rachael maskell, * hospital beds. thank you for 'oining us. rachael maskell, labourh hospital beds.as a —— they said had a serious risk of being used in a way that would breach international law in gaza. just before we came on air, i spoke to a palestinian journalist living in gaza, ghada al kord. she told us gaza is completely unsafe. so you have to prepare yourself every day, day by day or hour by hour or minute by minute, what is coming next? we don't know what to do. how to secure our life, how to secure our food, how to secure our work. so it's difficult circumstances that we live in now for one year. and we can say we've been under this situation almost one year. the uk has suspended the export of some military components to israel. and i wanted to ask what your response is to that? well, it's a good sign and a good step from the uk to suspend this export to israel. at least they said it is 30 licences out of 350 licences of armed equipment or licence for armed equipment they are selling to israel. this is a good sign and we hope that other countries can do the same. and even

we spoke to your colleague, rachael maskell, i like universal benefits.ut i think but - not vote for this but i think but we are saying is this is bigger than a vote because this is about protecting people's lives and ultimately, it is our responsibility as mps, to speak truth to power that is all they're doing, to say there are people in danger here that are at risk and we need the government to step in. at risk and we need the government to ste in. �* at risk and we need the government to ste in. . ., , ., to step in. and others have said that some _ to step in. and others have said that some pensioners _ to step in. and others have said | that some pensioners could die, excess deaths will increase. people with those concerns who want to abstain, should they lose the web? pensioners this year have £900 more than _ pensioners this year have £900 more than... . . r' pensioners this year have £900 more than... ., ., ., pensioners this year have £900 more than... ., ., , than... i am asking about the whip, why such- -- — than... i am asking about the whip,

i mean, rachael maskell is a pretty level headed and reasonable politician, but she's really gone for start of a civil war? the civil war? >> it's not. i mean, rachel is waging a campaign on the issue of the winter fuel payments. and i mean, you have to see it in that context. so she's having go. >> she thinks the freebies are not a storm in a teacup. she's not a storm in a teacup. she's not happy about the freebies, ehhen not happy about the freebies, either. she said it's against the spirit of the labour party and keir starmer is the leader. >> mark, i, i'm not glossing over this and i would say there is a lot of anger and i know gb news viewers and others are very angry about it, but i would just ask people to look at the actual rules, you know, which is that unless you want the taxpayer paying unless you want the taxpayer paying for this stuff instead, then they can take gifts, declare it . it's all declare it. it's all transparent. it's out of the open. we're debating it now. and if you want a different system, fine. you know where they're not allowed to have any of these things.

suggestion for further mitigations that's come from the labour backbenchers has come from the mp rachael maskellt there are likely to be more uncomfortable decisions, not a softening of current ones. let's get an update on typhoon yagi. it has caused severe flooding in myanmar with more than 230,000 people being forced to leave their homes. the country's military has called for foreign aid to help cope with a disaster. typhoon yagi has caused severe flooding in myanmar with officials saying more than 230,000 people have been the burmese military has become isolated from the outside world since it seized power three years ago. but such is the extent of the flooding in myanmar and it's now appealing for outside help. images show burmese people rescuing what they can, including livestock, from the rising water. translation: it's terrible to experience flooding - because we cannot live our lives well when it happens. it can be ok for people who have money, but for the people who have to work day to day for their meals, it's not ok at all. so i'm afraid of the floods. heavy rain has also caused the m

. >> rachael maskell. >> rachael maskell. >> well, the agony and the ecstasy there.r conservative mp miriam cates. miriam, welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure. can we start by addressing this, this business of angela rayner having a bit of a rave in ibiza? a lot of people on the on the conservative side of the parliament sort of clutching their pearls. parliamentarians are allowed to take a blooming holiday on. they >> absolutely. and the whole point of democracy is that we're represented by by people from all walks of life , wherever they all walks of life, wherever they want to take their holidays. and i think it is really important that mps are allowed time off, are allowed holidays do get a chance to recharge their batteries and good honour. i mean, i think she's very brave to be filmed doing that given her position, and i have no criticism of her for that at all. >> yeah, i'm very, very grateful. there are never any camera phones. when i was in my era of clubbing, i'll tell you that. much for free. miriam cates. and don't forget, michael gove was ha

rachael maskell, the mp for york central, warned of the public health impact of the cuts.we know that being cold leads to stroke, heart attacks , leads to stroke, heart attacks, pneumonia, hypothermia and so much more. as the body wrestles to keep warm and viruses prey on the frail last winter, she says , the frail last winter, she says, 4950 people died because their homes were cold. the fear is that if we withdraw winter fuel payments for those in fuel poverty, it will lead to excess deaths. meanwhile, ed miliband's net zero plans were going to shave £300 off people's energy bills, except that they've now stopped quoting that figure. can't imagine why. and energy is going to go up 10% this winter. and £300 is the exact amount that they're taking off. 10 million pensioners make it make sense. and things could get even worse for pensioners, with angela rayner considering hammering up to 4 million pensioners by removing their council tax break for single occupancy. now, before the election, i predicted on this show that we would have five years of civil war within the gover

writing in the daily telegraph, the senior labour mp rachael maskell has warned that pensioners willrom the cold if rachel reeves pushes ahead with the widely hated cuts. and she's not the only labour heavyweight uneasy with starmer's policy. andy burnham, ed balls and even diane abbott have all slammed the decision to remove excuse me, the winter fuel allowance for the poorest pensioners. the government is also considering scrapping the single person council tax discounts, which would impact millions of widowed pensioners. i'm joined now by the former lbc political editor , theo political editor, theo usherwood. good evening theo. very good evening to you, ben. thank you for joining very good evening to you, ben. thank you forjoining me a thank you for joining me a simple question. has labour got a problem with pensioners. you've got the winter fuel allowance and now this news story which is brewing about the single person council tax discount being scrapped, which would affect primarily widowed pensioners. yes. >> so just to give you the details on this, we knew about this last wee

rachael maskell, the labour mp for york central, has said that people will die as a result of this change of policy. she says that being cold leads to an increased likelihood of strokes, heart attacks, hypothermia , pneumonia attacks, hypothermia, pneumonia and is saying that she won't back this policy. do you think that there will be a serious rebellion from labour's own ranks on this? >> yes, i think there could be, because it's i'm not knocking rachel at all. i think she's an honourable person. and i think the point that she makes is, is perfectly reasonable. and many doctors would agree with that. but i think what you'll see is a parade of labour mps wearing their hearts on their sleeves because, frankly , this lot that because, frankly, this lot that you're looking at at the moment, prime minister, chancellor and chief secretary are trying to find a way that will allow those rebels like rachel to abstain rather than actually vote against, because they won't want the full embarrassment of a total rebellion . total rebellion. >> alastair, what does this all tell us about the man in num

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