it concerns welsh wonderkid louis rees—zammit.es and gloucester winger has announced he is to leave rugby union, with immediate effect, to go try his hand at american football on the nfl international player pathway. the 22—year—old — who has been capped by wales 32 times — described the decision as "painstaking". he is aiming to earn a spot on an american football team for 202a. in the last hour, wales have announced their squad for the six nations — rees—zammit is not in it. this is the statement he has released via his now former club, gloucester. rees—zammit says, "i have had the incredible honour of playing rugby for my country which, as a proud welshman, i've never taken for granted. however, i believe that this is the right time for me to realise another professional goal of playing american football in the us. those opportunities don't come around very often." another big story today in rugby union — the british and irish lions will have a first women's tour, a trip to new zealand in 2027. the tour will be held in septembe

rees—mogg. the right answer here? well, i'm for here? well, i'm here for a lawyer off. i'm joined now by the barrister and former tory councillor philip taylor, an immigration and human rights lawyer. show kahn, philip , if lawyer. show kahn, philip, if i may, to down the line, if i may to you first. do you think then that this rwanda bill going through will be another charter for lawyers to frustrate the work of parliament? >> that's a very interesting question. i doubt very much whether it will. >> i mean, the real issue here is the sovereignty of parliament, and you've got a clash , a very clear clash clash, a very clear clash between parliament and the judiciary . judiciary. >> and the concern i have and i'm sure many politicians have is that where do you actually draw the line? i draw the line at the parliament, and i say parliament must have the right eventually to override certainly the supreme court, if it needs to. we have a precedent for that from harold wilson. many, many years ago. a

i am, as you jacob you may have guessed, jacob rees—mogg. state rees—mogg.te of going and in moment rees—mogg. this has been state of going to and in moment rees—mogg. this has been state of going to the in moment rees—mogg. this has been state of going to the weather.1ent we're going to the weather. i have a feeling it's cold, but in somerset it will be a glorious and cold that will and beautiful cold that you will all enjoy a brighter outlook with solar , the sponsors of with boxt solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again. very good evening to you. i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. the cold themes set to continue and so it will stay frosty and at will stay frosty and icy at times, with some snow showers too. is also the too. but there is also the potential for some heavy, persistent snow across northern parts into tuesday in parts as we go into tuesday in association with a weather system currently towards the northwest uk. however, as northwest of the uk. however, as we go through eveni

i'm jacob rees—mogg . this has been state rees—mogg. this has been state of the nation.ire, to the lincolnshire, come to the people's the 1st people's forum on the 1st of february. registration people's forum on the 1st of febru and registration people's forum on the 1st of febru and the registration people's forum on the 1st of febru and the weathertration £1.50 and the weather in somerset will be simply fantabulous. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. good evening. >> welcome to your latest gb. news, weather update with me annie, from the met office. thursday is going to be another mild day. quite a cloudy one though with rain particularly across areas. that's across western areas. that's weather front is approaching throughout tonight from the south and west. it's a warm front so it will bring milder air and ahead of it we do have a ridge pressure. so ridge of higher pressure. so that's things down. so that's settling things down. so a clear and crisp evening for many northern eastern areas. many nor

annunciate rees—mogg . sir geila annunciate rees—mogg. sir geila curci and neil parish.t on my watch . i just won't have it. my watch. i just won't have it. first up, the news headlines with francis and then i'll with sam francis and then i'll be talking about nigel . farage. be talking about nigel. farage. >> mark, thanks very much. good evening. i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. the headlines at ten strikes by london underground workers, which would have brought the tube service in the to capital a standstill this week, been suspended. week, have been suspended. however, is warning that however, tfl is warning that there will still be disruption tomorrow because the walkouts were off so late. members were called off so late. members of union were due to strike of rmt union were due to strike in protest over a 5% pay offer. they say the planned action will no longer go ahead, though , no longer go ahead, though, after progress was made in discussions with tfl today . discussions with tfl today. meanwhile, 170 flood warnings are still in place across england and over 1

