from and because of that is able to say, yes this has come from a region that is known to have scottish labourdoing, is it is forcing those countries to bring in the human rights that we would expect to be in our sip ply chains, so what we are doing by being black—and—white about what we will ant won't accept we are raising everybody�*s both wages but also living and human rights up round the world and we haven't seenin round the world and we haven't seen in those countries an increase in costs as a consequence of that so i am afraid i am not buying that. does the government needs to put more money into checks and controls to help companies do the job you are wanting them to do? i the 'ob you are wanting them to do? . �* the 'ob you are wanting them to do? ., �* ., ., do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been _ do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the _ do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case - do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case in - do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case in the i hasn't been the case in the countries i have cited. it becomes a respo

speaker, scottish labour mp's are very upset. apparently this upset is caused by their scottish leaders that now have to support the very winter fuel payments that they voted against. as the prime minister comforts his upset, will he remind him that the only people with the right to be upset are the 900,000 scottish pensioners who were -- >> i've worked very closely with scottish -- >> international days of persons with disabilities and i'm proud to be one of the disabled pm's in this house. i became one of the youngest people in britain to have hip replacements and rely and shows theft has quadrupled in the past ten the years. will the prime minister back my campaign and ensure millions of disabled people can work, social sides and live an independent life? >> can i thank him for being a powerful voice for some of the most vulnerable in our society? >> depriving people of their independence. real-human impact, every single time and that's why they working closely with local authorities to help them tackle fraud and misuse, make

speaker, scottish labour mp's are very upset. apparently this upset is caused by their scottish leaders that now have to support the very winter fuel payments that they voted against. as the prime minister comforts his upset, will he remind him that the only people with the right to be upset are the 900,000 scottish pensioners who were -- >> i've worked very closely with scottish -- >> international days of persons with disabilities and i'm proud to be one of the disabled pm's in this house. i became one of the youngest people in britain to have hip replacements and rely and shows theft has quadrupled in the past ten the years. will the prime minister back my campaign and ensure millions of disabled people can work, social sides and live an independent life? >> can i thank him for being a powerful voice for some of the most vulnerable in our society? >> depriving people of their independence. real-human impact, every single time and that's why they working closely with local authorities to help them tackle fraud and misuse, make

speaker, given support for the labour party is plummeting and the word for scottish independence is oncegain leading into the fold, who does the prime minister leave makes the best decisions for scotland? p.m. starmer: those who were elected in a general election on the fourth of july sitting here. >> in centuries past, those that converse on the center of carlisle avenue made the city highly defensible against invading armies. in 1985, 2005 and 2018 those same rivers overpowered the city, leaving thousands devastated by flooding. what assurances can the prime minister give my constituents that the flood defenses about the conservatives promised but failed to deliver will be completed under this government? p.m. starmer: can i start by wishing her a happy birthday? she raises a really important matter for our constituents. the most appalling flooding too many times and left in a state of absolute disrepair. we are investing 2.4 million pounds this year i did the environment agency currently studying options to improve protections in carlisle and i will make sure she gets a meeting to dis

speaker, given support for the labour party is plummeting and the word for scottish independence is oncegain leading into the fold, who does the prime minister leave makes the best decisions for scotland? p.m. starmer: those who were elected in a general election on the fourth of july sitting here. >> in centuries past, those that converse on the center of carlisle avenue made the city highly defensible against invading armies. in 1985, 2005 and 2018 those same rivers overpowered the city, leaving thousands devastated by flooding. what assurances can the prime minister give my constituents that the flood defenses about the conservatives promised but failed to deliver will be completed under this government? p.m. starmer: can i start by wishing her a happy birthday? she raises a really important matter for our constituents. the most appalling flooding too many times and left in a state of absolute disrepair. we are investing 2.4 million pounds this year i did the environment agency currently studying options to improve protections in carlisle and i will make sure she gets a meeting to dis

government is ending the two child cap and in doing so will lift over 15,000 scottish children out of poverty. thank you. laboured. 1 in 6 scots on an nhs waiting list. schools are falling further behind. a national housing emergency. growth lagging behind the rest of the uk. - every scottish institution weaker. the benefits bill, rising - by a further £800 million, is out of control because the government can't get people back into work. nhs waiting lists are so long that sick people are staying sick. underlying the debate are decisions taken here in edinburgh since devolution to expand the size of the scottish state. for example, funding university tuition for students in scotland, some personal care for the elderly, charge free prescriptions and more. the big question is whether scotland can continue to afford those universal benefits, plus more generous welfare payments, plus a bigger and better paid public sector, while also funding high—quality health care and education. shona robison is promising reform, but her opponents say that question was largely unanswered by this budget. james cook, bbc news, edin

