the cabinet office minister david lidington has urged the conservative party to "come together" amid growing rifts in the party over brexit. it's the conservative family — left, right and centre, because we're broad church — needs to come together in a spirit of mutual respect. hospitals in the afghan capital, kabul, struggle to cope with casualties from a suicide bombing that killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others. also in the next hour, a crackdown on rogue parking companies. firms which use unfair practices are to be banned from accessing motorists' details and issuing fines. and st 11:30am, the dateline london panel talk davos, brexit and the middle east. that's all in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police are hunting for a man who is believed to have fled the scene after a crash that killed three teenage boys at a bus stop in west london. a 28—year—old man was arrested on friday night on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a car mounted the pavement in hayes. the three victims have been named locally as josh kenne

david lidington has been moved from jitis david lidington has been moved from jit is it is david lidingtonn and say, i want to move you, ministers will say, actual i want to resign. there are stories of post—it notes falling off a wall and somebody not getting a job because their name fell on to the floor, the wrong people getting the wrong job because a mix—up in surnames. these things do not go smoothly. we'll have to wait and see. you are kidding! ijust said you are kidding! ? i can't quite believe that? the post—it note? can't quite believe that? the post-it note? yes! unbelievable. back to you later on. thank you very much! breaking news. a 17—year—old boy from croydon has pleaded guilty at wood green crown court to carrying out acid attacks against six moped riders in north and east london. this happened in a 90—minute period injuly 13th, this happened in a 90—minute period injuly13th, he sprayed them in the face with a knock suss liquid. one victim was left with life—changing injuries. he was charged with six cou nts injuries. he was charged with six counts of throwing corrosive liq

today, we heard from david lidington, who is a cabinet david lidington, who is a cabinet office ministerbritain was definitely have the power to diverge from things they didn't want to adhere to in terms of the way that european structures work with trade. he talked about how there is a need, as far as he's concerned, for the party to come together. it's the conservative family — left, right and centre, because we're broad church — needs to come together in a spirit of mutual respect. you know, there are differences in any broad church. and look at what the bigger picture is showing. the bigger picture is showing that after eight years in government, we are still neck—and—neck with the labour party in the polls, we are taking seats off them in places like bolton in local government elections last week. that's what the various strands of the conservative party think and we've also been hearing about labour and from jeremy corbyn on what labour think about brexit. what was interesting, we see the divisions within the conservative party. there are potentially divisions also within the labou

david lidington faced questions from labour on why state contracts were channelled to carillion evend its profits were in trouble. there were a number of tests of financial capability for potential contractors, at the timing which all of those contracts post july 2017 were bidded for and awarded carillion had met all of those mandated tests. carillion company built the original battersea power station. the group has put up much of the fabric of the uk since then including gchq, and at liverpool's anfield football stadium the new main stand. now there is an anxious wait to see which jobs can be saved, how much disruption there be. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is in westminster. you are monitoring the statement earlier, what about the point made by the opposition that contracts we re by the opposition that contracts were awarded after the financial difficulties were evident. what is the answer to that? their answer is that even though the government knew the profit warnings have been issued, the contracts awarded after them were so—called joint—venture companies, in other wor

, to call foran justice, david lidington, to call for an investigation into whether the voices of thet to release him on parole. now, at10:35am, it is to release him on parole. now, at 10:35am, it is time to take a look at sport, and jessica is back with us. hello. it‘s been a frustrating day for england in the fifth ashes test in sydney, as australia put themselves in a good position to take control of the final match. they closed on 193—2, 153 runs behind england‘s first innings total but with eight wickets in hand, and one of them belongs to the captain, steve smith. patrick gearey reports from sydney. it is the most often repeated sentence of the ashes, steve smith is still there, and he is alongside usman khawaja, who is not far short of his century, and they are batting australia into a strong position in this match. earlier, england had shown some fight, they lost dawid malan thanks to a spectacular catch by smith, who you seemingly cannot keep out of the game, but the rest of australia‘s catching is not in the same class. pat cummins and josh hazlewood made terrible mistakes,

chaired by david lidington, the cabinet office minister.ernment. we havejust had services on behalf of the government. we have just had this update from the cabinet office minister after that meeting in the last couple of minutes. the message today was that day one had gone pretty well, people were turning up to work. we had not had reports of any serious disruption to service delivery but we also had a report from pwc working as the special managers for the official receiver that took us through the advice they're providing to concerned employees and contractors on their website and through the helpline. it was an opportunity for ministers to test what is going on, what sort of concerns test what is going on, what sort of concerns are being expressed ap to decide how we should best address those and provide reassurance people want. clearly in the short-term at least that remains the ongoing challenge for the government, ensuring that employees of carillion turn upfor ensuring that employees of carillion turn up for work, that when they're

