trevor phillips talking to norman smith earlier.ess news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: dignitaries from around the globe have gathered in london for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the government is to propose a ban on plastic drinking straws and cotton buds in an effort to cut the billions of items that are thrown away each year. a former head of the civil service calls for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to stay in the uk. good afternoon. i'm jamie good afternoon. i'mjamie robinson with the business news. a collapse in profits a the department store debenhams — down over 80% over the last six months to march — it's blamed february's freezing weather and a tough retail market. and in an unexpected announcement the firm's chief financial officer matt smith is to leaving, to take up a post as finance boss at selfridges. debenhams is not alone. overall retail sales saw their biggest quarterly fall in a year d

norman smith is there for us.an president and others at the moment is that the strikes over the last few hours, thatis strikes over the last few hours, that is its militarily for now. the town from theresa may was very much one of reassurance that we are not one of reassurance that we are not on the cost of getting sucked into something much more significance. we are not about regime change, or trying to influence the civil war in syria. this was a specific targeted strike designed to degrade president assad's chemical weapons stocks and deter him from wider use of them. two other interesting things we had from mrs may today. the clear linkage with the nerve agent attack in salisbury, saying that that's too was an example of countries being too ready to use chemical weapons. the other thing, which struck me as very clear indication that mrs mayor is not minded to have a commons vote, a retrospective comments vote, to approve last night's air strikes. there will certainly be a political row about that. norman smith

norman smith outside downing street, thank you.rvey taken in britain a few days ago suggested that one out of five people in the uk supported air strikes. this was before the air strikes took place. four fifth of people do not support them. in france, president macron took this action without going to parliament. congress was not consulted in the united states. president trump pushing ahead with this. it was a white house action, a downing street action and an elysee action. we can get some reaction from someone who knows more about this, jasmine el—gamal from the atlantic council. you were in the balmer administration. we have spoken a lot in the last 25 minutes or so, and it is clear that the line out of washington, the line—out of london, the line—up of paris is this has achieved something, it has sent a clear message. do you agree?” achieved something, it has sent a clear message. do you agree? i do not necessarily agree. we do not know what the larger context is. it has sent a message that president trump will do what he says,

norman smith, our assistant political editor, thank you very much indeed.atients with vague, non specific symptoms will have all the necessary checks under one roof — rather than going for several different tests for different forms of the disease. these one—stop shop centres are part of a drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. helped me focus on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost i4kg in weight in just a few weeks combined with nausea and fever, alarm bells started ringing. the fear was he had got cancer. butjohn had no specific symptoms so he was referred to a new specialist unit at airedale hospital in west yorkshire. fast track team, take blood straightaway, mri scans, ct scans, more or less straightaway. and you get to know then what is possibly wrong with you instead of waiting weeks and weeks and weeks for some results to come back and you're worrying all that time. getting a rapid diagnosis and starting treatment for cancer can make all the difference. but sometimes patients who have p

norman smith, thank you.uiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions. it says there must be "open and frank" discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said "all too often" organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is here. this interim report published this morning, give us an idea of the main thrust? the main thrust of this report is that change is needed across society if we are going to tackle child sexual abuse in a better way. and keita that is having open and frank discussions, particularly with young people, about sexual abuse. many of the young people spoken to by the enquiry said people didn't speak to them about this and they weren't given advice or tips on how to stay safe. that is absolutely the key. it says leaders have to take responsibility for what has gone on rather than put their own reputations first

norman smith, our political editor.t prince harry has asked his brother, the duke of kent bridge, to be his best man at his wedding with meghan markle. in a tweet — kensington palace says prince william was honoured to be asked and is looking forward to supporting his brother at the wedding next month. prince harry served as best man to his brother at his wedding to kate middleton in 2011. let'sjoin our royal let's join our royal correspondent jonny dymond who was outside kensington palace now. does that show how close the brothers are? yes indeed. as you mentioned just then, prince harry has asked his brother prince harry has asked his brother prince william, prince william asked his brother prince harryjust a few yea rs his brother prince harryjust a few years ago. they are very close indeed. they have been close all the lives, in fact. and prince william commented with a broad smile on his face when asked about the wedding of his brother, he said it was wonderful news and perhaps his brother would stop scrounging foo

