this is david lidington accusing nicola sturgeon and also the welsh assembly of potentially putting upargue for their own power on things like food safety and other such things. the only thing that is certain about brexit is the fact that all the major parties love fudge, whether it is british fudge, european fudge, it is british fudge, european fudge, it isa is british fudge, european fudge, it is a big mess and it will continue, but happy days are here again. talking about things continuing... he thinks he's going to get clarity. staying with the telegraph, the aid charities story, and i want to put this to you, many charities have said it is all about putting safeguards in place to protect the vulnerable and to stop the perpetrators of abuse. why has it taken this for them to act? these things were happening under the edict and they did nothing about it. the question is, should you be looking at the people who allowed them to continue higher up the structure ? them to continue higher up the structure? one of the things about the scandal which i have been covering a lot, and it is ab

but david lidington says that labour put up the age for doing all sorts of things. raised the age to buy fireworks to 18, and raised the age for using a sunbed to 18! but first, after two days of debate and 190 speakers, the eu withdrawal bill cleared its first parliamentary hurdle in the house of lords. the bill translates eu law into uk domestic law to avoid a legal black hole opening up after brexit. it's already been through the commons, so now it was down to peers to have their say, and the government could have been left in no doubt it was going to have a fight on its hands. a labour former transport secretary lord adonis proposed a rare vote to regret the bill, in effect calling for a second referendum. the interest of the public

the piece is from the senior cabinet member, david lidington, in which he claims that the snp could splithe uk economy and ruin trade deals. let's stay with brexit, and the sunday express reports that the prime minister will declare britain's best days lie ahead in a major speech coming up next week. the sunday times carries claims about high street tycoon philip green's business plans. the mail on sunday reports that the ministry of defence is setting up a helpline for british troops suffering from conditions including ptsd. and the independent has a picture of the actress emma chambers — best known for playing alice tinker in the tv series, the vicar of dibley — who has died at the age of 53. a nice mixture of front pages there, we shall start. shall we start with the observer? in the lead story really for us today was that draft resolution that was passed in new york at the un, what are your thoughts on that, realistically? sadly, one fears that not a lot will actually happen. within minutes of the security council resolution, which was unanimous and all 50 members of the security coun

we'll have speeches from david davis, we understand david lidington will give a speech where he talksam fox, also talking about the positives. we are expecting a lot of speeches, whether or not we get the detail we are after remains to be seen. thank you. ukip has voted to remove its leader, henry bolton, following controversy over racist messages sent by his former partner about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. mr bolton had refused to stand down — but today over 60% of members backed a motion of no confidence in him. the party is now looking for its fifth leader in 18 months — as our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. therefore henry bolton has been removed by the democratic decision of the membership... and with that, ukip bid farewell to another short—lived leader. henry bolton had put his fate in the hands of the party members and five months after they elected him they voted him out. you don't embark on something like this, obviously, hoping to win through, and then find that you don't win through, without feeling, you know, some disappointment, of course. but h

david lidington.ive mp, jacob rees—mogg, went to the university of the west of england to give a speech. but then this happened. masked protesters disrupted the event and there was some pushing. police launched an investigation into the scenes at the campus in bristol, but no arrests were made. the human rights committee is investigating freedom of speech in universities. jacob rees—mogg told them that he wasn't alarmed by the fact people were protesting. the only thing i think was odd was that they turned up wearing masks, and i think wearing masks is the one bit that ought not to have happened. i think people coming along and charging at you, people heckling you is part of political life and to be perfectly honest, as a politician, a bit of heckling can make your speech. it can actually be very good for the speaker, rather than damaging. but masks is just a little bit sinister. suppose that if somebody was 67 with brown hair and had been an mp for 35 years, do you think she would actually be prepare

back in westminster, the lead role at prime minister's questions went to david lidington, who faced emilyrry. the exchanges began with a bit of banter about the last time the two had faced each other across the two had faced each other across the dispatch box. let me welcomed the dispatch box. let me welcomed the minister backed it his role deputising for the prime minister. last time he did so it was in december 2016, when his party was 17 points ahead in the polls, and he told the house that the labour party was, i quote, quarrelling like the film mutiny on the bounty, reshot by the team that made carrie on. what a difference a year makes. canno first of all thank the right honourable lady for her words of welcome and my previously previous — — lady for her words of welcome and my previously previous —— previous remarks struck a chord with her. it isa remarks struck a chord with her. it is a delight to me to see the right honourable lady steel in her place, where no fewer than 97 members of front best have either been sacked resigned as if they took office —— front bench. emily thornber

