adam fleming. — next election. good to talk to you. adam fleming, our— next election.ur chief - next election. good to talk to you. adam fleming, our chief political. adam fleming, our chief political correspondence, in downing street. —— correspondent. let's go to burnley now and join ben thompson. good morning. welcome to burnley, we are at queen street mill outside the town centre, this place was built in 1894 and testament to the rich history of this part of the country. east lancashire on the map for selling cotton right around the world, it brought wealth, prosperity and growth and it paid a lot of the bills in this part of the world. but as manufacturing declined, this town struggled for a purpose. and without manufacturing, it fell into hard times. and so, the town put its faith in tory promises of levelling up faith in tory promises of levelling up in the last election. but what does levelling up look like someone like this? in a moment, i'm going to speak to a couple of the guests i have got on the sofa in queen street mill. we will assess what the chancellor

let�*s talk to our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. he is at westminster. s and announcements ahead of tomorrow�*s budget, but my question tomorrow�*s budget, but my question to you is well public—sector pay actually go up? in to you is well public-sector pay actually 90 up?— actually go up? in theory it probably — actually go up? in theory it probably will _ actually go up? in theory it probably will because - actually go up? in theory it probably will because that| actually go up? in theory it. probably will because that is actually go up? in theory it - probably will because that is the direction of travel to government it setting. that is all they can do at the moment, this is the start of a big technical and political process. tomorrow the government departments will get their spending totals for the next three years from the treasury, then makes some omissions to the independent pay review bodies with evidence and then it will be up to the independent body that that the pay of teachers, police officers, prison wardens, civil servants, you name it, who

he's been speaking to newscast�*s adam fleming.e. the duke of cambridge's new environmental prize is inspired by president kennedy's moonshot. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. the prince wants to recapture the spirit of the 60s to make the technological leaps that could heal the planet today. but he had this message for entrepreneurs looking to the stars instead. seeing everyone trying to get space tourism going. it's the idea we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live. what would you give it out of ten, george? how many marks out of ten, would you give it? it's our younger generation of royalty thinking about the generation that will follow them. i want the things that i have enjoyed, the outdoor life and the sort of nature environment, i want that to still be there for, notjust my children but everyone else's children. and if we are not careful, we are robbing from our children's future what we do now. and i

on thursday, prince william spoke to newscast�*s adam fleming and expressed the view that saving theher priority than travelling into space. the idea this space race is on at the moment, we have been seeing people try to get the space race going. the idea that we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on this purpose, not trying to find the next place to go. the interview took place to mark this weekend's awarding of the first earthshot prize, which the prince has launched to find solutions to climate change, and that timing prompted mcguinn to ask... but forjahnavi... that wasn't the only significant royal interview on the bbc this week. on monday, prince charles spoke tojustin rowlatt, newly appointed as the corporation's first climate editor, about how to effect changes in behaviour that will help the environment. is our government doing enough to make these things happen? i couldn't possibly comment. look, it's true to say that you've got a pretty hefty carbon footprint. it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace. yes, yes, but i have tried for a very long time

he's been speaking to our chief political correspondent, adam fleming.hich is why fix our climate is one of the five goals of the earthshot price. you are losing people every single time you have those headlines. we all get that there is a really big urgent message and i'm not saying we shouldn't talk about the urgency or the big issues, but ultimately if we want to tackle this, we want to get on the front foot, we've got to bring people with this. people have to feel there is hope, there's a chance we can fix this, and that's what the earthshot prize is about, is about providing solutions to some of the world's biggest environmental problems. what do you say to your children about this? i think they are living and growing up in a world where it's much more talked about than when we were growing up, so that has benefits and that has negatives as well because we are seeing a rise in climate anxiety. young people now are growing up where their futures are basically threatened the whole time. it's very unnerving. it's very anxiety making. if we are not care

on thursday, prince william spoke to newscast�*s adam fleming and expressed the view that saving theo space. the idea that space on at the moment, the idea that we need some of the world was my greatest brains and minds, fixed on this purpose, not trying to find the next place to go. the interview took place to mark this weekend's awarding of the first earthshot prize, which the prince has launched to find solutions to climate change, and that timing prompted mcguinn to ask... but forjahnavi... that wasn't the only significant royal interview on the bbc this week. on monday, prince charles spoke tojustin rowlatt, newly appointed as the corporation's first climate editor, about how to effect changes in behaviour that will help the environment. is our government doing enough to make these things happen? i couldn't possibly comment. it's| couldn't possibly comment. it's true to say _ couldn't possibly comment. it�*s true to say that you have a pretty hefty carbon footprint, it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace. i it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace.— it must take a lot of g

