what did she say in the house of commons? she is under ressure. house of commons? ast _ house of commons? she is under pressure. not least in _ house of commons? she is under pressure. not least in the - pressure. not least in the newspapers. the kind of speculation as to whether she can hold onto herjob as chancellor was doused down by damage to your site. the premise is that he had full confidence in her and of course a downing street official then said there would be working together right up until the next election. this statement was ostensibly about that trip to china. she defended going. the conservatives say they should —— she should not have gone there at all. when it came to the attack from the opposition in the house of commons, her opposite number mel stride definitely wanted to talk about the state of the wider economy.— talk about the state of the wider economy. the pound has hit a 14 month _ wider economy. the pound has hit a 14 month low, _ wider economy. the pound hasl hit a 14 month low, government borrowing — hit a 14 month low, government borrowi

we are keeping an eye on the house of commons for you, where mps are preparing for prime minister's questionsvery shortly. as we have been discussing, we expect the issue of grooming gangs to may i wish all members of this house a happy new year. and, mr speaker, our thoughts are with those affected by the recent flooding and we thank the responders working hard to keep communities safe. this week we published our elective reform plan to rebuild our nhs and end the tory backlog. we will deliver where the previous government failed, empowering patients, boosting productivity, more care in the community and incentivising reform. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i will have further such meetings later today. cani can i offer the prime minister condolences

nick, we will l pull away from our composition that we need to going out to the house of commons, thehalf a million children every year expend some form of child sexual abuse, violence and sexual violation in the home, or repeated rapes or know that encounter in that cell, know that encounter was recorded by another prisoner in the same cell. that was then, that footage was then shared widely and went viral and very quickly on social media will stop as a result, linda de sousa abreu was identified by staff at wandsworth prison only a couple of days later. she was then arrested by police while she was at heathrow airport before attempting to board a flight to madrid with her father. no at a sentencing earlier this year, and i think we're going to head back to you.— this year, and i think we're going to head back to you. nick, we will ull awa to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from — to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from our _ to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from our composition i to head back to you. nick, we will l pull away from our composition that

let's go live to the house of commons where we are hearing from david lammy, who is delivering a statement to parliament on the gaza ceasefire.— parliament on the gaza ceasefire. �* ., , ., ceasefire. after months of despair. — ceasefire. after months of despair, there _ ceasefire. after months of despair, there is - ceasefire. after months of despair, there is no - ceasefire. after months of despair, there is no hope. | ceasefire. after months of i despair, there is no hope. a glimmer of light in the darkness, a darkness that had seemed all—consuming since hamas barbaric attack on the 7th of october 2023. i am sure the whole house remembers the agony as we learned the full horror of what happened. the grief as we mourn those who were lost, for the hostage families, the agony has gone on and on. members across the house will have met many of them. including the relatives of british citizens. and i know we have families with us here in the chamber today. i want to pay tribute once again to them for their bravery, humanity and commitment to bring the hostages home. and i invite the house to

we can look at the live pictures coming in from the house of commons. we reminded the audience we were waiting. 0urjob —— robertjenrick is on the national security implications of drivers delivering web —— weapons to prisons. what might we hearfrom web —— weapons to prisons. what might we hear from the shadow justice minister? this might we hear from the shadow justice minister?— justice minister? this will be a chance for— justice minister? this will be a chance for robert _ justice minister? this will be a chance for robert jenrick - justice minister? this will be a chance for robert jenrick to i justice minister? this will be a. chance for robert jenrick to see chance for robertjenrick to see that it's critical that the government has not done enough bearing in mind that only been in government sincejuly. and the secretary of state forjustice has said they inherited prisons in crisis but this is politics and robertjenrick will make the most of the opportunity and the news that has been uncovered by the bbc about the extent of the drones getting into p

