the party's leader, sir ed davey, says the government had "crashed the economy," and added hundreds ofical correspondent, jonathan blake. breaking down what they call a "blue wall" of conservative support, the lib dems gave their now familiar message a rural spin to launch the party's campaign for local elections next month. hi, everybody! the theme continued, as the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, took his tractor to berkhamsted, in hertford5hire, this morning — one of many rural areas where council seats are up for grabs. his focus, the cost of living and health services, which he claims are on the brink. well, on the 11th of may, the british people can send the conservatives a very strong message that they're fed up of them, that they think they've betrayed our country, and they can vote for the liberal democrats, who've got strong local champions fighting for their communities. they can elect liberal democrat councils to deliver a fair deal. and they can make sure that liberal democrats are in a strong position to defeat many conservative mp5 at the next general election. but, while

the party's leader sir ed davey arrived on a tractor ploughing through blue bales of hay to signify hisengland. sir ed says his party wants to fix local health services, tackle rising energy bills and prevent the dumping of sewage into rivers and coastal areas. mr davey said he wanted people to use their local election vote on 4th may to send a message to the tory government in westminster. the conservative government are out of touch, they're out of ideas and they are out of excuses. let's all send a message to these conservatives. it's time that they were out of government, too! cheering. victims of crime are to be given a legal right to get the crown prosecution service or the police to review their cases if they are dropped as part of major changes to the justice system in england and wales. the victims and prisoners bill will also allow ministers to veto decisions by parole boards. 0ur correspondent yetunde yusufjoins me now. tell us more about these changes. the government says it wants to put victims front and centre of the criminal justice system victims front and centre of the

the party's leader, sir ed davey, said the tory government had "crashed the economy" and added hundredse wall" of conservative support, the lib dems gave their now familiar message a rural spin to launch the party's campaign for local elections next month. hi, everybody! the theme continued, as the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, took his tractor to berkhamsted, in hertfordshire, this morning — one of many rural areas where council seats are upforgrabs. his focus, the cost of living and health services, which he claims are on the brink. well, on the 4th of may, the british people can send the conservatives a very strong message, that they're fed up of them. that they think they've betrayed our country. and they can vote for the liberal democrats, who've got strong local champions fighting for their communities. they can elect liberal democrat councils to deliver a fair deal. and they can make sure that liberal democrats are in a strong position to defeat many conservative mps at the next general election. but while the lib dems may be taking aim at the government, voters here are weighing

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ed davey there.her's day. in a twitter post, the king showed an image of the young queen with him as baby standing on her lap. the princess of wales also shared photographs of happy family memories to mark the day. it showed kate sitting in a tree with her children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. it's been described as "five days and nights of madness and partying" with build—up events for weeks beforehand, and now the spanish extravaganza known as las fallas festival has drawn to a close as stephanie prentice reports. and a warning, there are flashing images coming up. fireworks explode. the last day of an extravaganza, with colourful sculptures, some costing $200,000, burned to the ground. by day, the main streets of valencia have been a continuous street party, with processions combining satire and art. and these colourful firecrackers hung in the streets and let off day and night. when i was injapan and taking the spanish course, i see about a little movie about this. so i rea

in an interview with our north america correspondent, tim davey insisted that he would not be resigningll, i'm very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. we're trying very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brilliant broadcaster and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world—class sports coverage which, as i say, sorry we have not been able to deliver today. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different? this is nothing to do with anything to do with the specifics of where a tweet is sent and i will talk in general terms but it is about getting involved in party political matters. what i would say is, i am listening hard. this is been a t

the bbc director general team. davey says he will not resign over the controversy . i think my job is to serve licensee payers and deliver a, b, b, c. they really focused on world class impartial landmark output. and i look forward to resolving the situation and looking forward to delivering them while the british prime minister issue. so now says he hopes the issue can be resolved in a timely manner, but said it was a matter of for the b, b. c. opposition. that cares. thomas said the public broadcaster had gone too far with the suspension. the b, b. c is not acting and partially by caving in to toria piece. we're complaining about barry liquor. i thought this was badly, raul and now they're very, very exposed. as is the government because at the heart of this is the government's failure on the asylum system. and robin take responsibility for the mess they might become is costing around to blame anybody else, gary linux the b b c. civil. busy servants, the blog, what they should be doing is standing up accepting. they've broken the asylum system and telling, telling

