who runs the cabinet office and _ office minister who runs the cabinet office and it's not clear to he can— office and it's not clear to me how he can run— office and it's not clear to me how he can run the department and be at the prinfus— he can run the department and be at the primus to's site when he turned up the primus to's site when he turned up to— the primus to's site when he turned up to answer departmental questions so is he _ up to answer departmental questions so is he going to answer questions about— so is he going to answer questions about being the chief of staff to the prime minister as well? how his constituents will feel about him being _ constituents will feel about him being their mp and now that is is their— being their mp and now that is is their most— being their mp and now that is is their most importantjob, i'm not sure _ their most importantjob, i'm not sure it— their most importantjob, i'm not sure it says— their most importantjob, i'm not sure. it says to me that he has been appointed _ sure. it says to me that he has been appointed because borisjohnson

eight of the events were in downing street and four in the neighbouring cabinet office. last two events were leaving dos held on the same day in april last year. we had a bundle of material provided to us just friday, which is well over 500 pieces of paper, about a ream and a half, and we received over 300 photographs, so we've just received that and my officers are prioritising this week to consider what's been provided in that bundle of material, what further investigations that they need to do and, of course, who they're going to be contacting. and who might get fined? well, that's not yet clear. detectives will be writing to dozens of staff in downing street and the cabinet office, asking for their accounts of the gatherings and whether they had a reasonable excuse for their actions. although the maximum penalty for these alleged offences is only a small fine, detectives here say they will be fast—tracking the investigation and it should be over in a matter of weeks, rather than months. but how damaged are the metropolitan police after being caught in this political

steve barclay, correct me if i am wrong, is cabinet office minister. job and his newjob? well, i'm not sure exactly how it is going to work, it is all very hot off the press so we will have to wait and see how it operates. but certainly bringing in someone of steve's calibre right into the heart of downing street and the cabinet office is just down the corridor anyway, so steve barclay is in daily contact with the pm anyway, manages a number of key committees already, but he is certainly a really credible figure. and he is also someone who has done the hard graft and politics. the charge against dan rosenfield, who by all accounts was a perfectly decent man, ex treasury civil servant, the outgoing chief of staff, but not someone with political nous. steve barclay is the opposite. he not only has got a serious experience in the private sector from his time at the fsa, but he has also got significant political experience, and she is also someone who didn't get elected, having fought in 01, didn't get elected in 05, got elected in 010. so he is someone wh

the met police says it is investigating 300 photos half been handed in by the cabinet office possiblee that can contribute toits own investigation into what kind of parties and gatherings were held and whether they broke the or broke rules. laura kunzberg has tweetd number 10 confirmed sue gray's full report will be published once the met police has completed its investigation. ris johnson has been facing m.p.'s in the house of commons. let's hear a little of what h said. we'll play that clip i a moment. before that, let me show you some of sue gray's key findings. first of all in the con thoasks pandic she said the gatherings that took place are difficult to justify and represent, she says, a serious failure to observe the standards expected of the british population at the time. it was a verying very passionate debate, as you'd imagine, in parliament in the middle of the afternoon. we'll hear from the prime minister in a moment. first of all, here's the leader of the opposition. >> rather than come clean, every step of the way, he's insulted the public'sntelligence. and now he's fin

steve barclay, - correct me if i'm wrong, his cabinet office minister.re exactly how it will work. it's all very hot off the press, so we have to wait and see, but certainly bringing in someone of his calibre into the heart of downing street in the cabinet office — he's in daily contact with the pm and manages a number of key committees already. but he's certainly a really credible figure, and also someone who's done there hard politics. the charge against dan rosenfield, x treasury civil servant, not someone with political... steve barclay is the opposite. he not only has got serious experience in the private sector from serious experience in the private sectorfrom his serious experience in the private sector from his time at the fsa, but he's also got significant political experience and is someone who didn't get elected in 05, got elected in oh ten, —— in 2010. get elected in 05, got elected in oh ten. -- in 2010.— ten, -- in 2010. what about the new director of — ten, -- in 2010. what about the new director of communications? - ten, -- in 2010. what