our chief political correspondent adam fleming joins us from westminster. nalysis onlyjust beginning, but i wanted to talk to about the politics, if i may. we heard the chief secretary to the treasury acknowledging this budget was a philosophical shift for the conservative party. what is your take on the politics of it? the short-term — take on the politics of it? the short-term politics _ take on the politics of it? tue: short—term politics started take on the politics of it? tte: short—term politics started this morning where you have labour saying the government has made the wrong priorities, so reducing the taxation on prosecco and air passenger duty for domestic flights, example, and reducing quite complicated tax that banks pay. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, says that would have been better focused on cutting that for domestic fuel to help people with a cost of living, so this morning the chancellor is having to defend what he has done on the cost of living because also the think tanks like the resolution foundation and the institute for fiscal

the duke of cambridge speaking exclusively to adam fleming.f the coronavirus pandemic. here with me now is ipek gencsu who is an author of the report and research fellow at overseas development institute. thank you forjoining us this afternoon on bbc news. sojust thank you forjoining us this afternoon on bbc news. so just tell us more about this report, and what you have found. $5 us more about this report, and what you have found-— us more about this report, and what you have found. as you say, we have found that unfortunately, _ you have found. as you say, we have found that unfortunately, the - found that unfortunately, the emissions of g20 countries that had dropped during the covid—19 pandemic are now on the rise, which is very worrying. we have seen some good progress by g20 countries, some good leadership, 1a of the g20 members have announced that they want to become carbon neutral by the middle of the century. we also found that financing for coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, financing for coal, the most polluting of fossilfuel

adam fleming, bbc news.hey say getting an idea of how big the walrus population is, is essential to see how climate change is impacting these tusked beasts. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. huge, blubbery, and a bit grumpy. walruses are easy enough to spot, but thanks to their remote arctic location, we don't know how many of these giant beasts there are. so, you can zoom in. look, you can zoom in, there. now the public are being asked for their help and the scouts in east molesey are making a start. they're using satellite images to locate and count every atlantic and laptev sea walrus. if it's, erm, a little bit blurry, then it's harder, cos sometimes it is rocks. and they're the same colour as the walrus. we've been taking images of the earth from space for more than 60 years, but our view has changed dramatically. in the 1980s, satellites could only see subjects 30 metres in size. but they quickly improved, and a few years later, they could see features ten metres across. today, though

he's been speaking to newscast�*s adam fleming.uld heal the planet today. but he had this message for entrepreneurs looking to the stars instead. we've seen everyone trying to get space tourism going. it's the idea we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live. what would you give it out of ten, george? how many marks out of ten would you give it? it's the younger generation of royalty thinking about the generation that will follow them. i want the things that i've enjoyed, the outdoor life and the sort of nature and environment, i want that to still be there for, notjust my children but everyone else's children. and if we're not careful, we're robbing from our children's future what we do now. and i think that's not fair. we are seeing a rise in climate anxiety. young people now are growing up where their futures are basically threatened the whole time. it's very unnerving, it's very anxiety—making. george's school recently has been doi

adam fleming. our— read, of course. of course. adam fleming, our chief _ read, of course.l - fleming, our chief political correspondent, who has read all of the things that need to be read, thank you very much. some of the issues about affecting people in the real world, issues about affecting people in the realworld, bennett issues about affecting people in the real world, bennett will be talking about that and talking to the chancellor rishi sunak at 7:30am. —— ben will be here. ministers are expected to meet today to discuss the future of the covid travel red list. the government is believed to be considering a further reduction in the number of countries on the list — or even scrap it altogether. such a move would end the need for quarantine hotels. the duchess of cornwall has paid tribute to people whose lives have been "brutally ended" — as she called for action to prevent violence against women. speaking at an event in london last night, she said the names of women who'd died in violent circumstances — including sarah everard — should never be forgotten. sarah evera

