we will talk to grant shapps about that l talk to grant shapps about that soon.s while jake was talking. what do you make of the way she has gone about this? less what do you make of the way she has gone about this?— gone about this? less than 20 weeks since the conservatives _ gone about this? less than 20 weeks since the conservatives drove - gone about this? less than 20 weeks since the conservatives drove the - since the conservatives drove the economy— since the conservatives drove the economy off a cliff, liz truss is already— economy off a cliff, liz truss is already back with no apology and no humility _ already back with no apology and no humility. and people whose mortgages rocketed _ humility. and people whose mortgages rocketed and whose pensions plummeted will look on with our best shot and _ plummeted will look on with our best shot and at— plummeted will look on with our best shot and at worst, anger. the problem — shot and at worst, anger. the problem for rishi sunak is, he can't control_ problem for rishi sunak is, he can't control any— problem f

that is the unspoken thing in the room and an grant shappe— thing in the room and an grant shapps interviewes _ to what the discussion we are having on strikes and pay and the state of our public— on strikes and pay and the state of our public services. because unless we grow— our public services. because unless we grow the economy we will not have the money— we grow the economy we will not have the money to put into public services _ the money to put into public services |_ the money to put into public services. ., the money to put into public services— services. i think what is also strikin: services. i think what is also striking and _ services. i think what is also striking and so _ services. i think what is also striking and so for— services. i think what is also striking and so for reaction l services. i think what is also l striking and so for reaction to services. i think what is also - striking and so for reaction to the article this morning has been quite muted. among her supporters in particular you have not got them coming out really going for it, you have seen quiet retweets, h

that's grant shapps , the that's grant shapps, the business secretary joining me there .how, there. coming up on the show, i'm going to be speaking to charles faulkner, the former justice secretary, also going to be to professor matt be taking to professor matt goodwin. he's got exclusive goodwin. he's got some exclusive polling . and we're going to go polling. and we're going to go back the people's panel back to the people's panel harlow. tuned . oh, sorry , harlow. stay tuned. oh, sorry, sorry. nope, we don't we change the whole agenda do. excuse me . the whole agenda do. excuse me. we're going straight to lord faulkner because grant shapps is a bit late, and that means we're not having the break. so do a pardon me, lord faulkner. i was just getting ready. relax, people, relax. we would like bnng people, relax. we would like bring you on because . as said, bring you on because. as i said, for case, government for the case, the government minister out our minister has knocked out our timing. i'd like to know timing. now i'd like to know your response this page story you

grant shapps when none of the _ department will be all about. moved on to giving the allegations he's facing. 0f giving the allegations he's facing. of course, he denies the charges of bullying. but he stays in place. that is right. all the media offices are staying in place. the chancellor jeremy hunt standing place. perhaps more controversy is dominic raab staying in place to. but perhaps rishi sunak is saying if you want to get on the front foot you don't want to seem forced into it if dominic raab has to go regarding the investigation that still continues. we saw the departure of nadim zahawi after the investigation which meant there have to be a new party chairman important. and someone has been appointed for that role. interestingly, he has a new deputy. the anderson who was voted for the first time in the so—called redwall in the east midlands. he is a controversial character. he has been questioned for a variety of issues. he someone who is a bit of a rabble—rouser as opposed to encourage some of the grassroots to rally around when the pa

that is, you know, the unspoken thing in the room and in grant shapps' interview.k to what the discussion we are having on strikes and pay and the state of our public services, because unless we grow the economy, we won't have the money to put into public services. i think what is also striking also is the reaction to the article this morning has been quite muted. among her supporters in particular, you have not got them coming out and really going for it. you have seen quiet retweets, her party chairmanjake berry was on the same programme and said, i agree with her diagnosis, but we got the prescription wrong. so i think the takeaway at the moment is there is not that flaming division right now within the conservative party that we have seen, certainly not at the surface, over so many months of last year. 0ur political correspondent on the remarks made by liz truss, the former british prime minister. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating across parts of the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the b

we know grant shapps is spending far too much time on energy and separating the two. makes sense.t reflects rishi sunak's, i think sort of management consultant type approach to government. tinkering government. he likes tinkering under the hood less focus on actual delivery. so far. i think the problem with the science innovation department is that governments don't create innovation. the market does, businesses do . and governments businesses do. and governments have a very, very poor record of picking winners and of having industrial strategies that create innovation. so i'm not quite sure what he thinks he's going to achieve. is there an interesting point here, though, interesting point here, though, in the base , as it was known, as in the base, as it was known, as it was created by theresa may back in 2017, had the words strategy in the very title of the department. rishi sunak having got rid of those , having having got rid of those, having stopped the industrial strategy after six years in that formal way, might that actually be a pivot towards a free market way of doing?

