raab and the bullying proved he is facina. , . , raab and the bullying proved he is facin. , . , facing is facing accusations of bullying from - accusations of bullying from previous stints in government. eight formal complaints have been made against him. they are being investigated by an independent lawyer. dominic raab denies any bullying accusations. he is confident he behaved professionally while he has been in government. we know now there were actually more civil servants planning to come forward with formal allegations of bullying but didn�*t do so when they found out that they would have to do become known to dominic raab. they changed their mind after realising that. we understand that is standard practice for an investigation like this. it wouldn�*t be normal for complainants to give testimony anonymously. former uk government cabinet minister david davis has tweeted about this and he has said that serious accusations cannot be made under a shield of anonymity. he seems to think it is right that you would have to be known to who you were making complaints against. we don�*t k

and we have heard from dominic raab today. yes, the deputy prior - raab today.ab today. yes, the deputy prior minister has been _ raab today. yes, the deputy prior minister has been defending - raab today. yes, the deputy prior minister has been defending his l minister has been defending his colleague in government, talking about him having paid all the tax that he is owed and that there is nothing outstanding. that, as far as dominic raab was concerned, was the central claim, but he was careful to say that he did not know the detail of nadhim zahawi �*s private tax affairs, and that was something which he, and only he, was qualified to talk about. i which he, and only he, was qualified to talk about-— to talk about. i don't know about his personal _ to talk about. i don't know about his personal tax _ to talk about. i don't know about his personal tax affairs. - to talk about. i don't know about his personal tax affairs. that - to talk about. i don't know about his personal tax affairs. that is l his personal tax affairs. that is private — his personal tax aff

dominic raab sa s he right to expect that. dominic raab says he has _ right to expect that. dominic raab says he has done nothing - right to expect that. dominic raab says he has done nothing wrong, i right to expect that. dominic raab i says he has done nothing wrong, just to end that on the point you made. what does it do full trust and the conservatives and politics more widely do you think? it 3 corrosive. that came to a head with borisjohnson but before that we had david cameron and him going to work for green seal after he became prime minister. government relies on trust. you cannot work with people effectively and claim to be acting in their interests if you haven't got that fundamental trust and when people don't tell the truth about their own affairs and have one rule for tax for us and another for themselves, even when they are chancellor, it's deeply corrosive and britain has a reputation for high standards and a lack of corruption in government and it's part of our soft power. it is beholden to prime ministers are now rishi sunak to god that carefully and i thin

except dominic raab _ anything but being critical.ritical. except dominic raab denies any - anything but being critical. except dominic raab denies any wrongdoing despite what the reported issues are. when did it start to turn? i am old enough to remember when it seemed that ministers resigned at the drop of a hat. i seemed that ministers resigned at the drop of a hat.— the drop of a hat. i think it had to dash change. _ the drop of a hat. i think it had to dash change, and _ the drop of a hat. i think it had to dash change, and i think - the drop of a hat. i think it had to dash change, and i think theresa | the drop of a hat. i think it had to - dash change, and i think theresa may was pretty robust and she essentially sack somebody for not giving her the full story, with damian green, despite the fact that his faults were much less than we hear and see today. i'm afraid boris johnson gave out signals, both about his own behaviour and about ministers that he didn't take this very seriously. you shouldn't go back and say it's been th

raab. i think absolute rubbish.erent views that regin'workers1while we've never two different views that regin'workers andle we've never two different views that regin'workers and otherz've never two different views that regin'workers and other areaszver heard workers and other areas complaining like the civil servants and you've also been in touch about those tanks and the leopards heading to ukraine. richard this is a dangerous escalation . we need it to be escalation. we need it to be very careful . it could cause very careful. it could cause a catastrophic reaction from russia. i am very concerned . russia. i am very concerned. could be a tipping point for putin. be discussing that course with . lord dannatt well up more with. lord dannatt well up more from dover with the migrant crisis. our man on the spot mark white with the latest and car production . what do the latest production. what do the latest figures show? liam halligan with the details and we'll be heading to scott island for the case of the trans ge

jessica raab is feeling better and is now resting robert self also tweeting her thank you to her cameraman and the anchor who reassured viewers. we will make sure that jessica is okay, so and we will give you guys an update a little bit later would only say there's no cause for concern, saying her own medical background provides a reasonable explanation for what happened. it's not the first medical scare seen on live tv recently in september, tulsa, oklahoma anchor julie chen had trouble speaking to tulsa. are the tulsa erin sponsors space museum is hosting the event features live . uh i'm sorry. something is going on with me this morning and i apologize to everybody. let's just go ahead and send it on over to meteorologist and anne brown. doctors believe she suffered the beginnings of a stroke and back in 2011 los angeles. reporter serene branson drew concern after speaking incoherently on air. very very heavy, heavy duty verification tonight. had a very dares harrison. but let's go ahead, terrorist tracing those for the bit. they have their pet doctors found branson suffered a migraine t

