just a few weeks later, out went therese coffey and welcome back, steve barclay. of whom was the same person. there is also one bit of data that suggests the impact of covid will remain with all of us for a long time to come. for most of the year, the number of excess deaths recorded in the uk has been well above the five—year average. that means hundreds of extra deaths a week, but less than half are directly linked to the virus. some of those deaths may be because of the very hot weather we had in the summer. and we do have an aging population. but it's also possible that a previous covid infection has left some people more frail. and we also know that the pandemic has left others less healthy. for example, alcohol consumption is up, while physical activity has fallen. early on in the pandemic, many people stayed away from the nhs, and that's led to concerns over undiagnosed conditions like heart disease. and health experts have warned the current pressures on the emergency care system, for example, long waits for ambulances, make it more likely that some patien

therese coffey had the nhs. yes.se coffey had a abcd plan that a much heralded abcd plan that she spelt out, but the reality is rishi sunak starts the year an incredibly difficult partly because of the economic climate that we find ourselves in forecast today that we're going to have the longest deepest recession according to economists making predictions in the financial times. economists making predictions in the financial times . the fact the financial times. the fact that the government simply doesn't have the money we've all got , we've got a doesn't have the money we've all got, we've got a monumental national debt . and the fact that national debt. and the fact that rishi sunak also within his party, has a lot of conservative backbenchers who are a fairly restive mood and quite inclined to rebel about whatever should take fancy. but it's very, very difficult with the strikes because the government all holding firm, their hope that pubuc holding firm, their hope that public support wane, that the people that ar

also in the cabinet from liverpool was ne also in the cabinet was dorries from liverpool and therese coffey mep's like paul mccartney and stephen mcpartland. so despite liverpool being a bastion of socially ism, every mp, you know, everything , those who get know, everything, those who get into tory party got to the top and most of them it was because of derek hatton and how it destroyed liverpool. they thought want to do the opposite. i just thought massive i just thought it massive conservatism. but the ones conservatism. well but the ones of us do break out do well. a friend of mine lived in liverpool for some years, said it was the most small conservative place he'd ever been. conservative place he'd ever been . obviously not in terms of been. obviously not in terms of its it's politics on paper, its if it's politics on paper, but the of social attitudes, the importance of family and the kind of praise independence that these qualities on paper these these qualities on paper he said it was the most small c conservative place he'd ever been on. it used to return more mp than any other ci

therese the environment therese coffey, the environment secretary, reveal secretary, she's going to reveale use plastics plates, trays, plastics such as plates, trays, cutlery, will no longer be cutlery, cups will no longer be permitted here. this is well overdue . well, in a way, i hate overdue. well, in a way, i hate plastic myself when . i first plastic myself when. i first started flying. we used to have proper restaurant meals on planes with knives and forks as we like to have them at home. but this is one of these stories which i think is a distraction from the country's real problems, like the migration crisis, the energy crisis, all the other crises by which we are beset. the other crises by which we are beset . yes, there is a problem beset. yes, there is a problem with plastic in the oceans and so on, but that's a question disposal rather than the plastic itself. and that's where we've been going wrong over this. the eu, of course, was exporting millions of tonnes of plastic that were collected be recycled every year. it was being sent to the far east, it was being dumped in, the