meanwhile, the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationshipaking at the party's spring conference, he also pledged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solution to the cost of living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that too. in a 50—year career, he's notched up a string of hits including the first cut is the deepest, father & son and peace train. along the way, cat stevens converted to islam, changing his name to yusuf islam. now known as yusuf cat stevens, he's preparing to release his 17th album and play glastonbury for the first time. the singer—songwriter has been talking to our culture editor katie razzall about music, faith and performing on the pyramid stage. # it's not time to make a change, just relax... a voice some may have forgotten, now back at the glastonbury now back as a glastonbury highlight with a new album more than 50 years after he first found fame as cat stevens. his pare

the director general of the bbc team. davey acknowledges that the corporations current social media guidelines contain gray areas. but he says, enforcing impartiality is a difficult balancing act. i can tell you anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement, but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. that is not how we work editorially in the b b. c. it's a convenient narrative. it's not true. and the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms of being people critical of the left or the right. the issue getting involved in party political matters. and we apply that independently . linux took the twitter saying, i'd like to thank him, davy, for his understanding during this difficult period. he has an almost impossible job keeping everybody happy, particularly in the area of impartiality. i'm delighted that we'll continue to fight the good fight together. will begin our discussion with our guests in a moment. but 1st let's hear from john a hole in london. well, they've been days of intense debate now over the bbc's decision

thank you very much j indeed, sir ed davey.illion meals over the next 12 months. a huge project is taking place at stansted airport, but you're unlikely to see it as it's all happening at night. a team is working through the early hours to resurface the runway. the area they're covering is the size of 25 football pitches. they're now in phase two, meaning it's partially open while they do the work, which was last carried out 17 years ago. this is a huge project for stansted airport. it is a 3000 metre project, but it has actually taken us three years to plan to get to this point of actually construction. so we have been nursing our runway for the last two, three years, doing spot repairs. but it was 2006 when it was last done. so it has been a long time in planning this, but a long time since the last time. for the first time, part of london could be designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. the existing surrey hills area which has the status is consulting on whether to increase its size by a quarter, which would take i

the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationship the party's spring conference, he also pledged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solutions to the cost—of—living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. a 17—year—old boy has been stabbed to death at a house party in leeds. west yorkshire police said officers were called to a disturbance at a property the city where a "large number of people" had been gathered in the early hours of sunday morning. 0fficers dispersed people from the area and said no arrests have been made. west yorkshire police are treating the death as murder. more details on all the stories we've covered this hour on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. see you soon. hello again. this month has already been quite a wet month. there are quite a few areas across the uk that have already seen more than the march average rainfall, even though we're nowhe

. | the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationshipdged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solutions to the cost—of—living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. the historicjohn lewis chain of department stores is looking into selling a minority stake of the business for the first time. the high street retailer, which first opened in 1864, is currently jointly owned by its staff. but the bbc understands the company's chair, sharon white, is looking into changing the business model in order to attract new investment. it's believed the plan is in its very early stages and no agreement has been made. john lewis says staff will be the first to hear about any changes. now on bbc news, the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. this month has already been quite a wet month. there are quite a few areas across the uk that have already seen more than the march average rainfall, eve

we had from tim davey, the director general, little bit today.nd this is about impartiality, isn't it, they are saying they are working hard and having the discussions.— working hard and having the discussions. ~ , ~ discussions. whether gary lineker will say they _ discussions. whether gary lineker will say they are _ discussions. whether gary lineker will say they are good _ discussions. whether gary lineker will say they are good discussions| will say they are good discussions or not will have to ask him, he doesn't seem in any position to want to return to match of the day at the moment with this current situation with his twitter and the bbc has said he can't come back until that is resolved. it seems like every sports man and sportswoman on twitter is on his side. they are all going on, saying" i support gary lineker". none of them wanted to present match of the day, football focus, fighting talk on 5 live and football is such a big part of the bbc schedules at the weekend, it has been severely disrupted and today there is barely any on at

