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what is your view of the decision that chris heaton—harris has taken? n ireland is a focus on the real issues at hand and in particular seeing a resolution of issues caused by the northern ireland protocol. how do you solve that? it's proven to be intractable notjust for your party's satisfaction, but to everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., , ., .., everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., , ., . ., ., everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., ., _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government both _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government both in - that? this was a commitment made by the british government both in the - the british government both in the run—up to brexit but also in terms of bringing the parties back into government and we need them to be sure that there is a resolution so we have the northern ireland protocol bill moving through parliament and this will enable the parliament and this will enable the parliament to take steps

chris heaton-harris _ of what the law says? it is. chris heaton-harris has _ of what the law says? with the biggest share of the vote and the highest number of seats, but the assembly has never reconstituted from an election, so the executive that was formed from the executive that was formed from the assembly has not been met. it has been on autopilot for six months and there is a six month cooling off period when an executive isn't formed. after that it triggers a fresh set of elections which is where we are at the moment. on the 28th of october, chris heaton—harris pointed out, inherited a legal obligation to call us fresh set of elections. i think people in northern ireland expected the day after to come forward with a plan to announce fresh elections. lute after to come forward with a plan to announce fresh elections.— announce fresh elections. we have been here before, _ announce fresh elections. we have been here before, haven't- announce fresh elections. we have been here before, haven't we? - announce fresh elections. we have been here before, haven't we? wej been here befo

northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked now stories from newsrooms across the uk. sir graham brady revealed for the first time today that boris johnson had decided simply not to stand, and sir graham has been talking to annabel tiffin, saying what he said to liz truss just before she resigned as prime ministers. overthe before she resigned as prime ministers. over the last few months, he's arguably been one of the most powerful people in politics. sir graham brady, tory mp for altrincham and sale west, chair of the 1922 committee and the man who sees off prime ministers. over the last three years he's had to do that three times. what did you say to liz truss when he went to see her at the morning she resigned?- when he went to see her at the morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier — morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier conversation _ morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier conversation i _ morning she resigned?

the bbc understands the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris will announce he is imposing a substantive settings of the assembly since march. the democratic unionist party is blocking the working of these institutions in opposition to these institutions in opposition to the brexit trade border in the irish sea and said they will not allow a new coalition to be formed unless the checks on goods arriving from great britain are removed. the last assembly election was held just six months ago, sinn fein replaced the dup as the largest party, the first nationalist party to do so. and as things stand chris heaton harris is under a legal obligation to call a new poll by the 19th of january because the deadline for the formation of a new coalition ran out just under two weeks ago. it is understood mr heaton—harris is to tell mps in london this afternoon that he will in effect extend that deadline for a new election until the middle of april. it is also understood he told the stormont party he will cut the pay of assembly members here by a third. energy providers have admitted they h

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris has said there will be no elections for the stormontthin 12 weeks of the 28th october deadline for power—sharing to be restored. devolved government has not functioned since february, with the democratic unionist party blocking the formation of the ruling executive. scotland's first minister has denied that the awarding of a contract to build ferries at fergusons shipyard in port glasgow was a case of "jobs for the boys". nicola sturgeon said she refuted the suggestion that the work was improperly given to a businessman with a known relationship with the scottish government. the ferries are years late and could be £200 million over budget. ms sturgeon said she deeply regretted the impact on island communities. a group of tourists, including some britons, being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 2h hours has been released this evening. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about their community being damaged by an oil leak from a pipeline in september. they were trying to force government officials to pro

increase -- chris heaton-harris, thanks for| be done. ails, here's our education editor branwenjeffreys. parents rely on school inspections. 0fsted grades are meant to be a guide to standards. the top grade in england is outstanding. for many years, outstanding schools weren't inspected. the government said it was only needed if concerns were raised. now, 0fsted has been allowed to revisit and, so far, 80% overall are down from outstanding, mainly to good. 17% have been told they require improvement. 4% of them have gone to the bottom grade of inadequate. many parents have noticed a bit of a gap between what's said in a 13 or 14—year—old inspection report and what they see in front of them. and many parents have been concerned about that. i think that's part of why pressure built up to scrap the exemption. i think it's also important to say while parents, governors may well notice and recognise some slippage in a school, sometimes the things that can lead a school to bejudged inadequate, such as for safeguarding, for example, may be thing

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris had said another election would be called, after thessed last week. currently a vote is still required within the next three months. let's get more from our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. what does this mean, emma, for the people of northern ireland?— of northern ireland? well, none of the parties — of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were _ of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were looking _ of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were looking forward i of northern ireland? well, none ofj the parties were looking forward to a christmas election. i'm not sure many voters were either. so when that announcement from the northern ireland secretary came this morning, there was quite a lot of relief around, but the reality for people here is that life continues in northern ireland without a government here at stormont but perhaps the one thing almost everyone agreed on was an election wasn't going to solve that, that the crisis would remain. the dup won't go back into power sharing with sinn fein because of th

chris heaton—harris , possible. n your time and all the sirens in the background . much the background. well. much appreciated. for your appreciated. thanks for your time gb news. thank you . now time and gb news. thank you. now let's update you on the other issues on the speech at the cbi . we cannot speak to lecturer in british politics, the university of liverpool , david jeffrey. of liverpool, david jeffrey. david, i don't know if you are heanng david, i don't know if you are hearing there, what chris heaton—harris had to say, but just to go back in detail as to what's a care said in that speech at birmingham wanting a pragmatic approach, economic migration also talking about migration, also talking about a new partnership with business, it sounds as if he's trying to steal the tories clothes to a degree , exactly. i mean, we can degree, exactly. i mean, we can see in the polls this massive dissatisfaction amongst conservative voters the way the government is handling just the migrant crisis across the channel or

