ione wells, thank you, reporting — year. ione wells, thank you, reporting from _ year.stminster. the metropolitan police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. an investigation by the independent officer for police coduct found that several mistakes were made in the case of bibaa henry and nicole smallman, who were stabbed to death in north london in june, last year. their mother has said the police apology is too late. simonjones reports. a vigil to remember the lives of nicole smallman and bibaa henry. when they were reported missing, the response of officers, according to the police watchdog, was unacceptable. the bodies of the sisters were found in a country park in wembley injune last year, discovered by miss smallman's boyfriend, the day after the police had been contacted, to the horror of the womens' mother. adam says, "mina, mina, we've found a knife. "mina, mina, i'm going to need you to sit down. "i've found them. i've found them. "but they've gone." mina smallman has always believed the

ione wells, bbc news, birmingham.h plans for a bigger champions league announced earlier this year all of which means more flights and more emissions so is the global game doing enough to counter global warming. katie gornall reports. football is a global game, and it's growing all the time. in europe, new tournaments are popping up, existing ones expanding, while big games are being held further and further afield. but at a time when everyone is being urged to help tackle climate change, is football playing its part? dinked in towards robson—kanu, taylor's available, what a turn, what a goal! tottenham's hal robson—kanu scored one of the greatest goals in european championship history. now the wales striker runs a vegan drinks company. he has strong views on where he thinks football is failing. that desire for growth is beginning to spill over into greed. it's an interesting position for them to take, and probably not one which is aligned with fans first, planet first, climate first approach. this season, uefa introd

that was our correspondent ione wells.y they are frustrated by the current lack of support during the energy crisis. why is the government not acting now, today, to address this problem for energy intensive sectors such as steel? he says, without that help, we could see significant and permanent damage to the uk steel sector. iraqis are voting in a parliamentary election called in response to months of anti—government protests. iraq faces an economic crisis, corruption and sectarian division. president barham saleh says the poll is an opportunity to rebuild the state. 0ur correspondent murad shashani is in mo's or. this our correspondent murad shashani is in mo's or. , .,, ., . ~ our correspondent murad shashani is in mo'sor. , ., in mo's or. this has gone back as far as 2015, _ in mo's or. this has gone back as far as 2015, but _ in mo's or. this has gone back as far as 2015, but still _ in mo's or. this has gone back as far as 2015, but still the - far as 2015, but still the protesters are not happy, because they say tha

our political correspondent ione wells is with me. worried about energy prices over the winter, so it is industry, so it is business. what is the government plan to deal with this? the reason for this, as you say, is that everybody is dealing with these rising gas prices and energy bills, but are energy intensive firms, things like steel, cement, ceramics, chemicals, they use huge amounts of energy every day for their production costs, these rising energy bills have had them incredibly hard. they have been meeting with government over the last couple of weeks: for some kind of intervention. the two main things are really calling for, some kind of subsidies to get them to this period of high gas prices, or some kind of energy price cap a bit like we had with household consumers mean we cannot pay more than a certain amount in our energy bills. today, business secretary kwasi kwarteng did not really see what if anything the government is going to do, he did not give any more detail and that other than saying he is in discussion with the

. —— those pressures should the nights close in. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is in westminsterc question, it's become a very political issue, too. there is a recognition in government that these are normally quite competitive firms would have been hurt by this rise in wholesale gas prices, and the big fear is industries failing as jobs being lost. the trouble is that the government does not yet have an answer to all of this. business ministers have been meeting repeatedly with some of these firms to try to come up with a current solution, but currently, they do not have one yet, and no kind of bid has been put to the treasury for any kind of support from the business department. number—io—mac confirmed today that business officials and treasury officials are talking to one another, that treasury officials are being engaged throughout all this. i understand the department for business is planning to get some benefit forward to the treasury for financial support once on premise solution as agreed with some of these firms. they are discussing at these firms. they are discussing at

our political correspondent, ione wells told me ministers are increasing pressure on the police on howy deal with violence against women and young girls. there is certainly huge public and political pressure that is now growing on the metropolitan police in particular, particularly around this question of whether they could have done more to prevent a serving police officer from murdering sarah everard, not least because it has now emerged that he has been linked to two previous cases of, or allegations of indecent exposure but also allegations of exchanging misogynistic whatsapp messages with other police officers as well, so those questions now very much kind of facing the metropolitan police and earlier, as you say, the health secretary, the former home secretary sajid javid did say that both the government and the police needed to look at reforms about what could be done to try and stop something like this happening again. what the metropolitan police have said about the reforms that they will be looking at. i think it's absolutely right. we need to be looking at what more the gove