the director—general of the bbc merthyr the bbc tim davey season on a working trip to the us, who morehe is returning to the uk, and i think it is obvious this is going to be the first situation he will have to look at. this is a story tray has got out of control. i don't think managers at the bbc had any idea this was going to escalate like it has, and also, affect schedules like it has, so it is the second day now of football programmes being interrupted or axed on the bbc, so for uk audience, match of day 2, it is a sunday night main stay, looks like that is going to be shorter and without presenters and pundits like match of the day yesterday. women's super league, we think the programme is still going to go ahead but there won't be any presentation, the presenters have stepped down and football coverage on 5 live and world service, that could be affected too. yesterdaylet, tim davie did say he was going to relook at the guideline, so it is possible that he is looking for a compromise on this situation, particularly about freelancers like gary lineker, what they can say on social m

the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationshippeaking at the party's spring conference, he also pledged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solutions to the cost—of—living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. the interim chief executive of the scottish national party, michael russell, says the party is in as a "tremendous mess". he replaces peter murrell, who's married to scotland's first minister, the outgoing party leader, nicola sturgeon. he resigned, taking responsibility for misleading journalists who asked about the snp's membership numbers. it lost 30,000 members injust over a year. mr russell, said trust in the party needed to be rebuilt. there is a tremendous mess and we have to clear it up, and that is the task that i am trying to take on in the short term, and the most important thing in that short term, this is about scotland, notjust the snp, is that we ha

the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, says his party would seek a closer economic relationshippeaking at the party's spring conference, he also pledged to fix the nhs, reform social care, and tackle the cost of living crisis. yes, we need immediate solutions to the cost—of—living crisis engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. thejohn lewis partnership is looking into selling a minority stake of the business for the first time. the high street retailer is currently jointly owned by its staff. but it's understood the chairman is looking into changing the business model in order to attract new investment. the bbc understands the plan is in its very early stages, and no agreeement has been made. john lewis says staff will be the first to hear about any changes. here in the uk, emergency warning messages will be sent by the government to people's mobile phones across the uk next month to test a new public alert system. phones will vibrate, sound a siren—noise and the nature of the warning w

much of the day over his tweets about the government so we will bring you that interview from tim davey uk have been left with a winter wonderland, this overlooked the peak district and this weather watcher picture could have come straight from the alps. this is in snowdonia caked in snow. the nasa satellite picture shows extensive snow cover across wales, northern england, northern ireland, southern and northern areas of scotland. snowdonia has seen the greatest snow depths. 22 centimetres of snow lying on the ground this morning, not far behind was the staffordshire moors, with 20 centimetres of snow. more snow to come overnight but most will see milder air pushing in. for a time, snow over the hills of northern england and scotland. about 200 metres elevation, a few centimetres possible but quite high up, but 400 metres you could be looking at 5—10 centimetres of snow. because it is higher hills, the risk of disruption is certainly less than it was compared with the weather system that went through on thursday and friday. heading into the second half of the weekend, strengthening sou

he has written publicly about the difficulties that the director general, tim davey, he's a man thatsuch as alan sugar who do express political opinions. now he's not a journalist. he's not a presenter but he does often share his views on politics. another name that may be known to bbc audiences is andrew neil, the former political presenter, often in the spotlight for his writings outside of the bbc. and here's what he suggested on the bbc's newscast. mr; and here's what he suggested on the bbc's newscast-— bbc's newscast. my reaction is its riaht bbc's newscast. my reaction is its ri . ht to bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort _ bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it _ bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out. _ bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out. and _ bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out. and to - bbc's newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out. and to agree | right to sort it out. and to agree with the — right to sort it out. and to agree with the rules of engagement are. as a sports _ with

the daveis school district a parent wants the bible removed saying it is a sex-ridden book containingand inappropriate material. what do you say? >> if you read the old and new testament there is a lot of violence and battles and clashes. there are sexual things in the bible. there are disasters, there are sexual relationships. all those things are in the bible. i'm not surprised that we are coming to this point. this fight over banning books is heated. i thought it was a matter of time that somebody would say the christians and that bible. that has a lot of inappropriate stuff in it. the guy who authored the legislation in utah feels he doesn't think school districts will actually ban the bible's language. if you want to get technical there is a lot of heavy, adult stuff in the bible. >> john: did the person really want to ban the bible or just making a point to say if you ban all these other books you ban this one, too? >> it feels more like that. you had to know it was coming. we'll see how they proceed with this. the guy who sponsored the bill thinks he is on strong footing. if yo

