lisa nandy, the culture secretary, has said she's been in contact with bbc senior management about the from a point of view of whether the bbc�*s internal processes for dealing with complaints is up to scratch is fit for purpose, to use that phrase, that often comes out in situations like this. he was speaking to me a short while ago and more on the bbc website as we continue to file the story. we have some breaking news from france. throughout the morning we have been circulating about what would happen today when the social security budget came before parliament. we are now getting reports that france's prime minister has forced through his budget bill without a vote. now that risks a no—confidence showdown. so he has pushed the social security budget through without a vote in parliament and this threatens the entire government and could see it collapse. we had some concessions being made earlier on today and understand that the prime minister made a last—minute concession and medical payments to try and persuade mps to adopt the measure. rememberthat persuade mps to adopt the measur

lisa nandy has met with the bbc over the six issue over gregg wallace. workplace issues to make sure there were processes in place to deal with complaints. the comments we have seen from this individual over the weekend were completely inappropriate and misogynistic. this comes from a bbc investigation were gregg wallace has not denied behaving in a sexually harassing nature after 30 people came forward last week with allegations of inappropriate comments. the former boss of formula 1 bernie ecclestone is selling off his entire collection of 69 racing cars. they include championship—winning machines driven by the likes of michael schumacher and stirling moss and are expected to raise more than £300 million. mr ecclestone says he doesn't want his wife to have to deal with them after he dies and he would like to know what happens to them. visitors to spain will now face more paperwork as a new law comes into force. hotel owners and car hire firms will now need to send personal information about their customers to the government. the rules will also apply t

with children's media habits changing rapidly, the culture secretary lisa nandy says she wants to startat are winning the battle for their attention. in an interview with radio 4's today programme, she stopped short of talking about regulation for children's programmes online, but called for sites to engage in dialogue with the government. we'd much preferfor them to work with us to make sure that children are able to see and find high quality content much more easily. there's something great about youtube, it's democratising. you know, you've got these people who can start their careers from their bedrooms and suddenly become global superstars, to make a living out of something that they couldn't have done otherwise and we're very well aware of that but there is a balance to be struck here to make sure that children can find that really good quality content. a let's get some of the day's other news now. dominique pelicot, the ex—husband of gisele pelicot, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating and committing mass rapes against his wife while she was drugged, has deci

we also heard from number ten that the culture secretary, lisa nandy, had held talks with the bbc inhe wake of the row about his behaviour. the development we have to bring you in the last few minutes or so is that we have had another video posted on instagram by wister wallace, who said he wants to apologise for any offence caused by his post yesterday. we have a few more details about this video, and i want to bring in our entertainment correspondent who is with me now and has been looking into this. we havejust seen, i have not, you have, this video posted on instagram. talk as to what gregg wallace is no saying. talk as to what gregg wallace is no saying-— is no saying. what he is apologising _ is no saying. what he is apologising for - is no saying. what he is apologising for in - is no saying. what he is apologising for in this i is no saying. what he is i apologising for in this case is no saying. what he is - apologising for in this case is the language he used at the weekend when he was defending himself against the original allegations made against him by allegations made a

bullet angela raynen could bite the bullet angela rayner, ed miliband, wes streeting yvette cooper, lisa nandy, bridget phillipson and jonathan reynolds and pat mcfadden this is the top brass. this is the elite of the labour party shows that politics is so volatile, literally nobody seems safe. >> yeah, and that's absolutely right. and i mean, there's four and a half years to go until the next general election. president trump is likely to become president and finish being president and finish being president before we have a general election again in the uk. so there is a bit of time, but the current picture is not suggesting any safe seats for many members of the cabinet. and actually the more interesting story from all of this, the bigger story here is the fragmentation of british politics, but also the marginality . 271 of these seats marginality. 271 of these seats are predicted to be won on with the, with the winning candidate winning less than a third of the vote. and now that's not normal. in a first past the post system, it's more likely to be seen on the continent with their pr syste

downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandyised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation is under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, gregg wallace's lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature . a sexually harassing nature. >> it wasn't in a good headspace when i posted it. i've been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion. i felt very alone under siege yesterday when i posted it. it's obvious to me i posted it. it's obvious to me ineed i posted it. it's obvious to me i need to take some time out and looking at the weather, travel disruption could be on the way, with the met office warning icy stretches and some dense freezing fog this week . freezing fog this week. >> temperatures could plunge to as low as minus eight degrees celsius after a pretty mild weekend, with tonight's e

