the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris is holding talks with the main parties in stormont devolution. the discussions will focus on a financial package which the british government says it would provide if the devolved government was restored. there's been no fully—functioning power—sharing executive for almost two years. our ireland correspondent chris pagejoins us now. welcome, tell us what is happening today around these talks. this welcome, tell us what is happening today around these talks.— today around these talks. this was scheduled to _ today around these talks. this was scheduled to be _ today around these talks. this was scheduled to be the _ today around these talks. this was scheduled to be the third - today around these talks. this was scheduled to be the third and - today around these talks. this was scheduled to be the third and final| scheduled to be the third and final day of talks between the british government and the parties, the main parties, at stormont on funding for any future devolved government. chris heaton—harris, the northern ireland secretary

chris heaton—harris was speaking short time ago and this is what he had to say.ern ireland to discuss how we can financially support a restored executive. ., , ~ can financially support a restored executive. . , ,, , , ., executive. last week, i presented a siunificant executive. last week, i presented a significant package _ executive. last week, i presented a significant package which _ executive. last week, i presented a significant package which sets - executive. last week, i presented a significant package which sets the l significant package which sets the executive up for success. we asked the parties for their views and we have listened. following a lot of discussions over the weekend and over the last few days, this morning, i brought forward a new plan that reasonably and generously response of the party that concerns and provides northern ireland ministers whether offer a restored executive in excess of £3 billion. this package provides solution for many of the issues the parties have raised. the parties have asked for a new formula for deciding how mu

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris is holding talks with the main parties in stormont restored. there's been no fully—functioning power—sharing executive for almost two years. our ireland correspondent chris pagejoins us now. hello, chris, good to see you. no fully functional government for two years and this fallout over brexit, what is happening there today and what is happening there today and what hopes could be restored now? well, the main political parties at stormont, those who would take part in a regional government, if it was to be restored, will be taking part in these discussions, which will mainly be focused on the funding of northern ireland. but the backdrop to all of this is the ongoing political crisis, which has meant that this part of the uk has been without a devolved government for almost two years, now. the basis of government here really comes out of the settlements that ended the long conflict here in the 1990s. there is a power—sharing arrangement. for a government to be formed at all, it has to be composed of unionists who basically want north

last week, the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, offered a financial package, to supportof devolution. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. people working in the public sector in northern ireland say their pay has fallen behind england, scotland and wales. a series of strikes is continuing, the most recent by transport workers at the weekends. we have seen teachers out. we have seen nurses out. now we're seeing transport workers out. there's a serious crisis in the public finances in northern ireland, and only chris heaton—harris can resolve that. stormont, near belfast, is meant to be the place where ministers make decisions about health, education and other public services. but northern ireland's been without a devolved government for 22 months. the democratic unionist party has been vetoing the formation of a power—sharing coalition. it was strongly opposed to the post—brexit trade border in the irish sea, which meant there were checks on goods arriving here from great britain. the dup said the arrangement damaged northern ireland's place in the uk. earlier th

the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris has been holding talks with political peers .eers. i'm joined now by gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie dougie beattie. what's the latest . the latest. >> well, this all started off this morning, of course, with chris heaton—harris holding a very brief press conference where he made a quick statement. and basically what he has said is this morning he has spent the time with the head of civil service in northern ireland, and it's about financial it's all about a financial package. but course, the package. but of course, the parties here northern parties here in northern ireland have for since have been battling for since about 2010 because of barnett consequentials northern ireland gets less per head on the ideas of need rather than barnett consequential formula that was contested by the welsh assembly back in 2010. and they got that changed to run alongside. so they would have a fiscal floor. so as they could pay their pubuc so as they could pay their public services and so forth, the right money in order to keep th

and that is chris heaton—harris . good morning. heaton—harris. good morning.you, secretary of state. now you've got a you've got a job today to defend the government on this. your thoughts on robert jenrick . s thoughts on robert jenrick. s resignation . resignation. >> well, i actually think it's a great shame that robert has chosen to resign because he was in the process of delivering the toughest illegal migration policies that this country has ever seen. we all know that. i think we all know. i'm not sure what labour think, but my party believes we need to stop the boats and we have tried a whole host of different legal legislative attempts so far. the supreme court ruled against elements of those and so we now have a treaty with rwanda, which says essentially that the country is safe. we now have a bill to go through parliament which talks about about how we can remove people to rwanda that some of the issues we've had with that took people off the flights for around the last time have been solved by this legislation. and so and indeed, we're moving on, m

