cabinet office minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses on be some disruption. as we leave the european union and we're outside the customs union, those new requirements will mean that, in particular, when people arrive at the french border, they do need to have the paperwork in order. if they haven't, then we would advise them absolutely not to make that journey because they'll only be turned back. the clock is ticking... ads like these urging firms to prepare for the new rules have been for months. the trade deal with brussels was only published on christmas eve. all 1200 pages of it. by christmas eve. all 1200 pages of it. by new year's day, firms must be ready for life outside the single market and customs union. business leaders are pleading for better guidance and more clarity. some are calling for vouchers to be paid so firms can access professional advice. most small and medium-sized businesses need two things from the government, they need guidance firstly so they can make practical use of the comic i did an illegally dense text and

the cabinet office minister michael gove has warned there'll be some bumpy moments in the months ahead as the uk gets to grips with its new relationship with the european union. vivienne nunis reports. this kent—based factory produces crisps made from fresh fruit imported from the continent. after manufacturing, the snacks are then exported back across the channel to customers in europe. the free—trade deal agreed with brussels means no extra tariffs in either direction, and that's good news for founder nimisha raja, who was worried about the impact of no deal. but there will be more paperwork and red tape. ifeel as if i'm going to be inundated with paperwork. i think it's going to cost us a little bit of money in staff costs as well, in dealing with all of this, and i know there are going to be delays, especially at the port, you know? cabinet office minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses of the new rules, but he warned there will be some disruption. as we leave the european union and we're outside the customs union, those new requirements w

the uk cabinet office minister michael gove has said the government hopes the staggered reopening ofanuary as planned. speaking to the bbc he said the government is confident primary school pupils, along with those due to sit exams in the summer — would be able to return in the first week of january, with other secondary pupils going back later in the month. president trump has signed the covid relief bill that means lapsed payments to millions of americans who are unemployed can be resumed. he had refused to sign the $2.3 trillion package because he wanted cheques to individual americans to be increased from $600 to 2,000, which congress rejected. larry sabato is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia — he gave me his view on why president trump decided to sign the bill. because he had to. this was turning into a massive disaster for him on his way out. just about everybody was angry with him, his own party was furious. this bill was negotiated over six months and was mainly shaped by trump's own administration, by his own treasury secretary. what we'v

i think there is a big announcement coming in a few hours' time on the new guidance from cabinet officess, probably tomorrow. we would like to see that in there as an additional feature. the government needs to put their money where their mouth is. you referred to the small business chapter. what i would like to know is, our business is ready? you see all the signs on the motorway about getting paperwork ready. we have had a few false starts. realistically, oui’ a few false starts. realistically, our businesses ready? only 1896 of those who think you will be affected by the deal and the transition said that they were ready. one in five. the biggest barrier was actually the future of the relationship. 68% of those said that was the unknown. neither is gone, businesses can prepare. whether they will prepare for next week is obviously going to be very difficult for every business. but the fact is there is an agreement there. a lot of this information is going to keep coming out. negotiations will continue, decisions were made by committees this agreement sets up. things like the 10,000 eur

earlier, the cabinet office minister, penny mordaunt, told mps that negotiations with the eu were atitical moment" answering an urgent question from labour, she said the government was resolved to get a deal but was prepared to leave without one if the eu refused to compromise. we are all working to get a deal, but the only deal that is possible is one that is compatible with our sovereignty and takes back control of our laws, trade and waters. hear, hear! while an agreement is preferable, we are prepared to leave on so—called "australian style terms" if we can't find compromises. last year, the prime minister said that to leave with no—deal would be a "failure of statecraft". so this government must take responsibility for their failure if we are to leave without a deal. mr speaker, we will hold the government to account, whatever they bring back, deal or no—deal. an "australian style deal or no deal" is also known as trading on world trade organisation or wto rules. trading on wto terms would mean tariffs on lamb exports of 40%, so what is the latest assessment for how many farms w

