our lead guest this morning was the education separate terry, nadhim zahawi.had a big discussion about school funding, for instance, but also, on ukraine. talking about president biden's comments, and also trying to get a bit of a sense about whether any peace deal could be struck. whether the uk would back that, and under what conditions. that was the kind of thing we're trying to unpack with him, as well as some of our other guests. as always, some of the most powerful voices coming out from ukraine, as well. let's bring in our adaptive political editor, sam coats. who's regular face to you. you're in a different position, making the most of the sunshine this morning. >> sophie, that's right. in the last few days, it's been the first glimmers of something quite important. we had those hands from moscow that perhaps the kremlin is looking to scale back. potentially focusing on the donbas, rather than taking the capitol. at the same time, as you've been reflecting on the show in the last hour, you have the ramping up of -- what would happen in the event of suc

. >> nadhim zahawi speaking to sophie ridge. katie barton field,. katie, tell us more about what's in this white paper. [inaudible] -- missing out on education. most schools already do this. this represents the school day of 8:45 in the morning until 3:15 in the afternoon. the government say if children have a school day of 20 minutes shorter, they miss out on two weeks every year of education. we know that 80% of schools currently teach for at least 32 hours a week, but this measure is designed to target the schools that don't do that. we heard nadhim zahawi speaking to sophie rich, talking up the proposals, including this in the white paper, and also talking up the government spending on education. it's fair to say the proposal -- or making sure schools can comply with these hours has been pretty widely panned outside of the government. we heard from labor, their shadow educations accra terry. if -- this is the government's plan for education after two years of covid disruption, then it really doesn't amount to much. labor have accused ministers o

we're joined now by the education secretary, nadhim zahawi.ou very much for being on the program this morning. we'll get to education in a minute, but i want to start with ukraine. in particular, those comments by president joe biden. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power. does the uk government also think that putin has to go? >> i think that's up to the russian people. the russian people are pretty fed up with what is happening in ukraine, the illegal invasion, the destruction of their own livelihoods, their economy is collapsing around them. i think the russian people will decide the fate of putin and his cronies. the important thing to remember, there is evidence that war crimes have been committed in the ukraine, targeting of civilians, and you will know the deputy prime minister has been working with the international criminal court to make sure that evidence is well documented, and collected. so that those who commit war crimes no, there is a day of reckoning. >> you very clear, our new -- russian people to decide who the presid

the education secretary nadhim zahawi has announced he's diverting money so that schools can arrange editor, branwen jeffreys. four times six... it's in maths where most learning was lost, leaving these year six pupils working hard. today mps warn covid has been devastating for education. now, let's see if that rule applies... and many teachers agree. coming back from covid, i have children who can't use capital letters, full stops, so the kinds of skills that we taught them when they were four or five, the children just can't apply independently any more. and three as b being equal to six. oscar? a lot of pupils at this primary have had booster classes, helping rebuild their confidence. i've done quite a lot with percentages. that's quite helped me out, because i was struggling with percentages and reasoning. because we have sats this year and we have missed, like, two years of learning, i think we've maybe missed out on, like, basic stuff like our times tables. but mps say there are growing regional gaps in learning, the national tutoring programme is missing targets and ministers

i, ,, , i, , i nadhim zahawi. thank you very much, mr speaker- — nadhim zahawi.ld—class, evidence—based training and professional development at every stage of their career. we will also make a £180 million investment in the early years workforce. teachers' starting salaries are set to rise to £30,000, as we promised in our manifesto, and there will be extra incentives to work in schools with the most need. world—class education also needs environments in which great teaching can have maximum impact, mr speaker. therefore, we will improve standards across curriculum, behaviour and attendance, making sure that all children are in school and ready to learn in calm and safe, supportive classes is my priority. all children will be taught a broad, ambitious, knowledge rich curriculum and have access to high—quality experiences. we will set up a new national curriculum body to support teachers, founded the success of the oak national academy. this body will work with groups across the sector to identify best practice, deepen expertise in curriculum design and develop a

look, i was listening to nadhim zahawi, the education secretary, on peston the other night, and he saide even been processed. there are apparently 22,000 that are still in the system that they haven't even started on, and that's before you even look at people who don't have family members here in the uk. lisa, thank you very much for giving us lots to think about over the next couple of days — if this announcement does come. thank you, lisa, great to have you. well, it's interesting, adam, ministers were meeting this afternoon to think about, to discuss, to try to make decisions about this sponsorship scheme — what the speed of it should be, what the scale of it should be, what the eligibility should be. and, as lisa was suggesting, i did a bit of digging around today on the existing sponsorship scheme, and i think it's only taken about 500 or 600 people in the last five years, and it is very onerous. lots of paperwork, safeguarding checks, financial checks, all sorts of things. so i think there's going to be huge pressure on the government from the opposition, and from some of their ow

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we will be talking to nadhim zahawi later in the programme, at about half past seven.ge the law, to make sure all ferry operators operating from uk ports pay at least the minimum wage. our chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. adam, what sort of impact will this have? is it too late? well, what is happening this week is the government passed legislation through parliament which will close that loophole in employment law, which _ that loophole in employment law, which allows maritime companies to pay seafarers in british waters below — pay seafarers in british waters below the national minimum wage. so, that's the _ below the national minimum wage. so, that's the change in the law that's going _ that's the change in the law that's going to _ that's the change in the law that's going to happen this week. as part of that— going to happen this week. as part of that process we get a statement from the _ of that process we get a statement from the transport secretary, grant shapps. _ from the transport secretary, grant shapps, who has also written to

system, not because of it, and so i really welcome this government move today and the work that nadhim zahawiver and over again across the country that people have to wait too long, whether it is for dyslexia identification, which is something obviously very close to my heart or other neuro disability is a more broadly for those children who need support. figs broadly for those children who need su ort. a ,, broadly for those children who need su--ort. a , ., broadly for those children who need sun-oft. , . ., support. as you say, people have to wait too long- _ support. as you say, people have to wait too long. i'm _ support. as you say, people have to wait too long. i'm a _ support. as you say, people have to wait too long. i'm a bit— support. as you say, people have to wait too long. i'm a bit puzzled, i wait too long. i'm a bit puzzled, this review was launched in 2019 and this review was launched in 2019 and this is only a green paper which in many ways is the least firm set of proposals that can be put forward. why has it taken long. i proposals that can be put forward. why has it taken