we have a statement from her in the past 30 minutes in the house of commons acknowledging the house ofity of these crimes and also the breadth of the failings. not least the fear from so many for so long that speaking out would be deemed to be racist. and she said she would bring what she described as a new impetus and action to try to deliver some of the recommendations set out in that national report that concluded a couple of years ago. she said she would make it mandatory to report abuse making it a an offence to fail to report or cover up child sexual abuse. she will assure that the police take allegations around this much more seriously and there will be more measures to come in the coming weeks about the growing problem of online abuse. the conservatives though are continuing to maintain their argument that there should be a full public inquiry and that the national inquiry and that the national inquiry of a few years ago was too narrow in its scope and they say that they will push for a vote so that they will push for a vote so that mps get a say on whether such an inquiry shou

had he ever talked about grooming gangs in the house of commons? this last year and i was criticised for it. yes, i have checked hansard today and it's not a perfect test. i went on the media... when you put in the name "robertjenrick, grooming," no mention, "grooming gang," no mention. i wrote about this, nick. "rotherham," no mention. nick, i wrote about this, last year. "0ldham," no mention. i wrote about this, nick, last year... "rochdale," no mention. ..and was criticised by the media for doing so. "child sexual abuse," no mention, mrjenrick, "child rape," no mention. you have not raised — or have you? — please correct me if my search is wrong — the issue of mass gang rape and child sexual abuse that you are so energised about, you have no evidence you raised it as a ministerand no evidence you have raised it in the house of commons. i wrote about this last year and was criticised by the media for doing so. what the conservatives now say is that mass migration, over which they presided, has allowed millions of people from what they call "alien

doing, with the cost of borrowing, and the risk that the chancellor rachel reeves who was in the house of commonsrecord, so you can't have distractions like a minister accused of may be benefiting from corruption in another country, so maybe inevitably she has gone.— she has gone. thanks for “oininu she has gone. thanks for joining us- _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will - she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will have i she has gone. thanks for- joining us. we will have more on that story on the programme in the next little while. stay with us here on bbc news. welcome back.

a long way to go before it could become law, including another crucial vote before the whole house of commonsdiff university has confirmed plans to cut 400 full—timejobs due to a funding shortfall. the proposals could involve school and subject closures, with nursing, music and modern languages among the courses being dropped. the university and college union said it would fight plans against compulsory redundancies. here's our wales correspondent, hywel griffth. cardiff university, a prestigious uk university, one of the so—called russell group, announcing a cut of 400 staff, something like 7% of its workforce, and major changes in terms of what it will teach students. so the cuts coming, we understand in departments like music, ancient history, some modern languages and nursing as well. so a change in what courses it will offer students let tell you what is coming up. we will the from git). we will. set the latest for" democratic en. we will. set the leteet for" democratic of the democratic republic of congo. some of the pictures on 77 the chaos on the ground. the chaos on the was talking t

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but i think what she could have done is appeared herself in the house of commons yesterday to answer th respect to the bond markets and not send her deputy. she is giving the impression of being missing in action and that is never a good look when your competence is in question. look when your competence is in cuestion. . ~ look when your competence is in cuestion. ., ~ , ., let's focus on tiktok now, because the us supreme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whether the company should be banned in the country, if it remains under the ownership of the chinese company byte da nce. the split is required by a biden administration law which says it's necessary to protect national security. the new law is set to take effect in nine days time. tiktok says it's used by around 170 million americans. it, along with some of its content creators, have argued the ban violates their first amendment rights to free speech. our north america technology correspondent lily jamali has more. well, congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed conce

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activities you hear what happened in london today, the mob stormed the house of parliament, crashed through the door of the house of commons, to control the british parliament department and we hope the police can take control back in a matter of hours of they can continue the business. what would we send them. in london, england, they would do what, a mob storming the houses of parliament knocking down the door incredible without they were leaders in the world. no reflect for a moment on january 6th 2021, what we would do and all of us went through this individually being spirited out of the capitol building, taken to a safe place because i mob and that was a peaceful transition of power and i wanted to say, she are getting thank you for joining us today and you may have noticed will notice no supposed to notice but we should, the men and women in uniform protect us in this chamber and throughout the buildings day in and day out and bless them thought it went through in january 6, is an outrage, attacks on them several lost their lives, as a consequence of that went through manyny were facing determinate hundreds of peopl