grant shapps now separate units.retary with the department aimed at bringing down bills and securing a long term energy supply . kemi term energy supply. kemi badenoch is the new secretary of state for business and trade. lucy frazer has become culture secretary, taking over from michelle donelan, who's been made a new science and technology , the foreign technology, the foreign secretary says three british national are missing following the earthquakes in turkey and syria. james cleverly has also told the commons 35 others are caught up in the disaster. turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months in the tent , impacted months in the tent, impacted more than . 5100 people have been more than. 5100 people have been killed . the first 7.8 magnitude killed. the first 7.8 magnitude quake hit yesterday morning with a second major earthquake measuring 7.5. just a few hours later. almost 6000 buildings have been destroyed . the tremor have been destroyed. the tremor and aftershocks . an aid worker

grant shapps becomes the minister for energy security and net zero. how on earth can you do both at the same time .7 a you do both at the same time? a report from the beaches of northern france that will make you question are we sending the french all that money? central bank, digital currencies. i warned you they're coming . warned you they're coming. they'll be with us by 2030. and joining me on talking points, former commonwealth and british boxing champion kevin mitchell. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . nigel thank you. middlehurst. nigel thank you. the gb news at 7:00 and our top story, the metropol ashton police commissioner has apologised ised for failings in the force after the sentencing of former officer david carrick today. of former officer david carrick today . the 48 year old has been today. the 48 year old has been handed 36 life sentences and will serve a minimum of 30 years for sexual offences against a dozen women. carrick pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape , all carried 24 c

grant shapps says...y what action firms are going to take to compensate customers affected, and he wants a new customer hotline set up to allow households to tell their own stories to the regulator. 0ne fuel poverty charity says change is needed. it is clear the energy companies have not been following the rules, the energy regulator has not been enforcing them hard enough. lots of households have been put in terrible situations and are losing out. it's absolutely right that the industry should be under pressure to find a compensatory package for those. i would like it to be imposed by government regulators rather than the suppliers to offer it up themselves. energy suppliers can force—fit prepayment meters with a warrant. it should be a last resort if people are in arrears, and vulnerable customers should not be switched. more than 1,000 warrants a day were approved by magistrates last year, mainly to do this. the bbc has learned that courts were given advice suggesting those warrants could be waived thr

grant shapps is now secretary of a newly formed energy security and net zero department.ervative party chairman. with all the details, here's our political correspondent ben wright. the shape of the rishi sunak�*s rejigged government was slow to emerge. through the morning, rumour and speculation swirled around westminster. it was clear the big names weren't budging. are you being reshuffled, minister? the chancellor, jeremy hunt, for instance, remains in the treasury. but elsewhere in whitehall, departments are being rewired and rebadged. so this is grant shapps, arriving at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy last october. but that department has now been chopped up. mr shapps will now lead a new department for energy security and net zero — something rishi sunak promised to do before he became prime minister. the war in ukraine, rocketing energy bills and climate change have made energy security a key issue for the government. labour has long called for this new department, but issues such as onshore wind farms remain very controversial in rishi

so can grant shapps both provide energy security and take us toward net zero.hts viewer says he can't do ehhen thoughts viewer says he can't do either. well, that's a bit cynical, isn't it? another said the hint is, in the words ero. ben says one cancels the other so actually he's minister for nil nil lots scepticism about that and you know whatever kevin maguire says about nuclear energy plugging the gap that is at least a decade away we could face many crises now since 2018 with a small boat started openly , visibly crossing the english channel. we successfully given the french extraordinary sums of money. it is now at least the french extraordinary sums of money. it is now at least £180 million that we've given to the french to stop the boats from crossing. and we do from time to time see of french officers on the beach putting knives into inflatable dinghies. but i have to say . spent much time inflatable dinghies. but i have to say. spent much time on this , you know, on the english channel filming this. but somebody who spent more time on this subject , m

and why would grant shapps be the obvious shoo in? yes, grant shapps is famous in? shapps is famous in westminster for being the only tory who knows how to use a spreadsheet and i think that might be why he's being considered for party chair because we've got an election coming up the will be coming up the chairman will be in strategy there and in charge of strategy there and the have been the conservatives have been narrow window to they need to hold the red wheel seats where they're facing threats from labour and then they also need to the wall to shore up the blue wall whether it be facing threats from the lib. so you need someone who going to be all someone who is going to be all over granular detail . and over the granular detail. and that's why grant shapps that's perhaps why grant shapps is being talked about. i saw andrea in the papers andrea mitchell's in the papers this a possible party this morning as a possible party chairman well. he quite chairman as well. he was quite happy say didn't want the happy, say he didn't want the gig- happy, say he didn't wa

first all, a grant shapps first of all, a grant shapps news from the business department that no longercretary of energy secretary of state for energy and net zero a reflection i think there of clearly the situation the uk finds itself in in terms of energy prices and a reliance particularly foreign gas. so energy security for that but so too net zero rishi sunak making it clear that he's determined to that commitment of being net zero by the middle of this century. and michelle donelan is the secretary state for science , innovation and for science, innovation and technology . again, a new technology. again, a new government department. it clearly the prime minister has talked in the past about trying to make the uk a science superpower. this is an effort to do so, to have a ministry effectively devoted to that. kemi badenoch was the trade minister effectively remains in that post, but consumers also in that post, but consumers also in that new department is business. so she will be secretary of state for business and trade . state for business and trade. she remains president of the b