back now to jacob rees—mogg .now to jacob rees—mogg. >> have you ever seen anything more dangerous? an apple , a more dangerous? an apple, a tomato and a strawberry deemed tomato and a strawberry deemed to be potentially hazardous ? to be potentially hazardous? according to the dunderheads of defra , perhaps they took the defra, perhaps they took the 19805 defra, perhaps they took the 1980s film the revenge of the killer tomatoes too seriously, because i have brought into the studio the most dangerous things, according to them that i think ever brought in to think i have ever brought in to a tv studio in a protectionist move to put up prices and damage brexit, loony officials have raised the risk rating of these and other imported fruit and vegetables. this is matters because roughly half of the food we eat in the uk, and nearly two thirds of that comes from the european union . since we left european union. since we left the eu, which was four years ago this week, the government has taken decision not to impose t

i'm jacob rees—mogg . this state rees—mogg.ion and somerset is probably storm free area. probably a storm free area. it'll oasis of it'll be a beautiful oasis of calm, weather in god's calm, glorious weather in god's own county. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> evening storm jocelyn will be arriving at this time tomorrow. on tuesday evening. not as intense as storm isha, but nevertheless could cause some further disruption. brewing out in the atlantic at the moment . in the atlantic at the moment. but there is the next storm system. storm isha continues to clear away. still plenty of isobars on the chart. it is still pretty gusty out there this evening. plenty of showers to packing in across scotland in particular, but the showers will tend off most places, tend to ease off in most places, generally becoming clear overnight will overnight, and the winds will ease further until the ease down further until the cloud thickens and we start t

one jacob rees—mogg, one sir jacob rees—mogg, freshman of one sirjacob rees—mogg, freshman of commonsamber. jacob. how how are you voting on third reading? voting tonight on third reading? >> i'll be supporting the government on third reading. i was very keen to support the amendments , which i think would amendments, which i think would have strengthened the bill. i recognise that the country is deeply concerned about uncontrolled world migration, but i think this bill is an improvement on the status quo and therefore it would be a mistake to oppose it. >> but of course, last night you were amongst the rebels who were amongst the 60 rebels who voted against it. how do you explain to your viewers ? explain that to your viewers? >> no, no, no, i didn't vote against the bill and i voted today in favour of amendments as well. you're i'm surprised you're missing parliamentary. forgive me. no, no. >> forgive me. >> forgive me. >> i meant amendment which sets out the principle of the bill. yes, but voting in favour of amendments is not voting against amendments is not voting against a bill.

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and be careful, jacob rees—mogg and be careful, jacob rees—mogg and be careful, mr rees—mogg.arrister, distinguished barrister and most impressive former tory mp, though he was a dripping wet one. >> oh well, of course i am, gerry hayes. >> um, you had experience in the house of commons with close votes. yeah. this wasn't a close vote, but 58 plus the tellers, 60 voting against the government. it's quite a lot. >> well this was close. four, wasn't it? this is something i don't quite understand. this is something you've. well, there were two votes there. >> was a bill cash amendment >> one was a bill cash amendment and one on clause four. one and one was on clause four. one was on tightening the rights was on tightening up the rights to and on passing i >>i >> i thought it was about abolishing the rights to appeal. >> it was a very carefully limiting them. >> well, yes , but they're fairly >> well, yes, but they're fairly carefully limited anyway. but i mean, look, you're a leader of the house and you, you know, despite our differences, are a great parliament. ian, you believe

uh, famously, sirjacob rees—mogg.ously, course, who didn't famously, of course, who didn't back the meaningful vote. three for of those, theresa may for all of those, theresa may votes back in back in 2019, other mps who voted rebelled last night, who now will not rebel tonight, we can reveal our jane stevenson, the pps, the ministerial aide to kemi badenoch, as was resigned from the government. one of the three who resigned and also jack brereton, um, and other mps. two are telling us that tonight , um, are telling us that tonight, um, what may happen is you may see some of these rebels abstaining , some of these rebels abstaining, but i don't think the rebel number will get above 10 or 12. 12 will know soon enough. probably after your show has finished. as we go into the evening. but as you as you're saying, there, nigel, it may be that lots of mps here don't don't have the courage of their convictions. last night. when it comes to it, they are more concerned, and some viewers may be sympathetic to this. not to lose

