so i want kemi badenoch to do well. imilieu want kemi badenoch to do well.n did you first realise _ want kemi badenoch to do well. when did you first realise you _ want kemi badenoch to do well. when did you first realise you wanted to see a full national inquiry? 50 did you first realise you wanted to see a full national inquiry?- see a full national inquiry? so as ou know see a full national inquiry? so as you know last — see a full national inquiry? so as you know last time _ see a full national inquiry? so as you know last time i _ see a full national inquiry? so as you know last time i was - see a full national inquiry? so as you know last time i was on - see a full national inquiry? so as you know last time i was on your programme, i was you know last time i was on your programme, iwas a you know last time i was on your programme, i was a victim of child sex abuse myself in the church of england. i was a very... i was very aware and set in a number of community meetings with child sex abuse because of my own story that i had not revealed at the time an

may want to pick up on that. , ., badenoch may want to pick up on that. ,., . ~' badenoch may want tog back to domestic issues. how _ that. going back to domestic issues, how much _ that. going back to domestic issues, how much scrutiny i that. going back to domestic| issues, how much scrutiny as they're on the whole issue of knife crime, given various events and stories that happened in the last few days? yes, the first issue, arising from the southport attacks, 17—year—old axel rudakubana was able to buy a knife online from amazon and get that, despite the fact he had a history that was known to authorities violence. he had i think a conviction for violent behaviour at school, and the law, you can buy a knife if you're under 18 in most instances online, so keir starmer today saying he will bring in a change the law to force online retailers, to have a two verification we have to show id and record a video that can then be reviewed to check your age. amazon says it already carries out multiple checks, and it is doing an inquiry into what happened in this case, but that sort of questi

sir keir starmer will be questioned by a conservative leader kemi badenoch in this year's first primeutes' time. kemi badenoch has called for a national inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs call amplified by a tech billionaire elon musk among others. the government says a new national inquiry is not needed. sir keir starmer says people are spreading lies over the gangs and the response of the gangs and the response of the authorities. let's discuss all of this with our political correspondent helen cap. however, the issue of grooming gangs has shot right up the political agenda, gangs has shot right up the politicalagenda, it gangs has shot right up the political agenda, it will be a pretty feisty exchange, won't it? , ., ., , it? yes, we have two things happening _ it? yes, we have two things happening this _ it? yes, we have two things happening this afternoon. l it? yes, we have two things i happening this afternoon. first up, you have prime minister's questions which could be what kemi badenoch chooses to ask yoursex kemi badenoch chooses to ask your sex questions and

at the weekend kemi badenoch i course. that is right. at the i weekend kemi badenoch said course.d kemi badenoch said the prime minister should sack tulip siddiq and she will now be claiming a victory here, and within a matter of days that has happened. there is an element here which was a brewing financial investigation in bangladesh that were starting to name tulip siddiq as that investigation gathered pace, but this comes back down to the problem that if you are trying to do very difficult things as this government is doing, with the cost of borrowing, and the risk that the chancellor rachel reeves who was in the house of commons today, defending her economic record, so you can't have distractions like a minister accused of may be benefiting from corruption in another country, so maybe inevitably she has gone.— she has gone. thanks for “oininu she has gone. thanks for joining us- _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will - she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will have i she has gone. thanks for- joining us. we will have more on

the conservative leader kemi badenoch - to do that.i badenoch was on to do that. the conservative - leader kemi badenoch was on the same talk show after rachel reeves and she said that she believes that the whole question about integration needs to be looked at. she was asked about what the evidence she had in this case that the killer was born in this country. she said the evidence she had with her own african christian upbringing and feeling part of the hole. she said that the asking about evidence that mac we need to —— that mac we need to discuss this issue. that mac we need to discuss this issue-— on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. it was opened by the nazis in occupied poland 1940. it started as a concentration and labour camp but was transformed into a notorious extermination camp. more than one million people were murdered there, the majority were jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war.