in a statement in the commons, david lidington said the government would step in to pay employees andrking on the company's public contracts. he said carillion‘s shareholders and lenders would bare the "brunt of the losses". it is regrettable carillion has not been able to find suitable financing options with its lenders and i am disappointed the company has become insolvent as a result. taxpayers should not and will not bail out a private sector company for private sector bosses or a low rewards for failure. i understand that members of the public and particularly employees of companies in the carillion group will have concerns at this time and the government is doing everything possible to minimise any impact on employees. let me declare that all employees should continue to turn up to work confident in the knowledge they will be paid for the public services that they are providing. carillion delivered a range of public services across health, education, justice, defence and transport and in most cases the contracts had been running successfully. since its first profit warning we ha

a serving minister, david lidington, urged party unity. chris david lidington, urged party unity.if it felt a little bit chilly for the prime minister at the world economic forum in switzerland last week, well, the politicalforecast isn't looking much sunnier for her now she's back home. some of her mps are fed up with what they see as her merely muddling along in office. with what they see as her and on top of that, some of those who campaigned for brexit fear it's been diluted to such an extent it never really properly happened. diluted to such an extent it never it is very complicated and that is one of the reasons why i have advocated and supported compromise. but there is only so far you can go with compromise without ultimately finding yourself in a position where you are selling out on the people who voted to leave. the government says it is committed to delivering brexit. it is committed to but you know when a party is falling out with itself when senior figures, like this man, who is effectively the prime minister's deputy, have to say this. the conservative family, left,

and thejustice secretary david lidington moves to the cabinet office. ecretary — afterjames brokenshire resigned from the cabinet for health reasons. for more on the cabinet reshuffle i'm joined byjoeyjones, who served as theresa may's spokesperson when she was home secretary. and alongside him is katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator. good to have you both in. thanks for joining us. katie, it was billed as a reshuffle, as the rejuvenation of the government. what do you think so far? i think it is like a light game of musical chairs, it looked like it might be the day of the blunt knives, after chris grayling was touted as being party chairman, announced on twitter, and then hastily deleted. it is verging on the reshuffle that was in. we are seeing such little movement, a view switching off places. as far as i can tell, nobody has been unceremoniously sacked so far. people kind of choose to leave or volunteer. all you have heard about this deadwood, it is currently still in the cabinet. george freeman said this was theresa may's chance to

and thejustice secretary david lidington moves to the cabinet office. acing him atjustice is david gauke, the former secretary of state at the department for work and pensions. all remaining in post, althoutheremy hunt has a new title as secretary of state for health and social care. our political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. some nathoo is at westminster. late drama withjustine greening some late drama withjustine greening refusing to go to dwp after being told she has to leave education. absolutely. somewhat slow—moving day, a limited reshuffle so slow—moving day, a limited reshuffle so far. most of the top jobs have stayed the same albeit withjeremy hunt persuading the prime minister a p pa re ntly hunt persuading the prime minister apparently of his merits to stay in the position of health secretary and to ta ke the position of health secretary and to take on the role of being in charge of social care. just in the last few minutes we have heard justine greening quitting the government because she has rejected the post of the departme

david lidington, the cabinet secretary in charge of this liquidation of carillion, i don't envy him atll, he obviously had thejob of explaining envy him at all, he obviously had the job of explaining how this process would go and one of the things i saw him say it was private companies would get just things i saw him say it was private companies would getjust 48 hours of government help, whereas a carillion employee, theirjob will be secure, yet it's the many private companies, small companies, some medium—sized companies, that are facing difficult times with very little support. absolutely and it belies a broader point about the state of the public service market in the uk as well. these companies operate on increasingly tight margins. it means the difference between pricing a job correctly, bidding for a contract, can be the difference between success can be the difference between success and failure and if you get too many of those wrong and things overrun, there's serious consequences. serious consequences and no doubt many questions and an investigation and all sorts so we will ke

