the housing secretary james brokenshire. peer has warned that the situation with iran is extremely dangerous and there's a risk of conflict happening by accident. last week, iran announced that it'd suspended two commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement in response to economic sanctions reimposed last year by the united states. america has sent a patriot missile defence system to the middle east amid escalating tensions. the us said the move was a response to a possible threat to its forces in the region. tehran dismissed the claim as nonsense, describing the deployments as "psychological warfare" aimed at intimidating the country. the former first sea lord, lord west, was worried the situation would spiral out of control. there is no doubt there are powerful factions within israel, saudi arabia, and the us that feel an attack on iran would be a good thing, believe it or not. they think they will be able to quickly suppress the enemy capability, and then there will be a regime change. they are wrong. it would be an absol

secretary james brokenshire. .. but the housing secretary said some others had been reckless.public safety. it will allow remediation to happen quickly, it will restore peace of mind, and it will allow residents living in these blocks to get on with their lives. but look at the numbers. the government is spending £200 million to make about 170 buildings safe. but here they've been told the bill could be £3.2 million. and at other buildings, i've been told, the bill could be £5 million or even £10 million. today's money is just to sort out aluminium cladding. but the government is about to start new tests, similar to this, on other materials. if they fail, the bill could go up. which is why, in manchester, katie peate had this reaction to the news. 0n the one hand, it is a good start, but ultimately i felt gutted. because she has been told her wooden cladding and the construction behind it all needs to be removed. it doesn't include us. this is essentially a cladding lottery, in terms of what our building has been covered in and we're not one of them. it's going to take months

that's what james brokenshire was saying. —— that's what james brokenshire was saying. -- because of time. there are around 30 buildings which haven't had the cladding removed. when we are talking about privately owned buildings, around 166 still have this cladding on the outside. building owners were saying, we are not going to pay it, we will pass the cost on to our te na nts, we will pass the cost on to our tenants, our leaseholders, people who live in these buildings, so the work simply wasn't happening. you have te na nts work simply wasn't happening. you have tenants and leaseholders currently doing things like paying forfire wardens to currently doing things like paying for fire wardens to go round their buildings, and of course, the stress, as you can imagine, of living in a building where you are co nsta ntly living in a building where you are constantly worried that something like the grenfell disaster might happen there, it's a huge amount of stress to live with the government has said they will put £2110 million forward to help with buildings in england only. two question

secretary james brokenshire. .. but the housing secretary said some others had been reckless., this fund is about public safety. it will allow remediation to happen quickly, it will restore peace of mind, and it will allow residents living in these blocks to get on with their lives. but look at the numbers. the government is spending £200 million to make about 170 buildings safe. but here they've been told the bill could be £3.2 million. and at other buildings, i've been told, the bill could be £5 million or even £10 million. today's money is just to sort out aluminium cladding. but the government is about to start new tests, similar to this, on other materials. if they fail, the bill could go up. which is why, in manchester, katie peate had this reaction to the news. 0n the one hand, it's a good start, but ultimately i felt gutted. because she's been told her wooden cladding and the construction behind it all needs to be removed. it doesn't include us. you know, this is essentially a cladding lottery, in terms of what our building has been covered in and we're not one of them

james brokenshire.hen it comes to tackling climate change. at the beginning of the month, mps approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency. the proposal demonstrated the will of the commons on the issue, but it didn't legally compel ministers to act. a lib dem peer was concerned about how climate change science was being taught in schools. could the government categorically state that the teaching on climate change is not a party political issue and would the government be prepared to meet with representatives of the teaching unions and head teachers to make sure that they understand this? i absolutely agree with the noble lord. this is not a party political issue. this is a generational issue and it is our responsibility of the mostly ageing to protect the environment for the young people of tomorrow. could i ask the minister if he would locate maybe some tiptop teachers in the schools, providing the science on climate change to our young citizens, to maybe invite them to come to t

this week brought us james brokenshire is four ovens.ry do not share much in common but they have both received a roasting. at four, former prime minister david cameron has announced his memoirs will be released in september, before the brexit deadline of 31st of october. his book will be called, for the record. at three, this is the third time mark reckless has resigned from a political group to join another in the last five years. the former tory mp defected to ukip in 2014, then returned to the conservative group, then became an independent, and now supports the brexit party. are you following? at two, crossbench peer lord singh put in a polite request for president trump to listen to climate change concerns on this side of the pond. could the government get the united states president to drop in on one of these classes during his visit? and at one, election officials in india crossed land and sea to bring voting machines to a remote island off gujarat this week. 29 islanders took part in what is the world's biggest general election.

