thank you, iain watson live at _ you, iain watson live at westminster.land says it will make changes to the way inspections are carried out after the suicide of a head teacher in january. ruth perry took her own life while waiting for the publication of an ofsted report which was about to downgrade her school to inadequate. despite calls to abandon such classifications, ofsted says it will keep the single overall grade for schools. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. a dedicated headteacher, ruth perry took her life injanuary while waiting for an inspection report to be published. ofsted described the death as a tragedy, but ruth's sister told me condolences weren't enough. she says ofsted haven't been in touch or engaged with the family's concerns. the complete lack of any real engagement with the family, with our wishes, with my pronouncements, with my worries, my concerns about what happened to ruth, what has happened to other headteachers and teachers, what could happen again, is really upsetting. it adds to the hurt, it adds to the outrag

many thanks, iain watson in westminster. — be open. the position of the bbc�*s chairman has been in question for several months. today, richard sharp resigned over not disclosing his involvement in the facilitation of a loan guarantee for the former prime minister, boris johnson. mr sharp is to stand down injune from the role, which is meant to defend the bbc�*s standards and values. he said it would be a distraction for him to remain in thejob. in a moment, we'll look in detail at what happened, but first our culture and media editor katie razzall has been following today's events. the bbc is a big part of cultural life, constantly scrutinised and held to account by the public who pay for it. at the top of the organisation is the board, responsible for upholding bbc independence. but when gary lineker was taken off air for criticising government policy, some accused the bbc of hypocrisy because here was a bbc chairman, once a conservative donor, caught up in his own crisis over his appointment. richard sharp was missing in action unti

the pensions increase. 0ur political correspondent iain watson joins us now.ut a really hostile tone which we haven't seen before. it really hostile tone which we haven't seen before-— seen before. it was a very unedifying _ seen before. it was a very unedifying spectacle - seen before. it was a very unedifying spectacle to i seen before. it was a veryi unedifying spectacle to be seen before. it was a very - unedifying spectacle to be frank but what was interesting as we have seen much tougher action being taken on both sides regarding local elections in england and it might well set the tone for the next general election campaign. labour has a sizeable lead but it is narrowing so quite a lot at stake. what is what is interesting is that once we had seen a very controversial attack advert by the labour party saying rishi sunak personally did not want to send sexual abusers to jail, almost thatis send sexual abusers to jail, almost that is the personification of that campaigning on both sides today. rather than rishi sunak getting above the fray, he was right i

here's our political correspondent iain watson. campaign ad first published just before easter has now been resurrected. labour suggesting rishi sunak personally is content for some sex offenders not to be sent to prison. keir starmer took to the pages of the usually conservative supporting daily mail saying, "i make absolutely zero apologies for being blunt on this, no matter how squeamish it might make some feel." but hang on a minute. labour's figures on the number of child sex abusers who are caught by the police but not sent to jail go back to 2010, five years before rishi sunak became an mp. but for some of this time, as head of the crown prosecution service, keir starmer sat on the body that drew up sentencing guidelines. the primary responsibility of the sentencing council is to ensure consistency when it comes to sentencing across the courts, across the uk. the minimum sentence, the maximum sentence, is set by parliament. so what is labour up to? well, unsurprisingly, crime is a major issue for many voters, especially thos

let's cross live to westminster and speak to our political correspondent, iain watson.ocus opposition to the snp - trying to focus opposition to the snp — they are in some degree of turmoil with its chief executive and a husband of theirformer leader, nicola sturgeon, being investigated by the police, arrested, then subsequently released because of an investigation into the snp�*s finances, also there's been a divisive leadership contest that was one by 50 2—48%. i don't think he's lying —— is language today has been entirely consistent because in an interview with a conservative sporting newspaper, the sunday telegraph, it said as he was though very —— he was very much suggesting that voters vote for any candidate besides the snp. he said, "if parties look beyond their narrow party agenda and do what's best for the country, then for him as a scottish conservative, what would be best is if the grip of the snp could best is if the grip of the snp could be loosened." now that tends to suggest perhaps people should therefore vote for the biggest opposition party throughout