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as we monitor that live shot of the house of commons, a lot to discuss and keir starmer will be up against little bit of reprieve, a little bit of reprieve, a little bit of relief or the government after inflation dipped ever so slightly. the rate of which prices increase was a little bit less in december, 2.5% down from 2.6% in november. so let's start with that, and we can talk to our business correspondent who joins us live. before we talk politics, we will do the economics. a little bit of wiggle room after a really difficult week. it definitely has. moderately _ difficult week. it definitely | has. moderately surprising easing of inflation i think we can call it. economists expected it to stay level at 2.6% as it had in november, but price rises have eased off as you say. remember, this does not mean they are dropping, it just means they are rising a little bit slower than they were. there is a whole basket of goods and services involved here. we saw upward pressure on fuel prices, the cost of second—hand cars as well. but offset by prices easing in hotels, restaurants, also a sharp d

for viewers in the uk, there is a qr code to take you to coverage to that committee in the house of commonsews team, thanks for watching. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there are still lots of flood warnings in england, but the numbers are dropping and that's because many places today are dry with some sunshine as well, although it's still cold out there. typical temperatures this afternoon are 3—6, similar to what we had yesterday. perhaps not quite as windy as yesterday, the strongest winds are in the northeast of scotland, but we've still got some blustery west to northwesterly winds near those showers, and those will continue to blow in more snow showers across this part of scotland and northern ireland through tonight and into tomorrow morning. a few centimetres widely, more than that over the hills in northern scotland. could be some further snow falling in the showers across north—west england, wales, the north—west midlands. those will die out, but some icy conditions are likely to be left behind. otherwise, we're going to have some clear skies developing overnight, and

will be hearing from the home secretary yvette cooper, she will be making a statement in the house of commonsou're in the uk you will be able to watch that here on bbc news. now, let's turn to the middle east. israel says hamas has not given any details about the status of hostages it claims it's ready to release in the first phase of a potential deal. hamas has indicated that 3a hostages — including all the women, children, and elderly and sick captives it holds — could be freed. in recent days, negotiators from both sides have been holding indirect talks in qatar. our correspondent in jerusalem, emir nader, gave us the latest. we understand from mr benjamin netanyahu's office that the list of 3a names that hamas has shared with the media, including the bbc, is actually a list given by israel to mediators as early as july. a list given by israel to mediators as early asjuly. as you mention, on that list there are a number of elderly, young, female soldiers, some children who are understood, who hamas has previously said were dead. the israeli side has asked for information on the, about the

the government had correctly concluded that the house of commons had just put confidence in a -- in mrer's government. this was a political letter. but the voice of the house before christmas. we won three nonconfidence votes. and we are going to have to retest the confidence of the house in march. to get a budget through. in 2008 the governor general correctly concluded that because the very last times in the previous weeks that the confidence of the house had been tested, it had passed that confidence test. stephen harper had the confidence of the house because it would bear out, stephen harper won a confidence vote once again. so a political document of political speeches doesn't carry the kind of weight that. this will take us into march and will be confidence votes in march and the passing of supply that will allow parliament to weigh in on confidence intake a of a way that is in keeping of all the presumes of democracy and the workings of our strong institutions. [speaking french] >> don't you think this is undemocratic because you are not allowing parliament to express your conf

