gavin williamson.careful with their water use. in the lords, the pay and bonuses given to the bosses of england's water companies were strongly criticised by opposition peers. the minister insisted that customer bills had come down. average water and sewage bills fell in real terms from £a20,000 in 2009-10 to £395,000 in 2017-18. bills will continue to fall off what he expects a further average reduction of 5% from 2020 two 2025. he will know that water bills have risen by 40% above inflation since privatisation and that nearly 2 million people will need help to pay their water bills by 2020. yet, despite poor levels of customer service, water companies bosses are paying themselves huge salaries and bonuses, with ceo pay averaging {1.2 million — and some paid twice that. at the same time, the water companies are hiding behind complex financial structures and offshore havens to avoid paying taxes. the secretary of state has been critical of the water companies. but can i ask — what is he actually doing

gavin williamson. now, what prompted this observation in the commons?ing, apparently, after a short period of time. just like listening to certain members of this house. bit harsh. he was talking about devices called mosquitoes. as colleagues may know, these devices, which have also been referred to as anti—teenager alarms, or teenager repellants or ultra sonic teenage deterrents, make a pulsing sound, which i am told sounds something like an alarm buzzing in one's ears. my daughters tell me that it's like a prolonged beep akin to tinnitus. giles watling is trying to introduce a law to regulate the devices, which he says discriminate against people under 25 — because only they can hear them. the people who use these devices neglect the effect on very young children, babies and animals, they neglect the effect on children with preexisting conditions that make them especially sensitive, like autism. they neglect the effects both mental and physical on children who cannot avoid long—term exposure, because of where they live or the schools to which they go.

gavin williamson. we end where we started, on the main news of the day. and the resignations of two cabinet ministers. in the house of lords, news of borisjohnson‘s resignation came through at a timely moment, the brexit minister who had just seen his boss, david davis and a junior minister stephen baker resigned from the brexit apartment, was answering questions about brexit. as the total tory pantomime has now become just too complicated, why not consider the other option of simply staying in the most effective and impressive international club of sovereign member states working together for peace and prosperity? the noble lord obviously forgot that we had a referendum on the subject and people voted to leave. my lords, the noble lord has confirmed for us that actually what he meant in his first response was that the chequers agreement commits the government, of which he remains a part of, to see a soft brexit. we now know that a soft brexit involves a common eu — uk rule book, his former secretary of state and minister of state have resigned, saying th

minister is taking it a bit slower to find out exactly what happened however as we saw there from gavin williamson who is in the past also said russia in this whole saga should just shut up and go away to quote him those statements are not ism and it reminds people of a period in the united states in which guilt by association was very common and people were being accused of being disloyal and treasonous simply for meeting with somebody or giving an interview or shaking hands with someone glenn greenwald is quick to jump on this is an example of kind of the hysterical atmosphere created around russia in the united states the subject of the interview he gave to r.t. after a short break we'll bring you the latest on the world cup in russia which is now down to just four teams. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just billionaire owners and spending two hundred twenty million on one player. book it's an experience like nothi

s america's main military ally james mattis is written to the british defense secretary gavin williamson saying that britain would be dropped in favor of france the letters being leaked to the media ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels where donald trump is expected to push u.s. partners to boost their defense spending. as global actors france and the us have concluded that now is the time to significantly increase our investment in defense of our allies are following suit i am concerned that your ability to continue to provide this critical military foundation is at risk of erosion. well the us which pays three and a half percent of its g.d.p. to nato has repeatedly pressured its allies to pay at least two percent of their g.d.p. in twenty forty nine to agree to increase defense spending accordingly within ten years and while the u.k. meets the criteria matters did note in the letter that more is required of britain but the same time stress that france is boosting its spending despite not meeting the two percent threshold the pentagon is demanding and it's left on trump again sa

s on the islamic state lose, gavin williamson discovered a new technique heckling himself using his own mobile phone. >> around surrounding areas. >> i found something for the web supported by premonition. >> what a very wrong business that is. >> but i do apologize for that. it's very rare that you're heckled by your own mobile phone. if i may proceed mr. speaker. without the help and support of siri. >> we'll be back with our daily round-up in september without the help and support of siri. in the meantime they will be hard at work to restore and renew the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if teresa may can do the same. so for now for me, alicia mccarthy and an under reconstruction big bend, goodbye. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] >> the british house of commons remains in recess for the summer. prime ministers' questions won't return until wednesday, september 5th and you can watch it on c-span2 at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> monday night on the communicators, c