their urgent priorities, not another divisive independence referendum. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonnly trying to focus opposition to the snp — they are in some degree of turmoil, with their chief executive, and indeed the husband of theirformer leader, nicola sturgeon, being investigated by the police, arrested, then subsequently released, because there's an investigation going on into the snp�*s finances. they've also had a very divisive leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon, where the winning candidate won by 52% to 48%. so the leader of the scottish conservatives clearly sees an opportunity — but i don't think hiss language today has been entirely consistent, because it certainly sounded initially, in an interview with a conservative—supporting newspaper, the sunday telegraph, as though he was very much suggesting that people should vote for any candidate other than the snp. you quoted a little bit of it, but let me just read out what he said. "if parties maybe look beyond their own narrow party agenda," he says, "and do what's best for the country," then for him as a sco

i'm joined now by our political correspondent iain watson, who is in westminster. iain, welcome.about what is expected today. this legislation — what is expected today. this legislation is _ what is expected today. this legislation is very _ what is expected today. ti 3 legislation is very controversial, the illegal migration bill would effectively stop people who have travelled to the uk by illegal routes from claiming asylum. they would be detained and deported. and there was some concern by people on there was some concern by people on the right of the conservative party that potentially european judges from the european court of human rights might be able to interfere and get in the way of that process, in particular what irked them was that the first flight to rwanda where the government has an agreement to take migrants, mostly single male migrants, effectively that flight was grounded and it was impossible for the government to go ahead with its plans. it has been caught up in legal disputes. so there has been a lot of negotiation going on behind the scenes involving the h

i've spoken to our political correspondent iain watson.ildcare expanded. what happened that last month's budget was that extra money was made available. there was a £600 bonus. if you signed up, with a private agency, one of six, you would get twice the cash. 0ne agency, one of six, you would get twice the cash. one of those agencies is none other than rishi sunak�*s wife. politicians will be questioning the prime minister and they did so towards the end of last month in the committee meeting. he was asked by a labour mp whether an interest to declare, and he said at that stage know, everything was declared in the usual way. they were getting hot under the collar and they thought he should have been very transparent, his wife had the financial interest. therefore, the parliamentary commissioner is taking a closer look at this because a rule here at westminster says mps have to be open and frank with the house of commons and its committees. the question of whether he was open and frank enough at that time. what complicates this a little fur

let's hear from our political correspondent iain watson for an overview of this morning's developments him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he was a close ally of the prime minister, a key figure in the conservative leadership campaign. but dominic raab has resigned as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, over claims that he bulliedcivil servants. there was a five—month inquiry by a senior lawyer which looks at eight formal complaints from his time at three government departments. the lawyer, adam tolley, upheld some but not all of the allegations, so at the former brexit department he said that mr raab�*s conduct... but at the foreign office, he found he had acted in a way that was... at the ministry ofjustice, he also found that the deputy prime minister acted in a manner that was intimidating. dominic raab described the work of some officials as utterly useless and woeful. the prime minister said there had been shortcomings in the complaints process which may have to be addressed in future, but it is very clear from dominic raab�*s resignation letter to r

post—brexit trading arrangements let's talk to our political and let's speak to our polical correspondent iain watsonnak was saying was not simply praisingj was saying was not simply praising the leadership and the bravery of those in different communities and getting this power—sharing agreement 25 years was also emphasising and compromising between this power is very much a direct message to unionist party and democratic unionists is to sing out of this power—sharing arrangements and set “p power—sharing arrangements and set up that is not yet been unbroken and in truth what rishi sunak would like to have seen tomorrow evening is great the president of the united states and belfast will like to been able to take them to northern ireland assembly and show that power—sharing was actually working. it is not happened in the presidents of this is going to be relatively short before he goes to the republic of ireland but with the british government is effectively signalling is that they're optimistic about the future and it is interesting that the secretary was even more expensive in the bbc interview an