conditional money for tata steel if it can find private _ steel if it can find private investment andfice for 48 hours it has to hit the ground running and there are big, imminent, important questions which need to be answered. tata steel is one of them, a lot of pressure coming from the welsh government to try to kick on with that and keir starmer will be in wales tomorrow and i'm sure will be asked a lot of questions about how much money he is prepared to stump up to help people keep theirjobs and what the conditions of the investment might be. but plenty of other things in the in tray, the nhs, the courts, prisons, small boats, legal immigration, the list i suspect could go on and on, we could be here all day talking about all the challenges, but a reminder that it is a pretty stark change for all those shadow cabinet ministers that are now cabinet ministers, big decisions to make from day one. tastes decisions to make from day one. wes streetin: decisions to make from day one. wes streeting off — decisions to make from day one. wes streeting off the mark quick saying he is trying

negotiations about the future of the tata steel plant at port talbot in south wales have begun between the new government and the indian owners of the business. the decision to close the blast furnaces puts nearly 3,000 jobs at risk. now on bbc news, newscast. newscast from the bbc. it's laura in the studio. in glorious green. thanks. if you're listening and not watching, its glorious. i'm paddy in the studio. and henry in the studio. so, the last 48 hours, there's lots and lots and lots of talk already about the history and the significance. and we've kind of gone on and on and on and on and on about that. what was interesting to me today was actually slap, bang, thank you — or maybe not thank you very much — ma'am. big, big dilemma for this new government, forjonathan reynolds. the new business secretary has to decide what to do about the tata steel plant in port talbot in wales, where there are 3,000 jobs — around that number — at risk because the company that owns it, tata steel, wants to close the blast furnace before they build another, newer, greener one. and this is one of the

the new business secretary has to decide what to do about the tata steel plant in port talbot in walesere are 3,000 jobs — around that number — at risk because the company that owns it, tata steel, wants to close the blast furnace before they build another, newer, greener one. and this is one of the early — but there will be many of them — tough decisions for this new labour government, which will get to the heart of what they're all about and what kind of economy they want, and the ways in which they want to mobilise government or not mobilise government in order to secure it. i thought it was very interesting that johnny reynolds didn't just say that he had spoken to tata steel, but that keir starmer had made time to speak to them. whether that will actually have an effect, let's see. but it shows that they know that this is a big sort of industrial question for this new labour government. and that was also made clear by the presence of sharon graham, the general secretary of unite, on your panel, who is very eager for the government to find a way to guarantee the jobs of the workers

i conditional money for tata steel there. what does that mean?d it guarantees some jobs, i can find private investment and it guarantees somejobs, not i can find private investment and it guarantees some jobs, not all the jobs, at that steel plant in port talbot, but somejobs jobs, at that steel plant in port talbot, but some jobs seem to be whatjohnny reynolds was saying there. i think it's a stark reminder that although the new government has only been in office for 48 hours or so, it has to hit the ground running, and there are big, imminent, important questions that need to be answered. tata steel is one of them, it's a lot of pressure coming from the welsh government trying to kick on with that. his keir starmer will be in wales tomorrow, and i'm sure he'll be asked a lot of questions aboutjust how much money he is prepared to stump up that people keep theirjobs and what the conditions of that investment might be. but there are plenty other things, the nhs is a big one. the quote system is a big one. prisons, small boats, legal immigration,

the tata steel plant in port talbot gradually going greener, but at present 2,800 jobs are set to go5 billion into green steel. there is more money available for the steel industry under our plans for government, but that's about making sure we meet this transition with the private sector together. but there is a better deal available for port talbot and the steel industry as a whole, i'm sure of that. are you guaranteeing those jobs this morning? well, i'm going to make sure thatjob guarantees are part of the negotiation that we're having. the two blast furnaces are huge polluters and incur losses of £1 million a day. one was closed down on friday, the second due to go in september. a cleaner electric arc furnace is planned, but will take years to build and require fewer workers to run. so what do fresh talks mean to the town? this is not the people working the steelworks, it's the surrounding things that supply the steelworks. so i think it'll have a massive effect on the town, right? i know a lot of people who work there, and obviously we're - really concerned to begin - with when