in the morning they will be back round the table with chris heaton harris and he will be under pressure there. so what impact is it all having on public services in northern ireland? 0ur ireland correspondent sara girvin has been finding out. four stories, four lives in northern ireland. the chokehold that is over this country, everything has just ground to a halt. i live with chronic pain, _ and i have been told that i have got a waiting list of three years. i have been teaching l forjust over 35 years. the system is crumbling. i would just love as to be i in a place where there is no child that goes without. hospital waiting lists in northern ireland are the worst in the united kingdom. hazel lives with chronic pain, but has been told she will be waiting up to three years for help. on a good day, my pain levels are an eight out of ten. on a bad day, they are an 11 out of ten. it is as if somebody is injecting acid into you. she wants politicians to prioritise waiting lists. i feel like i have been left on a shelf is probably - the best way to describe it. you are just left, and we wil

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris is holding talks with the main parties in stormontn his rwanda plan despite right—wing conservative rebels refusing to back it. the legislation seeks to send some asylum seconds to africa despite it being ruled unlawful by the uk supreme court. mps approved it 313-269 with a the uk supreme court. mps approved it 313—269 with a comfortable majority of 1m. i spoke to our correspondent. he explained what this victory means in practice. this is just the first stage in a long legislative process. in fact, it would have been so unusual for a rishi sunak to lose at this stage because no government has lost at that stage since 1986. yet yesterday morning, genuinely seemed in question. in fact, you werejust hearing from the cop summit and the uk climate minister graham stuart. the government was so worried about this vote they got graham stuart to fly back to london from dubai just to vote and then flew back to

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris is holding talks with the main parties in stormontdevolved government was restored. there s been no fully—functioning power—sharing executive for almost two years. our ireland correspondent chris page gave us the latest. this is scheduled to be the third and final day of talks between the british government and the parties, the main parties, at stormont on funding for any future devolved government. chris heaton—harris, the northern ireland secretary, based here at hillsborough castle, has proposed a funding package worth £2.5 billion. but the cheque will only be cashable if there is a return to devolution here. the democratic unionist party have been vetoing the formation of a power—sharing coalition at stormont for almost two years over post—brexit trading arrangements. essentially, the dup says trade barriers between northern ireland and england, scotland, and wales have been damaging northern ireland's place in the uk. now, the british government will be hoping that the financial package will be something of an incentive for the d

chris heaton—harris is meeting the parties tomorrow morning, but it's very unlikely that there will beand healthcare decisions that need to be made by politicians are not being made because they're not doing theirjob. civil servants can't make those big decisions. the uk government offered a financial carrot in a way to get politicians back to stormont. the dup's politicians back to stormont. the dup�*s real stiff sticking point is the traitor arrangements. —— trade arrangements. this means they're treated to the rest of the uk, the place in the union is being put at stake and they're very unhappy about it. forthem stake and they're very unhappy about it. for them to go back into power—sharing, they would probably have to be some changes to that, but we don't know how much of a compromise they're willing to make. charlotte gallagher, thank you very much. the comedian and former bbc radio 2 presenter russell brand has been questioned for a second time by detectives investigating sex offences, which allegedly took place between 2006 and 2013. the 48—year—old was interviewed under caution

chris heaton—harris is due to host the four largest parties for roundtable talks later.t post—brexit trade arrangements. an independent energy think tank estimates that £40 will be added to the average uk household's electricity bill this year, because of the grids inability to handle extra wind power. carbon tracker says turbines must be switched off if it's too windy to avoid overloading the grid, and the costs involved are passed onto the public. the housing secretary is expected to announce a pledge to intervene if there have been delays to house building as a result of poor performance among planning teams. michael gove is set to say that he will call out local authorities that are �*dragging their feet�* when it comes to processing housing applications. you're live with bbc news. more now on the middle east. the united states is leading a new international task force of ten countries to protect commerical ships in the red sea from attacks by houthi rebels. the iranian—backed group says the attacks are in response to israel's attacks on gaza. the group targeted two