. >> in the meantime, the bbc director general, tim davey, and this is really important, announcing thece would be led by an independent expert, acknowledging the existent guidance, of, course potential confusion. adding garrison valued parts of the bbc, and i know how much the bbc means to gary and i look forward to him presenting our coverage this coming weekend, well the fallout has shown the spotlight on two key areas, here's the battle between impartiality and free speech, lineker said to respond to the match of the, day this coming saturday as england's fa, cup quarterfinals, take center stage with, among the, game manchester city hosting -- back to. >> thank you for, that attorneys in two separate complaints involving golfer tiger woods asking a court to compel his ex girlfriend to resolve her complaints through arbitration. erica herman filed those complaints after her six year relation with woods and it. the first alleges a trust owned by the gulf, or violated florida law by breaking her oral agreement to continue living in his home. the second complaint aims that nullifying a

checks on guns today, now the bills go to the state senate, the goal of these sponsors is to pass guns daveyments and red flag laws. this became priority after the mass shooting at michigan state university. >> we are in the midst of a public health crisis where a fire arms by the leading cause of death for children and teens in the united states. the leading cause of death. this simply is not a political matter, but a matter of life or death. >> do kids deserve to see their peers slaughtered in front of them? i do not think. so i think we deserve life and all it has to offer. i deserve life an old has to offer, and i know it offers much more than this. >> and march for our lives pressed associate brooks an embassy student and shooting survivor joins me now. folks, thank you so much for being here. micah, tell us how you feel about what happened in the state house today. >> yeah, i mean i am excited. he is -- we've been waiting for this moment for so long, for many, years so i am really proud of this step forward and i am looking forward to, hopefully, passing this really quickly and having

and that's something that the bbc director general, tim davey, put at the heart of his key principles took charge three years ago. so lineker back on the bbc. it should be the case that he presents their "match of the day" fa cup shows next weekend, and others will be make dated by this. the truth could be that there are no real winners in this, because what we should be talking about is the policy rather than the people. >> all right, we'll watch and see what happens. darren lewis, many thanks. >>> david carrick, a serial sex offender, served in one of britain's most elite armed police units for years. he's now behind bars, but his ability to evade justice has only fueled a growing distrust and anger toward police in the uk. cnn's katie paul grace reports on how apparent failures may have prevented carrick from being stopped sooner. >> reporter: a mismonth ago, po officers carrick was arrested. the failure of police to stop him despite multiple reports of his violence towards women has caused outrage here in the uk. we've looked into some of the key momentth when carrick could have b

when people were sitting at home after the covid crisis ended and they were day trading with davey dayand all that stuff no one felt the impulse to go back to work. why would you work when you can make money day trading, like money dropping from heaven, the stock market only goes up. now that we're discovering what that actually things do go up and down, i expect you'll see an increase in the supply of labor at the same time you're going to see a decrease in the demand for labor because of the earnings hit i'm talking about so that combination obviously could drive a pretty sharp turn in the unemployment rate. and also, you know, i'm a nerdy ebbing on 34eu69. i look at relag -- economist. i look at relationships. if you overlay the housing sentiment, a leading indicator of economic activity. obviously, housing is one of the foremost leading components of the economy. you overlay that with the unemployment rate, the two lines -- housing generally leads by 12 months and obviously that sentiment index a has done a swan dive and it suggests that once the unemployment rate does turn, it cou

so the lib dem leader ed davey partook in really embarrassing speech last month today waiting the crossings so bad. i want . to oh just all could go want. to oh just all could go embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him that was no bofis embarrassed for him that was no boris moment. embarrassed for him that was no boris moment . adam brooks, your boris moment. adam brooks, your nominee. my nominee is sir keir starmer because everything he says at the moment and over recent months has been filled with he poxy and you know he he's lying so you have to that you lost your nomination my nominee is dominic raab for confusing paul o'grady and calling him paul and haven't lot grayson's pretty bad yeah yeah thank you i'd like to agree with him and paul grayson was incredible comic, but he also . incredible comic, but he also. but but but paul o'grady. but but in terms of really yeah that was awkward but i'm actually going to go with the liberal democrats because it wasn't as quit as ed davey's campaign launch up a great launch laws up what a great debut the show than

