short answer, huw, is that we are no | answer, huw, is that we are no further forward. answer, huw, is as answer, huw, is that we are no further forward. as we have answer, huw, is that we are no furtherforward. as we have been reporting in the last couple of days there seems to be a shimmy within government towards a desire for some sort of compromise. so, the town has shifted but the detail has not yet. and all of this, as you were just mentioning, as the prospect of further industrial action grows. as far as the government's analysis tonight on how it has coped, how ambulance services have coped today, they are content that the mitigations that were put in place to work, there were no critical incidents that began in any of those areas where there was a strike action, but they are very candid, they acknowledge the service was well below what it would normally be. one other thing to tell you about tonight. it is about the prime minister and the extent to which he relies on the nhs himself. he has been very evasive in the last couple of months about whether or not he used private heal

huw, i was ve struck pressure they were under?y struck being _ pressure they were under? huw, i was very struck being in _ pressure they were under? huw, i was very struck being in the _ pressure they were under? huw, i was very struck being in the hospital- pressure they were under? huw, i was very struck being in the hospital a - very struck being in the hospital a couple of days ago in a&e by the noise, the stress and strain on staff working flat out to deal with the seemingly constant stream of patients and buildings designed in previous decades for a much lower flow of patients and we see that in other hospitals as well. while bolton is doing everything it possibly can from the a&e playbook, streaming patients on the front door, the less seriously ill getting into a centre where there is a gp and despite all that you've got these scenes, these very crowded scenes and every inch of the department seemingly occupied patients tucked away here, there and everywhere. now, that's this week. nhs england put out statistics for last m

huw.ing. huw. many thanks again, error analysis editor, keep on coming. huw. many thanks again, erroranalysis editor, ros atkins. 0ur political editor chris mason is at westminster. what is your reading up—to—date's developments, notjust for mr zahawi developments, not just for mr zahawi but for prime developments, notjust for mr zahawi but for prime minister? developments, not just for mr zahawi but for prime minister?— but for prime minister? nadhim zahawi is determined _ but for prime minister? nadhim zahawi is determined to - but for prime minister? nadhim zahawi is determined to carry i but for prime minister? nadhim| zahawi is determined to carry on but for prime minister? nadhim . zahawi is determined to carry on as conservative party chairman and when i speak to _ conservative party chairman and when i speak to his colleagues, this is a luy i speak to his colleagues, this is a guy they hugely admire, his life story, _ guy they hugely admire, his life story, moving here as a child f

thanks, huw.ss the whole of the uk, it is under huge pressure at the moment. this blue line here shows the total number of beds in the nhs in england — it always hovers around 100,000, as you can see here. and doctors say to operate safely the average number of beds being used should not go above 85%, which is what this dotted line here shows. that is the level considered safe. but here in red you can see that this winter once again the nhs in england is operating well above that level — around 95% of beds are being used on some days. the scottish government today also warned that hospitals are "almost completely full". last week more than 12,000 of those beds in england — that's one in eight — were taken up by patients well enough to go home but who could not be discharged. that's typically because there was no care plan or no social care place for them. the health secretary says extra emergency funding — on top of half a billion pounds announced last september — should help with that. capacity o

yes, huw.s there were compared to the average in the most recent previous years. and that�*s how to assess the total of nearly 657,000 deaths in the uk in 2022. let�*s look at the five year rolling average back to 2010 — which you can see here with the blue line. that�*s the number of deaths you would expect to see normally. and with the orange line, the actual number — well above the average in the first two years of the pandemic, but in 2022 still higher above average than in most years before 2020. the office for national statistics says for england and wales increased sickness was a factor at the end of the year. the last two weeks of 2022, we've seen the number of deaths be around 20% above what we would expect, given the five—year average. having looked at the data alongside what we've published, we've seen an increase in the number of deaths due to respiratory diseases, such as influenza and pneumonia. so what are the main factors behind last year�*s figures? emergency care doctors say i

yes, huw, the bill was passed by the scottish parliament last month and will make it easier for people there to change their legal sex that's listed on their birth, marriage and death certificates. it'll remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria — the sense of unease someone experiences if their gender identity, or the perception of their gender, is different to the sex registered when they were born. it'll lower the age people can apply from 18 to 16 and they can do so after three months of living in their gender, or six months for uner—18s, instead of two years. at the minute, around 25 to 30 people change their legal sex in scotland every year. the scottish government estimates this could increase ten—fold, to about 300 a year. nine other countries in europe have a form of self—id. while we don't know how many people in scotland may apply, the census in england and wales found 96,000 people identify as transgender men and women. the current process to get that gender— the current process to get that gender recognition certificate is so lon- gender recognition certi

