nick eardley at _ he hasn't seen the speech. nick eardley at westminster.arena bombing will be published today. its focus will be on the role of the security services, on whether the attack could have been prevented, and the radicalisation of the bomber, salman abedi. 22 people were killed in the blast, which happened after a concert by the singer, ariana grande, in 2017. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savage, is in manchester for us. danny, a big day for the relatives of those who died and those who survived the attack?— of those who died and those who survived the attack? yeah, clive, i think six years _ survived the attack? yeah, clive, i think six years on _ survived the attack? yeah, clive, i think six years on after _ survived the attack? yeah, clive, i think six years on after the - survived the attack? yeah, clive, i think six years on after the aryna i think six years on after the aryna bombing, what we may find out this afternoon is whether or not, from the view of the security services, if it could have been prevented from happening al

nick eardley at westminster, _ hamza yusuf. nick eardley at westminster, thank - hamza yusuf. state pension age to 68 will not be brought forward yet, the government's announced today. the work and pensions secretary mel stride told mps in the commons that now is not the time to make the change. a decision is now expected in 2026, after the next general election. the police watchdog has passed a file of evidence to prosecutors to decide whether a metropolitan police officer should be charged over the fatal shooting of a black man last september in south london. chris kaba, who was 2a, died from a single gunshot wound and he was unarmed. greg mackenzie has more details. father to be, chris kaba, was shot dead by a metropolitan police officer. through the windscreen of a car in streatham hill in south london last september. ihe car in streatham hill in south london last september. he was unarmed- _ london last september. he was unarmed. they're _ london last september. he was unarmed. they're not _ london last september. he was unarmed. they're not going - london last september.

nick eardley — anywhere. nick, thank you very much. nick eardley in — anywhere. ster for us. i police are investigating the events that led up to a car crash that killed three young people who lay undiscovered in the wreckage for almost 48 hours. darcy ross and eve smith, both 21 and 24—year—old rafeljeanne, were found dead in a car which had come off a major road in cardiff. two others are in hospital in a critical condition. joining us is our wales correspondent. what more can you tell us about the investigation. as we see there, huge amounts of tributes to their three young people who have died and the two who have been very seriously injured. yes, not much more about the events that took place in the early hours of saturday morning. but we have heard that sophie ruhs on, one of the two in a critical condition in hospital, her mother had spoken to the daily mail. she is another one that has been hugely critical of the police and the way they dealt with this investigation. she said she called them a number of times over the weekend. the impression she was given,

nick eardley, - he now needs to deliver. nick, thank you very much.eardley, our chief political correspondent. joining me now is our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the government have admitted this plan pushes the boundaries of international law.— plan pushes the boundaries of international law. that is what they are saying- — international law. that is what they are saying- we _ international law. that is what they are saying. we still— international law. that is what they are saying. we still haven't - international law. that is what they are saying. we still haven't seen i are saying. we still haven't seen the legislation. we have had three days of speculation and now this statement but we don't know the detail yet. statement but we don't know the detailyet. i statement but we don't know the detail yet. i think one of the most telling things is the home secretary herself said in the house in the last half an hour that she couldn't give the mps a statement of assurance that this bill would be compatible with human rights law and thati

nick eardley _ of days' time. nick, many thanks. descibed as an "exceptionally rare" kind of shark, believed to have been a smalltooth sand tiger. but the tv historian dan snow — who was there at the time — says that before the body could be recovered by biologists for further study, trophy—hunters removed its head and its tail. well, he's now appealing for those body parts to be returned, in the interests of science, as briony leyland reports. it is a shark, so be careful! an unexpected visitor to the south coast in trouble. when a shark was spotted thrashing about in the shallows at lepe beach, locals went to help. a monster. the rescue mission seemed to have been a success. yes. yes! but yesterday, the shark — believed to be a smalltooth sand tiger, rarely seen in uk waters — was found washed up. historian and local resident dan snow tweeted about the discovery, and scientists urged him to salvage the shark. but he and a team of volunteers were too late. the head, fin and tail had been cut off. we are desperate to try and get hol

nick eardley, thanks very much indeed. i'm _ an accident. nick eardley, thanks very much indeed.oined byl very much indeed. i'm joined by david campbell bannerman. can i quote newspapers that have been supportive of borisjohnson, the telegraph of course which he wrote about. johnson besieged but defiant. johnson fights for his future. is there a sense the tide is going out on borisjohnson's political career? i don't think so it all, i watched the four hours yesterday, i thought he put up a very robust defence, he was very challenging of some of the allegations made. and to me, in his defence, he talks about it being unfair the process. i think he proved that yesterday. and i came out of it very strongly.— out of it very strongly. camilla tominey in — out of it very strongly. camilla tominey in the _ out of it very strongly. camilla tominey in the telegraph, - out of it very strongly. camilla i tominey in the telegraph, again, out of it very strongly. camilla - tominey in the telegraph, again, a supportive newspaper in the past, said, borisjohnson was struggling to take back contr