our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster.pressure on the government following this revelation at home office records were destroyed. government hoped yesterday they had managed to dampen this down with apologies from theresa may and other ministers. today it has burst into life again after labour called for the home secretary amber rudd in effect to walk the plank for failing to ta ke effect to walk the plank for failing to take responsibility for our department's conduct of this whole windrush sager, sparked in part by the latest closures that the landing cards given to families arriving have been destroyed. they were a p pa re ntly have been destroyed. they were apparently stored in the basement of apparently stored in the basement of a home office building in croydon in sacks and were destroyed. for many of those individuals caught up in this whole row, they are viewed as crucial bits of evidence which have now simply been destroyed. they're now simply been destroyed. they're no longer available. the office say there were

the bbc‘s assistant political editor norman smith joins us from outside 10 downing street. ussia as she was on syria. norman, focusing almost as much on russia as she was on syrialj thought that was perhaps the most interesting part of the press conference. mrs may linking lost my‘s attack to the nerve agent poisoning of the skripals in salisbury. saying it was designed to send a broader message regarding the use of chemical weapons. in other words, it was designed to degrade and deter president assad's capability to use chemical weapons, but also a warning to the russians following their use of chemical weapons in salisbury. there will be those who suspect that as a broadening of the ambitions underlying this attack because theresa may has been careful to stress its limited, targeted and particular focus on president assad's ability to launch these kinds of attacks. we were told that the attacks last night was sited on a chemical weapons research base, a storage facility and a military bunker, but the inclusion of salisbury does broaden out the aims and ambitions of the att

let's get more on that from norman smith, who is following this continuing to and fro.sters are desperate to just quash any doubts that russia might succeed in following that interview with the chief executive porton down and also to try and reassure the sort of coalition that mrs may managed to pull together that there is no reason to doubt the evidence against russia and i suppose the real concern is that russia succeeds in using the fact that the chief executive has said we are not saying this definitely comes from russia, we arejust this definitely comes from russia, we are just saying it is novichok. whether russia thereby manages to just need a way at doubt among some in the international community, bearing in mind some european union countries have always been much more sympathetic towards russia. so far there has been no sign of that international coalition breaking down but it is striking, ministers out and about this morning again reiterating their conviction that russia was to blame for the salisbury attack. have a listen to liam fox. porton down identified t

norman smith is in westminster.d why she's in the position. it was a house of lords ruling on wednesday that led us to this point. it centres on whether or not britain stays in some form of customs union after we leave the european union. there is growing pressure on mrs may to backtrack on her previous pledge which was we are leaving the eu's customs union and we aren't going to be part of any sort of customs union. that has rung alarm bells among many in the business community but also politically it is facing difficulties. in the house of lords last week the government suffered a defeat on the issue. eu negotiators have also described mrs may's alternative packages as "unworkable". now there will be a series of crunch commons votes in which possibly there may be enough tory rebels to side with the opposition to defeat the government on this absolutely critical issue which is why, over the past 2a hours we had seen downing street trying to reassure eve ryo ne we had seen downing street trying to reassure everyone

norman smith, many thanks.rgest foreign military forces currently operating inside syria, excluding the united states. theresa may has promised to tackle what she‘s described as the "burning injustice" of the uk‘s gender pay gap — that‘s the difference between the average earnings of men and women. companies with 250 or more employees have until midnight to publish figures showing how their workforces are affected. most of the 9,000 employers have already done so and more than three quarters pay their men more on average than women. earlier our business correspondent, ben thompson, gave us detail. about 100 firms that are still outstanding as far as that report is concerned. and you touched on the numbers. from those that have reported, 78% say they pay men more than women, 13% say they pay women more than men, 8% say there is no problem, we pay everyone the same. it isa problem, we pay everyone the same. it is a distinct look at some other details, you get an idea of why this may be going on and some of the th

our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. windrush saga because of is the first member of ethnic minorities hold any of the major offices of state. a real landmark moment. quite apart from the windrush scandal. a significant that he has spoken out publicly about his fears that his family had been caught up in the crisis. that people hope will give a more empathetic, understanding approach to the sort of difficulties many, many windrush families have faced. in terms of the other delicate issues, namely brexit, amber rudd is leading remain there. he is a remain too. he has always been a little bit more cautious but the brexit balance remains in tact within the cabinet. that's too wooden part of mrs mays thinking. there are things you look good experience. someone who can manage the vast beast that is the home office. an absolutely colossal department. sajid javid comes to the brief of women of a lot of experience. yasmin culture secretary, business secretary, communities secretary. his work to the treasury so easy to managing i