a different take on the financial times, focusing on the new minister david lidington being europe friendlybut also the story of a couple from derby who planned a christmas bombing campaign. the daily mail, splashing with its own poll saying there is overwhelming public support for diverging the foreign aid budget to the nhs to help ease winter pressures . to the nhs to help ease winter pressures. slightly out of sync there, but let's return to the reshuffle there, but let's return to the res huffle o n there, but let's return to the reshuffle on the front of the mail. upon on the daddy of political sitcoms. the headline, "no, prime minister." and the times seeing the prime minister needed to redeem herself of changes at lower ministerial levels. described by one wag as the night of the long plastic kitchen knives, quite funny, and i have said it three times tonight. but anyway, the daily mail, the prime minister on a day of reshuffling chaos. theresa may forced to sack the education secretary after she refuses to move. as the day gone as theresa may had hoped? it would be hard to make that

speaking after a meeting after the government emergency cobra committee, david lidington tried to puton the day's events. the message today was that day one had gone pretty well, people were turning up to work, we had not had reports of any serious disruption to service delivery. it's unlikely workers going home today will see things the same way. simonjack, bbc news, wolverhampton. in cumbria, an inquest into the death of 13—month—old, poppi worthington, has concluded that she was sexually assaulted before she died of asphyxia. cumbria's senior coroner said her father's account of what had happened at their home in december 2012 "did not stand up to scrutiny." paul worthington had declined to answer more than 250 questions during the inquest, and has consistently denied any wrongdoing. he's never been charged, as our correspondent, danny savage, reports. for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained. now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather.

and also david lidington, the justice secretary, has no powers to do anything about it.cern would be the public perception of this decision by the three members of this panel who have approved his release and seemed to deem this man is now safe to be among women. there will be calls to see how they reached that verdict, what the conversation was they had in that room when they made that decision. the number —— a number of the women have come forward and said they had absolutely no idea this decision had been taken. that to me is pretty shocking. they didn't even know this man was going to be coming out. one woman said she learned of the news while cooking tea for her children. she saw it on the television. jamie oliver in the daily mirror. stop your kids buying sugary energy drinks. shivering drinks isa sugary energy drinks. shivering drinks is a hot topic. we ran a sugary energy drinks. shivering drink earlier )t topic. we ran a sugary energy drinks. shivering drink earlier on. pic. we ran a sugary energy drinks. shivering drink earlier on. ——. we ran a sugary energy dr

you know, what david lidington, the cabinet minister said today.t enough people to sign a petition, regardless of how many, what proportion of the country care, if enough people make out they care, then that i will probably happen, we should have big ben bonging us out of the eu. would you be standing there in parliament square? unless they go up to rochdale town hall where the bells are similar. let us go there. regional rebalancing. we should have some stamps as well.” have read about this. royal mail disgrace, how, if people want to make a case for stamps, is there a mechanism. there were stamps when we joined the eec, they are tucked away. have you got them? of course. on the exit we... i treasure thresh yourthem, asi on the exit we... i treasure thresh yourthem, as i do on the exit we... i treasure thresh your them, as i do all my stamps. you can collect a set. to make the story complete you need the exiting sta m ps story complete you need the exiting stamps as well. we must leave it there for this hour, that is it for the papers for this hou

the cabinet office minister david lidington has urged the conservative party to "come together" amidd centre, because we're broad church — needs to come together in a spirit of mutual respect. hospitals in the afghan capital, kabul, struggle to cope with casualties from a suicide bombing that killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others. also in the next hour, a crackdown on rogue parking companies. firms which use unfair practices are to be banned from accessing motorists‘ details and issuing fines. and st 11:30am, the dateline london panel talk davos, brexit

withdrawal bill, and it's all change at prime minister's questions, with theresa may away she and david lidington for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. well, there's a change on the way in the weather, and it's going to turn colder. i think all of us are going to feel the chilly air arriving on wednesday. at the moment, there's some rain across quite a few areas of the uk. snow, too, falling across parts of scotland, as this cold air all the way from the arctic is starting to set in. it's not desperately cold air, but it is going to feel nippy on wednesday, particularly because of the strength of the wind. so, through early wednesday, we have still south—westerlies in the south—east of the country. so here it's not too cold — around, say, 8—5 degrees. but the cold air has already set in across northern areas. and you can see the white here — that's where the wintry showers are. so let's start with scotland, this is 8:00am in the morning. and some of the conditions, weather conditions, on these upper—levels routes here, the roads will not be great first thing in the morning, in scotland, pos

