in that clip there, mark harper mentioned angela rayner, labour's deputy leader.r at prime minister's questions this week and she described rishi sunak as a "pint—sized loser". are we really in a place where it's ok to take the mickey out of someone's height now? ithink, you know, angela rayner has been called many, many things herself by the conservatives. yeah, which is bad, but that doesn't mean it's right for her to do it. i'm sure she could have thought of much worse. look, it was a light—hearted jibe and i'm sure rishi doesn't take it particularly personally. i think it is the cut and thrust of prime minister's questions and i think she really held her own in the face of some pretty full—on attacks from the tories herself. the last one for me, and it's a bit of a curveball... a clip has gone viral in the last few days of your colleague, darrenjones, shadow chief secretary to the treasury, on a radio station panel show where he doesn't know the answer to a question. instead of blagging it, he goes, "oh, i don't know the answer to that". and a few minutes late

transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns. >> big thebig thing we're still having to deal with is the impact of the pandemic. the rail industry at the moment is financially not sustainable. at the moment, the only route to solving that is to use the private sector innovation , the private sector innovation, the stuff they demonstrated they could deliver. when we privatise them, when they doubled passenger numbers. we've got to get more people using railways. that's the only way they become financially sustainable. there's nothing in labour's plans that's going to deliver that . quite the going to deliver that. quite the reverse. what you now the system of grading schools with one word judgements should stay. >> that's according to the department of education. the government says grades such as outstanding or inadequate provide significant benefits and give parents a succinct summary of schools. the grading system came under scrutiny following the death of headteacher ruth perry , who took her own life perry, who took her own life after a

but transport secretary mark harper said the plans were "unfunded".g for the train, among the throng today the man who hopes that he is striding to downing street. keir starmer once much of the railways to be publicly owned. keir starmer reckons he has a plan to lure more of us on to the trains. i've joined him on a visit to county durham to hitachi's train factory. privatisation has not worked, ourjob is pick this up, fix it and that will require us as the franchises end to bring them into public ownership. will your plan make travel by train cheaper? it will ensure the best price is available for everyone. people have no confidence that they're getting the best fare. this isn't about capping the fares, but making sure that the system overall works. isn't this the same old labour, a zeal to nationalise, suspicious of profit, driven by ideology? no, this is not ideological fixation. it is ideologically fixated not to do it. to say even it were better run as public entity, we won't do it, is the ideology that gets in the way of the passenger focus that

but the transport secretary, mark harper, says the plans are "unfunded". chris mason has the story.y the man who hopes that he is striding to downing street. keir starmer reckons he has a plan to lure more of us on to the trains. he wants much of the railway to be publicly owned. he reckons he has a plan to lure more of us on to the trains by making fares macro timetables simpler. i'vejoined him on a visit to county durham, to hitachi's train factory, to put your questions to the labour leader. privatisation has not worked, ourjob is pick this up, fix it and that will require us as the franchises end to bring them into public ownership. will your plan make travelling by train cheaper? it will ensure the best price is available for everyone. people have no confidence that they're getting the best fare. this isn't about capping the fares, but making sure that the system overall works. isn't this the same old labour, a zeal to nationalise, suspicion of profit, driven by ideology? no, this is not ideological fixation. it is ideologically fixated not to do it. to say even it were better

here's the transport secretary mark harper. no idea how to pay for it.o hire civil servants to manage it. joining me now is phil sherratt, editor of modern railway magazine. phil, good to have you with us. is it nationalisation? it is phil, good to have you with us. is it nationalisation?— it nationalisation? it is partial nationalisation. _ it nationalisation? it is partial nationalisation. it _ it nationalisation? it is partial nationalisation. it is - nationalisation. it is nationalisation. it is nationalisation of the train companies, the majority of which are still under private sector contracts, national rail contracts they are called. however, there are certain parts of the rail system that won't be nationalised. the freight sector which is all private operators, they aren't proposing to touch that. open access operators for example in the east coast main line is they will send a private sector. and the majority of trains on the network. can sector. and the ma'ority of trains on the network.— sector. and the ma'ority of trains on the network. can

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transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns.ng to deal with is the impact of the pandemic. the rail industry at the moment is financially not sustainable. at the moment, the only route to solving that is to use the private sector innovation , the private sector innovation, the stuff they demonstrated they could deliver when we privatised them, when they doubled passenger numbers. we've got to get more people using railways. that's the only way they become financially sustainable. >> there's nothing in labour's plans that's going to deliver that. plans that's going to deliver that . quite the reverse. that. quite the reverse. >> what the scottish conservatives are calling for a vote of no confidence in humza yousaf . it's after the snp's yousaf. it's after the snp's power sharing deal with the greens collapsed this morning, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government. he told media a short time ago that ending the agreement represented a new beginning for the snp. a former top executive at the post office says she is tru

transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns. >> big the thing we're still having to deal with is the impact of the pandemic. the rail industry at the moment is financially not sustainable. at the moment, the only route to solving that is to use the private sector innovation , the private sector innovation, the stuff they demonstrated they could deliver when we privatised them, when they doubled passenger numbers. we've got to get more people using railways. that's the only way they become financially sustainable. there's nothing in labour's plans that's going to deliver that . quite the reverse. >> what the system of grading schools with one word judgements should stay . that's according to should stay. that's according to the department of education. the government says grades such as outstanding or inadequate provide significant benefits and give parents a succinct summary of schools. the grading system came under scrutiny following the death of headteacher ruth perry, who took her own life after a report downgraded her school. her siste

transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns . a 13 year old lockdowns. a 13 year old schoolgirl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder , after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed at a school in wales. a man valley school was put into lockdown yesterday when the student carried out the attack. the victim's injuries are not life threatening. they've been released from hospital. the attack was halted when a heroic teacher, daryl campbell , intervened, placing campbell, intervened, placing the attacker in an arm lock until emergency services arrived. the schoolgirl will appearin arrived. the schoolgirl will appear in court tomorrow . a 15 appear in court tomorrow. a 15 year old boy has been arrested and remains in police custody on suspicion of making threats. referencing the incident and the system of grading schools with one word judgements should stay. that's according to the department of education. the government says grades such as outstanding or inadequate provide significant benefits and give parents a succi

transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns .3 year old lockdowns. a 13 year old schoolgirl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder , after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed at a school in wales. a man valley school was put into lockdown yesterday when the student carried out the attack. the victim's injuries are not life threatening. they've been released from hospital. the attack was halted when a heroic teacher, daryl campbell , intervened, placing campbell, intervened, placing the attacker in an arm lock until emergency services arrived. the schoolgirl will appearin arrived. the schoolgirl will appear in court tomorrow . a 15 appear in court tomorrow. a 15 year old boy has been arrested and remains in police custody on suspicion of making threats. referencing the incident and the system of grading schools with one word judgements should stay. that's according to the department of education. the government says grades such as outstanding or inadequate provide significant benefits and give parents a succinct

the transport secretary, mark harper, speaking in the last hour or so, is unimpressed.uld expect. he's saying these are unfunded spending promises that labour do not have a plan to pay for it. and he's also pointed out that the labour party and angela rayner specifically, are planning to bnngin specifically, are planning to bring in big changes to laws about workers rights, and he's saying it will undermine and undo all the work they've done around the unions in trying to minimise strikes. and that that is going to come back to bite people. should labour get into power. >> thank you. thank you. catherine. katherine forster there. now we are joined, very happy to say by conservative mp for the isle of wight, bob seely. with us now bob, this news this morning about the trains, there are a lot of people in our inbox here @gbnews saying good, the trains are an absolute mess. they need to go back into public ownership. >> okay. catherine is spot on. bev by the way, good morning. good morning, catherine. spot on in what? she says you're beginning to see a political divide bet

and mark harper, the transport secretary, is quite rightly said, we need to look at this very carefullynd that i think is the biggest tragedy of all. >> it's interesting you highlight that there may well be vested interests. know there vested interests. i know there are of cycle cycling are lots of cycle cycling activists within local councils in london and elsewhere, but this is just a cash cow , isn't this is just a cash cow, isn't it? i mean, £1 million in fines from low , low traffic from low, low traffic neighbourhoods. and tom says, oh, the residents like it. yes. the residents who are now living on a very quiet road with no motorists going to love it. on a very quiet road with no moteveryone going to love it. on a very quiet road with no mot everyone elseg to love it. on a very quiet road with no mot everyone else who love it. on a very quiet road with no moteveryone else who has it. on a very quiet road with no mot everyone else who has to but everyone else who has to travel through the who travel through the area, who doesn't live on that doesn't necessarily live on that nice,

jeremy hunt, the chancellor, penny morden , mark chancellor, penny morden, mark harper, grant shapps firstly will be really embarrassing for them, make a real statement, but also changes the dynamics of the conservative leadership race after the election. yes rishi isn't looking so dishy anymore, isn't looking so dishy anymore, is he? >> do you remember his leadership campaign slogan? are you ready for rishi? are you ready for the complete obliteration of the conservative party? more like it's turning out to be. so, yeah, very interesting, the plan is working. he keeps saying . well, working. he keeps saying. well, this clearly shows it's not okay. let's be honest. >> your hands in glee. >> your hands in glee. >> well, not sort of jeremy hunt going. yeah, i think i probably am to be honest. not my favourite but okay, favourite politician, but okay, let's one poll let's be honest. only one poll matters, that's the one that matters, and that's the one that you tick on the ballot box on the of the general election. the day of the general election. and course, we don't and of course, we

the milestone was marked with a vist from a very special green—fingered guest, as amanda harper reportsre. beautiful things, put them in your hanging basket. hanging baskets, this time of year. yeah, they're looking fabulous. everyone is passionate about their plants here at horticap. the garden nursery in harrogate supports students with additional needs, teaching them new skills and providing valuable work experience. it's just nice to be with everyone and most days when i go home and tell everybody what i've been doing all day, which is nice. just makes me very happy. and every morning i come here on a monday and thursday. i look forward to coming here. it all started with a muddy field, an old van and just a handful of students. but over the decades it's grown and flourished. some of the original students are still here today, and there's plenty to smile about as this year, horticap celebrates its 40th anniversary. hip—hip, hooray! of course, the students had to throw a party. and who better to help them celebrate than their patron and star gardener, alan titchmarsh? a0 years is a l

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