earlier, huw edwards, chief executive of industry body, ukactive told us how major events like the olympiceliver in terms of the excitement and pathways, especially for elite athletes. you saw in the tokyo games and the commonwealth games athletes inspired by 2012 participating. but the drivers of physical activity at population level in this country are walking, cycling, running, swimming and fitness. so you need a plan built around those agents of change and a plan that will improve, especially my members at ukactive, their ability to grow their service across the country. the work we're doing with sport england is very important on that. now we need to see the government plan, which is going to really unlock the potential of my sector and get it to work, especially in the current health crisis that we're seeing with the nhs. military helicopters in western australia have airlifted more than 200 people cut off by devastating floods. the crisis in kimberley was caused by heavy rain brought by a former tropical cyclone. the state's emergency services minister described the damage as a once

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's huw ferris.tretch their advantage back to five points. but they're playing the only team to beat them so far in the league this season. manchetser united. half time at the emirates marcus rashford scored his ninth goal in as many games to give united the lead. but eddie nketiah equalised seven minutes later. erling haaland socred a hattrick for manchester city for the fourth time to give them a 3—0 win over wolves that takes them to within two points of arsenal. for now, it's 25 premier league goals for the season now for the norwegian — that's more than the golden boot winner for the past four seasons! he has 31 in total in city colours. wolves stay in seventh place. wolves stay in 17th place. leeds haven't won now in six premier league games after they were held to a goalless draw by brentford at elland road. the home side had the bets of the chances but remain in the bottom six. brentford's point takes them back above liverpool into 8th. the australian open is the first grand slam in the open

huw edwards looks back on his life. # your love give me such a thrill # but your love don't pay my billsoney, in 1960. # you should have told me yourself # that you loved someone else # instead, i heard it through the grapevine...# along with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine...# and this one for the temptations. # papa was a rollin�* stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong, who's died, aged 81. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello, there. most of us had a fine day on monday with plenty of sunshine around. it was arguably one of the best days, weather—wise, we'll see this week, with the sunshine and relatively mild air. did tend to cloud over in the west later in the day, and that cloud is all associated with an area of low pressure that's up near iceland in the north atlantic. look at this weather front wrapped round and roun

thanks, huw, and welcome to bbc london.g i'm tulsen tollet and this is your sports news where we start with football. manchester united remain on course for their first trophy since 2017 after a 3—0 win over nottingham forest in the first leg of their efl cup semifinal. jim lumsden watched the action. forrest finds would have flinched at the memory of manchester united last visit. united were now in the running forfour visit. united were now in the running for four trophies. visit. united were now in the running forfour trophies. marcus running for four trophies. marcus rashford running forfour trophies. marcus rashford with 20 goes to his name made it 21. forrest were strangers to the ball for a while until they scored on the brick. va are beg to differ. i disallowed gold let the forest fire. united are a better side since the new dutch manager and they were brought into the comfort zone with a second goal. they got three past forrest at old trafford and looks likely to marry that feat and looks likely to marry that feat a

huw edwards will be here at ten. sportsday. i'm laura mcghie. england begin their netball world cup preparations this evening. we'll be live at the first of a three—match series against jamaica. 0wen farrell is set to be available for england's six nations opener with scotland, but will the new england head coach be breathing a sigh of relief? we'll look ahead to the last two quarter—finals of the english league cup. can pep guardiola become the most successful manager in the competition's history? also coming up in the programme — one of britain's rising tennis stars has told the bbc how the sport saved him as he dealt with "loneliness and anxiety". and formula 1's first and only black driver, lewis hamilton, discusses the lack of diversity within motorsport.

thank you, huw., the mayor launches a scrappage scheme to help londoners replace polluting vehicles, as pressure mounts on his flagship policy. good evening. i'm tulsen tollet, and this is your sports news where we start good evening. i'm tulsen tollet, and this is your sports news where we start good evening. i'm tulsen tollet, and this is your sports news where we start with football and david moyes will take his west ham side to face his former club manchester united in the fifth round of the fa cup. west ham made it through with a 2—0 win at league one derby county. jarrod bowen and michail antonio were on target in either half as the london club put their premier league along with manchester united being drawn at home to west ham, manchester city will travel to championship bristol city, while brighton's reward for knocking holders liverpool out is a trip to stoke city. the five remaining ties all contain at least one fourth round game that needs to replayed before moving onto the last 16 with t