that cabinet office briefing room a in the basement of the cabinet office has been getting a lot of uses way, they had a cobra meeting about ukraine and today there was a cobra meeting about the storm. the prime minister did not go, it was quite junior ministers and as we have learnt from political history, actually bad weather can lead to bad politics of people do not feel the government has got a grip or did not see it coming. floods tend to be the worse, they have done for a few cabinet ministers, they have really misjudged the response. the thing is this is such a massive impact on lives and unless you are in it, it is extraordinary and a lot of people in london or conscious they will be affected by the storm are suddenly talking about it and perhaps in a way they were not talking about storm arwen. i think it is good that people realise these things have a huge impact on the day—to—day lives of people and the rest for the politicians when they look disconnected. who is the cabinet minister who turned up without wellies in a floodlit area? then there is the environment agency guy wh

to align the cabinet office with number ten. there are a lot of questions being asked this morning about how it is going to be possible for him to balance those roles. certainly, coming from the opposition, they are asking that. and some who have been in that role before, for example lord barwell, who was theresa may�*s chief of staff. before that he was an mp and minister. he was saying that it won�*t be easy to combine those jobs. so a lot of questions this morning about how effective that will be. the other thing, part of the reason for doing this, putting an mp in that role, is to try and improve links with his own mps in parliament who, as you said, a lot of them considering over the weekend, some of them have written letters of no confidence, and there is a sense here that he is trying to build bridges with them and make sure they are more involved in policy—making going forward, as he puts these changes in effect. the question is, is it going to be enough? now, also iain duncan smith, who is a former leader of the conserv

and he will align the cabinet office with number ten and that it its newjob.mber ten and that it its newjob.— ten and that it its new 'ob. we were talkin: ten and that it its new 'ob. we were talking about _ ten and that it its new 'ob. we were talking about steve _ ten and that it its new job. we were talking about steve backley, - ten and that it its new job. we were talking about steve backley, his - ten and that it its newjob. we were | talking about steve backley, his new chief of staff. he is a senior member of the cabinet. a lot of questions are being asked about how it is going to be possible to balance those roles. lord barwell, theresa may's chief of staff, before that he was an mp and he was saying it will be easy to combine those jobs. the other thing, part of the reason to do this to put an mp in that role is to improve links with his own mps in parliament, a lot of them considering letters of no confidence and there is a sense he is trying to build bridges with them and make sure they are more involved in policy—making going forward as he puts hi

we are making changes now to the way downing street and the cabinet office is run so that we can get the job that i was elected to do, and a job that this government was elected to do. mr. speaker, i get it, and i will fix it. reporter: the findings are grim for downing street. there is a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time. and some staff had wanted to raise concerns about behaviors felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear. a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place, or to develop in the way they did. and remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grizzly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. >> his fictional pa

that is why we are making changes now to the way downing street and the cabin is run so -- the cabinet office is run so we can get on with the jobs, mr. speaker and the job of the government. >> hear.first, it is time to sort out what is really called a fragmented and complicated leadership structures of downing street, which she says, to meet the demands of the expansion of number we will do that, 10. including by creating an office of the prime minister with a permanent secretary number 10. second, mr. speaker, it is clear from the report at this time not -- that it is time, not just to review the civil service and special advisors code of conduct , wherever necessary, to ensure they take account of the recommendation, but also to ensure the codes are properly enforced. third, i will be seeing more in the coming days about the steps we will take to him prove the -- take to improve the number 10 operation and the work of a cabinet office, to strengthen cabinet government and improve the vital connection between number 10 and parliament. mr. speaker, i get it. and i will fix it. [inaudible] a

we are making changes now to the way downing street and the cabinet office run, so that we can get one job i was elected to do, mr speaker, and thejob that this government was elected to do. mr speaker, i get it and i will fix it. the findings are grim for downing street. ms gray found a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace atany time, and some staff who'd wanted to raise concerns about behaviours felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear: and, remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grisly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. this fictional party was a business meeting! cheese and wine in the garden, claims of loud music and parties in the flat upsta

the cabinet office is a massive massive department.tioning whether this is something that is one person would be capable of doing, as well as being an mp as well for this is something which labour questioned the government on. they asked if stephen barclay would come and make a statement about his new role as chief of staff to the prime minister, in his place was michael ellis, another minister who was there to defend the new position. but this was something liberte's angela rayner criticise, saying he did not have a time to defend his new role in government. where is the chief of staff? and the minister— where is the chief of staff? and the minister mentioned with the pride minister said. minister mentioned with the pride ministersaid. he minister mentioned with the pride minister said. he also said that this change gives an enhanced role for parliament, yet his very first act is _ for parliament, yet his very first act is refusing to even turn up here to explain— act is refusing to even turn up here to explain his ownjob. but maybe t

