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all right, thank you very much, iain watson, . thank you very much, iain watson, our political correspondentfirm boohoo has broken promises to makes its clothes fairly and ethically. an undercover reporter for panorama who worked at the company's manchester headquarters saw evidence of staff pressurising suppliers to drive prices down, even after deals had been struck. lora jones reports. in 2020, boohoo faced widespread criticism for poor working practices in its supply chain. the company promised to change and to treat its suppliers fairly. now a panorama investigation has found boohoo demanded price cuts from suppliers for orders that had already been agreed, and sometimes even after the clothes had been made. if we can't increase sales, that's when we start doing things like asking for discounts as much as possible, all of that sort of stuff, cos all of that helps us gain a bit more profit. panorama's undercover reporter worked at boohoo's manchester headquarters for ten weeks earlier this year. she spoke to co—founder and executive chairman mahmud kamani at the company's summer party. l
all right, thank you very much, iain watson, . thank you very much, iain watson, our political correspondentfirm boohoo has broken promises to makes its clothes fairly and ethically. an undercover reporter for panorama who worked at the company's manchester headquarters saw evidence of staff pressurising suppliers to drive prices down, even after deals had been struck. lora jones reports. in 2020, boohoo faced widespread criticism for poor working practices in its supply chain. the company...
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iain watson, bbc news, westminster.ve mp and former immigration minister damian green, who was theresa may's deputy when she was prime minister. welcome to the programme tell me more in terms of your reaction to what suella braverman are suggesting here. i what suella braverman are suggesting here. . . , what suella braverman are suggesting here. ., ., ,,,.. what suella braverman are suggesting here. ., ., . , ., here. i have a very specific, strong ob'ection here. i have a very specific, strong objection to _ here. i have a very specific, strong objection to one _ here. i have a very specific, strong objection to one part _ here. i have a very specific, strong objection to one part of _ here. i have a very specific, strong objection to one part of what - here. i have a very specific, strong objection to one part of what she l objection to one part of what she suggesting when she said not only should we pull outs of a number of international treaties we have signed up to, and the supreme court made clear it was just the
iain watson, bbc news, westminster.ve mp and former immigration minister damian green, who was theresa may's deputy when she was prime minister. welcome to the programme tell me more in terms of your reaction to what suella braverman are suggesting here. i what suella braverman are suggesting here. . . , what suella braverman are suggesting here. ., ., ,,,.. what suella braverman are suggesting here. ., ., . , ., here. i have a very specific, strong ob'ection here. i have a very specific,...
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our political correspondent iain watson reports.d some asylum seekers across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure that domestic courts cannot block systemically our flights to rwanda. and i've been also very clear that i won't let a foreign court to stop us getting a flight off. that's my plan and i'm going to work night and day to it happen. when suella braverman was still home secretary, she visited rwanda, but she's now arguing that no asylum seekers will be flown there unless rishi sunak makes far more radical changes to his plan. in the daily newspaper, she says observers from the uk should be sent to rwanda. this is to discourage asylum seekers being moved to ot
our political correspondent iain watson reports.d some asylum seekers across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure that domestic...
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our political correspondent iain watson is at central lobby at westminster.s like quite a rebellion, doesn't it? we have the definitive figures from the number of people who are either resigning from labour front bench, their top team or have been sacked, there are eight shadow ministers that are going, and to parliamentary aids, also regarded as being the front bench, one of them is a parliamentary aid to angela rayner, just for a record i would run you through some what we want from labours front bench tonight because they voted for the s&p motion back in cause for an immediate cease—fire in gaza. the eight shadow ministers are, not shaw, i slaughter, jess phillips, zeroing, and your gun, and to others, parliamentary aids who have worked with angela rayner. that is the definitive list but not the full scale of the rebellion was stub those are people on the front bench but a total of 56 labour mps back the s&p called for an immediate cease—fire. some of the smaller parties here in westminster back that as well. to put 56 in context, it's about one quarter of
our political correspondent iain watson is at central lobby at westminster.s like quite a rebellion, doesn't it? we have the definitive figures from the number of people who are either resigning from labour front bench, their top team or have been sacked, there are eight shadow ministers that are going, and to parliamentary aids, also regarded as being the front bench, one of them is a parliamentary aid to angela rayner, just for a record i would run you through some what we want from labours...