we with tata steel to protect “obs.ith tata steel to protectjobs. - have seen this as a major priority. i have already spoken to tata steel about it, as has the new prime minister. i will be talking to them again today and asking representatives of the workforce and the community and gmb to talk to me next week about it. it is not about underwriting, loss—making, and business in the way we may have thought about industrial policy in the past. it's about being a partner for investment in the future. there is more money available for the steel industry under our plans for government but that is making sure we meet this transition with the private sector together, and recognising, sharon used the phrase it is a good example of how we need to make sure that decarbonisation is not deindustrialisation, and we need to do that together. there is a better deal available for the steel industry as a whole. robertjenrick has quit as the ministerjust before christmas but he hung his newark seat. in the sunday times today blends the

meanwhile, the tata steel uk ceo rajesh nair said in a statement: "i congratulate sir keir starmer onvictory and look forward to working with the new government on our shared goals of growing the production "of green steel in the uk, and building a positive operating "environment for this critical industry." let's speak to alastair rush of echelon wealthcare, a financial advisory firm. alastair has reviewed the advice given to some steelworkers regarding their pensions in the past and has been talking to the workers on a regular basis since. what you make of the comments by the new business secretary?— new business secretary? nothing in these comments _ new business secretary? nothing in these comments will _ new business secretary? nothing in these comments will be _ new business secretary? nothing in these comments will be new - new business secretary? nothing in these comments will be new to - new business secretary? nothing in i these comments will be new to people working here and when you go back to when vaughan gething declared he wanted wales to be carbon free by 2050, what di

meanwhile, the tata steel uk ceo rajesh nair said in a statement...our's landslide on thursday, the conservatives were left withjust 121 mps in the commons. robertjenrick, who quit as rishi sunak�*s immigration ministerjust before christmas, was able to hang on to his newark seat. in the sunday times today, he blames the conservative defeat on their failure to deliver. he spoke to laura kuenssberg earlier, and told her why he thought the tories were defeated on thursday. there are so many brilliant, dedicated public servants, my former colleagues, who lost theirjobs and i feel desperately sorry for them. but my argument is that the reason that we lost the trust of millions of people across the country is not because we were too left—wing or right—wing, or had this slogan or that slogan, but fundamentally because we failed to deliver on the promises that we made to the british public. so you didn't do what you said you would do? in 2019 we promised we would get brexit done and that we would deliver a strong economy, a strong nhs, and secure borders. an

tata steel is one of them. and kick on with that. keir starmer will be in wales tomorrow and i'm sure we'll be asked a lot of questions aboutjust how much money he's prepared to stump up to help people keep theirjobs and what the conditions of that investment might be. but there are plenty of other things in the in—tray. the nhs is a big one. the court system is a big one. prisons, small boats, legal immigration. uh, the list, i suspect, could go on and on and on. we'd be here all day if we were talking about all the challenges, but a reminder that it's a pretty stark change for all those shadow cabinet ministers that are now cabinet ministers. they've got big decisions to make from day one. wes streeting also off the mark pretty quick, saying that he's going to try and get into talks on the doctors strike. but also talk of alan milburn, a former labour minister under tony blair on health, who's been advising them, coming back into government in some form. what does that tell us? tells us that labour is prepare

afternoon with the minister, and we have a shared determination to do everything we can, same with tata steelvery important in relation to those jobs and the future jobs at stake. to those “obs and the future “obs at stake. ., . , to those “obs and the future “obs at stake. ., ., , ., ,, ., stake. how many “obs are you willing to su ort stake. how many “obs are you willing to support to — stake. how many jobs are you willing to sunport to save — stake. how many jobs are you willing to support to save as _ stake. how many jobs are you willing to support to save as part _ stake. how many jobs are you willing to support to save as part of - to support to save as part of this support package? that to support to save as part of this sunport package?— to support to save as part of this support package? at the moment we are workin: support package? at the moment we are working constructively _ support package? at the moment we are working constructively in - are working constructively in relation to grangemouth and tata steel, which is what you would expect. finally, the two child benefit cap, you a

trade secretary has been talking to laura kuensssberg, about his plans to negotiate a deal with tata steelhad to say. we see this as a major priority. i have already spoken to tata steel about it, as has the new prime minister made time for that conversation. i will be talking to them again today, asking representatives of the workforce, sharon and unite, also community and gmb, to talk to me next week about that. it is not about underwriting loss—making businesses in perhaps a way we might have thought of industrial policy in the past. it is about being a partner for investment in future. there is more money available for the steel industry under our plans for government. but that is about making sure we meet this transition with the private sector together and recognise — i think sharon used the phrase — it is a good example of how we have to make sure that decarbonisation is not deindustrialisation, and we've got to do that together. but there is a better deal for port talbot and the steel industry as a whole, i am sure of that. after labour's landslide on thursday, the conservatives we

