, anotherformer quite some cv, claire coutinho, another former adviser, who worked for rishi sunak, shee promotion to be energy secretary recently, she could be a leader of the future. all these are the people we have seen coming up the people we have seen coming up the street, absolutely, they are the conservative party of the future, whether that be in government or opposition. but also of course, suella braverman, who it feels like 12 years ago, but i don't know, six hours ago, she was sacked as home secretary. i don't think that's the last we'll hear of suella braverman and i'm sure rishi sunak knows that's not the last we'll hear of suella braverman. all sorts of future politics playing out here as well as the sense of what is actually going on in cabinet right now. ., , , ., now. you just reminded me, this all ha--ened now. you just reminded me, this all happened at — now. you just reminded me, this all happened at nine — now. you just reminded me, this all happened at nine in _ now. you just reminded me, this all happened at nine in the _ now. you just reminded me, this all happe

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and claire coutinho consumers. morning and she made that point on air. and that's also been confirmed by the north sea transition authority. and if i may, there's another common misconception, which oil and which is that drilling oil and gas is going cause some sort gas is going to cause some sort of climate meltdown and kind of climate meltdown and a kind of climate meltdown and a kind of carbon bomb. there's such a piffling small amount of oil and gas left at the bottom of the north sea that it doesn't really matter how much of it we pull up between now and 2050 or whenever. can i just do you do, please. there's a really interesting statistic which puts please. there's a really ininesting statistic which puts please. there's a really inin perspective, :ic which puts please. there's a really inin perspective, right?:h puts please. there's a really inin perspective, right? sinces it in perspective, right? since the 2000, the uk gas the year 2000, the uk gas production from the north sea has fallen by two thirds. an

that's a quote from claire coutinho . claire coutinho. >> and real pay.wc, which predicts that living standards in britain will remain low for years to come to slightly different topics there, but let's talk to liam halligan about it . our economics but let's talk to liam halligan about it. our economics and business editor with on the money . let's just just talk money. let's just just talk about the energy security issue . about the energy security issue. claire coutinho, does she have a point ? point? >> i think she does, actually. i mean , lots of economic news mean, lots of economic news around at the moment. get used to it. it's going to be like this all the way to the general election. so we're going to need lots of economics and business coverage gb news, aren't we, tom? >> well, as bill clinton once said, it's the economy, stupid. >> wasn't bill clinton. it >> it wasn't bill clinton. it was his chief economic adviser, james it's james carville. and it's absolutely the end . and absolutely true. in the end. and it's issues , as the it's pocketbook

if you look across the cabinet with the recent appointment of claire coutinho in energy and then victoriaou have a balance of experience and very able young people in cabinet. if you were a head hunter coming up with a cabinet thatis head hunter coming up with a cabinet that is balanced with people who cover each other�*s weaknesses, you now have rishi sunak�*s youth covered by david cameron's age. another interesting thought, michael heseltine pointed this out, there was a period when the conservative party was not moving on to the next generation, not progressing. but seemed to be in the hands of the slightly mad people who were at the extremes of politics and flirting with even further extremes of british politics. what you have now are people who are very mainstream. you may find in parts of the country they find him a bit tame, stuffy and a bit old school but they look like the sort of cabinet that we are used to. this looks like a grown—up politics again. to. this looks like a grown-up politics again.— to. this looks like a grown-up politics again. there were many eo - le i politics

and of course claire coutinho and of course prime minister in the late 30s, early 40s. you've late 30se there trying got this balance there trying to demonstrate that, you know, here's some security here. suddenly with the appointment of david cameron, the tories are already me my already saying to me on my whatsapp, compare that with david lammy. will you trust david lammy. who will you trust with very uncertain world? with in a very uncertain world? you charge you want david cameron in charge or want david lammy or do you want david lammy those are the choices that are these are the choices that are these are the choices that are being created and written and in and made in real time today in westminster for voters next year i >> chris, do you think this is the sort of cabinet that rishi sunak wanted to shape but wasn't able to one year ago because he was so dependent on the support of, say , suella bravermans and of, say, suella bravermans and her camp . her camp. >> there was that also. i think there was a feeling that that we had enough politics in that mad time come september, oc