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well, certainly i - think those are going to be the main focus of kemi badenoch's questions, and sher questions works best for the leader of the opposition sticks to one subject and drill down on things. you will expect that those two will be the core of her questions. at other issues that are on the table this week that are on the table this week that the government has struggled with potentially that we might see come up are things like the deal over the sovereignty of the chagos islands, the uk previously announced an agreement that it will relinquish

cue kemi badenoch at pmqs this lunchtime.ingle person in a position of authority has been held to account. the prime minister called for nine inquiries in the last parliament. does he not see that by resisting this one, people will start to worry about a cover up? the prime minister said he'd met abuse victims this morning. victims and survivors are in different places on this. those that i have spoken to are worried about the delay of a further inquiry. the last inquiry took seven years. that would take us to 2031. so labour won't vote for one today, but the conservatives will. mr speaker, this is one of the worst scandals in recent british history. but how are they going to explain to their constituents that obeying his whip is more important than doing the right thing? jeering. she's right to say it's one of the worst scandals. it's terrible. that's why i acted on it. mp: they didn't! her recently acquired view that it's a scandal, having spent a lot of time on social media over christmas, not once in eight years did she s

tie: conservative leader kemi badenoch earlier when she was giving her first major speech on 2025 saidin that local inquiries would not be enough and repeated her call for a full nationally inquiry. find be enough and repeated her call for a full nationally inquiry.— a full nationally inquiry. and we exect a full nationally inquiry. and we meet yvette _ a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette _ a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette cooper . a full nationally inquiry. and we expect yvette yvette cooper to | a full nationally inquiry. and we - expect yvette yvette cooper to talk about what the government will do. and i can also report that yvette cooper has been threatened with legal action by a former greater manchester police detective who set “p manchester police detective who set up a charity to help abuse survivors. her name is maggie 0liver, survivors. her name is maggie oliver, and she resigned in 2012 saying victims were being let down and she has sent a pre—action letter to the home secretary yvette cooper, warning she would take her to court unles

but yes, so we have rachel reeves, kemi badenoch and sir paul mccartney on the telly at 9:00 on bbc onealk? i don't know, shy, retiring wallflowers. thank you for listening to this and for improving it. and we'll be back tomorrow. goodbye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. live from london. this is bbc news. scenes of celebration in the west bank, as 200 palestinians are released from israeli prisons. that prisoner release came after hamas releaed four female israeli soldiers. it's the second exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal. the four israeli women have been reunited with their families and are being checked by medical teams. their story is seen as inspiring the nation. it is an immense privilege to meet these four brave women and be part of their healing process which is part of the healing process of the entire israeli people. but — a delay in releasing another israeli hostage has prompted israel to halt the return of gazans to the region's bombed—out north. six foreign peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with m—23 rebels in the east of the democratic republic of the congo a

it is that the leader of the conservatives, kemi badenoch, has called on the anti—corruption ministert. so, henry, if people haven't been paying attention to this story, what are the bare bones of it that you need to know? it's a complicated story. and let me begin by saying, obviously, it would be preposterous for me to pretend to be an expert in bangladeshi politics. i'm not. tulip siddiq's aunt, sheikh hasina, was the prime minister of bangladesh for some time until last year, when she was deposed, essentially amid big protests across bangladesh, and she fled. tulip siddiq's mother is her sister, and, um tulip siddiq has been close to sheikh hasina, been photographed with her various times, while obviously being a uk citizen and, since 2015, a uk mp. and what happened just before christmas was that a bangladeshi state institution announced that it was investigating, sheikh hasina, but also various members of her family, including tulip siddiq, over corruption allegations initially raised by sheikh hasina's political opponents. nevertheless, even if it was raised by her political op

yeah, because there was a moment for the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch, this week to sort ofline of x and say, "let's not allow ourselves to have the debate influenced." but she didn't. she kind of doubled down and accused labour of all sorts of nefarious things. so that moment's gone, apparently, in our politics. and there is some... that does speak to something that makes this more complex, paddy. and sorry to interrupt. westminster spent a lot of this week talking about grooming gangs because elon musk had catapulted it up the political agenda. but there are a lot of or some people in westminster and a lot of people in the country who think it should never have fallen down the political agenda. and that is, what's... i don't know, someone in silicon valley might call a complexifier to all of this, which is that there are people, i think, in westminster, who are very uneasy with the fact that elon musk has used his power over social media to get this issue up the agenda, and are completely baffled about why he cares so much, but nevertheless think that the uk should care, a

