james dyson about ventilator. the following day, mr. speaker, the labor front bench said any prime minister in my position would have done exactly the same thing. a few moments ago they were attacking kate bingham saying she was a crony when she helped set up the vaccine task force that delivered millions of vaccines for the people of this country to help get out of the pandemic. this is a government that is getting on people's priorities. 8,771 more police officers on our streets now than there were when i was elected including tougher sentences for sexual and violent criminals which he opposed. i forgot to mention last night in the european union voted to approve our brexit deal which he opposed, which enables us not just to take back control of our borders, mr. speaker, but to deliver freedom, which he fervently opposed, enabling us amongst other things to deal with such threats as the european super league, mr. speaker, but it enables us to deliver free ports in places like t site and above all taking back con

he said that james dyson was a personal friend of mine a fact that jennings dies we corrected in the newspaper this morning as far as the latest stuff that he's bringing up you should know that i paid for dining street refurbishment personally mr speaker and i can try contrasting and i contrast it and anything anything any further declaration that i have to make i will if anything any of what i will be advised upon by a broad guide but he talks about housing costs mr speaker and the people of this country can make their own decision in just 8 days time because on average labor councils charge united 3 pounds more than the conservative countries and liberal democrat councils charge $120.00 pounds more that i think is the issue that i think is the issue upon which the british people would like him to focus. mr speaker normally why people don't want to himself they got no comment let me ask this let me cave well let's let's explore the spit for the prime minister. let's ask it a different way either this is the initial invoice prime minister initially boys eat at the taxpayer paid t

he said that james dyson was a personal friend of mine. in fact james dyson corrected in the newspaper this morning. as for his -- for the latest stuff that he's bringing up he should know that i paid for refurbishment personally mr. speaker and i contrasted any, any further dleargs declaration that i have to make if any i'll be advised upon. but he talks about housing cost mr. speaker for the people of this country can make their own decision in eight days time because on average labor counsel charge 93 pounds more in the conservative government and counsel charge you 125 more that i think is the issue that i think is the issue upon which british people would like him to focus. >> mr. speaker. normally when people don't want to incriminate themselves no comment. let me ask this, let me -- let's explore this a bit further prime minister. either this is the initial invoice initial invoice either the taxpayer paid the initial invoice or it was the conservative party. or it was a private donor, or it was the prime minister -- so i'm making it

yes, the controversy around james dyson - example, sirjames dyson. wanted to _ controversy around james dyson who wanted to make sure that his employees and potential he himself would _ employees and potential he himself would not be liable for tax if they came _ would not be liable for tax if they came to — would not be liable for tax if they came to help out with the uk is in a way the _ came to help out with the uk is in a way the least controversial of a series— way the least controversial of a series of— way the least controversial of a series of controversies that are stacking — series of controversies that are stacking up. there's lots of wider questions — stacking up. there's lots of wider questions about public procurement. who got— questions about public procurement. who got these covert emergency contracts— who got these covert emergency contracts and there's a mess over the pms _ contracts and there's a mess over the pms flat with just seems, contracts and there's a mess over the pms flat withjust seems, an extraordinary unforced error. l

concerning boris johnson and the billionaire sir james dyson.tilators including a direct approach to sirjames from the prime minister. sirjames had moved his headquarters to singapore in 2019, his concern at south spent time in the uk working to development fee and a firm might have to pay more tax. the company had written to the treasury to ensure usual tax rules would not apply but did not get an answer so he raised it with boris johnson. indirect text messages the prime minister responded promising able fix it tomorrow. then sent a message saying the chancellor says it is fixed. did borisjohnson did boris johnson follow the rules governing ministers did borisjohnson follow the rules governing ministers conduct? it was a pandemic, an urgent situation. but contact should be reported and several seven selected of official business is discussed. keir starmer said those with ministers for numbers could get special treatment. what does the prime minister think is the right thing to do if he receives a text message from a billionaire conservative su

