i briefly, iain duncan smith, if i can ask you. _ briefly, iain duncan smith, if i can ask you. as— brieflyly been compromised by this mass— has actually been compromised by this mass cyberattack? —— britain's democracy? — democracy? there is no question that is what those malign entities would want to happen. if you ask me have we been fast enough and quick enough and focused enough to deal with it, the answer has to be no. not for want of trying by the security services, i have to tell you, because i think they have been well aware of what this was. i go back to 2020, when some of our supposed the entry of huawei into 56. i thought the government received bad advice. eventually, we were able to demonstrate it was not the case, and it was politicians, parliamentarians, that actually opposed that and stopped it. what we have hope since it was that we could stop it. we were sanctioned because we had on earth the xinjang genocide, and it is a genocide. even the un have suggested that is the case. because we got that, these were official documents, china were furious with those of us as indivi

anxious, — more suspicious, far more concerned and anxious, but it is also interesting to hear iain duncan smithwestern china, saying that the announcement was limited. _ saying that the announcement was limited, saying as he put it that it was an— limited, saying as he put it that it was an elephant giving birth to a mouse — was an elephant giving birth to a mouse a— was an elephant giving birth to a mouse. �* . was an elephant giving birth to a mouse. ~ ., ., ., , mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the — mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the turn _ mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the turn of _ mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the turn of the _ mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the turn of the year, - mouse. a finalthought. i was in new delhi at the turn of the year, at - delhi at the turn of the year, at the 620, delhi at the turn of the year, at the g20, and i remember rishi sunak making this argument that we needed to find a way to coexist. before we left new delhi, he was standing on the runway is the sunday times reported there was a

iain duncan smith said the sanctions, the welcome, are like an elephant giving birth to a mouse.th a wooden spoon. your reaction to that? , ., ., , ., to that? the truth is that i was one ofthe to that? the truth is that i was one of the people _ to that? the truth is that i was one of the people who _ to that? the truth is that i was one of the people who was _ to that? the truth is that i was one of the people who was sanctioned l to that? the truth is that i was one i of the people who was sanctioned by the chinese, and you have to go back to why it was that a number of parliamentarians, five in the house of commons and two of us in the house of lords, were sanctioned by the chinese. and it was because we were putting a spotlight on the conduct of china in relation to its uyghur population. they are a muslim minority who live in a province of china, and in the past certainly decade, it has become heightened the extent to which china has been facing, many of them, millions of them, in concentration camps. there has been the taking of children and putting them into reformatory i

that joined delighted to say that i'm joined now conservative now by former conservative leader iain duncan smith iain duncan smith, the and the mp for chingford and woodford lovely to see woodford green. lovely to see you morning. now the you this morning. now the newspapers bring us news of tory calamity . sir ian, with the calamity. sir ian, with the tories apparently heading for the biggest defeat in history. talk of labour winning 250 seats, majority . it looks like seats, majority. it looks like it could be worse than 1997. what's your response to some of these reports? >> well, let me deal with the labour bit first and i'll come back to the other stuff, i actually don't agree, the truth is, if you look at the polls as well, they tell you nearly half the have not made the public have simply not made an absolute decision about where they'll vote. now, that's really important because the comparisons with 96 are wrong. i was here in 96 by way past longer than this moment in political cycle. i would knock on doors of tory voters and they would tell me no good, sorry, i want change. i'm voting f

but one member of parliament, sir iain duncan smith, was, shall we say, less than impressed. >> whilstwelcome these two sanctions from the government , sanctions from the government, it is a little bit this statement like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. the reality is that in those three years the chinese have trashed the sino—british agreement. they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang . we have had churches xinjiang. we have had churches broken and in hong kong , false broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai >> great quote, elephant giving birth to a mouse. i rather like sir. ian's here. i'll ask that, sir. ian's here. i'll ask him about where that came from in a moment. but it's all going to be okay. it's all going to be absolutely fine, because the chinese ambassador has been summoned us lord summoned to meet us lord cameron, foreign secretary . cameron, the foreign secretary. >> we must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is, not as we would wish i

we heard sir iain duncan in heard sir iain duncan smith in the news earlier on. the conservative party. i'd much rather the helm, but rather see him at the helm, but there are other people. there are people who've prime are people who've been prime minister in the house of minister who sit in the house of commons. >> david cameron was prime >> well, david cameron was prime minister well, went minister as well, and he went for the chinese for a pint with the chinese president in oxford, he? president in oxford, didn't he? do those pictures do you think those pictures haunt him now? >> well, hope that they do, >> well, i hope that they do, because needs to both recant because he needs to both recant of that period, the golden era, which was anything but. and recognise that the indebtedness of china places of this nation to china places us in a parlous and perilous position. this is dangerous . it position. this is dangerous. it is a strategic threat and we should say so. should be in should say so. it should be in the as well, which the enhanced tier as well, which

