that was the environment secretary george eustice speaking to the bbc earlier.er daughter having her benefits withdrawn had eventually led to her taking her own life a few weeks later. the high court has ruled today that it is a matter of speculation that took her own life after having her benefits withdrawn. it was quite a well—known, well exposed controversy at the time where lots of people who were on benefits had to attend a fitness for work interview and jodey whiting was one of them but she failed to attend her interview. she was in hospital at the time. she didn't get the letter. it was later found at her home. she had her benefits withdrawn, the disability allowance, that led to her council tax benefit and housing allowance were drawn as well, so she was effectively left with no benefits whatsoever. a few weeks later, she took her own life. a few weeks after that, the department for work and pensions actually reversed their decision but it was too late, she had already had her benefits taken away and she had already killed herself. her mother wanted a fa

just trying to check with you that george eustice are still at defra, he is, he is still the environment to be dominic raab. by all accounts, he is upset at the way his role has been portrayed in relation to the withdrawal from afghanistan. summersuggesting relation to the withdrawal from afghanistan. summer suggesting that is probably the reason why he has been a boot, the situation over there. but by all accounts, he was initially offered the deputy prime minister's job? initially offered the deputy prime minister'sjob? ida. initially offered the deputy prime minister'sjob?_ minister's “ob? no, a bit of intriguing — minister's job? no, a bit of intriguing gossip, - minister's job? no, a bit of intriguing gossip, when - minister's job? no, a bit of- intriguing gossip, when reshuffles happen, what the prime minister wants to offer is not necessarily what mr wants to accept. so, a move from foreign secretary to justice secretary is a demotion it is lower down in the pecking order of the cabinet. went to stanwell where borisjohnson first cabinet. went to stanwell where boris johnson first

appreciate your time, george eustice, thank you for i george eustice, thank you for talking to us.g lighter through the day as it heads into central scotland, north and west northern ireland in the afternoon. sky is brightening in the afternoon. sky is brightening in the north of scotland. england and wales, whilst there is cloud, the rest of the sunshine will be central and eastern areas. with the wind is light, it will feel warm. we could have gusts up to 30 to 40 mph in some areas, though, in northern scotland. wednesday evening and overnight, scales and severe gales developing in northern scotland. rain getting into the southern highlands but much of the rest of the country will see thicker cloud, patchy rain and drizzle working self, keeping temperatures higher than last night. there windy spell is from this area of low pressure which is pushing towards norway, easing away but allowing a slight incursion of colder air to the north. with some sunshine, it is going to feel chilly at times. the strength of the wind is easing through the day. further rain and drizzle at times, the

george eustice, a cabinet minister here, said, "unless we have a sustainable solution that enables traderitain and northern ireland, then we are going to have issues — and that itself would become a challenge to the good friday peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind of sentence, because there is no surprise. this protocol has very precisely been negotiated by mrjohnson himself, by his government, by the civil servants. there is no surprise. we know this situation is complex. now, we have to keep calm. we are already, on the european side — i'm no longer in charge — we are ready to find operational solutions to discuss this solution in the framework of the protocol. but there will be no renegotiation. i was going to say — operational discussions but, as you know, the uk brexit minister, david frost, has said, "i urge the european union to think again and consider to reach agreement with us so that we can put in place something that will last." i see david frost as someone taking a huge responsibility vis—a—vis the peace in ireland, because they negotiate themselves this protocol

there are a lot of reports around that pcr tests could be changed but as george eustice said, nothingisters are meeting this morning with the department for health, and transport, all involved in taking these big steps. there are a lot of rumours abound but nothing yet is confirmed. ., ~ , ., rumours abound but nothing yet is confirmed. ., ~' , ., , . confirmed. thank you very much. i know you'll— confirmed. thank you very much. i know you'll be _ confirmed. thank you very much. i know you'll be watching _ confirmed. thank you very much. i know you'll be watching this - confirmed. thank you very much. i know you'll be watching this and i know you'll be watching this and expecting an announcement later this afternoon. let's talk more about this with kieran hartwell, managing director at travel counsellors, an independent travel company with over 1,900 travel franchisees across the uk. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what would you like to see announced today? we've just heard simon talking about big steps but do they sound as if they are in enough for you? we they sound as if they