i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. vernment saying about how they're going to imprimatur this plan? there will be full details _ going to imprimatur this plan? there will be full details in _ going to imprimatur this plan? ti” will be full details in parliament later, annita, ithink will be full details in parliament later, annita, i think the main thing that will be confirmed today is the fact that the government is taking over two former ministry of defence sites, in lincolnshire and in essex, which will be used to house asylum seekers and migrants, thatis house asylum seekers and migrants, that is the part of the plan that actually seems to have made some progress. in terms of the wider elements that you mentioned, the idea of ferries being acquired, or barges being used to house people, i am not sure that that is at a particularly advanced stage yet, certainly people i have been speaking to in government this morning have been playing down the idea that that might be imminent, not least because there are some practi

nick eardley, chief olitical future. nick eardley, chief political correspondent, i future.hank you. we're hours away from the release of the most comprehensive assessment yet on climate change. environmental scientists around the world spent the last eight years analysing evidence about the climate crisis. their work for the united nations will be revealed at a meeting in switzerland today. and as our climate editor justin rowlatt has been discovering, in the alps there is already clear evidence of dramatic change. if you want to experience our future climate, you need to visit the alps. europe's highest railway takes you high into the mountains. the greenhouse gases emitted since the industrial revolution have already raised global temperatures by a little over one degree celsius, but up here, the effects have been much greater. the temperature up here in the alps is rising by about twice the global average — it's already increased by two degrees celsius, and it is having a devastating impact on the snow and the ice up here. near the top of thejungfrau mountain in switzerl

let's get more on this. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the houses of parliamente stakes for borisjohnson this afternoon? they are high, ben. his political credibility depends on it, potentially his future in parliament. rememberthis parliament. remember this afternoon's hearing parliament. rememberthis afternoon's hearing is not whether about whether parties happen. we have seen the photos. they did. it is not about whether the rules were broken. the met police carried out its investigation and concluded that they were. this is about whether borisjohnson they were. this is about whether boris johnson told they were. this is about whether borisjohnson told parliament, and by extension the public, the truth. now, he acknowledges that parliament was misled with some of his statements. but he basically says it was an accident, that he was acting in good faith at the time, he didn't think the rules had been broken, and he was told by his senior aides that everything was in the rules. the committee has already suggested it should have been obvious to boris johnson that

nick eardley at westminster there. murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool last august is due to begin. 0livia was fatally shot at her home in dovecot while her mother, cheryl, was injured. thomas cashman denies murder and attempted murder, as well as wounding with intent. the man widely regarded as britain's most notorious prisoner, charles bronson, has begun an appeal for his release after nearly 50 years in jail. much of that time he's spent in solitary confinement. a public parole hearing is taking place. bronson was originallyjailed for seven years in 1974, but regular violent behaviour, including nine attempted prison sieges where 11 people were taken hostage, have seen his sentence extended multiple times. tony danker, the head of the cbi the uk's biggest business group, has stepped down after allegations of misconduct. in a statement, the cbi says it took all matters of workplace conduct extremely seriously but stressed that until an investigation was complete, the allegations remained unproven

studio: nick eardley at westminster, thank you.as described china and russia as "strategic partners". on the second day of xi jinping's visit to moscow, he invited the russian leader vladimir putin to beijing. that's despite the fact that only last week, the international criminal court accused mr putin of war crimes over the conflict in ukraine, and issued a warrant for his arrest. china does not recognise the court. here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. its a visit being watched around the world for what its global consequences could be. according to the chinese president, his meetings in moscow will give new momentum to china's relations with russia at the expense of both countries hope of the west. out of this meeting with the west. out of this meeting with the russian prime minister came an invitation from president xi. for president putin to pay a return visit to china. and then in the grandeur of the kremlin the two leaders met for a second time, eventually standing shoulder to shoulder, a big morale boost fo

thank you very much, nick eardley, _ really fascinating.chief - really fascinating. thank you very | much, nick eardley, chief political correspondent. the government has published a long—awaited plan to improve learning for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in england. proposals include ending "postcode—lottery" support, and earlier intervention in mainstream schools. the bbc�*s education correspondent elaine dunkley has more. across the country, there are mainstream schools struggling to support children with special educational needs and disabilities. what's the difference? recruiting for specialist support assistants is incredibly difficult and incredibly challenging. schools are struggling for resources. local authorities are certainly struggling for resources. the capacity in the system just isn't there. this is leighton primary in blackpool. here there are more than 90 pupils with special educational needs. needs are becoming more complex as time goes on and therefore the provision that we need