and uk opposition parties have been criticising liz truss' essay, as well as grant shapps' comments —clear plan on growth. i think_ we have a clear plan on growth. i think one — we have a clear plan on growth. i think one of— we have a clear plan on growth. i think one of your former guests here, _ think one of your former guests here, the — think one of your former guests here, the chair of tesco said we were _ here, the chair of tesco said we were the — here, the chair of tesco said we were the only team on the pitch in terms _ were the only team on the pitch in terms of— were the only team on the pitch in terms of growth, whether that is on clean _ terms of growth, whether that is on clean energy, backing businesses and working _ clean energy, backing businesses and working in— clean energy, backing businesses and working in partnership in an industrial— working in partnership in an industrial strategy, or investing in the skills— industrial strategy, or investing in the skills we need for the future. that is— the skills we need for the future. that is the — the skills we need for

surely as grant shapps no one coming up, shapps no one ever. of the divers who is searching for mum nicola lancashire police nicola bailey, lancashire police has update in their for has given an update in their for her afternoon. they sought her this afternoon. they sought to but family the to reassure, but family and the pubuc to reassure, but family and the public still exploring public they're still exploring all lines of inquiry all possible lines of inquiry but as you're to hear, the but as you're about to hear, the diver is charging this particular dive inquiry into it. he thinks there are a of unanswered questions as indeed you at home so we'll get stuck into those. i'll be back and to say . the latest gb news headlines at 530 the prime minister has revealed his new cabinet following a reshuffle he also created for new departments. so greg hands takes over as the conservative party chairman after sacked. is the new business and secretary lucy fries has become the culture secretary taking over from donelan who's been made a new science an

grant shapps is now secretary of a newly formed energy, security and net zero department.s, here's our political correspondent, ben wright. the shape of the rishi sunak�*s rejigged government was slow to emerge. through the morning, rumour and speculation swirled around westminster. it was clear the big names weren't budging. are you being reshuffled, minister? the chancellor, jeremy hunt, for instance, remains at the treasury. but elsewhere in whitehall, departments are being rewired and rebadged. things to do here... so this is grant shapps, arriving at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy last october. but that department has now been chopped up. mr shapps will now lead a new department for energy security and net zero — something rishi sunak promised to do before he became prime minister. the war in ukraine, rocketing energy bills and climate change have made energy security a key issue for the government. labour has long called for this new department, but issues such as onshore wind farms remain very controversial in rishi sunak�*s party. the f

and think what if grant shapps and i think what if grant shapps just say that we're all conservativesw half of them aren't half of them. to me seemed at least half more of ted more than half followers of ted heath than followers of heath rather than followers of margaret thatcher. and she's the one got the country one that that got the country back and running. so i, i back up and running. so i, i think one of the other problems with truss wasn't that with liz truss wasn't just that the, the presentation , was the, the, the presentation, was wrong, etc. etc, but the other that spooked the markets when she had her was it a mini she had her mini was it a mini budget a budget kwasi budget or a budget with kwasi kwarteng was , these unfunded kwarteng was, these unfunded energy packages and she was going to hand out to the whole country and i think that was another thing which people didn't take into account. suddenly billions and billions they how billions, 50 they know how many billions, 50 billion, 100 billion, how was this to cost? so think she this going to cost? so think she handled

grant shapps also has held that back in 2015 very successful when the conservative just won an unlikelyder david cameron. course he denied to cameron. of course he denied to gb news that would be wanting gb news that he would be wanting that , but could he get back that role, but could he get back on his word? well, you know, if your country calls you, i suppose , particularly with the suppose, particularly with the uncertainty morning around his department, the business department, the business department as it's going to as we expect be broken up but it does look the role is going to go to greg hands and he's the sort of chap who will say yes to it i'm sure. well ben glaze, thank you for that final word today, the show. that's it for us. we've run out time. us. we've run out of time. coming up, it's bev turner today very good morning. welcome. tennis today on tv news. clear your diary . there's another your diary. there's another cabinet reshuffle today though. sigh. i'm sure it will change everything. the big

grant shapps says...up themselves. energy suppliers can force—fit prepayment meters with a warrant. it should be a last resort if people are in arrears, and vulnerable customers should not be switched. more than 1,000 warrants a day were approved by magistrates last year, mainly to do this. the bbc has learned that courts were given advice suggesting those warrants could be waived through, which has led to concern from some legal experts. i don't think this is what the public would reasonably expect of a process that empowers a private company to come and break yourfront door down. this has turned the process into a rubber stamp, when it should be a safeguard. british gas has now suspended all forced installations, and in a statement, ofgem said... energy uk, which represents the industry, says suppliers are now looking to fix any issues as quickly as possible. simon jones, bbc news. police searching for missing mother nicola bulley say a woman described as a key witness has been found. officers in lancas

