as evidence by george osborne's entry in the evening standard.. he hammers theresa may everyday! i don't know, something tells me that george osborne doesn't necessarily consider his political career necessarily consider his political career to be over. if he was tojoin the house of lords, then maybe that would put the brakes on him ever returning to the house of commons. i don't know, whether this is something that he once? he certainly wasn't expecting anything from theresa may, the woman who sacked him... in her first act as prime minister comic she didn't even let him clear out his flat! in the story, friends of george osborne so that he never wanted a peerage. i can believe that, i wonder if he considers himself a tory still? it's an extraordinary thing to say about someone an extraordinary thing to say about someone who was chancellor less than two years ago but his politics are so different to theresa may. he's made it clear so often. he definitely does not see his career necessarily as being over but maybe he is looking at the french pres

george osborne also com pletely first.ppointment as editor of the evening standard prior to accepting his appointment and we regard this as a very glaring example, not necessarily of any particular dishonour, but of how the system absolutely fails to command public confidence. to explain why he had five meetings with black rock, he altered the law in his favour and then took a job for 600 £50,000 for one day a week work. if that is not an egregious example of the abuse of the revolving door, it is hard to sit what is then. take a look at the government response to the committee abbas report in which we clearly state the government is committed to maintaining the highest behaviour from mps. —— committee's response. response bernard jenkin described as disappointing. saying it was not adequate. the prime minister says she is appalled by reports of groping and sexual harassment at a men only charity fundraiser. speaking at the world economic forum she said she thought that objectification of women was something we were leavin

interesting, he was very much seen as an it is interesting, he was very much seen as an acolyte of george osbornechancellor, sacked by theresa may. matt hancock has managed to stay in place and get himself promoted. really, that is the first new face around the cabinet table. we have brandon lewis, the new chairman of the party, already attending cabinet. many of the others have stayed in position. i think there are a few intriguing tales behind all of this. i was standing in downing street or afternoon, greg clarke wedding, the business secretary, followed by jeremy hunt, the health secretary. there were in there for over an hour and a half. there was clearly a dispute going on. there have been lots of stipulation about greg clark being moved or losing hisjob. we understand that jeremy being moved or losing hisjob. we understand thatjeremy hunt argued very ha rd understand thatjeremy hunt argued very hard with the prime minister to stay in the role. not only that, the title of social care has been added to it. we don't yet know the significance of that, although we do know that it is a huge chal

at the as a transactional arrangement of number 10 at the moment in a way he didn't have under george osborneesa may said as head of the nhs you are personally responsible for ensuring we get through this winter. every statement ever made by her on the nhs contributes to this slightly bizarre strained transactional relationship that these two have. it probably paid for a politically today to apologise but labour will jump paid for a politically today to apologise but labour willjump on this and called for more money to be put into the nhs. problems in the nhs, the education system. the times front page, crisis in teacher recruitment as applications have fallen by a third. that is a big drop? yes, concerns are apparently around classroom stress —— stress and accountability. and confusion about routes into the profession. that is very strange. classroom stress i can understand. accountability and confusion around route into the profession is something we should be able to deal with. accountability, what does that mean for teachers? accountability is something that every adult in every industry

exposure his government has from lending to carillion via the likes of uk export finance or george osborne'sect lending scheme? i'm not aware of any direct exposure of hmg as a creditor of carillion. i put it no stronger than this, mr speaker. at this stage, there are real suspicions that the government was too close to this company, and too wedded to its privatisation role. we need full transparency of the meetings and discussions that took place between government ministers, civil servants, and representatives of carillion, and what warnings were given to ministers, and what actions recommended implemented or not. we now need the treasury to start playing its proper role, and provide an independent assessment of the potential costs and risks facing the taxpayer. it's already been referred to. the sca cabinet office minutes was published after the statement establishing a contingent liability. we urgently need to know from the treasury, what is the potential range of costs now facing the taxpayer? chief secretary. well, first of all, we publish all of those minutes, all of those details of