adam fleming i5 adam fleming is here with us.o stop we are starting to see what it could mean practically and 1 of the examples brief today as there will be £22,000,000 to spruce up tennis courts in england and wales. in the context of the government annual spend i5 context of the government annual spend is not very much but if you get a new tennis court and it is very visible at the end of your road you might feel you have seen a bit of levelling up an action. you mention that an hour ago. this is their problem to sell this but it has got to be part of a suite of measures because if you're struggling to pay your gas bill. if you cannot buy a racket, what is the point of the court? that is the tension because you hear what is happening in the hall and what the government want to talk about an events happening outside. on wednesday the prime minister is doing his speech at lunchtime but thatis doing his speech at lunchtime but that is at the very time the £20 increase per week to universal credit starts being taken away from peopl

let's get more on this from our chief political correspondent, adam fleming.tirely welcomed by the prime minister and his team?- entirely welcomed by the prime minister and his team? good morning, ben. there minister and his team? good morning, ben- there are — minister and his team? good morning, ben. there are three _ minister and his team? good morning, ben. there are three points _ minister and his team? good morning, ben. there are three points of - ben. there are three points of tension that have emerged over the last few days in manchester. you've still got conservative mps, a handful of them, that are really concerned about the £20 a week increase to universal credit being taken away. they are still pinning their hopes on the house of lords may be overturning that in the next couple of weeks. then you've got attention with business, as we were hearing, from lord wolfson. they are not too pleased to be blamed for not spotting the problems that could arise from the supply chain, as we get back to normal after the pandemic and adjust to post—brexit realit

adam fleming joins us from the conference in manchester now. good morning.the chancellor will be unveiling today. well, we are going to get £500 million spent on some existing job schemes, the main one being the kickstart scheme, which is where employers are given money to take on a young person who is at risk of unemployment. the girl had been to get a quarter of a million people through that scheme by this point, but it is more like 100,000. so you can kind of see why they would be wanting to run it a bit longer. there will also be support, careers advice, cv building skills, interview practice, aimed particularly at the over 50s, and thatis particularly at the over 50s, and that is to help people get over the end of the furllough scheme, and also for british rishi sunak, he would rather hold onto that. incentives to invest a very strong, encouraged by some of the things we have put in place, like the super deduction. and businesses are creating, i think, almost record numbers of jobs. and we are doing our bit to support those businesses. so, for example,

we can go to westminster and talk to adam fleming.an economy where everyone's wages are going up, so it would be a surprise if this was not the direction of travel, although unions and opposition parties warned that even if you end up with a big headline increase in the pay packets of teachers, civil servants and others, it might not feel big in the real world because of increasing bills and increasing inflation and also the fact national insurance will go up next april to pay for health and social care. more details will come out in the budget and spending review unveiled tomorrow. another thing i am hearing today, campaigners for a freezing fuel duty sound pleased because they have been given a tip off that fuel duty will be frozen 12th year in a row. thank ou. the metropolitan police is to apologise to the family of two murdered sisters, for failings in the way it responded of two murdered sisters for failings in the way it responded when they were reported missing. an investigation by the independent office for police conduct foun

let's join our chief political correspondent, adam fleming, who's at downing street.w quite a lot of the details of what is going to happen in the budget but the cabinet will be gathering in downing street later to discuss the details. away from the headlines we already know, i guess it is the detail, what else will be hidden in the pages.— it is the detail, what else will be hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been _ hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been a _ hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been a little _ hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been a little bit _ hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been a little bit of - hidden in the pages. morning, yeah, there have been a little bit of the - there have been a little bit of the chancellor's speech released in advance overnight, and he talks about how this is a moment to start building the new economy for the post covid era. that is a pretty big obvious clue that the emergency period is over which means less spending on the virus but that might mean a return

adam fleming is with us.set where you are in about 90 minutes and we ask lots of our viewers for questions for him yesterday and there are so many topics covered by that. there is quite a lot on that prime ministerial radar. it is interesting _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at this _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at this conference because _ interesting at this conference because none of his problems are here because the party activists still absolutely love him, despite what _ still absolutely love him, despite what is _ still absolutely love him, despite what is happening in the outside world _ what is happening in the outside world and — what is happening in the outside world and any of his potential rivais— world and any of his potential rivals haven't quite come across the threshold _ rivals haven't quite come across the threshold to be a problem for him iniernaiix — threshold to be a problem for him internally. all of his issues a