cabinet office minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses on, but he warned there will be some disruption. as we leave the european union and we're outside the customs union, those new requirements will mean that, in particular, when people arrive at the french border, they do need to have the paperwork in order. if they haven't, then we would advise them absolutely not to make the journey because they'll only be turned back. the clock is ticking... the government has been advising businesses to prepare for months. for the thousands of british companies who rely on goods crossing the border, there are nowjust four days to get to grips with the necessary changes. we need to translate these 1,200 pages of legal text to practical business guidance that every firm can understand. secondly, we need to understand how the europeans are going to be applying the deal at the borders on thursday night. as the government itself acknowledged today, there could be a bumpy road ahead. vivienne nunis, bbc news. there are further warnings today of the pressures

cabinet office minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses oneave the european union and we're outside the customs union, those new requirements will mean that, in particular, when people arrive at the french border, they do need to have the paperwork in order. if they haven't, then we would advise them absolutely not to make that journey, because they'll only be turned back. the clock is ticking... ads like these urging firms to prepare for the new rules have been for months. but the trade deal with brussels was only published on christmas eve. all 1200 pages of it. if that's you, there's actions that need sorting. by new year's day, firms must be ready for life outside the single market and customs union. business leaders are pleading for better guidance and more clarity. some are calling for vouchers to be paid, so firms can access professional advice. most small and medium—sized businesses need two things from the government. number one, they need guidance so that they can make practical use of the very complicated and legally—dense text, an

the cabinet office minister, michael gove said that the provisions agreed will protect the rights ofreland the grace period to adapt their systems. this deal protects unfettered access for northern ireland businesses to the most important market and as the prime minister underlined, this had to be protected and meant removing any prospect of export declarations northern ireland goods moving from northern ireland goods moving from northern ireland goods moving from northern ireland to great britain. that is with the agreement will do, there will be no additional requirements placed on northern ireland businesses for these movements, with a very limited and specific exception of trade in endangered and conflict diamonds. 0n the second commitment, the deal safeguards but ireland's place in the uk customs territory. injuly commission had envisaged a default parrot scenario in which all goods wrote to northern ireland were considered to be at risk and are as such subject to the common customs tariff. if that had been implement it, that would have raised the prospect of a 50% tariff on a p

cabinet office minister michael gove has said the government hopes the staggered reopening of schoolswill go ahead in january as planned. speaking to the bbc, he said the government is confident primary school pupils, along with those due to sit exams in the summer, would be able to return in the first week of january, with other secondary pupils going back later in the month. ambassadors from all 27 eu member states have provisionally backed last week's post—brexit trade deal with the uk. the agreement allows tariff—free trade with britain to continue after it leaves the eu single market in four days' time. our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, is in brussels. no real surprise they have approved this? i think that's right. the best way to look at this i guess is that it would have been amazing if anything had happened other than them giving their approval. they have been kept in the loop all the way through the negotiating process. so have the governments they represent. so it was never likely that they would do anything than sign off as a formality one of a series of steps you c

in the commons the cabinet office minister set up the cabinet office minister set up details.thern ireland businesses selling to consumers or using goods in northern ireland will be free of all tariffs. whether that is missing cars from sunderland or inaudible and internal uk trade will be protected as we promised, whether we have a free trade agreement with the eu or not. we have got a grace period for supermarkets to update their procedures and our agreement also prevents any disruption at the end of the transmission period on movement of chilled meats, british sausages will continue to make their way to belfast and on then in the new year. ours is a great country, and labour wants to see a good life all of our people. but as great as our country is, it cannot afford to be afflicted by government incompetence. every price rise, every traffic jam, every lost contract and every redundancy caused by this government's mistakes and poor planning holds our great country back. next year must be a year of rebuilding and recovering from covid—19. not dealing with the fallout of reckl