, related to james dyson's staff coming to the u.k.entilators. the bbc reported on that. the information from the text messages. today, dominic cummings denied he was part of that leak. he said he does have text messages related to dyson's business with the government but much related to ventilars and the covid policy and nothing to do with the tax issue the bbc has been reporting on earlier this week. there's a second leaked story that dominic cummings touches on. in november of last year, tre was licht information boris johnson was on the verge of announcing a second lockdown in england. that led downing street to launch an inquiry into who was behind that leak. mr. cummings says he was clear about that. he goes on to say in this blog the prime minister doesn't want or didn't want an inquiry into the leak because it could cause him great personal difficulty. there's a third issue dominic cummings raises in this blog. that is the issue of the renovation of the downing street flat where he resides with his partner. it's been reported f

forthe prime ministerto the whatsapp messages with james dyson. e prime minister to get involved at— dyson. for the prime minister to get involved at that level is truly remarkable if that is indeed the case _ remarkable if that is indeed the case and — remarkable if that is indeed the case. and of course now dominic cummings— case. and of course now dominic cummings is sitting back and i think if i cummings is sitting back and i think if i am— cummings is sitting back and i think if i am keeping track this is, they are preparing to head back against dominic— are preparing to head back against dominic cummings when he hit back against _ dominic cummings when he hit back against borisjohnson dominic cummings when he hit back against boris johnson who was heading — against boris johnson who was heading back against dominic cummings. ithink heading back against dominic cummings. i think that's right. well naviaated. cummings. i think that's right. well navigated. thank _ cummings. i think that's right. in navigated. thank you for the summary. it does

but the pandemic coming out of the blue makes everything go haywire and if you are james dyson, who asoducing a lot of things that go with ventilators and ventilators themselves, you thought i will end “p themselves, you thought i will end up with the huge tax bill for something i really don't want to do, but i'm going to help people and thatis but i'm going to help people and that is the way business is done. and i think all of the stuff about contacting the prime minister, sadly, not all of us can. but that is the way you have to be nimble. that is why we have the vaccines because we did not wait to discuss it, borisjohnson spoke to a brilliant woman who got the vaccines and said stop the death, get them, do what it takes. and we would not have been able to leave the eu. it is a very difficult time, we have a situation where in my lifetime or anyone's lifetime, we cannot remember anything as bad as covid—i9. anything is scary is covid—i9. anything is scary is covid—i9. you hope it's in the future that government is more prepared and that governments of got money set aside, vaccine, a

where he promises to fix a tax issue because james dyson was worried about that when he was pitchingury and within the cabinets office because apparently officials from dyson sent them in. you know, as to say, look, this is evidence that the pm wants this to happen. you would expect it to still be a reasonably close number of people with the pm things has both access to these things and have motivation to these things and have motivation to damage him and also repeatedly as well, no love lost between dominic cummings and the prime minister's girlfriends, carrie simmons, fiance, i should say, because they are going to get married next year, and so these stories as well, particularly about the flats, might be seen to damage her as well. so you can see why people within number ten might have made that deduction. there is going to be an investigation into this internal one. i don't know whether we will ever see the results of that being publicly announced. but they seem from, you know, the sources of the time says here that the pm himself thinks that is who did it. ,, ., ~ the pm himself

if he's referring to the request from james dyson, i make absolutely no apology at all, mr speaker, forfting heaven and earth and doing everything i possibly could. i think any prime minister would in those circumstances to secure ventilators for the people of this country and to save lives and to roll a ventilator procurement which the labour—controlled public accounts themselves was a benchmark for procurement. mr speaker, let's be clear what these texts show. the prime minister was lobbied by a wealthy businessman and a close friend for a change in the tax rules. tax rules. the prime minister responded, "i'll fix it." who everybody seems to be lobbying these days, the prime minister texted his friend to say, "it's fixed." personal number has he given preferential treatment to? prime minister. mr speaker, i recallthe right honourable gentleman at the time saying that we should do everything that we could to get more ventilators, and indeed, he congratulated the roll—out. he said, "well done to everybody involved in the ventilator challenge. " and ijust remind the house what we were fa