i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley, who's at westminster. nnouncement?— meeting and the spending announcement? ~ , , announcement? well, the spending, it is a lot of money. _ announcement? well, the spending, it is a lot of money, it _ announcement? well, the spending, it is a lot of money, it is _ announcement? well, the spending, it is a lot of money, it is 5 _ announcement? well, the spending, it is a lot of money, it is 5 billion - is a lot of money, it is 5 billion extra on top of what the ministry of defence was already being promised. it is not as much as the ministry of defence wanted, though. the defence secretary, ben wallace, was negotiating for about double this money, so about £10 billion, and while i think the funding that has been announced will be welcomed, there are a lot of conservative mps who are a bit nervous that it doesn't go far enough. 0ne who are a bit nervous that it doesn't go far enough. one of them, tobias ellwood, who chairs the defence select committee, has been saying this morning that this is the sort of anno

our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us from westminster.cting an afternoon here of political theatre, but there are really serious question is at stake here, and there are a really serious question is at stake here, and there are _ here, and there are a yes, fundamentally _ here, and there are a yes, fundamentally whether . here, and there are a yes, i fundamentally whether boris here, and there are a 7" fundamentally whether boris johnson misled parliament, ithink fundamentally whether boris johnson misled parliament, i think we know the answer to that, he has admitted the answer to that, he has admitted the comments he made misled parliament, and then the question is why today was it an accident and that he was talking from a genuine belief the rules had not been broken, he said for example that his aides had assured him that was the case, that will be his defence. there is a question about whether borisjohnson should have known more and should have been more open with parliament. the privileges committee has already said that it should h

i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley who's at westminster.e minister and i'm sure you've made a very wise choice. can i start by asking, you would be exhausted broadcasting at this time of day, let me ask a very straightforward question. this £5 billion sounds great but, given the submarines are a project for years ahead, is it really going to make much difference to a budget, because of the war in ukraine at least, that is under severe pressure?— ukraine at least, that is under severe pressure? and inflation is the thing you _ severe pressure? and inflation is the thing you hear— severe pressure? and inflation is the thing you hear often - severe pressure? and inflation is the thing you hear often from - the thing you hear often from defence officials that the cost of just heating things and all the energy they are using is a lot. the answer is actually summer in the middle. there is not a straight yes or no answer to that question. the defence secretary, ben wallace, kant has been asking for a lot more money, around £10 billion. —— the defe

nick eardley in | thanks very much. nick eardley in westminster.ar—old jonathan ball and 12—year—old tim parry both died when two bombs planted on a busy shopping street exploded. former prime ministerjohn major is among those who will be attending the service. the european union could sign off a two billion euro agreement later in an attempt to help restock ukraine's dwindling ammunition supplies. eu foreign and defence ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss a deal, but final deliveries of arms could take many months, raising questions about how much difference it will make on the battlefield. switzerland's biggest bank, ubs, has rescued troubled lender credit suisse in a government—backed deal, which it's hoped will help restore calm to the global financial markets. that is what we need, more calm with lenders stocking up some assurance. good morning. we reported on this last week, credit suisse went into freefall. reports of weaknesses on its reporting, investors were spooked, and as we know that feeds on . spooked, and as we know that fee

nick eardley, let's go back to the issue — kept to.t— for the government? well, the 2.9% figure, i think it is _ for the government? well, the 2.9% figure, i think it is one _ for the government? well, the 2.9% figure, i think it is one that - for the government? well, the 2.9% figure, i think it is one that will- figure, i think it is one that will absolutely have delighted the treasury when they saw it. it�*s more than the target of halving inflation. it puts them in a much better place. politically, that will better place. politically, that will be seen as a bit of a win. the other thing to bear in mind is that everybody expected inflation to go down considerably. so everybody expected inflation to go down considerably.— down considerably. so nothing the government _ down considerably. so nothing the government is _ down considerably. so nothing the government is doing? _ down considerably. so nothing the government is doing? it _ down considerably. so nothing the government is doing? it would - down considerably. so nothing the. go

our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, has more.isa it is a couple of weeks since the committee published the interim report and said it should have been obvious to borisjohnson that the rules were being broken, because he set him and there were occasions when they believed the former prime minister may have misled parliament. today we get boris johnson's defence, which he hopes will clear his name. borisjohnson, huddled around a table with downing street staff. this was during covid restrictions in england when we were all told not to gather for social events. the partygate scandal helped bring down mrjohnson but now he is facing another question, did he mislead parliament? i'm sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. this was december 2021 when party reports first emerged. mps are now looking at whether mrjohnson misled the commons and whether he did it intentionally or recklessly. fast forward to today and borisjohnson�*s defence is published where he accepts parliament didn

we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. the detail of the policy, but what happens next? this is just the this isjust the beginning of the process through parliament? yes. process through parliament? yes, this needs to _ process through parliament? yes, this needs to pass _ process through parliament? yes this needs to pass through parliament. the government is hoping it can do that pretty quickly, getting it to the house of commons in the next few weeks, before easter and then getting the whole thing passed through parliament and into law by the summer. it is at that point you are likely to see the legal challenges that have been talked about over the past 2a hours. i think the government is expecting that to happen and we had the prime minister said yesterday that he was up minister said yesterday that he was up for the fight on this. he thinks the government has a solid, legal case and is prepared to take on anyone who wants to challenge the legality of what he's doing. ultimately, rishi sunak is trying to persuade us all