the cabinet office minister steve barclay becomes the prime minister's chief of staff, while formerjournalisthis director of communications. it follows the departures of five senior members of borisjohnson�*s staff in the last few days. mo hussein is a former chief press officer at number ten under david cameron. he's been telling me what he makes of these appointments. well, i think this is an attempt by the prime minister and his allies to come third on the change narrative that was promised in terms of him saying, i'll get it, i'll fix it, i'll make these changes. they moved relatively quickly to try and fill these roles, given the exodus we saw from number ten a few days ago. so, there were a lot of questions about who would want these jobs now, given the atmosphere in the building, what is happening, this daily drip drip we have seen of new revelations and new unforced errors. i think it draws a line under that, to some extent, but it also raises a lot more questions around how these people are going to be able to actually work. stephen barclay is a capable minister but he is already a m

under the second big appointment we had over the weekend was at the cabinet office minister as well,er 10 and the cabinet office and will do both those roles as well. there are a couple of rolls still to be filled as well, notably the vacant position of the principal private secretary to the prime minister, a top civil servant advisory role for the prime minister. this was held by martin reynolds, the top civil servant who was implicated in the row over lactone events because it was him who had sent that invitation to a particularly damning event on may 20 —— lockdown events. it was sent allegedly to 100 people inviting them to drink in the downing street garden so there is still that vacancy to be filled as well and also a lot of speculation in westminster about changes potentially coming down the road to the government whips operation. those in charge of party discipline. there has been much talk of a shake—up and many reshuffle their to try and see, again, if the party can restore that discipline among particularly some of those backbench mps have not been particularly happy with

his job will be chaired by cabinet office minister michael ellis.gs across the whole of government. the sort of ministers you are going to get there today will be in the departments affected like the department of the environment which is dealing with flooding, the department of energy which is looking at disruption to energy supplies due to the high winds. there is a lot of predicted disruption to the train network in particular, to roads and bus networks. those are the sort of things they are expecting to be looking at. speaking to a government source this morning, a lot of the preparation work was done yesterday, particularly in terms of dealing with any possible flooding. high water pumps were moved to strategic locations. they have been made to strategic locations which will make it easier to deploy them if they are needed. some of the flood barriers are going up. a lot of the prep work was done in advance. the role. shall government is liaising with those on the ground doing these things. they are liaising with local resilience forums which ar

the cabinet office says japan's heavy dependence on chinese goods leaves it vulnerable to supply andion disruptions in that country. >>> the maker of cup noolds instant ramen says it is going to raise prices on many of its products in japan. nissin food product site higher costs of wheat and other materials as well as transportation. prices will go up by as much as 12% on around 180 noodle-based items in june. they account for 70% of nissin's product line-up. the company said it tried to shave costs as much as possible through streamlining and productivity improvements but it says the efforts have not been enough to absorb the higher cost and price rises are the only option. the hikes will be the first in three years on nissin's cup noodle products. >>> the japanese government is considering a request from the u.s. to allow some imports of liquified natural gas to go to europe. the white house wants to prevent disruptions to europe's supply amid tensions surrounding ukraine. europe gets natural gas from russia through pipelines. the u.s. and its european allies have suggested it will

that is where the cabinet office. that is where the prime — the cabinet office. top team works. her formal report will be released at any— her formal report will be released at any stage. the her formal report will be released at any stage-— her formal report will be released at any stage. the lead producer of the catchun _ at any stage. the lead producer of the catchun is _ at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with _ at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with us. _ at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with us. i _ at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with us. i know - at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with us. i know that before you even started putting a programme together, you did a lot of research about what younger people want from the news. i research about what younger people want from the news.— want from the news. i wonder what ou want from the news. i wonder what you found? — want from the news. i wonder what you found? we _ want from the news. i wonder what you found? we did, _ want fro