laura, you got a big scoop about — a new example of the prime minister texting james dyson, the tech. engineering magnate? vacuum cleaner magnate? before we come to the new one, let's talk about the old one. david cameron, who used to work for greensill, the financial services firm. today, two of the senior mandarins — civil servants from the treasury — were speaking at a parliamentary committee that were being grilled about this. and sir tom scholar, the most senior of the civil servants of the treasury, said this about who he gets calls from. i have also, from time to time, had calls from other senior people, — maybe private sector people who i have previously worked with in another capacity. i think it's natural when somebody that you know asks to speak to you, it's natural to take that. laura, lots of people were saying that's the whole thing in a nutshell. it is. it is because it is natural. it is natural human behaviour. something goes wrong or something is happening that is interesting and you think, "what can i do? i will phone the person that i know". but that is at the core

there is a huge amount— james dyson's texts. there is a huge amount there.on going _ greensill lobbying investigation going on as well. this is not going to he _ going on as well. this is not going to be one — going on as well. this is not going to be one minister stands up at the dispatch— to be one minister stands up at the dispatch box and we get to the bottom — dispatch box and we get to the bottom of this, this is going to drag _ bottom of this, this is going to drag on — bottom of this, this is going to drag on and on. that is the real danger— drag on and on. that is the real danger for— drag on and on. that is the real danger for the conservatives and the government, i would danger for the conservatives and the government, iwould have danger for the conservatives and the government, i would have thought, danger for the conservatives and the government, iwould have thought, is that there _ government, iwould have thought, is that there is _ government, iwould have thought, is that there is so much mileage on this _ that there is so much mileage on this

we do not know if that has anything to do with contacts that james dyson had with contacts that jamesut on the other hand, if there is an urgent situation, and i do — having sat in the prime minister's seat myself and i know what it's like to be in the middle of a crisis — i do understand how these situations arise. when i was prime minister i never actually had a mobile phone! interestingly, as tony blair points out, he did not have a mobile phone so there is no way you can go back in time and look at those records. perhaps it is faithful senior ministers not to have that form of communication. there is questions about whether rules should be updated and current electronic communications as well as what used to be physical meetings between government ministers and outside interests. the current labour leadership i can tell you does not share the view of tony blair on there. he seemed to be relatively relaxed about what had occurred last year. slater said they would be making an issue of contact between government and the government's friends and supporters, what they call tory sleaze

— time, and the contacts from james dyson and — time, and the contacts from james dyson and moretick— is whether labour can actually make this stick permanently, and beyond the set _ this stick permanently, and beyond the set of— this stick permanently, and beyond the set of local elections coming up. the set of local elections coming up that — the set of local elections coming up that is — the set of local elections coming up. that is by no means clear. interesting _ up. that is by no means clear. interesting today that lord mandelson, the former campaign adviser— mandelson, the former campaign adviser to — mandelson, the former campaign adviser to government, former cabinet — adviser to government, former cabinet minister, informally advising _ cabinet minister, informally advising keir starmer, was suggesting it might not be enough to id suggesting it might not be enough to .o so suggesting it might not be enough to go so on _ suggesting it might not be enough to go so on so—called tory sleaze, but labour— go so on so—called tory sleaze, but labour has — go so on so—called tor