. _ our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster.ping to achieve with tomorrow's budget? tt is a keep things calm budget after some of the turmoil of the past year or so. jeremy hunt will be doing everything he can to try and keep things on course. i think there will be some more help with the cost of living, the energy price guarantee is going to remain for another three months. it is likely that tax relief on fuel will be extended as well. but the chancellor is under a lot of pressure from his own mps to come up with a better growth plan. and that is going to be focused on getting more people into the workforce and keeping people in the workforce longer. that is what the plans are all about, to try to incentivise some sectors to keep people for longer, with a particular eye to doctors and clinicians. ministers are worried that too many of them are worried that too many of them are seeing working for longer as a disincentive, because of the tax penalties that they are facing. so, there's that. i think that conservative mps who were

our chief political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster.r words this is the latest in a long line of unworkable from the government and the government obviously does have something to prove i guess in terms of its previous plans to try and move failed asylum seekers to rwanda. or a third safe country. how do we know or how will the government say it is going to do this, carry out these plans? going to do this, carry out these lans? ., ., , , plans? you are right because the government _ plans? you are right because the government strategy _ plans? you are right because the government strategy so - plans? you are right because the government strategy so far - plans? you are right because the government strategy so far has l plans? you are right because the l government strategy so far has not worked. the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has been going up. i think the argument you will hear from the government this week is that some of the measures that it will introduce will act as a deterrent. for example, if you are tol

"here's chief political correspondent nick eardley.. many of his own mps sitting in there are desperate for him to get it right after, frankly, successive conservative governments failed to get on top of the issue. so what's the plan? well, we don't know the full thing yet, but so far it seems to be based on deterrence, saying to would be asylum seekers, "if you come over on small boats, you won't be allowed into the country, you'll be deported and you'll be banned in the future." rishi sunak hopes that that will send a strong message. but will it work? labour say, "no that this is just rehashed policies with some gimmicks as a headline." charities say that it could criminalisse genuine asylum seekers, and there is that question of if you do want to claim asylum, how do you do it? well, we're told we'll get those safe and legal routes, as the government calls them, after it's got control of borders. so that could be several years away. but for rishi sunak, this is an absolute test for his government. it's one that he has to get right a

wednesday in a televised session investigating his actions. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardleygested he should have known the rules were being breached, so it�*s not totally unheard of for evidence from someone who is appearing before a committee to be published beforehand. but i think it will give us a rough idea of borisjohnson�*s argument, and importantly that he is going to fight the allegation that he misled parliament pretty vociferously. i think there will be two key parts to his argument. one will be that the advice he got from his aides is that rules were not broken and we will probably see some whatsapp messages that he think backs up that argument. secondly i think borisjohnson will also have some words to say about the fairness of the hearings themselves. there are some of his allies i have spoken to over the weekend who say they don�*t think it�*s fair that some of the mps who are sitting on this committee have already suggested that they think boris johnson misled parliament. there is also an argument about whether the burden of proof that is being applied here is

let's speak to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. ters to their constituents, and they are determined to come up with a plan. the big question is, as this one going to work? the idea of the government has is by doing things like banning people from ever coming back to the uk, telling them that their asylum application will be automatically rejected, but you remove some of the incentives. you tell people who are thinking of crossing the channel, it is just not going to work. there's no point risking it. the question is, will this achieve anything that hasn't been tried before? wejust this achieve anything that hasn't been tried before? we just had wes streeting from the labour party on breakfast saying there is nothing new in this, it is gimmicks, because it has all been tried before. privately, chatting to some tory mps, they are saying they are not convinced it necessarily goes far enough either, they want to see for example the uk leaving the european convention of human rights, which governs some of the laws that the uk has to foll