tata steel was a job for life.s that? - it's affected everyone, especially dad. - you don't know whether or not he's going to get cut off tomorrow. - everyone from, like, - my family is from the area in port talbot. when i've spoken to some, like, most of my family, i they are quite worriedl about it because, like, they've gone straight - from school, so they have, say, no qualifications afterwards and then it'sjust the fear of, - where can they go from there? it throws everything into the mix. i have to go back, learn new skills and look to see what's out there. wales has always struggled to break out of the kind of low—value parts of that economic ladder, if you like, and steel was one area where we moved into higher value, better—paidjobs. 2,000 jobs, what would that do to the median level of income in a town like port talbot? in port talbot, those 2,000 job losses in an economy of maybe 30,000 people in work, and those very well—paid jobs, make a big difference when you think about those ripple effects. the los

would put up the further i.25 forward, and tata steel would put up the further 1.25 billion for the coming to the end of their life span. there are some safety concerns. also, there were not environmentally efficient. when they do come to an end it means that steel—making capacity in the uk will come to an end. really, it is about jobs. yesterday we heard from the business secretary saying there is a better deal available from tack to steal. he wants to get that. also the priority would bejobs. that is what the first minister will want to hear today. there has been no detail on this, but where will the £2.5 billion be put towards? they said there was that money available for uk steel—making. will that be used in any way? i guess it is really about what security they can get on the jobs, about what security they can get on thejobs, because tack about what security they can get on the jobs, because tack steel so we have to close this blast furnace by september because we are losing £1 million a day. our business editor simonjack was saying that it is unlikely that the government would

he didn�*t quite guarantee jobs, tata steel. he didn�*t quite guaranteejobs, but tata steel.ke of his answers? there is no doubt that labour coming in - make of his answers? there is no doubt that labour coming in and l make of his answers? there is no i doubt that labour coming in and the intent of what they want to do is a good thing. i am glad we have a labour government. i am the leader of a trade union and my main focus isjobs, pay and conditions of a trade union and my main focus is jobs, pay and conditions for workers, so i am going to be a critical friend workers, so i am going to be a criticalfriend or a pain in the proverbial. whichever way they want to take that! it is myjob to make sure the feet are to the fire of this. the problem i have got here is that when investment is spoken about in britain there is neverjobs guarantees attached. the devil will be in the detail. unless there are jobs guarantees attached to the investment, what tax i will do is take the investment, build one electric arc, import green steel for the rest of it and these jobs will walk out the

same with tata steel. these are the early days of my government.support package? look, at the moment, what we're doing is working constructively in relation to grangemouth and tata steel, which is what you would expect. and just final question, the two—child benefit cap that you were clear about in your election campaign, that you will not be able to reverse that decision at the moment as things stand — now that you are in office, can you see yourself as prime minister ruling out changing that position within the next five years within this parliament? are you ruling it out completely? well, it won't come as a surprise to you, given the way i campaigned, that i am not the sort of person that gave one answer to a question before the election, and a different one afterwards. the fiscal position remains as it is, in relation to that particular issue, but we are absolutely determined and will put in place a child poverty strategy. we had one under the last labour government, we will have one under this government, bearing down on the factors that lead

negotiations about the future of the tata steel plant at port talbot in south wales have begun betweenthe company's decision to close the blast furnaces, and switch to greener production, puts nearly 3000 jobs at risk. it's understood any government support would involve somejob guarantees. when we come back, we take a look at a fuel efficient, and more environmentally friendly motorcycle powered by compressed natural gas. a world first. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. you are with business today. we bringing you breaking news in business, that been a decision regarding boeing. it has agreed to plead guilty to a criminalfraud conspiracy charge to resolve a usjustice department investigation linked to two 737 max fatal crashes. us prosecutors recommended that the department ofjustice brings criminal charges against the plane maker. it follows a claim by the do] that boeing had violated a settlement related to the two fatal crashes involving its 737 max aircraft, which killed 346 people. boeing has previously denied violating the deferred prosecution agreement. the