kemi badenoch said she's in favour of it on sunday this weekend.ing. i think this is a vote winner for the tories. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think it's a vote winner for anyone, but i think we need to explain to parents why it's bad because that's not it's very good to keep saying don't do it, don't do it. you're damaging your children. but we need to explain to them how what parents don't know, for example, is cocomelon, which looks like a really harmless little singalong cartoon for toddlers, has been devised using babies as their their their testers and tracking their their testers and tracking their eye movements to see what keeps their eyes on the screen for longer toddlers sinner algorithms are built to keep them there. we need to explain this to. >> parents exactly, and you've got to ask, why are these apps free? because the child is the product. the child is what the tech companies are making money off. but you're right, at the moment you can look up, you know, your health visitor. the hospital gp's education will tell you about the dangers of

kemi badenoch and the conservatives said there should be a new national public inquiry.igel farage has said he supports that too. elon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims and survivors, provided a clear road map for action. yet two years later, none of the reco

kemi badenoch and the conservatives said there should be a new national public inquiry.age says he supports that too. elon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are now under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. and her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims and survivors, provided a clear road map for action. yet two years later, none of its recommen

the uk conservative leader, kemi badenoch, calls on the pm to sack the treasury minister, tulip siddiq, because she's been named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. siddiq has referred herself to the prime minister's standards adviser and has insisted she has done nothing wrong. a police officer dies after being hit by a lorry in north yorkshire. pc rosie prior had pulled over to deal with a collision on the a19 near thirsk. police issue an appeal for witnesses and for drivers with dashcam video. it's 4:30am in the morning in los angeles where firefighters are continuing to battle the wildfires that have destroyed huge swathes of the city. the number of people killed has risen to 16 and a dozen are missing after five days of the devastating fires. we've also been taking a look at the devastation in another part of los angeles, the neighborhood of altadena. that's near the eaton fire, the second biggest fire, which has burned more than 1a,000 acres. here's helena humphrey. with so many communities destroyed and evacuation orders still in place, you have to look around areas lik

badenoch warned the uk is spending more on debt than on schools and hospitals, and accused labour, the labour chancellor, of being unqualified and planning costly tax rises. >> his chancellor ignored all the warnings and ploughed ahead with an unprecedented borrowing spree, leaving all of us more vulnerable. now we have businesses saying they will raise prices to cover his jobs tax. we have an energy policy that will drive up bills and all the while we are spending more day to day on debt interest than we do on schools and universities. the prime minister. the prime minister refused to repeat his chancellor's promise that she wouldn't come back for more. will he now rule out any new tax rises this year? >> in response, sir keir starmer called the conservatives economic vandals and blamed them for a £22 billion black hole and what he described as the worst cost of living crisis in living memory. the prime minister also, though, defended rachel reeves, calling fiscal rules ironclad, but refused to rule out march tax hikes amid rising borrowing costs. >> we had to deal with the £22 billio

kemi badenoch has said it's absurd there has been a debate about the sale of knives online, instead shenigel farage said the director of prosecution should resign because in his view they should have been seen as described as a terror attack and there are so many troubling questions tonight. why were so many warning signs about the murderous behaviour not acted upon? was there a space for greater public candour from the authorities about what they knew and saying that publicly sooner? do the laws defining terrorism need to change? the prime minister has said the failures of state institutions leap off the page and there will be a public inquiry to look into this. i think today bears comparison with the kind of questions society asks itself after the dunblane school massacre back in 1996, the horrifying death of baby p, the baby in north london who died at 17 months old after abuse, a sense of failure from individuals and agencies to prevent it. this feels like just such a landmark moment obvious, profound reflection but a real desire for change, too. thank you. and paddy 0'connell will

now the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, she was on the same talk show shortly after rachel reevesfore, that the whole question about integration needs to be looked at. she was asked about what the evidence she had in this case that the killer, axel rudakubana, that that was an issue. he was born in this country. she said that the evidence she had was her own background, her own african christian upbringing, the effort we make to make people feel part of the whole. but, she said asking for evidence is the sort of thing that we start to lose our way. we need to discuss these things. and that was her clearly expressed view. damian grammaticas. atleast 18 people have been killed in a few tanker explosion in nigeria. authorities say ten others have sustained burn injuries. the national road safety agency said the truck suffered a brake failure, which caused the driver to lose control and crashed into vehicles on an expressway. it's the latest in a series of tanker blast that have killed hundreds of people in across the country. prosecutors in south korea have formally charged the suspe