joining us into this on tonight's us to get into this on tonight's programme, iain duncan smith i'll be talking to him soon. mike freer the mp of course the very mp that said actually he's not again because not going to stand again because of and intimidation. so of threats and intimidation. so he listened to rishi he will have listened to rishi sunak. is, he reassured sunak. there is, he reassured now or not? matt goodwin, when you listen to that speech, i'm sitting very close to you so i could hear you. you're line in response was you said he's panicking . panicking. >> i think he is. i think what's happened here is that we have we've had a succession of events that have happened from october. the seventh onwards. we've had the protests , we've had the the protests, we've had the actions in parliament last week. we've now got the election of george galloway. we've got well , george galloway. we've got well, and i think what many people will be wondering is why has it taken so for long our leaders to taken so for long our leaders to take action? now, look, i actually wrote a piece e

former tory leader sir iain duncan smith, a prominent critic of the chinese government, said mps wouldand the _ a stand for values of human rights and the international rules —based system _ and the international rules —based system upon which we all depend. therefore — system upon which we all depend. therefore we have hopefully request of the _ therefore we have hopefully request of the government when they make their respective statements today. number— their respective statements today. number one china should be immediately labelled as a threat, not anti—pork defining systemic challenge in the integrated review. china _ challenge in the integrated review. china should be in the enhanced two of the _ china should be in the enhanced two of the foreign influence registration scheme, that there should _ registration scheme, that there should be sanctions on those responsible for the abuses and not 'ust responsible for the abuses and not just in— responsible for the abuses and not just in hong kong but obviously in shame _ just in hong kong but obviously in shame showing and around the

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three mps including the former conservative leader iain duncan smith and one pier will get a briefingse mps afterwards and we may learn more about the specifics of these alleged attacks. georgia's ruling party has proposed a new law sharply limiting lgbt rights. the draft law would ban sex changes and adoption by same—sex couples as well as prohibiting gatherings aimed at popularising same—sex family or intimate relationships. junior doctors in wales have started a 96 hour walkout as part of an on—going pay dispute with the welsh government. bma cymru say they were left with no choice but to strike after the welsh government "failed to produce a credible offer to end the dispute". the welsh government said it did not have the funds to improve its 5% pay offer, which junior doctors have rejected protests outside schools should be banned — that's according to a review by a senior government advisor. dame sara khan has made the recommendation after examining the handling of demonstrations outside batley grammar school in west yorkshire in 2021. they began when pupils were shown what some

iain duncan smith. from hear from him. >> ivhost governmentsrt from hear from him. >> ivhost governments . from hear from him. >> ivhost governments . neither their host governments. neither we nor other parliamentary colleagues will be bullied into silence by beijing for years , silence by beijing for years, the behaviour of the chinese government has gone unchecked and been too passive and we have been too passive here in the west, particularly here in the west, particularly here as beijing here in the uk, as beijing overseas influence operations have rapidly expanded, turning a blind eye to what the intelligence and security committee termed penetration of every sector of the uk economy, unquote . still, incredibly, unquote. still, incredibly, there there is a debate within there there is a debate within the uk government, we understand over whether or not china should be in the enhanced tier of the new foreign influence registration scheme. still, the uk has yet to impose a single sanction on offici

it's a call being backed by former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith.or that this is the week to do it in the run—up to the budget. for the first time, bbc london has been allowed to film in the controversial silvertown road tunnel in south east london. it's due to open next summer and, along with blackwall tunnel, there will be a toll charge. opponents say it will increase traffic and pollution. but tfl says it will reduce delays and improve air quality. turning to the travel situation — and south western railway says services are back to normal this morning following yesterday's derailment. on the tubes — now on to the weather with kawser. hello. good morning. well, it's a mostly cloudy start with some outbreaks of showers around. the occlusion from last night has been slower to clear this morning. so there will be some showers lingering into the afternoon, especially for the south and east, but some brighter spells later. here's the occlusion here. you can see it slowly clearing out into the north sea. so it doesn't mean there will be some further sh