kingdom as america's main military ally james mattis has written to british defense secretary gavin williamson saying britain will be dropped for front of the letters been leaked to the media ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels where donald trump is expected to push u.s. partners to boost their defense spending as global actors france and the u.s. have concluded that now is the time to significantly increase our investment in defense of our allies are following suit i am concerned that your ability to continue to provide this critical military foundation is it risk of erosion so quickly crunch the numbers on this the u.s. which pays three and a half percent of its g.d.p. to nato has repeatedly pressured its allies to pay at least two percent of their g.d.p. . twenty fourteen nato agreed to increase defense spending accordingly within ten years and while the united kingdom does meet that criteria matt is noted in the letter that more is required of britain but at the same time stressed that france is boosting its spending despite not meeting the two percent threshold that the pentagon

perhaps come up with something appropriate to the situation for instance well if you keep in mind gavin williamson was a british politician who really raised eyebrows not just in russia but also here in the u.k. when it came to this whole scandal when he said that russia should shut up and go away so in this particular case what could be seen as a somewhat premature reaction seems to be followed by some british politicians as well as journalists here in westminster time to send a clear message to putin about chemical weapons relegated the remaining games of the world cup to elsewhere in europe and also indifference to collateral damage is one of the hallmarks of the putin regime and its extraterritorial operation. that novacek big don't sturges has done this was a murder of a british citizen as a result of use of a chemical nerve agent produced by the russian state now certainly just to remind our viewers this is been a story that has been going on for over four months now following the so-called original poisoning of sergei and his daughter who are now well and recovered following quite some time

defence secretary gavin williamson found he could not get a word in edgeways as his own phone piped upry rare to be heckled by your own mobile phone! at two, dressed to match the legislation, labour mp showed her affection for the animals. and at one, as promised, the flag of st george flew high over downing street as england took on colombia, but theresa may was too nervous to watch england's penalty shoot out on tuesday night. julie butler with our countdown. now, hansard, the official record of what is said in the commons and the lords has launched an expanded archive website which covers parliamentary debates dating back to 1803. this is one of the many weird and wonderful rooms in parliament. this one is wonderful because it has 200 years of records of parliamentary debates. in the foreground here, you are looking at the 1800s, but these volumes stretch all the way to the 1980s, right through the war years and beyond. the other volumes are much bigger than this and are kept in another room, but here we are looking at the big version of what is on the new website. if you search for

america's main military ally james mattis has written to his british counterpart defense secretary gavin williamson saying britain could be dropped in favor of france the letter was leaked to the media ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels where donald trump is expected to push u.s. partners to boost their defense spending as global actors france and the u.s. have concluded that now is the time to significantly increase our investment in defense of our allies are following suit i am concerned that your ability to continue to provide this critical military foundation is it risk of erosion. now the u.s. which spends three and a half percent of its g.d.p. on defense has repeatedly pressured its nato allies to spend at least two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and fourteen nato agreed to increase defense spending accordingly within ten years and while the u.k. meets the criteria matt noted in the letter that more is required of britain but at the same time he stressed that france is boosting its spending despite not meeting the two percent threshold the pentagon is demanding. and it has left d

. —— gavin williamson, oops!hildren's football team trapped deep in a flooded cave system. in this clip, filmed by thai navy seals, the boys introduce themselves by their nicknames and say they are in good health. wrapped in emergency blankets, they are joking with the divers who are staying with them until they can be brought out safely. it could be months. that is it for 110w. it could be months. that is it for now. thank you for watching. hello there. the weather story across the uk of late has been pretty dull and boring — we had to go to the football for some excitement, haven't we? in fact, yesterday, hardly a cloud in the sky again across much of the country, as depicted by north wales, but some subtle differences as we go through the day today. there'll be a little more cloud around for many of us and there may even be a chance of a shower. why? well, the high pressure isjust weakening its grip a little and it's allowing this plume of showery rain to push up from the south—west. they'll be very hit and mi