so the lib dem leader ed davey partook in really embarrassing speech last month today waiting the crossing's so bad. i want . to oh just all could go want. to oh just all could go embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him that was no bofis embarrassed for him that was no boris moment. embarrassed for him that was no boris moment . adam brooks, your boris moment. adam brooks, your nominee. my nominee is sir keir starmer because everything he says at the moment and over recent months has been filled with he poxy and you know he he's lying so you have to that you lost your nomination my nominee is dominic raab for confusing paul o'grady and calling him paul and haven't lot grayson's pretty bad yeah yeah thank you i'd like to agree with him and paul grayson was incredible comic, but he also . incredible comic, but he also. but but but paul o'grady. but but in terms of really yeah that was awkward but i'm actually going to go with the liberal democrats because it wasn't as quit as ed davey's campaign launch what a great launch laws up what a great debut the show t

and sir ed davey , and 12 hours. and sir ed davey, the leader of the lib dems, wrote down.wrote to the kent police demanding action . the radical left went mad on social media. but now we learn from the lockdown files that matt that matt hancock the health secretary and. his department. matt hancock who've been given by the act powers we've not seen since a mediaeval king and they openly discuss not getting onto the home office to lock up their . well what i done lock up their. well what i done well this this says two things firstly there was no medical or scientific to have the quarantine for two weeks anyway and i had tested twice in the previous days. i knew that i was negative, but what it really shows you is gave we gave our police forces. we gave politicians during the pandemic the powers that took our freedoms and liberties in the we haven't even seen in wartime. and so we can laugh and joke about the idea they wanted to put me in prison. but actually what do you think it. they were discussing whether to lock up somebody who was a political opponent . you might sort

arriving in hemel hempstead in a tractor , sir ed davey said heavy tractor, sir ed davey said heavy willto clean up the mess left by tories. the lib dem leader said , lifelong leader said, lifelong conservatives, saying never vote for the party again. after they, quote, crushed . the and the king quote, crushed. the and the king and consort have been welcomed full military honours at brandenburg gate in germany dunng brandenburg gate in germany during their state visit pair will also attend a banquet hosted by germany's president later is charles and camilla's first foreign visitors of the royal family. but the king's 29th trip to germany. the royal couple previously scheduled to visit france this week. but that trip was postponed due to nationwide protests , pension nationwide protests, pension reform . this is gb news. we'll reform. this is gb news. we'll bnng reform. this is gb news. we'll bring you more . it happens now. bring you more. it happens now. let's get straight back. patrick yes. welcome along , everybody. yes. welcome along, everybody. let's kick off with that. government

davey who says boris johnson clearly liberal democrats ed davey who says borisjohnson clearly misledmay have knowingly known that there were creatures of the rules taking place and she has got the opportunity and a very fair way to give evidence and people can come to give evidence and people can come to their own conclusion. main view is that opinion polls confirm this time of the time people are asked the majority of the public think that boris johnson the majority of the public think that borisjohnson when he was in prime minister misled the house of parliament. might make the privileges committee will be the people who make that final decision. sir alistair graham, thank you very much for coming and talking to us. thank you. our political correspondent ian watson was at westminster. ian, we have had in the last ten, 15 minutes or so that response from boris johnson last ten, 15 minutes or so that response from borisjohnson and a response from borisjohnson and a response to the response from killer dominic sir keir starmer and a response to the response to the response. what you m

i'm joined now by the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey. thanks for being with us.a post-brexit world?— post-brexit world? tomorrow, eo - le's post-brexit world? tomorrow, people's taxes _ post-brexit world? tomorrow, people's taxes will _ post-brexit world? tomorrow, people's taxes will go - post-brexit world? tomorrow, people's taxes will go up - post-brexit world? tomorrow, people's taxes will go up in - post-brexit world? tomorrow, | people's taxes will go up in the post-brexit world? tomorrow, - people's taxes will go up in the new financial year, and lots of people cosmic energy bills will go up. people's living standards are falling at a great rate. for conservatives to say this is some kind of legal miracle shows they are just not on this planet, they are totally out of touch. this trade deal they are talking about will increase the national income by 0.08% in ten years. but increase the national income by 0.08% in ten years.— increase the national income by 0.08% in ten years. but we know that urowth in 0.08% in ten years. but we know that growth in the — 0

leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the plan to deport to rwanda isn't viable .ella braverman isn't viable. suella braverman bill is a yet another expensive and unworkable solution to the problem which is doomed to failure. we've seen a number these from the conservatives before and they just do the right thing and in fact think they're trashing traditional british values . former kwasi british values. former kwasi kwarteng has accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini—budget last autumn , which mini—budget last autumn, which triggered market turmoil in a gb news exclusive interview. he says the chancellor jeremy hunt has done a good job stabilising the economy . i think jeremy the economy. i think jeremy rightly perhaps has adopted cautious approach given what happened last winter and he's also very much, i think, looking at the markets looking at what treasury officials are doing and trying to do it in a methodical way. and that's i think i and got it wrong . boris johnson will got it wrong. boris johnson will pubush got it wrong. boris johnson wi

try to make this happen and don't, sir ed davey , the leader of the ed davey, the leader of the liberals, but whether the day i landed counted as a free day, i don't know , as a free day, i don't know, sir. maybe i'd been back for 13 nights and 12 hours, but way i'd been back for fortnight. i've had a test. i was negative . it had a test. i was negative. it just goes to show how absolutely not only was lockdown and coronavirus , but the way in coronavirus, but the way in which the british state used abused the police force and everybody else drug makers living under a reign of terror. you know what? if i'm in because i went down the pub on days the pubs reopen , you want to find pubs reopen, you want to find me? you want to come and get me? you can. but i've got a bigger confession . and as those months confession. and as those months went on, we went into successive lockdowns i just started ignonng lockdowns i just started ignoring the rules i've only got absolutely ludicrous and i'm amazed that a lot more hello britain is dead. or maybe they did. wonder who watching this did. i wonder

sir davey says the plan deport migrants to plan to deport migrants to rwanda isn't viable the suellabraverman bill is a yet another expensive and worker bill solution to the problem which is doomed to failure . we've seen doomed to failure. we've seen a number of these from the conservatives before and they just don't do the thing. and in facti just don't do the thing. and in fact i think they're trashing traditional british former chancellor kwasi kwarteng accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini last autumn, which triggered turmoil. in an exclusive with gb news, he says chancellor jeremy hunt done a good of stabilising the economy . i a good of stabilising the economy. i think a good of stabilising the economy . i think jeremy perhaps economy. i think jeremy perhaps has adopted cautious approach given what happened last winter . and he's also very much, i think , looking at the markets, think, looking at the markets, looking at what treasury officials are doing and trying to do it in a methodical way. and that's where i think i and liz got it wrong . big week for liz

the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says borisjohnson clearly misled the country.ice, the conservatives were wrong to choose him, and frankly i hope the full penalties and sanctions of parliament are put upon him for having misled the country. joining us now is the scottish national party mp drew hendry. hello to you and thank you for being with us. i wonder what your view on all of this is? taste with us. i wonder what your view on all of this is?— all of this is? we welcome the scrutiny of _ all of this is? we welcome the scrutiny of the _ all of this is? we welcome the scrutiny of the further - scrutiny of the further investigations into borisjohnson's behaviour. it is completely unacceptable. you have other people say that he is lied to parliament and to people and that he is incapable of telling the truth and that seems to be absolutely the case. it is a damning report and we must not forget that this is a report that carries an in—built tory majority that is cross party committee that have and in—built tory committee that have produced this report so it is th

we'rejoined now by lib dem leader, sir ed davey. good morning. what is your take on all of this? loan for the former prime minister further commissionerfor public commissioner for public appointments. would commissionerfor public appointments. would it not be better for that report before there is any movement made because we don't know yet what perception i accept that we don't know whether there is anything wrong. don't know whether there is anything wron: . ., don't know whether there is anything wronu. ., ., ,., , wrong. one of the reasons the liberal democrats _ wrong. one of the reasons the liberal democrats are - wrong. one of the reasons the| liberal democrats are focusing wrong. one of the reasons the . liberal democrats are focusing on the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp is because he has an appointment of borisjohnson, the conservative government, he was a conservative government, he was a conservative donor and in his own words, he acted as an agency for the loan for the former prime minister borisjohnson. that is why there are these inquiries you mentioned. an int