nick, nick eardley is in westminster. just how radical ars plans nick, just how radical are these plansorning, tina. it is indeed. they sound _ get the detail? morning, tina. it is indeed. they sound pretty - get the detail? morning, tina. it is indeed. they sound pretty radical i get the detail? morning, tina. it is| indeed. they sound pretty radical to me from what has been briefed out by the government and what we have heard in the last few days. it is important to say that the data will be crucial, there will be a lot of mps poring over it later today. but on the face of it, it doesn't seem like rishi sunak is prepared to take some new steps to try and take this issue on. for example having that legal requirement from the home secretary to remove people from the uk if they arrive on small boats, that will take precedence, it will be more important in law than the right to claim asylum or human rights cases. so that feels like a big deal, if it works. in practice. there are bound to be practical challenges, i think there will be a big row in parliament, there will be some who argue t

our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us from westminster.it is not about whether boris johnson or photos, we know they did. it is not about whether borisjohnson or some of his staff broke the rules, we note they did because the police issued fines. it is about what boris johnson told parliament and whether he misled mps. it is notjust about that, we know he misled mps, he has admitted that. it is about why he misled them and the defence you will hear from misled them and the defence you will hearfrom boris misled them and the defence you will hear from borisjohnson later is that it was an accident, he was acting in good faith. he thought the rules had been followed and he was told by his aides similar. some of the evidence that has been published this morning raises a few questions, i think. the counterargument on the broad principle of all of this is that boris johnson broad principle of all of this is that borisjohnson should have known that borisjohnson should have known that the rules were not being followed because he was in some of the

nick eardley.in a misison nicknamed good luck, have fun. relativity space's terran 1 booster lifted off in florida's space force station but, within minutes, mission controllers reported that it was having problems with its top section that prevented it from igniting fully and successfully reaching orbit. the californian team who made it say they have now gathered enough data to show that 3d—printed rockets can be viable in future. eu leaders meet in brussels this morning for the first day of their summit. the focus will be on the economy, with leaders gearing up to discuss how the eu can best provide high—qualityjobs, as the bloc faces the need to decarbonise. european leaders will also discuss the war that russia's waging on ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy willjoin the european leaders virtually for a discussion on support for kyiv. i'm joined now byjessica parker. who's in brussels. what is the main focus today? well, to be honest. _ what is the main focus today? well, to be hon

economics correspondent andy verity in central london, but first our chief political correspondent nick eardleyow will the day after the budget, how will the politics of it look? it the day after the budget, how will the politics of it look?— the politics of it look? it won't surrise the politics of it look? it won't surprise you — the politics of it look? it won't surprise you potentially - the politics of it look? it won't surprise you potentially 18 - the politics of it look? it won't - surprise you potentially 18 months out from an election that politics will have been high on the mind of the chancellor yesterday. you can see it in his pitch that the economy has turned a corner, he wants to be able to persuade voters that this government has a plan. you can see it in the childcare announcement. that is a pitch to middle—class parents to say to them, we will help you with a cost of living. but i suppose part of the is, will people question actually feel the benefits of whatjeremy hunt is talking about? does economic growth translate to your household feeling richer? when you see some of the

nick eardley.gency which has produced many of japan's biggest boybands. however, multiple allegations of sexual abuse have been made by boys and men who once worked with kitagawa and aspired to make t in the japanese pop market. mobeen azhar reports... japan has the biggest music market in the world after the us and one companyjoining in associates has dominated thej—pop orjapanese pop market since being established in the 1960s. its founder, johnny kitagawa, has had rumours surrounding him for decades that he sexually abused boys in his male only talent agency throughout his 50 year career. few photos of him are known to exist, so we've drawn a picture of him to show you instead. claims of abuse were upheld in a 2003 libel case, but despite this, he continued to work until his death in 2019, and he's still revered injapan. i spoke to a fan on the streets of tokyo. he is god, is god, he is god. why is he god? quite a big statement. some of the abuse happened while boys were staying at kitagawa was

all the reaction from westminster now. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley sent us this updateuse if you listen to the chancellorjeremy hunt on his morning round of interviews, he is pretty optimistic, happy that inflation is going down, that there is going to be growth in the economy, even if it is a bit sluggish, and he's confident that his growth plan is going down well. and i think it is fair to say some of the headline announcements on things like the energy price gap in the uk and the expansion of childcare in england, they have gone down pretty well, although certainly on the latter there are questions about specifics. but what is really interesting is if you delve into the numbers from the number of crunchers in the office for budget responsibility, they are a lot bleaker, and actually what they show is people in the uk are going to be paying a lot more tax over the next few years, the fact that the point at which you pay different income tax and national insurance taxes has been frozen means people will be paying more over the next few years. it's the equivalent to put

nick eardley, thank you very much.n officially sworn in as scotland's first minister at the court of session. becoming first minister at the age of 37, the youngest first minister of 37, the youngest first minister of scotland, after defeating his rivals for the leadership ash regan and kate forbes. humza yousaf has said that he is appointing shona robison as his deputy first minister. i'm joined now by alexandra mackenzie, the bbc scotland correspondent. so, how much is it business as usual for the snp under humza yousaf, and how much will be new?— how much will be new? well, i think he will start — how much will be new? well, i think he will start getting _ how much will be new? well, i think he will start getting back— how much will be new? well, i think he will start getting back to - he will start getting back to business, just when he comes out of the court of session here in edinburgh. i'vejust been inside, this was a very short ceremony, if the is what we can call it, it was probably less than ten minutes, and