norman smith at westminster. in a moment, a summary smith at westminster.n for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the government is to propose a ban on plastic drinking staws and cotton buds in an effort to cut the billions of items that are thrown away each year. a former head of the civil service calls for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to stay in the uk. hello, iam brent hello, i am brent thompson. in the business news: debenhams profits fell nearly 85% in the six months to march — a fall it's blamed on february's freezing weather and a tough retail market. and in a surprise move, the firm's chief financial officer matt smith is to quit, to take up a post as finance boss at selfridges. for the wider market, overall retail sales saw their biggest quarterly fall in a year during the three months to march amid signs of a slowdown in consumer spending. sales also took a hit from the colder—than—expected weather in february that forced some stores to cl

let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith.ning to all of this, in scenes still enormous confusion about what was 01’ still enormous confusion about what was or wasn't in place. you would assume listening to it that amber ruddis assume listening to it that amber rudd is agonner. i think this is the fourth or even fifth time she's had to apologise to mps in the last fortnight, today having to correct what she told them yesterday about these targets for removing illegal immigrants and even now there is ambiguity about those targets. amber rudd says they are local targets for internal office use but acknowledges they could have been used inappropriately to incentivise removals. she was also unable to say when the home office was first alerted to the whole windrush scandal. she said yesterday she had only found out in the past three or four months and yet it has since emerged the government in barbados informed the government back in 2016. she was unable to answer questions again about whether anyone has been deported as a result o

our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. thanks very much indeed.mber under some pressure, given the pressure from the windrush saga and the government have let to put it to bed. there was another very frank apology by theresa may right at the very start of prime minister questions. a new dedicated team is being setup to help people evidence that they are have a right to be here and help them access services. ironically the pressure on theresa may was inadvertently eased by the labor leader, who sought to challenge theresa may over the decision to destroy those landing cards given to windrush families when they were arriving here. have a listen and see what happened. yesterday we learned about in 2010 the home office destroyed landing cards for a generation of commonwealth citizens and so have told people we cannot find you in our system. did the prime minister, the then home secretary, sign off that decision? lo, the decision to destroy the landing cards was taken in 2009 underour labour landing cards was taken in 2009 under our labour government.

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminsterd not hold your breath. mr corbyn this lunchtime sed do not expect any breakthrough at the meeting and that probably reflects just how strained relations have become, the level of distrust felt towards the labour leader from some in thejewish towards the labour leader from some in the jewish unity towards the labour leader from some in thejewish unity and the fact mr corbyn has repeatedly condemned in the strongest terms anti—semitism in labour but still it has not quelled this crisis —— thejewish community. the real test is how far he is able to act rather than simply condemn and whether he can pick up some of the proposals put on the table tonight byjewish leaders amid signs that within labour there is a good deal of reticence, nervousness, about some of their ideas, such as the suggestion of having an independent basement because it would mean having a figure outside the labour party ruling on procedures the labour party. but above all, jewish leaders want mr corbyn taking a lead, g

lets speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. sets this lunchtime after theresa may's bottle about the landing pad issue? let's be clear, mrs may entered the chamber pretty much on the rack because this windrush saga shows no sign of going away, and won't until we getan sign of going away, and won't until we get an end to this trickle of stories about windrush families. mrs may was given a question to enable her to come out and issue yet another public apology to the windrush generation, saying, you're british, you are part of us, you've made a massive contribution to this country. stressing that all their cases will now be dealt with in two weeks. they won't have to pay for anything, there won't be any deportations. in a way, she was helped by the fact thatjeremy corbyn was suckered into what i suppose is the parliamentary equivalent of a political uppercut, because when he challenged mrs may over whether she was responsible for the decision to destroy these landing cards, mrs may, as we saw, was able to plug him on the jaw by s

norman smith in downing street. from the chemical weapons watchdog will be allowed to visit the site of a suspected gas attack in the syrian city of douma tomorrow. the team has been waiting in damascus since saturday. the us has expressed concern that russia might have tampered with the site. both russia and syria deny that any chemical weapons were used. seth doane from cbs news is one of the first western journalists to visit douma since the weekend. he was taken there by syrian government forces. from there, he has sent this report. this was rebel territory until two days ago. and today we made it to the very house where that suspected chemical attack took place. "all of a sudden, some gas spread around us," this neighbour recounted. "we couldn't breathe. it smelt like chlorine." syrian forces recaptured this area from rebels over the weekend. that means they now control this building, where this video was taken. this is your brother here? this man's brother is seen in this activist video, lifeless and foaming a