what is the latest twist —— mr raab. he bullying. what is the latest twist -- mr raab-— bullying.cause nadhim zahawi is also the subject of an independent investigation, this time into his previous tax affairs, and that settlement he paid while he was chancellor of the exchequer. nadhim zahawi says he believes he has acted appropriately throughout, but wishes to knock himself saying he believes there are questions that need to be asked —— rishi sunak himself. two investigations going on that rishi sunak will have to make decisions on in the not—too—distant future. an nhs trust has been fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of a baby who died afterjust 23 minutes of life. nottingham university hospitals pleaded guilty over the care of wynter andrews, who died at the queen's medical centre in 2019. the fine is the largest handed out to an nhs trust over maternity care. passengers wanting to travel on the avanti west coast trainline today are likely to see major disruption, with many cancellations expected. avanti says the disruption is due to staff shortages and has en

mr raab denies bullying.est city, auckland as unprecedented. he's surveyed some of the worst—hit parts by helicopter. at least three people have died, following torrential downpours. more than 100 people have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. giving an assessment of the situation, mr hipkins said new zealand would have to consider whether its emergency response was adequate to the challenges posed by new weather patterns. the met service has confirmed that yesterday was auckland's wettest day on record. having just surveyed some of the extensive damage both on the ground and in the air, it's clear that it's going to be a big clean upjob. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath we will have plenty of time to evaluate the response and ensure that all appropriate actions and communications have occurred in a timely way. but for now our focus is making sure that we support aucklanders through this. we know a lot of people like to take "selfies" — but now a bear in the is followin

dominic raab, who's untenable.ssing judgement on nadhim zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time. and that pretty much epitomises this conservative cabinet. when the minister came into office, he said that he would run a government that would have honesty, integrity and professionalism at its heart. none of those three things are happening today. none of those three things are happening today . a senior labour happening today. a senior labour mp , meanwhile, has described the mp, meanwhile, has described the prime minister as ridiculous after he was given a fixed penalty by police for failing to wear a seatbelt. rishi sunak has apologised for an error of judgement which happened while filming a social media clip earlier this week and he says he will comply a fine that could be up to £500. he was also fined last year for breaking lockdown back in 2020 and shadow financial secretary james murray says mr. sunak's lost control . says mr. sunak's lost control. just when you thought the c

mr raab denies bullying.alking of no—one else. he's won more than 20 races this year, making him the best flatjockey in britain, and he's still only 16. laura scott has been to meet him. he's too young to drive a car, but 16—year—old billy loughnane doesn't need wheels, he rides racehorses at a0mph and is taking the flat racing world by storm, with more than 20 winners this month alone. it's extraordinary. it's just kind of taken off, really. none of us expected it to happen, so it's amazing. loughnane's blistering form included three winners last night at newcastle, and he's currently top of the flat jockey standings. since his first ride in november, he's earned more than £100,000 in prize money. i got back at 12:00 from newcastle last night, so i was up about six this morning. usually, i'd probably be up a bit earlier. so, six is a lie—in? yeah! i started riding out when i was 10 or 11, and then, since i've been about 13, i've been riding out before school. i used to have racing ponies, so i was probably u

, , dominic raab is in the headlines toda? ,, ., , dominic raab is in the headlines toda? this is because of course so the deputy prime — today? this is because of course so the deputy prime minister, - today? this is because of course so the deputy prime minister, justicel the deputy prime minister, justice secretary, he is back in the headlines, because the guardian newspaper have reported that the complaints that are being investigated about him and his behaviour, complaints related to bullying, that, they say there are more than two dozen individuals who are involved in those complaints in submitting them. they relate to i think it is eight instances, or eight complaints, now the guardian say two dozen individuals. that is a figure we can't confirm. but that was not known before. mr raab said he has done nothing wrong and he looks forward he says to the inquiry happening into this reporting, because he believes it will clear him. we don't know when that will come out, but it could come out in the next couple of weeks. that is another of the issues hanging there for ris

it allows the opposition to point out he has another problem coming down the line with dominic raab,g, accusations he denies, but nonetheless, many on the tory backbenches think he may have to go yet. rishi sunak reappointed suella braverman to the position of home secretary after having breached the ministerial code. when he stood outside downing street in his first address to the nation saying he wanted to restore integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level, to make a break with boris johnson's at every level, to make a break with borisjohnson�*s administration, i boris johnson's administration, i think borisjohnson�*s administration, i think there is a sense he hasn't managed to do that. we have had sleaze and scandal dominating so far. white you pointed out some of the other cases and people will be confused. rishie sunak did say to nadhim zahawi i am sucking you because you have been found to have broken the ministerial code, but as you say, swell braverman broke the ministerial code and she was reappointed as home secretary? yes. reappointed as home secretary?