the only point that came up there were other allegations that business people like for example james dyson the businessman had access to johnson and private messages and that boris johnson from this to fix a tax issue that the businessman were facing also lobbying by david cameron the former prime minister on behalf of financial cut company lobbying with the government and there are quite a few allegations that are beginning to the people are beginning to notice it but i think the most worrying one for the bridge you know in the guise of the british public i would think is there are the remarks the alleged remarks of course johnson when it comes to the victims of the coronavirus crisis is. allegedly a very flippant remark that he would rather see more bodies pile up and go into another lockdown i think this remark is being seen by a by people definitely as very inappropriate if it was tree oh you mustn't london thank you. in football are real lives example your novels man will join munich on a 5 year contract that season replacing hans if they are the 33 year old is likely to come the heft

if he's referring to the request from james dyson, i make absolutely no apology at all, mr speaker, forven and earth and doing everything i possibly could — i think any prime minister would, in those circumstances, to secure ventilators for the people of this country and to save lives. let's be clear what these texts show. the prime minister was lobbied by a wealthy businessman and a close friend for a change in the tax rules. tax rules. the prime minister responded, "i'll fix it". then, after a discussion with the chancellor, who everybody seems to be lobbying these days, the prime minister texted his friend to say, "it's fixed". how many other people with the prime minister's personal number has he given preferential treatment to? can ijust remind the house what we were facing in march last year, mr speaker, which was when we had a new virus which was capable of killing people in ways that we didn't understand. the only way to help them was to incubate them and put them on ventilation. we had 9000 ventilators in this country, mr speaker, and we secured 22,000 as a result of that venti

this was relating to james dyson's staff coming to the uk to produce ventilators.om those text messages. today, dominic cummings has denied he was part of that leak. he said he does have text messages relating to dyson's business with the government, but it's much more related to the ventilators and to covid policy. it has nothing to do with the tax issues the bbc has been reporting on earlier this week. now, there's also a second leaked story that dominic cummings touches on. cast your mind back to november last year, and there was leaked information that borisjohnson was on the verge of announcing a second lockdown in england. that led downing street to launch an inquiry into who was behind that leak. now, mr cummings says he was cleared of that along with the director of communications at the time, but he goes on the say in his blog that the prime minister doesn't want or didn't want an inquiry into the leak because it could cause him great personal difficulty. there is a third issue that dominic cummings raises in this blog, and that is the issue of the renovat

interesting that i conversation there with sir james dyson.rkets are faring today. japan is bucking the trend but elsewhere there are gains across the board. this is related to what happened the night before on wall street so let's look at that. a sickly inflation numbers came out in the us yesterday and they showed that actually, prices are not rising wildly in the us and that is not likely influence or change the path of the central bank at the moment. the s&p 500 settled with a record high close. johnson & johnson shares were down 1.3% on the news of the vaccine being paused. the boss of toshiba, nobuaki kurumatani, has stepped down as chief executive of the firm, after controversy over a $20 billion buyout bid from his former employer, cvc capital partners. some investors had raised concerns about the takeover offer being too small. joining me now from singapore is sharanjit leyl. this is a big news, isn't it, the boss stepping down. what is going on? the the boss stepping down. what is auoin on? , ., , the boss stepping down. what is uaoi

everything he was doing around dominic cummings contracts and once again defended his contacts with james dysonobile phone because he has to keep in touch with people. laboursay because he has to keep in touch with people. labour say that is a way of giving privileged access to his mates, but the government says they are simply acting at pace to deal with a way of giving privileged access to his mates, but the government says they are simply acting at pace to deal with the crisis. ., . ., ,., acting at pace to deal with the crisis. ., . ., ., ~ , ., a children's hospice in the black country has been saved from closure, thanks to the bereaved parents of a little girl who was looked after there. £2 million was raised by local people for the acorns hospice in walsall, which cares for hundreds of poorly children and their families. phil mackie has the story. # from now on, isay don't give up today #. this is isabella lyttle. the campaign to save acorns children's hospice in walsall wouldn't have succeeded without her family's support. during her eight—year battle with cancer, it became her second h