thank you, norman smith, our assistant political editor, westminster.ar, who came to the uk with her parents from dominica aged just six months. glenda lost herjob of 16 years with the nhs as she was unable to provide the right documentation. it also meant she could not claim any benefits. since then, she has had a meeting with home office officials. shejoins me now. how did the meeting go? it went really well. they gave me my citizenship after seven days. i am happy for that. that is exactly what i wanted. i wanted to be acknowledged that i am british, i have been here all my life, so why not? tell us a little bit about how you were a welcome them dealt with. i must admit, they treated me like royalty. they didn't take long. we we re royalty. they didn't take long. we were invited in, we completed a form. we went away for lunch, came back to the office, they came down and treated us really nicely, and basically explained you have had your citizenship. my concern was about a lot of people that had been stating about children born... after 1983. they ass

thank you, norman smith.have been waiting for permission to enter the city of douma since the weekend. meanwhile, there are fresh concerns about a potential humanitarian crisis in idlib in the north of the country, where 50,000 people are thought to have fled in recent weeks. it's one of few areas in the country not held by forces loyal to president assad, and has become what the un say is the biggest cluster of displacement camps in the world, with around 1.5 million people. charities say humanitarian efforts are becoming increasingly difficult to co—ordinate, and they worry that casualties could be catastrophic if idlib is attacked in a similar way to other areas. so let's get an insight into what's happening on the ground in idlib. we can talk to fadi aldairi. he's the co—founder and country director of hand in hand for syria, who run hospitals and provide water and sanitation across syria. janine lietmeyer — the middle east group manager for malteser international, the maltese government's humanitarian re

i'm joined from westminster by our assistant political editor norman smith. good morning.nating details of merging of what seems a fairly sharp spat between boris johnson what seems a fairly sharp spat between borisjohnson and the prime minister over this crucial issue of immigration. as part of a discussion about the government's response to the wind rush candle at which boris johnson suggested that the government needed to go further in terms of ensuring commonwealth citizens could remain in the uk. on top of that, he also suggested there should be a broader amnesty for illegal immigrants who have been here for some time, wraps up to ten or 15 years. some of whom mrjohnson suggests may have a completely clean record, they have done nothing wrong, they have paid their taxes, a broader amnesty for them. but if the idea which mrjohnson has neutered before, he needed that when he was mayor of london. mrs may apparently shot back, most voters favour strong immigration controls, what is so interesting about it is this comes 24 interesting about it is this comes 2a hours after

our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. particular, mr corbyn's dire relations with the british board of japanese cheese, the jewish british board of japanese cheese, thejewish leadership british board of japanese cheese, the jewish leadership council, british board of japanese cheese, thejewish leadership council, the two main bodies representing hurricane marias in britain, they make... because this organisation have been loudly critical of the allegation of anti—semitism, said their argument is that by going to this event, the first sort ofjewish event is gone through tarmac to census whole row blew up, he is almost siding with that viewpoint, and they argue that that is dismissive of the allegations, suggests that he doesn't take them seriously, and at the very least insensitive, or albeit one of his key allies this morning, the founder of momentum, sought to play down the significance of mr corbyn attending this event. i don't see what is not wise about attending a meal with constituents of yours, particularly when the

to get more on this i'm joined from westminster by our assistant political editor norman smith.d is it for the government this week? it is a huge issue because leaving the customs union has become central to the brexit strategy of theresa may. without it, it is argued britain will not be able to forge its own trade deal. if we cannot do that, in the eyes of brexiteers, you lose half the point of brexit. it is fundamentalfor half the point of brexit. it is fundamental for theresa may. but half the point of brexit. it is fundamentalfor theresa may. but we know she is under huge pressure. 0ther know she is under huge pressure. other plans have been dismissed as unworkable. the house of lords has voted against the idea and now we have mps beginning to ship —— shape up have mps beginning to ship —— shape up to try and defeat the prime minister on this issue. this is the first sign of how much trouble she is likely to face on our own backbenches and whether that can threaten to defeat but when we get to crunch votes on this issue next month. if she were defeated, that would be a funda

but pick up on that thought with norman smith outside downing street.e three countries. that's possibly is a reflection of the fact that theresa may knows she has not got parliamentary approval or popular approval, if we believe the polling that has been done. why did she decide to be part of this?” that has been done. why did she decide to be part of this? i think there are a number of reasons. one is quite simply a view that a message had to be sent. the british government has always been at the forefront of trying to uphold international law, log regarding chemical weapons. i think another factor is a desire to show britain is still a country with clout in the world. and that we would not stand aside while america and france got involved in military action. i thought perhaps the most striking thing from the words we heard from her today was the attempts to try and reassure people that we are not getting sucked into some much broader conflict. stressing this was a very limited, spoke attack designed simply to degrade president attack —— president assa