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's huw ferris.indeed. three of the top four are playing in the premier league this afternoon, leaders arsenal taking on the only team that have beaten them so far in the league this season, manchester united. that's later. between them in the table at manchester city, five points adrift of arsenal, in second place ahead of their match against at wolves. it is one of two 2pm kick—offs in the premier league. and erling harland hat—trick gave manchester city a 3—0 lead, one before the break and two just after, and they lead wolves by 3—0. at elland road, no goals to speak of. currently 0—0. one match in the scottish cup fourth round this afternoon, an edinburgh derby which also started at tpm. hearts scored after ten minutes at easter road. still 1—0 there, also into the second half. either arsenal or manchester united could be new leaders of the women's super league later after chelsea's match against liverpool was abandoned afterjust six minutes. the match kicked off at the scheduled time of 12:30pm

thanks, huw. first a reminder of the background.pholding its independence. he had a 40—year career as a banker. he was a major donor to the conservatives, and worked alongside rishi sunak both at goldman sachs and when he was chancellor. mr sharp is also a close friend of the former prime minister borisjohnson — he calls him al, as many of his friends do. it's that relationship that's now in the spotlight. over reports about a loan guarantee reportedly offered to mrjohnson by another old friend, businessman sam blyth who, mr sharp says, read about mrjohnson�*s financial problems in the news and wanted to help. so in late 2020, mr sharp connected sam blyth with the head of the civil service simon case for advice on the rules — mr sharp says he agreed not to be involved any further to prevent a conflict of interest. he'd already applied for the job of bbc chairman, and a few weeks later was announced as the government's choice. he says he did nothing wrong. he says the three friends all had dinner at chequers, the prime minister's cou

so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward.ng to get a meeting with them next week, but they seem content for the action to go ahead and have done nothing over the past six or seven weeks to move it forward. the unions want more money for their members to help them cope with the rising cost of living. 0ffers have been discussed, but rail firms say extra cash can only come with changes to working practices, which the unions say they can't accept. the strikes are unnecessary. they're not helping and they don't motivate us to make an offer that we otherwise wouldn't. it doesn't drive us to achieve a different outcome than we would achieve through normal negotiation. and i think it's really damaging the future prospects of the industry, and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. the two sides need to hammer out a deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry, for example to make sure that w

huw edwards looks back on his life. # your love give me such a thrill # but your love don�*t pay my bills# you should have told me yourself # that you loved someone else # instead, i heard it through the grapevine...# along with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine...# and this one for the temptations. # papa was a rollin�* stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong�*s songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong who�*s died aged 81. let�*s catch up with all the latest sports news. hello, i�*m tt, and this is your sports news, where we start with football and the fa cup. in the final match of the fourth round, west ham beat derby county 2—0 at pride park. jarrod bowen put the visitors ahead early in the first half, hitting home from close range. michail antonio put paid to derby�*s hopes in the 50th minute with a header, meaning west ham�*s manager david moyes can now look forward to taking on hi

thank you, huw. coming up on the bbc news channel — could marcello beat everton bound?n talks over the managerial vacancy. good evening, i'm tt and this is your sports news where we start with football and what will be a big weekend of fa cup fourth round action gets started with premier league leaders arsenal taking on manchester city tomorrow night. the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city — pep guardiola. arteta spent five years as a player at arsenal before moving to city as assistant coach. it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee�*s heart lay. i know he went to the team, his club that he dreams of and i think it's important for the fact that he played there is a captain and she loved the club, i remember that we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with celebrating, he thought of and i was sitting there and it arsenal. that guy, that guy likes arsenal. marcelo bielsa is in london for further talks with the everton hierarchy as they search for a manager after sacking frank lampard. bielsa, the forme

