and people think by the way i think most people right the tory party has won by people who basically don't care about people like me but that's what most people would country have thought about 20 policy for decades i know a lot tory m.p.'s i'm sad to say the public is basically correct than drew who is that so our international viewers that's dominant cummings who didn't like the blue skies think of the man who got breaks it down for boris johnson to run lead with bird johnson and michael gave his friendship actually is much deeper with mike who gave because. many years brought my could go through is going to have a huge role in an enhanced business to power and i think a lot of you don't realize what tommy comes he's never been a member of the tory party he's never been member of any political party and the reason a lot of mates in the tory party he was brought into government just to get briggs it done his latest big target is now going to be defense became it because it's a basket case and has been for decades but that is typical personal think he will turn the civil service upsi

party he's never been member of any political party and the reason a lot of mates in the tory party he was brought into government just to get briggs it done he's latest big target is now going to be defense because because it's a basket case and has been to decades but that is typical personal thing he will turn the civil service upside down and he will turn the tory party upside down well i'm sure no one from ministry of defense will deny what he said about procurement but vince you agree with cummings but yes and i think you know we have this caricature of tories as being right reese mark right but he is totally untypical i'm actually i mean one of the relieved regard way the labor party of underestimated the tories is the fact that the present since a factor with margaret thatcher john major now or they have really consciously tried to become more populist and engage with you know what you might call the right wing working class suburban you worked with him i do not go along to see him coming as an arch i mean obviously john what he said about people's attitudes as to what torie

you're mostly right, the tories are in deep peril, only borisjohnson can the tories are in deep perilries are in deep peril, only borisjohnson can save us. the tories are in deep peril, only boris johnson can save us. peril is a better newspaper word. finally, rishi sunak has a collection of what? star trek * chips, or star wars lego figures and light sabres? probably star trek. i've seen a picture of him with sajid javid outside the star wars poster. let's hear the writ, or answer from rishi sunak himself. arrived on the midnight showings of the movies, i've read all the books, i have lots of stuff at home. toys, light sabres, legos — i also have young children as well, so there's a dual purpose for all these things. laughter. you know borisjohnson had a lightsaber on his desk in the old commons office. we did an interview and before the camera was rolling, it wasn't on it, he picked it up and was swishing it around. i think this was swishing it around. i think this was when he was mayor of london,... maybe that's what he will do now, running around the corridor. it's like the episod

and the tories are thinking if we can show up tories are thinking if we can show up the so—called reda lock on the majority for the next 20, 30 years. that is extremely worrying, but it does make sense in terms of the future of the tory party securing these new seat they have one. the way that property and the most expensive property is taxed at the moment isn't getting the most revenue out of it. there was a fantastic story, i was fascinated by it last year, in which aus fascinated by it last year, in which a us hedge funder had a £2 million property in new york for which he was paying £300,000 council tax, the equivalent of a year. he also had £2 million worth of mega— mansions in london and was paying £3000 in council tax. there is a disparity in global cities and in london, people could be paying more. the sunday telegraph, eu's fishing demands could crash exit talks. a small proportion of our economy these days is the fishing industry, but hugely important to those communities who rely upon it? absolutely and we should not underestimate that. it is something between one and 3% of

the radar hs two, high—speed rail to commit many tories hate because it would go through their backyardy bus i'm ploughing through the country. if you are explaining to your constituents just say you will be leveling up their bus services and don't think of that. this is the compromising of the payment is the majority so we can spend it. is it going to work? no. it's a very nice picture that he paints, but certainly not as simple as that, and hs two has been this millstone around consecutive tory prime minister is next. it's got to the point where it almost became politically impossible for poor shots and not to continue with it. his whole spiel during the general election was about leveling up as you say, he is trying to be a tory prime minister the whole country, especially for the north midlands and some places which voted for the first time. he cannot then go and cancel a plan for a train line. it's a kind of weird proposal because it's kind of disliked by lots of people on all sides of political areas, for different reasons it unites a strange coalition of people. the weight that t