the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, says rudakabana's online viewing is evidence he'd failed to fullyere's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the government has written seeing the ease of access to such dangerous and illegal content is unacceptable. we are again requesting... it is unacceptable, the fact the killer before he went on to commit those horrific crimes was able to access easily on some of the online platforms such hateful material. the companies have a moral responsibility to take the content he had materials about white genocide and so on. if you are being inculcated in hate, you are not integrating well. what is your evidence that. a lack of integration was part of the reason that he went on to commit these - absolutely heinous crimes? i have seen what has come out of the court case. i have made an observation. i think that these are things that need to be looked at. but every single time a politician wants to talk about these issues, there is often a push back, what is the evidence? we are not really sure. should we use the sort of language chris to mark th

today, the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, repeated her view his crimes represent a failure of integrationaterials about, you know, white genocide and so on. if you are being inculcated in hate, you are not integrating well. what's your evidence that a lack of integration was part of the reason that he went on to commit these absolutely heinous crimes? i have seen what has come out of the court case. i have made an observation. i think that these are things that need to be looked at. but every single time a politician wants to talk about these issues, there's often a pushback, "well, what's the evidence?" "well, we're not really sure." "should we use this sort of language?" and the minute we start going down that track, i think we start to lose our way. police found rudakubana, aged 17, had bought knives online. today, the government said online retailers will have to see photo id, with proof of age, before selling. delivery companies will have to hand packages over in person and demand proof of age as well. damian grammaticas, bbc news. president trump has said he'll speak to sir keir sta

now the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, she was on the same talk show shortly after rachel reeves, a line she said before, that the whole question about integration needs to be looked at. she was asked about what the evidence she had in this case that the killer, axel rudakubana, that that was an issue. he was born in this country. she said that the evidence she had was her own background, her own african christian upbringing, the effort we make to make people feel part of the whole. but, she said asking for evidence is the sort of thing that we start to lose our way. we need to discuss these things. and that was her clearly expressed view. damian grammaticas. jannik sinner is just one set away from claiming back to back australian open titles. he's leading alex zverev two sets to love in the final in melbourne. world numbers one and two. both sets were tightly contested but one break was enough for the italian to take the first... and the second was won on a tie break. sinner has won both his grand slam finals so far. while his german opponent has lost his first two. 11—2 now. me

today, kemi badenoch, the conservative leader, has said it's time for keir starmer to sack tulip siddiqch should be looking at the problems of this country and that the pm not sacking her, makes it clear he's not as bothered by integrity as he claims. so cue peter kyle, who arrived on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning. he was asked what should happen given that siddiq has herself sent her case off to the prime minister's standards adviser to be assessed. tulip has referred herself to the authorities to be investigated. that needs to be completed. but the thing you can guarantee with this government and keir starmer as prime minister, is he will abide to the outcome of that inquiry. so if laura magnus finds that she is heard, she will be out? keir said numerous times he has respect for these institutions. he has given them more independence. more authority to do their own inquiries. i'm pretty sure that he will adhere to what comes out. and so far, sir keir starmer is saying he is backing his ministerfor now. ok, so that's that issue there. we've also had mel stride, the shadow

kemi badenoch said it is time for to sack tulip siddiq, she could bring fibre to the country and theclear that he is not as clear that —— makes it clear that he is not bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, ., , , bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, , claims. siddique has sent off herself to — claims. siddique has sent off herself to the _ claims. siddique has sent off herself to the prime - claims. siddique has sent offj herself to the prime minister advised to be assessed. tulip siddiq has denied wrongdoing over her use of london properties linked to allies of her aunt, he is giving them more independence and authority to do more — independence and authority to do more inquiries. i am independence and authority to do more inquiries. lam pretty sure _ do more inquiries. lam pretty sure that _ do more inquiries. lam pretty sure that he would adhere to what — sure that he would adhere to what will _ sure that he would adhere to what will come out. so sure that he would adhere to what will come out.- sure that he would adhere to what will come out. so far, sir keir starmer, _ what w