it was last week that he said james dyson was a personal friend of week that he said james dyson was, ., , , ., , the british people would like him to focus. ., ., , , ., �* focus. normally when people don't want to incriminate _ focus. normally when people don't want to incriminate themselves - focus. normally when people don't. want to incriminate themselves they go no comment. let me ask this, let's explore this a bit further, prime minister. let ask in a different way, either, this is the initial invoice, either the taxpayer paid the initial invoice, or it was the conservative party. or it was a private donor, or it was the prime minister. i am private donor, or it was the prime minister. iam making it easy private donor, or it was the prime minister. i am making it easy for the prime minister, it is no multiple choice. there are only four options, it should be easier than finding the chatty rat. i asked the prime minister again, who paid the initial invoice for the redecoration of the prime minister's flat, the initial invoice? i of the prime minister's flat, the initial invoice

takeover of newcastle united, and now these texts _ newcastle united, and now these texts with james dyson withjames dyson — interestingly yesterday, numberten interestingly yesterday, number ten was interestingly yesterday, numberten was saying they don't think the prime — was saying they don't think the prime minister's phones the microphone has been hacked, but it's a security— microphone has been hacked, but it's a security issue that they won't even _ a security issue that they won't even look— a security issue that they won't even look into. that suggests that if they— even look into. that suggests that if they won't already look into it, they— if they won't already look into it, they know — if they won't already look into it, they know who it is. today they said there _ they know who it is. today they said there would — they know who it is. today they said there would be an investigation. but ithink— there would be an investigation. but ithihk the _ there would be an investigation. but i think the thing that really moves this on_ i think the thing that really moves this on is— i thi

of this is about, the text messages which were leaked that happened between borisjohnson and so james dysonry make if it is that hard to get to the bottom of this? first of all, johnson saying that he was moving heaven and earth, he was actually sorting out his private life when the pandemic started. he was on holiday. forget moving heaven and earth. as for an inquiry, i agree with you, but it is about bottoming out the facts. finally, we seem to have journalists who are going up to this story properly, they seem to understand there is something deeply troubling about having as prime minister this guy whose dishonest. you call it cronyism, call it what it is, if we are talking about contracts being delivered to people who were not entitled to it, on the basis they have connections with the conservative party are all the rest of it, there was a headline on german television last night, corruption in the tory party. that is what they called it. let's stop all the soft talking, the media has all the soft talking, the media has a job to investigate why think is a massive scandal. you certainly

now, in the event that james dyson to work to make the machines. s were required. label trying to push this quite heavily to say this is part of a broader issue, drawing borisjohnson into the wider questions about lobbying and influence that have been circulating influence that have been circulating in westminster in recent weeks, calling for a select committee enquiry into this. james dyson says, incidentally, says this is a urgent correspondence and he didn't benefit at all from a ventilator contract and, in fact, at all from a ventilator contract and, infact, it at all from a ventilator contract and, in fact, it cost his company £20 million. now, the parliamentary committee that wants to investigate is dealers liaison committee who have come together to question this. it's not really an investigator in body and such but it is considering the labour party request and i think you can guarantee labour will not let go of this issue if they think it's worth pressing. new figures released this morning reveal coronavirus was no longer the leading cause

on the same name james dyson _ investigation. on the same name james dyson affair, _ investigation. at that. what i do say is that now we are past the heat of the crisis, it is more important than ever that there is transparency, that there is openness about the details of all of those are fast tracked vip contracts and that is why we are asking the government to publish details in full of all of those contracts so that we can see who benefited from them and make sure that taxpayers money, our money, it was appropriately spent.- money, our money, it was appropriately spent. money, our money, it was a- --roriatel sent. ., . , appropriately spent. you have listed some of the — appropriately spent. you have listed some of the issues _ appropriately spent. you have listed some of the issues you _ appropriately spent. you have listed some of the issues you say - appropriately spent. you have listed some of the issues you say are - appropriately spent. you have listed some of the issues you say are in i some of the issues you say are in dogging the government. with that in mind, if that i