those new tory mps who woi'i oppose it.red while, it isn't so read any more, it is quite blue —— red wall. the prime minister did mention this in the commons today and he did talk about the way local communities are at the centre of this and how they are affected, you know, the green groups as well — they have a lot of strong cases to make just because they have angered so make just because they have angered so many local residents. it is going to be affecting them and not benefiting them at the same time. to be affecting them and not benefiting them at the same timem is politically savvy to pacify those people by promising investment into other transport networks in the north, which won't benefit from hs2. so he is investigating £5 billion into city links up north. but it's just more money. in the air and places like chatham and amersham and other seeds that are directly affected —— other seats, warwickshire and others, they are going to stay voting tory anyway. it's not going to be enough to change their political allegia

that you can't choose between them, between labour, tory, liberal.orward a genuine alternative to see whether people liked the alternative. that's democracy, that's a good thing. asjohn ashworth, a shadow minister revealed in a leaked phone call, he couldn't selljeremy corbyn on the doorsteps. people didn't like him. he said the situation was dire. of course it was. jeremy became toxic in many of our working areas because they perceived that he betrayed them on brexit. we've talked plenty about brexit, i want to touch on other issues. do you now regret, with the benefit of hindsight, the way you dismissed claims that emerged years ago of anti—semitism in the labour party. i never dismissed that. you once described it as mood music and that it was being peddled by people out to undermine jeremy corbyn. it definitely was. you think it was used as a stick to beat corbyn with. first of all, the use of the terminology mood music, was something i would not do again. if that caused offence, i'm sorry. it certainly did. what i was trying to point out was tha

if the tories have lost five more seats, would have lost five more seats, would have had jeremy corbyny labour government yes but in terms of underperforming. let me make this clear, 2017 and indeed 2019, jeremy corbyn had more votes for labour in england than it tony blairdid. votes for labour in england than it tony blair did. but let's talk about the disaster that was the december election of 2019. it was very evident that as we drifted more and more towards a remain party, that in oui’ more towards a remain party, that in our heartlands, there was a feeling of betrayal. there is no doubt about that. some of us tried to point that out and unfortunately, when i was a policy that resulted in the type of defeats that we have seen. when you say betrayal, you're tying it to brexit. maybe the betrayal is much bigger than that. working—class people feel betrayed by the labour party is a movement because it no longer speaks to them. let me quote to you extensive research done by lord ashcroft, he normally poles for the tory party but has just released a report. diagnosis of defeat, labour's

ambassador has made clear the stress of a tory-trump trade deal, winning prices could soar. this would see increased pressure on front-line services. it is clear than ever that this prime minister is a threat to our nhs. snp will present our nhs protection bill to remove the very real threat of tory privatization. while the prime minister commit right now to supporting our legislation? speaker, i think it is very odd he should denounce his country's wish to have trade deal. -- trade deals around the world. their plan is to try to rejoin the european union and have a different currency whose name they have yet to identify. perhaps they can elucidate. and just after this country has taken back control of its outstanding arena wealth, to hand it back to brussels. that is their policy. i really think they should concentrate on doing a better job for the people of scotland. >> a strong society needs strong families. it went on to say that we will families. while the prime minister -- to the it so that children's services reform? >> i think my honorable friend. that is why we have

six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anywhere else in the world that would do that. officials working on boris johnson's pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are underway for england verses scotland in the six nations in 45 minutes. and in half an hour the victoria derbyshire programme speaks to a group of former jehovah's witnesses, who are suing the group over historical sexual abuse they say they suffered. reports from thailand say an armed soldier has killed twenty people, north—east of the capital bangkok. more than a dozen others have been injured. ina in a situation described by the authorities as ongoing. the gunman is said to be holed up in a shopping mall in

six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anywhere else in the world that would do that. officials working on borisjohnson‘s pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are under way for the england—scotland and ireland—wales matches in the six nations this afternoon. and, in half an hour, click is in los angeles for the oscars, looking at technology and the movies. five britons have tested positive for coronavirus in france. the four adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus in the french alps. the newly—infected people were among a group of 11 people who had been staying in the same chalet in the les contamines montjoie ski resort in the region of savoie in eastern fran