what i can tell you this morning is that, as a result firstly of the information provided by the cabinet officeotential breaches of covid—19 regulations. when cressida dick made her announcement, she said one of the criteria that we use to decide whether to investigate retrospective coronavirus offences is whether there is any ambiguity around a reasonable excuse. so you've got to assume that the ones they're looking at are the ones where they don't think there's much ambiguity at all, and that's why i think they will be the prearranged social events. partygate will leave lasting questions about the leadership of borisjohnson, his values and the culture he created in number10. nowjust imagine it, you are in number 10 and you set a disco going and up there is mrs thatcher, probably still awake and reading her papers — are you going to take a chance? are you going to run a disco at one in the morning? no, absolutely not. the culture is set from the top and, you know, civil servants working there will have a sense of what is and is not acceptable. those are really important questions because, yes,

what i can tell you this morning is that, as a result firstly of the information provided by the cabinet office investigating a number of events at downing street and whitehall in the last two year in relation to potential breaches of covid—19 regulations. when cressida dick made her announcement, she said one of the criteria that we use to decide whether to investigate retrospective coronavirus offences is whether there is any ambiguity around a reasonable excuse. so you've got to assume that the ones they're looking at are the ones where they don't think there's much ambiguity at all, and that's why i think they will be the prearranged social events. partygate will leave lasting questions about the leadership of borisjohnson, his values and the culture he created in number10. nowjust imagine it, you are in number 10 and you set a disco going and up there is mrs thatcher, probably still awake and reading her papers — are you going to take a chance? are you going to run a disco at one in the morning? no, absolutely not. the culture is set from the top and, you know, civil servants working there

the cabinet office minister, steve barclay, becomes chief of staff — and the formerjournalist, guto harriirector of communications. now on bbc news — birmingham heartlands hospital has one of the busiest intensive care units in the region. we follow three nurses over the course of a night shift to find out what it's really like to be an intensive ca re nurse. no one dies alone in intensive care. it is me that sits there and hold your relative�*s hand. it's me that talks to them in their last few minutes. it is me that make sure they are comfortable. no two days are the same. you don't know what you are going to walk into. our aim is to make patients better so they can go home to their families. covid has changed - intensive care completely. the demand for the service isjust extraordinary. - we need to look after ourselves and be the best nurses we possibly can be. we cry together and we feel our emotions together and i think that is so important. i do like a busy shift, it makes you think a lot and it puts your nursing skills to the test. i am really proud to be an intensive care nurse. i

today, we are having previously scheduled classified briefing by the cabinet officers. at the beginning of that briefing, i've been told we will have a briefing from general austin -- secretary austin about the strike of last night. it's so sad because this leader of the isis -- maybe it's what was decided -- he decided to blow himself up and his children and his family with him as well. that's what happened last night. this week -- it's a very happy week with us because the competes act is on the floor. it's a momentous one for the future of america's workers and the economy as the house passes the competes act, making sure our country is preeminent in manufacturing, in innovation and in economic strife. it's about research. i want to salute our chair of the science, space, and technology committee, eddie bernice -- madam chair, eddie bernice johnson, for the great work she's done largely in a bipartisan way. i don't know if the votes will reflect that, but the bills that came out of her committee as well as some of which passed on the floor passed in a strong bipartis

pandemic there were failures of leadership and judgment and excessive drinking at numberten and the cabinet officeister's top team works. her formal report will be released at any stage. the lead producer of the catchup is with us. i know that before you even started putting a programme together, you did a lot of research about what younger people want from the news. i wonder what you found? we did, we have a good team in the audiences section - of the bbc have put together several focus groups. - they found real people i from across the uk most importantly, in that 16 i to 24—year—old age group outside of london, outside i of the metropolitan elite that i think we see on our timelines, a certain. type of person. they found some real peoplej and they did a lot of research and found they wanted things explaining to them in - a slightly more, not- a patronising way but a more simplified way unless - assumption they have been following ongoing stories. and more sense of content that is specifically for them. one quote even that stood i outside every time they tuned in to the normal news of the typica

the police investigation and sue gray's inquiry is obviously important, and as you know, the cabinet officen cooperating with the police, liaising with the police since the beginning of the inquiry. that is part of its terms of reference. and quite rightly, the police have been kept informed. there are guidelines, rules about what can be published when there is a live investigation. and that inevitably complicates things but that, essentially, is a matter for sue gray and for the police. it is not a matter for the prime minister who will deal with the report and publish the report that comes to him from sue gray. just dealing with what you can talk about, then, not what the police are doing, not what sue gray is doing, but your own attitude, do you accept now that this is a serious matter? there were times you seemed to kind ofjoke about parties, you made jokes on camera about parties and whether you had been reported to the police. you made jokes about cake and frippery, as you called it, and trivia. this is about something much more central, isn't it, with the prime minister? whether mini