let's talk now to our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. good morning, adam. happy monday. rising energy prices becoming a real problem for so many areas of government?— becoming a real problem for so many areas of government? yeah, they are becomin: areas of government? yeah, they are becoming a — areas of government? yeah, they are becoming a problem _ areas of government? yeah, they are becoming a problem for _ areas of government? yeah, they are | becoming a problem for householders because _ becoming a problem for householders because people's bills are starting to arrive _ because people's bills are starting to arrive since the energy cap has gone _ to arrive since the energy cap has gone up — to arrive since the energy cap has gone up it— to arrive since the energy cap has gone up. it looks like these higher energy— gone up. it looks like these higher energy prices are going to be around for a while — energy prices are going to be around for a while. bills could stay high for a while. bills could stay high for a _ for a while. bills could stay high for

our chief political correspondent, adam fleming, is in westminster for us now.tantive stuff, is the government going to intervene to bail out those sectors that have been hit with massive energy costs? the answer is not yet. the energy intensive sectors have been meeting with government ministers and officials for quite some time now and the steel industry has presented and the steel industry has presented a paper where they would get about £50 million a year of support to help them deal with the price spike and that is being considered by the business department but no official proposal had been made from the business department to the treasury to unlock any money and that's the basis of the spat we have between treasury sources and the business secretary yesterday after he had been on tv. the answer is not yet and it could be potentially not ever because the government is of the view that taxpayers should not be footing the bill for market forces hitting industries, it is up to industry to manage the market forces they are subjected to, that is their view. hav

effectively parties is being adjudicated by the courts of one party. 0ur chief political correspondent, adam flemingn this. you can talk about this in plain english! what has been the problem until now and what is the eu now are suggesting? although we get these proposals officially later we know quite a bit of detail already. we will not quite a bit of detail already. - will not get them in black and white until 5:30pm so there was a long time to wait but luckily a lot has been leaking out so we can work out what's going on. it's good to have a bit of a recap. this is about the northern ireland protocol which is a bit of the brexit deal, the divorce treaty, signed by the eu and uk in 2019, rememberthat? it means treaty, signed by the eu and uk in 2019, remember that? it means that some aspect of the eu single market law continue to apply in northern ireland. that is so you can still have free movement of goods, plant and animal products and livestock, from northern ireland to ireland, which preserves the good friday agreement. however, it means there are additional checks on things as they go from

jim reed, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. damning read? fix, no great surprises, but a damning read? �* ., ., , no great surprises, but a damning read? ., ., , _ read? a lot of this was uncovered by the media at — read? a lot of this was uncovered by the media at the _ read? a lot of this was uncovered by the media at the time _ read? a lot of this was uncovered by the media at the time or _ read? a lot of this was uncovered by the media at the time or revealed i read? a lot of this was uncovered byi the media at the time or revealed by witnesses to this inquiry orjust enfolded in real time in front of our eyes, but this is one of the first attempts to put it in black—and—white, in chronological order, and do serious analysis about what went right, but mainly what went wrong. the phrase the committee has used about the biggest mistake in the history of public health in britain is about the decision of when to introduce the lockdown in march 2020, which they say was the result of groupthink amongst scientists, ministers and oth

let's get the latest from our chief political correspondent adam fleming at the conference in manchesterhead of the speech. we often hear quite a bit about what the prime minister is going to say in his speech before he says it. that is very much the case this time, including some allusions to something may be on the national living wage. tell something may be on the national living wage-— living wage. tell us more. i would be uuite living wage. tell us more. i would be quite surprised _ living wage. tell us more. i would be quite surprised if— living wage. tell us more. i would be quite surprised if the _ living wage. tell us more. i would be quite surprised if the prime - be quite surprised if the prime minister makes an announcement about increasing the national living wage to £9.42 next year, which is the speculation in his speech today because the speech today will be big picture stuff. all of the stuff you had from nick about him being one of the few prime ministers in recent history to have the guts to really change things and make the country better. what i would not be surprised