in the uk, a police officer has died after being hit kemi badenoch calls on the prime minister to sackulip siddiq. in the uk, a police officer has died after being hit by a lorry in north yorkshire. detectives issue an appeal for witnesses and motorists with dashcam footage. it's one in the morning in los angeles where firefighters are continuing to battle the wildfires that have destroyed huge swathes of the city. the number of people killed has risen to 16 and a dozen are missing after five days of the devastating fires. the two biggest blazes in the city remain largely uncontained and more strong winds are forecast over the coming days. those two fires have destroyed an area more than twice the size of new york's manhattan. no cause has yet been established for the fires. firefighters have made some progress against the worst of the infernos, the palisades fire, which has scorched nearly 35 square miles. it's11% contained, which means barriers or firebreaks have been placed around 11% of its perimeter. the palisades fire is now threatening brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neigh

i am absolutely confident that under kemi badenoch this is leadership, she knows what conservative principlesfought for work to come up with the right policy platform that means we can get back into political contention. at these things take time, need to re—earn that respect from the electric and thatis respect from the electric and that is what we will do in the coming years. laura kuenssberg's programme is available on the bbc iplayer. up up to 400 rail managers at avanti west up to 400 rail managers at ava nti west coast up to 400 rail managers at avanti west coast have gone to strike today on the first of a series of rolling walk—outs on sundays. the dispute is over rest day working — with rmt union members walking out each sunday until the end of may. services between london euston and glasgow via manchester will be affected. the foreign secretary is in saudi arabia for talks on syria's future, one month after the collapse of the assad regime. david lammy is expected to offer british help in organising humanitarian efforts during the talks in riyadh with the new syrian authorities, as w

so it's kemi badenoch who's jumping on the far—right bandwagon, then?junk food advertising and on social care. is a grooming inquiry the only one you won't do? but we have a review. we have the jay report, and the jay report has got... you have a social care review. you're doing another one. it's got 20 very solid recommendations that need to be delivered. it's completely, uh, it's a false analogy to compare it with the social care review, because what we don't have on social care is a consensus around how to fix our adult social care. there isn't a consensus on how to support women and girls in the future when it comes to child sexual exploitation, as we've seen from the debate in the last few days. well, i haven't heard anybody saying that we shouldn't implement the 20 recommendations of the jay review. what we've seen is a complete failure of the previous government to actually do anything about. so there's no merit in looking in detail about whether the ethnicity of the perpetrators, often men of pakistani heritage, led the authorities to back off i

in another blow to new conservative leader kemi badenoch, it's a death of a thousand cuts for the conservativesnt, leo, isn't it? it really is. >> the letter out of cuts there? >> the letter out of cuts there? >> yes. i think they might well have done. this is what happens, though, when you sell your voters down the river and you sell your voters down the river, thinking they have got no one else to vote for. and then ha ha, nigel farage and reform come sailing along and pick every one of these people up. and it's growing and it's growing and it's growing and goodness only knows where it's going to end, perhaps with a new prime minister one day. >> yeah, possibly. i mean, the odds are the odds are looking good for nigel farage actually being the next prime minister. and it's interesting here that marco longhi says that the tories have been captured by a left wing influence that masquerades as conservatism at election time, while prioritising the wishes of an elite few when in power. that's pretty damning words, and it kind of validates what other people have said about the conservatives. they'r

today, the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, repeated her view his crimes represent a failure of integrationent on to commit these - absolutely heinous crimes? i have seen what has come out of the court case. i have made an observation. i think that these are things that need to be looked at. but every single time a politician wants to talk about these issues, there's often a pushback, "well, what's the evidence? " "well, we're not really sure." "should we use this sort of language?" and the minute we start going down that track, i think we start to lose our way. police found rudakubana, aged 17, had bought knives online. today, the government said online retailers will have to see photo id, with proof of age, before selling. delivery companies will have to hand packages over in person and demand proof of age as well. damian grammaticas, bbc news. quick breaking line we've received from guitars foreign ministry, a statement saying that hamas will hand over the female israeli hostage and two other hostages before friday. in return israel is going to allow displaced palestinians to return to n