raab, meanwhile no excuses. mr.er colleague, nadeem zahawi, after fresh questions have been raised about his tax affairs . fresh questions have been raised about his tax affairs. dominic raab told gb news he's confident mr. zahawi has been transparent after he was accused of paying a penalty as part of a multi—million pound settlement with hmrc . labour have called on with hmrc. labour have called on mr. to explain himself after it was reported he paid a seven figure sum to end the dispute. mr. zahawi his team has been contacted for comment and he has previously said his taxes were properly declared and paid in the uk. however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says mr. sunak should sack him. dominic raab, who's being investigated for bullying , is investigated for bullying, is passing judgement on nadhim zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time and that pretty much epitomises this conservative cabinet . when the conservative cabinet. when the prime minister came into office, he said t

williamson had to stand down about allegations of texts he had centre former chief whip and dominic raabg which he denies an overt chairman of the conservative party with these allegations. all the time michael gove wanted to talk about cladding and stories like that, all the time it is being asked whether conservative ministers behaviour has been appropriate and when you're a prime minister not that far away from an election and lagging behind in the polls, these are not the sort of stories you want to be discussing and you want to show the country you have plans for the problems it is facing. we havejust had a have plans for the problems it is facing. we have just had a statement in from nadhim zahawi. he says he thanks the prime minister and that he takes pride in his achievements in government, the vaccine roll—out, helping to organise the funeral of the queen and also says he's concerned about the conduct from some of the fourth estate in recent weeks. he says a week when a member of parliament was physically assaulted ifail to of parliament was physically assaulted i fail to see of

dominic raab, rishi sunak didn't say anything about him.— anything about him. , the senior fiuures ins in his _ anything about him. , the senior figures in his party _ anything about him. , the senior figures in his party and - anything about him. , the senior figures in his party and his - anything about him. , the senior. figures in his party and his cabinet and the questions around them are what is consuming the tension at the minute and rishi sunak since his cabinet is supposed to be about discussing big political strategies and what they're doing but we're focusing on these issues and with dominic raab, you have these questions about looking at this behaviour, he says he did nothing wrong there but rishi sunak a stranded citizen of the investigation, this one into dominic raab but it looks uncomfortable and difficult for him when he has said that he is an administration that is going to be different from the ones before him. going to be different from the ones before him-— before him. before we let you go, robabl , before him. before we let you go, probably, disinterested, - befo

and we have heard from dominic raab today.has defended his colleague in government, talking about him having paid over tax that he has owed, and there is nothing outstanding, and as far as mr raab said, that was the central claim. but he was very careful to say as well that he didn't know the detail of nadhim zahawi's private taxi affairs and that was something that he and only he was qualified to talk about. i wouldn't know his private tax affairs. — i wouldn't know his private tax affairs, that is something that is only known to him. but he has been very clear that he has paid all his taxes due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date, and he has engaged with hmrc. so that is the position, and i think he has been very transparent about this and if he needs to answer further questions, i'm sure he will do so. the essential point is that the tax has been — the essential point is that the tax has been paid and there is nothing outstanding due, but if there are further_ outstanding due, but if there are further material q

we've had dominic raab, the current deputy prime minister, who is facing a probe about allegations of which it should be said he denies, and now we have the conservative party chair who has had to be sacked for breaching the ministerial code, all at a time when michael gove this morning wanted to talk about cladding, when the government tomorrow want to talk about its plans for the nhs, the political oxygen is being sucked into stories about conservative party ministers and whether or not their behaviour has been appropriate, and when you are a prime minister not that far away from an election and lagging behind in the polls, this is not the sort of stories you want to be discussing at a point when you need to show the country you have plans for the problems it is facing. let's get some reaction now from the lib dem mp christine jardine. thank you for being with us. this news broke a few hours ago, what do you make of it, what is your initial reaction? , , ., ., ., ,, reaction? this should have happened da s auo. reaction? this should have happened days a90- rishi _ reaction? this sho

and we have heard, haven't we, from dominic raab as well today?ague in government, talking about him having paid all of the tax that he has owed, there is nothing outstanding and as far as dominic raab was concerned, that was the central claim. he was very careful to say that he did not know the details of zahawi's private tax affairs and that was something which he and only he was qualified to talk about. i don't know about his personal tax affairs. i wouldn't know his personal private affairs. but he has been very clear that he has paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up—to—date and of course he engaged with hmrc, so that is the position and i think he has been very transparent about this and if he needs to answer any further questions, i am sure he will do so. the essential point is that the tax has been paid. there is nothing outstanding due. but, look if there are further material questions, i'm sure that he will address them. a senior labour mp has accused the prime minister of failing to deliver the integrity and profes