david lidington, who had been in charge of the legal system, was promoted to become an enforcer acrossities secretary, had housing added to his title, but stays in place. some of downing street's decisions were not anyone‘s choice. the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire has stood aside for health reasons. my intent is to get on with surgery, get on with recovery and get back to my duties as an mp and also backed a front—line political duties. as an mp and also backed a front-line political duties. by standing alongside them, this is what the prime minister really wa nted what the prime minister really wanted you to see today. will this broaden the party's appeal? new faces to reboot the tory machine after its bungled election campaign. honoured and looking forward to it. a new chairand honoured and looking forward to it. a new chair and a bigger team appointed by number ten to take charge at tory hq. i have been asked to lead a great party. great team. looking forward to it. we have a fantastic team. do you think you can really deliver the kind of thing the prime minister hope

there will be a commons statement on the collapse of carillion from the cabinet secretary david lidingtoncelduff, the sinn fein mp who sparked anger over a social media post which unionists said mocked victims of the ira, has resigned. mr mcelduff posted a video of himself on twitter with a loaf of kingsmill bread on his head on the a2nd anniversary of the murders of ten protestants in the village of kingsmill in south armagh. he was suspended by his party for three months, but this morning, announced he is standing down as an mp. the deep and unnecessary hurt that this video has caused the families of the victims of kingsmill is undoubtedly my deepest regret and i do offer again my apologies to the families and the wider community for the consequences of the video. i want to be very adamant about this. not for one second, not in a million years would i have made a connection between the terrible atrocity at kingsmill and the brand name of the product. i certainly would not have posted that tweet had i made any connection whatsoever in my mind. obviously, it is very important for me to ge

that brings me to the next question, the cross—party letter from 58 mps writing to david lidington todavid lidington to ask for an investigation as to whether the de victims were heard in the decision to release him. do think there is some way potentially far this decision to be overturned? they ought to be heard and it is pa rt they ought to be heard and it is part and parcel of the board to ensure that and that is fairly inconsistent with no contact having been made with at least two of the complainants. the... if it is possible to do it, then i urge that that should be done because albeit the parole board sits in confidence, none the less the court will be entitled to review this and entitled to know on what basis it is being done. i think the cps do need to look again at all those complaints from the other women now because apart from the real concern about this individual with no explanation being put out into society, there is a question ofjust do myjustice. he dropped 12 women with the intention of raping, he has had an appalling impact on those women's lives. dame vera baird,

david lidington has said there would be penalties if it was found directors had behaved unethically.e legal pros and cons are reclaiming bonuses. that has played tojeremy corbyn's narrative of fat cat lining their own pockets when many people are set to lose theirjobs. day one of this crisis was to an extent and easier day because the government could offer words of reassurance. day two, they are tackling the real uncertainty people are facing whether they will have a job by tomorrow. the government said yesterday it will try to protect those working in public service but others they will only get 48 hours guaranteed pay which ends tomorrow at seven. for many, they simply do not know whether they fall in the public sector or private sector side of contracts. for them they are facing a huge anxiety i would guess about whether they will still have a job this time tomorrow. much more throughout the day here on bbc news. 13 brothers and sisters between the ages of two and 29 have been discovered in a malnourished and dirty state at their home in california. some of them were chained to t

thejustice secretary david lidington says he intends to begin work on reforming the transparency of parolen by a parole board to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys, from prison. mr lidington said it was right that parole boards remained independent, but he wants to consider how to allow greater openness about the decision—making process. he added that arrangements should be made to ensure victims are both heard and, if they wish, kept informed about their case. mr lidington said he had spoken to the victims' commissioner, baroness newlove, and the chair of the parole board, nick hardwick. victims groups will be also be consulted. at least 18 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured — including civilians — in an explosion in syria's northwestern city of idlib. the syrian 0bservatory for human rights said the explosion targeted the headquarters of a minor rebel faction in the city. the syrian army has been advancing on the region, which is the largest remaining rebel—held area in the north of the country. police in sweden have said that an explosion outside an un

thejustice secretary david lidington says he intends to begin work on reforming the transparency of parolerelease the serial sex attacker, john worboys, from prison. mr lidington said it was right that parole boards remained independent, but he wants to consider how to allow greater openness about the decision—making process. he added that arrangements should be made to ensure victims are both heard and, if they wish, kept informed about their case. mr lidington said he had spoken to the victims‘ commissioner, baroness newlove, and the chair of the parole board, nick hardwick. victims‘ groups will be also be consulted. the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic she'll be able to form a new coalition government, but admits there is still a lot of work ahead. she's entering a new round of talks in a bid to end months of political stalemate. no new government has been formed since the election in september. damien mcguinness reports from berlin. a key moment for the leader of europe's most powerful country. these talks could be angela merkel‘s last chance to form a stable gov