when of course, he attacked the conservatives, keir starmer as you know he was dubbed mr rules by lisa nandyhe's now culture secretary for following, you know going by the guy, you know going by the rules. and he says well okay with the with with all of those gifts that he accepted, the rules were followed. but gifts

downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandyas raised issues with bbc bosses. the corporation is under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, greg wallace's lawyer says it is entirely false that he engages in a behaviour of sexually harassing nature . and sexually harassing nature. and davina mccall, the tv presenter, has thanked her surgeon kevin o'neill after surgery to remove a benign brain tumour. posting to instagram, she thanked him for being so brilliant throughout the whole procedure. she praised his experience and said she feels immensely grateful that he got the whole thing . thing. >> i know i gave him and michael a bit of a scare straight after the op because i was so confused , the op because i was so confused, but i am doing so well now and i just wanted to thank him and all the team for taking such really, really good care of m

the culture secretary, lisa nandy, has already spoken to bbc bosses about the recent backlash.e heard this morning that the uk's jobs market is steadier than it seemed. new figures from the office for national statistics show that employment levels are more than 300,000, higher than before the pandemic. that's despite earlier data suggesting they'd barely budged. unemployment, meanwhile, remains unchanged at 4.2%. the ons has also revised the employment rate for april to june, up just slightly to 74.6%, and the emir of qatar begins a two day state visit today to the uk, hosted by king charles the prince and princess of wales will take part in ceremonial welcome, marking one of kate's new appearances since completing her cancer treatment. queen camilla, recovering from a chest infection, though, will be skipping some events, although we understand she will attend the state banquet at buckingham palace later . those are the palace later. those are the latest headlines for now, i'll be back with you at the top of the hour for a full roundup. now though, it's over to patrick and be

downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandy has raised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation's under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, greg wallace's lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. here's what wallace said in his apology video. >> i wasn't in a good headspace when i posted it. i've been under a huge amount of stress , a under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion. i felt very alone under siege yesterday when i posted it. it's obvious to me i posted it. it's obvious to me ineed i posted it. it's obvious to me i need to take some time out to the us now, where president joe biden has issued an official pardon for his son hunter, saying he was unfairly prosecuted. >> hunter biden was set to face sentencing this month on gun and tax convictions. he pleaded guilty to tax

comments as inappropriate and misogynistic , and the culture misogynistic, and the culture secretary, lisa nandy has raised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation is under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, gregg wallace's lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. now, travel disruption could be on the way, with the met office warning icy stretches and some dense freezing fog this week. temperatures could plunge to as low as —eight degrees celsius after a pretty mild weekend, with tonight expected to be the coldest night of the week. parts of scotland over high ground are expected to reach the lowest temperatures, and the emir of the state of qatar and her highness sheikh jawaher have arrived in the united kingdom ahead of a state visit here hosted by king charles in london. the princess of wales is also expected to take part in ceremonial events tom

downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandyaised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation's under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged behaviour. four times. the bbc says it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have a robust process in place to deal with them. meanwhile, greg wallace's lawyer said that it's entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature and tv presenter davina mccall has thanked her surgeon kevin o'neill after surgery to remove a benign brain tumour. posting to instagram, she thanked him for being so brilliant throughout the whole procedure. she praised his experience and says she feels immensely grateful that he got the whole thing . thing. >> i know i gave him and michael a bit of a scare straight after the op because i was so confused , the op because i was so confused, but i am doing so well now and i just wanted to thank him and all the team for taking such really, really good care of me. thank you. >> those are the lates

downing street has labelled the comments as inappropriate and misogynistic, and culture secretary lisa nandys raised the issue with bbc bosses. the corporation is under fire about claims senior management were warned about wallace's alleged alleged behaviour four times. the bbc said it takes any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. meanwhile, greg wallace's lawyer says it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. >> wasn't in a good headspace when i posted it. i've been under a huge amount of stress , a under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion. i felt very alone under siege yesterday when i posted it. it's obvious to me i posted it. it's obvious to me ineed i posted it. it's obvious to me i need to take some time out and to end . to end. >> travel disruption could be on the way with met office warning, icy stretches and some dense freezing fog this week. temperatures could plunge to as low as minus l degrees —eight degrees celsius after a pretty mild weekend , with tonight mild weekend, w