we've had to investigate action into dominic raab for bullying . and now we've raab for bullying.w we've got nadhim affair. so what? got this nadhim affair. so what? rishi sunak's is, is that he know he knew that there were questions about nadhim zahawi tax affairs, but he was told by the cabinet that they had been settled , that there was no settled, that there was no problem with appointing him. and he didn't know the ins and outs of what was true, what wasn't. which obviously raises question of didn't probe little of why he didn't probe little bit find out more. bit further to find out more. so, yes, he may kicked the can down the road and little bit in terms sort of technicalities. terms of sort of technicalities. it's nadhim zahawi has it's not clear nadhim zahawi has broken ministerial code and broken the ministerial code and engaging ethics adviser to engaging the ethics adviser to make a definite answer on that point help situation. but politically he's still in very hot water really tough to come back to in a second. but we do need to look these other issues of hot water

dominic raab, which is currently slowly making its way parliament.rotections which you would need to . and a lot of people are to. and a lot of people are uncomfortable with that very fact about the bill of rights saying, you know, britain has got an unwritten constitution, can't change hundreds can't suddenly change hundreds of democratic process of years of a democratic process by actually putting it through parliament very quickly. well, this is it. i mean, a you know, it's so inter—war woven into the fabnc it's so inter—war woven into the fabric of our day to day law . fabric of our day to day law. and, you know, the treaty is used to underpin the good friday agreement and the likes of that it would be certainly complex to extricate ourselves from it, but doable . very quick thought just doable. very quick thought just to mark the fact that, you know, third birthday brexit. but we've also got a change on the border policy in terms of what's happening down at the channel ports and along kent coast. yeah for more than eight months now since april l

secondly, dominic raab, the deputy prime minister. he is being investigated over allegations of bullying. this morning the guardian newspaper is reporting that at least dozen people are now involved in those complaints. —— two dozen people. we have not managed to verify that figure and the government will not comment but one source close to the process says they think that figure is right. although rishi sunak wants to talk about policy and figure out ways of getting his party and the government back on the front foot, there is a crowd still hanging over his cabinet that will be very hard to shake off. —— there —— our that will be very hard to shake off. —— our clouds hanging over his cabinet. the number of cars made in the uk last year was the lowest since the 19505. just 775,000 new cars rolled off the production line, 10% fewer than the year before. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says the uk doesn't have a coherent post—brexit strategy for making it an attractive place to invest in the auromotive industry. here's ou

and dom raab is this is serious.om raab to his credit, stepped up and held the full while while boris was recovering. but thank goodness he got through it and talk us through the process of when members of parliament, your own side, the people that you're in charge of ensuring the vote the right way when there is a problem and you think i am not going to get this votes through all this rebellion is too big. what point you tell the prime minister that .7 yes. so it's minister that? yes. so it's a it's a it's a it's a slow boil process, if you like. so, you know, rewind . i need to know as know, rewind. i need to know as chief whip, as government chief whip, i need to know what makes my colleagues take what you know, what stimulates them, what they to achieve. and you they want to achieve. and you achieve that getting to know achieve that by getting to know them personally because i want to them re—elected . i want to get them re—elected. i want them to win the next general election. to know what election. i need to kn

and dom raab is this is serious.om raab to his credit, stepped up and held the full while while boris was recovering. but thank goodness he got through it and talk us through the process of when members of parliament, your own side, the people that you're in charge of ensuring the vote the right way when there is a problem and you think i am not going to get this votes through all this rebellion is too big. what point you tell the prime minister that .7 yes. so it's minister that? yes. so it's a it's a it's a it's a slow boil process, if you like. so, you know, rewind . i need to know as know, rewind. i need to know as chief whip, as government chief whip, i need to know what makes my colleagues take what you know, what stimulates them, what they to achieve. and you they want to achieve. and you achieve that getting to know achieve that by getting to know them personally because i want to them re—elected . i want to get them re—elected. i want them to win the next general election. to know what election. i need to kn

do not let be dominic raab. and he you know, i've worked those circumstances. you, you know, the snowflakes coming health or mental health is really, really terrible. someone says actually that work isn't good enough . and that work isn't good enough. and dominic would say that. he'd say , that's not up to it. and let's not forget behind his back, he has the of the civil even the permanent secretary. this out to get him. they want to get don't let them get him. if these people can't cope in that situation, part of my underlings, when i worked at a conservative central office, were priti patel and penny mordaunt. they went through . we mordaunt. they went through. we all went through. it's high in politics. it's boiling and it's really exciting and it's a privilege to be there. and you've got these kind of, you know, snowflakes is true is this pretty sandwich in the independent? it gave me traumas three days to just go out . yeah. three days to just go out. yeah. you know, go out and work at pret i totally agree. oh, yeah. go and get a job at a library or a flor