energy secretary claire coutinho distanced herself from bravermans comments earlier today .. rishi sunak also refused to back his home secretary >> i don't want anyone to sleep rough on our streets. >> that's why the government is investing £2 billion over the next few years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. i'm pleased that the number of people sleeping rough is down by a third since a peak. but of course there's more to do . course there's more to do. >> brave honesty >> carole malone. brave honesty from the home secretary or a step too far. >> do you know what i think? you know, saw this story first know, i saw this story first reported guardian and reported in the guardian and then i watched the report. >> you went some >> you hope you went for some other sources. >> yeah, of which >> then. yeah, both of which distorted the story hugely because, yes, she used that phrase , but there was no phrase, but there was no clarification. and even though kay burley was pushing to have a go at suella claire coutinho, who was the energy secretary, made it quite clear what s

energy secretary claire coutinho distanced herself from bravermans comments earlier today .. rishi sunak also refused to back his home secretary >> i don't want anyone to sleep rough on our streets. >> that's why the government is investing £2 billion over the next few years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. i'm pleased that the number of people sleeping rough is down by a third since a peak. but of course there's more to do . course there's more to do. >> brave honesty >> carole malone. brave honesty from the home secretary or a step too far. >> do you know what i think? you know, saw this story first know, i saw this story first reported guardian and reported in the guardian and then i watched the report. >> you went some >> you hope you went for some other sources. >> yeah, of which >> then. yeah, both of which distorted the story hugely because, yes, she used that phrase , but there was no phrase, but there was no clarification. and even though kay burley was pushing to have a go at suella claire coutinho, who was the energy secretary, made it quite clear what s

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, the secretary claire coutinho, the new energy secretary. might be moved into an even more senior position, which is pretty incredible given i think she's only i think she's still in her 30s.so only i think she's still in her 30s. so that could be one way that he handles it. but of course he is in a very precarious position within his own parliamentary party after those bruising by—election defeats of the last few weeks, he knows that if he puts a foot wrong, if he sacks the wrong person, if he sends someone popular with the backbenches over to the backbenches, then he could be seeing a real pushback against his leadership. as we saw at the conservative party conference a few weeks ago, there are a lot of people now sniffing around the party leadership almost all of the cabinet ministers speeches felt like a pitch for the leadership. if and when rishi sunak loses his position after the next election. so rishi sunak sort of deaung election. so rishi sunak sort of dealing with a jenga tower of mps now and move the wrong person out at a reshuff

is that claire coutinho there isn't it?y th dress and >> i think she's just walked thropuppy she's dress and >> i think she's just walked thropuppy she's a dress and >> i think she's just walked thropuppy she's a supporter and >> i think she's just walked thropuppy she's a supporter of.i the puppy she's a supporter of. >> an mp in >> she only became an mp in 2019, it would be an 2019, so it would be an extraordinary so extraordinary elevation in so quickly. but look, she'd only have months the job. >> well, that's right. >> well, that's right. >> not much time to screw it up, nigel. >> well, i don't know. i mean, liz truss managed much shorter liz truss managed a much shorter time. yeah. >> so the mps well, they are >> so the mps are well, they are disappearing behind the speakers disappearing behind the speaker's them speaker's chair. some of them are and speaker's chair. some of them are do and speaker's chair. some of them are do you and speaker's chair. some of them are do you think and speaker's chair. some of them are

claire coutinho, said it's not language that she would have used.been clear discomfort within the government about that . i can't discomfort within the government about that. i can't find any thing about that in here. um, and of course we do know, don't we, that i mean two different things isn't there. there's there's a homelessness which includes people who might be in temporary bed and breakfast and then there's actual rough sleeping the sleeping where people on the streets. people that are streets. but the people that are physically on the streets very often problems with drug often have problems with drug addiction, addiction , addiction, alcohol addiction, mental health issues. and it's not uncommon for them to be veterans because we know, don't we, that people that have fought in wars go through a horrendous time often and are often deeply scarred and sometimes they don't get the support right? so some of the people that end up on the streets will be people that have fought for this country . streets will be people that have fought for this co

