auo. , , funding by george osborne a few ears ao. , , , funding by george osborne a few earsauo. y ,t _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its funding _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its funding from - needs to get its funding from somewhere. and the over 75 although not all of them of course, there are exemptions to pay this but the over 75 are among some of the more wealthier groups in society at the moment. so that is why they've been asked to chip in and pay for the licence fee. they were asked to do this in 40,001. it's not unprecedented and i think the bbc has added a lot to the service. that's why people are being asked. john, it's terrible updates, for any organisation to actually bring about criminal prosecutions for people who aren't paying their licence fee. i aren't paying their licence fee. i think it was for .2 million people affected — think it was for .2 million people affected. and one and six failed to respond _ affected. and one and six failed to respond to— affected. and one an

george osborne actually visited xinjiang and praised chinese policies in xinjiang.e you in britain, but just to explain that the rest of the world was far behind the united states in this recognition. listen, i'm in no way trying to play gotcha with you by trying to get you to say we got it wrong back in 2012—16. i'm simply trying to understand what's going to happen now, because i'm very mindful, as you must be, that there are key players injoe biden�*s administration who were involved in developing china policy in the past, who are going to be developing china policy in the future. and the question is, what have they learned? how have they changed in the last few years? and i'll take one example — kurt campbell, who's now, i think, in effect, asia policy chief in the national security council, a job very similar to the one you used to have. now, kurt campbell, a couple of years ago wrote a sort of mea culpa to a certain extent, saying that we have to do away with hopeful thinking. so are we now saying today that the biden team buys in to the tough approach that do

prove its credential is no in this and it could be change if you remember when a demon camera george osborne would help wearing government some time ago but they promised to her ties prince economic relations with china that seems to have going to the window so we've had this offer we have this no britain is fully backing up the sanctions the americans are doing against chinese so why but i mean by the media technology exceptional so i think britain is true to its traditional zeal and as i say i'll watch with interest if you know of gold takes action over greece government interference in the b.b.c. and so and so on and so forth i don't think we'll be waiting for that we went to doomsday until that happens it's assessing a precedent benjy thing i mean is this a new line of attack that can be used against other channels that perhaps you know members of the establishment might not like. as i said they have taken action against this channel if they can actually get syrian press and press t v the sincere person here developing the ignore similar cases the machines the worry and the action agains

when you work to the george osborne, he was always focusing on a budget surplus.focusing on a budget surplus. my goodness, those days seem a long time ago now. what do you think the chancellor should be trying to achieve on wednesday, in terms of balancing the economics and the politics? balancing the economics and the olitics? ~ ., _, , ., politics? well, of course, we are in a completely _ politics? well, of course, we are in a completely different _ politics? well, of course, we are in a completely different world - politics? well, of course, we are in a completely different world from | a completely different world from anything we have seen in the last ten years. even in the last century. so this is quite a time for the chancellor to stand up and announce what he's going to do next week, when we are actually still in the thick of all of this. we have got to the beginning of the end, making progress on the vaccinations, but it's not clear of course what shape the economy will be in when we get through into the second half of the year. through into the second h

it's in allowance on pensioners that was introduced back in 2006 by george osborne and has been reduced ., ., the years. systematically over the ears. ~ ., ., ., , years. well you do have to remember about this is — years. well you do have to remember about this is if _ years. well you do have to remember about this is if you've _ years. well you do have to remember about this is if you've got _ years. well you do have to remember about this is if you've got a _ years. well you do have to remember about this is if you've got a part - about this is if you've got a part of that— about this is if you've got a part of that side you're probably going to he _ of that side you're probably going to be paying top rate tax. the benefit — to be paying top rate tax. the benefit of _ to be paying top rate tax. the benefit of a tax free, getting money tax free _ benefit of a tax free, getting money tax free and being able to put it into a _ tax free and being able to put it into a pension is substantial. what we are _ into a pension is substantial. what we are talking about here is only a freeze _ we

that again times with the fashionable orthodox so different from 2010, when george osborne came in andstically, you've got to vary the tone and watch watch out about typing up speeches. i think there's been a bit of that over the last 2a hours. it's very difficult that the artistry is absolutely essential for a labour leader to win. 0nly absolutely essential for a labour leader to win. only two have. they're artist, and i don't mean that in a derogatory sense, it's a qualification of leadership. sir keir reminded us that he's only been labour leader for ten months, keir reminded us that he's only been labour leaderfor ten months, so not very long at all. as he became leader during the coronavirus pandemic. 0ne leader during the coronavirus pandemic. one could almost say he's at the tail end of the honeymoon period or he's just out of the honeymoon period. how long does he got, do you think, in order to prove himself? a, ., ., ., himself? more time than normal because of— himself? more time than normal because of the _ himself? more time than normal because of the pandemic. - himself? m

the former chancellor george osborne is to step down from both his position as editor—in—chief at thents centrica, vodafone and bp. mr osborne was replaced as the day—to—day editor of the standard by emily sheffield last year and leaves the paper at a time when it is struggling, with its business model suffering from a lack of commuter footfall in london. the duke of sussex has won an apology and substantial damages now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good evening. more snow is forecast overnight and into tomorrow, with some treacherous travelling conditions. it's been a little bit wintry across scotland anyway today, we've had some rain and hail snow in northern ireland, but it's this rain that sweeping northwards through the night which will turn to snow temporarily over the welsh hills, then fall at lower levels as snow through the midlands, east anglia, across northern england and into southern and central scotland. and with temperatures on the roads and pavements at freezing, it will be treacherously icy as well. and you can imagine that a few centimetres