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our political correspondent iain watson is at central lobby at westminster.achel hopkins is gone, as well, and sarah own, she has also gone from the front bench. we have covered some of those earlier for people who have been listening very closely. paula barker has gone. mary foy, who worked for angela rayner. afzal khan resigned earlier, and yasmin qureshi sent that letter that she had gone, as well. i'm now joined by naz shower, the former shadow home office minister who represents our bradford seat. she was the first to declare at the house of commons that she would be voting for the ceasefire motion, and to find her party leadership. why did you do it? it is like i said in the chamber, i am clear that from the chamber, i am clear that from the facts, the people on the ground, and watching what is happening, a child dying every ten minutes. since those reports we have had more children dying. as one of my colleagues, afzal khan, put it, if we had had a ceasefire yesterday 144 children would not have died. every speech in the chamber today was very poignant
our political correspondent iain watson is at central lobby at westminster.achel hopkins is gone, as well, and sarah own, she has also gone from the front bench. we have covered some of those earlier for people who have been listening very closely. paula barker has gone. mary foy, who worked for angela rayner. afzal khan resigned earlier, and yasmin qureshi sent that letter that she had gone, as well. i'm now joined by naz shower, the former shadow home office minister who represents our...
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introduce emergency legislation to certify that rwanda is a "safe" country. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonrs across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure that domestic courts cannot block systemically our flights to rwanda. and i've been also very clear that i won't let a foreign court to stop us getting a flight off. that's my plan and i'm going to work night and day to it happen. when suella braverman was still home secretary, she visited rwanda, but she's now arguing that no asylum seekers will be flown there unless rishi sunak makes far more radical changes to his plan. in the daily newspaper, she says observers from the uk should be sent to rwanda. this is to discourage asylum seekers being moved to other countries, whic
introduce emergency legislation to certify that rwanda is a "safe" country. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonrs across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a...
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also accuses mr sunak of a "betrayal" of his promise to do live now to our political correspondent iain watsonng us from westminster. chris mason was on earlier in the hour and said chris mason was on earlier in the hourand said he chris mason was on earlier in the hour and said he had been looking at the letter and using a marker pen and the whole of the letter had things he wanted to point out. it is quite something. what would you say it where the biggest takeaways for you westmark quite a bit? i{finite it where the biggest takeaways for you westmark quite a bit?- you westmark quite a bit? quite a bit. it said few— you westmark quite a bit? quite a bit. it said few pages _ you westmark quite a bit? quite a bit. it said few pages long - you westmark quite a bit? quite a bit. it said few pages long and - bit. it said few pages long and packed with vitriol against rishi sunak but stemming back from some of the specific phrases the former home secretary uses, to damaging things particularly for the prime minister, one is that he is effectively in a back room deal with her and not agreeing to si
also accuses mr sunak of a "betrayal" of his promise to do live now to our political correspondent iain watsonng us from westminster. chris mason was on earlier in the hour and said chris mason was on earlier in the hourand said he chris mason was on earlier in the hour and said he had been looking at the letter and using a marker pen and the whole of the letter had things he wanted to point out. it is quite something. what would you say it where the biggest takeaways for you westmark...
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our political correspondent iain watson reports.huge political challenges in his long career — saving the economy in a financial crisis, and seeing off a strong campaign for scottish independence. politicians can always control the events, but how they react to them can define their reputation. alistair darling was a chancellor who kept a cool head in the face of the biggest global financial meltdown in decades, as some banks were on the brink of running out of cash. he'd helped to save a financial system he had once decried. as student at aberdeen university, he was the far left of british politics. at 23, hejoined labour, here he is calling for unilateral nuclear disarmament. he became a lawyer, before becoming a politician, and was elected as an edinburgh mp in 1987. as his appearance changed, so too did his politics. ahead of the 1997 election, it was his task to keep his party's spending commitments to a minimum — a strategy familiar to today's labour party. he was a mainstay of the new labour government, a constant member of t
our political correspondent iain watson reports.huge political challenges in his long career — saving the economy in a financial crisis, and seeing off a strong campaign for scottish independence. politicians can always control the events, but how they react to them can define their reputation. alistair darling was a chancellor who kept a cool head in the face of the biggest global financial meltdown in decades, as some banks were on the brink of running out of cash. he'd helped to save a...