dominic raab, who's untenable.ng, is passing judgement on nadhim zahawi , who's just had a £1 zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time . that pretty much taxes on time. that pretty much epitomises this conservative cabinet . when the prime minister cabinet. when the prime minister into office he said that he would run a government that would run a government that would have honesty, integrity and at its heart. none of those three things are happening today . meanwhile, the prime minister has been described by labour as a hapless liability . he faces a hapless liability. he faces a renewed wave of criticism from mps after being fined for a second time by police. rishi sunak has apologised for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip earlier this week . the prime a social media clip earlier this week. the prime minister was also fined year for breaking lockdown restrictions and has been accused showing the same disregard for the rules as boris johnson shot a financ

dominic raab in particular that he may face more questions about?er before his current adviser was in place who would normally conduct such an investigation. accusations of bullying against the deputy prime minister and justice secretary dominic raab. he denies any wrongdoing. the longer that investigation goes on, of course the more questions we will be about dominic raab's future. should it find that there was a breach of the ministerial code and what the prime minister will do as a result of that. you would think downing street would hope that investigation resolves itself sooner than later so that they can take action accordingly.— the former prime minister, borisjohnson, has told the bbc that vladimir putin personally threatened him in the run—up to russia's invasion of ukraine. in a documentary series about mr putin's leadership, he described how the russian president told him it would "only take a minute" to hurt him with a missile. a kremlin spokesman has called mrjohnson's claim a "lie". more from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale

dominic raab is being investigated for bullying, is passing judgement on.paying his taxes on time and that pretty much this conservative cabinet when . the prime minister came when. the prime minister came into office said that he would run a government that would have honesty intake and professionalism at heart. none of those three things are happening today. of those three things are happening today . the prime happening today. the prime minister been described as a total liability by labour and faces a renewed of criticism from mp after fined for a second time by police . rishi sunak time by police. rishi sunak apologised for failing to wear a seatbelt whilst filming social media clip earlier this week . media clip earlier this week. the prime minister was also fined year for breaking lockdown restrictions in 2020. and he's been accused of showing the same disregard for rules as former bofis disregard for rules as former boris johnson. financial secretary james murray says mr. sunak has lost control. just when you thought the conservatives couldn't get an

what about dominic raab? were talking earlier about things being eked out of a period of time and doing damage to the party in the government. heavens the dominic raab thing is you need to have a very long period. has and very long period. it has and i think, know, the press think, you know, the press coverage grow on coverage continues to grow on that. coverage continues to grow on that . and interestingly, in the that. and interestingly, in the rather febrile state of politics, the investigation engagement conducted commissioned the prime commissioned by the prime minister was done a time when minister was done at a time when there an independent there wasn't an independent adviser point to adviser to a point to investigate , but without investigate, but without sounding stereotypically political , sounding stereotypically political, might it be best for that investigation to finish before any judgement so are drawn? and you backbenchers will be happy with that when you because this could go on a long time.

dominic raab faces the guardian.ominic raab faces at least two dozen complaints and bullying and the financial times has lockheed ramps up. f—16 in production as ukraine allies debate sending jets. the has laughing ban to tackle bad behaviour. it's an old story but we'll be to that in a moment and metro a very serious story has 2 to 3 cops in court a week. the daily star has well they've bucked the trend again they've come with thrusters to warp drive of nasser goes nuclear a mars mission and those were your front pages . let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front page of the times graham what have they gone with. well the story is the popularity of laughing gas has grown to such an extent that they've had to ban it. i didn't even know i didn't even know it was an opfion didn't even know it was an option to be for a friday night . but it's grown. the popularity has grown because of the relative ease with which it can be obtained and the low

dominic raab denies those accusations. hard for him to make that case, givenjust how quite hard for him to make that case, given just how damning the report from sir laurie magnus was, that will be quite tricky. there is a question about the state of play in the conservative party. there are different factions, some of whom might want to make life a bit difficult for rishi sunak over the next few weeks and months. and there is the fact that rishi sunak came into office as prime minister with a pledge to get over some of the scandals and rows that we have been covering for the past couple of years on the bbc. some of the things we saw under borisjohnson, for example, rishi sunak promised that ink accountability, and i suppose the question he's facing is how hard is it to actually move on from some of these rows? there is still that investigation into dominic raab that needs to include, there is going to be a very public probe into what borisjohnson be a very public probe into what boris johnson told be a very public probe i