i am extremely baffled by all this, did anyone who voted tory either as a long—standing tory voter orthat was necessarily mentioned. also, if there is some issue about the bbc serving only the elite and representing ion minority from islington, would not be what —— on the older richer people wanted pay the subscription fee would be entitled to enjoy what the bbc has to offer, ijust wonder whether there is enough a lot of focus on this, what about coronavirus? and all canes of other issues that we really do care about? the prime minister gives a list in the cabinet cabinet meeting where he got them to repeat i suspect he noticed the ones who were a bit unsure on the numbers of new hospitals, new police officers and so on. you can tell her he was educated, learning stuff off by rote. like latin verbs. we will end by mentioning katejust briefly. a slightly more optimistic take on the struggles of mental illness? this is a segway in a way back to caroline flack because their expanse look at and —— —— expensively, that you can take duchess of cambridge exit stage right, there is a feeling

the tees valley mayor, himself a tory, knows there's pressure to deliver.gy. the government has put money into the project but there is a very long way to go. we can't have that sat on our horizon for the next five, ten, 15 years, with that ghost looking over our shoulder of what used to be. we need to move forward, we need more investment, and we need government now to step up to the mark. they made a lot of promises during the election, we've got a lot more conservative mps in the region, and the local people are now saying, "well, here's your opportunity, you either deliver, or you're probably going to be out on your ear in the next five years." nicky knows first—hand how the right support can turn things around. he was a steelworker. when he lost hisjob, he got a government grant and used it to start a boxing business. he is hopeful of such opportunity for others. some people seem to think they've been forgotten about down this neck of the woods. do you get the sense that things are changing? i hope so. i think the way the election went, i think what pe

a group of senior conservatives have written to tory mps raising concerns aboute the government's decisiongive the chinese firm, huawei, a role in the uk's 56 network. the government says the decision was taken following a "rigorous" review and huawei's involvement in 56 would be limited. here's our political correspondent matt cole. matt, what impact will this letter have? look, it's highly unlikely this intervention will change boris johnson's approach to this, but it does comejust a johnson's approach to this, but it does come just a day after the us vice president, mike pence, repeated the fact that he is profoundly disappointed with the government's decision to go with huawei and when asked by the us broadcast if it could affect the uk— us trade deal, he simply said, "we'll see". it is a live issue. the likes of sir iain duncan smith and david davis, who signed this letter with others, asking mps to help come up with ideas. it is a complex problem. they consist huawei is simply too close to the chinese government and what they call only trusted vendors to be involved. at the very leas

when i was the tory chairman, ro went to the an parliament.e had tory mp's there, but the big debatesl never determined it was all decided by committees. christian:ai when he why can you be a better european? he was reflecting on wha charles de gaulle said, that we don't hit in the club, and we never really did. charles de gaulle.o quote he did not believe that a country like o who traveled all over the world, are interested in a narrow waterways of europe. we are not a continental country , didn't have a continental approach. that is why charles de gaulle said no in 1963. there was a wonderful cartoon. driving up to e barrier, and the barrier was de gaulle's big nose. i moved, as it were, in politics. christian: as did margaret thatcher. >> yes, in the earlyryays, she was ro-european market. she lost her confidence as well. she felt the bureaucrats were running the show. >> s felt that britain was not ,etting a good deal out of france was >> where we paid less. they resented that. she was moving that way. the wonderful three no's that she sai

if they were a tory rebellion?us one because there is boris johnson's strength at the moment. he has just won an election with a majority of 80. even if the six who joined this letter —— wrote this letter we re joined this letter —— wrote this letter were joined by others who have expressed concern, well—known opponents. rather, the line which has been used about not wanting the fox ina has been used about not wanting the fox in a checking coop, not wanting the dragon in the nest —— fox in the chicken coop. as things stand there are other countries using other technology. ericsson, nokia, being used in france. 0ne technology. ericsson, nokia, being used in france. one of the issues with the british nick why is it already has huawei very much in the ag already has huawei very much in the 4g network and the concern is to roll back to go forward it would be too expensive, take too long and that the country back. iain duncan smith has suggest it won't take that long. it is possible in a year or two. as things stand the