speaking in the house of commons, defence secretary john healey said that britain is prepared to takeity. a foreign vessel is currently in the — a foreign vessel is currently in the north sea having passed through— in the north sea having passed through british waters. let me be clear. — through british waters. let me be clear, this is a russian spy ship _ be clear, this is a russian spy ship used _ be clear, this is a russian spy ship used for gathering intelligence and mapping the uk plasma — intelligence and mapping the uk plasma critical underwater infrastructure. the ship entered _ infrastructure. the ship entered the uk exclusive economic zone about 45 miles off the — economic zone about 45 miles off the british coast on monday. forthe off the british coast on monday. for the last two days the royal navy has deployed hms somerset and to monitor the vesset— somerset and to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters — vessel every minute through our waters. and i change royal navy rules— waters. and i change royal navy rules of— waters. and i change royal navy rules of eng

it is scant detailsl at the moment and yvette cooper is sat in the house of commons divorce against herd expectation issue will announce locally led inquiry a series of them but crucially with national backing but crucially with national backing but this matters because it was brought to the fore again after 0ldham council requested the home office support them with an office support them with an investigation into this issue of grooming gangs stop that request was rejected by the home office at the time which sparked a huge wave of calls for national inquiry into the issue and the conservatives, the parties, reform and elon musk wading into the debate on social media. the government position is they did not think there should be a national inquiry and said there had been a suite of investigations in the interview including a report by alexis jay which reported back in 2022 and ministers claimed they thought the focus should be on implementing the recommendations of that report. it seems there has been a slight shift in position and we will hear more from yvette cooper in the next few m

pm trudeau: the governor general and 2008 correctly concluded the house of commons had just put their confidence in mr. harper's government. despite a letter signed by the opposition leader, a political letter. but the voice of the house was paramount before christmas we won three nonconfidence votes. and we are going to have to retest the confidence of the house in march. to get the budget through. >> pm trudeau: in 2008 the governor general correctly concluded that because the very last times in the previous weeks that the confidence of the house had been tested, it had passed that confidence test, stephen harper continued to have the confidence of the house and it would bear out as soon as they came back stephen harper one. the confidence vote once again. so a political document or political speeches don't carry the kind of weight that winning a confidence vote means. but this will take us only into march. and there will be confidence votes in march. in the passing of supply. that will allow parliament to weigh in on confidence. in a way that is entirely in keeping with all the pri

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. >> testimony by british prime minister keir starmer before the house of commons liaison committee. he was asked about a range of domestic and foreign policy issues including economic growth, the uk housing crisis, the israel-hamas were, and the collapse of the assad regime in syria. the committee is comprised of all the chairs some the select committees of the house of commons. this is his first appearance since being elected in july. it is about 90 minutes. >> order, order. welcome to liaison committee on thursday 19 december, 2024. were. were delighted to welcome the prime minister finalist for the first time and can awoken you. thank you very much for being so proactive in setting this date in your diary. so i appreciate your commitment to scrutiny and transparency and look forward to hearing what you got to say today as the man in hot seat. prime minister if i could kick off as you private are where i chair the treasury select committee. it's a great privilege. the chancellor appeared in front of us after the budget and was very clear that the growth of this country will outstri

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you have no evidence you raised it as a ministerand no evidence you raised it in the house of commons so. sir keir starmer too has said a new inquiry is not needed, but the question is whether the controversy being stirred by opposition parties and online might force him to concede. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. let me take you back to georgia and show you the pictures. i said around now we will begin to see the ceremonial speaking and that is what is happening at the carter centre. ecb bands and the crowds, all of this as and the crowds, all of this as a prelude to the moving of former presidentjimmy carter's body from the carter centre in georgia to washington, dc, and the beginnings of thatjourney start in about 15 minutes. you can see some of the bands in place, the family there. we will continue to keep an eye and return to this in the coming minutes, those are the life pictures coming in to us from atlanta. another thing we are keeping an eye on is we are expecting a news conference from donald trump. and today the us president—elect has asked a new court to through