under scrutiny since the killings of sarah everard and sabina nessa. 0ur political correspondent ione wellson? that what is the newspaper saying about this apparent attention?— this apparent attention? that is ri . ht, the this apparent attention? that is right, the observer _ this apparent attention? that is right, the observer today - this apparent attention? that is right, the observer today is - right, the observer today is reporting there are some tensions over whether or not a new offence would be needed to tackle public sexual harassment and this taps into this wider question, and ongoing live debate about whether new legislation is needed to tackle male violence against women. there are calls from mps across the political spectrum to make misogyny a hate crime, which would mean if any harassment or assault was deemed to be due to misogyny, judges could get further sentencing powers and punishment could be more severe as a result. the home office have also said that they are looking at whether there are any gaps in existing laws to tackle violence against women as well. one of the th

our political correspondent ione wells is here. what is the government likely to do? the government is under increasing pressure for manufacturing firms to step in and support them either through subsidies or industry price cap like we have with households. this morning, the business secretary reiterated that he is in discussion with firms about potential solutions, also £2,000,000,000 has already been given to the energy intensive industries since 2013 to help with costs, did not really speu help with costs, did not really spell out any more about what the government is doing but he denied reports this morning he has requested billions from the treasury to subsidise firms but did say he was working with the chancellor to try and get through the situation. a treasury source then said he was mistaken and the chancellor has not been involved in any talks of this kind and i think what this tells us is that essentially the government does not yet have an answer or any part of cash to try and solve this. it is an ongoing discussion within government at the moment. meanwhil

well. thank you very much. ione _ the force as well. thank you very much, ione wells _ the force as well.ntials? there was always the opportunity to challenge any i the opportunity to challenge any officer, even before this incident happened. but i do not think that is the solution to the problem we have, which is that there is a serious issue as to whether or not the current policing system actually works and provides safety to the population. works and provides safety to the population-— works and provides safety to the “oulation. :, :, ., :, ,, population. your organisation helps eo - le population. your organisation helps people challenge — population. your organisation helps people challenge the _ population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions - population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions of - population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions of the | people challenge the actions of the police. what sort of instances are you coming across?— police. what sort of instances are you coming across? they have always been mostly — you co

our political correspondent ione wells told me that energy intensive industries are finding the situationrly challenging. everybody is dealing with this rising gas prices, but for energy intensive firms, things like steel, cement, ceramics, chemicals, huge huge amounts of energy every day, these bills have hit them incredibly hard. they have been meeting with government, calling for some kind of intervention. the two things you are calling for, some kind of subsidies, temporarily, to get them through this period. or some kind of energy price cap, a like we have with household consumers, meaning we cannot pay more than a certain amount. those of the two things that are being asked for. today, kwasi kwarteng didn't really say what if anything the government is going to do. he didn't give any more detail other than say he is in discussion with these industries to try to come up with these industries to try to come up with some kind of solution. he also said he is in discussion with the treasury about the risk, but the treasury after that said, no he isn't. . , , treasury after that said, no

with me is our political correspondent, ione wells. this is clearly a very difficult area. reform, and the health secretary has been talked about what my need to be done.— my need to be done. that's right, there is certainly _ my need to be done. that's right, there is certainly huge _ my need to be done. that's right, there is certainly huge public- my need to be done. that's right, there is certainly huge public and| there is certainly huge public and political— there is certainly huge public and political pressure growing on the metropolitan police in particular, particularly around this question about— particularly around this question about whether they could do more to prevent _ about whether they could do more to prevent a _ about whether they could do more to prevent a serving police officer from _ prevent a serving police officer from murdering sarah everard, not least _ from murdering sarah everard, not least because it has now emerged that he _ least because it has now emerged that he has been linked to two previous— that he has been linked to two previous cases

danny savage, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is at westminster.e of interesting developments today, that meeting involving kwasi kwarteng with some of the heavy users of gas but also the prime minister, although he told a supply chain problems aren't really the government's problem but he has appointed himself supply chain advisor. . �* , , , advisor. that's right, this is in resnonse _ advisor. that's right, this is in resnonse to — advisor. that's right, this is in response to the _ advisor. that's right, this is in response to the government | advisor. that's right, this is in - response to the government facing pressure from a number of industries to do something about labour shortages and supply chain shortages —— labour shortages post we heard about the labour shortages in the peak industry leading to thousands of pigs needing to be culled because there aren't enough workers to deal with them and the backlog they are facing in this sector. in response, the chair of the nationals farm the union has called this a human disasterfor pig union ha