liberal democrat leader, mp sir ed davey, accused ministers of "going after headlines" and not solving, these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part. and if they fail the test and they should be deported. enver solomon is chief executive of the refugee council, a uk based charity which works with refugees and asylum seekers. he says the accommodation currently provided by the government isn't good enough. we work with many people in hotels. we work in almost around 50 hotels across the country. and we know from our work that they are unsuitable. they're often cramped, poor quality food, poor quality accommodation. overall, for families living in small rooms together, it can be really intolerable and also very little access to health care, medicalfacilities, any kind of real support, because let's remember who these people are. they've come from places like afghanistan where they've had to flee the persecution and the violence meted out by the taliban, from places like syria and north africa, where there's violence and civil war, bombs and bullets

liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, accused ministers of "going after headlines" and not solving the problem. you need to make sure that these refugee applications, some applications are processed really, really quickly. and that if they passed that test these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part. and if they fail the test than they should be deported. we arejoined by dr s chelvan, head of immigration and public law at 33 bedford row chambers and visiting adjunct professor at the university of southampton law school. the idea of keeping asylum—seekers and hotels, it's not popular. this idea of moving them onto these different bases, possibly even onto vessels, that's also not popular. what is your solution to this? the solution that _ what is your solution to this? tue: solution that we've what is your solution to this? tte: solution that we've got currently at hundred and 60,000 refugees to claimed asylum in the uk who need to have their asylum decisions made. they bring back the only reason that currently in housing is because the backlog an

speaking in hemel hempstead , sir ed davey said the hempstead, sir ed davey said the tories were out . and never vote for party again. and king and queen consort have arrived in germany for their state and they are expected to receive military honours at the brandenburg gate in berlin followed by a state banquet hosted by germany's president is charles and camilla's first foreign visit as heads of the royal family for the king's 29th trip to germany. the pair were previously scheduled to visit france week, but the trip was postponed due to nationwide protests over, pension reforms . protests over, pension reforms. this is gb news bring you more as it happens. now this get back to . to. wright thank you very much indeed. but we can now head back berlin. a little bit of delay from the king and queen consort arriving at the brandenburg . we arriving at the brandenburg. we saw them earlier, of course, at airport. we can tell you that their official twitter account said it's great joy to be able to develop the long standing friendship . the two nations is friendship. the two nations is no

is potentially going set a hugely dangerous because actually just in recent weeks you have to at ed daveyr keir starmer the labour lead there are examples of them recklessly misleading house now that they're going to be hauled before emergency committee. and the danger here is that prime ministers will now get up in parliament and say no , i can't comment on this. we've got an official got to wait to an official investigation . and so actually investigation. and so actually this could be used to stop being held to account . yeah, it's not held to account. yeah, it's not about boris misleading or recklessly misleading the house of parliament or what this is aboutis. of parliament or what this is about is . the globalists wants about is. the globalists wants it really sunak in power. they wanted a coup. they got coup. and now they want to make sure that boris johnson does not come back because he still could back into number 10. he's still a threat. they want to finish him off, you said. i mean look off, like you said. i mean look at they treated tony blair at how they treated tony blair wa

is potentially going set a hugely dangerous because actually just in recent weeks you have to at ed daveyr keir starmer the labour lead there are examples of them recklessly misleading house now that they're going to be hauled before emergency committee. and the danger here is that prime ministers will now get up in parliament and say no , i can't comment on this. we've got an official got to wait to an official investigation . and so actually investigation. and so actually this could be used to stop being held to account . yeah, it's not held to account. yeah, it's not about boris misleading or recklessly misleading the house of parliament or what this is aboutis. of parliament or what this is about is . the globalists wants about is. the globalists wants it really sunak in power. they wanted a coup. they got coup. and now they want to make sure that boris johnson does not come back because he still could back into number 10. he's still a threat. they finish him threat. they want to finish him off, you said. i mean look off, like you said. i mean look at how treated tony blair at how the