let's speak to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. more can you tell us about this story? goad you tell us about this story? good morninu. you tell us about this story? good morning- we _ you tell us about this story? good morning. we haven't _ you tell us about this story? good morning. we haven't seen - you tell us about this story? good morning. we haven't seen the - you tell us about this story? (emf. morning. we haven't seen the full messages so we cannot tell you the full context and what all of the content was but they have been published by the delhi telegraph this morning. they got hold of them via the lockdown critical journalists isabel oakeshott, who helped matt hancock write his memoirs about the pandemic. some messages have been published today which suggests that mr hancock was told in april 2020 by chris whitty, the chief medical officer, that everybody going into a care home should be tested. we don't have all the messages as i say, but the messages that have been published suggest that he changed his mind over the co

we'rejoined now by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. can we expect to happen today? morning to you. to the this afternoon, borisjohnson will appear before those mps. he will have to take the oath, swearing on a king james bible that he will tell the truth, he will make an opening statement, as will the chair of the committee and then several hours of evidence, interrogation will begin. there are 2p questions today. a lot will be discussed. two key questions are going to determine the fate of borisjohnson. not whether he misled parliament. he accepts the comments he made did mislead the house of commons. the question is why? did he do accidentally? he was acting in good faith and he did not think the rules had been broken and his aides told him repeatedly he hadn't, or as some of his critics intend, did he do it recklessly or deliberately to try to cover up the fact rules had been broken in downing street under his watch? that me is the absolute key question today. a second question which is really important for mps as well, did he tell

to introduce our guests, greg hands, pat mcfadden and the bbc�*s chief political correspondent, nick eardley inquiry? it is of this year, what has happened to the public inquiry?— the public inquiry? it is going on, but we have _ the public inquiry? it is going on, but we have got _ the public inquiry? it is going on, but we have got no _ the public inquiry? it is going on, but we have got no idea - the public inquiry? it is going on, but we have got no idea how- the public inquiry? it is going on, | but we have got no idea how long the public inquiry? it is going on, i but we have got no idea how long it will take. the first section is due to take around four months, but there is no sense when we gets results from it. some people close to the process saying it could be kept until after a general election until we get anything tangible in terms of conclusion. i5 until we get anything tangible in terms of conclusion.— terms of conclusion. is that acceptable? _ terms of conclusion. is that acceptable? we _ terms of conclusion. is that acceptable? we are - terms of conclusion. is that acceptabl

let's get more on this from our chief political correspondent, nick eardley.nment rhetoric on this issue and what they have demonstrated they are able to do or not do as the case may be because for example the government has talked about removing people to reminder or another safe country but none of those flights have actually happened yet? the none of those flights have actually happened yet?— none of those flights have actually happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know _ happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if— happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if this _ happened yet? the simple answer is we do not know if this new— we do not know if this new legislation will make a difference because we have not seen the full thing yet but what we do know some of the details that were in the piece a few minutes ago from helen but that has been the crux of the problem for the government. they have talked a lot about taking strong action against people who cross the channel on small boats. but often struggle to deliver on it. nick, i thin

let's cross live to westminster now and get more on this with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. labour and many other critics are saying they are not lawful and not workable. where does this go from here? how does the government tried to make this work? and as the critics say, they say it is not workable, what you think will happen next? the is not workable, what you think will happen next?— happen next? the first step is to net it happen next? the first step is to get it through — happen next? the first step is to get it through parliament, - happen next? the first step is to get it through parliament, they i happen next? the first step is to - get it through parliament, they hope to do that by the autumn, the process will officially start on monday when you will get the first vote in parliament. i suspect the government will get it through the house of commons fairly comfortably, it might have a bit more trouble in the house of lords. even if it becomes legislation later this year, it is bound to see some legal challenges as we were hearing, there is a debate over the legalit

doesn't work, we will have the guts to deploy that bill again. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley on monday, there hasn't been much explicit opposition. most people who may have been critical have been withholding their counsel. well, borisjohnson has broken that today by calling the deal "a drag anchor" which would make it hard for the uk to diverge from european rules. it's pretty clear that he doesn't want to vote for it. he said that he'll find it very, very hard. is it a game changer, though? i'm not so sure, actually, because a lot of brexiteers who've made trouble for prime ministers in the past have actually signed up to this deal and think it's a good thing. the dup seems to be pretty split on whether to accept it, but it's taking its time to look over it. this may give some other tory brexiteers the impetus they needed to come out and say they won't vote for it as well, but i still don't get the sense that there's a massive rebellion that would cause rishi sunak significant distress on this. i'm told the prime minister is currently back in windsor. he's at an away day fo