in her lines of claire coutinho in her late 30s that she is now, of course, the net zero secretary.. towards more people like her age to give a ne government. i towards more people like her age to give a ne government. i told yards this government. i was told by a senior ally of the pm they were going to break the ceiling going to break the glass ceiling with the appointments they're going this reshuffle going to make in this reshuffle that doesn't necessarily that doesn't mean necessarily more more more women. it means more younger more women. it means more yo reshape this team to reshape the this this team around sunak, scampton and his youth going fonnard against an old man in the form of sir keir starmer. >> i was just looking, just looking at keir starmer twitter feed here. chris the last thing he tweeted was 21 hours ago, it was a picture of him laying a wreath at the cenotaph and saying it was an honour to lay the wreath. today will the wreath. today we will remember you remember them. what would you expect this expect him to tweet this morning? he must be sitting there with

we were hoping to talk energy minister, talk to the energy minister, claire think claire coutinho, buthe argue, of >> but she would argue, of course, one very important course, that one very important reason that we will be encouraging exploration encouraging more exploration in the because we do encouraging more exploration in the want because we do encouraging more exploration in the want to because we do encouraging more exploration in the want to rely because we do encouraging more exploration in the want to rely on cause we do encouraging more exploration in the want to rely on putins~e do encouraging more exploration in the want to rely on putins gas.) not want to rely on putins gas. and that's a compelling case, isn't it? >> well, think there's two >> well, i think there's two things there. also know that things there. we also know that most we produce in the most of what we produce in the north straight abroad north sea goes straight abroad anyway. on to the anyway. it goes on to the international energy markets. if we're at rosebank, we're looking at rosebank, one of that's of

but energy secretary claire coutinho thinks labour is against british oil and gas jobs and wants to increase households out of the cost of living crisis by? joining me now in the studio is greg marsh, who's a household finance expert of and the ceo of nous, which is the cost of living support platform. good afternoon to you. thanks for joining me on the show. they always argue about which party can save the most money. little detail coming out in the king's speech. the conservatives claimed to be able to save up to 15 grand a year for households, but no detail . the labour party but no detail. the labour party say they can go a bit further, but no detail. but really what do people really care about dunng do people really care about during the cost of living crisis and how can save money? and how can they save money? what they want? what do they want? >> funny because this time >> it's funny because this time last having this last year we were having this conversation, the government conversation, but the government wasand i don't just mean making >> and i don't just mean making vague policy

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you heard that from claire coutinho on breakfast. it's after 9 am. this morning, full expensing. there allow companies beyond there to allow companies beyond 2026 offset their tax bills 2026 to offset their tax bills and spend the money instead on investment and that could trigger big investment in our companies . we do invest not as companies. we do invest not as much as other companies comparable to it's all comparable to us. so it's all happening behind are happening behind me. people are arriving. i've been watching aides hunt aides arrive for jeremy hunt today. here day today. we'll be here all day discussing the big day tomorrow, the the tax the autumn statement. so the tax cuts that are announced tomorrow , when will they feed into people's pockets? >> is it immediately or do we have to wait till the new financial year in april . financial year in april. >> well, again, we'll know that tomorrow almost certainly. i think the new financial year starting in april. and that leaves him. he can almost make this this plan for next year in two parts tomorrow and then the march bud

rumour that jeremy hunt is on his to be replaced his way out to be replaced by claire just that claire coutinhoancellor? >> so who started that room above i lots above you? i think. i think lots of rumours this. yeah. of rumours starting this. yeah. >> you make of that? >> what did you make of that? any truth in it? >> no. i mean, claire's only just promoted to secretary just been promoted to secretary of state, so she's moving of state, so she's not moving anywhere sharpish. i think of state, so she's not moving anywhprettyarpish. i think of state, so she's not moving anywhpretty much. i think of state, so she's not moving anywhpretty much got i think of state, so she's not moving anywhpretty much got the think of state, so she's not moving anywhpretty much got the team we've pretty much got the team in place. it's going to take us to next election, but he's to the next election, but he's not very inspiringly, he, not very inspiringly, is he, the chairman? i chairman? well, i always said i always said after we had all the problems leadership problems with the leadership contest we needed borin