and total- news, a complete and total vindication for gary lineker, but i agree with him that tim daveyare big lessons on this. this is about much more than gary lineker. there are lessons for the bbc. when you are subject to this right—wing political pressure, you should resist it and stand up to it, not pander to it. i think there are lessons for your chairman that he is the brand globally of the bbc and its reputation for impartiality. i think there are lessons for sir robert gibb who should leave the building as gary lineker comes back. there —— this has been a saudi bit political pressure. there are lessons for the conservative party. they need to wake up to the fact that if they seriously think with all the problems this country is facing that if few culture wars ripped up by people like lee anderson and the home secretary are going to surpass a proper strategy to meet the needs of the country, and i suspect what happened over the weekend is a lot of these mps have gone back to the constituencies and their children and their friends and neighbours and constituents have said to the

in a speech in york later , sir ed davey is expected later, sir ed davey is expected to say boris johnson'sxit deal has been a disaster for the businesses in the country. but also argue the country needs a more ambitious agenda. accusing the prime minister's aim of mere economic survival . a scottish economic survival. a scottish labour says delayed discharges in the nhs have cost taxpayers £293 million since june 21. the party says more than a million bed days were lost since then, until january this year, because of people being longer in hospital than they should have been.the hospital than they should have been. the scottish government says it's announced an £8 million commitment to tackle the issue . mobile users across the issue. mobile users across the uk will be sent an emergency warning message bond to government next month to test a new public alert system. use this won't be able to use that phone on the 23rd of april until they acknowledge the alert. the system also used in the us, canada and japan is intended to be used in life threatening situations . so situations. so what do

its local election campaign ahead of the contests in may — let's listen to what its leader, sir ed daveynd welcome friends, it is so wonderful to be here in berkhamsted, a glorious part of england, i bought my tractor along! cheers we will need some heavy machinery to clear up the mess of the conservatives. wherever i go in this campaign, i have been up and down the country, i have been going to villages, towns and cities. wherever i go i see the incredible natural beauty of our country. and i see their decency and strength of the british people. even in these incredibly difficult times, the toughest of times, people are working hard, they are raising their families, they are playing by the rules, but they are finding it harder and harderjust to make ends meet. they are struggling, and the cost of living is hitting them hard. what they need, more than ever, is a fair deal. but the conservative government is letting people down badly. they are taking people for granted. and when you look at people's energy bills going through the roof, theirfood bills, the housing costs, millions of famil

lib dem leader ed davey is now calling on bbc chairman richard sharpe to resign whilst .n whilst. labour leader sir keir starmer says the corporation is in the wrong . the corporation is in the wrong. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about lineker. they've this one badly wrong and now they're very badly exposed , now they're very badly exposed, as is the government, because at the of this is the government's failure on the asylum system . failure on the asylum system. and rather than take responsibility for the mess they've made, the government is casting around to blame anybody else. gary lineker , the bbc else. gary lineker, the bbc civil , the blob, what they be civil, the blob, what they be doing is standing up, accepting , broken the asylum system and tell us and telling us what they're going to do to actually fix it. not whingeing on about gary lineker , the chancellor gary lineker, the chancellor told gb news that he wants britain have the most competitive business tax rates amid calls to scrap a planned hike in corpora

lib dem leader sir ed davey is now calling on the bbc chairman richard to resign . chairman richard to resign. labour leader sir keir starmer says the corporation is in the. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps or complaining about. gary lineker. they've got this one badly wrong and now they're very badly wrong and now they're very badly exposed , as is the badly exposed, as is the government, because at the heart of this is the government's failure the asylum system and rather than take responsibility for the mess they've made the government is casting to blame anybody else. gary lineker , the anybody else. gary lineker, the bbc civil , anybody else. gary lineker, the bbc civil, the blob, what anybody else. gary lineker, the bbc civil , the blob, what they bbc civil, the blob, what they be doing is standing up, accepting , broken the asylum accepting, broken the asylum system and tell us and telling us what they're going to do to actually fix it, not whingeing the chancellor has told gb news he wants britain to have the most competitive business tax rates amid ca