our political correspondent ione wells sent this update from the conference.p26. they also touched on points like the rising cost of living and the energy crisis we are seeing at the moment with gas prices higher than they have been and people seeing rising energy bills which has got all parties talking about the need to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and the big policy announced today was that the green party would like to give every household £320 to cope with these additional bills which they say would be paid for by a one—off tax on landlords to raise £9 billion. they have laid out what their vision is. the challenge for the green party is getting seats on the table in positions of power. both leaders emphasising the want to be seen notjust as a pressure group but a serious electoral party and win more seats also in the houses of parliament as well. they face a couple of challenges. one of the key ones being the fact that at the moment we are seeing some of the more radical green groups like extinction rebellion dominate the headlines when it co

the mp for north shropshire says the findings are biased and unfair. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsr paterson defending himself tonight? mr paterson defending himself toniaht? ., v mr paterson defending himself toniaht? . �*, ., , �* tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the _ tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the watchdog - tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the watchdog will. tonight? that's right. it doesn't. seem like the watchdog will back down. they said the mp used his position as an mp to lobby government officials and ministers on behalf of two companies who he was a paid consultant for. now, the report that was out today also said that he use used his parliament office 25 times for business meetings and wrote on house of commons stationery. in response, 0wen paterson has denied any wrong doing and also questioned the investigation process. i received the report _ investigation process. i received the report at _ investigation process. i received the report at 8— investigation process. i received the report at 8 o'clock _ investigation process. i re

our political correspondent ione wells joins us now.ies who paid him. he was a paid consultant by two companies, randox and lynn�*s country foods and this report claims a number of things. it says he made approaches about these companies to both the food standards agency and ministers at the department for international development will stop it also says that mr paterson breached the mp�*s code of conduct by hosting multiple business meetings in his parliamentary office as well as writing letters relating to business interests on house of commons headed note paper, as well. the report did note paper, as well. the report did note there was no immediate financial benefit gained by randox or lynn�*s country foods as a result of his actions. but it did say it could have secured financial benefit for these companies in the long term and even in the short—term, could have also secured certain meetings, high—profile engagements that wouldn�*t have otherwise been secured without that mp�*s involvement. the standards committee themselves have re

ione wells is at westminster. formal request to the treasury then and comes after some tension yesterday between the business secretary and the treasury over whether they were talking even about financial support for these industries.— financial support for these industries. that is right, to summarise _ industries. that is right, to summarise the _ industries. that is right, to summarise the background industries. that is right, to - summarise the background sunday morning some of the papers were running the story saying that the business department and government had submitted requests for billions from the treasury to support some of these firms that was something the business secretary denied saying he had not made any kind of formal request for support from the treasury and he did say on the andrew marr programme he was working with the treasury and chancellor to try and get through this situation as swiftly after that. treasury resources that he was mistaken and that the treasury and chancellor had not been

he denies any wrongdoing. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more. ional development as well. the report says he breached the mps' code of conduct by using his parliamentary office to host business meetings, but also by writing letters relating to business interests on house of commons headed paper as well. the report does note that there was no immediate financial benefit that either of these companies gained from his involvement, but it said that in the longer term financial benefit could have been obtained by these countries as a result of his actions, and even in the short term those companies could have secured meetings that they would not have otherwise had without the mp's involvement as well. now, the standards committee has recommended that, in line with other similar offences in the past, he is suspended from the house of commons for 30 sitting days. if that were to happen, he could be facing a recall petition, something that can lead to a by—election in his seat, because mps who are suspended for more than ten sitting days by the standards

let's get more from our political correspondent ione wells.g this is above inflation and really help workers and labour saying it is underwhelming. and labour saying it is underwhelmina. . �*, , ., underwhelming. that's rifles of the government _ underwhelming. that's rifles of the government has _ underwhelming. that's rifles of the government has also _ underwhelming. that's rifles of the government has also been - underwhelming. that's rifles of the government has also been facing i government has also been facing pressure — government has also been facing pressure now for some weeks to introduce — pressure now for some weeks to introduce some kind of measures to try and _ introduce some kind of measures to try and tackle the rising cost of living _ try and tackle the rising cost of living due _ try and tackle the rising cost of living due to a number of factors. put inflation putting at the price of basic— put inflation putting at the price of basic goods like some foods into the markets. also the recent cut of that £20 _ the markets. also