the bbc‘s assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster for us this morning.he allegations of his images within the labour party, describing them as a cynical manipulation by mr corbyn's opponents, and groups like the jewish leadership council says mr corbyn's decision to go to their event first, before any otherjoyce occasion, shows he still does not ta ke occasion, shows he still does not take seriously the allegations of anti—semitism. labour sources say this was an event on the border of mr corbyn's constituency, many of his constituents were going to that, including representatives from the mainstream jewish immunity and a senior rabbi. crowds of mourners and political figures have flocked to the home of winnie mandela following her death yesterday. she and her former husband nelson mandela, who were both jailed, were a symbol of the country's anti—apartheid struggle for three decades. bill hayton has more. in mourning, they sang and danced, filling the street outside winnie mandela's home, the old protest anthems now chanted in praise of a fellow fighter

eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is in westminstern, this issue is dragging on them is. and more than that, the anger clearly felt by the main jewish bodies seems to be intensifying, making the prospect of trying to calm things down, some sort of rapprochement between mr corbyn and bodies like the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership council, that seems to me to be becoming ever more remote, because they clearly feel mr corbyn, by going to this event, they are angry that he chose to meet with a pretty smalljewish organisation that he chose to meet with a pretty small jewish organisation rather than meet with the main leading jewish organisations. they are angry about that, and angry in particular because this organisation has, frankly, been rather dismissive of the recent claims of anti—semitism. their feeling is that by mr corbyn going to the event, he has lent credence to their views and they question whether it demonstrates whether he is at all serious about tackling the problem. although plenty of people have been st

joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. oining norman, thanks forjoining us. jeremy corbyn, time and again, has condemned anti—semitism and says it has no place within the labour party. but he still does not seem to have reassured many of those complaining about what is going on. he has not and that is largely because they say he has talked a lot but they want clear signs of action, measures being ta ken but they want clear signs of action, measures being taken to tackle anti—semitism and so the groups have come forward with a series of initiative, they want mr corbyn to follow through on. they suggest there should be an ombudsman to oversee anti—semitism measures in place and a time limit for disciplinary measures and they want to ensure labour politicians do not share platforms when there accused of anti—semitism. and there is a broad body of opinion within labour that something now does have to be done. have a listen to the mayor of london this morning, sadiq khan. i welcome this meeting today and i am jewish groups are g

let's speak to our political correspondent norman smith. is this and the government push ahead of that? it's significant because they say we would like to say in the customs union, it's been fundamental to the prime minister's strategy, we can strike our own trade deals and what's been significant over the last 24—hour as is the effort being made by downing street to allay the fears of those supporting brexit, the prime minister having any sort of wobble on the issue, following the defeat in the house of lords last week, pressure from eu negotiators who describe the prime minister's alternative proposals as on workable and ahead of a series of crunch votes, we get that symbolic vote on thursday but there are some much more binding votes next month which those supporting brexit say they have been reassured of the government comes to that they are prepared to make a boat of confidence in the government. thank you. the founder of the website money saving expert dot com is taking facebook to court over claims the site published fake adverts bea

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster for us. a lot of finger—pointing.ernment circles was that monday's statement by the home secretary weather was pretty much an exemption granted to those windrush families and their children who wa nted families and their children who wanted to remain has not put this issue to bed. amber rudd will appear before the home affairs select committee in the next couple of hours and i can tell you the committee have now written back to miss rudd with a list of, wait for it, 23 questions they want answered. such as, how many people, if any, have been deported ? such as, how many people, if any, have been deported? what sort of compensation is going to be offered? who is going to get the compensation? what other changes to the hostile environment immigration policy? so a lot of questions still out there. but the politics of it seemed to be becoming even more complicated for the prime minister, not just because of complicated for the prime minister, notjust because of her role as home secretary, but because of the details that h