dominic raab faces the guardian.ominic raab faces at least two dozen complaints and bullying and the financial times has lockheed ramps up. f—16 in production as ukraine allies debate sending jets. the has laughing ban to tackle bad behaviour. it's an old story but we'll be to that in a moment and metro a very serious story has 2 to 3 cops in court a week. the daily star has well they've bucked the trend again they've come with thrusters to warp drive of nasser goes nuclear a mars mission and those were your front pages . let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front pages. let's kick off the front page of the times graham what have they gone with. well the story is the popularity of laughing gas has grown to such an extent that they've had to ban it. i didn't even know i didn't even know it was an opfion didn't even know it was an option to be for a friday night . but it's grown. the popularity has grown because of the relative ease with which it can be obtained and the low

raab situation. mean a lot of people, his allies are certainly saying this isn't merited. from merited. this disaster from bofis merited. this disaster from boris johnson. but it was his decision to appoint nadhim zahawi cabinet . it was zahawi as his cabinet. it was his responsibility check up his responsibility to check up on what was going on. yes yes, exactly. so under the humphreys. no, i don't feel sorry for him. what i think should have happened that had happened is that that this had been rumbling around for some time. the whole issue , what time. the whole tax issue, what should happened is that should have happened is that rishi sunak have talked rishi sunak should have talked to nadhim zahawi before appointing him and asked him the questions in fact, the ethics adviser did , and then decide adviser did, and then decide whether to go once all this bit came out. the honourable thing for nadhim zahawi to do was to resign . he should have resigned resign. he should have resigned this time last

, thejustice are extremely rigorous and that dominic raab, the justice for are extremely rigorous and, transgender women without a gender recognition significant are sent to male prisons as a matter of course in changing the process of changing the policy to save the transgender women who have committed sex crimes or who retain male genitalia cannot be held in women's prisons part of the most exceptional cases authorised by the ministers. it is a clear policy divide here between the two governments, notjust on the gender recognition reform bill and the concerns that the uk government has on the potential impact on same—sex spaces but also when it comes to the policy implemented in prisons, nicola sturgeon insisting that the scottish prison, the decision lies with the scottish prison service and not government ministers that risk assessment is rigorous of it has to be said that the policy is under review. and we can speak to professor sophie—grace chappell — chair of philosophy at the open university do you agree with nicola sturgeon that there is no automatic rate for a trans woman co

an investigation was opened into the deputy prime minister dominic raab for bullying claims, which hecabinet office minister gavin williamson resigned over claims of bullying, which he also rejected. a deadline to call another election in northern ireland was extended. it's been without a government since may's elections, when sinn fein won the biggest number of seats for the first time ever. unionists refused to restore power—sharing unless post—brexit trading agreements were changed. i'm ready to fight an election. if the secretary of state wants to hold an election, he should tell us and we will prepare for that. we need an executive up and running to serve the people and get them through these tough times. in stranger news, a former health secretary had the whip suspended after he swapped westminster for a box of snakes in the australian jungle. insert your own joke there. something's going up my leg! late november brought a big development in the debate over scottish independence. the snp went to the supreme court to clarify if holyrood could call a legally binding referendum. th

i raab denies that he's vile, i know, but he's got look, perhaps he's not vile, but he's got who now people who now say he's while the no have to sort while the no you have to sort this out but just the other issue the other issue is that we are asking totally and completely skint. that was a shocking pace in the et. about three days ago. if you read that, but you pack your bags and actually you probably head to america and just on a boat you get the hell out of this country. we are in a degree of trouble for some time. but but the answer is not to say , i tell the answer is not to say, i tell you what, slash the taxes we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. right to give anybody in tax. anyway, i'd love it if you were in charge. it'd be like, send in the troops. yeah. and they're on their building exercises. their team building exercises. they fire everybody. we they were no fire everybody. we are, are it we are in. i look are, we are it we are in. i look you can be as gloomy as you like, but we are in a degree of troub

the family have asked for a meeting with thejustice secretary dominic raab.r, nadhim zahawi, should be sacked now — rather than wait for the result of an investigation. the government's ethics adviser is looking into mr zahawi's financial affairs — after it emerged he had to pay a penalty to the taxman while he was chancellor. he says he acted properly. lord evans, jonathan evans, chair of the standards in public life committee told the bbc people in the public sector should be clear what the ethical values are. what i think at the moment is that is excellently credible that there should be accountability and openness —— absolutely so i think you're talking about the events in the last couple of days and i think it is right that where there is a scandal, public concern that that should be properly investigated by someone who is independent and can find out the facts without fear and favour and that we can then be confident that they can be addressed. 0ne confident that they can be addressed. one could say that i have had is that some of the allegations that h