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris has said there will be no elections for the stormonte 28 october deadline for power—sharing to be restored. devolved government has not functioned since february, with the democratic unionist party blocking the formation of the ruling executive. scotland's first minister has denied that the awarding of a contract to build ferries at fergusons shipyard in port glasgow was a case of "jobs for the boys". nicola sturgeon said she refuted the suggestion that the work was improperly given to a businessman with a known relationship with the scottish government. the ferries are years late and £200 million over budget. ——the ferries are years late and could be £200 million over budget. ms sturgeon said she deeply regretted the impact on island communities. football fa ns football fans travelling to the world cup could be affected by a strike at heathrow. unite said 700 members are due to walk out for three days from november the 18th. the workers are employed in services including baggage handling and cargo. unite said the action would cause dis

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris will meet politicians in belfast today.d a table today. the party is expected to be in campaigning mode for an election because the secretary of state had previously said he was going to be calling this election the minute the deadline for talks ran out, as it did last week. but when that moment came it seemed he wanted to stall for more time and talk further to the parties first. some 6000 election staff have been put on notice for this election. some 600 polling stations are waiting to hear if it is going to go ahead. a date of the 15th of november was earmarked for that. nobody knows what is going to happen next. we don't know what will come from the talks because the parties' positions have not changed. the dup and sinn fein have to agree to going to government togetherfor fein have to agree to going to government together for there to be an executive here to take political decisions. the dup is currently staying out of that power—sharing arrangement because of its deep opposition to the brexit arrangements. now one tho

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris this morning has said he is a glass half—full kindlot of expectation from the negotiations between brussels and london. but i have got to say looking at the specifics it is not clear where that logjam is going to be unlocked. it is not totally clear if enough has changed to allow a new deal. so the optics on that will matter with that caveat that it does not necessarily mean a solution. secondly, as you mention, there is the discussion with nicola sturgeon, scotland was my first minister, and mark drakeford, the first minister of oil, and that matters in terms of optics as well because it is a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss who did not speak to nicola sturgeon or mark drakeford at all in her period in downing street. i think rishi sunak wants to give the impression that he is trying to come up impression that he is trying to come up with a collegiate approach to some of the challenges in the economy and various other things. he wants to give the impression in his words that we are all w

chris heaton—harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and saysom will be with egypt as your friend and partner in this epic struggle to protect and restore our environment. the king has championed the fight against climate change for decades, and many had assumed he would want to travel to sharm el—sheikh in person. according to palace sources, advice was sought from the government, then led by liz truss, and the decision taken that king charles should not go. that decision stands despite the change in prime minister, although a downing street spokeswoman indicated yesterday that had mr sunak been in post earlier, his majesty may have gone, after all. his majesty, of course, is a great supporter of this issue, has been for very many decades, almost a lifetime. and he's seen as a leader on this around the world. he was there in paris, he was there in glasgow. and this is a matter between the palace and the government. but whatever happens, his majesty will be there with us in spirit in egypt. so rather than travelling to sharm el—sheikh, a palace

you've chris heaton—harris and steve who are both pretty steve baker, who are both pretty hard line brexiteers little sceptical makes me a little bit sceptical . well, you're sceptical let us talk to former conservative clare pursell who makes what she find out what she makes of . find out what she makes of. first of all rishi as pledged to give first of all rishi as pledged to giv e £50 million which doesn't give £50 million which doesn't sound to help fight a war is it going to be enough to help the ukraine. but first of all, let me get your take on on this story in the times today. do you believe it or not? i'm like olivia would find this pretty hard to , believe, to be honest. hard to, believe, to be honest. and i think we're harping to the sort of policy of the 1980s where the government would quite often float out the policy , the often float out the policy, the media, to see what reaction it got, and then if it very favourable, they would say, oh, well it wasn't our policy anyway. this is just made up so we don't have that little bit of let's see , this goes, let's see let's see, this g

yesterday, chris heaton—harris ruled out elections to the stormont assembly before christmas.ainian capital. as you can see, it is really — ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in kyiv - ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in kyiv and l it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is getting colder. the concern about power accesses the big international issue as winter sets in. we have heard from the us secretary of state, antony blinken, saying that g7 countries are going to help ukraine protect its energy infrastructure against russian attacks. what we have seen over the last few weeks has been large—scale missile and drone attacks targeting energy substations, energy generation centres, and that has led to massive blackouts in this country. president zelensky said there are 4.5 million u

chris heaton—harris told mps the new 8th december deadline can be extended by a further six weeks.en know it was possible. i didn't have any say in it at all. it wasjust done. and that's not ok, that's not a way to deal with things and it's not a way to deal with people, particularly now. if i didn't have any money to put an extra £10 on the meter, what would i have done? i understand you're having trouble with a prepayment meter, is that right? the regulator has told me that 60,000 smart meters were remotely switched by suppliers just in the last few months. debt charities are already seeing the impact on the most vulnerable. i there is a lot of benefit to be i taken from people being on smart meters but that remote switching process does mean that there i is a risk that people might end up self—disconnecting. - if they are unaware _ they are on a prepayment meter, they might not top up. this is disconnection by the back door. i since we have started asking questions about this, the regulator has written to all suppliers telling them to stick to the rules or face potential fines.