do you agree with george eustice that the president doesn't fully understand? fully understand? from our meeting esterda i fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came - fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came up i yesterday i don't think it came up at all. we had a meeting of over 90 minutes and it wasn't raised. there is a great deal of understanding among all ourfriends is a great deal of understanding among all our friends around the world that the belfast good friday agreement is crucial to us and to the world and we need to maintain the world and we need to maintain the balance and symmetry of that agreement and that's what we are going to do. agreement and that's what we are going to tie-— agreement and that's what we are going to do. inaudible question that certainly _ going to do. inaudible question that certainly did _ going t

what george eustice has said driver about shortages, saying that... you know... it is not...ng petrol to the pumps. the haulage association have said there is 100,000 shortfall in... drivers. and the government have issued 5,000 new users. that has come under some criticism that 5,000 is nowhere near enough. the british retail consortium said it is like throwing a symbol of water water on a bonfire. —— throwing a thimble. at the same time, there is an issue with the driver shortage and getting our goods around the country. thank ou. patients facing delays of months and years on nhs waiting lists are taking out loans or crowdfunding to pay for private treatment. millions of people across the country are queuing for treatment. the government says it will invest £36 billion in nhs and social care in the uk up to 2025. figures shared with tonight bbc�*s panorama programme show that people waiting for care in the most deprived parts of england are nearly twice as likely to wait more than a year for their treatment. victoria derbyshire reports. running a flu clinic outside the surg

the environment secretary george eustice laid out the government's intervention plans and the reasoningntially what we are doing is underwriting some of the operating costs for the very time limited period, just the next three weeks, maximum three weeks to restart production to ensure there isn't a gap in the supply of carbon dioxide which is critical to the supply, particularly poultry and the pig sector and other parts of the food supply chain as well. so this is our... it has been an exceptional series of events, lots of turbulence in global supply chains generally. a spike in gas prices and that made production of fertiliser at this plant uneconomic and that's why they suspended it. and coupled with that, some of the other producers of carbon dioxide have their plants closed for maintenance at the moment, so it's been something of a perfect storm, a set of exceptional events and that is why the short term limited intervention isjustified in this instance. nick allen is chief executive of the british meat processors association. thank you forjoining us this morning. how crucial was t

listening to what george eustice said, those prices will go up and the people who will pay for that areore of that as we approach winter when we use more energy, and potentially food prices go energy, and potentially food prices 9° up energy, and potentially food prices go up and availability might be limited so it could be an expensive autumn and winter this year. certainly. we saw inflation going up last week and food inflation went up by about 1.3% but it's creeping up all the time. i think we will see a period of increased inflation. we are starting to realise how complex the food supply chain is, how many people are involved and how much costis people are involved and how much cost is involved and as shoppers we are not used to seeing prices going up, ifanything are not used to seeing prices going up, if anything we're used to supermarkets cutting prices and dropping them down so it's difficult for us to cope with. but i think the concern for most working families in the uk is that it is a lot of their family budgets that have been affected by these price rises and all little bits

george eustice said earlier on today that people were filling up their tanks with petrol even when theyaiming the public for the crisis, we understand people are anxious but it's important to highlight that there is plenty of petrol and diesel, there isjust the issue with drivers getting them to those feeling stations. i think the hope is in government debt situation will start to resolve itself over the next couple of days. people will have gone to petrol stations, filled up have gone to petrol stations, filled up their tanks and only so much can be done, even if lots of petrol station so you can only spend a maximum of 30 or £a0 at a time. the thinking is over the next couple of days, this should hopefully be something that is sorted out. they are keeping in reserve the potential of what sounds like an extreme measure of using the army, bringing them into drive the tankers. they say they are not currently asking them to do that, but they are keeping all options on the table. there is a meeting happening this afternoon, chaired by the cabinet office minister, steve barclay, to 0ffice m