former tory leader sir iain duncan smith, a prominent critic of the chinese government, was among thoseet up to make the respective statements today. number one china should be immediately labelled as a threat, not an epoch—defining systemic challenge in the integrated review. china should be in the enhanced two of the foreign influence registration scheme, that there should be sanctions on those responsible for the abuses notjust in hong kong but obviously in but obviously in xinjiang shame showing and around the whole of china's including tibet and support for mps and other victims of beijing's transnational repression. let's speak to luke de pulford, executive director of the inter parliamentary alliance on china. tell me about the attacks from china on them. , , . . tell me about the attacks from china onthem. ,,. ., on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much — on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much about _ on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much about unfortunately. i be said much about unfortunately. they seem to have been briefed on national security t

a briefing from security services and gave a news conference, one a former conservative, sir iain duncan smitht feel this goes nearly far enough, the government saying that this is strident action that it has taken here this afternoon, but the opposition parties again suggesting the government needs to do much more. and for those signs of sceptics on the front benches, they see this as a watershed moment in terms of uk— china relations that we now need to increasingly call them out notjust on these potential cyber attacks, but on some of the other things they've been doing — the human rights abuses, the situation inc. hong kong too — and the balance of keeping china on side, the economic balance with china has tipped the other way and we need to be more concerned about the threat china poses. concerned about the threat china oses. ., ~' concerned about the threat china oses. ., ~ , ., two men have been found guilty of the murder of the footballer, cody fisher, who was stabbed in a nightclub in birmingham, on boxing day in 2022. the 23—year—old was targeted because of a minor altercation that h

would mean a fourth leader of the party in just five years, former conservative party leader sir iain duncan smith gb news camilla tominey the main focus should be on the election and not on tory infighting . not on tory infighting. >> we've got to stop turning inwards on ourselves and start trying to get behind the idea that we've got an election to fight and the public wants to know we're both united and know that we're both united and we're very clear. there's points, said earlier on about we're very clear. there's pointo said earlier on about we're very clear. there's pointo get id earlier on about we're very clear. there's pointo get the arlier on about we're very clear. there's pointo get the labourn about we're very clear. there's pointo get the labour partth we're very clear. there's pointo get the labour party into how to get the labour party into an argument that you can then how to get the labour party into an (them ent that you can then how to get the labour party into an (them over1at you can then how to get the labour party into an (them over in you can then how to get the labour par

. >> former conservative leader sir iain duncan smith has urged the government to take tougher actione must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is , communist party as it really is, not as we would wish it to be. and today's announcement should mark a watershed moment where the takes a stand for values the uk takes a stand for values of human rights and the international rules based system upon which we all depend. china should immediately be labelled as a threat, not as an epoch defining systemic challenge. in the integrated review , a £200 the integrated review, a £200 million package of investment aimed at securing the future of the country's nuclear industry has been unveiled. >> rishi sunak has declared a critical national endeavour as he vows to strengthen the nuclear industry and boost jobs. he's introduced a new fund backed by £20 million in public money, to support growth in burrow and finesse , the home of burrow and finesse, the home of britain's submarine programs, and a further £180 million a year

former tory duncan smith tory leader iain duncan smith called a press conference demanding that chinad> united kingdom judges that these demonstrate these actions demonstrate a clear and persistent pattern of behaviour that signals signals, hostile intent from china. >> well, all right, but he basically decided to do absolutely nothing all about it, didn't he, kelvin? china has branded the accusations as fabricated and malicious slanders . look, isn't this all slanders. look, isn't this all david cameron's fault? >> well , he david cameron's fault? >> well, he didn't help it. >> well, he didn't help it. >> neither did osborne. they were

former tory duncan smith tory leader iain duncan smith called a press conference demanding that chinahreating that china be labelled called a press conference d> united kingdom judges that these demonstrate these actions demonstrate a clear and persistent pattern of behaviour that signals signals, hostile intent from china. >> well, all right, but he basically decided to do absolutely nothing all about it, didn't he, kelvin? china has branded the accusations as fabricated and malicious slanders . look, isn't this all slanders. look, isn't this all david cameron's fault? >> well , he david cameron's fault? >> well, he didn't help it. >> well, he didn't help it. >> neither did osborne. they were go

i'm really intrigued to hear from sir iain duncan smith about all of this . like . i think opposition. he knows what it's like. i think he finds the idea of some tory mps saying, well, maybe need period in maybe we need a period in opposition anathema, really. opposition as anathema, really. i into opposition, i mean, you go into opposition, particularly has a particularly if labour has got a stonking majority , if it is stonking majority, if it is going to be predicted to be over 100, over even 200. i mean, that's taking the tories back to a worse situation than post 1997. so i'll be very interested to hear what sir ian thinks. also, i'm going to be speaking to the labour's shadow. he's the shadow paymaster general. jonathan ashworth. now he's the man who was putting a bet on the idea of the election being in may. clearly it's not going to be in may. rishi sunak ruled that out last week. so we are looking perhaps autumn . looking at perhaps the autumn. some are even thinking the tories drag it until tories might drag it out until next january. i think they've