the conservative party is going to try to force a vote on that in the house of commons tomorrow.y certain they will be able to have that vote, if they do i don't think they would win it but they would seek to generate political energy saying the labour party over there are voting against this and the conservatives are voting for it. this is a classic parliamentary tactic, but moving forward beyond that, i think the question will be about how implement the recommendations of that report which came out in 2022. they are saying, hang on a second, why are we getting all the heat when the conservative government that was in place in 2022, when this inquiry reported and then in place for nearly two years after didn't implement the recommendations? and i am sure we will hear more of that from the labour party, from the labour government but nevertheless they are in government, the onus is on them, yesterday, they announced various measures they would be bringing forward first and a lot of people will be watching to see how commemorations are due to be held in france, marking ten years s

presidential administration change before taking questions from members of the house of commons that s weekly prime minister's questions time. address the economy, transportation infrastructure investment, and employment rights. >> right, before we come to prime minister's questions, the speaker of the assembly of the republic of albania. let's start with questions. joshua reynolds. >> question one, mr. speaker. >> prime minister. >> thank you. i know members across the house will want to extend our thanks to president biden for his steadfast leadership and warmly congratulate president-elect trump the head of his inauguration. mr. speaker, in my conversations with president-elect trump, we've underlined our shared commitment to the special relationship in the years to come. mr. speaker, we launched our ii opportunities action plan which made sure we seize the opportunities to benefit working people. that will boost productivity, transform public services, 39 billion pounds of investment in over 13,000 jobs. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues. i will have further

my lords and members of the house of commons, my government will govern in service to the country.with the weather, a roof may have helped. god save the king. this truly is an historic place. jersey has one of the oldest connections to the crown. the expo was a chance to learn more about the channel islands with a couple ofjersey cows clearly unaware they were in the presence of royalty. laughter in november, it was the king who attended engagements alone. it was later revealed the queen had pneumonia. here, meeting the cast of gladiator ii, including denzel washington. you've been in so many films, it's fantastic. thank you, thank you. your highness. indistinct a hug? yeah. why not? laughter and he was very happy to give new zealand's women's rugby team a hug. although the king looked to be enjoying being back at work, there had to be adaptations to his schedule to reflect his health. we didn't mean to tackle you! no! laughter there was an anniversary this year which required a significant royal presence. 80 years since the largest seaborne invasion in history — d—day. bagpipes sk

the united kingdom relationship with united states during his weekly question session for the house of commonsthis runs 35 minutes. >> now welcome to prime minister's questions, so agreed. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the murder of three young girls in southport was devastating. a measure of justice has been done, but for the victims injured, we must have fundamental change of how we can protect its citizens and its children. as part of public inquiry, mr. speaker, we will not let any the flight from their failure. mr. speaker, next monday marks the memorial day. last week only strengthened my resolve to build national hogans memorial and learning center -- holocaust memorial day learning center beside this. the whole house also welcomes the release of emily and other hostages from gaza. the cease-fire deal implemented in full, the release of remaining hostages, and a surge in aid to gaza for citizens. may i also welcome someone whose young daughter olivia was murdered and awful circumstances , to the chamber. i've met them twice could we will change the law. mr. spea

you have no evidence you raised it as a ministerand no evidence you raised it in the house of commonson parties and online might force him to concede. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. president—elect trump's son, donald trump gender, has arrived in greenland. while it is being billed as a private visit, comes after his father b is a true to his interest in the united states gaining control of the autonomous danish territory in the arctic. donald jr is not due to meet any officials in greenland. his father says it is a matter of time before greenland joined the united states. greenland's prime minister says that greenland is for greenlanders, as she advocates for independence from denmark. the foreign minister has also said that greenland is not for sale. some of washington dc�*s residents have had a fun day pointing in the snow. the two giant pandas arrived last year from china and seem to be having a whale of a time in the snow. hello there. there are still lots of flood warnings in england, but the numbers are dropping and that's because many places today are dry with some