his own former tory minister said we should have clear actions. an agreed plan.nd a road map for the year of action. but we do not. so why is the prime minister failing so spectacularly to measure up to the scale of the climate crisis that this country and indeed this planet is facing? this is beyond satire. this is the first country, the first major economy in the world to have set a target of carbon neutral by 2050. something else that his ex—minister said — the prime minister promised to lead from the front and guaranteed there would be money and people. but these promises are not close to being met. what on earth could she have been talking about? as so often i'm not entirely sure what the right honourable gentleman is talking about. we have cut co2 emissions in this country since 2010 on 1990 levels by 42%. 4296. that is an astonishing achievement and at the same time, the economy has grown by 73%. thanks to free market dynamic one—nation conservatism. that is our approach. what is his? his former minister said... my advice... well, you might not like it but

do you have any tory friends?of course he did. i think i probably have some tory friends. particularly members of my husband's family. but i have never kissed a tory in that way. that would be true to say. making it to the top job right now seems unlikely. but emily thornberry has rarely gone down without a fight. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. sir tom stoppard, the veteran playwright behind hits such as "rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead" and "arcadia", has a new work called leopoldstadt, which has premiered in london. it follows an austrian jewish family during the first half of the 20th century. he talked to our arts editor, will gompertz, about the play and his roots, bothjewish and british. in his 60—year—plus career, the playwright tom stoppard has explored many a topic. it was philosophy injumpers... to begin at the beginning is god. ..quantum physics in hapgood... an isotope solution, if i open the case, i give a geiger reading. i love you. ..and a troubled marriage in the real thing. so you'll forgive me

working again in his place, a rising star in tory circles. are you expecting a promotion?o soar.l pleasure to be part of the government. but has number 11 become an annex of the prime minister? the start of the day had followed a more predictable script. while workmen we re predictable script. while workmen were shuffling an actual cabinet, the prime minister was there to do the prime minister was there to do the firings before the hirings. andrea leadsom tight—lipped after she lost a cabinet seat she had held for years. like one slipped in the early to be booted out from housing. julian smith was axed. my position is up to the prime minister. we shall enjoy that nice weather that we have today. jacob rees-mogg hang on as leader of the highs along with plenty of other serving ministers. the northumberland mp and former defence minister became the pulse of the department for international development. the new culture secretary had been at the cabinet 0ffice. six entrants to the cabinet got newjobs but the neighbourly travel between numbers ten and 11 is the biggest headline

territory yes of the liberal coalition with the with the tories when they cut nurse training by 10000 a year for 3 yes that's why we're in the difficulty we're in with you know a 100000 people short in the health service and the whole services straining at the edges because of the cuts they made their territory was a big big mistake and we should not have forgotten the keynesian approach to economics which i was able as johnson seems to be employing now ok well just finally corruption is also been associated by the detractors in the mainstream media with the labor party whether we will soon is raincoats whether it be tony blair's cigarettes and the gambling obsession by gordon brown of putting. betting shops on every high street wish the tories i think of curved a little what would care how would he say today about the labor party. well of course the interesting thing is that the town didn't things that hard it was after. minimum wage. and all the other things that stood for blair tony blair actually implemented with one exception he hardly wanted to ban drinkers well and tony didn't

this afternoon, any chance protection to remove the threat of tory privatization. will the prime minister commit right now to support the legislation? >> it is very odd he should deny the country's wish to have trade deals around the world when as i understand it their proposal is to try to rejoin the european union and have a different currency whose name they have yet to identify to have a border and just after the country has taken control of its outstanding marine wealth to have it back to brussels. that is their policy. they should concentrate on doing a better job. >> a strong society needs strong families as our manifesto said and we will champion vulnerable families. will the prime minister prioritize family homes and insure family hubs are linked to the earlier strategies to the troubled families program and children services reform? >> that is why we have given another $165 million to extend the troubled family program this year. >> thank you, mister speaker. in the past few years violent crime has risen 152%. in the past two weeks my constituency two peo