the cabinet office minister david lidington has set out the government's preferred position on devolutionn and enhance' powers for wales, scotland and northern ireland. mr lidington said the vast majority of powers returning from brussels will start off in the devolved nations, not in whitehall. he explained how the government would decide who got what powers. our proposal is to amend the bill before parliament to make it clear that while frameworks have being greedy presumption would be powers returning from the eu should at a devolved level. in the common market oi’ devolved level. in the common market or to meet international obligations, that is when we would become involved. to give the government time to put in place a uk wide... we have been talking with the devolved government does like we will maintain the ability for the united kingdom parliament to legislate to do that. just as the current provisions within the eu withdrawal bill on releasing powers to devolved governments are intended to devolved governments are intended to be by consensus and with agreement with the devolved

but cabinet minister david lidington was told his offer needs to go beyond warm words.e died in a large explosion in leicester last night, which destroyed a building in the middle of a parade of shops. five others remain in hospital, one is said to be in a serious condition. emergency teams have been searching through the wreckage in the hinckley road area. sima kotecha is there now, sima authorities believe now that this is the final death toll? well the police have told us that people may still be trapped in the rubble. they say, because of the heavy snow expected tomorrow it the is crucial to do as much searching is tonight. we have heard from a man who told us the family that lived above the shop was his. he says he is concerned for their safety and well being. plumes of smoke bill lowing into the sky. last night an explosion. a shop and the flat above it were destroyed. flames shot up into the air. towering over the surrounding buildings. i heard a big bang. the owner of the shop was inside at the time. i didn't know what was that andi time. i didn't know what was

brexit leads the sunday telegraph — the paper has a piece from senior cabinet member david lidington,ould split the uk economy and ruin trade deals. staying with brexit, and the sunday express reports that the prime minister will declare britain's best days lie ahead in a major speech coming up next week. topshop owner philip green is under fire in the the sunday times which claims the billionaire planned to sell his high—street empire over dinner with two hsbc bankers. and the mail on sunday reports that the ministry of defence is setting up a helpline for british troops suffering from conditions including ptsd. so no consensus over the main story, but brexit appears in several guises, perhaps not surprisingly, let's have a look. let's start off with the observer. they're talking about let's start off with the observer. they‘ re talking about labour, jeremy corbyn. jeremy corbyn reno was going to make an important speech tomorrow. which may commit labour to staying in the customs union. absolutely. he's going to be a little bit annoyed this morning because the observer has splashed o

the cabinet office minister, david lidington will set out the government's preferred position on devolution off in the devolved nations, not in whitehall. meanwhile the welsh first minister carwynjones has said the offer does not go far enough. let's speak to our wales political editor. jeremy corbyn touching on this subject a little bit in his speech, talking about position of the nations saying we will not let those who want to sow division drive that process and no playing of the nations of the uk. so what is mr livingstone going to be saying?|j think livingstone going to be saying?” think we will get something of a twin track message with a strong unionist seamen, where he will call on the whole nations to pull together —— strong unionist seamen. people talk, —— people talk about the common market and things people stand for. he is doing it at the airbus factory and the location is symbolic, it is the emblem of european economic integration but also from the welsh and english perspective that sits on the border, the workforce is 50—50 and the message the government wants to set out is e

we promised six more speeches from the prime minister and then speeches from david davis, david lidington has been, well, he watched the speech —— adam fleming is in brussels. he didn't watch the speech, because completely by coincidence, as the foreign secretary was speaking in london, jean—claude junker was speaking to us jean—claude junker was speaking to us journalists here in jean—claude junker was speaking to usjournalists here in brussels at oui’ usjournalists here in brussels at our long planned press conference, which was completely coincidental and about something else. now, presidentjunker was in his usual jolly me. he madejokes about presidentjunker was in his usual jolly me. he made jokes about the drinks on the coffee orders of eu leaders when they attend european summits. but the laughing stopped when a british journalist paraphrased boris johnson‘s when a british journalist paraphrased borisjohnson‘s speech to him and said to presidentjunker, the british run secretary has said that you are a part of a planned to create a british eu superstate which britain is better off ou

the cabinet office minister david lidington has set out the government's preferred position on devolutionmise to "strengthen and enhance" powers for wales, scotland and northern ireland. mr lidington said the vast majority of powers returning from brussels will start off in the devolved nations, not in whitehall, and he explained how the government would decide who got what powers. how wales political editor is where mr lillington has been speaking. —— mr lillington has been speaking. —— mr lidington has been saying. this is about the stall between the uk government and the devolved administrations. frankly there has been little progress for months and months and these talks although there have been some significant developments last week in the negotiations. a quick word of what they're talking about here is there is whole raft of regulations and powers that will be transferred to the uk and a quick word of what they're talking about here is that there is a whole raft of for example subsidies behind the farm payment in brussels and afterwards the governments in scotland in edinburgh are