we were watching a little earlier in the commons, the cabinet office minister, penny morden is talkingire to do a deal, but not at the price of uk sovereignty. how would you assess the mood on the conservative benches at the moment about where the government is on this? they believe he shouldn't blank. at sovereignty issue is absolutely key for them. when we talk about this idea of the level playing field, which is all about whether the uk should have to abide by brussels rules or follow brussel‘s rules. europe wanted because they want to make sure that when the uk is outcome even though it has access to the single markets, they can have vastly different rules that allow it to may be undercut european people, and there i would say to you that the whole point of brexit is so that we can have our the whole point of brexit is so that we can have oui’ own the whole point of brexit is so that we can have our own rules, you can do things different. so i think that's why that's become such a crunch issue, that those brexit yea rs crunch issue, that those brexit years on the tory benches where

in washington politics, a cabinet officer, cabinet official, secretary, has a cabinet department, hasusually sympathetic congressional committee, and some kind of lobby or trade association that's advocating for the business of that cabinet. and they all kind of work in a mutually reinforcing fashion. that's the iron triangle. when you think about cia, cia does not have that. for one thing, cia is not a cabinet office. it is an executive branch office that reports to the national security council and through that to the president. but it does not have a -- an executive department that is nearly as powerful in policy terms as a cabinets department. secondly, it does not have a lobby group. we have our retirees associations. association of former intelligence officers, but other than some kind of public events and publicity and a letter to the editor every now and then, it's not a strong activist organization. nothing like the ama, the nra, the chamber of congress, planned parenthood and they have their targets in the executive branch. and our congressional overseers are often very host

the cabinet office says gross domestic product grew at an annualized 22.9% in real terms from july tothe preliminary figure issued last month was 21.4%. that's the largest expansion since comparable data became available in 1980. but it follows a historic plunge in the previous quarter when the coronavirus battered the economy. consumer spending makes up more than half of japan's gdp. it's been revised to 5.1% from 4.7% quarter on quarter. corporate investment was revised up to minus 2.4%, stronger than the preliminary figure of minus 3.4%. japan's gdp growth for the year is expected to come in negative. the organization for economic cooperation and development is projecting the economy to shrink 5.3% in 2020. analysts say recovery will depend on progress to fight the coronavirus. >>> the latest government data show that people in japan earn less but households spent more in october amid the pandemic. the average monthly wage stood at 270,000 yen or about $2,600. that's down 0.8% in yen terms from a year earlier, marking the seventh straight month of decline. over time, a non-regular

officials from the finance ministry and cabinet office regularly canvas companies to come up with a gaugenown as the business sentiment index. the latest poll of big firms found the index for the october through december period was plus 11.6. that is the third-highest result since comparable data became available in fiscal 2004. it means that more companies feel business has improved, compared with a previous three months. the survey take in roughly 11,000 companies. the index for large manufacturers was particularly high at 21.6. that result was driven largely by strong confidence in the auto and chemical sectors. ♪ >>> in other news, the world food program has been awarded the nobel piece prize in an online ceremony. the u.n. organization is fighting harder than ever to combat global hunger. due to the pandemic, thursday's ceremony was held at the wsp's headquarters in rome, not in oslo. the event was broadcast by the nobel foundation's website. the executive director david beasley said 270 million people are facing starvation because of war, climate change, the pandemic, and other reas

from europe, 10% of that comes across the english channel, and according to the uk government's cabinet officeard could go up by 3% to 5%. let's discuss this with dominic goudie from the food and drink federation. you are here in the uk. good to have you on the programme. what are you expecting in terms of price increases? it's difficult to say clearly what will happen over older. i think my expectation is we will face a complex mixture of under and over supply, so in some cases we could see prices crash, and in other areas we could see prices increase quite significantly. and if that is the case, we may see shortages start to creep through in shop shelves. if you apply the uk's global tariff to the way we trade with the eu in 2019, you are looking at £6 million of added cost coming to the food and drink industry, and clearly, , and drink industry, and clearly,, quite a lot of that would be passed on to consumers. when you say we will see some prices crash, what goods are those? it's difficult to say. i think it depends on which goods we currently export to the eu that we cannot exploit. in th