do you have any tory friends?ink i probably have some tory friends. particularly members of my husband's family. but i have never kissed a tory in that way. that would be true to say. making it to the top job right now seems unlikely. but emily thornberry has rarely gone down without a fight. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. prince william is hoping mental health will be the talk of the football terraces this weekend. the heads up campaign he leads uses football as a way of getting people to talk though some of the challenges. every football tea m from premier league to the fa women's national league will get involved. sarah campbell reports. three and a half minutes left! the competition was intense. it's going to go in! with the duke's team taking an early lead. after six minutes of play, the final score... cheering. 4-2. despite the opposition‘s call for var, it was a royal victory. there was, of course, a serious message from today's event. across two weekends this month, the focus in football grounds across the co

even though it is, and the point is even though it is very unpopular and lots of trueblue southern toryit, but it doesn't really matter now because he has won the election. he knows this is controversial, since why he is trying to sugarcoat it with nice stuff about buses. basically with hsz, what many viewers will know is the reason why it is so controversial, toxic in tory circles, is the rate of money spent oi'i circles, is the rate of money spent on it. £105 billion is the latest figure. in estimates, the most expensive railway in the world in modern history, practically. and at the same time critics say all of this isjust to the same time critics say all of this is just to save 20 the same time critics say all of this isjust to save 20 minutes of the london— birmingham route, really now? support as it is much more necessary because it does so much more than that —— borders. it increases capacity and is the necessary groundwork for hs3 or the next big thing. if you don't do it now, the costs will increase all the more. so bearing down on management to show he is putting them under th

six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allowuawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anyone else anywhere else in the world that would do that. gusts of 63 miles per hour in stornoway as the met office issues severe weather warnings for tomorrow as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. england reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. full details in sportsday in half an hour. a soldier in thailand has gone on the rampage — shooting dead at least 20 people. reports are that 31 people have been injured with ten being treated in hospital. the gunman is believed to now be holed up in a shopping mall in the city of korat. the sergeant major began his attack by killing his commanding officer at an army barracks before stealing guns, ammunition and a military vehicle. he opened fire at a buddhist temple and later at the shopping centre — where police continue to hunt him. the thai ministry of defence says, the a

he setting out a message presumably to the north where the tories picked up so the north where the toriesm labour to say this is not about looking after london and to the southeast as has a lwa ys london and to the southeast as has always been the case, this is actually coming you know taxing the people who can afford it but it's not going to go down very well with the tories in southeast london. this is what they are saying finally enough. and we are ceu fishing demand could crash exit talks. fishing a very hot topic. it is, and in terms of what fishing gives to the economy of this country it is incredibly important. we are an island nation. we are emotionally bound to the sea. and everything that comes out of the sea. and the people who go out risking their lives to get fish. even though most of the fish we eat is important and most of the fish we catch is exported. but it is hugely significant and in a way very totemic for the eu and because there's an argument that will be joined to the common market as it was all those years ago we basically betrayed written's fishermen in order to d

a lot o talk in the tory -- folk and tory party and downing street w are unhappyh the way that some judgesver in the brexit process made what the saw, with the people in number party saw as politicalhe tory statements. if you think about article 50 being triggered. that went through the courts. when boris johnson tried to pa up parliament and send everybody home for a few weeks, but was blocked by the courts. there is the feeling in number 10 that that relationship needs to be reset. exactly what that means is a very delicate question. and there are many in government who are worried that ministers ght try to go too far. i don't think you are about to y see politicapointed judges. that is something number 10 is reluctant to do. there are changes coming itfaill binating to see how far they go. ros: thank you very much indeed. plenty more detail on all the shenanigans in westminster today by the bbc news website. nasa says it has uncovered evidence which could get rid of the big bang theory. it has said that the universe begun much more gently. ♪ ros: president trump is saying he does not mi