david lidington told us today there was no question of tax payers money being used to bail out a privater there is no real dispute about that. what we have seen is the opening of an ideological division as deep and wide as anything we've seen since margaret thatcher began her mission to roll back the frontiers of the state in the 1980s. a senior member ofjeremy corbyn, the labour leader's team, told me today he thought it was a watershed. and one after another, the shadow ministers attacked the involvement of the private sector in prisons and hospitals and schools. those attacks will be spiced up and seasoned by the idea that too often in government people are moved over to ta ke government people are moved over to take well—paid jobs in companies on the receiving end. tony blair, gordon brown, they gave a lot of business to companies like carillion. back then, beforejeremy corbyn, there was a general a cce pta nce a cross corbyn, there was a general acceptance across party lines but those days are gone. the government is having to be the case again. that tells you a lot, volumes about t

the cabinet office minister david lidington urges the conservatives to "come together" amid growing riftsn the party over brexit. hospitals in the afghan capital, kabul, struggle to cope with casualties from a suicide bombing that killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others. water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine in paris following some of the heaviest rain for a century. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london with jane hill. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. the conversation has already begun. i'm jane hill. thanks very much for being with us. this week we are asking — was anything achieved at the world economic forum in davos? what do the british chancellor's comments there tell us about brexit? and the situation on the syria—turkey border — what is the us going to do about its muddle in the middle east? my guests this week — already wonderfully talkative, eunice goes, the portuguese writer and journalist. henry chu, the international editor of variety magazine. the british political commentator and author, steve richards. and the french—algeria

david lidington has two think that tell whitehall he is a big beast, david livingstone, he is well—knownted. so i have been looking this very long day that didn't quite go to plan. it has been a torrid six months for theresa may. today was the moment for the prime minister to finally assert her authority over her government and party after the disastrous general election setback. it all started so well when the prime minister stood on the steps of downing street to show off the new group of mps she hopes will rejuvenate the conservative party. but as the day wore on, the reshuffle is started, and this evening the prime minister was shaken by the surprise resignation ofjustine greening. who spurned the offer of a move to the department for work and pensions during a two—hour visit to number ten. i understand theresa may and justine greening have had a troubled relationship. one person who knows the prime minister's mind told me that she never really believed that the outgoing education secretary had signed up to many of the tory school reforms. for her part, justine greening is furious wi

david lidington. mr speaker, i have asked to reply. speaker, i have asked to reply.es. delegation that this government has yet led. yet led. apprenticeship training centre in gateshead. gateshead. in pension contributions, dividends and unearned bonuses to themselves. and unearned bonuses to themselves. what action does the government propose to take? propose to take? the honourable gentleman‘s constituency. constituency. carillion to continue and complete their qualifications. their qualifications. expressed about gateshead is brought to their attention. to their attention. pension funds in the way you described. described. threats from other countries and from non—state actors. from non—state actors. at gchq in my own county of gloucestershire. gloucestershire. capabilities to keep our country safe ? capabilities to keep our country safe? safe? states, serious crime gangs and tacking group. tacking group. nearly £2 billion of government investment. investment. back to his deputising for the prime minister. minister. the bounty, we shot by the team who made carry on

baroness newlove spoke to thejustice secretary, david lidington last night in the wake of the decisionve her reaction to the news that worboys has been given parole and that some of his victims weren't informed beforehand that this was happening. when you go for an appeal hearing, there is a judgment that's in the public domain, and i have been asking that parole boards should give a similar judgments that is that open transparency, because it is very much a every closed hearing. victims can go and give their statement to a parole hearing, or they can do video link, and we just then wait for this letter or this telephone call to notify of the decision that has been made. so, ijust think this time is right, and if the government need to change the law, they need to change the law is so that it is open and transparent and no longer is it a closed decision. on this question of the victim contact scheme, a number of people complained that they had no idea that worboys was facing parole until basically they heard it on the news or saw it on the news. the parole board has then turned round a