i raab denies that he's vile, i know, but he's got look, perhaps he's not vile, but he's got who now people who now say he's while the no have to sort while the no you have to sort this out but just the other issue the other issue is that we are asking totally and completely skint. that was a shocking pace in the et. about three days ago. if you read that, but you pack your bags and actually you probably head to america and just on a boat you get the hell out of this country. we are in a degree of trouble for some time. but but the answer is not to say , i tell the answer is not to say, i tell you what, slash the taxes we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. we haven't got any money. right to give anybody in tax. anyway, i'd love it if you were in charge. it'd be like, send in the troops. yeah. and they're on their building exercises. their team building exercises. they fire everybody. we they were no fire everybody. we are, are it we are in. i look are, we are it we are in. i look you can be as gloomy as you like, but we are in a degree of troub

to be talking about dominic raab and remind ourselves, he and just to remind ourselves, he is deputyme is actually the deputy prime minister the minister as well as being the justice secretary. if there justice secretary. so if there is a second casualty in weeks, i would then, you know, that'll be another savage blow to the government . this government government. this government under rishi sunak's been here 100 days. yes and actually there's been some long waits dunng there's been some long waits during the weekends, papers about his first hundred days in office and people were kind of criticising it for being too lacklustre and not interesting enough. lacklustre and not interesting enough . it'sjust lacklustre and not interesting enough . it's just become enough. it's just become interesting in last hour , interesting in the last hour, you quote of the week you picked the quote of the week again in tim again. zahawi was in tim shipman's long read in the sunday few ministerial sunday times. few ministerial colleagues believe zaharie will survive. well, he was very prescient on, th

a big staffing question that still lingers for the prime minister around his deputy, dominic raab, facingultiple departments that he has worked in. accusations, i should say, that he denies. plenty of his colleagues wonder how well that end up? i of his colleagues wonder how well that end up?— of his colleagues wonder how well that and up?— that end up? i think it is fair to sa that that end up? i think it is fair to say that the — that end up? i think it is fair to say that the government - that end up? i think it is fair to say that the government is - that end up? i think it is fair toj say that the government is not that end up? i think it is fair to - say that the government is not short of challenges or problems this week, with a really big wave of strikes coming up in the public sector as well. how is that affecting things? it is worth taking a step back and pondering this thought. as we look around the uk, and its different political make—up and the different nations, look around europe and beyond,isit nations, look around europe and beyond, is it worth thinking that if you have s

here in the uk, the deputy prime minister dominic raab has insisted his fellow cabinet minister nadimrent about his tax affairs. labour is calling for the prime minister to sack the conservative party chairman over a report he paid a penalty as part of a tax bill settlement to hmrc. mr zahawi has repeatedly denied trying to avoid tax. a spokesman for the former chancellor said his taxes were properly declared and paid in the uk. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chairman of the conservative party, with a seat at the cabinet table. nadhim zahawi was briefly chancellor under borisjohnson. now still a government minister, his tax affairs are under scrutiny. is the hmrc still after you, sir? are you — is the hmrc still after you, sir? are you up—to—date? _ are you up—to—date? the sun has reportedly paid a seven figure sum to settle a dispute, as well as a penalty, according to the guardian, making a total of £4.8 million. bbc news hasn't verified either claim. 0ne cabinet colleague would not be drawn on the detail, but said mrzaha would not be drawn on the detail, but sa

most notorious murderers could be freed from prison this weekend, after thejustice secretary dominic raabe packman, in 1985. she was a0 years old. he's never revealed what he did with her body. the couple's daughter, sam gillingham, has criticised the decision to release him, and says rules allowing victims to attend parole hearings for the first time are still denying them a voice. she's been speaking to our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani. for 38 years, sam gillingham has lived with a question tearing at her soul. how did her father kill her mother, and why won't he say what he did with the body? today, she is preparing for 79—year—old russell causley to leave jail, even though he's never told the full truth about the fate of his wife, carole packman. i don't have an inquest, i don't have a death certificate for my mother, i don't have any of those things, you know. she's literallyjust...doesn�*t exist any more. over a succession of trials and appeals, he said nothing, adding to sam's pain. i want to find my mother's body still. it's been very difficult and i'm hoping if

his deputy premier mr dominic raab is still facing an investigation for bullying allegations.g a very high profile privileges committee investigation that will be playing out in public in parliament over the next few months. so although mr sunak does want to draw a line under this and tell us all that integrity and professionalism are key for him and that's why he took the decision to sack mr zahawi, some of those questions about probity are hard to shake off. a 16—year—old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a teenage girl who was stabbed to death in northumberland. holly newton, who was 15, was fatally wounded in hexham on friday afternoon. the boy, who can't be named, is charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon. he will appear before crown court on february 1st. at least 32 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar. the blast happened when the mosque was packed with worshippers and more than 140 people were injured. a section of the building was destroyed, and officials say people a

