nick eardley, thank _ johnson in the coming weeks.ou. _ one in ten county councils in england is facing effective bankruptcy. that's the warning from local government leaders, who say its members are under pressure because of inflation and the rising demand for services. it comes after birmingham city council was forced to dramatically cut spending in september after declaring itself effectively bankrupt. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. hello? is it kate? i'm alex. come on in. kate has been a foster carer in derbyshire for 20 years, offering her home to some of the most vulnerable children. we've had young people who haven't been to the park or built a sandcastle, and that's very sad. she says the care and support that fostering offers is invaluable. but demand is soaring and places are short. i know as soon as i say the green light, the placement will be in demand again. because just the number of people who need care? because of the number of people that need care. we just need lots of us. and there's not enough ou

that is nick eardley giving us the latest of the evidence we have heard from helen macnamara.he time was there was no restriction is required as the games were taking place outdoors but she said bells started ringing and she said bells started ringing and she said bells started ringing and she said nobody in government who was involved in those discussions had ever been to a football game the way most people have done so she was very concerned that they wouldn't be able to identify the potential risks. ., able to identify the potential risks. :, :, able to identify the potential risks. ., ., ., ., , risks. you mentioned also there was no clear pattern _ risks. you mentioned also there was no clear pattern of _ risks. you mentioned also there was no clear pattern of working - risks. you mentioned also there was no clear pattern of working with - risks. you mentioned also there was no clear pattern of working with mr. no clear pattern of working with mr johnson, we will come back to this, but was at an extraordinary matter? that is a very good question, i am not sure _ that is a

do nick eardley is waiting. what has the afternoon told us?— nick eardley is waiting. her evidence this morning and into this afternoon that there were many occasions where she just didn't think that was the case. it was almost a list of failures is the pandemic was progressing. the government, she said, or number 10 specifically i should say, was too bullish at the start of the pandemic. there was a belief that this just would not hit the uk pandemic. there was a belief that thisjust would not hit the uk in the way that it was starting to hit other parts of the world. she made it clear that she thought there was a toxic, sexist, misogynistic culture at number 10 where women and people from ethnic minorities were often left out of key decisions. and what was really interesting this afternoon she outlined the practical implications that had. key decisions about things like childcare not involving people who were often involved in looking after kids. she talked about ppe order is often not catering for women in the way that they needed to. so there was all this stuff abo

programme" that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley liz truss was prime minister and it was at the end of her tenure when he left office that he wrote this letter to the police are basically saying he did not think his party had done enough to deal with these allegations. now there are some really serious claims in this letter that has been reproduced by the mail on sunday saying that there may have been five victims of this person, some of the allegations include multiple rapes and there is the claim you just reference that the matter has been going on for more than two years and the failure of others to act that allowed this person to keep offending. sirjake berry does not name anyone or name the mp involved, does not name the people he is saying did not deal with this properly or perhaps i should say the mail on sunday does not contain any names because we've not contain any names because we've not seen the original letter but 0liver dowden, now deputy prime minister, now used to be chairman of the conservative party and he was for

our political correspondent nick eardley there. suspect put up no resistance when arrested. the four—year—old appears to be unharmed. the incident began late last night, when the man drove through a security barrier at the airport. all flights were suspended. police had been negotiating with him via a turkish interpreter, while he sat in his car parked on the tarmac. the man was believed to have been armed. police think the incident probably stems from a custody dispute. earlier, i spoke tojenny witt, a freelance journalist based in hamburg, who told me that the incident has held the whole city on edge. people have been talking about very little else, a very dramatic 18 hours with negotiations ongoing by the police. we heard the police spokeswoman this morning saying this morning that it continued in phases, that the man, the father in this case, was sometimes tired, sometimes very communicative and it was widely seen as a good sign, however, that he continued to want to talk to the police and the spokeswoman sounded pretty hopeful

our political correspondent nick eardley has the details.chairman during liz truss �*s premiership and a letter has been published which he sent to the police which claims that they became aware of a series of allegations against an aware of a series of allegations againstan mp. aware of a series of allegations against an mp. there is an expert which reads, "they may have been five victims of x who have been subjected to range of offences including multiple rapes." the letter goes on to say the matter has been going on two years and the failure of others to act has enabled x to continue to offend. it also claims that one person was getting ongoing support at the expense of the conservative party. we have put this allegations to the conservative party and at the moment they have denied comment. the prime minister has said the upcoming king's speech will not feature what he called short term gimmicks but will include bills that strengthen society, and help people feel safer in their own communities. the speech on tuesday will set out the gover