let‘s speak now to our political guru, norman smith. good morning. hello. today is a big moment.ay to the decisive vote she could say to tory mps, you must vote for this, or you are voting against me and against my government. why is this such a big issue for her? let‘s look at the case the brexiteers make for quitting the customs union. first, they say it will free us from brussels. at the moment, in the customs union, all of our sort of trading agreements, the rules and regulations, are set in brussels, not in london. secondly, they say it will enable us to do our own trade deals. we can choose who we want to negotiate with. and it is thought we will be much more nimble and quicker. at the moment the eu has to get agreement of all 27 countries if they want to strike a trade deal. a mac can take an awfully long time. third, it‘s about global deals. —— and that can take an awfully long time. brexiteers think the future isn‘t in the eu it is in the broader global market. they say that 90% of the expected growth in our export will come in other global areas beyond the eu. remainers

our assistant political editor norman smith is in wesmtinster. where does this take this issue?othing controversial about mr corbyn attending a celebration as a guest ofa attending a celebration as a guest of ajewish attending a celebration as a guest of a jewish group on the borders of his constituency at an event attended by many of his constituents. the problem is the reaction unexplained weight loss, abdominal pain and fatigue, to the so—called one stop shops, where they can undergo tests for different cancers. here's more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. it helped me focus more on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost 14 kg of weight in just a few weeks, combined with nausea and fever, alarm bells started ringing. the fear was he had developed cancer. butjohn had no specific symptoms, so was referred to in new specialist unit at airedale hospital in west yorkshire. fast track team, take blood straightaway, mri scans, ct scans more or less straightaway. you get to know what is possibly wrong with you instead of waiting weeks and weeks to some results to come ba

ina in a moment we will talk to norman smith. them from taking him to italy for further treatment. the 23—month—old's life support was withdrawn on monday after the court ruled that the hospital could end his care. his parents want to move their son to a hospital in rome. labour is promising to settle the vast majority of the outstanding cases of alleged anti—semitism within the party by the end ofjuly. jeremy corbyn says the top priority for the new general secretary will be dealing with complaints swiftly and carefully. it follows a meeting last night betweenjeremy corbyn and the jewish last night betweenjeremy corbyn and thejewish leadership last night betweenjeremy corbyn and the jewish leadership council. last night betweenjeremy corbyn and thejewish leadership council. they complained of a lack of action, describing the meeting as a missed opportunity. the hollywood actor rose mcgowan, the first woman to go public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein, has told the programme she has received text which she believes

disposed of. officials are now investigating dozens of new cases. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith. how damaging is this revelation?m has prompted calls from labourfor amber rudd to consider her position, following the disclosure of the destruction of these landing cards, which would have been a crucial piece of evidence for those windrush family seeking to prove their right to remain in the uk. the home office say these cards though important are not a definitive piece of evidence and they say they got rid of all these cards, which were stored in a basement of their office in croydon, after they moved office to comply with data privacy rules. you are only allowed to keep information about people for a certain number of yea rs. about people for a certain number of years. these records, many go back to the 60s and 70s said the government under renewed pressure from labour but also under pressure in europe, where eu leaders are very concerned about what the wind rush to buckle might mean for the registering of the 3 million eu nationals living in the uk. have a listen to the leading

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iain watson, bbc news. 0ur political guru norman smith is at westminster.ened at about 10pm last night? plenty of reaction today? i think amber rudd had just concluded her position was hopeless, she asked her civil servants to go through all the documents on immigration to see if there was any information about gets, lo and behold they came up with members which had been sent to her which did refer to targets for deportation after she of course told the home affa i rs after she of course told the home affairs select committee there are no targets. so she was pretty much, had no option but to go because she had no option but to go because she had misled mps. now, one of the kyrgios at ease, i think, is how on earth could this have happened? how on earth could this have happened ? you how on earth could this have happened? you have got an immigration policy which is central to the home office, it is at the heart of what the home office does. herformer immigration heart of what the home office does. her former immigration minister brendan lewis said, well, i k

let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith — norman, as we have been hearing, lots ofr the home secretary. why do you think the prime minister appointed sajid javid? i think her hope is that he is the man that can draw a line under the windrush saga, which has dominated politics here for the past two weeks. he is tasked to get it off the front pages, diffused it as an issue. the hope will be that, yes, as a member of an ethnic minority, the first to take up any of the great offices of state, coupled with his open admission that his family could have been caught up in the windrush saga, that will get him a listening, it will give him purchase on the issue and it may reassure those caught up in the crisis. if not, labourare determined to shift the focus directly on to theresa may and her role in the tougher immigration rules which critics say have landed so rules which critics say have landed so many windrush families in difficulties. interestingly, today we have that admission from theresa may that when she was home secretary, yes, there were deportation targets, the is

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