a quarter of her appointments were women with just 12 from asian descent and one black person cabinet officerule suggest around 14 percent of government staff should be from ethnic minorities by 2022 and half of all new employees female we spoke to john gaunt a talk radio host and a columnist who says equality is all about people in general not particularly minorities. well i think she's got a good idea because she's focusing on class and she's trying to say look it can't all be about identity politics which has actually now infested the political culture in our country so it's about class it's about equality it's about everybody have an equal chance we need to do the data work from that basis and promote a more equal society without enough of quotas the best person whether that's a woman a man a straight person a trans person whatever should get the job we have to go back to basics we have to say it's a quality for all. sports a top court has cut russia's ban from all major sporting events for doping offenses from 4 years to 2 and says that the country's athletes will only be able to compet

cabinet office rules suggest around 14 percent of government staff should be from ethnic minorities by 2022 and half of all new employees female we spoke to john galt a talk radio host and columnist who says equality is all about people in general not particular minorities. well i think she's got a good idea because she's focusing on class and she's trying to say look it can all be about identity politics which has actually now infested the political culture in our country so it's about class it's about equality it's about everybody have an equal chance we need to do the data works on that basis and promote a more equal society without enough of quotas the best person whether that's a woman a man a straight person a trans person whatever should get the job we have to go back to basics we have to say it's equality for all. yemenis devastating war been raging for 6 years now with the u.n. warning of a humanitarian catastrophe of the threat of famine the world food program spokes person called food insecurity they're a ticking time bomb and urged the world to act immediately 2000000 yemen

the cabinet office minister, michael gove, said this morning there'd be "some disruption" and "practicalryone needed to prepare for. we are doing everything we can to provide the information necessary to enable people to recognise what we are being faced with. but as we leave the eu and we are outside the customs union, the new requirements will mean when people arrive at the french border, they need the paperwork in order. we made sure businesses that are sending goods to france are in a position to be able to check to see if they have the right paperwork. if they haven't, we would advise them not to make that journey, because they will only be turned back and so that is what i mean, making sure that everyone has got their paperwork in order and we hope that the information that we are providing will enable people with the where withal to be able to navigate the new procedures. 0n the contentious issue of fishing mr gove insisted the government had secured the best possible outcome. 0ne one of the reasons why it took so long to reach the deal is because we we re long to reach the deal i

no deal bragg's it well things have certainly moved certainly at least in the last week we saw cabinet office minister michael gove saying that they would accept a kind of non regression type of mechanism where britain would pledge not to water down its environmental protections and its rules and regulations from where they are at the moment closely aligned with the european union and we also live on the land at the end of the european summit that ended on friday saying that they wouldn't necessarily expect britain to increase or upgrade its rules and regulations to match increases in european rules and regulations but if there was a divergence there would have to be changes to the way britain accessed the single market so there has been some movement it's just that there hasn't been enough movement for both sides to sign off on boris johnson in london after having spoken on the telephone to us live on the land today was pretty bleak as to how he sees the prospects of success let's have a listen. we are always happy to talk make progress where we can i do think as i say there is a deal to be

and as we saw recently in the issues of the use of the cabinets office blocking freedom of information, requests for long welcome sources. it's pretty clear that this is the modus operandi of this government, at least of probably going back to a cause, a long word. so it's not at all surprising and of course they're rather embarrassed about the whole thing of being exposed, getting into schools, which is a bit contradictory, really because of presume the purpose of going into schools is to basically carry out public outreach for g.c. h.q.'s work. ringback to possibly recruit future agents and so on. but if you're going to carry out a p.r. exercise like that, you can't really claim that you're trying to keep it secret, or anybody trying to find out about it should be denied access. well, exactly, and if it were possible that somehow parents were unaware of what was happening, shouldn't the public at large, not even just parents know about this? indeed, i think they should. and in a way, it's a bit contradictory because he says cubes he set up this program mostly in south glossaries, not