. >> but critics, including conservative mp sir iain duncan smith, say the sanctions just don't go farctions from the government. it is a little bit this statement, like an elephant giving birth to mouse. >> this morning, the education secretary joins us to announce tens of thousands of new school spaces for children with special needs. >> and in the sport this morning, huge game for wales tonight in cardiff. if they beat poland they make it to the euros

now, some of the mps concerned, including sir iain duncan smith , including sir iain duncan smith, theing about what sanctions means. they are going to bring in onto chinese officials. so a tougher line on china. but the conservative party has been quite conflicted in their approach to china over the last few days , years. the last few days, years. apologies. so it will be interesting to see what happens today. >> catherine, thanks very much indeed. >> catherine, thanks very much indeed . now we're going to be to indeed. now we're going to be to talking the winner of the apprentice 2022. next. her name is harpreet kaur, and she's going to be giving us advice on how best to save our money. lots of concerns out there. high housing costs and prices going through the roof. inflation is coming down, but well, it's a hard time for anybody who's trying to save cash. so what are your top tips? good morning . your top tips? good morning. >> good morning. hi, yeah , i >> good morning. hi, yeah, i mean, i think first, just to acknowledge that it's a difficult time for everybody, you know, we've h

iain duncan—smith a respected parliament korean.vest to work because of a suspected murder attempt , the same murder attempt, the same terrorist that killed mp david amess was waiting at mike fryer's office. he only missed that , uh, fryer's office. he only missed that, uh, encounter fryer's office. he only missed that , uh, encounter with fryer's office. he only missed that, uh, encounter with this psychopathic terrorist because he was called into a meeting, i believe, with boris johnson. that was enough for him. he decided to call time and who can blame him? who can blame people for wanting to get out of this game when it's become so toxic andifs game when it's become so toxic and it's getting to the point where parliamentarians are losing their lives in fear of their lives. of course, that also happened to jo cox up in batley, and we're seeing this now, this toxic nature spiralling out of control. as we said, the by—election last night in rochdale fought on that single issue of gaza . single issue of gaza. astonishing when you th

and people like iain duncan smith have been, you know, vocal in concerns know, really, vocal in concernsd to look at, for example, what's going on, america, where they're trying to ban tiktok because they tiktok like they said that tiktok is like having 100 spy balloons having 100 million spy balloons on the us. so this on phones across the us. so this this front of espionage is very much, you know, it's been going on for a while now. and some would that people the would say that people in the west perhaps too slow west are perhaps a bit too slow to but remember, to pick up on it. but remember, there general election there is a general election coming and i guess coming this year, and i guess there that this could coming this year, and i guess the something that this could coming this year, and i guess the something thatt this could coming this year, and i guess the something that might ould coming this year, and i guess the something that might oul and be something that might try and interfere that . interfere with that. >> it is astonishing, isn't it? i it's stuff of spy i mean, it's t

put that all at risk at your peril by voting reform is what iain duncan smith is saying. many other leadingry think. the thing is charlie, labour charlie, because it lets labour in the door. in through the back door. >> lot apparently delivered >> your lot apparently delivered brexit, we've got brexit, but we've got uncontrolled migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got ed migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal boats'ation, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal boats coming we've got illegal boats coming that can't stop. it's that they can't stop. so it's argued you've betrayed the argued that you've betrayed the conservatives, have betrayed brexit . brexit voters. >> well, because brexit was about immigration, i mean mainly amongst other things. yeah, totally. you know, the campaign was to take back control of your money, your borders and laws, andifs money, your borders and laws, and it's gone the other way. >> turned its head. >> well, i wasn't on that campaign. funny enough, if you're a conservative, i voted and remain an

i think that the reforms that iain duncan smith made to universal credit were all about making work pay very different situation to someone claimed sickness benefits, perhaps personal independence payments are actually a lot higher than, than other forms of benefits. maybe that's the distinction here. and maybe that's why this is an attractive offer for people. >> i know a lot of people have problems pip, but adam says problems with pip, but adam says anyone of work benefits anyone out of work benefits should be made to work in the to community earn their benefits. well, presumably if you're a legitimate, person who has a long time sickness, you're probably not going to be able to work in the community or anything. >> and michael says, if you're fit and well, you should not sit at and let's honest, at home and let's be honest, hard working and let hard working people. oh, and let the , hard working people the honest, hard working people pay the honest, hard working people pay living their taxes. >> and, wayne says, yes, we definitely have a work shy britain. i work in manchester for a h