settlement, and doing nothing about this dispute, and that needs to change, so i hope mark harper, and huw can move that forward. the transport secretary said he'd ensured a fair and reasonable offer was on the table. i want to see the rmt back round the table, so that we can try and get a good settlement that is fair to the people that work in the industry, but it's also fair to the travelling public and the taxpayer. network rail wants the rmt to reconsider its offer. we network rail wants the rmt to reconsider its offer.— network rail wants the rmt to reconsider its offer. we have put a fair deal on _ reconsider its offer. we have put a fair deal on the _ reconsider its offer. we have put a fair deal on the table _ reconsider its offer. we have put a fair deal on the table in _ reconsider its offer. we have put a| fair deal on the table in december. the deal has been accepted by two out of the three unions and it's the most we can afford on the productivity that has been agreed. thursday's striker�*s by train drivers, in a different union and aslef�*s dispute is about pay. all meetings

thank you, he fronts -- huw edwards. _ thousands of pilgrims have descended on the historic town of lalibelaurprise ceasefire was declared on november 2nd. the bbc�*s daniel dadzie reports. peace at last, after two years of war. thousands of worshippers have travelled from far and near to mark the ancient custom of orthodox christmas in africa�*s largest christian site. the medieval rock churches here at lalibela became a world heritage site in 1978. they are important for christians as places of pilgrimage and devotion. but this year�*s ceremony is special. it�*s laced with the relief of a country recovering from war. translation: last year- we were in our home crying. i normally always come here for christmas, but i couldn�*t come for the last two years. more than the pandemic, the war was scary because it was a massacre that was visible to our naked eyes. i couldn�*t come and celebrate it because i was afraid. not long ago, lalibela was on the front line of the brutal conflict between government forces and the tigray people�*s liberation front. the town changed hands four times during the

settlement, and doing nothing about this dispute, and that needs to change, so i hope that mark harper, and huw. the transport secretary said he had met unions and made sure an improved offer was on the table. i want to see the rmt back round the table, so that we can try and get a good settlement that is fair to the people that work in the industry, but it's also fair to the travelling public and the taxpayer. the rail delivery group hasn't done interviews today, but network rail�*s lead negotiator has. i think we've made some good progress before, in december. i'd like to keep that progress going and i'd like to get this resolved quickly. the strike on thursdays by train drivers with aslef, that is overpaid. —— over pay. more meetings are expected early next week involving all sides, aimed at trying to find a way forward. without a breakthrough, more strikes are very possible in the months ahead — the rmt has a mandate for action up to the end of may. reeta. .. thanks katy. our deputy political editor vicki young joins me now. real entrenched problems for public services — what's the governme

so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward.or seven weeks to move it forward. the unions want more money for their members to help them cope with the rising cost of living. 0ffers have been discussed, but rail firms say extra cash can only come with changes to working practices, which the unions say they can�*t accept. the strikes are unnecessary. they�*re not helping and they don�*t motivate us to make an offer that we otherwise wouldn�*t. it doesn�*t drive us to achieve a different outcome than we would achieve through normal negotiation, and i think it�*s really damaging the future prospects of the industry and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. the two sides need to hammer out a deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry — for example, to make sure that we have a proper seven—day railway operation — and there is a fair and reasonable pay offer on the table and a guarantee of

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so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward.ontent for the action to go ahead and have done nothing over the past six or seven weeks to move it forward. the unions want more money for their members to help them cope with the rising cost of living. 0ffers have been discussed, but rail firms say extra cash can only come with changes to working practices, which the unions say they can't accept. the strikes are unnecessary. they're not helping and they don't motivate us to make an offer that we otherwise wouldn't. it doesn't drive us to achieve a different outcome than we would achieve through normal negotiation. and i think it's really damaging the future prospects of the industry, and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. the two sides need to hammer out a deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry, for example to make sure that we have a proper seven—day railway operation. and there i

use that to help provide feedback long the journey up to the state of california so they understand huwed more time or need the funds on going manner. we have brave analysts in condition tracts crew among the tome that will try to do this the next year. but it it is absolutely not ape perfect situation. >> okay. thank you. any other questions from commissioners. i thought a tremendous opportunity. you know huge allocation of resource. unfortunately it it is not always a problem with funding strolls from the statement isn't this an excellent opportunity for enhanced out reach like beyond what we ever done before in terms of letting people know about the potential resource. how much more there might be available it people and utilize thanksgiving. you know utilizing the challenge as an opportunity to just expand. >> creativity and innovation. >> yes. >> and also getting people into the centers or whatever and really helping them to gain access am am where access difficult they have and actually -- work. seemed like you would plan on putting money those things and that is good. it seems lik