i continue to identify as jacob rees—mogg . and identify as jacob rees—mogg.w student loans. everyone's favourite topic . the taxpayer favourite topic. the taxpayer cost of funding these loans is expected to jump by more than £10 billion per year because of increases in interest rates, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the ifs the surge in government borrowing costs means the taxpayers are expected to record a loss on loans that are fully repaid by students, those that students, but also those that are not previously , government are not previously, government borrowing costs on student loans were lower the interest were lower than the interest rate charged , allowing rate it charged, allowing a profit to be made on the debt. but inflation is continuing but if inflation is continuing to rise, then student student costs be in line with that . now costs be in line with that. now we want students to be able to continue their education into university, but with student loans costs, jumping suddenly, is it fair that other taxpayers pick up the bill? an

but was it was now i'm jacob rees—mogg. this is appalling . rees—mogg. this is appalling.r did they say hello jacob. >> very well. hello. >> very well. hello. >> hello jacob. >> hello jacob. >> well, but isn't it just a little reminder of how lucky we are? we're now in control of our own truth. yes we do. oh no. from the daily express. very reliable of record. reliable paper of record. >> anymore . >> not anymore. >> not anymore. >> has been. yes. i mean, >> no, it has been. yes. i mean, great history of the daily express. >> well, of course, but come on, it's one of those non—story. >> david cameron >> ten years since david cameron , foreign secretary, , now foreign secretary, announced referendum . do announced that referendum. do you back on that you think he looks back on that decision with pride ? decision with pride? >> yes, he does, because david cameron did the right thing . he cameron did the right thing. he saw this bubbling up in the country . he saw it bubbling up country. he saw it bubbling up within the conservative party and something had be done . and somet

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight.can't whistle, but i tell you who can sir keir starmer yesterday the labour leader was accused of dog whistling . the prime minister whistling. the prime minister here's what mr starmer, sir keir, had to say. >> doesn't the country deserve so much better than a prime minister who simply does not get britain .7 he britain? he >> what was he implying ? i'll be >> what was he implying? i'll be discussing this in a moment. trouble is clearly brewing in the middle east yet again. as houthi rebels strike cargo ships . as if this were tintin book, they would have called it the red sea sharks. however, as we will discuss, the new threat is altogether sinister, will discuss, the new threat is alto�*the er sinister, will discuss, the new threat is alto�*the cabinet sinister, will discuss, the new threat is alto�*the cabinet is sinister, will discuss, the new threat is alto�*the cabinet is meeting as we and the cabinet is meeting as we speak. plus the labour party has said will embrace the nanny

his our next presenter, jacob rees—mogg . that presenter, jacob rees—mogg.ing, wasn't it? very, extremely interesting. >> yes. i'm afraid i'm a bit guilty of allowing screens, but mainly say my children can watch gb which can only possibly gb news, which can only possibly be good for them. nice one. so jacob, what have we got coming up? what have we got? we're going to be talking about the train strikes, not so much about the unions. we've covered that and know there are hard left and we know there are hard left unions. but the utter wetness of the companies, unions. but the utter wetness of the got companies, unions. but the utter wetness of the got this companies, unions. but the utter wetness of the got this law.)mpanies, unions. but the utter wetness of the got this law. they1ies, unions. but the utter wetness of the got this law. they can they've got this law. they can use and they're not doing it. do they like customers? they not like their customers? are getting nice fat are they just getting nice fat subsidies sitting idly by? subsidies and sitting i

more than islamist violence. then jacob rees—mogg more than islamisttriedznce. then jacob rees—moggogg more than islamisttried to, i then jacob rees—mogg more than islamisttried to, i guess1en jacob rees—mogg more than islamisttried to, i guess it's a they've tried to, i guess it's a continued attempt to try and address of i address that kind of thing. i don't know it's going to don't know if it's going to work, know, look, violence work, you know, look, violence of any towards any element work, you know, look, violence of any society. nards any element of our society. >> it needs to be. >> of course, it needs to be. they to be investigated they need to be investigated wherever comes from, you wherever it comes from, you know, you just have be know, but you just have to be real like, where the real about like, where the majority the stuff is coming majority of the stuff is coming from. majority of the stuff is coming frorsounds racist to me. >> sounds pretty racist to me. josh. said, josh. yes, well, you said, what's threat? what's the real threat? and the answer yeah answer is, of