here's our chief political correspondent, nick eardley.in england when we were all told not to gather for social events. the partygate scandal helped bring down mrjohnson but now he is facing another question, did he mislead parliament? i'm sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. this was december 2021 when party reports first emerged. mps are now looking at whether mrjohnson misled the commons and whether he did it intentionally or recklessly. fast forward to today and borisjohnson's defence is published where he accepts parliament didn't get the full story and he says it wasn't his fault. there is a lot in mrjohnson's 52 page submission, including extracts of messages involving key aides. he said he relied on their advice before making comments to parliament, writing, i was the prime minister of the country... but not everyone will be convinced. mps and the powerful privileges committee have already suggested it should have been obvious to mrjohnson that the rules had been broken.

a potentially life changing blood test is being tested in a major uk—wide trial —— nick eardley.n a single day off work, which has been incredible. after successful surgery, patients like ben are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up any cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type of blood test shows he was cancer—free. right, what shall we do? a big, enormous, chelsea blow—dry? so, ben, who runs this hair salon in chelsea, was spared the toxic side effects, which can include nerve damage to the hands and feet. work for me is my therapy as such. i love going to work, i love myjob, i'm very lucky to do what i do. and if i'd have had the intravenous, i'd feel like i wouldn't have been able to carry on, but the fact that i didn't have any tingling or anything in my hands has just been an absolute blessing. ben has regular check—ups at the royal marsden, which is leading a trial of the blood test across dozens of hospitals. your cancer was diagnosed in the caecum, in the right colon. the results could transform the way thousands of bowel cancer patients are trea

joining me now from westminster is our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning.that clip and it's true we don't have all of these messages that were passed by matt hancock to the person helping him to write his book, so what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and _ what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the _ what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the messages - what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the messages being i is not true and the messages being published partial and give a distorted view of what was actually said. i think it's quite important to point out that we don't know the full context, we haven't seen all the messages and so we can't be certain about what happened. there are two narratives, one is the one in the daily telegraph which says the position changed over the course of the day, that matt hancock made it clear in the morning he had been told that everyone should be tested going into care homes and by the end of the day the government reached the position which was that only people going f

we'rejoined now by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning, nick.hey might work? hi. know about these proposals, and i guess, how they might work? hi, good morninu. guess, how they might work? hi, good morning- this— guess, how they might work? hi, good morning. this practicalities _ guess, how they might work? hi, good morning. this practicalities are - morning. this practicalities are going to be really important. this is all part of the government's plan to reduce the amount of money it spent on hotels for asylum seekers and refugees. there is a report out this morning which suggest the government spent £3.5 billion in all its expenditure on this sort of thing in 2022, so it is a big issue that rishi sunak has promised to deal with. we are going to get a statement in parliament later where we can expect ministers to say that older ferries, we can expect ministers to say that olderferries, barges, and cruise ships and older raf bases will be used to house asylum seekers rather than those expensive hotels. a couple of things that is supposed to do,

through the programme, we have one ourselves, chris mason has left and we are pleased to have nick eardleyf it? it's a big bug bear registry that they are hasn't been a clear strategy on things like electric battery manufacturer. we have one electric vehicle manufacturing plant in sunderland, there are 35 being built or under construction or approved in the eu expect to hear a bit about levelling up and investment sounds, we might get a dozen investments owns, but packed with tens of millions of pounds and the point that was made by the mp5 is the hundreds of billions being offered in the us and the eu is about to respond to that, that's hoovering up a lot of international investment than the length by comparison, some of these schemes to supercharge growth in the regions, the amounts of money are actually quite small. the amounts of money are actually quite small-— quite small. and the investments sounds to what, _ quite small. and the investments sounds to what, exactly? - quite small. and the investments sounds to what, exactly? a - quite small. and the investments sounds to what, exact

