do you agree, mr osborne, that by the time covm—19| hit, the consequences of austerity |were a depletedcialj care capacity and rising inequality in the united kingdom? - most certainly not. i would say if we had not done that, britain would have been more exposed not just to future things like the coronavirus pandemic, but indeed to the fiscal crises which very rapidly followed in countries across europe. do you agree that during your time l in office, the state of the social. care system became worse? i'm not sure i would accept that. i would certainly accept that there are rising pressures that including during my period in office on the social care system. they are driven by the fact britain has a rapidly ageing population. former prime minister david cameron also defends the government's policies in that decade before covid. so, we made the important decision to say that the health service was different, its budget would be protected and so there were real terms increases every year. and so, for instance, there were 10,000 more doctors working in the nhs at the end of the time i was

.�* neither mr osborne nor his wife thea have publicly commented on the incident. interest in the flying mammals — and the role they can play in so—called "zoonotic spillover" events — whereby diseases jump to humans. 0ur global health correspondent, naomi grimley, has been given special access to a scientific research project in ghana which aims to monitor bats. dusk is the witching hour at accra zoo. it's the best time for this group of scientists to test these bats for different viruses and even superbugs. what we try to test for resistant antimicrobials in the poo of the bats. so that's what we are trying to do. so the question is, is the bacteria in the poo resistant to antibiotics? exactly. that is the question. yeah! got it. bats are a mystery because they can carry all these different pathogens, including coronaviruses, but not get sick themselves. this is actually an adult female and i think it's even pregnant. kofi amponsah mensah is a conservationist at the university of ghana. he's worried that human activity is forcing bats to change their normal behav

do you agree, mr osborne, before covid hit. do you agree, mr osborne. that _ before covid hit.inly not. i would say if we in the united kingdom? most certainly not. i would say if we had not done _ certainly not. i would say if we had not done that great britain would have been more exposed, notjust for future _ have been more exposed, notjust for future things like the coronavirus pandemic. — future things like the coronavirus pandemic, but to the fiscal crises which _ pandemic, but to the fiscal crises which rapidly followed in countries across— which rapidly followed in countries across europe. do which rapidly followed in countries across europe.— across europe. do you agree that durin: across europe. do you agree that during your — across europe. do you agree that during your time _ across europe. do you agree that during your time in _ across europe. do you agree that during your time in office, - across europe. do you agree that during your time in office, the i during your time in office, the state of the social care system became worse? i state of the social care syste

yeah so mr osborne and his wife have come out of church.ds at which point they appear to be set upon by a just stop oil campaigner throwing orange confetti on the bride and the groom . now, i think this the groom. now, i think this attack is reprehensible , whether attack is reprehensible, whether you like george osborne or you don't like him, that's not the issue. it's a private occasion. it's their wedding day . how does it's their wedding day. how does this make him feel ? how does it this make him feel? how does it make the bride feel? how does it make the bride feel? how does it make the bride feel? how does it make the family and friends feel on what should be a special day ? just henri paul a part of a political debate about how to tackle the issue of climate change. what you don't do is attack individuals on a private occasion, risking their safety and ruining what should be the best day of their lives. it's an absolute disgrace. it's just stop oil just stop it. absolute disgrace. it's just stop oil just stop it . let's get stop oil

do you agree, mr osborne, that by the time covid—19. hit, the consequences of austerity |were a depleted sure i would accept that. i would certainly accept that there are rising pressures that including during my period in office on the social care system. they are driven by the fact britain has a rapidly ageing population. so, we made the important decision to say that the health service was different, its budget would be protected and so there were real terms increases every year. and so, for instance, there were 10,000 more doctors working in the nhs at the end of the time i was prime minister than there were at the beginning. others criticised both the state of the health service and social care at that point when covid struck. and by comparative data compared to similar countries per 100,000 population, we were at the bottom of the table on the number of doctors, number of nurses, number of beds, numberof itus, number of respirators, ventilators. we needed resilience in social care. that was clearly missing. austerity undermines our health department and other departments ability to

mr. cokeer tried to get us to understand many years ago when we started as c io. there is also studies in structure and this is structure for professor osborn. we can change the delegation process. will we become a better pension fund? absolutely not necessarily, because there is other studies when you look at the boards, if isn't so much how they delegated but how were the boards composed? how the board is composed, what was investment performance? that is a very fair comparison but that is how it is done. it has a lot to do with the asset classes and how the people are used to execute. when i say how the boards are put together, some are 100 percent appointed. there are few where elected members are the majority. some where they are a clear minority. there are studies to see which funded better when who was controlling the decision whether they were or not-in the united states all most all the public funds, none are absent of the political influence from the government. they are not as independent as we have been fully briefed on about how the canadian models work which they believe is how well they have done. delegation-this is wonderful

mr. cokeer tried to get us to understand many years ago when we started as c io. there is also studies in structure and this is structure for professor osborn. we can change the delegation process. will we become a better pension fund? absolutely not necessarily, because there is other studies when you look at the boards, if isn't so much how they delegated but how were the boards composed? how the board is composed, what was investment performance? that is a very fair comparison but that is how it is done. it has a lot to do with the asset classes and how the people are used to execute. when i say how the boards are put together, some are 100 percent appointed. there are few where elected members are the majority. some where they are a clear minority. there are studies to see which funded better when who was controlling the decision whether they were or not-in the united states all most all the public funds, none are absent of the political influence from the government. they are not as independent as we have been fully briefed on about how the canadian models work which they believe is how well they have done. delegation-this is wonderful