good evening, it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonighti sunak promises to make things right after calls for justice for the 700 subpostmasters and mistresses grow 50 new potential victims have contacted lawyers since the itv drama mr. bates versus the post office fired the scandal back into the public eye.the scandal back into the public eye. the prime minister, rishi sunak, promises that he will do everything in his power to put things right. changes to the licensing regime for oil and gas exploration contracts could be upon us, as parliament decides if licences for projects in the nonh if licences for projects in the north sea should be awarded annually , we will bring down annually, we will bring down household bills and can it reduce our reliance on strained international energy market? as depression and anxiety , and depression and anxiety, and other top reasons for adults in the uk to be claiming disability benefits , official forecasts benefits, official forecasts predict that spending on these disability benefits could rise by £17

jacob rees—mogg starting at 745. um, i've been in theen|dio. jacob rees—mogg starting at 745.outside)b rees—mogg starting at 745. um, i've been in theen outside the ees—mogg starting at 745. um, i've been in theen outside the studio.>gg starting at 745. um, i've been in theen outside the studio. he has been outside the studio. he will know perhaps more than me, what is going on. >> calling an emergency >> well, calling an emergency cabinet meeting is always a sign that something is going to happen. they are not called just for chit chat and therefore i would assume that there is a plan place and the really plan in place and the uk really has to respond to this escalating problem in the red sea. >> yeah, we can't just have missiles being or drone missiles being sent towards naval vessels. can we? >> we talked about this a night or two ago, that the royal navy has had an historic role of keeping the sea lanes open, of keeping the sea lanes open, of keeping the sea lanes open, of keeping the trade routes open. it is fundamental and acting in concert with the us and interestingly,

jacob rees—mogg, way out.acob rees—mogg, conservative member of parliament for north east somerset . probably the nearest somerset. probably the nearest thing to a party loyalist one could ever meet. um, a true believer in the conservative party, jacob, since about 1834. i think that's roughly the date when the modern conservative party has been recognisable as it is. has it ever been in greater danger than it is now? >> oh yes indeed. .from 1846 greater danger than it is now? >> oh yes indeed. .from1846 to >> oh yes indeed. .from 1846 to 1874, the conservatives don't form a majority government. they split over the corn laws. yes. um the peelites go off really with gladstone to the liberal party and disraeli reforms the conservative party as a patriotic party that represents everybody in the country . everybody in the country. exactly. actually, what boris was doing in 2019, in 2019, which was interrupted. and the key for the conservative party is that we get back to representing the people who voted for us in

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation .ht the government's nation. tonight the government's rwanda bill is in danger of being utterly ineffective if the government doesn't consider amending points to the bill. i'll be debating this shortly. as announced today in prime minister's questions, that the victims the office victims of the post office scandal to be compensated scandal are to be compensated with legislation . we finally with new legislation. we finally neanng with new legislation. we finally nearing justice for the hundreds of innocent victims and the scottish parents. beware that you could face time behind bars for not allowing your child to wear a tutu. the scottish government is reportedly worried that this could cause physical or psychological harm to children, and while over in south korea, history is being made with legislation to ban the centuries old dog meat industry closer to home, ah , iconic closer to home, ah, iconic bearskin hats worn by the king's guards. the next tradition to be abolished under anima

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation .ht the government's nation. tonight the government's rwanda bill is in danger of being utterly ineffective if the government doesn't consider amending points to the bill. i'll be debating this shortly. as announced today in prime minister's questions, that the victims the office victims of the post office scandal to be compensated scandal are to be compensated with legislation . we finally with new legislation. we finally neanng with new legislation. we finally nearing justice for the hundreds of innocent victims and the scottish parents. beware that you could face time behind bars for not allowing your child to wear a tutu. the scottish government is reportedly worried that this could cause physical or psychological harm to children, and while over in south korea, history is being made with legislation to ban the centuries old dog meat industry closer to home, ah , iconic closer to home, ah, iconic bearskin hats worn by the king's guards. the next tradition to be abolished under anima