defence secretary gavin williamson was talking about the fight against islamic state, when his mobilesurrounding areas. doctor outposts in the euphrates valley and surrounding areaslj doctor outposts in the euphrates valley and surrounding areas. i have found something on syrian democratic is forces. what are very wrong business that is. it's an intervention. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone. the boys in the thailand cave in good health and are joking with rescuers. they could be rescued in months. 12 boards and our coach found on monday nine days after they went missing. we are told they are in surprisingly good shape. thank you for watching. the weather story across the uk of late has been pretty dull and boring — we had to go to the football for some excitement, haven't we? yesterday, hardly a cloud in the sky again actoss much of the country, as depicted by north wales, but some subtle differences as we go through the day today. a little more cloud around for many of us and there may even be a chance of a shower. why? well, the

the defence secretary gavin williamson discovered a new technique.d something... what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you were heckled by your own mobile phone. if i may proceed without its help and support. that is it for now. we will be back with a daily roundups in september without the help and support of the theory. they'll be hard at work to restore the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, and an under reconstruction big ben, goodbye. violent thunderstorms marked the end of this heat wave, with violet hail in places. early saturday those started to clear away, which our spine to. the reason for this change is this big area of low pressure which is continuing to move eastwards. a couple of weather fronts moving eastwards bringing these changes. we start saturday morning off with a line of heavy thundery downpours across the east and showery rain further south. a messy picture for saturday. some of his reign c

s america's main military ally james mattis is written to british defense secretary gavin williamson saying that britain would be dropped for france the letters being leaked to the media ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels where donald trump is expected to push u.s. partners to boost their defense spending. as global act says france and the us have concluded that now is the time to significantly increase our investment in defense of our allies are following suit i am concerned that your ability to continue to provide this critical military foundation is at risk of erosion well the us which pays three and a half percent of its g.d.p. to nato has repeatedly pressured its allies to pay at least two percent of their pay in twenty forty nato greed to increase defense spending accordingly within ten years and while the u.k. does meet the criteria masses has noted in the letter that more is required in britain but at the same time stress that france is boosting its spending despite not meeting the two percent threshold the pentagon is demanding and is left on the trump again saying

it is, my money is on everyone but gavin williamson, he's a nightmare.isjohnson is a busted flush. i've known him as a person since university, i saw him at the union, even then i thought... that's the 0xford union. even then i thought... that's the oxford union. he was all sound and fury signifying nothing. that's my personal opinion... but it hasn't held him back? what do i know? people more generally feel that, i feel he's been rumbled. i wouldn't write him off as a busted flush, politics is so unpredictable at the moment that i think that's going too far but his problem would be getting into the final two. but i also think there's a perception, certainly amongst the people i speak to, that he is cynical in the sta nces to, that he is cynical in the stances he takes. there's a story of him writing to articles the daily telegraph before he finally decided to go for leave, he wrote an eloquent one for remain before it was the sided. he was worried he would miss out on the anti—government vote that may be going towards a brexiteer. to some people he seem

as america's main military ally james mattis has written to british defense secretary gavin williamson saying britain would be dropped in favor of france the letter was leaked to the media ahead of next week's nato summit in brussels where donald trump is expected to push u.s. partners to boost their defense spending as global actors france and the u.s. have concluded that now is the time to significantly increase our investment in defense of our allies are following suit i am concerned that your ability to continue to provide this critical military foundation is at risk of erosion. u.s. which spends three and a half percent of its g.d.p. on defense has repeatedly pressured its nato allies to spend at least two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and fourteen nato agreed to increase defense spending accordingly within ten years and while the u.k. meets the criteria madis noted in the letter that more is required of britain but at the same time he stressed that france is boosting its spending by not meeting the two percent threshold the pentagon is demanding and this has led to donald tru

but updating mps on the battle against the islamic state group, the defence secretary, gavin williamson his own mobile phone. the syrian democratic forces... siri: i've found something on the web for syrian democratic forces. what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone, so if i may proceed, mr speaker, without the help and support of siri. that's it from us for now. we will be back with our daily roundups in september without the help and support of siri. in the meantime they will be hard at work here to restore and renew the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, alissia mccarthy, and an under—reconstruction big ben, goodbye. good afternoon. fresh, wet and windy. words we haven't heard much of this summer but certainly what we are seeing today. this photo was sentin are seeing today. this photo was sent in by a weather watcher in romford, you can see a soggy seen through that window there and a 5°99y through that wind