what was mentioned about it in the tory ma nifesto ? mentioned about it in the tory manifesto? but they didn't have a plan. when boris johnson came in, he said he had a plan for social care and was going to tell us what it was. he then went on to admit that he had no plan. they ran away from the issue in the election campaign because of course during theresa may's ill—fated campaign, the dementia tax went back to bite —— came back to bite her. hence we have no idea what the government really wants to do on social care and then the premise admits it was going to be five years before any thing was in place. i feel sorry for the dementia patients being empty in hospitals. i think it is 900,000 people who have lost social care over the last decade, free social care, they used to receive some. there is really no reason to think things are going to improve anytime soon. the question is what are they going to do with this extra money? my speculation, i mean, we don't know, we can only speculate, you don't know and i don't know. it could well be that especially thinking of the story, t

send it somewhere is working out for the daily telegraph, the tory party, and the press. way, you need? and lila bp wallace can't say let's get it out there now. or it would be the poorest side saying let's prepare the ground. i find it a bit strange that he cancelled going to the conference and meeting. this is a conference where a lot of the leaders are calling from not just defence ministers. nikon. pompeo is going. who's going to be sent. if you go they are not going to be sacked. i find it interesting from boris point if you cannot base to this article, is ann—marie, the armed forces minister, the estate the secretary she is a hot tip to the secretary she is a hot tip to the job. she is the secretary she is a hot tip to thejob. she is a the secretary she is a hot tip to the job. she is a child of canton, passionate brexit, but she also comes from the north. they let northern. she has no what i call service pedigree. that she need one? i was service pedigree. that she need one? iwasa service pedigree. that she need one? i was a business one as chase minister. i quite

and join the tories.most 90 minutes and i finally got to you. my name is selma and i grassroots activist from edinburgh andl grassroots activist from edinburgh and i am very respectful and i've never felt so excluded from a debate asi never felt so excluded from a debate as i have heard today. i appreciate the range of topics discussed, but when you talk about our country, you have not once touched upon the elephant in the room which is the continuing failure of labour in scotland. it has nothing to do with the nationalist party. there isn't one. it is the scottish national party. i don't know what relevance you think this has had to wales and northern ireland, and we do not blame our government when things go wrong. for the past ten years plus we have voted in a majority, pro—independence party. we have voted in a majority, pro-independence party. what is your point? my point is that the labour party in scotland is now an irrelevance. you started off with a union man and the unison party, graham smith, h

and to the leader of the house until late some of the time when there was really no will within the tory party. to move that on and when we'd only given children the same rights as adults something that's normal across decent countries across the world but let's deal with the procedure 1st i'm in for people watching around the world so here was a bill on a friday which most m.p.'s of already shuttled back to their constituencies was was carried of a commanding majority usually you know a large number of m.p.'s attending but even with the parliamentary assent of government to the black arts of god that put certain procedure of knowledge to bog down in the house of commons and the total that make you feel was very well some honest and it really was difficult because i'd met some of the young refugees in question who had hoped at the 2nd reading stage that meant perhaps if he says that may not be taking a dangerous journey through the sahara could just fly here in safety if you go with people traffickers to the sahara particularly as a woman well we don't need to spell it graphically what m

six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anywhere else that would do that. officials working on boris johnson's pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. ireland take on wales in the six nations this afternoon, kick off is in 15 minutes. and in half an hour, talking movies reports from hollywood, previewing the 92nd annual academy awards. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. five british people — including a child — have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus while on holiday in the french alps. they were all staying in the same chalet in a ski resort in the savoir region. elsewhere, a british family are in hospital in majorca as a precaution, after they reportedly came in to contact with