he was speaking to our chief political correspondent adam fleming, in an exclusive tv interview — ine earthshot and his tv programme to counter negative news about the planet. which is why fix 0ur climate is one of the five goals of the earthshot prize. you're losing people every single time you have those headlines. we all get that there's a really big, urgent message, and i'm not saying we shouldn't talk about the urgency or the big issues but, ultimately, if we want to tackle this, if we want to get on the front foot, we've got to bring people with us. people have got to feel like there's hope, there's a chance we can fix this. and that's what the earthshot prize is about, is providing the solutions to some of the world's biggest environmental problems. what do you say to your children about this? i think they're living and growing up in a world where it's much more talked about than when we were growing up, so that has benefits and that has negatives as well. because we are seeing a rise in climate anxiety. young people now are growing up where their futures are basically being t

we can speak now to our chief political correspondent adam fleming, who is in westminster this morningsn't all been saying the same thing on this crisis recently, have they? are we expecting more of a focused line in the next few days. i think they are getting their ducks in a row after we had the business secretary saying he had been talking to the treasury about helping industry is using a lot of energy and the treasury think that he has not, he has not been talking to a subtle which is a bit strange. now they are talking to each other and we understand the energy department has passed a plan to the treasury for helping industries like steel, aluminium, glass and ceramics, who need help because they use so much energy. we think the idea will be based around government guarantees for commercial loans to these companies, to help tide them over. that would be consistent with how the government has been acting all throughout this crisis with energy over the last few months. they do not want to bail out or prop up companies and just having to deal with market forces. the government is pre

that was adam fleming, our chief political correspondant there.hly protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb, as a result of illegal logging and wildfires. at least ten forests designated unesco world heritage sites, including yosemite national park in the united states, were found to have been net carbon emitters over the last two decades. the findings have alarmed researchers as forests are considered vital for curbing climate change because of their ability to act as carbon sinks. tanya dendrinos has more. forests emitting more carbon than the store. —— forests emitting more carbon than they store. it may seem perplexing, but the concept is simple. when we cut down forests or they are burned they will emit carbon into the atmosphere, and it's a matter of how much forests we cut down relative to how much forest we leave standing. if we cut down too much forest, then we have forests that emit more carbon than they are capturing from the atmosphere. researchers involved in the unesco co—authored report combined satellite and fiel

our chief political correspondent adam fleming is at the conservative party conference in manchester.he chancellor will lay out his vision for the economy but there are other things on the horizon for him.— but there are other things on the horizon for him. ,., ., ., ., horizon for him. good morning. yeah, he will talk about _ horizon for him. good morning. yeah, he will talk about this _ horizon for him. good morning. yeah, he will talk about this extra _ horizon for him. good morning. yeah, he will talk about this extra £500 - he will talk about this extra £500 million today which will go into an existing scheme which pays employers to take on young people who are at risk of unemployment and also there will be extra money for skills and career advice, particularly targeted at the over 50s. the government will say that the jobs market is looking pretty good. there are more than 1 million vacancies at the moment and average wages are rising depending on how you look at the statistics. some people may experience a few bumps along the way. the cost of living is going up, the energy pric

let's get more on this from our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. good morning.e more about what lord frost may be proposing to change? goad more about what lord frost may be proposing to change? good morning. it is worth having _ proposing to change? good morning. it is worth having a _ proposing to change? good morning. it is worth having a recap _ proposing to change? good morning. it is worth having a recap about - it is worth having a recap about what _ it is worth having a recap about what this— it is worth having a recap about what this is about. we haven't talked — what this is about. we haven't talked about it for a while, having talked _ talked about it for a while, having talked about it for a while, having talked about it for a while, having talked about it constantly for about two years — talked about it constantly for about two years. under the northern ireland — two years. under the northern ireland protocol some eu law relating — ireland protocol some eu law relating to goods, plant and animal products— relating to goods, plant and animal products

adam fleming doesn't live in a box in westminster, he has actual legs and arms. l’m in westminster, henk _ he picked newscast. did he ask to speak to you? i think the - he picked newscast. did he ask to speak to you? i think the feeling i speak to you? i think the feeling was mutual- _ speak to you? i think the feeling was mutual. you _ speak to you? i think the feeling was mutual. you can _ speak to you? i think the feeling was mutual. you can see, - speak to you? i think the feeling was mutual. you can see, the i speak to you? i think the feeling i was mutual. you can see, the pod cast will come out at lunchtime but it is making headlines that they already because he made some comments about space tourism and space exploration, and he didn't name any one or talk about captain kirk orjeff bezos, he just talked about the planet's priorities and he thinks rather than spending lots of time and resources on going to add to space we should be looking at the problems on earth with nature and climate change and he has been inspired by the moonshot, thejfk thing of sending a man to the moon b