. leader when it comes to defence and keep our country safe. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardleyukraine. he's got about half of that. now, i think the mood in the ministry of defence is to bank that and to move on, but there is already a bit of pushback from some conservative mps and from the labour party as well, saying we are not sure this money is going to be enough, given what's happened in ukraine, given the global instability that so many defence analysts are worried about. so there are questions over that. also contained within the announcement the prime minister is making over in san diego is a commitment to increase defence spending in the uk to 2.5% of gross domestic product, the size of the economy. now, that sounds great and for some people will be welcomed, but there is no timeline for that so we are not certain when that will happen. and if you cast your mind back all the way to last summer when rishi sunak was backing liz truss to be the uk's prime minister, there was a commitment from her to maintain 3% of gdp. so rishi sunak has made some commitments, they will a

our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, has more.it. he said that he'll find it very, very hard. is it a game changer, though? i'm not so sure, actually, because a lot of brexiteers who've made trouble for prime ministers in the past have actually signed up to this deal and think it's a good thing. the dup seems to be pretty split on whether to accept it, but it's taking its time to look over it. this may give some other tory brexiteers the impetus they needed to come out and say they won't vote for it as well, but i still don't get the sense that there's a massive rebellion that would cause rishi sunak significant distress on this. i'm told the prime minister is currently back in windsor. he's at an away day for conservative mps. one of his aides says, very pointedly, he's focused on party unity. he hasn't seen the speech. we are going to stay with politics but head to scotland. scotland's deputy first minister john swinney has confirmed that he will step down when nicola sturgeon leaves office. mr swinney has served as both finance

we can speak now to our chief politicial correspondent, nick eardley. messages that have emerged in the last 2a hours? messages that have emerged in the last 24 hours?— last 24 hours? mourning, rachel, it's really quite — last 24 hours? mourning, rachel, it's really quite something, - last 24 hours? mourning, rachel, it's really quite something, i - last 24 hours? mourning, rachel, it's really quite something, i have never seen anything like it, this frank exchange of views between the people right at the top of government. there is so much in this this morning. i have written down a few things. ministers saying there was no robust rationale for the rule of six for under 12. number 10 talking about holding a fight —— avoiding a fight with devolved governments when it talked about masks in schools. doubts that some of scientists had about the effectiveness of shielding and boris johnson asking about the merits of giving over 65 is more of a choice when it came to shielding. it's a remarkable account of some of the big rows that went on in government at t

here's our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, on what happens next.et it through parliament, the government hopes to do that by the autumn, the process will start on monday when we get the first vote in parliament. i suspect they will get it through the house of commons fairly comfortably, they might have more trouble in the house of lords. if it becomes legislation later this year, it is bound to see some legal challenges as we were hearing, there is a debate over the legality of this legislation in terms of the international obligations that the uk has to follow. and it does feel a bit at the moment like the government is gearing up for a political battle with the labour party ahead of the next general election where it will say, look, we have got a plan, we have gone further than ever before, even if it is stuck in the courts, we are trying desperately to do this. labour will retort it is a gimmick and it will not work, it might make the problem worse because it does not address the core issues of the speed with which asylum applications are proces

here's chief political correspondent nick eardley on what's expected.ed parliament was misled. that is a key moment in this process and whether he did so intentionally or recklessly. and his submission that it was neither and that he asked as aides on several occasions if they had been followed and if they went to parliament, he was acting in good faith. i'm joined now by political correspondent rob watson, intentionally or recklessly, statement in good faith. at the heart of this, it's not whether or not these parties happened because we know they did. it's whether or not borisjohnson particularly at the end of 2021, several months after these parties, when he told mps look, i did not know anything about it, of these rules and regulations are being followed, yes, he misled them but he did not know. he thought he was acting in good faith. so, the question is when that turned out not to be true, did he do it intentionally or all recklessly and obviously, you framed it rather nicely, based on exactly the same evidence, borisjohnson insists absolutely no w

joining me now is our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. were auoin on? �* �* , , going on? aren't we “ust? there is an namath going on? aren't we “ust? there is an argument about _ going on? aren't wejust? there is an argument about whether- going on? aren't wejust? there is an argument about whether or - going on? aren't wejust? there is an argument about whether or not j going on? aren't we just? there is i an argument about whether or not to close schools at the start of 2021. you might remember that the policy at the time was a bit shambolic, frankly. one day ministers were saying schools would definitely remain open in england, the next day some schools would close, and then by the end of the week all schools were closing because of a national lockdown. it is worth pointing out, the science did evolve, there was advice to close schools. i think what today's exchanges, the once the telegraph are published, anyway, show us, is that ministers were at each other�*s fruits or in this. there is a real disagreement between matt hancock and g

let's get the latest now from our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning, nick.headline yesterday, lots of detail to pore over, what have you found? morning, nina. what was the chancellor trying to do yesterday? the us all that the economic picture is starting to turn. you can almost see his election pitch already saying that we managed to get a bit of growth back, we have brought inflation down, and if you trust us, we can keep going with the plan. the thing is when you delve into the detail, some of the stuff in this big weighty tome from the number crunches, things might be slightly better, but they are still not great to be honest. when you look at living standards, there is still going to be a record drop in disposable income for households over the next couple of years so we are all feeling the pinch quite significantly. and at the same time we are all paying a lot more tax as well because the chancellor confirmed yesterday that the point at which you start paying different tax levels is going to be frozen for four years, tax levels is going to be frozen fo