and of course, grant shapps is saying we do want to lower taxes.n by their nature. we expect conservatives to be for reducing taxes the size of the state. but the government's stressing that at the moment all of it. you know, there has to be a man in theresa may's day repeating again that she was just completely wrong and she screwed it up so well , certainly. it up so well, certainly. i mean, she's admitting herself, isn't she, that the communication great. but of course, you have to bring people with you. and she didn't really make much attempt to do that . make much attempt to do that. she came along saying she was going to be a disrupter. she didn't care about being unpopular and saying not very nice things about the bank of england, about the office for budget, about the establishment , tom scholar, the permanent secretary of the treasury . so secretary of the treasury. so she didn't try to sort of bring in friends with her and then kwasi kwarteng has attitude . kwasi kwarteng has attitude. this is only just the start and really the markets we

there is a new department for energy security and net zero, and here's the man in charge — grant shappsed to be a very similar sounding place — the department for energy and climate change — until it was scrapped in 2016, which labour has been quick to point out. there's a new department for science, innovation and technology. this will be led by michelle donelan. she had been the culture secretary, so a different cabinet role for her. business and trade is being brought together in a new department. kemi badenoch is the cabinet minister there. she is adding business to the trade portfolio she already had. and lucy frazer will lead the department for culture, media and sport, her first cabinet role. next, there is a new conservative party chairman, greg hands. mr hands replaces nadhim zahawi who was sacked after that row about his taxes. none of this is anything to do with the future of dominic raab, the deputy prime minister who is facing bullying allegations he denies. this then is a staffing issue for rishi sunak that is still loitering, while a lawyer crawls all over what happened.

earlier on, gb news business secretary grant shapps defended the government's economic plans. i think that liz's instinct all very conservative in the sense that we want to see taxes lowered over a period of time. but i think everyone recognises we've been through you know, hell with coronavirus , which added what, coronavirus, which added what, £400 billion at least of expenditure. we then had a war in ukraine which has pushed up energy prices and inflation and be very, very costly . police say be very, very costly. police say a key witness in the search for missing mother of two, nicola belli, has now come forward . belli, has now come forward. officers appealed for a woman seen on cctv footage wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram in the area where the dog walker disappeared in lancashire last friday. while on national reporter theo chikomba is in st michael on why are they out? what's the latest ? it's ten days what's the latest? it's ten days on since the disappearance of mother of two nicola, billy here in st michaels on wire. last night there was an appeal for a woma

we arejust energy security minister —— grant shapps.intments, but the reshuffle is under way. a third earthquake hit central turkey early this morning, as the rescue operation continues across the region to try to find survivors of the two massive quakes which struck yesterday. in the last few minutes, we've learned that now more than 5,000 people are known to have died in turkey and in northern syria, with that number rising all the time. these are the scenes live in dikarbakir in southern turkey where a rescue effort is taking place now at the scene of a several story building that collapsed. freezing conditions are making it even harder to find those trapped under rubble. 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquake yesterday. freezing conditions. international aid and rescue teams porting into the area. it is clear there are still hope survivors will be pulled out of some of these collapsed buildings. we have seen some being plucked from the rubble already and across the border in syria it has been badly affected. as efforts continue to free pe

the business secretary grant shapps accused ambulance unions of putting lives at risk — a claim deniedcalled on the prime minister to step in, saying no—one at any level in the government was currently involved in talks on pay. our political correspondent jonathan blake has more. they chant. a week of walk—outs by nhs staff in england. nurses, ambulance workers, physiotherapists and others are due to strike in the coming days. as industrial action continues by unions demanding higher pay, they're trying to put pressure on the government to negotiate. i can categorically say to you we are in no talks at any level whatsoever with the government about pay in the nhs. that is a real abdication of responsibility. why is rishi sunak not coming to the table? car toots. in wales, some unions have suspended strikes to consider a new offer from the labour—run welsh government. but uk government ministers responsible for setting pay in england are showing no sign of giving ground. i don't think we need to be having these strikes at all. the reality is, as i said, actually, over a million nhs work

is serious and yet grant shapps is actually the cabinet.tually in the cabinet. was talking he agreed with talking about how he agreed with what shooting what america did shooting down that china that spy plane from china yesterday . and is she not sort yesterday. and is she not sort of teaching government how to suck eggs on on foreign policy here? i think you need to here? well, i think you need to be you need to always delve into the claim what means to be the claim of what it means to be soft and hard on china. it is a very popular line. and i'm sure if you find the polling on it, it would suggest beijing it would suggest that beijing would to take hard would say we need to take a hard line on china, but what does that actually boil down to me? do want to take some sort of do we want to take some sort of military action? there's no military action? no, there's no appetite do want appetite for that. do we want economic sanctions? raise economic sanctions? we all raise the in a the question, are we in a position do that? where do we positi