the cabinet office minister, michael gove, said this morning there'd be "some disruption" and "practicalch everyone needed to prepare for. we're doing everything we can to provide the information necessary in order to enable people to recognise what we are being faced with. but inevitably, as we leave the european union, we are outside the customs union, those requirements will mean that in particular when people arrive at the french border, they do need to have the paperwork in order. one of the things that we have done is to make sure that businesses that are sending goods through kent to dover and on to calais are in a position to be able to check to see if they've got the right paperwork. if they haven't, then we would advise them absolutely not to make thatjourney, because they will only be turned back. so that's precisely what i mean, making sure everyone has got their paperwork in order and we hope that the information that we are providing will enable people with the wherewithal to be able to navigate these new procedures. fishing was one of the final sticking points in the post—

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cabinet office minister michael gove has held talks with leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland they've agreed to seek further advice with the session expected on thursday. meanwhile tougher restrictions are due to come into force here in the british capital at midnight local time jonah hole has the latest from london. tonight we've been spiraling rates of infection around the london area and the southeast in some places infection rates doubling in 7 days we're told that there is this particularly virulent variant of the virus that's been identified in part responsible for that fast uptick in infections and then this rather in congress situation where the government is lifting all restrictions for a 5 day period over christmas to allow families to get together in their homes to mix together and it sparked real concern about what comes down the line beyond christmas possibly a 3rd wave in january maybe even a 3rd lockdown real criticism aimed at the government not least on tuesday for 2. preeminent medical journals in this country both internationally respected that have issued a

writing in the times this morning, the cabinet office minister michael gove says the deal will allowip as sovereign equals. he was one of the key figures in the leave campaign. he writes that the debate over brexit was at times ugly and he hopes the agreement will allow british politics to move into a better place. the deal was done in the nick of time, with the uk already out of the eu and transition arrangements expiring within days. mps and peers will have until wednesday to digest the detail before being called back to parliament for a debate and vote. the eu is now weighing up how the future looks with the uk outside. member states will be reviewing the legal text in the coming days before what's on paper becomes a reality. leila nathoo, bbc news. parts of the us city of nashville remain cordoned off after a camper van exploded in the early hours of christmas day. three people were injured and widespread damage was caused when the van — which had been broadcasting a warning that a blast was imminent — blew up in the city centre. thousands of shops across the uk won't be opening

appointments were women and chose to 12 from asian descent and asian descent and one black person cabinet officewill suggest around 14 percent of government staff should be from ethnic minorities by 2022 and half of all new employees female we spoke to john daunt a talk radio host and columnist to say equality is all about people in general not particular minorities well i think she's got a good idea because she's focused on class and she's trying to say look it can't all be about identity politics which has actually now infested the political culture in our country so it's about class it's about equality it's about everybody have an equal chance we need to do the data works on that basis and promote a more equal society without enough of quotas the best person whether that's a woman a man a straight person a trans person whatever should get the job we have to go back to basics we have to say it's equality for. one of the most devastating effects of the covert 900 pandemic has been people falling below the poverty line in the u.k. the house of commons leader is facing a backlash over comments ma

writing in the times this morning, the cabinet office minister michael gove says the deal will allowreign equals. he was one of the key figures in the leave campaign. he writes that the debate over brexit was at times ugly and he hopes the agreement will allow british politics to move into a better place. the deal was done in the nick of time, with the uk already out of the eu and transition arrangements expiring within days. mps and peers will have until wednesday to digest the detail before being called back to parliament for a debate and vote. the eu is now weighing up how the future looks with the uk outside. member states will be reviewing the legal text in the coming days before what's on paper becomes a reality. leila nathoo, bbc news. here in the uk, ten people have been given antibodies as a form of emergency protection after being exposed to coronavirus, in the first trial of its kind. the antibody treatment is being offered to people who have been in close contact with a confirmed covid—19 case within the past eight days. if it proves effective, it could protect vulnerable