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our politcal correspondent iain watson joins us now from westminster. and of course that criticism from former home secretary suella braverman. the supreme court said that the current scheme is unlawful so the government now needs to conclude a treaty with rwanda confirming that it's a safe country. one of the criticisms was from the supreme court saying that rwanda is not a safe country and there is another obstacle which is the house of lords and even some conservative members are about rushing this stuff through so that's a difficulty. secondly, as you are mentioning, the conservative party clearly isn't entirely united on this because we've had the prime minister and the transport secretary saying flights could perhaps take off in the spring. the chancellor saying that there is no guarantee of that at all. and then the ex home secretary saying that she has got a plan for possibly making it work and thatis plan for possibly making it work and that is threefold. firstly, sending uk officials to rewind to make sure the government doesn't remove people
our politcal correspondent iain watson joins us now from westminster. and of course that criticism from former home secretary suella braverman. the supreme court said that the current scheme is unlawful so the government now needs to conclude a treaty with rwanda confirming that it's a safe country. one of the criticisms was from the supreme court saying that rwanda is not a safe country and there is another obstacle which is the house of lords and even some conservative members are about...
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our first report this hour is from our political correspondent iain watson. not library pictures — this really is david cameron in downing street today. he's been given a seat in the lords and a seat at rishi sunak�*s cabinet table as the new foreign secretary. when he left office seven years ago, he promised this. i will do everything i can in future to help this great country succeed. thank you very much. but remember why he resigned. he called an eu referendum, led the remain campaign and lost, so that was not a foreign policy success. and not so long ago, you wouldn't have bet on rishi sunak bringing back a former prime minister to government. remember at his party conference, he said this about recent leaders. we've had 30 years of a political system that incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. 30 years of rhetorical ambition which achieves little more than a short—term headline. in a statement, david, now lord cameron, said, "we are facing a daunting set of international challenges. though i may have disagreed with some individual decisions,
our first report this hour is from our political correspondent iain watson. not library pictures — this really is david cameron in downing street today. he's been given a seat in the lords and a seat at rishi sunak�*s cabinet table as the new foreign secretary. when he left office seven years ago, he promised this. i will do everything i can in future to help this great country succeed. thank you very much. but remember why he resigned. he called an eu referendum, led the remain campaign...
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alistair darling had been suffering from cancer. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports.ong career. saving the economy in a financial crisis, and seeing off a strong campaign for scottish independence. alistair darling was a chancellor who kept a cool head in the face of the biggest global financial meltdown in decades, as some banks were on the brink of running out of cash. he helped to save a financial system he had once decried. he started out on the far left of british politics. he became a lawyer before becoming a politician, and was elected as an edinburgh mp in 1987. as his appearance changed, so did his politics. ahead of the 1997 election, it was his task to keep his party's spending commitments to a minimum. a strategy familiar to today's labour party. he was a mainstay of the new labour government, a constant member of the cabinet for 13 years and was seen as a safe pair of hands. in 2014, his task was to keep the uk together, as leader of the cross—party campaign was not born in london and growing up was not born in london and growing up in edinburgh, better t
alistair darling had been suffering from cancer. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports.ong career. saving the economy in a financial crisis, and seeing off a strong campaign for scottish independence. alistair darling was a chancellor who kept a cool head in the face of the biggest global financial meltdown in decades, as some banks were on the brink of running out of cash. he helped to save a financial system he had once decried. he started out on the far left of british politics. he...
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our political correspondent iain watson reports.lan to send some asylum seekers across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure that domestic courts cannot block systemically our flights to rwanda. and i've been also very clear that i won't let a foreign court stop us getting a flight off. that's my plan and i'm going to work night and day to it happen. when suella braverman was still home secretary, she visited rwanda, but she's now arguing that no asylum seekers will be flown there unless rishi sunak makes far more radical changes to his plan. in the daily newspaper, she says observers from the uk should be sent to rwanda. this is to discourage asylum seekers being move
our political correspondent iain watson reports.lan to send some asylum seekers across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure...