. >> reporter: cummings has decide being the source of a leak of text to the billionaire james dyson. reportedly said he would fix a tax issue if dyson's staff came to the uk to produce ventilators during the first wave of the pandemic last year. >> i make absolutely no apology at all, mr. speaker, for shifting heaven and earth and doing i possibly could as any prime minister would in those circumstances, to secure ventilators for the people of this country and to save lives. >> reporter: meanwhile, the opposition leader says claims about bad behavior and misconduct can't be brushed aside. >> every day there's more evidence of this sleaze and frankly it stinks. >> reporter: only a third of britains think johnson is trustworthy according to a new poll. the worry for the prime minister is how to limit the damage and quell a raul that shows no sign of of simmering down. >>> queen elizabeth ii has carried out her first public engagement since her husband's funeral. she held two virtual audiences on tuesday to welcome the ambassadors of latvia and ivory coast. the queen was at windsor cast

capital, etc and i have not been convinced that some of that has been sticking particularly with the james dysonwas a massive crisis where people were dying and the prime minister was trying to do the best he could. however this is different i think and i think that labour will be absolutely rubbing their hands and get everything for the dominic cummings is essentially gifting them this line, i imagine there will be plenty of ministers and shadow ministers over the weekend repeating the lines back into the weeks ahead as well. , , ., i. the lines back into the weeks ahead as well. , , ., , ., ,, as well. sorry geraldine, you think this is different _ as well. sorry geraldine, you think this is different from _ as well. sorry geraldine, you think this is different from quickly - as well. sorry geraldine, you think this is different from quickly could | this is different from quickly could you expand on that? i this is different from quickly could you expand on that?— this is different from quickly could you expand on that? i think this is different from _ you expand on that? i think this is diffe

the only point that came up there were other allegations that business people like for example james dyson the businessman had access to johnson and private messages and that boris johnson promised to fix a tax issue that the businessman were facing also lobbying by david cameron the former prime minister on behalf of financial cut company lobbying with the government and there are quite a few allegations that are beginning to the people are beginning to notice it but i think the most worrying one for the bridge you know in the eyes of the british public i would think is there are the remarks the alleged remarks of course johnson when it comes to the victims of the coronavirus crisis is. allegedly a very flippant remark that he would rather see more bodies pile up and go into another lockdown i think this remark is being seen by a by people definitely as very inappropriate if it was tree oh you mustn't london thank you. and i asked her to some of the other stories making headlines around the world for starting me in ma where sources say the military has bombed villages in territory control

between him and the saudi crown prince text messages between him and a millionaire businessman james dyson you know it really has been a very very difficult week over the past 7 days for the prime minister and one that we'll continue to monitor with you paul brennan outside the house of commons in london thank you paul. now south africa's president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that he will launch to defend the indefensible so robert poser says the governing party could have done more to prevent corruption during jacob zuma as tenure poser is the highest ranking official to testify in the so-called state capture scandal zuma faces allegations of allowing a business family close to him to secure government contracts and influence policy for me the miller has more outside of the commission building in johannesburg. those under commission is looking into wide scale corruption and until now much of it has focused on former president jacob zuma in fact he's called the commission a witch hunt and this is why he said he's staying away you appeared once or twice and said

daily telegraph james james dyson and of course today in the daily telegraphjames dyson, one of theh over greensill and the collapsed lenderfor which david cameron lender for which david cameron worked, lenderfor which david cameron worked, that argument and those questions about the interface between the private sector and whitehall are not going to go away anytime soon. whitehall are not going to go away anytime soon-— whitehall are not going to go away an ime soon. , ., ,., anytime soon. opposition parties are kee-tin u- anytime soon. opposition parties are keeping up the _ anytime soon. opposition parties are keeping up the pressure _ anytime soon. opposition parties are keeping up the pressure on - anytime soon. opposition parties are keeping up the pressure on the i anytime soon. opposition parties are| keeping up the pressure on the prime minister to be transparent and to answer questions that he seems to have sidestepped in their view for quite some time. how damaging is this to the prime minister in terms of whether he will hang on or be forced out? i of whether he will han