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pandemic, there were failures of leadership and judgment and excessive drinking at number 10 and the cabinet officeop team works. her full report will be released at a later stage. well, lead producer of the catch up is rosanna pound—woods, who's with us on the media show. now, rosanna, i know that before you even started putting a programme together, you did a lot of research about what younger people want from the news. i wonder what you found. yeah, we did. so we've got a really good team in the audiences section of the bbc who put together several focus groups for us. so they found real people from across the uk, and kind of most importantly in that 16—to—21i—year—old age group, outside of london, outside of the sort of metropolitan elite bubble that i think is kind of, you know... that's what we're all seeing on our timelines, is a very certain type of person. they found us some real people and they did a lot of research and found that they wanted things explained to them in a slightly more...not a patronising way, but a slightly more simplified way and less assumption that they've been follow

two snakes is the _ is nothing to do with six two snakes is the emergency briefing room and the cabinet officegovernment office get together in a secure location and try to come up with answers it's a running joke in whitehait— with answers it's a running joke in whitehall that when and what is in doubt _ whitehall that when and what is in doubt you — whitehall that when and what is in doubt you call a cobra meeting and that doubt you calla cobra meeting and that will_ doubt you call a cobra meeting and that will produce answers. there's been _ that will produce answers. there's been a _ that will produce answers. there's been a cobra meeting today. i'm sure they'll— been a cobra meeting today. i'm sure they'll be _ been a cobra meeting today. i'm sure they'll be more tomorrow and we've seen from _ they'll be more tomorrow and we've seen from the cabin office advair, dealing _ seen from the cabin office advair, dealing with the ukraine crisis as well is _ dealing with the ukraine crisis as well is the — dealing with the ukraine crisis as well is the heads of the army. civil contingency and par

, she did not name the cabinet office, she did not name the prime minister specifically, so theng an eye on who is arriving whilst we are here. also 30, sue gray gave the prime minister something to do, which is to upgrade and overhaul the operation at number 10 downing street. it is not alljust about saying sorry or answering activations and defending himself, he has got a practical thing he can do that we can all talk and speculate about. what is he going to do? he has talked about setting up this office of the prime minister and to people that might seem bizarre. the fact is, every prime minister has a very ad hoc arrangement around them that is very informal and it is not clear who does what and who is responsible for what and it changes year by year from person to person. we will get a much more formalised system. one of the criticisms in sue gray's report yesterday that has not got a lot of attention isjunior yesterday that has not got a lot of attention is junior members yesterday that has not got a lot of attention isjunior members of yesterday that has not got a lot of

there were failures of leadership and judgement are different parts of number ten and the cabinet officeconsumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time. and "some staff had wanted to raise concerns about behaviours but felt unable to do so." this may not be the final version at the conclusion is clear. "a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or develop in the way that they did." and remember, this is not the final report into what has emerged week by grisly week into what has been going on behind the closed door. the prime minister _ behind the closed door. tie: prime minister took behind the closed door. tue: prime minister took us all behind the closed door. tue prime minister took us all for full �*s. he held people sacrificing contempt and showed himself unfit for office.— himself unfit for office. some ministers _ himself unfit for office. some ministers hung _ himself unfit for office. some ministers hung their- himself unfit for office. some ministers hung their heads i himself unfit for office. some j ministe

cabinet officer to go to prison. susan: we did not talk about harding's approach to prohibition. e chief law enforcement officer of the united states. how did he handle the approach to liquor? ryan: harding liked to drink alcohol. he stopped as president. the whole country was against prohibition. a lot of people knew it was going to come to an end. harvey wasn't enforcing prohibition much at all. as a matter of fact, that is one of the reasons president kennedy's father made a lot of money, was no liquor operator in the country stopped doing what they were doing. i like continue to make liquor -- a lot continued to make liquor. as far as harding, harding was still having a drink here and there, but he stopped drinking as president. there were notion that he can with women. a lot of that stuff stopped during his presidency. susan: if i have the scorecard right, two of his cabinet secretaries went to prison, two people in his administration committed suicide, and his attorney general was indicted and took the fifth, tried twice. we said earlier that the buck stops with any presiden