government is ending the two—child cap, and in doing so, will lift over 15,000 scottish children out of poverty. applause. thank you. labournd impressed. one in six scots on an nhs waiting list, schools - falling further behind, _ a national housing emergency, growth lagging behind the rest of the uk, | every scottish institution weaker. | the benefits bill, rising by a further £800 million, is out of control because the government can't get people back into work. nhs waiting lists are so long that sick people are staying sick. underlying the debate are decisions taken here in edinburgh since devolution to expand the size of the scottish state. for example, funding university tuition for students in scotland. tuition for students in scotland, some personal care for the elderly, charge—free prescriptions, and more. the big question is whether scotland can continue to afford those universal benefits, plus more generous welfare payments, plus a bigger and better—paid public sector, while also funding high—quality health care and education. shona robison is promising reform, but her opponents say that question was largely unan

scottish government has unveiled plans to scrap the uk—wide two—child benefit cap. campaigners say the policy is the uk's biggest single driver of child poverty, and the labour governmentolyrood also announced increases for some income tax bands, record spending for the nhs, and investment in affordable housing. economists at the oecd have warned that interest rates may fall more slowly in the uk than previously thought, due to the tax and spending measures announced in the budget. the international thinktank predicts the bank of england will cut its base rate, from the current 4.75% to 3.5%, by early 2026. a barrister, representing lucy letby, says she continues to maintain her innocence, after she was interviewed about more deaths. detectives asked her about incidents at the countess of chester hospital, and liverpool women's hospital, where she trained. letby is serving a whole life sentence for the murders of seven babies, and the attempted murder of seven more, in chester. you're live with bbc news. the opposition in georgia says one of its leaders is in detention after being beaten unconscious by police in the capital, tbilisi. footage shows nika gvaramia, from t

the leader of scottish labour, anas sarwar , scottish labour, anas sarwar, says the claims are deeply distressing and insists the party acted swiftly when alerted on saturday. mr day, who denies any contact from police, has not commented on the allegations. now thousands gathered for a march against anti—semitism that took place in london today. the route passed through westminster and whitehall, ending with a rally at parliament square. it follows reported quadrupling of anti—semitic hate crimes over the past year, making jewish people the uk's most targeted minority faith group. the rise is linked to the hamas attacks on israel in october, and the subsequent strikes on gaza . and subsequent strikes on gaza. and the prince of wales has been helping serve christmas lunch at a homeless shelter run by a charity that he was introduced to by his late mother. william waugh was one of the passage charity's aprons as he joined the long line of volunteers serving food while chatting with attendees on thursday. he first visited the london based homelessness charity more than 30 years ago with

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that this week in the second reading when labour tried to put through this jobs tax and we had liberal democrats, conservatives, democratic unionists, scottishnalists and reform voters of mps all voting the same way. we've got to recognise that the main challenges for this country is the labour government doesn't seem to have a grip on the economy, and it's making some very poor choices, and that's where i think we need to put our heads together. whether you're a reform, liberal democrat or conservative. >> but from a practical perspective come the next general election and i appreciate we've only just had an election and you were helped to spearhead the conservatives campaign. something's got to change here because you can't have reform on the right of the conservatives and the conservatives and the conservatives as they are right now, not having conversations, not forming some kind of deal. maybe it's about some of you standing aside in some seats, some of reform standing aside and others. how else can you defeat labour? you can't have the right split like this, so there's going to have to be some serious conversations between kemi badenoc

the leader of scottish labour, anas sarwar, says the claims are deeply distressing and insists the party acted swiftly when alerted on saturday. mr day, who denies any contact with police, has not yet commented on the allegations . yet commented on the allegations. a march against anti—semitism is taking place in london this afternoon . demonstrators are afternoon. demonstrators are gathering outside the high court. the route will pass through westminster and whitehall, ending with a rally at parliament square. it follows at parliament square. it follows a reported quadrupling of anti—semitic hate crimes over the past year, making jewish people the uk's most targeted minority faith group. the rise is linked to the hamas attacks on israel and subsequent strikes on israel and subsequent strikes on gaza . the snp is on course on gaza. the snp is on course for a pro—independence majority at holyrood, according to a poll in the sunday times today. the survey puts support for the snp at 37% for constituency votes and 32% on the regional list, with backing for independence now standing at 54%.

the leader of scottish labour, anas sarwar, says the claims are deeply distressing and insists the party acted swiftly when alerted on saturday. mr day, who denies any contact from police, has not commented on the allegations. now a march against anti—semitism is taking place in london today, with demonstrators gathering outside the high court. the route will pass through westminster and whitehall, ending with a rally at parliament square. it follows at parliament square. it follows a reported quadrupling of anti—semitic hate crimes over the past year , making jewish the past year, making jewish people the uk's most targeted minority faith group. the rise is linked to the hamas attacks on israel in october and subsequent strikes on gaza . the subsequent strikes on gaza. the snp is on course for a pro—independence majority at holyrood, according to a poll in the sunday times. the survey puts support for the snp at 37% for constituency votes and 32% on the regional list, with backing for independence at 54%, the highest in four years. analysis by sir john curtice suggests the snp would win