it was all centred around tata steel. those discussions.port talbot —— almost all the jobs will close and no new version still being created here in the uk. that is because investment has been made by the previous government, committed by this new government in tata steel, to build an electric arc furnace in port talbot, recycling old steel to make new ones. what keir starmer and his government are saying is we want to protectjobs as best we can, but we're still waiting to hear how they're going to do that. tomos, behind the _ they're going to do that. tomos, behind the scenes, _ they're going to do that. tomos, behind the scenes, are - they're going to do that. tomos, behind the scenes, are they - they're going to do that. tomos, l behind the scenes, are they likely to have discussed at the no—confidence vote done a few ago, but real question marks about a vaughan gething?— but real question marks about a vaughan gething? throughout the cam aiun, vaughan gething? throughout the campaign. sir— vaughan gething? throughout the campaign, sir k

meanwhile, the tata steel uk ceo rajesh nair said in a statement: for more on this, we can speak now om the unite trade union which represents thousands of steel workers. what do you make of senior business secretarystatement today? yes. what do you make of senior business secretarystatement today? yes, thank ou, and i secretarystatement today? yes, thank you. and i think _ secretarystatement today? yes, thank you, and i think listen _ secretarystatement today? yes, thank you, and i think listen to _ secretarystatement today? yes, thank you, and i think listen to jonathan - you, and i think listen tojonathan this morning, it gives us a real hope that we can save jobs in port talbot and create a future that works notjust talbot and create a future that works not just for tata talbot and create a future that works notjust for tata but talbot and create a future that works not just for tata but for the communities and the workers in port talbot. ~ ., ., , ., ~' communities and the workers in port talbot. ~ ., ., ~ ., . ., talbot. what do you think a change of government _ talbot. what do

injanuary, tata steel said they were closing both blast furnaces this year.ey emit two tonnes of carbon dioxide for every tonne of steel they produce. it is estimated that wales' overall emissions will drop between 15 to 20% when they close. they will be replaced with a green electric arc furnace but they will need a lot fewer people to operate those and there will be 2800 jobs lost from their site. that is also estimated that that figure will be a lot higher, even double that figure because a lot of contractors will lose theirjobs and also companies in the supply chain will also be affected when the blast furnaces close here. affected when the blast furnaces close here-— affected when the blast furnaces close here. . ~' , ., , . netflix's small—screen sensation bridgerton has hooked in millions of viewers since it first aired in december 2020. so much so, netflix claims the "bridgerton universe" has added around £270 million to the uk economy. my colleague ben boulos explains just what's behind the so—called bridgerton effect. dearest gentle reader, the ton

union officials say the first talks with the new government over the future of jobs at tata steel's welshely positive. the comments from unite follow high level talks with business secretary jonathan reynolds. it comes amid concerns about job losses at tata steelworks in port talbot, where around 2800 jobs are currently at risk . a jobs are currently at risk. a study has found that sugar tax imposed on fizzy drinks has led to a significant drop in sugar in people's diets. the tax came into force in april 2018 and was designed to encourage manufacturers to change their ingredients. well, 12 months later, children were found to be consuming nearly five grams less sugar per day, while for adults it was 11g and the build up is beginning for thousands of england fans descending on dortmund today, the squad are facing the netherlands this evening in the second semi—final of euro 2024, manager gareth southgate admitted his team haven't been at their best, but that they have managed to pull through and the winners tonight will take on spain in the euro 2024 final on sunday. those are the latest g

and when vaughan said the last time we spoke was about tata steel he was right, just the other day.pment, our first act was to get in touch with each other within minutes to talk one to one and then to set up a meeting to decide how we would resolve the issue and make sure we did everything possible we could do to save jobs in steel, everything possible we could do to savejobs in steel, to everything possible we could do to save jobs in steel, to save steel here in wales. applause and i were directly contrast that with rishi sunak because when mark drakeford asked for a meeting to talk about tata steel, what did rishi sunak do? he said he was too busy to take a call. that is the difference that a labour victory tomorrow will make. working together, two governments working together, two governments working together to deliver for wales. that's on equitable opportunity across wales that we must take. applause and cani and can i say thank you very much for that really warm welcome? we have been on the road for many, many days now. it's the last day on the road and to walk in here, to h