the defence secretary gavin williamson discovered a new technique. i found something...re that you were heckled by your own mobile phone. if! that you were heckled by your own mobile phone. if i may proceed without its help and support. that is it for now. we will be back with a daily roundups in september without the help and support of the theory. they'll be hard at work to restore the palace of westminster. many restore the palace of westminster. ma ny voters restore the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, and an under reconstruction big bend, goodbye. good morning. if you think it's been hot enough already this summer, well, just wait for the next couple of days because it looks like it's going to turn even hotter. some spots could get to 36 degrees and that brings with it the chance of some thunderstorms and welcome rain and you can see from the satellite picture, a couple of different areas of low pressure spilling out into the atlantic as they approach our shores. we w

indeed, his defence secretary jim mattis, a former marine commander, wrote to britain's gavin williamsoncs, suggesting the french could displace the british unless mr williamson could persuade his boss to open the purse strings. with reports that he's also looking at the cost of re—locating us personnel out of the uk and that cosy chat — a deux with vladimir putin, the russian president, in helsinki, there's reason to be watchful. are they nervous, do you think, about what they come out of this with? every american president has complained that european countries are not spending enough on defence. and they have been right, really? well, it depends how you look at it. i have to say greece which has no money at all is the second highest the thing is that there is no rule about how much you are supposed to spend on defence. there is an aspiration. there's a guideline. some countries are over that. but this is not about defence spending. this is about how do we contain donald trump? how are the europeans preparing after the g—7 debacle... what do you do when the bully is coming into the pla

speaking at the farnborough international airshow, gavin williamson announced the government will investn years to develop a new model of fighter jet called tempest, which could be flown by pilots or used as a drone. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. this is the moment the british aerospace industry has been waiting for. what they hope will be a commitment to develop the next generation of fighter jet in commitment to develop the next generation of fighterjet in the uk. and with a promise from the government of investment of £2 billion. this is a commitment for the future. we have to be planning not just for next year but 10—15 yea rs not just for next year but 10—15 years in the future. jobs, prosperity and most importantly making sure that the royal air force has the right capabilities. this is just a concept of what it might look like. it might be manned or unmanned, with hard to detect stealth technology that could be fitted with laser direct energy weapons. but nobody knows yet how much it will cost. it won't be cheap. this is already usa's most expensive defence p

end will always justify the means. james mattis, his defence secretary, wrote this letter to gavin williamsonas leaked, which said you need to start spending more money otherwise the special election ship might go. and oui’ special election ship might go. and our oldest ally, france, does spend lots of money. britain spends more than france in percentage terms and percentage of gdp —— special relationship. the one that trump has ago relationship. the one that trump has a go at, and i'm with him on this, is germany. it's not even spending 196 is germany. it's not even spending 1% of its gdp, it's the richest country in germany. it is 1.296 at the moment. submarines don't work, ta nks the moment. submarines don't work, tanks don't work, the aircraft don't get off the runway and it's a disgrace. and germany is the boss of europe so why would we expect anything else? there's a reason, the historical reason. why germany doesn't... historical reason. why germany doesn't. .. japan does. their culture, their constitution is pacifist because of what happened in the second world war. japan has the same

but updating mps on the battle against the run except group, the defence secretary, gavin williamson,rces... i've found something on the web for surie and aquatic forces. .. what a very rum business that is.” surie and aquatic forces. .. what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone, so if i may proceed, mr speaker, without the help and support of siri. that's it from us for now. we will be back with our daily roundups in september without the help and support of sirree. in the help and support of sirree. in the meantime they will be hard at work you to restore and renew the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, alistair mccarthy, and an under reconstruction big ben, goodbye. good morning. not only was yesterday our first day below 25 degrees sincejune 23, it was also for some an especially wet one, flooding in northern ireland as we saw a month's worth of rainfall in just three hours. bringing about the change has be

defence secretary, gavin williamson, was giving a statement on the fight against islamic state todayake a look. in the euphrates valley and surrounding areas. i have found something on the web from syria, syrian forces... what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you are heckled by your own mobile phone. that has got to be the only time siri is on subject. does anyone actually said this is a rum business? 191105? many of them still wear tights, so there you go. the woman in my life into jack's in a similar way. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we'll be talking to a psychologist about what the 12 boys caught in the thai cave and their families— might be going through, and how they can be helped. and you might think, judging by what comes out of the white house, that the us is dragging its feet on climate change. but lots is being done across the country to tackle the issue, as cities start taking action on their own. that's still to come. another day with plenty warm sunshine