grant shapps the faced with due a planned with fellow tories due a planned hydrogen levy., and this levy would be in addition. yes, more money, more taxes . so yes, more money, more taxes. so the current green levy which adds around about 8% that current levy already adds 8% to energy bills. that's order to fund energy efficient schemes. so the great british debate hour i'm asking is hydrogen the way forward. can you stomach yet another levy? let's see what my panel make of that. also, i, christine hamilton. let's broadcaster and journalist and stomach this can you stomach that. stomach this can you stomach that . i'm a stomach this can you stomach that. i'm a sucker for politicians. well i'll start . i politicians. well i'll start. i agree with lois. i think an unnecessary tax. i we're already struggling with our energy bills. i really believe that there should be a referendum on, what, 2050 looks like. and how we got the i know boris johnson said in the 2009 two manifesto that this was his ambition of this. okay. so people and it was on the ballot paper of it was you kno

chris hopkins, mark prisk and finally grant shapps right that we go a long list of housing ministers.e than our fair share there. i am joined now freddie poser, director of priced out uk freddie 15 housing ministers since 2010. is this the reason why we failed to get to grips with the housing? well, it certainly can't help . i think certainly can't help. i think that it's a symptom rather than the cause of the issue when the position was created many years ago, housing was seen as the first public service. then a real political heavyweight be in that job. now it's seen as this junior position that you get . junior position that you get. then you move up and you can see the consequence of that. we've had 15 in since 2010, we've had six in the last year. so no one's staying in the role and paying one's staying in the role and paying attention to this crucial issue. and there's a huge amount in the in—tray for the housing minister to deal with. there's mould in buildings as the building safety crisis. there's the housing crisis itself. there's this takes real political will and someone p

speaking earlier to the bbc, britain's business secretary, grant shapps — who served briefly as homeor liz truss — said she had clearly taken the wrong approach to managing the country's economy. liz truss does accept that, actually, you can'tjust go straight to those tax cuts without not only laying out the groundwork, that was her point. my point would be without dealing with the other things first. inflation, first of all, getting growth into the economy, keeping debt under control. your question is, in my heart, do i think we should have a lower tax economy? answer, yes, absolutely. my question is, in your heart, do you think that liz truss�* approach was the right one? well, clearly it wasn't. speaking to the same programme, labour's liz kendall criticised liz truss�* lack of apology for what happened during her short premiership. less than 20 weeks since the conservatives drove the economy off the cliff, liz truss is already back with no apology and no humility and people whose mortgages rocketed and whose pensions plummeted will knock on with, at best, shock and, at worst, ang

yeah, big, big challenges for grant shapps and indeed rishi sunak to grapple with.grapple with. but for now, sam hoole, director of the conservative environment network , joining us on the , thanks for joining us on the briefing moving on now was briefing this. moving on now was most of us clock in for work this morning. it may feel valentine's day is inescapable and that may very well be because it is . new polling has because it is. new polling has shown that two in five of every brits have had a romantic relationship in the work . and relationship in the work. and that rises to one in three in generation z, although only 37% of respondents said that flirting appropriate in the office. and 51% believe that employers should provide flirting guidance. and sad news for employees and the civil service. as nearly a quarter of people find that the government and public sector roles are a turn off in these sort of relationships . well, let's speak relationships. well, let's speak now to jemmy mclauchlan, who joins me live in the who conducted this polling. first of all,

afternoon, number 10 confirmed to us that planning policy for energy infrastructure will not set with grant shappsut and his new attorneys, but instead will be kept with michael gove at the levelling up department at de loch. this revelation rather undermines idea of a one stop shop to streamline energy delivery. despite this restructuring of government being sold as a means to government ending that damaging interdepartmental bargaining and bickering, it's failed to do so . this fairly failed to do so. this fairly enormous oversight means that our new energy security department is toothless . it department is toothless. it can't get on and deliver energy at all without a c. if the bureaucrats that deal . well that bureaucrats that deal. well that fit for me today. thank you for sticking with. i'm actually back on monday at 930 tomorrow. emily carver recent mornings dry and bright for many. however, as we head into the afternoon, although showers will continue in the far north, a cold front has been crossing the uk during the last 24 hours. that brings cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain and d

now the business secretary grant shapps has said that liz truss's approach towards the economy clearly wasn't correct. this comes after the prime minister said the former prime minister, i should say, said she was never given a realistic chance to enact her tax cuts. meanwhile, allies of rishi sunak have branded her as delusional and warned that further intervention will cost the tories the next election. yet others pointed to how truss right to say that the pension funds and set a tinderbox under the economy with what were called driven investments and the hedging of them is fresh. tory vow comes against a backdrop of bullying allegations against. the deputy prime minister dominic raab, and a continued absence of a tory party chairman after zahawi affair. well a lot to get stuck into. joining me now is our political reporter olivia utley. and olivia, let's start dominic raab, because there's been this independent casey investigation carried out by adam. totally. casey going on now for the best part of four months. and yet all of the leaks that we've seen about , all of the sort of abo