the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, is holding talks with the main parties in stormont. where a new global deal almost 200 countries at the un summit have agreed on the deal, which calls on all countries to move away from the use of fossil fuels. this is the first time there has been a clear reference to the future of all fossil fuels in a un climate summit text. let's go live to our correspondent in dubai, carl nasman. carl. that's right. i amjoined by carl. that's right. i am “oined by graham stuart, h carl. that's right. i am “oined by graham stuart, the _ carl. that's right. i amjoined by graham stuart, the uk's - carl. that's right. i am joined by| graham stuart, the uk's minister carl. that's right. i am joined by - graham stuart, the uk's minister for graham stuart, the uk's ministerfor energy and net are zero. this was a deal we were not quite sure would even make it into the plenary a few hours ago. what was your reaction to that moment when we heard the gavel hit the table? i that moment when we heard the gavel hit the table?— hit the table? i was delighted to

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris has responded tonight.t he says: "the uk government profoundly regrets the decision taken by the irish government today to bring this unnecessary case against the uk. the uk government urged the irish government, before considering action, to engage directly with the commission to understand better its plans for the implementation of the legislation." he goes on to say and this is the interesting part "...the irish government's stated position on dealing with legacy issues is inconsistent and hard to reconcile with its own record. at no time since 1998 has there been any concerted or sustained attempt on the part of the irish state to pursue a criminal investigation and prosecution based approach to the past. we note, in particular, the former irishjustice minister and attorney general�*s 2014 reference to an informal decision on behalf of the irish government to not investigate troubles cases — something that he restated publicly in 2021 in response to our proposals." is that fair? does that statement onli

as you say, chris heaton harris was meeting with the five main political parties at hillsborough thisommentary, he said. we did get detail about that financial package, £2.5 billion, we are told, to support the return of stormont. they haven't laid out the exact detail. but what we understand is it would be made up of a lump sum to pay for civil service. there have been strikes here overpay from people who work in those sectors. it would also allow overspends from this year and last year, which are to hundreds of millions of pounds, to be repaid over five years. we also understand that the government is framing all of this as being dependent on the return of devolution. the executive also being told they would have to commit to raising rates for homes and businesses by 15%. we did hear from all the political parties after today's meeting, they were all in agreement that it wasn't enough money, but said they want to go away and look at the detail of what is on the table. we were told they would be detailed talks tomorrow, more round table political talks, to look at what government is

so this is chris heaton—harris, the northern ireland secretary.vernment profoundly regrets the decision taken by the irish government to bring this unnecessary case against the uk. and this is talking about immunity against obviously people that fought in the troubles in northern ireland and if their soldiers, they were only following orders anyway. well, this and this, this , these well, this and this, this, these particular troubles are something we were discussing in the break. it doesn't get discussed a lot anymore, but of course this has been the bane of these troubles. you know who should who should not be prosecuted, should go to prosecuted, who should go to jail, be released. jail, who should be released. now, ultimately, the way to now, ultimately, the only way to move much like the good move forward, much like the good friday of friday agreement is a level of forgiveness and i'm on the uk side of this, not unsurprisingly, i guess, but i don't see the point now in dragging this on. it just seems vengeance that can be. >> it's 25 years sin

northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris told us that jenrick drew the wrong conclusion . wrongonclusion. >> well, i actually think it's a great shame that robert has chosen to resign because he was in the process of delivering the tough , lowest illegal migration tough, lowest illegal migration policies that this country has ever seen . we have got a ever seen. we have got a complete package of legislation on that. robert has been helping to design over the course of time . and he was he was an time. and he was he was an excellent minister. and i'm really sad he's gone. >> boris johnson will face a second day of questioning at the covid inquiry today following his five hour hearing yesterday. the former prime minister is returning to hearing , having returning to the hearing, having been by crowds of been booed off by crowds of bereaved yesterday , the bereaved families yesterday, the former prime minister admitted he should have twigged much sooner about the virus in the early days of the pandemic and he the pain and he apologised for the pain and the loss of victims . hundred

