the family of sir david amess has. slammed the home secretary for rejecting a pubuc home secretary for rejecting a public inquiry into his murder, calling it unacceptable and insulting. yvette cooper says it's hard to see how an inquiry would go beyond the trial of terrorist ali harbi ali, and a recent prevent review. the attacker, an islamic state fanatic, was referred to prevent years before stabbing the veteran mp to death at his constituency surgery in 2021. sir david's widow is urging the prime minister to reconsider ahead of their meeting on wednesday. his daughter katie says the response is adding salt to an open wound, accusing the government of brushing them aside. >> the home secretary has written to us ahead of our meeting to let us know that we will not be getting the public inquiry that we have been demanding. this decision is an absolute insult and a betrayal to my family and our father's memory. >> a man in his 30s has been arrested for entering the uk without permission. he is believed to be a palestini

opposition has mentioned, the prime minister will meet today the family of our dear late colleague, sir david amess was so brutally murdered at his constituency surgery three and a half years ago. i plead with the prime minister to reverse the decision to deny the family a public inquiry, despite similar inquiries being held into other tragic instances. will he please stop this shameful saga and heed the call from the amess family for a judge-led public inquiry into david's death and the related failure of the prevent program? >> may i acknowledge just how heartbroken they are? it is difficult to imagine what they have gone through and what they continue to go through. that is why it is very important that i meet them this afternoon, which i will, to discuss all the questions they want to raise with me. sir david was a colleague respected and loved across the house. as i say, i absolutely understand how his family must feel about the tragic circumstances in which he died and everything that followed thereafter. >> final question. >> tomorrow marks 29 years since 16 children and their teacher were m

>> so sir david amess was an incredible man. he was an incredible man.ble colleague, an incredible colleague, an incredible father partner. and often when people go, people say lots of nice things about. he was exceptional. he was a guy in there who was a friend to anybody who had an amazing contribution to make, and he had so much more to give to public life. it was absolutely devastating. what has happened. i'll be all ears as to what his family have to say today, and i hope that the government is to. >> can we just ask you about ukraine and president trump? because president trump is saying that the war is kind of over for ukraine. where where are the thoughts of your what do you guys think about this? and what would you suggest would be the right thing? do you support the right thing? do you support the coalition of the willing, that sort of notion? >> we've stood shoulder to shoulder with ukraine throughout this last couple of years, and the horrific situation that's gone on there and whatever the world might think, actually, putin needs stopping. w

. >> the government has rejected david amess family's request for a public inquiry into the late conservativeurder. tonight i'll be joined by his daughter, katie amos. we will also look into how the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda has threatened british national security after the iaaf has been forced to beg white men to reapply to the force. labour is facing a rebellion of 80 mps overits facing a rebellion of 80 mps over its proposed welfare cuts. but should the tories help push the bill through parliament, plus, the shadow business secretary, andrew griffith, will be joining me live from westminster after his excoriating attack on the government's workers rights bill. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most intellectual panel, the former conservative cabinet minister, sir john redwood, and former sirjohn redwood, and former labour mp lloyd russell—moyle. as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> jacob. thank you. good evening.

well, i'm joined now by the daughter of sir david amess, katy amos, and the adviser and spokesman foriser and spokesman for the family, radd seiger. and katy, first of all, thank you so much for joining katy, first of all, thank you so much forjoining me. this must be so hard for you. the government's refused an inquiry. what would you expect an inquiry to be able to show about the tragic murder of your much loved father? >> well, it needs to uncover what happened. and i think rad will be able to give more detail on what that would look like. >> yeah. jacob, we've we've had a criminal trial. there's been paper reviews that prevent learning report published a few weeks ago, but none of it none of it helps this family understand what led up to the killing and why ali harbi ali, who was a known terrorist and he had been identified by the prevent programme, why he was allowed to slip through the nets and go on to kill. so the criminal trial didn't address that. the prevent learning reports did not address that. the government are now saying they're going to do another paper review of the

. >> the family of sir david amess. >> sir david. >> sir david. >> gave this house and our. >> gave thisse and our. >> country 40. >> country 40. >> years of service. i hope the prime minister will agree that getting the response to his murder right is vital, not just to his family, but to our democracy. mr speaker, every week. i speak to businesses who are letting go of staff or closing. has the prime minister been given an estimate of how many people will lose their jobs because of his budget? >> prime minister? >> prime minister? >> mr speaker, just on the question of sir david, he was deeply loved and respected colleague. and behind me is the plaque, as is the plaque to jo cox in front of me. and i know this was deeply felt by the house, but particularly as i acknowledged at the time by the party opposite, who lost a colleague and a friend in the most awful of circumstances. mr speaken most awful of circumstances. mr speaker, i am meeting the amos family later on today and will make sure that they get answers to the questions that they ask. mr speaker, in relation to businesses, i'm

the family of sir david amess has slammed the home secretary for rejecting a public inquiry into hisder, calling it unacceptable and insulting. yvette cooper says it's hard to see how an inquiry would go beyond the trial of terrorist ali harbi ali and a recent prevent review. the attacker, an islamic state fanatic, was referred to prevent years before stabbing the veteran mp to death at his constituency surgery in 2021. sir david's widow is urging the prime minister to reconsider. ahead of their meeting on wednesday , and the meeting on wednesday, and the king attended the annual commonwealth day event at westminster abbey with the queen, prince and princess of wales, as well as the prime minister and a2000 strong congregation. in his commonwealth day message, the king said restoring the disrupted harmony of our entire planet is the most important task facing humanity. outside was a large protest by the anti—monarchy group republic, who held up not my king and down with the crown placards from an area across from the abbey. >> not my king. >> not my king. >> those are the latest gb n