we asked our chief political correspondent, adam fleming, whether public sector pay would actually increasereasury, then make submissions to the independent pay review bodies with evidence, and then it will be up to those independent bodies that set the pay of teachers, police officers, prison wardens, civil servants, you name it, who will report back to the government next spring, and then it will be a political decision by the government whether to accept the recommendations, and only then there will be a headline numberfor each part of the public sector for pay to increase. then there is how that actually feels in the real world. energy bills are going up, there will be increased national insurance to pay for the nhs and social care from next april, so a quite large headline increase may not feel quite large in the real world, and the unions are making the point that the government departments tomorrow will have to be adequately funded if they are to deliver public services and higher wages for public sector workers. a few other tidbits, i am told that they will not be a cut to the vat o

time of rising living costs and falling business confidence. 0ur chief political correspondent adam flemingellor is going to announce in his speech. well, we are going to get £500 million spent on some existing job schemes, the main one being the kickstart scheme, which is where employers are given money to take on a young person who is at risk of unemployment. the goal had been to get a quarter of a million people through that scheme by this point, but it is more like 100,000. so you can kind of see why they would be wanting to run it a bit longer. there will also be support, careers advice, cv building skills, interview practice, aimed particularly at the over 50s, and that is to help people get over the end of the furlough scheme, under rishi sunak would rather be putting money into that than keeping hold of the £20 increase in universal credit. here is how he spent what he will be talking about today. spent what he will be talking about toda . �* , , , ., , spent what he will be talking about toda. ,, ., today. business intention is to invest a very _ today. business intention is to inv

our chief political correspondent adam fleming is here.9, get brexit done, said the government. it was done, they said four months and months, it is all done, now it has not done it? the british government has two arguments, david frost, the backset administer, set effectively the eu held a gun to the uk's head and it was them selling to a deal they did not want to do is to which point the eu would say there was no gun and if anything it was pointing at your own head because he was so desperate to get it done to a certain timetable. the other argument he uses is in the real world it has ended up much harder to operate than expected. does the future of the eu uk relationship rely on the situation of the plate of sausages in belfast? lauder frost would say it does because he is held at the prospect of a much rosierfuture relationship if they can get over this large hurdle of the protocol, but what we are waiting for in the next few hours, probably three or four hours, is there the man who looks after brexit issues for the eu, to reveal that

scotland, our land with a richer scientific life and home to giants such as alexander fleming, mary somerville and, of course, adamnts stands also on their shoulders. priorto achievements stands also on their shoulders. prior to this conference, the ipcc released in august the first part of its ongoing sixth assessment report. it clearly laid out for the policymakers and stakeholders the most up—to—date basis for the understanding of the climate system and climate change. make no mistake, it is a sobering read. it reflects the magnitude of the collective challenge for all nations on this planet. science shows that changes in the climate are widespread, rapid and becoming more intense and affecting every part of the region. thanks to major advancesin part of the region. thanks to major advances in science, since our previous assessment report in 2013, today, we have a much more precise and clear picture of how the climate system works, which lets us understand better what has changed. what is changing now and what could be the changes in the future in the climate system and why they matter for every region. it is n

on thursday, prince william spoke to newscast�*s adam fleming and expressed the view that saving thee environment. is our government doing enough to make these things happen? i couldn't possibly comment. it's true to say that you've got a pretty hefty carbon footprint. it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace. yes, it is, but i have tried for a very long time to make sure that the heating is done in a way that is sustainable as possible, electric cars, like my old aston martin, which i've had for 51 years, it runs on surplus english white wine. the interview brought this response from a former bbc royal correspondent, peter hunt... we put that point to bbc news, and they told us... a fortnight ago, we discussed the charge made by many of you that the bbc, and other news media, had created queues at the petrol pumps by excessive reporting of fuel shortages — an accusation rejected on this programme by the bbc�*s deputy director of news, jonathan munro. now a similar criticism is being made, following broadcasts such as this on wednesday's news at six. don't panic buy, but do plan ah