kemi badenoch. _ speech. what will she say? kemi badenoch, it's _ speech. what will she say?emi badenoch, it's the _ speech. what will she say? kemi badenoch, it's the first _ speech. what will she say? kemi badenoch, it's the first big - speech. what will she say? kemil badenoch, it's the first big speech of the year, she said she didn't want to rush into new policies, so she's saying politicians across—the—board haven't been honest with the public and she will apologise for some the things her own party did or didn't do any government. for example, she will say they made a law to bring net zero by 2050 but only after it did they get about thinking how they will do it. she suggested immigration had got up at a time when they said it should be coming down. and beyond that, even brexit, she was saying they went ahead, voted brexit but didn't have a plan for economic growth outside of the eu when they did so. she is saying all that mess is something she will avoid as party leader. inside her own party, some people are getting nervous because in some polls, reform and that the c

so today's big question is this does badenoch have the bite? or does badenoch have the bite?es need a leader who will go for the kill? well, i'm joined in the studio now by gb news political editor chris hope and the political editor at huffpost uk, kevin schofield. gentlemen, let's not argue about football any more. let's get back to the politics. seriously, i was on the show yesterday. you and i broke the story. tulip siddiq forced out the anti—corruption minister. forced out. resigned. >> resigned. is the. is what happened? >> tomatoes. tomatoes. the fact of the matter is, it was over. corruption. wow. this is an attack line. louise haigh. of course. forced out. resigned. tomatoes. tomatoes over that fraud allegation. two ministers fallen already. this is the moment kemi badenoch can get them on. you promised change and yet you're more of the same old rot. instead, chris, she went on the economy on the day inflation was the first piece of good news rachel reeves has had this side of christmas. i think she missed a complete open goal. a fish was in a barrel waiting to be sh

kemi badenoch. ~ ., , badenoch. mr speaker the house has heard that the _ badenoch.eaker the house has heard that the prime _ badenoch. mr speaker the house has heard that the prime minister - badenoch. mr speaker the house has heard that the prime minister lost - heard that the prime minister lost his brother during the christmas per—joked so can i offer him on behalf of my party our cons lens, the new year has started with a focus on the decades long rate gang scandal. across the country thousands of girls were tortured and sexually abused at the hands of men who treated them as things to be used and disposed of. destroying many lives forever. the prime minister has mentioned previous inquiry, he is right, there has been an inquiry, into child sexual abuse but it wasn't about the rate gang scandal. in its 400 —— 468 pages it mentioned rotherham just once, is the prime minister confident we know the prime minister confident we know the full extent of rate gang activity? the full extent of rate gang activi ? ., the full extent of rate gang activi ? . , ., ~ ., activi

leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch. can i take this i kemi badenoch. opportunity _ kemi badenoch. can i take this opportunity to _ kemi badenoch. can i take this opportunity to welcome - kemi badenoch. can i take this opportunity to welcome the - kemi badenoch. can i take this - opportunity to welcome the release of hostages, including emily damari, from barbaric captivity. i also know that the thoughts of many will be with the victims of the southport killings. there are important questions to answer and i will return to those after the case is concluded. between 2009 and 2022, the oecd found children in england rose up global league tables in maths, reading and science. conservative government action means english schools now top the western world at maths and reading. the prime minister's schools bill, which is being voted on in committee this week, versus the improvements made. this bill is an act of vandalism. it is wrecking a cross—party consensus that lasted for decades. why does the prime minister think that so many school leaders are criticisi

so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch?> in other news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his personal condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. and the fbi have now confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle, with president joe biden linking the attack to terrorist motives. the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the channel today, with 50 people intercepted by border force early this morning and now brought to dover. it comes as figures show the number of pe

so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> in other news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated by the loss. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. and the fbi have now confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle, with president joe biden linking the attack to terrorist motives. the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the channel today, with 50 people intercepted by border force early this morning and now brought to dover. it comes as figures show the number

