by _ staunton's behaviour. concerns had been raised with me by the - been raised with me by the shareholder executive about some aspects about the chair�*s performance in terms of his grip on his brief and whether he was alert in meetings. i was aware of the broader concerns but i regarded them as less serious than the allegations that then came to me in early january. that then came to me in early janua . �* , ., , january. and they were that henry staunton allegedly _ january. and they were that henry staunton allegedly tried _ january. and they were that henry staunton allegedly tried to - january. and they were that henry staunton allegedly tried to stop i january. and they were that henry staunton al

the business secretary, kemi badenoch , has accused the kemi badenoch, has accused the former chairmanpupils for mobile phones victims of crime waiting five years for cases to go to court and russia jails navalny. protesters for laying flowers and candles. the eye newspaper jeremy hunts, chancellor but tax cuts possible without reducing pubuc cuts possible without reducing public spending jeremy hunt tries to allay fears that he will cut public spending in next month's budget. treasury sources tell the eye newspaper that cutting services to fund personal tax reductions will only be necessary if economic forecasts further limit the chancellor's financial headroom . chancellor's financial headroom. daily mirror post office scandal now make them pay subpostmasters tonight urged voters to oust the tories amid claims the government tried to delay compensation. axe to post office chief henry staunton sparked fury today by alleging he was told to stall on payouts to victims on the horizon scandal until after the next election . until after the next election. metro putin planned murder down to

the business secretary kemi badenoch will make a statement to mps after accusing the former chair ofs of his departure. it follows a newspaper interview in which henry staunton claims he was told by senior civil servant to soul compensation payments for victims of the post the scandal. —— stall compensation payments. you're alive with bbc news. ——you're live with bbc news. a 42—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a property in bristol. avon and somerset police made the discovery when officers attended a "concern for welfare" call in the early hours of sunday morning. the arrested woman is in police custody in hospital. police gave an update. i'd like to start by saying that this is a terrible and deeply distressing tragedy in which three young children have lost their lives. our thoughts are very much with the children's loved ones who are going through an horrendous ordeal. we were first called by a member of the public who was concerned for the welfare of the occupants early on sunday, the 18th of february. officers arrive

postmasters who were wrongly prosecuted, sparking a bitter row with the business secretary kemi badenochefore he appears the mps will hear from the current post office chief executive nick read and first three sub—postmasters including alan bates, the man who gave his name to the itv drama that brought the scandal to wider public attention. you may hear mention of the group litigation order or glo scheme — that is one of a number of compenstation schemes and involves the original 555 sub postmasters and sub—postmistresses led by alan bates in a landmark case against the post office. earlier this morning, when answering a question

and then the tories might get once kemi badenoch so are you suggesting that badenoch would come before into this studio , people speak about her studio, people speak about her admiringly. yes very, very, very admiringly. yes very, very, very admiringly , actually. admiringly, actually. >> i mean, i think i think she's very good, but i think the i mean, i've said this so many times before, mark, the idea of changing again in changing the horse yet again in the would be the race would just be absolutely crazy. and so therefore we will fight the election. but this one's lame , election. but this one's lame, this horse lame. this horse is lame. >> what do with >> and you know what you do with lame not like lame horses, neil? it's not like your cows . your cows. >> your cows. >> it's not. >> it's not. >> not the horse that's >> it's not the horse that's lame. stable that's lame. it's the stable that's lame. it's the stable that's lame . lame. >> $- @-- >> by the way, he's always retiring . retiring. >> it's other horses in >> it's all the other horses in the that are lame. not the stable th