grant shapps becomes the minister for energy security and net zero.u do both at the same time ? a you do both at the same time? a report from the beaches of northern france that will make you question are we sending the french all that money? central bank, digital currencies. i warned you they're coming . warned you they're coming. they'll be with us by 2030. and joining me on talking points, former commonwealth and british boxing champion kevin mitchell. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst

grant shapps will energy crisis. a net zero department which will focus on securing the uk's long term energy supply. mr. hans said the changes would help to build a platform for next year's general election. rishi has created a new to couple new government department to bring a sharper focus to the government on things like energy, security and science and technology and making saw his five priorities are seen through. i'm really looking forward to doing this job. you know, it's a fantastic opportunity to be chairman of the conservative party. our main focus is going to be on making sure we've got everything in place to win year's general election , to take on it, on election, to take on it, on reform, labor party the supreme court has rejected a challenge over the post—brexit northern ireland protocol trading arrangements . a dispute was arrangements. a dispute was brought by unionists and brexiteers to the uk's highest court in the land , questioning court in the land, questioning the legality of the arrangement.

secretary, grant shapps is brutal . the times newspaper brutal.s newspaper calling scandalous and shameful. but what will the government do? well asked ofgem to stop it and indeed they have responded. and other energy companies are saying no accepted now that it wrong and that they will put stop to it . joining me now to stop to it. joining me now to talk about the impact of all of this, i'm delighted to say is old friend of mine, roger, who's the ceo of disability direct. i said vulnerable . but i gather said vulnerable. but i gather from your team as well that that included some people who weren't only economically vulnerable, as it were , but very vulnerable in it were, but very vulnerable in the sense of disability . you had the sense of disability. you had people getting in touch with you saying this is happening us right now. you it's not only the though, it's the it's down to the sport on burglary of, though, it's the it's down to the sport on burglary of , these the sport on burglary of, these kind of things. the sport on burglary of, thes

kemi badenoch by grant shapps.trade secretary , will now take over secretary, will now take over the joint department for business and trade. but the prime minister continued to put his support behind dominic raab, who still remains deputy prime minister and secretary of state. or justice. joining minister and secretary of state. orjustice. joining us now in the studio, our political correspondent tom harwood running his eye over what happened. what do you think , happened. what do you think, tom? well, this was sunak really trying to mould government in his own image. and the big two takeaways we can take out of it are these two souped up new ministry is out of the four that were renamed formed yesterday. firstly energy security and net zero sps as it's being known in whitehall. this is about delivering that sort of energy security for this country, a more independent energy supply, a massive mission for the next not only parliament but probably decade in terms of delivering this sort of stuff . one of the this so

the thing is that grant shapps has been listening in on this, _ that grant shapps has been listeningven effectively a final warning by the british— effectively a final warning by the british government because they can see this _ british government because they can see this as— british government because they can see this as a pr disaster for them, and also _ see this as a pr disaster for them, and also its— see this as a pr disaster for them, and also it'sjust plain unfair, forcing — and also it'sjust plain unfair, forcing the most vulnerable to pay the worst — forcing the most vulnerable to pay the worst kind of outcomes when it comes— the worst kind of outcomes when it comes to _ the worst kind of outcomes when it comes to the energy crisis.- comes to the energy crisis. what's also astonishing _ comes to the energy crisis. what's also astonishing is _ comes to the energy crisis. what's also astonishing is that _ comes to the energy crisis. what's also astonishing is that people - comes to the energy crisis. what's also astonishing is that people on| also astonishing is that people

what the suppliers have said to the energy security secretary, grant shapps, today, is that they willid, what are they doing about historical cases or not even that historical, where people have been in homes where they have been forcibly fitted prepayment meters? and is there any compensation offered or anything like that? he says he has not had details on that and is looking to the regulator 0fgem which is conducting this review to make sure that even that area is really pinned down.- area is really pinned down. people will be concerned _ area is really pinned down. people will be concerned about _ area is really pinned down. people will be concerned about what - area is really pinned down. people i will be concerned about what happens because this is a group of customers who in many cases have been struggling to pay and have been in arrears and that is why they have been flipped onto these repayment metres. is there any kind of guarantee for those people? presumably they will still be potentially vulnerable? shat presumably they will still be potentially vulnerable? at the heart of

grant shapps, the business secretary, _ postponements.e as well? well, unlike with the royal - that as an issue as well? well, unlike with the royal college l that as an issue as well? well, | unlike with the royal college of nursing is, where the discussion occurs, local discussions occur with nurses, predominately the ambulance service, it is a local discussion between each ambulance service. we have been keeping track of that, working closely with all of auerbach ambulance services and local hospitals, to ensure that exactly that conversation goes on. —— auerbach ambulance services. as i said earlier, we keep patients safe. grant schapps criticising the unions for not communicating enough. you are not making the same comment. you seem satisfied that the basic conversations had happened? i’m conversations had happened? i'm satisfied conversations had happened? i�*m satisfied those conversations are occurring and we are keeping track of them and have as much clarity as possible on local negotiations. but the ambulance service, unlike the