that is why we want to make sure to put as much confidence and pressure as we can to deal with tata steelk labour. i hope there's time to come back on questions on the health care system in wales with high waiting list. very good night for plaid cymru, doubling the amount of mps. what was that down to? l doubling the amount of mps. what was that down to?— that down to? i think our message has resonated _ that down to? i think our message has resonated with _ that down to? i think our message has resonated with the _ that down to? i think our message has resonated with the people - that down to? i think our message has resonated with the people of l has resonated with the people of wales _ has resonated with the people of wales. we are celebrating with had other— wales. we are celebrating with had other greatest proportion of seats we ever_ other greatest proportion of seats we ever won in a westminster election _ we ever won in a westminster election. 0ur share has gone up. i think— election. 0ur share has gone up. i think that — election. 0ur share has gone up. i think that shows how wha

happening over the last few daysis been happening over the last few days is the negotiations with tata steeltate, intervening to support and maintain british jobs. i think the i think the tories, the last labour government. >> no, i think the last tory government was talking to tata about intervening . i think about intervening. i think they're just carrying on where they're just carrying on where the last the tories left off. >> we're doing it much more effectively and we're going to deliver a result over the next few weeks that will protect thousands of jobs in wales and elsewhere within the uk. but i'm making a broader point that, you know, you you need a government that meets the challenges of the age that you're living in. and i think this labour government, led by keir starmer, is going to be much more interventionist than when tony blair was prime minister. all right. that's a good thing . good thing. >> okay. thank you. we really appreciate your time this morning. loads of you getting in touch. you're incensed by tony blair bursting onto the stage this morning. we'll get to some of t

the new business secretary has said "job guarantees" will form part of the negotiations with steel giant tataof the plant, but said newer technologies would employ fewer people.

steel industry there. we know, that there are well, we are having huge conversations with tata, who owned british, who owned to look at what happens to those jobs. but if you look at that area, if you look at things like what you could do with a port, what you could do with a port, what you could do with floating offshore wind, how you could put a whole raft of different industries. if we get this right into that area, that's what we want to do. so it means bringing people together. it means talking to industry where there is investments that are hard, that are a big risk for industry to make. maybe we can help along the way where there are partnerships where we can bring people together, maybe we can help along the way with great british energy in some cases, we'll be generating some of the energy that we'll need as well. so we'll help in that way. but it's all about creating jobs for people. if you look at the gaps, we already have as well, look at who we're bringing in, you know, from other countries where we're needing to bring in engineers , needing to bring in engineers, welders because we haven't got

steel making. what little there is owned by either tata or volkswagen or other companies .ather of our financial services moving to frankfurt or paris , hopefully frankfurt or paris, hopefully not to paris. >> after all the chaos that they've been suffering . they've been suffering. >> but the reality is that our gdp, after two consecutive quarters of decline , of actually quarters of decline, of actually recession, is finally moving upwards and credit where credit is due, inflation is steady at 2. i'm delighted to say that. and our unemployment is a pretty reasonable level. but the reality is that our gdp growth compared to the global average, which is at least 6, if you actually look at the world bank figures, is actually nothing to shout about . if anything, it's a shout about. if anything, it's a criticism of the rest of europe rather than a pat on the back for good old gb. >> now stephen got a quick 20s here. isn't the reality that every government is talking down the economy because they want to soften us up for tax hikes? >> no, that simply isn't the case. >> there's

steel works has been called off. members of the unite union were due to stage a walk—out at the port talbot site next week, in a dispute with owner tataf wimbledon, and the first matches of the championships have begun. there is still, though, one big unknown. andy murray's fans are waiting anxiously to see if he'll play in this year's tournament, as he recovers from back surgery. if he does, it's likely to be the last time he'll appear at the all england club before retiring. joe wilson has the details. wimbledon is just how you left it, how you remember it. the familiar scenery and andy murray, fighting time to be fit. walking ok, remember him at queens? after this, a cyst was removed from his spine. it had been squashing a nerve, affecting his leg. there's a chance now, he thinks, of playing wimbledon singles, more likely doubles, later. i'm not so concerned about the amount of, like the length of the match and stuff. it's just whether i can feel my leg properly. if i can feel my leg properly i don't care whether it's five sets or three sets, singles or doubles, but that's what i'm just waiting, you know, for the nerve to fully res