former brexit party mep anunciata rees—mogg her, the rees—mogg and alongside her, the political commentatordlen. evening, good evening. >> it's really interesting that story . story about stress. >> i think it's pathetic. different things trigger different people. >> i can come on these sorts of shows. i feel any stress shows. i don't feel any stress or anxiety, but during the pandemic, just this thing pandemic, i just had this thing where worried i was going where i was worried i was going to give it to to catch covid and give it to someone else, and that made going into the studio where i was working really difficult. >> that's not though, was working really difficult. >:it? that's not though, was working really difficult. >:it? this not though, was working really difficult. >:it? this people though, was working really difficult. >:it? this people nowmugh, was working really difficult. >:it? this people now thatl, is it? this is people now that are sat at home their pyjamas are sat at home in their pyjamas having a fantastic time, that are sat at home in their pyjamas havin now :antastic

._, . .,, , a, parliamentary party. jacob rees-mogg also ave a parliamentary party. jacob rees-mogg alsog speech yesterday which is said to have helped, what did he say? i yesterday which is said to have helped, what did he say? i think he was talkin: helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about _ helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, i helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, is i helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, is it i was talking about effectively, is it better to have a bill and something that could work that no bill at all? trying to improve things. that is something you have heard from quite a few of the tory rebels who chose to abstain or chose to vote for the government in the end, which is they might have a few policy disagreements but it is different say make one or two changes, please come and saying i want to completely get rid of the one thing we think we can maybe say on stopping the boats. for rishi sunak, probably the next problem comes notjust in terms of whether it gets th

for the wonderful sirjacob rees mogg on wonderful sir jacob rees mogg on state of the nation.ady started because tonight we're going to look at the extra ordinary home office backlog figures revealed today. if you can get hold of them, make sense of them. well done. you not easy. i tell you what. here's another scandal. unbelievable 6 million ghost gb paid agents. that could be fraud . up to £1 billion a year. and here's a thing. labour have unveiled an online tax calculator for voters ahead of the national insurance company. and, well, i suppose it's probably no surprise that champagne sales in the house of lords have hit a record some £90,000. state of the nation starts now. for the next hour with me. richard tice will also be joined in my studio . be joined in my studio. fantastic. stupendous panel . fantastic. stupendous panel. we've got a barrister, i've got former conservative mp gerry hayes and the former labour special adviser paul richards. of course, i want to hear from you with all your thoughts, your

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation .ght the government's rwanda bill is in danger of being utterly ineffective if the government doesn't consider amending points to the bill. i'll be debating this shortly. as announced today in prime minister's questions, that the victims the office victims of the post office scandal to be compensated scandal are to be compensated with legislation . we finally with new legislation. we finally neanng with new legislation. we finally nearing justice for the hundreds of innocent victims and the scottish parents. beware that you could face time behind bars for not allowing your child to wear a tutu. the scottish government is reportedly worried that this could cause physical or psychological harm to children, and while over in south korea, history is being made with legislation to ban the centuries old dog meat industry closer to home, ah , iconic closer to home, ah, iconic bearskin hats worn by the king's guards.

our man jacob rees—mogg . and this is state of rees—mogg. and this is state of the nation.ack in the red sea and you've been sending in your views. richard says we must take this seriously and we need to take action. time will your guest will tell. and paul, your guest is spot on. where will this end? it's this only the beginning . it's this only the beginning. and we'd actually and i thought we'd actually continue discussion because and i thought we'd actually coisinue discussion because and i thought we'd actually cois soe discussion because and i thought we'd actually cois so importantussion because and i thought we'd actually cois so important ,;sion because and i thought we'd actually cois so important, not] because and i thought we'd actually cois so important, not just:ause and i thought we'd actually cois so important, not just for;e it is so important, not just for current trade, but for ultimately safety and security of the world. and i think we can come back to labour and the nanny state on another occasion. but nigel let me come to you because whilst we were on