the defence secretary, gavin williamson, has promised that the uk will remain a leader in the aerospacehe government's new combat air strategy. he said the government would invest £2 billion over the next seven years to develop a new model of fighter jet, called tempest. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, was there. this is the moment the british aerospace industry has been waiting for. what they hope will be a commitment to develop the next generation of fighterjet in the uk. and with a promise from the government of an investment of £2 billion. this is a commitment for the future. we've got to be planning not just for next year, but we've got to be planning ten, 15, 20 years in the future. so manyjobs and prosperity, but most importantly, making sure the royal air force has the right capabilities. this is stilljust a concept of what it might look like. it might be manned or unmanned, with hard—to—detect stealth technology that could be fitted with laser—direct energy weapons. but no—one knows yet how much it could cost. developing new fighter jets isn't cheap. this, the new us

secretary was there, along with other members of the government, including the defence secretary gavin williamsonok at the live shot from westminster abbey now. let's look at that. no, that is the house of commons. let's get you to westminster abbey. i can tell you simon stephens, the chief executive of the nhs, hasjust simon stephens, the chief executive of the nhs, has just staged speaking. but earlier today, he offered his heartfelt thanks to staff, saying the nhs's and ending success is down to the brilliance of its staff. our health correspond and dominic hughes has been looking at what the nhs means for one family. josh from the communications team. his sister simone, a doctor's assistant. their mum, sue, who works in occupational therapy. and her mum helen, a retired nhs cleaner. one family who all work or worked at one nhs hospital, wigan infirmary. i feel it's a good place to be and i'm happy to get up in the morning and go to work. i feel that the elderly population, they are very strong. i think because they have seen the nhs grow from starting because they respect it and appreciate th

fighting for the brexit we promised, by all members of the brexit supporting cabinet, including gavin williamsoncit admission of what we suspected for quite a long time, that he has been sidelined by the cabinet office and a civil servant, ollie robins. i told the cabinet office and a civil servant, ollie robins. itold number ten months ago that when we get to this final stage of negotiation, the crux of our future relationship, it is important that we only have one person carrying out the negotiations, otherwise it undermines our position, and i think david davis has found his position to be untenable, forced into a deal he does not support. would you agree that your wing of the party, who supported leave, are all over the place at the moment? you have people like michael gove, who rallied around the prime minister, liz truss wrote in the daily express, the article approved of by number ten, they all seem to be happy campers, yet people like andrew and your colleague calling on theresa may to go. it is pretty clear that the cabinet were bulldozed through without having the advantage of independ

the defence secretary gavin williamson has promised that the uk will remain a leader in the aerospacea new model of fighterjet called tempest. our defence correspondent jonathan beale was there. this is the moment the british aerospace industry has been waiting for. what they hope will be a commitment to develop the next generation of fighterjet in the uk. and with a promise from the government of an investment of £2 billion. this is a commitment for the future. we've got to be planning not just for next year, but we've got to be planning ten, 15, 20 years in the future. so manyjobs and prosperity, but most importantly, making sure the royal air force has the right capabilities. this is stilljust a concept of what it might look like. it might be manned or unmanned, with hard—to—detect stealth technology that could be fitted with laser—direct energy weapons. but no—one knows yet how much it could cost. developing new fighter jets isn't cheap. this, the new us—designed f—35, is already america's most expensive defence project ever. each cost more than £100 million. the mod says it'll ev

britain's defense minister gavin williamson has accused russia of committing an attack that led to the death of a british citizen his comments follow the death of forty four year old don sturgis on sunday she was exposed to the nerve agent novi choke the same substance that poison the former russian spy and his daughter earlier this year. turkish president recha type heir to want pledge to build a strong turkey as he was sworn in once more with sweeping new executive powers he is now able to select his own cabinet regulate ministries and remove civil servants without parliamentary approval critics say the changes could lead to one man rule with limited checks and balances. as the u.s. continues to alienate his school betrayed allies china and europe are forced to run into each other's arms the leaders of china and germany getting together to talk business. travel east to raid to look at all the hurdles besides the pooches prize we put europeans of american altos. on the global warming causes dogshit ice to melt mining shipping on tourism suboxone reindeer earth existence. i'm funny for

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