writing in the times this morning, the cabinet office minister michael gove says the deal will allowjoy a special relationship as sovereign equals. he was one of the key figures in the leave campaign. he writes that the debate over brexit was at times ugly and he hopes the agreement will allow british politics to move into a better place. the deal was done in the nick of time with the uk already out of the eu and transition arrangements expiring within days. mps and peers will have until wednesday to digest the detail before being called back to parliament for a debate and vote. the eu is now weighing up how the future looks with the uk outside. member states will be reviewing the legal text in the coming days before what's on paper becomes a reality. leila nathoo, bbc news. the met office has warned of severe gales and heavy rain as storm bella approaches the uk. yesterday, more than 1,000 people in bedfordshire were advised to leave their homes because of flooding. evacuation centres have been set up to help those affected. anisa kadri reports. a rise in the river levels here cause

the shadow cabinet office minister, rachel reeves, was asked what labour would do if a deal emerges,w marr programme. at the moment, the priority is to get a deal. but we'll have to look, of course, at the content of a deal. but also any legislation that comes. we are not going to give them a blank cheque. i think i have been very clear, both today and on previous programmes with you, andrew, that the most important thing is that the government get a deal. we want a deal to be delivered. we will look at any legislation that comes to parliament. it's a very difficult question for labour, a sensitive issue, of course, going back to the election very nearly a year ago, when the party suffered a terrible defeat on that issue of brexit, which of course dominated the election campaign and gave borisjohnson a huge majority in the house of commons. and it seems there is a bit of debate among shadow cabinet members as to what labour should do here. but, for now, you heard rachel reeves there, they are waiting to see what the contents of a deal is. it would also need to be approved in the vari

well, straight after pmqs, the cabinet office minister set out the details of that brexit deal on northernsures goods can still flow smoothly around the uk at least in the short term. i'm pleased to say that under the agreement that we've reached, northern ireland businesses selling to consumers or using goods in northern ireland will be free of all tariffs, whether that's nissan cars from sunderland or lamb from other areas. internal uk trade will be protected as we promised, whether we have a free—trade agreement with the eu or not. we've got a grace period for supermarket to update their procedures, and our agreement also prevents any disruption at the end of the transition period on the movement of chilled meats. british sausages will continue to make their way to belfast and ballymena in the new year. ours is a great country, and labour wants to see a good life for all our people. but as great as our country is, it cannot afford to be afflicted by government incompetence. every price rise, every traffic jam, every lost contract and every redundancy caused by this government's mistakes

there will be appropriate meeting tomorrow, the cabinet office has been the operation capstone all weeker 4 and movements of freight and people being restricted right now, we are 11 days until we exit the transition period. that's on top of this current situation is a complete nightmare, and we know that supermarkets keep very little stock, actually in their warehouses. it's on the shelves, so it couldn't happen at a worse time. think you both very much for now, i know you'll be back with a look at the papers just after 1130. know you'll be back with a look at the papersjust after 1130. thank you for being with us. ali and maya will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers. it's the travel show next, but for now, it's goodbye from me. first up, traditionally, many of us love to travel around this time of year, but with so many restrictions currently, what's happening in those places where christmas is a year—round obsession? well, it feels like a long time ago now, but around this time last year i was in the village of thursford for the uk's biggest annual christmas show. for ove

writing in the times this morning, the cabinet office minister michael gove says the deal will allowequals. he was one of the key figures in the leave campaign. he writes that the debate over brexit was at times ugly and he hopes the agreement will allow british politics to move into a better place. the deal was done in the nick of time, with the uk already out of the eu and transition arrangements expiring within days. mps and peers will have until wednesday to digest the detail before being called back to parliament for a debate and vote. the eu is now weighing up how the future looks with the uk outside. member states will be reviewing the legal text in the coming days before what's on paper becomes a reality. leila nathoo, bbc news. a former conservative mp, brian binley, has died at the age of 78. mr binley was elected twice to represent northampton south, first in 2005 and again in 2010. he died at northampton general hospital yesterday. former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died aged 98 in moscow. blake was a soviet double agent working in the british secret servi