our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster. what moves might the government consider?oves might the government consider? , , ., _ consider? the first thing is to say the government _ consider? the first thing is to say the government are _ consider? the first thing is to say the government are extremely i the government are extremely concerned about this, they recognise this is an exceptional circumstance for some of these firms who are normally competitive and have been hit by the spike in wholesale gas prices and it big fear in government as essential industry is failing and the implications that would have for job losses further down the road. at the moment the current state of negotiations is a business ministers are continuing to meet with some of these firms to try and come up with some kind of solution for them to get through this temporary period of wholesale gas price surges but also discuss whether any current support is enough. firms have made it clear they do not think it is enough and they do not think it is enough and they want government to go further an

our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster. different government departments, including the food standards agency, but also ministers at the department for international development as well. he has also been accused of using his parliamentary office 25 times to host business meetings, also writing lesson ? letters about business interest on house of commons paper. the report does say there was no immediate financial gain from what he did but that his actions could have led to longer term financial benefit for these companies and that in the short term, they may have secured meetings and things like that that otherwise they would not have secured without his input. the standards committee have recommended that he be suspended from the house of commons for 30 sitting days. he could potentially face a recall petition, which could result in a by—election in his seat. he has very much strongly denied the claims, saying there was no proper investigation and also said the manner in which this enquiry was conducted was a significant co

retrospectively to rob roberts — something labour argued should be the case. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsxual harassment, and appointed a panel must keep those cases independent from mps themselves. an unintended consequence of keeping that independence meant that in cases like the case of robert roberts, we have had suspended for six weeks for sexual harassment by this independent panel, but he couldn't face a recall petition and still won't due to the fact these new changes will not be applied retrospectively to cases that have already been judged.— retrospectively to cases that have already been judged. already been 'udged. labour argues that this already been judged. labour argues that this should _ already been judged. labour argues that this should apply _ that this should apply retrospectively.- that this should apply retrospectively. that this should apply retrosectivel . . , , retrospectively. that is right, they have argued _ retrospectively. that is right, they have argued this _ retrospectively. that is right, they have argued this bill _ retrospectively. that is right, they h

our political correspondent, ione wells, is in central london. the party's strategy going into those elections. as part of your campaign, both of you had an emphasis on building this party to be a really serious electoral force. how do you plan on doing that? the green how do you plan on doing that? tte: green party is consistently polling third in the opinion polls, we have a fantastic opportunity to take the party to the next level. i think what people are seen across the country as more and more greens getting elected, pipping forward practical policies that make a difference to people's lives. making sure people have high quality local housing and services. if green councils are making a difference on the ground and waiting more and more greens elected at different levels of government, i think that will take the party forward to new heights. taste take the party forward to new heiahts. ~ . , take the party forward to new heiahts. ~ ., , , take the party forward to new heihts_ . ., , , ., heights. we are seeing parties go into their conferenc

our political correspondent, ione wells joins us now from westminster. has been announced to assist people with the cost of living that we have seen as a result of brexit and the pandemic, and a tightening of public spending in the last couple of months, but also the rising cost of living and the bills, and whether those two things online. as we heard from the independent think tank the institute for fiscal studies says middle income families will be worse off next year and also some low income families will feel the pain of this as the cost of live ? living is set to rise faster than benefit payments, so the argument is that the balance is not tipping enough to compensate people for the rising cost of living because of things like inflation are putting up the prices of some everyday goods and also energy bills, but also the tax rise to national insurance rates which are set to go up next year, which are set to go up next year, which was announced before the budget yesterday. to fund the new nhs and social care levy that the government has introduced. th

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minimum tax rate, as well as new rules to force multinationals to pay more in the countries where they do business. in the us, the deal needs to be ratified by congress and perhaps with an ionance, italy, spain and austria which i all introduced their own digital services taxes agreed that multinationals are affected by the changes would be given a credit that could be applied against future tax bills. so, a us-eu against future tax bills. so, a us—eu tariff war over digital taxes has been averted. at least for now. at least for now! the final last words! susannah streeter is senior investment analyst at hargreaves lansdown. has everyone won here or has no—one the war on tax? 0r or is it another battleground where everyone is happy to take their little victory and walk away. it their little victory and walk awa . , , ., their little victory and walk awa. ,, their little victory and walk awa. away. it is slow progress but certainly _ away. it is slow progress but certainly this _ away. it is slow progress but certainly this year _ away. it is slow progress but certainly this year if - away. it is slow progress but certainly this year if you - away. it is slow progress buti c