what do and by him to be destroyed the winston churchill house of commons. 1945. the high, you know, revealed is what british prime minister winston churchill once called poland. restore. it's a couple more. yeah, that's correct. people are going to be asking me to see what star talk a boiler, a pre grown up. the one you portion. what shit schifflet's split, it should be a card table put, put you more than you thought the germany. she bet really now come on instead of minute we're waiting for some more stuff. i need the shuttle. it's almost a duty to the shooting. you say that's key save, which i know that's pretty good to just disappeared. is the media concept or what exactly? because i'm not sure if that will win useful. so what the pro pushed was as an investment. and so we're using music you would actually with go green solution would be to purchase the function with mass catch generals. and we have the money a couple more than not the new or should we can use of not to get that at the fix because they were using the book freed daniel mixed up with a one year

speaking in the house of commons, john healey said that britain is prepared to take robust action toan beale, reports. britain has long suspected that russia has been mapping critical undersea cables, which carry power and telecommunications, with concerns they could be cut or sabotage. those fears have only increased with russia's war in ukraine. and this is one of the vessels britain believes has been doing that clandestine work. shadowed here in 2018 by a royal navy warship, yantar is described by russia as a research vessel. the ministry of defence here calls it a spy ship. yantar has once again been tracked near uk waters. on november the 10th it was off the coast of cornwall. four days later it was in the irish sea, said to be hovering close to undersea cables. at the time she was being tracked and monitored by the royal navy, but secretly the russian ship was also being observed by a british submarine in a highly unusual move. in a highly unusual move, that submarine hms astute surfaced. defence sources say it verbally warned the russian ship that it knew what it was doing. to

speaking in the house of commons, defence secretary john healey said that britain is prepared to takee strengthening our response to ensure that russian ships and aircraft cannot operate in secrecy near the uk or near nato territory. i discussed this story earlier with our security correspondent, frank gardner. britain as an island nation is very dependent on undersea cables, primarily for telecoms, for communications. and we're not alone in this. so there are also, in the baltic sea, a number of undersea cables, some of which have recently been cut. now, this particular vessel, the yantar, which is a russian surveillance vessel, was seen in november. loitering is the word that was used over britain's very sensitive undersea cables and it was effectively chased off. it departed southwards to the mediterranean, and it has now come backjust a few weeks later, and the royal navy surfaced a submarine quite close to it to basically give the russians the clear understanding that it was being monitored. and you saw therejohn healey, the defence secretary, saying that, you know, and he's also

of western and so the president the presidency and the in the presidency were important. him and his to the white house allowed him to emphasize the relationship, the relationship to the point of common citizenship. as i as i mentioned. and it was it's an interesting dynamic. the united kingdom is going down and the u.s. is going up. he is going up as a world statesman at same time that franklin roosevelt is declining. isn't that interesting? so on a human level, things happening on a international level. things things are happening. and i think it it's a tribute to him that someone who was so steeped in history and he was a point i make is that he was steeped in history and and thought about it while franklin roosevelt largely thought about the future he was looking ahead the united nations. this was really important to him but churchill is steeped in once history to be a positive force sees america as this powerful positive force and wants to come to 1600 pencil brain avenue to be sure that, his viewpoint is heard. and he did. powerful. let's take some questions from the audience. oh, do we need churchill now? one thing you said perplexed me. i was born in the 1940s. churchill and

today, no vote is needed in the house of commons to do this. well. uk, of course, have been critical of both major political parties. they backed the tory amendment, but nigel farage called the vote insincere. reform, of course, is the only major uk party to mention the grooming gang epidemic in their manifesto. and today zia yousef, the party chairman, also recommitted to their earlier pledge, claiming that they will hold a private inquiry into grooming gangs if labour doesn't launch a national one. look, i want to be frank with everybody tonight. reform will be under the same scrutiny to deliver on their promises, not just by me, but by you at home. the entire british public. words will not cut it any more. this scandal is not going to go away, no matter how hard political parties, mps and the establishment try to brush it out of the public discourse. these victims will not be silenced again. we are giving them a platform and a voice, and we're not going to stop talking about it. these victims deserve better. they deserve justice, accountability, a