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meaning frontbenchers must resign or face the sack if they support it. 0ur political correspondent iain watson for labour? already one front bench resignation, letter from one mp saying that she had to vote with the snp. what else are you hearing about that ahead of the vote? i are you hearing about that ahead of the vote? ~ , ~ , ., , the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far- _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there is _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there is a _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there is a letter- the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there is a letter but i five so far. there is a letter but also the bradford mp was very clear in the house of commons that she would be voting for the motion that calls for a ceasefire. labour's motion calls for longer humanitarian pauses to get fuel as well as food into gaza but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire. the snp motion, which people are voting on right now, as we speak, is the one which calls for a
meaning frontbenchers must resign or face the sack if they support it. 0ur political correspondent iain watson for labour? already one front bench resignation, letter from one mp saying that she had to vote with the snp. what else are you hearing about that ahead of the vote? i are you hearing about that ahead of the vote? ~ , ~ , ., , the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far- _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far. there _ the vote? i think it is likely to be five so far....
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we will have the latest on what that means for rishi sunak, but here is iain watson first. not library pictures, this really is david cameron in downing street today. he's been given a seat in the lords and a seat at rishi sunak�*s cabinet table as the new foreign secretary. when he left office seven years ago, he promised this. i office seven years ago, he promised this. ., , u, this. i will do everything i can in future to help _ this. i will do everything i can in future to help this _ this. i will do everything i can in future to help this great - this. i will do everything i can in future to help this great country succeed. thank you very much. but remember — succeed. thank you very much. but remember why succeed. thank you very much. but rememberwhy he succeed. thank you very much. but remember why he resigned. succeed. thank you very much. but rememberwhy he resigned. he succeed. thank you very much. but remember why he resigned. he called a eu referendum, led to the remain campaign and lost, so that was not a foreign policy success. not long ago, you would not have
we will have the latest on what that means for rishi sunak, but here is iain watson first. not library pictures, this really is david cameron in downing street today. he's been given a seat in the lords and a seat at rishi sunak�*s cabinet table as the new foreign secretary. when he left office seven years ago, he promised this. i office seven years ago, he promised this. ., , u, this. i will do everything i can in future to help _ this. i will do everything i can in future to help this _...
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our political correspondent, iain watson, has more on what the votes mean for the labour party and itsut it's clear a significant challenge to sir keir starmer because the labour leader had said very clearly to his mps that he wanted them to abstain, not to vote on this motion by the scottish nationalists. he saw that as playing politics. but also there's extensive efforts over the last 2a hours to try to negotiate labour's position, labour's own motion on this, to try to minimise the scale of that rebellion, and it doesn't look as though that's entirely succeeded. but labour again reiterating, of course, israel's right to defend itself, to take on terrorists who threaten it. also was critical of the conduct of some of that campaign by israel. it called for the lifting of siege conditions in gaza. it talked about getting fuel as well as food into gaza. it talked about israel having a duty to protect hospitals, for example. we've seen, of course, those pictures from gaza today and that israeli raid on the hospital in gaza city. so labour to some extent would be more critical to try to t
our political correspondent, iain watson, has more on what the votes mean for the labour party and itsut it's clear a significant challenge to sir keir starmer because the labour leader had said very clearly to his mps that he wanted them to abstain, not to vote on this motion by the scottish nationalists. he saw that as playing politics. but also there's extensive efforts over the last 2a hours to try to negotiate labour's position, labour's own motion on this, to try to minimise the scale of...