so we're hearing about dominic raab, hearing more about dominic raab, and if it turns out that he hasns of which he's accused, then prime minister's decision in post for decision to keep him in post for as long as has could prove as long as he has could prove pretty judgement. have you seen any sort of political nous ? and any sort of political nous? and of course the mud sticks far as the voters are concerned in the polls looking even worse. i think labour got 51. but given this, you know, who would want to maybe come in and nadhim zahawi shoes as the party chairman ? lord hague. william chairman? lord hague. william hague was roundly touted as being the shoo earlier, and then he's turned and tweeted, no, not me. you don't want job. thank you very much . no. and me. you don't want job. thank you very much. no. and his me. you don't want job. thank you very much . no. and his tweet you very much. no. and his tweet was pretty pithy about not wanting to come back into the job as conservative boss german as you imply, it's not a job that many people would want at the moment. at the top o

so they went for dominic raab.een dominic raab saying there's going to be an investigation into of bullying by him. we saw allegations of the same sort. again, priti patel, home secretary, we've seen them against gavin williamson. what's wrong with this ? so how is this wrong with this? so how is this different to what happened with sir gavin williamson ? who he was sir gavin williamson? who he was in a similar position and then he resigned a couple of days later, this is all becoming difficult for dominic raab when a minister is in the firing line for this long and with such pressure, you do have to wonder their future . that one hasn't their future. that one hasn't worked either yet . so then they worked either yet. so then they went for gavin sort of man as gavin williamson . it doesn't gavin williamson. it doesn't seem a particularly pleasant bloke or boss rishi sunak stands on the steps of downing street and says he's bringing integrity back into government . but back into government. but question stands. how

so they went for dominic raab.een dominic raab saying there's going to be an investigation into of bullying by him. we saw allegations of the same sort. again, priti patel, home secretary, we've seen them against gavin williamson. what's wrong with this ? so how is this wrong with this? so how is this different to what happened with sir gavin williamson ? who he was sir gavin williamson? who he was in a similar position and then he resigned a couple of days later, this is all becoming difficult for dominic raab when a minister is in the firing line for this long and with such pressure, you do have to wonder their future . that one hasn't their future. that one hasn't worked either yet . so then they worked either yet. so then they went for gavin sort of man as gavin williamson . it doesn't gavin williamson. it doesn't seem a particularly pleasant bloke or boss rishi sunak stands on the steps of downing street and says he's bringing integrity back into government . but back into government. but question stands. how

in the undergrowth down the track, the investigation taking place into be debited minister dominic raabry about how that will end. speaker the commissionerfor end. speaker the commissioner for public end. speaker the commissionerfor public appointments has withdrawn himself from an investigation into how richard sharp was selected as bbc chair, because he and mr sharp had met in the past. william shawcross had planned to conduct the inquiry into whether due process was followed, after reports that mr sharp helped borisjohnson with a loan shortly before he was appointed. the bbc chairman insists he was chosen on merit. the prime minister, rishi sunak, says his government will deliver the "largest and fastest" improvement in emergency waiting times in the history of the nhs. he has set out plans to use £1 billion of existing funding to increase the number of ambulances and to create new hospital beds. our health editor, hugh pym, is here to tell us more. hugh. the new plan is aimed at avoiding, next winter, some of the long a&e waits and ambulance delays seen in recent weeks. nhs england

so we have dominic raab in trouble . we have former raab in trouble. ordinary , the idea that ordinary, the idea that a minister can pay ordinary, the idea that a minister can pa y £1,000,000 fine minister can pay £1,000,000 fine to hmrc and brush it under the carpet is something that people will find unacceptable . and the will find unacceptable. and the reason difficult for rishi reason it's difficult for rishi sunak's prime sunak's is that in prime minister's questions last week he came out and he said that he had no more questions to answer because everything was in the air had our briefing air and when we had our briefing in have this in downing street, we have this morning lobbying for political journalists and government will protest that . when sunak made protest that. when sunak made that last week , he that statement last week, he hadnt that statement last week, he hadn't the there was this hadn't known the there was this £1 million, more or less penalty paid by zahawi on top of the payments of, we think, paid by zahawi on top of the payments

i know it's toxic at the moment i think dominic raab in you know in his liberties bill was absolutelyo look at what other charles signature trees do to protect their borders and you have to ask why british politicians are failing to do that best for the british populace . there is british populace. there is a difference. can i can i ask you that? do you think that too afraid of controversy ? do you afraid of controversy? do you think they're too afraid of their mates on the continent holding their nose and saying you're doing things differently to . because i thought that's to. because i thought that's what brexit was about. we were going to take control and to hell with the rest of you. yeah mean, but to be honest, the relationship between, for example, us and france is, you know, macron and boris was very tricky. liz truss really didn't help matters at all. but now rishi more of a technocrat very much more like emmanuel macron is about centre that we have a better relationship with france andifs better relationship with france and it's critical for us that we do a good relationship