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris is holding talks with the main parties in stormontistmas has always been the crunch time in the various crises that this area finds itself in. they had not been a fully functioning storm want executive here for two years. the democratic unionist party has been vetoing the formation of a power—sharing coalition in protest in brexit trade barriers, which they say are damaging northern ireland's place in the uk. earlier this week the man who is based here in hillsborough castle, chris heaton—harris, the northern ireland secretary, proposed a financial package of £2.5 billion but it will only be released if the devolved government is restored. and that would include some money for public sector pay increases. the likes of teachers and nurses are still taking industrial action here, they say their pay has fallen well behind their pay has fallen well behind their counterparts in england, scotland and wales. so will that tempt the dup back into devolved government? the dup says in no hurry, it is in negotiations about its concerns, and all t

but the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, the heaton—harris, described the legal challengen. he questioned dublin's own record in pursuing justice for victims of the atrocities dunng for victims of the atrocities during the troubles. for victims of the atrocities during the troubles . well look during the troubles. well look to react to this developing story now and it's of great significance. i'm joined by a former army colonel and conservative mp, james sunderland. james, thank you very, look, very, very much. now look, members of the ira were given letters of comfort . we had letters of comfort. we had military veterans like denis hutchins, who died awaiting trial, i think for a third time, for a crime that he denied and was found not guilty of twice before . what on earth is going before. what on earth is going on here when it comes to our veterans? well the conservative party stood in 2019 on a manifesto sto, which promised many things. >> and uh, at and resolving the endless cycle of vexatious claims against veterans who had served in northern ireland was one of those

we�*re joined now by northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris.essentially stop the boats and i don't think there's too much agreement on that, although i'm not sure what— agreement on that, although i'm not sure what the labour policies on this because they've always voted to frustrate _ this because they've always voted to frustrate us and every attempt we have made — frustrate us and every attempt we have made in this space. we had some policies _ have made in this space. we had some policies that _ have made in this space. we had some policies that were challenged in the supreme _ policies that were challenged in the supreme court and we lost that and this treaty— supreme court and we lost that and this treaty we now have with rwanda and the _ this treaty we now have with rwanda and the bill— this treaty we now have with rwanda and the bill introduced yesterday which _ and the bill introduced yesterday which we — and the bill introduced yesterday which we will debate next week goes a huge _ which we will debate next week goes a huge amount of

. >> although chris heaton—harris is making a statement today, the secretary state for northern secretarythern ireland. so it'll be interesting to has to say. look, to see what he has to say. look, the pressure was all on to get it done by christmas. it'll probably new year. probably happen in the new year. >> okay. uh, ranger, >> okay, okay. uh, lord ranger, we have but i did we don't have long, but i did want ask you about baroness want to ask you about baroness michelle mone. do you think she should removed now from the should be removed now from the house of lords? >> personally look, i'm >> i personally do. look, i'm a new i've just entered the new peer. i've just entered the house it's a great house of lords. it's a great privilege. great honour. privilege. it's a great honour. i lot of people asking me i have a lot of people asking me about it because. and i'm still learning about what it's. and then situation then we have this situation which reputation of which affects the reputation of the institution. and me personally, feel it affects my personally, i feel it affects my reputa

. >> now the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris is hosting fresh talks in northern irelandal leaders as he seeks to political leaders as he seeks to get the executive of their back in motion . back in motion. >> yes. joining us now from hillsborough castle is our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie t dougie, bring us the latest, please . well he says latest, please. well he says it's about trying to get the northern ireland assembly up and running again. >> and i suppose in a roundabout way, he probably is. but it's more finance finance more about finance and finance has a real problem here in has been a real problem here in northern ireland. >> if you go back to about 2010, wales had said that the barnett formula is weren't addressing need rather than a head count and they ran a thing alongside the barnett consequentials called the holtham formula, which basically puts a floor, a fiscal floor in place that makes which basically puts a floor, a fiscathat)r in place that makes which basically puts a floor, a fiscathat)r in plsectorat makes which basically puts a floor,