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live to - westminster to speak to iain watson. this is bound to be controversial, isn't it?the principle of minimum service of his already proved - service of his already proved controversial, the government has passed legislation there, but what it didn't do was specify what those minimum service levels would become us on the railways, as he mentioned, it is a0% of the normal timetable, bearin it is a0% of the normal timetable, bear in mind, one of the train operating companies was at a 50% timetable at the weekend and the rail unions would say perhaps people wouldn't notice much difference, they are accusing the government have inflaming tensions. there is still ongoing sporadic strikes and the railways and unions are suggesting they reach a settlement there rather than introduce this new legislation, but it also covers some other people in public services, so ambulance crews, for example would be expected to provide enough staff to respond to all life threatening calls. the health unions are saying this is simply deflecting attention away from the current state of the nhs
live to - westminster to speak to iain watson. this is bound to be controversial, isn't it?the principle of minimum service of his already proved - service of his already proved controversial, the government has passed legislation there, but what it didn't do was specify what those minimum service levels would become us on the railways, as he mentioned, it is a0% of the normal timetable, bearin it is a0% of the normal timetable, bear in mind, one of the train operating companies was at a 50%...
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let's get the latest on what is happening at westminster, iain watson is an central lobby. are running through some of the logistics and details of how this works, but it's not a good night for keir starmer and his labour party as he tries to align his front bench to face an election, he is seeing this huge rebellion? , election, he is seeing this huge rebellion?— election, he is seeing this huge rebellion? , . ., rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team. _ rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team, the _ rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team, the people - rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team, the people who - rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team, the people who sit i the top team, the people who sit round the shadow cabinet table, they have all stayed in place tonight. but he has lost eightjunior shadow ministers and two others who are parliamentary aides. effectively ten people have gone from his front bench. in addition to that 56 labour mps in total have rebelled against his position and that is more than a quarter of hi
let's get the latest on what is happening at westminster, iain watson is an central lobby. are running through some of the logistics and details of how this works, but it's not a good night for keir starmer and his labour party as he tries to align his front bench to face an election, he is seeing this huge rebellion? , election, he is seeing this huge rebellion?— election, he is seeing this huge rebellion? , . ., rebellion? yes, what he will regard the top team. _ rebellion? yes, what he...
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aside human rights law and would deny any future legal challenges. 0ur political correspondent iain watsoncourt a second time around? i was set aside the supreme court a second time around?— second time around? i think the roll ist inr second time around? i think the roll ist he to second time around? i think the roll is trying to get _ second time around? i think the roll is trying to get away _ second time around? i think the roll is trying to get away from _ is trying to get away from the supreme court is much as possible. we start of the week with such an amazing example of how the british constitution works, with british judges in a british court applying british law to make it quite clear that we cannot send refugees to rwanda where they are substantial grounds or a real risk they will suffer persecution and harm by being returned back to their countries of origin, including afghanistan, syria and yemen. and now we are having a prime minister which sort of in effect sense of the house of lords of don't allow this distinct but inflation to go through, i'm going to have to call an elec
aside human rights law and would deny any future legal challenges. 0ur political correspondent iain watsoncourt a second time around? i was set aside the supreme court a second time around?— second time around? i think the roll ist inr second time around? i think the roll ist he to second time around? i think the roll is trying to get _ second time around? i think the roll is trying to get away _ second time around? i think the roll is trying to get away from _ is trying to get away from the...
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politcal correspondent iain watson joins us now.e government. not surprising suella braverman _ the government. not surprising suella braverman is _ the government. not surprising suella braverman is speaking i the government. not surprising i suella braverman is speaking out again. i did not expect her to keep quiet anytime soon. interesting jeremy hunt the chancellor is suggesting there is no guarantee flights will take off next year despite the fact government will try to push through legislation effectively saying rwanda is a safe country to try to protect it from court challenges. the supreme court said the current scheme was not lawful. interesting thatjeremy hunt and suella braverman at least agree on the fact that these flights are not certain but suella braverman has helpful suggestions, not certain but suella braverman has helpfulsuggestions, i not certain but suella braverman has helpful suggestions, i am not certain but suella braverman has helpful suggestions, iam not not certain but suella braverman has helpful suggest
politcal correspondent iain watson joins us now.e government. not surprising suella braverman _ the government. not surprising suella braverman is _ the government. not surprising suella braverman is speaking i the government. not surprising i suella braverman is speaking out again. i did not expect her to keep quiet anytime soon. interesting jeremy hunt the chancellor is suggesting there is no guarantee flights will take off next year despite the fact government will try to push through...