claire coutinho, course two appointed net zero secretary back in september .hair you've got some september. chair you've got some other other positions. victoria atkins, she's now a senior role it what's you're seeing here is a reshuffle the tory party is trying to try to change the shape of this government to try and reinvent it like a snake shedding its skin to try and become a more of a kind of attractive option for voters as that's they do every so that's what they do every so often you well know, martin, often as you well know, martin, they do try and find a new way often as you well know, martin, th presenty and find a new way often as you well know, martin, th present themselves new way often as you well know, martin, th present themselves to w way often as you well know, martin, th present themselves to voters. to present themselves to voters. the big marquee signing today, if was a football analogy, if it was a football analogy, you'd say david cameron being brought in as foreign secretary. that was not seen when it was first mooted shortly after he s

we've seen people like claire coutinho saying she wouldn't use that language. laura language. had the health secretary on yesterday. wouldn't be yesterday. he wouldn't really be drawn, prime drawn, but even the prime minister using the minister himself not using the same as the home same language as the home secretary. and then we've had this in a conservative this huge row in a conservative party, whatsapp yesterday party, whatsapp group yesterday and conservatives saying and other conservatives saying this not the same party that this is not the same party that i elected to in 2010. you i got elected to in 2010. you know, what it tell us about know, what does it tell us about the conservative party in 2023? well i'm assured by friends of suella braverman this morning she is not trying to get sacked. >> she's not trying to go against what the her boss, against what the pm, her boss, mr sunak , saying. she's mr sunak, is saying. she's saying is . and again, saying it like it is. and again, viewers of gb news and others may may think, yeah, okay, that's what it's like. so. so w

and claire coutinho has come out in the last few days saying it's not necessarily going with their goingills. why are you bothering with it? >> i think it's massively >> so i think it's massively important we ensure that at important that we ensure that at a time when putin was trying to hold the world to ransom, including our country, to ransom , that safeguard our , that we should safeguard our gas supplies. now, i believe passionately that we should not necessarily going to benefit us. but this is a really, but but but this is a really, really important point. we are going to all use some gas at some point. some of your listeners watching this or viewers themselves using listeners watching this or view to s themselves using listeners watching this or vievto get themselves using listeners watching this or vievto get through elves using listeners watching this or vievto get through thes using listeners watching this or vievto get through the winter.ing gas to get through the winter. now, we can either bring in the gas from the united states or indeed peru or qatar , and that's indeed pe

claire coutinho, who's energy security who's the energy security secretary, doing the secretary, she'sis, and she's been asked about this, and she's been asked about this, and she's been asked about this, and she's been distancing herself very what the home very much from what the home secretary said. in fact, she secretary said. and in fact, she said wouldn't have used said i wouldn't have used necessarily those words. so i wonder if she will live to regret having said that , regret having having said that, i think you're right, isabel. >> know, i think the >> and you know, i think the tories need careful that tories need to be careful that they don't get trapped into this constant fight every constant fight back of every small that gets reported small thing that gets reported on suella whilst on the press. suella whilst i agree with some the things agree with some of the things she says, there's she seems to be getting into this habit now of responding with some of just responding with some inflammatory every inflammatory remarks to every political that in political thing that happen

this morning from the security secretary, the energy security secretary, claire about how the claire coutinholion carbon investment. 200 billion since 2010 and another 100 billion expected by 2030. but it begs the question then, with all this money, as you say, you follow the money flows. why is rishi sunak turning his back on the green agenda? and your own committee city that looks into these things ? these things says these things? these things says that britain's lost leadership in climate action? >> well, i just dispute that totally . he hasn't turned his totally. he hasn't turned his back on the green agenda. i think actually we're pushing forward even faster . think actually we're pushing forward even faster. i mean, we were the first country to really got our heads around offshore were the first country to really got otwhichis around offshore were the first country to really got otwhichis why1d offshore were the first country to really got otwhichis why we're;hore were the first country to really got otwhichis why we're thee wind, which is why we're the global it's absolutely global le