we heard yesterday from iain duncan smith and others who have been targeted by the chinese state. for, for perhaps a nefarious, goals . but perhaps a nefarious, goals. but yes. rishi sunak they're being asked lots of different questions are grilling you might call it an in—depth grilling, far more so than pmqs anyway. >> some of it's really rather dry. they're going through numbers and numbers, we numbers and numbers, and we promise there is a moment promise when there is a moment of, of perhaps intensity will bnng of, of perhaps intensity will bring that straight to you. but for now, for now, that's not so much. but we'll be right back. and we're still expecting. we're still expecting this press conference in baltimore. so please do not go anywhere. as soon as that begins, we'll bring it to you. live >> okay. it is 10 to 2 in the afternoon, and we're going to bnng afternoon, and we're going to bring you some live pictures from baltimore. because we're expecting a press conference very shortly indeed. there, you're looking at a picture of the huge ship. 100,000 tons is what we've

heavyweight know, priti heavyweight mps, you know, priti patel redwood, duncan patel, john redwood, iain duncan smithut. so part of me, i'm very pleased because been pleased because it's been frozen. have cut frozen. but we should have cut it even further. >> and not just fuel duty, >> and it's not just fuel duty, is costing motorists. >> and it's not just fuel duty, is also costing motorists. >> and it's not just fuel duty, is also gotting motorists. >> and it's not just fuel duty, is also got the motorists. >> and it's not just fuel duty, is also got the astronomic you've also got the astronomic fuel rises insurance costs. fuel rises in insurance costs. >> oh, yes. yes >> i mean it's ridiculous. i mean, i just renewed my insurance and i mean, i'm 70 years of age, never had an accident. everything's perfect. i've got a great i've been driving for 50 years and, you know , it's ridiculous. my know, it's ridiculous. my insurance was about £500. it's now gone up to £1,100. and i've shopped around and i managed to get down to about it's get it down to about 900. it's still up, you know. you still gone up

among them set iain duncan smith. like others, he is a very firm critical of china.e the government calling out with a real directness malign activity from another state. that is a big deal. a government to government rebuke. it is also worth thinking about how far things have changed. just a few years ago this government was talking about a golden era of relations with beijing. who was the prime minister then? david cameron. i wonder what ever happened to him! junior doctors in wales will begin a 96—hour walk out this morning, as part of an ongoing pay dispute with the welsh government. bma cymru wales say they were left with no choice but to strike after the welsh government "failed to produce a credible offer to end the dispute". the welsh government said it did not have the funds to improve its 5% pay offer, whichjunior doctors have rejected. protests outside schools should be banned — that's according to a review by a senior government advisor. dame sara khan has made the recommendation after examining the handling of demonstrations outside batley grammar school

. >> express has sir iain duncan smith warning that voting for reform uk would push britain back intoion and kill brexit. >> joining us to go through what's making the news is political editor of the huffpost, the lovely kevin schofield assistant editor schofield and assistant editor of the spectator. that equally lovely you. thank you both lovely into you. thank you both and happy happy easter. and happy easter, happy easter. keep it's easter keep forgetting it's easter weekend . weekend. >> lovely. oh don't forget no cindy my current cindy telegraph my current league table. yeah. >> not not such a happy story, i'm afraid , basically, what's i'm afraid, basically, what's happenedis i'm afraid, basically, what's happened is that robert jenrick has led a group of conservative backbenchers who are very concerned about immigration, legal and illegal, and are basically saying that we should have a database where we link it to their nationality, we when, when the criminals are caught. so basically , are they asylum so basically, are they asylum seekers, or are they legal migrants and from

the former conservative party leader, iain duncan this in the duncan smith, said this in the house commonsterday house of commons yesterday whilst i welcome these two sanctions from the government , sanctions from the government, it is a little bit this statement like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. >> the reality is that in those three years the chinese have trashed the sino—british agreement. they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang. we have had churches broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai. >> so eamonn holmes i think, kind of hit the nail on the head at breakfast when he was interviewing jonathan ashworth and this is all about and said this is all about money, isn't it? nothing will change china for change because we need china for our financial commerce, for our our financial commerce, for our our trade with them . yeah. our trade with them. yeah. >> and for instance, they are the biggest supplier of electric cars in the world and they're about to build a factory here. and course, those cars could and of course, those cars