james brokenshire. but the housing secretary said some others had been reckless.blic safety. it will allow remediation to happen quickly, it will restore peace of mind, and it will allow residents living in these blocks to get on with their lives. but look at the numbers. the government is spending £200 million to make about 170 buildings safe. but here they've been told the bill could be £3.2 million. and at other buildings, i've been told, the bill could be £5 million or even £10 million. today's money is just to sort out aluminium cladding. but the government is about to start new tests similar to this on other materials. if they fail, the bill could go up. which is why, in manchester, katie had this reaction to the news. 0n the one hand, it is a good start, but ultimately i felt gutted. because she has been told her wooden cladding and the construction behind it all needs to be removed. it doesn't include us. this is essentially a cladding lottery, in terms of what our building has been covered in and we're not one of them. it's going to take months and even y

the housing secretary james brokenshire had previously said the bill should be footed by the owners,r. 72 people died when a fire destroyed grenfell tower in west london injune 2017, in one of the uk's worst modern disasters. a public inquiry heard evidence to support the theory that the highly combustible material in the cladding made from aluminium composite material — or acm — was the primary cause of the fire's spread. too many building owners have failed to take responsibility. many building orders have been slow to co—operate, to enable prompt identification of buildings with unsafe acm cladding, and have since dragged theirfeet in planning for remediation. the result is, almost two years on from the grenfell tragedy, there is still an unacceptable number of residents living in buildings that, whilst benefiting from additional safety measures in the interim, will not be remediated fully within an acceptable timescale. moreover, many face unfair and often substantial costs. mr speaker, this government believes this to be completely unacceptable. leaseholders find themselves in t

the housing secretary james brokenshire has this morning been explaining the government's decision.ely it's about dealing with these exceptional issues of public safety, about this particular material that's been used on a number of private buildings, and seeing that the decision is made quickly. now, the pace of change has not been fast enough. many developers have done the right thing, have stepped in, and we expect them to maintain those commitments and they have done so. but ultimately, what's been driving me is that sense of public safety and indeed the interests of those living in those buildings, caught up in a situation that they didn't know about, that they didn't expect, and therefore it is that need to get on, make progress and really see that change is happening, people are safe, feel safe within those buildings, and can do so. well, we can talk now to alex di giuseppe, he lives in a block which still has the unsafe cladding on it, and hejoins us from salford. he is part of a group manchester campaigning for safer cladding. you describe this as a partial win. is that? it

the communities secretary, james brokenshire, was asked about the prospect of a deal with labour thatanother public about this morning and how the talks were going in general, in his view. they have been constructive, they have been detailed, they have been, i think, positive in where we are really getting through and exploring where we can find that sense of compromise and consensus, but it will need that on all sides. but no, i think if we go down this approach of a confirmatory referendum, that is taking us in a different direction, that is actually saying we're looking at this issue all over again and not giving effect to the original vote. now, even if there are areas of agreement between labour and the government in these talks, politically the two sides are far apart, and there is deep unease on both sides, among conservative and labourmps, both sides, among conservative and labour mps, about the idea of doing a deal. time, it has to be said, is running short, and keir starmer hinted at that, saying if there is not progress in the coming days, he would be willing to pull the pl

and local government secretary james brokenshire. good to have you with us. brokenshire.ood to have you with us. we will chat in just a minute and ask how you are all doing. we will also be talking to vicky young. a quick recap at this point on the actual scoreboard. it is worth reminding ourselves of what is going on. these numbers are changing as we speak. right now it is the conservative having lost 478. labour 73. the lib dems having put on 322. the greens have had a good night. independents are up. ukip have lost 54. that independents are up. ukip have lost 5a. that is the main scoreboard. we will come back and have a chat with the panel in a moment but first, the news. thank you. the conservatives have lost heavily in the local election results last night. labour also facing a backlash at the ballot box. apparently over the brexit deadlock. smaller parties and independents have won seats. with results continuing to come in for england and northern ireland, national politics seems to have been a deciding factorfor national politics seems to have been a deciding facto