that dominic cummings was the source of the leak of these text messages between boris johnson and james dysonng is these anonymous _ can you tell us? what is interesting is these anonymous sources - can you tell us? what is interesting is these anonymous sources are - can you tell us? what is interesting l is these anonymous sources are now hiding behind that anonymity and going to ground this morning, i guess you might think it is job done, but in three newspapers, prominently, the headlines make it very clear that downing street insiders, they are being referred to, suggests the prime minister's very disappointed in the activities of his former senior adviser, dominic cummings, and that dominic cummings has been blamed for the leagues of these texts, which the bbc revealed of course showing the exchanges between the prime minister and sirjames dyson at the start of the pandemic. but the substances they were discussing the tax affairs and tax rules and whether these could be changed. labour wanted to keep the focus very much on the substance of these texts about privilege access by business

text between the prime minister and james dyson yesterday and the prime minister in parliament yesterday raises the prospects of in some way downing street releasing more texts of the prime minister, may whatsapp messages, is signals, e—mails you name it, although downing street are silent this morning about how the prime minister will live up to that pledge if indeed he lives up to it at all. let's change the subject entirely to travel, away from lobbying, because we know that may the 17th is the date it is proposed international travel from the uk could start again. but no confirmation of that yet. what are mps saying about this at the moment, the information coming from number 10, at the moment, the information coming from number10, and at the moment, the information coming from number 10, and are there any developments on this issue of covid passports? the any developments on this issue of covid passports?— covid passports? the transport select committee _ covid passports? the transport select committee of— covid passports? the transport select committee of mps i covid passports? the

what he did do was staunchly defend his direct contacts with james dyson. the end, he did not go with dyson, but his ventilator challenge, as he called it, had worked. he told anyone who is at all critical of the process of those discussions that they must be out of their mind to challenge them. if you think that there is anything remotely dodgy or wrong or weird or sleazy about trying to secure more ventilators at a time of a national pandemic, and doing everything in your power to do that, then i think you are out of your mind. interestingly, borisjohnson was actually asked if he was going to maintain his mobile phone. the reason for that is that labour were suggesting that these kind of contacts, what they call government by whatsapp, are responsible for bypassing the normal channels, the conventional channels, when it comes to procurement. the prime minister said he is keeping his more dear back mobile phone, he's got to keep in touch with people, denies doing anything wrong. we are expecting him to publish the extent of his contact with sirjames dyson,

james dyson carried on working through lockdown.focus here, making batteries. it is top secret what is going in the cake, the ingredients?— what is going in the cake, the ingredients? what is going in the cake, the incredients? , ., , ingredients? the problem with the moment is they — ingredients? the problem with the moment is they have _ ingredients? the problem with the moment is they have a _ ingredients? the problem with the moment is they have a liquid - moment is they have a liquid electrolyte which has a transfer from the anode to the cathode, and that causes all sorts of problems. to me and you, batteries need to work longer for less energy. get that right, and change the world forever. he has made robots which learn how to clean your house. can it dro learn how to clean your house. can it dmp the — learn how to clean your house. can it drop the kids off at school? that is your next challenge! hair brushes which are which _ is your next challenge! hair brushes which are which optimise _ is your next challenge! hair brushes