speaking this morning, the cabinet secretary david lidington reassured workers on public sector contractsl continue to receive their wages and the government will ensure public services will continue. it's a matter of great regret that this liquidation has taken place but the government's priority, rightly, has been to ensure protection for key public services. so, that's why we have signed up with the supported administration today through the official receiver because that means that administration will be conducted in an orderly fashion. we as government will continue to pay the wages and salaries of employees working on those public sector contracts. they can come into work today knowing that that is the position and they will, we'll be paying their salaries today through the official receiver, not through carillion into a different bank account, but that money has always been in our budget. the labour shadow business secretary rebecca long bailey described the news of the liquidation as a worrying development. we're also asking for a full investigation into the government's conduct o

thejustice secretary david lidington has said he is looking to begin work on reforming the transparency parole board to release serial sex attacker john worboys from prison. in a statement mr lidington said that while it is right the parole board remains independent he believes that there is a strong case to review how to allow greater openness about the decision—making process. he added that arrangements should be made to ensure victims are both heard and, if they wish, kept informed about their case. mr lidington said he has spoken to victims' commissioner baroness newlove, and the chair of the parole board nick hardwick, and that victims groups will be also be consulted. at least eight people have drowned and dozens more are feared missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sank off the libyan coast. the italian coastguard says 84 people were rescued on saturday in what is thought to have been the first migrant shipwreck of 2018. it was one of the most significant scientific the growing number of men are being targeted by stalkers. around 450,000 men in england and wales experienced st

thejustice secretary david lidington is expected to make a statement in the house of commons later aboutts. the former cab driver was convicted of 19 offences and is suspected of attacking more than 100 women has served ten years in jail but is due to be released following a decision by the parole board. the prime minister has said the way pa role prime minister has said the way parole is considered is to be reviewed following the board ‘s decision to free him. through women have accused the australian actor craig mclaughlan of indecent assault during a tourof craig mclaughlan of indecent assault during a tour of the musical the rocky horror show. the 52—year—old best known for his role in neighbours says the allegations are baseless and vicious. the women say they raised complaints with the theatre company at the time but no action was taken. and for a full summary action was taken. and for a full summary of the news you can go to our website where you can get more details on all of those stories. the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has stepped down from the role in protest of what she

david lidington from the government said the whole situation would be looked at and there could be agoing on, it's getting colder. ifi it's getting colder. if i show you some of our weather watcher pictures you can see where we have had the snow. a beautiful picture from the highlands and we've got another one too, this is north yorkshire. some lying snow here and finally, well, we have got some more snow too across county antrim. so it is northern england and northern ireland and scotland seeing the lion's share of the snow fall. even down to sea level. elsewhere, today, we are looking at showers. some of those across wales and central england will be wintry through the afternoon in the heavier showers, but generally there will be rain with hail and that will be the case as we push further south. it is a brisk wind. and also driving the showers. so, with height across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, well we are looking at drifting and also potentially blizzard conditions. but at lower levels you can see the snow showers. they will be blowing around in the wind. for

david lidington promised that. around these decisions yes, absolutely. ithink victims have a right to understand how the parole board have reached that decision. how much confidence do you have as a representative of victims of crime in the parole board? well, when the decisions aren't transparent it is hard to have the confidence. if they explain their decision that would actually help. it is difficult to feel confident in, especially in this particular case. he has satisfied the parole board that he is safe to come back into society be in under stringent conditions, but we are talking about someone where, although we are only looking at 19 offences, there were alleged many other offences and there we have to look at other failings in other parts of the system from the policing and the cps and even sentencing as well. what message do you think it sends that ten years is all it takes for him to have paid his debt to society? i, again sentencing has changed since then and sentencing is longer and legal guidance has

we will follow that and hopefully speak to david lidington later from the cabinet office about that.ers since the eu referendum. what henry bolton was supposed to do was to get the party back on track and to take the fight over brexit to the government but his personal life is all over the papers because of comments by his now ex—girlfriend jo marney. to remind you, she made comments regarded as racist, including suggesting that meghan markle might taint the royal family. she has since apologised and said those comments were taken out of context. many people in ukip felt henry bolton had to make a choice between hisjob as henry bolton had to make a choice between his job as leader and henry bolton had to make a choice between hisjob as leader and his girlfriend and he made that was very clear early on this programme. together, we have made this decision that the romantic element of our relationship should end. she is utterly distraught, close to breakdown of all this. she never intended these comments to be made public. they were made some time ago. and indeed, although utterly indef