the secretaries of state for health and education and transport minister huw merriman will meet variousical correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. tell us first of all in a bit more detail about who is meeting home today and what they hope to achieve. good morning. the idea behind the talks today i think is twofold. firstly, a chance for the government to say, we are still trying to solve theissue to say, we are still trying to solve the issue of pay and trying to get over some of the strikes that have been taking place in the last few weeks. the second is to open talks about next year's pay deal, the one that starts in april 2023. the government has hinted that that could be a bit more generous to try and alleviate the concerns we have heard for months now from the unions about last year's pay deal and i think the difference between this year and last year is still quite important because unions are continuing to say that they need a pay rise for their members now and that means revisiting the pay deal they started in april 2022. at the moment the government is still saying, we

i took nets and will electric back at the record and we will i'm pleased with huwe are moving ahead. don't hesitate to roach out e mail or text if you have additional suggestions. may be on a question section or something we looked at but more data why are people turned away in i think this is getting at the doubled up question. so if people are trying to access shelter why are they turned away? if somebody is saying i need shelter in my mind i'm like no onements to stay in the shelter because. why are they not able to access this? this is in all parts of the system that came up in the prevention conversation we had around like look at when people drop off and trig to access a program this is getting at remember the comments as well as like where are people falling off? this is important did thea for us it electric at. not just successes but failures and how we fix this. member friedenbach? >> yea. noting that um -- we'll be getting the fund ref now forecast in mid march and only have 2 weeks to make recommendations. i mean 2 weeks like, okay, so, this next mont in february we talk a

and -- they were over -- and then as a result of that, we -- those lead to discussions and informed huwe locked at a variety of water issues. in an effort to keep diawilling going i reinstituted something you heard mr. warner refer to the bay area water stewards meetingly occurred quarter low. to bring together different contit wensies the environment and business community to talk about water issues. and we in about 3-4 of those over the course of the last year. that's something we do at staff level to talk bh variety of issues and to present. >> thank you for this information. i'm sorry. >> mr. ritchie i sum rise this accurate low, correct. i didn't will say that i initiated those workshops because we were looking at the voluntary agreement. and a lot of us did in the understand and know what it was about and mgo's had different ideas. we said let's have the workshop and we can talk more and get in depth that's how that started and there inform other topics and people found them helpful. id did ands a now commissioner it was helpful y. we can think about it againful came it on the sxen

short the expenditure plan sets up the book ends for the sales tax program and includes >> reporter:s huwe administer the program we will talk about 2 requirements the strategic plan and 5 year prioritization program. these are tools the board is required adopt before we are able to bring you allocations for prop well<,>. >> what is the strategy plan the main tool uses for daily implementation. provides transparency how we administer the sales tax programs. and it service as a key financial planning to the for the measure. and there are 3 compossibly in thes plan. the inch if is establishes the policies for the administration of the measure. established the sales tax ref now forecast for the 30 years and look at revenue forecast included in the proposition and may make revisions to this forecast based on the best available data. and finally includes expenditures including the cost to administer the program. but funding for projects. including debt this may be required to advance project deliver. faster than pay as you go with support. >> who i the strategic plan sets the picture. the 5 ip

huwe do that is important i suggest and recommend that we establish a task force and find out if combnld be interested in serving. if we don't have people that are interested i'm letting you know i am. then but if no one elsement this is we daunte it. that's the reality. that's my position i'm not aposed to either. i think we should try doing it ourselves. see what we get and get it out there. we also had people who are not part of our jurisdiction this are not san francisco voters not residents tells us what to do and what their opinion is. i not we awfuls had residents who is call in the that said post it. post it. i'm for and we and make it very clear this may be updated and why would it be updated? what we needed to do and i recommend that as part of this we establish the dates of february and march for community meetings because whatever we post we should update to include any input community given if yous. and i think that it is valuable. so -- what i hope to express to each you is my dedication to being action driven. that unites us together and really maximizes to use the skill s