george osborne said it was doing well.ng about a different country. secondly, the result of the referendum campaign is that people have become suspicious about forecasting predictions. people who believe we should leave can say that they had forecasted doom after we left. wrong again now. that is something that the people who want to remain, are finding it difficult to remain, are finding it difficult to get a credible answer to. those who want to remain, losing sight of the people that people were not voting because of economic argument, but voting to take back control? that is what tony blair is trying to deny them? people voted for a week variety of reasons. many had nothing to do with economic. but even those who voted on economic issues, thought he was dead cash back, wages up, migrants leaving — morejobs. economic arguments on both sides. but many of us not necessarily cutting through the electorate, the way that the campaign hoped that they would. for remainers. .. tony blair, the best messenger?” they would. for re

this was forged under cameron and a george osborne in 2015.e have heard from the great hall of the people when he met with theresa may just one hour ago. he said the golden era could be pushed forward on this trip. theresa may said she was confident the trade relationship between the two parties could be accelerated. find the scenes though, we have been told there is a bit less enthusiasm from the chinese side. they are aware that domestically and politically she is in a weaker position. and they believe britain is plenty left the role on the international stage as a result of brexit. they are happy to start the discussions, but they are also cautious. the state media has said that yes, the golden era could be moved forward, but trust is britain and china could easily be lost. nuclear project, theresa may suspended that temporarily. they say that is a cautionary tale for the chinese. beijing. mackenzie in theresa may looking to china in response to brexit. meanwhile, mark carney said he can now fully focus on tackling fromtion as the drag brex

comments were made in the 2015 general election but returned to parliament, in former chancellor george osborne'sed at helping women to succeed in male—dominated areas. barry sheerman was criticised in 2015 for calling her a hard—hearted during the debate in the commons. former pensions minister and director of policy... i'm sorry, i can't read that! sirs si rs steven sirs steven web worked with esther mcvey. and simon crean has a neurological condition that affects his legs, he has used a wheelchair since 2003, also a charity campaigner. welcome, all of you. i think you repeated your comment yesterday, why? it summed her up, she was, you know, the number two to iain duncan smith, and we all knew in the house, and i was chair of the education committee, robert halfon's role, and she looked at the welfare state is, you know, seemed to have the view that it was all about scroungers and her job the view that it was all about scroungers and herjob was to deliver that hard message. you know, she revelled in that role of being the hard person on the front bench. how do you know she revelled in it? beca

he did vote to remain and as treasury minister under george osborne, he was pro—europe and among thoseead for the uk economy. i noticed in that interview he talked about the weirdness of brexit. that is the real problem when it comes to this issue of the uk exiting from the european union. it is difficult to predict how it will go and many believe that this year, and last year, 2017, 2018 would be pretty tough. he does highlight, i know this, lord 0'neill, in that interview, he highlights sectors who will experience serious headwinds. he talks about the car industry and the pharmaceuticals industry because he believes they are poorly explodes in relation to the trade if the uk comes out of the single market and the customs union. that is his perspective but we will get a lot more here from davos throughout the week. i will see you again sometime. sally, thank you very much. let's look at some of today's other developing stories: detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing of an eight—year—old girl in the west midlands. mylee billingham was named by police as the schoolg

and quickly, looking at the standard edited by george osborne, they say that surging world growth willy they have been confidently marking down the growth but it has to be said, 1.5%, the uk has an enormous advantage in that it has an enormous advantage in that it has had a devaluation at a time when the rest of the global economy is growing. bizarrely, it is complete coincidence, you could pinpoint the start of the global economic growth almost to the referendum, a strange coincidence. as the pound has devalued, the rest of the global economy began to take off and as a result we could capitalise on that growth because we have a devaluation and could export to the rest of the world. it has worked well but still only producing something like 1.5% growth. we have two royal weddings coming! i can't wait! we brought you this news earlier. princess eugenie has become engaged to her long—term boyfriend, jack brooksbank. there are official engagement photographs and here they are. they we re photographs and here they are. they were taken at buckingham palace. that is the ring. it is a pink ov