and the prime minister called a meeting of cobra which is nothing to do with snakes but is the cabinet officeit's a 0ffice briefing room. and it's a briefing room where all the kind of top figures within the british skate did not state gather at any time a crisis with the head of the military who are on standby, transport secretary because all trains in wales have been cancelled and the fact that all the civilians and armed forces are ready to help with this potential consequence of the storm put up as you say, expected to lend about dawn. tomorrow morning is can be very blustery indeed for the whole of the country. in those parts with red warning schools are closed, everyone�*s been urges a home, i think it's the daily star that says tomorrow if those people have to pay to pay on they should not venture out tomorrow given the likely storm that's going to happen. it's going to be a very worrying time. all aspects of the state are ready for this but i think the last time we start storm like this was about 30 to 40 start storm like this was about 30 to a0 deaths. you can understand why so many

that is why we are making changes now the way downing street and the cabinet office run. >> i the samee, the prime minister again dismissed calls to step down. northern europe is reeling after powerful winter storms killed at least four people and did widespread damage over the weekend. winds of 100 miles per hour and driving rain lasted scotland and the scandinavian countries toppling trees and destroying homes. thousands were still without electricity today. back in this country, new england and parts of the northeast spent another day digging out from a winter blizzard should in the boston suburbs, temperatures rose slightly as plows and shufflers returned to streets. some parts of massachusetts home within two and a half feet of snow. a federal judge in georgia rejected a hate crimes agreement in the ahmaud arbery killing last year. travis mcmichael and his father are doing life in state prison for chasing and murdering ahmaud arbery. the hate crimes deal would send them to federal prison where conditions are better for 30 years. ahmaud arbery's parents denounced the agreement. >>

courtesy of the daily mirror is that we know the police have a couple of hundred, 300 energies, the cabinet office result of sous grey�*s investigation, so there are a lot of pictures. dominic cummings was teasing yesterday on twitter that in his view there are way better pictures as he described them and the one we saw in the mirror with the open bottle of sparkling wine and a giant packet of crisps and a bottle of scratchy hand sanitiser in the middle of the table, priorto sanitiser in the middle of the table, prior to christmas 2020. there is every prospect at some point that those see the light of day publicly or if they do not they allow the police to come to a judgment that potentially there was lots of breaking off the rails. the significance _ lots of breaking off the rails. the significance of _ lots of breaking off the rails. the significance of that photo, it is a virtual christmas quiz. another event where boris johnson looked virtual christmas quiz. another event where borisjohnson looked as if he was perhaps thanking people but the net said they were not looking at that particular ev

the build-up to the cobra l change in the build—up to the cobra meeting in the basement of the cabinet officeenior officials because they will be looking at a report on potential pull—back of russian tanks from the recurring border. —— ukrainian border. it is too early to tell, even though it does look quite hopeful. the government has still got this position that it is holding two ideas at the same time, one which is there is a glimmer of hope that actually things can be de—escalated, perhaps by the ukrainian government setting out some type of timeframe with abandonment of nato membership. but an element invasion —— we have very strong intelligence thatis we have very strong intelligence that is the case. i we have very strong intelligence that is the case.— we have very strong intelligence that is the case. i would point to the fact russia _ that is the case. i would point to the fact russia have _ that is the case. i would point to the fact russia have 100,000 i that is the case. i would point to - the fact russia have 100,000 troops on the _ the fact russia have 100,000 troops on the bor

large percentage of the federal budget for the postal service and was the postmaster general a cabinet officer? yes, maybe go in reverse order. so the postmaster general was a cabinet level position at the time and oftentimes would be given to like one of the most powerful republican or democratic in the republican or democratic. so john wanamaker for instance is a department store magnet, but he's also the chair of the republican national committee at the time and that means because he's able to control tens of thousands of patronage positions. and then going back so when you would write into to the post office department say i want to post office and they'd say yes, they would basically mail you. oftentimes they mail you a manual like a book of rules. and then you would have to provide evidence oftentimes of two sureties. so kind of financial backers in case you stole money from there. and then besides that. that's it. you would take your commission from people coming in and buying stamps canceling stamps on outgoing mail and that's how you calculate the adeccon system for calculating your c