the cabinet office minister michael gove is there too for seperate talks.utside the talks really knows where they've got to, but the mood music suggests there's still considerable discord. at four o'clock boris johnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen will talk on the phone and assess whether a post—brexit trade deal can be salvaged. nick beake reports from brussels. have you made progress? good morning. three good mornings but there are three big problems to solve if there is to be a brexit trade deal. michel barnier gave what was described as a gloomy update on the state of the talks to the ambassadors of the 27 eu countries. they say they want an agreement but not one that gives the uk and unfair trading advantage. having heard from michel barnier this morning, really, the news is very downbeat, i would say he was very gloomy, and obviously very cautious about the ability to make progress today. at the moment, these negotiations seem stalled, and the barriers to progress are still very much in place. lord frost, the top british nego

within the last hour, the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has been talking to the leaders in belfastnd cardiff and they will discuss the matter again tomorrow. here's our health editor hugh pym. christmas mixing will be a big mistake, that is the bleak message from two publications representing health and medical leaders. if the rules agreed by the uk administrations which allow some household mixing are unchanged, they argue that virus cases will escalate and the nhs will be overrun. the real striking, stark truth of the matter is that our health system is not going to manage if we allow the current trend to continue on top of the soup at spread event that will be these five days of christmas with three or more household meeting —— super spread. people will find it ha rd to super spread. people will find it hard to stick to the rules. but ministers were sticking to the line that people should make their own decisions within the rules set out. we have to trust the british people to act responsibly and do the minimum necessary for them within theirfamily minimum necessary for them wit

a quarter of her appointments were women with just 12 from asian descent and one black person cabinet officerule suggest around 14 percent of government staff should be from ethnic minorities by 2022 and half of all new employees are female while to discuss this we have a talk radio host and columnist on going for his peers thank you for joining us on the program john now how do you rank the equality minister's new plan to defeat discrimination well i think she's got a good idea because she's focusing on class and she's trying to say look you can all be about identity politics which has actually now infested the political joining our country so where class equality each of everybody have an equal chance and it's all or do you know the people you quoted they started attacking her before she even made the speech and in no way their attack is exactly the reason why she has to take on this one coach or this. coach or that they all promote let's start with class let's make sure that everyone's got equal opportunity noches one of the things they didn't talk about is the disadvantage of white worki

in the last half—hour, the house of lords has cleared the brexit deal, lord true, the cabinet officeff of the houses of parliament are waiting for royal assent. the signature of the queen on that bill in order for it to become an act of parliament and therefore the law of the land. that isa therefore the law of the land. that is a formality, but it takes some time, perhaps in the next hour or so, maybe the next few minutes, we will see that news and that will confirm legally the uk will leave all of the entanglements it has had with the european union, whether you like them or not, at 11pm tomorrow night with a trade deal with our nearest neighbours. night with a trade deal with our nearest neighbourslj night with a trade deal with our nearest neighbours. i think people might be interested to know — is the queen having to stay this? —— stay up queen having to stay this? —— stay upfor queen having to stay this? —— stay up for this. it is a really good question, and i was suggesting on the radio was the case. she could flick onto the television to what you can watch waiting on parliame

ahead to review these rules and i've just heard from a government source that michael gove, the cabinet office is going to hold a call with the devolved nations later this afternoon. this is a difficult one for ministers, i think there might be some arguing this is too late, people will have already made their plans clearly, there is concern, but really, who wants to be the politician that goes ahead and counsels christmas? jessica, thank you. the hospitality industry is warning that london's move into tier 3 will put thousands ofjobs at risk. nearly 14,000 pubs, restaurants and cafes will have to close, and offer takeaways or deliveries instead. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it's one of london ‘stop hotels but it's barely breaking even. keeping going as best they can but once again, businesses coming to a standstill. and you wish to cancel this booking due to the tiered three restrictions? customers don't have any choice and there has been more than 100 cancellations already. the restau ra nts than 100 cancellations already. the restaurants are doing a final serving. going