so we were ready to go, you know, like our gods did, doves and our grant shapps first world war, seconde country and the national service lads were there from our wounded. no i just think we should bring back . that was the reason i asked the question. was it good for the question. was it good for the country? i tell you what, it isn't going to happen. don't think it isn't going to happen. but it might do. a lot of people quite a lot of good said you were a good footballer as a kid. yep well, i was. i played for liverpool. we to play in liverpool. we used to play in the streets with little ball the streets with a little ball and i went and got a trial for liverpool and i signed on for liverpool and i signed on for liverpool two years on the there's a couple of managers then and i to bill wasn't a manager when i was but the manager when i was but the manager there . then i asked him manager there. then i asked him why didn't he pick me for the team. i won't mention his name. he said, we never picked the team. he said that the directors picked the team and that was that's what happened un

grant shapps now heads up the energy security section secretary. tv, online , dab plus radio. you tv, online, dab plus radio. you with gb news. back now to dan wootton tonight . wootton tonight. tomorrow as you sat out many of us straight to the front pages a scar on our leads the metro after former officer david carrick was jailed for life for using and abusing his role to attack 12 vulnerable victims. the guardian also leads on that monster that his position in the police him believe he was untouchable . the independent. untouchable. the independent. however goes with just the most awful story. rescuer because in awful story. rescuer because in a race against time to find survivors, the turkey and syrian . earthquakes 20,000 feet dead and cos believe me growing up in new zealand you know the risks these earthquakes and this is one of the worst in a very long time. a superstar panel back with me now top daily mail columnist amanda patel of the conservative commentator, the reverend calvin robinson, and the author rebecca. now in what is becoming a

grant shapps now heads up the energy security section secretary.v, online , dab plus radio. you tv, online, dab plus radio. you with gb news. back now to dan wootton tonight . wootton tonight. tomorrow as you sat out many of us straight to the front pages a scar on our leads the metro after former officer david carrick was jailed for life for using and abusing his role to attack 12 vulnerable victims. the guardian also leads on that monster that his position in the police him believe he was untouchable . the independent. untouchable. the independent. however goes with just the most awful story. rescuer because in awful story. rescuer because in a race against time to find survivors, the turkey and syrian . earthquakes 20,000 feet dead and cos believe me growing up in new zealand you know the risks these earthquakes and this is one of the worst in a very long time. a superstar panel back with me now top daily mail columnist amanda patel of the conservative commentator, the reverend calvin robinson, and the author rebecca. now in what is becoming an

so we were ready to go, you know, like our gods did, doves and our grant shapps first world war, seconde country and the national service lads were there from our wounded. no i just think we should bring back . that was the reason i asked the question. was it good for the question. was it good for the country? i tell you what, it isn't going to happen. don't think it isn't going to happen. but it might do. a lot of people quite a lot of good said you were a good footballer as a kid. yep well, i was. i played for liverpool. we to play in liverpool. we used to play in the streets with little ball the streets with a little ball and i went and got a trial for liverpool and i signed on for liverpool and i signed on for liverpool two years on the there's a couple of managers then and i to bill wasn't a manager when i was but the manager when i was but the manager there . then i asked him manager there. then i asked him why didn't he pick me for the team. i won't mention his name. he said, we never picked the team. he said that the directors picked the team and that was that's what happened un

grant shapps now the energy security secretary , those are security secretary, those are your latest news headlines . your latest news headlines. you're up to date on tv, online and tv. plus, right here . and tv. plus, right here. watching gb news tonight where, laurence fox has patrick in charge . charge. well, thanks to that , polly. well, thanks to that, polly. okay, so remember the infamous jihadi bride, shamima bakam.7 well, she's still begging for the forgiveness. a month ago , the forgiveness. a month ago, the forgiveness. a month ago, the bbc divided opinion by releasing a podcast called i'm not a monster, which gave the controversial exorcist bride a platform to give her side of the story seemingly false, an attempt to humanise her and elicit some sympathy. well today the bbc have released a documentary called the shamima begum story, detailing her story travelling to syria in 2015 to join islamic state and her experiences with the terrorist group. well it's complete her press kit baker was even featured on the front page of times magazine. now we go back to this claim that

man as as a young mother aged 25 who had four children shocking stuff and upon revelation that grant shapps for business, energy and industrial strategy, tweeted he was horrified . the findings of the horrified. the findings of the investigation . ofgem have now investigation. ofgem have now told energy to suspend the installation of these metres. well joining me now is conservative mp ruth edwards who's a member of the business energy and industrial strategy select committee. ruth, thank you so much forjoining me. ruth, you mentioned this behaviour . ruth, you mentioned this behaviour. on the ruth, you mentioned this behaviour . on the 23rd of behaviour. on the 23rd of january in the house of commons when you said i'm incredibly concerned to hear reports of a number of customers being moved on to prepare . and you went on on to prepare. and you went on to ask what steps the government were to take to ensure fair play. so you an inkling that this was going before the times investigation . well we'd seen investigation. well we'd seen a huge rise in the number of applications for these warran