and the on the others of the atlantic huw pill speaking.get a sense of them pushing back against the excitement around a soft landing type of scenario? do we get a signal they are excited and they are going to well but -- welcome this slowdown? we also get the three amigos summit. all joining together in mexico city for this north american leaders summit. very much on the table. the immigration question around the place but also when people are talking about moving manufacturing to local areas how much do we get a sense of some meat behind that versus the contradictions the people have with where the trade policies should go? kicking off the earnings the scene for the baking industry the fourth-quarter results a question mark ahead of the jp morgan how much do we get a sense of the cutbacks that we saw that we were just talking about forces where the profits are going to be where are the opportunities? you start to get more dislocations, perhaps more distress. jonathan: unreal. portfolio manager, wonderful to catch up with the as always. th

addressing the homelessness and meants will health and accountability and huwe spepdz machine and he deliver services. we are asking departments -- to make reduction in how much general funds they receive of -- upon about 5% of general funds in the first and agree to 8 percent in the second and additional instructions the mayor begin on departments. include priorityidesing or reclassifiying vacancies to fill core functions or mayor priority and when we mean is the city has a large vacancy rate and one way to balance to have a hiring froedz. we then and there is in the approximate tenable we know we need key city workers and in key functionless we are asking departments to tell when you say is the right balance with what is funded and fill exclude figure out in billions. will be a hard exercise something our office will look at in the coming months. and to propose remaining vacancies and budget savings and asking to maintain initiatives related priority and going to need to fund those. and foiblely telling departments and i'm telling everybody else in the city things could get weirs i

comfwhien and it does foal like a heightened moment approximate that's huwe respond to this is important. as part of our -- budget instructions and thinking through the process and a plan this makes sense we did look back 5 dwroers look how much spent and it was interesting look to see what is deliverable. and i have to say that just based on the numbers does not seem like the pandemic made a difference. there are factor there is. if you ask a project manager they will tell you it made it challenging to deliver work. it has been challenging to deliver work and now given the environment it is more challenging. it is just behooves us to look at when we budget and make sure we do right by rate payors and budget the right amount. >> thank you very much. i have 2 other comments and questions. one is you brought up draught as how it is like factor impacting our budget and rates and comments. i asked before and mentioned to general manager herrera, i do want to look not for power but also not just water but for power. and decoupling the rates i really continuing is going to be helpful to us to

and the time how we can electronic those or been when we care about with our housing production and huwe want to track if our out put on the other housing goals. there are tunes to think about what performance looks like and we have our study of our policy and practices approximate this migive us more opportunity to give out measure and reporting out. no shortage of w for sure. and everyone thatting the staff for putting together the budgetful got a lot of w to do and i guess director with the cuts, do you see occurrence need to make choices regarding when programs we do or don't move forward with. and men it relates to on going manage management punish as staff turn over making sure we move around to priority projects and projects have to go to the back burn are from time to time. >> i think this is the biggest issue. cutting the vacant positions we keep positions available as the budget may grow. so, i'm not concerned about the vacant po sipgsz. you are right, if our ref now goes down and can't fill positions our work program adjusts by who may leave and gotta shift resources around or

and the time how we can electronic those or been when we care about with our housing production and huwe want to track if our out put on the other housing goals. there are tunes to think about what performance looks like and we have our study of our policy and practices approximate this migive us more opportunity to give out measure and reporting out. no shortage of w for sure. and everyone thatting the staff for putting together the budgetful got a lot of w to do and i guess director with the cuts, do you see occurrence need to make choices regarding when programs we do or don't move forward with. and men it relates to on going manage management punish as staff turn over making sure we move around to priority projects and projects have to go to the back burn are from time to time. >> i think this is the biggest issue. cutting the vacant positions we keep positions available as the budget may grow. so, i'm not concerned about the vacant po sipgsz. you are right, if our ref now goes down and can't fill positions our work program adjusts by who may leave and gotta shift resources around or

i hope mark part —— mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible cannot ——, can move thatove it forward. the you saying that nothing has happened since the 15th of december when you met them face—to—face? the gut says there has been contact between the sides, not face—to—face contact but negotiations going on informally. is that the case, there has been some contact? == that the case, there has been some contact? ,:, , contact? -- the government. there is alwa s contact? -- the government. there is always contact — contact? -- the government. there is always contact with _ contact? -- the government. there is always contact with the _ contact? -- the government. there is always contact with the rail _ always contact with the rail companies. we are constantly in dialogue — companies. we are constantly in dialogue. but there are no proposals. i have two set out for the government the sort of moves we need to— the government the sort of moves we need to do _ the government the sort of moves we need to do. the companies know what is involved _ need to do. the companies know wh