kemi badenoch a net figure of —21. yeah. not very clever, is it?ery clever at all. >> who would you like to go to the pub with? the public are asking. boris johnson tops that poll, shortly followed by nigel farage. again. badenoch hasn't connected with the public. she's down at the bottom of that poll. more people would rather go for a beer with keir starmer than kemi badenoch, which is not a great which is not a great endorsement of the tory leader. >> no, no, absolutely. i think i think the trouble with kemi badenoch is that there's quite a bit of respect for her as a sort of tough person, but she's just the sort of person that you wouldn't get a word in edgeways if you were in the pub with them. but i must tell people this that i have had quite a lot of it over the years, meeting up with boris johnson. not normally in pubs, normally in sort of cafes. in the morning when we're coffee time, you know, i was walking around the corner from him and he would come in to the greasy spoon and we'd both be ordering our coffee and he would always at me, you

so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> in other news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his personal condolences to the pettifer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated by the loss. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. and the fbi have now confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle, with president joe biden linking the attack to terrorist motives. the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the channel today, with 50 people intercepted by border force early this morning and now brought to dover. it comes as figures show th

slammed >> so kemi badenoch has slammed the grooming gangs and renewed calls for a national inquiry. >> where do these abusers come from.7 very, very poor sort of peasant background, very, very rural. >> in an exclusive conversation with charlie peters, the opposition leader points a finger squarely at identity politics, allowing people to get away with things because there's political correctness or whatever. >> sort of identity politics means that you can't call out behaviour. >> kemi badenoch also offers an olive branch to politicians from all parties, as she says that westminster must come together to confront this national scourge and turmoil at the treasury. >> rachel reeves future is in doubt as the uk is plunged into further economic crisis. is it time to get the lettuce out.7 >> and fresh corruption claims over the prime minister's close friend, tulip siddiq, as she resists calls to resign as the treasury minister responsible for fraud. prime minister, payment integrity. >> i'm absolutely determined to restore honesty and integrity to government. >> and there's been another

badenoch. she's bad. there's no bad in badenoch. she's badenoch. that's it. right?>> they spoke about the grooming gang scandal that's horrified so many people. here is what she had to say. >> i'm not afraid to look into this. i don't care what people call me. whether they say i'm jumping on a far right bandwagon or i'm just doing it for politics. this is something that i've been talking about for a while. i said it in my big leadership speech. this was something i wanted to look at, but if you look at it, there is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, but from subcommunities within those countries. people with a particular background, particular background, particular class background, work background. >> what background is that? >> what background is that? >> you know, people very, very poor sort of peasant background, very, very rural. this is about those victims who deserve justice, the survivors who deserve justice. >> that's kemi badenoch speaking to charlie peters. meanwhile, a spokesman for sir keir starmer has confirmed that rac

nigel farage has got involved, kemi badenoch has got involved. everybody is saying this simply isn't good enough. well, today i'll be joined by a council whistleblower who said that when he tried to raise red flags, it was he who found himself on the receiving end of an investigation. and later in the show, i'll be joined by an inspiring single mum from cornwall. never been involved in politics in her life, so moved by what's going on, so outraged by what's going on, so outraged by the political ineptitude to deal with it. she wants to organise a million women march to london and hey, let's get a few blokes along while we're at it to show the country we've simply had enough of the politicians, of the councillors, of the media, of the entire establishment burying its head in the sand, in the sand about this issue, which is britain's shame. get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, here's your headlines, and it's san francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> 3:02. >> 3:02. >> the top story. while elon musk's criticism of the uk g

>> kemi badenoch. >> kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, the prime minister thinks that he can distract peopleat is wrong with this bill. this is not about breakfast, clubs and school uniforms. teachers and parents will be horrified at just how bad this bill is. even his own mps may not realise it, but the bill will cut teachers pay- but the bill