rees—mogg.r labour mp stephen pound. stephen you're reflecting there on rebelling . yeah. it's not on rebelling. yeah. it's not easy is it. and it's hard to do. did you rebel much when you were an mp? >> i remember about or >> i remember about 3 or 4 times, which is probably the reason uh, my career didn't reason i, uh, my career didn't advance massively, but i voted on like trident on things like trident renewal and, you know, the gurkha passports various other passports and various other things. what's things. but look, what's interesting there's interesting is that there's a huge the whips can huge pressure that the whips can put you, it's not sort of put on you, and it's not sort of physical and not physical pressure, and it's not even bribes. it's not going to send fact finding tour send you on a fact finding tour of sort of a global warming in the seychelles something. the seychelles or something. what they actually what they do is they actually say, remember this say, look, you remember t

jacob rees—mogg , father of you. jacob rees—mogg, father of six. they're six.n't they? they are yes. good man. yes, of course >> yes. good man. yes, of course they are. >> of they are. what am >> of course they are. what am i even asking? >> course they and >> of course they are. and i think it is very important. but i also think it's important that politicians say that their children very children are vaccinated. very good. it's no good good. because it's no good politicians telling people good. because it's no good po do :ians telling people good. because it's no good po do thingselling people good. because it's no good po do things ifing people good. because it's no good po do things if they people good. because it's no good po do things if they haven't ple to do things if they haven't done and they've had done themselves and they've had the jab all of them. the mmr jab all of them. >> tonight? >> what's on your show tonight? >> what's on your show tonight? >> on my show? my program >> what's on my show? my program again, terrible with my again, terrible tro

rugby bombshell as rees zammit quits the sport to try to fulfill his nfl dreams.xecutive, richard masters, says a date has been set for the hearing into manchester city's alleged breaches of financial rules. premier league champions city were charged with 115 breaches in february 2023 but are yet to face a hearing while everton and nottingham forest were charged for breaching league profit and sustainability rules on tuesday. here is the bbc sports editor dan roan. you understand why fans of those two clubs perhaps are asking whether they're being treated somewhat differently to manchester city for example. masters was asked about this today. he defended the process in effect but he also made clear that the situations are very different but he could understand the frustrations of fans. if any club whether the current champions or otherwise had been found in breach of the spending rules for year 2023,

a shock move from rugby union to american football — for wales�* young star louis rees zammit.en—time paralympic gold medallist hannah cockroft tells us disabled people in britain are being "almost criminalised" in the way they are treated. i still can't catch a train if there is no one there with the ramp. i still can't catch a bus with my boyfriend. i still can't enter a shop if i've got to step into it. welcome along to the programme. we'll start in melbourne, as it was a busy and mostly positive day for the british players at the australian open. dan evans, was the only one not to progress in the singles, he beaten in four sets by lorenzo sonego on his return from injury, but there were good showings from cameron norrie, who had a straight sets win over juan pablo varrillas, and jack draper, who battled the heat and sickness to beat marcos giron over five sets. in the women's draw british number one — katie boulter was tested, but came through in straight sets against yue yuan, while a lot of the focus was undoubtedly on 2021 us open champion emma raducanu, back in grand sl

welsh star louis rees—zammit left his club gloucester with immediate effect and quit rugby union altogether—year—old, who has been capped 32 times by his country has joined the nfl international player pathway, he will now travel to florida this week to start on the ipp 10—week programme which gives athletes from around the world the chance to earn a spot on an nfl roster. staying with rugby union and the british and irish lions have announced a first women's tour — which will be a trip to new zealand in 2027. the tour will be held in september and will include three test matches against the six—time world champion black ferns. our rugby correspondent sara orchard reports. well, as you can see, so much interest around today's announcement that this tour will be going ahead in 2027. it comes off the back of a feasibility study that the lions have been running to see if there was enough commercial interest and buy in from unions. that has all come back positive. although we won't see the actual published report. the questions today actually come more around whether new zealand is actually the

good evening, it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonightfter calls for justice for the 700 subpostmasters and mistresses grow 50 new potential victims have contacted lawyers since the itv drama mr. bates versus the post office fired the scandal back into the public eye.the scandal back into the public eye. the prime minister, rishi sunak, promises that he will do everything in his power to put things right. changes to the licensing regime for oil and gas exploration contracts could be upon us, as parliament decides if licences for projects in the nonh if licences for projects in the north sea should be awarded annually , we will bring down annually, we will bring down household bills and can it reduce our reliance on strained