minister for the cabinet office which is already a hugejob?etween the two -- halfway pathway between the two —— halfway between _ pathway between the two —— halfway between the two and it moves the prime _ between the two and it moves the prime minister's doomsday clock back a few minutes. there was definite at the moment on thursday or friday were _ the moment on thursday or friday were it _ the moment on thursday or friday were it looked like the whole of downing — were it looked like the whole of downing street would be collapsing complete turmoil but has and i was saying. _ complete turmoil but has and i was saying. he — complete turmoil but has and i was saying, he has two very safe pair of hands _ saying, he has two very safe pair of hands here, — saying, he has two very safe pair of hands here, especially in the guto harri _ hands here, especially in the guto harri is— hands here, especially in the guto harri is what he needed was a new head _ harri is what he needed was a new head of— harri is what he needed was a new head of communica

he told ministers at the cobra meeting in the cabinet office, the government emergency committee meetingrainian sovereignty and a breach of international law. what he has been saying in public is what he has been saying in public is what he has been saying in public is what he has been sent to his ministers and he has not sugar—coating the situation. it seems incredibly serious now.— situation. it seems incredibly serious now. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., serious now. what more do we know about the package — serious now. what more do we know about the package of _ serious now. what more do we know about the package of sanctions - serious now. what more do we know about the package of sanctions due i about the package of sanctions due to be announced later? broadly similar to what president biden has announced, banning trade and finance in those two regions? will it be similar? ~ , similar? the prime minister left downin: similar? the prime minister left downing street _ similar? the prime minister left downing street and _ similar? the prime minister left downing street and his - similar? the prime m

harri, also a significant appointment that we had over the weekend was the appointment of the cabinet officeor of communications. this has been met with some criticism across the opposition benches, questions of how he can be both those roles at once as well as being a and p as well. this is a big roll ball responsible for issues ranging from migrant channel crossings to sorting out supply chain issues and labour shortage issues as well, so certainly massive brief that he will now have, but defending this implement today, michael ellis said that steve ba rclay�*s implement today, michael ellis said that steve barclay�*s role implement today, michael ellis said that steve ba rclay�*s role would allow more of the kind of input from backbench mps into the heart of number 10 as well as also said the very fact he was somebody who was elected and therefore made him more accountable to the electorate but also two other mps as well, so defending the fact is serving minister and defending the fact is serving ministerand mp defending the fact is serving minister and mp was also going to be down a stre

steve barclay, cabinet office minister, mp, new adviser to the prime minister, we expect another permanent, one of the number ten operations, one of the promises from the prime minister last week and all of this discussion as you say about carriejohnson, the wife of the prime minister, former conservative special adviser, she used to run and play a significant role in the conservative party press office. there are critics of her who have regularly said they think she has too much involvement in government decisions for somebody who is not elected to any particular office. there's this new book that has come out which carriejohnson has come out which carriejohnson has responded particularly strongly too. and this intervention on the subject of carriejohnson from the health secretary this morning. as a general rule, a politician's partner, any politician, any party, a politician's partner should be off limits. it's the politician that has chosen to have a public life, like me. you know, what my wife, for example, or anyone else's partner, you know, they should be off limits and i think this

briefing room a. in the cabinet office briefing room a, which gives its name to the cobra emergency, what calls does it make to world leaders, downing street is not ruling out a maybe international travel later on. they will also look at domestic implications of all of this uncertainty for things like the energy industry and cyber security, but i think the main thing that will come out of this meeting is a fresh package of sanctions, new restrictions on russian business people and russian businesses and their operation in the uk. those powers have been ready to go for a little while, ministers have been waiting for the trip wire to be crossed for them to be triggered and they are talking about ratcheting them up as the situation progresses on the ukrainian border, which i think means people, when they see the sanctions package when it is presented to parliament this afternoon, will be asking questions about whether the government should be going further, they should be targeting more people, but i think the government will say they are holding fire and they will ratchet up holding f