. >> well, that follows claims from kemi badenoch that reforms onune from kemi badenoch that reforms online membership figures are fake. that's despite several news outlets now reporting the membership data is, in fact, accurate. farage told supporters he was offended by accusations of being a fraudster, saying that he's never been dishonest and will never be. he also ianed and will never be. he also invited supporters to an event later this month to prove the numbers are real, adding that her criticism had fuelled a surge in new members. well, the chairman of the reform party, zia yousef, claimed that over 46,000 people joined the party in late december alone and credited badenoch comments for making the party the talk of the western world. >> we all know that we should be very grateful to kemi. we should be very, very grateful to the leader of the tory party because in the preceding 24 hours of her ill advised outburst, reform uk signed up more members than in any 24 hour period in our entire history. so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> in othe

and when you see the pm, the pm called it, well, sorry, kemi badenoch.led it a national scandal. it is. rachel reeves shouted. shame at her. >> it is a scandal. it's a national scandal. and that was, that was that was accepted by keir starmer. >> he accepted. it's a bad it's a bad scandal, a national scandal, a terrible scandal. yeah. to what extent, though, is there a bandwagon effect? keir starmer used that word twice at your former leader, kemi badenoch. is it a bandwagon? >> she's not my former leader. i mean i was a former mp. >> that's right. you might be a tory now i've no idea. if you're not, please tell the tell our viewers i think you're a tory. and he's. >> she's the leader of the party. the leader of the party. she's not my former leader. she is my current leader. >> okay? she's your leader, right? so she was she was. she was bandwagon. >> is that correct? i think so there were a couple of things. and i want to be even handed about with keir, who i know personally and i have on a personally and i have on a personal basis. i got on quite well

that reforms onune from kemi badenoch that reforms online membership figures are fake. that's despite several news outlets now reporting the membership data is, in fact, accurate. farage told supporters he was offended by accusations of being a fraudster, saying that he's never been dishonest and will never be. he also ianed and will never be. he also invited supporters to an event later this month to prove the numbers are real, adding that her criticism had fuelled a surge in new members. in other news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his personal condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated by the loss. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar

deadune kemi badenoch reaches her deadline to apologise for her membership accusations. in just a few moments i'll be bringing you nigel farage live as he addresses reform members at their east midlands conference, where he's promised to bare all. elsewhere, will elon musk's love in with tommy robinson present a problem for nigel farage and the reputation of reform? nigel has tonight commented on the situation. i'll bring you his comments next. and donald trump urges the pm to ditch wind turbines and open up the north sea. oil to gas. very good evening. hope you're well. happy new year. if i've not seen you. joining me this evening is political commentator chloe dobbs and broadcaster matthew stadlen, and radio and tv presenter arianna neo. a very big hour coming up. we're going live to the east midlands for this reform conference. nigel is speaking in about nine minutes time. you won't want to miss it. first though, your news headunes first though, your news headlines with sam francis. >> ben, thank you and good evening to you. just coming up to 8:02. while nigel farage

mps are set to vote in just over an hour on kemi badenoch call for a new national inquiry into grooming, after she warned sir keir starmer's refusal could fuel fears of a cover up. in a clash at prime minister's questions, the conservative leader demanded to know if sir keir starmer is confident. we fully understand the scale of rape gangs. she also accused the prime minister of not wanting questions asked of not wanting questions asked of labour politicians who may be complicit. sir keir starmer fired back, urging kemi badenoch to drop her call, arguing another inquiry would only delay action with victims demanding progress rather than more investigations. meanwhile, nigel farage has suggested reform uk will fund an inquiry into child sexual abuse if the government fails to do so. the reform uk leader said his party will raise the money and appoint independent arbiters to conduct the national inquiry. in other news, at least two people have been killed and 70,000 have been ordered to evacuate as three massive wildfires tear through the suburbs of los angeles. in california, the fires,

and i can imaginlast night for kemi defeat last night for kemi badenoch.met members of the victims groups? she met no victims as of yesterday. keir starmer met them yesterday. keir starmer met them yesterday and she's been criticised for getting on the bandwagon on this issue. on keir starmer. i think language is softening against having a pubuc softening against having a public inquiry, he said in the house yesterday there was no fixed view amongst victims and also number 10 told us they're open or they're open, of course, and we'll listen to what victims want. so if victims keep calling for an inquiry, that will get harder to resist. and for a former uk, i know you've got richard tice on shortly. i think it might be worth asking him. will elon musk fund this independent inquiry which nigel farage is putting together? he says he's going to find a retired judge to run it, but it will need resources. and i can imagine elon musk, given his interest in the grooming gang scandal, the way he's propelled that to the top of the agenda here in westminster. i wonde