were in the middle of a national emergency and the prime minster was doing is not for his own gay, james dysonnd says, oliver, listen, i am involved in this business deal, can you have a chat with rishi sunak about some tax relief or what the plans might be. how do you respond to that now? i speak to my private office and i say this issue has been raised and it is dealt with in the proper way. [30 this issue has been raised and it is dealt with in the proper way. do you think the prime _ dealt with in the proper way. do you think the prime minister's _ dealt with in the proper way. do you think the prime minister's text - think the prime minister's text messages should be covered by transparency rules?— messages should be covered by transparency rules? well, we have robust transparency _ transparency rules? well, we have robust transparency rules - transparency rules? well, we have robust transparency rules but - transparency rules? well, we have robust transparency rules but the i robust transparency rules but the point here is that this was not normal times, this was not business as usual as

secret communications between the former prime minister and the chancellor and james dyson and the currentpment, and there is no variance in the approach taken by this government than that taken by the welsh and scottish governments. he talks about a tory fondness for oligarchs and makes reference to text messages and so on. i can only point out that our mutual friends, the rural economy secretary in the scottish governments, dined with mr lex greensill and mr gupta in one of glasgow's finest restaurants. if there is a particularfondness glasgow's finest restaurants. if there is a particular fondness for turning with oligarchs, it is not the preserve of any one individual or party in this house. and as for suggesting that the ministerial code is something to be got round or overlooked and suggesting that propriety might be something that needs to be looked at, i would simply refer him to the report of the independent committee of the scottish parliament into the investigation into the former first minister. people want to see a story of obstruction, obfuscation, prevarication a waste of ta

the duke of edinburgh's award, but the prince philip designers award spawned many great people, james dysont. he was, and that is one | of the examples where he did rattle and ruffle courtiers, didn't he, gyles? they didn't want it to be televised and he insisted and said this was a good thing to do, and it wasn't the only occasion that he put the royal family to the forefront in this relatively new genre of television. he gave the first interview to a programme, and then got the royal family to do, in the 19605, 1964, the got the royal family to do, in the 1960s, 1964, the royal family, allowing the cameras into the palace. ~ . , .., ., , palace. which is extraordinary when ou think palace. which is extraordinary when you think about _ palace. which is extraordinary when you think about it _ palace. which is extraordinary when you think about it now. _ palace. which is extraordinary when you think about it now. absolutely l you think about it now. absolutely but that was _ you think about it now. absolutely but that was part _ you think about it now. absolutely but that was part of _ you t

she raises the issue of sirjames dyson and doesn't acknowledge the fact that sir james — acknowledgeounds of his— james spent millions of pounds of his own money in order to try to — of his own money in order to try to ensure that we had ventilators to save those on the frontline. she doesn't mention— the frontline. she doesn't mention that the ventilator challenge was investigated by the public accounts committee and said — the public accounts committee and said it was a model of public— and said it was a model of public procurement. she doesn't mention— public procurement. she doesn't mention the fact that the changes to the prime minister '5 tlat— changes to the prime minister '5 flat were paid for by the prime _ '5 flat were paid for by the prime minister himself. that can't be bullying harassment leaking — can't be bullying harassment leaking of— can't be bullying harassment leaking of taxpayer- can't be bullying harassment leaking of taxpayer money . can't be bullying harassmentj leaking of taxpayer money or can't be bullying harassment- leaking of taxpayer money or no actuai—

dyson. in the methodist and in march last year and the other stages of the coronavirus pandemic borisjohnson as surety sir jamese men selected for they were to make men selected for the nhs with is our political correspondent damien gore medicus. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. have you and other ministers broken the rules, prime minister? _ under scrutiny today, the prime minister for direct text messages in which he promised to fix a problem for a businessman close to the conservatives. the latest revelations concern borisjohnson and the billionaire sirjames dyson, of vacuum cleanerfame. early in the pandemic, the uk had made an urgent appeal for ventilators, including a direct approach to sirjames from the prime minister. sirjames had moved his headquarters to singapore in 2019, his concern, if staff spent time in the uk working to develop them, they and the firm might have to pay more uk tax. the company had written to the treasury asking it to ensure usual tax rules would not apply but hadn't got an answer, so he'd raised it with borisjohnson. in direct text messages seen by the bbc,