grant shapps now the energy security secretary , those are security secretary, those are your latest news headlines . your latest news headlines. you're up to date on tv, online and tv. plus, right here . and tv. plus, right here. watching gb news tonight where, laurence fox has patrick in charge . charge. well, thanks to that , polly. well, thanks to that, polly. okay, so remember the infamous jihadi bride, shamima bakam? well, she's still begging for the forgiveness. a month ago , the forgiveness. a month ago, the forgiveness. a month ago, the bbc divided opinion by releasing a podcast called i'm not a monster, which gave the controversial exorcist bride a platform to give her side of the story seemingly false, an attempt to humanise her and elicit some sympathy. well today the bbc have released a documentary called the shamima begum story, detailing her story travelling to syria in 2015 to join islamic state and her experiences with the terrorist group. well it's complete her press kit baker was even featured on the front page of times magazine. now we go back to this claim that s

and i went canvassing with grant shapps because . my with grant shapps because.was a tory councillor at the time. well hearty then . no, no time. well hearty then. no, no recollection of like they are now. any benevolence is gone and it's been replaced by cruelty and mismanagement and intolerance. and you know, it just i don't want any part of it. and i, you know, rishi is at the helm . mean, for goodness the helm. mean, for goodness sakes, we've had cameron johnson trust sunak i mean quick i mean it's outrageous and i agree with rebecca jane who was just on like you know it is time for a change not her type of change but it's time for a change. yeah, well the tories getting in and for rishi there's no hope of hope i'm afraid. pops sadly lost the last day . there's. there's the last day. there's. there's no future for the tory party. i'm afraid i'd never thought i'd say. that is a complete moral their policy is just gone , just their policy is just gone, just disastrous and we've got to think of rishi how he actually came in to be minister. i mean, he is a fraud

earlier on, gb news business secretary grant shapps defended the government's economic plan. think that liz's instincts are very conservative in the sense that we want to see taxes go lowered over a period of time. but i think everyone recognises we've been through, you know, hell with coronavirus, which i what, £400 billion at least of expenditure . we then had a war expenditure. we then had a war in ukraine which has pushed up energy prices and inflation and be very, very costly as a gb news on the ab plus radio. we will have more headlines at the top of the hour. alex davies jones , really good alex davies jones, really good to meet you. you came in 2019, so we would never colleagues. we're going to talk about who the real alex jones is in a minute. but i want to start by asking you about a question you put to the prime ministerjust a couple of weeks ago at prime minister's question time, where he talks about the radical desertion of young men in this country. just tell us what you meant by that. it's something thatis meant by that. it's something that is being brought up

grant shapps becomes the minister for energy security and net zero. ? a you do both at the same time? a report from the beaches of northern france that will make you question are we sending the french all that money? central bank, digital currencies. i warned you they're coming . warned you they're coming. they'll be with us by 2030. and joining me on talking points, former commonwealth and british boxing champion kevin mitchell. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . nigel thank you. middlehurst. nigel thank you. the gb news at 7:00 and our top story, the metropol ashton police commissioner has apologised ised for failings in the force after the sentencing of former officer david carrick today. of former officer david carrick today . the 48 year old has been today. the 48 year old has been handed 36 life sentences and will serve a minimum of 30 years for sexual offences against a dozen women. carrick pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape , all carried 24 counts of rape, all carried out whilst he was a

business secretary grant shapps says he's horrified by the report . the horrified by the report.health secretary says england is set to be one of the first countries in the to world wipe out hepatitis b. it comes as the world health organisation says transmission of hep b from mothers to their children has effectively been eliminated . in effectively been eliminated. in england, the latest data shows infections now stand . at just infections now stand. at just 0.1. more than infections now stand. at just 0.1. more tha n £400 million has 0.1. more than £400 million has been donated to uk charity to help people in ukraine since the conflict began. the united nafions conflict began. the united nations says the disasters emerged and sea committee has become the biggest charity donor to the response inside ukraine and helping refugees in neighbouring countries. and helping refugees in neighbouring countries . the dlc neighbouring countries. the dlc bnngs neighbouring countries. the dlc brings together 50 leading uk charities at times of crisis overseas to raise funds quickly . and king

earlier on, gb news business secretary grant shapps defended the government's economic plans. think that liz's instincts are conservative in the sense that we want see taxes go lowered over a period of time but i think everyone recognises we've been through you know hell with coronavirus which added wha t £400 billion at least of what £400 billion at least of expenditure. we then had a war in ukraine has pushed up energy pnces in ukraine has pushed up energy prices and inflation and be very, very costly . police say very, very costly. police say a key witness the search for missing mother of two nicola billy has come forward . officers billy has come forward. officers appealed for a woman's on cctv wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram in the area where the dog walker disappeared in lancashire last friday. they've called the speculation and abuse on social media towards the witness totally unacceptable . witness totally unacceptable. while forensic search and rescue specialist peter folding told gb news he thinks the police need to explore all angles of where nicola could b