the tees valley mayor, himself a tory, knows there‘s pressure to deliver.of what used to be. we need to move forward, we need more investment, and we need government now to step up to the mark. they made a lot of promises during the election, we‘ve got a lot more conservative mps in the region, and the local people are now saying, "well, here‘s your opportunity, you either deliver, or you‘re probably going to be out on your ear in the next five years." nicky knows first—hand how the right support can turn things around. he was a steelworker. when he lost hisjob, he got a government grant and used it to start a boxing business. he‘s hopeful of such opportunity for others. some people seem to think they‘ve been forgotten about down this neck of the woods. do you get the sense that things are changing? i hope so. i think the way the election went, i think what people want is to see a bit of change. but the people here have heard promises in the past. this community will stay sceptical until things look very different. alex forsyth, bbc news, redcar. vulnerable

said the un repertoire for liberals to said the poverty chosen by the coalition to build democratic tory party was a political decision so bad is the inequality and wages have not kept up to that level since the napoleonic wars it means nothing broadband to someone who can't feed their family and needs a food bank to to eat tonight well no but we've got to look to the future and also learn from the past i mean the territory yes of the liberal coalition with the with the tories when they cut nurse training by 10000 a year for 3 years that's why we're in the difficulty we're in with you know a 100. 1000 people short in the health service where the whole services straining at the edges because of the cuts they made their territory was a big big mistake and we should not the forgotten the keynesian approach to economics which i was a bar's johnson seems to be employing now ok well just finally corruption is also being associated by the detractors in the mainstream media with the labor party whether we will soon is raincoats whether it be tony blair's cigarettes and the gambling obsession by

so, walking in in his place, a rising star in tory circles. were you expecting a promotion today?tipped as on the way up. i've absolutely no idea... rishi sunak unaware first thing this morning just how high he was about to soar. a pleasure to be a part of the government. emerging as the brand—new chancellor. has number 11 become an annex of the prime minister? number 10a? will you have any power if number ten's in charge, chancellor? the start of the day had followed a more predictable script. while workmen were shuffling an actual cabinet around parliament, the prime minister was there to do the firings before the hirings. andrea leadsom tight—lipped after she lost a cabinet seat she had held for years. mr mcveigh slipped in early to be booted out from housing. julian smith, who got the government in northern ireland back up and running, was axed. i think my position is up to the prime minister. it is his... his call. we shall enjoy the nice weather we have today. jacob rees—mogg and his chalk stripes hung on as leader of the house, along with plenty of other serving ministers.

‘ do you have any tory friends?riends. particularly members of my husband‘s family. but i‘ve never kissed a tory in that way. that would be true to say. making it to the top job right now seems unlikely. but emily thornberry has rarely gone down without a fight. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the papers are coming up in a moment. now it‘s time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. if you‘re making travel plans for this we go next week, it‘s worth staying with me until the end of the long—range forecast because there is some stormy weather on the horizon. in the shorter term, what we have is the calm before the storm. high pressure in charge of the scene throughout thursday. the airaround high the scene throughout thursday. the air around high pressure moving in this clockwise direction. so that will always allows to pull quite a lot of cloud in. where you are closest to the centre of the high, we have late winds. fog could linger for quite a time on thursday morning, some of that quite dense. that fog tends to li

is that because they are ideologically wedded to the free market, or is it because the tory party isthe billionaires and the private corporations? mr speaker, the only fundamentalist i see is sitting on the benches dead ahead. this government is committed to reforming and improving the probation service by creating a truly national framework. i make no apology at all for wanting to harness the ability of small organisations and charities who specialise in rehabilitation, working together with our national probation service. we're not ideological, he is! the justice secretary, robert buckland. labour has accused the government of failing to do enough to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. the government has maintained ministers have done a lot to "squeeze the tax gap". opening a labour—led debate, the shadow chancellor said the gap between what should be paid in tax and what is actually is paid could be as high as £90 billion. and he pointed a finger at the international tech giants. who is not paying? it's the rich corporations and in particular it's the multinationals will solicit in

six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. this is not about money any longer. yes, of course you want to have a system that works and not to pay too much, but the truth is, security, the protection of the uk, is the absolute number one priority for any government. officials working on borisjohnson‘s pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are under way for the england—scotland and ireland—wales matches in the six nations this afternoon. and, in half an hour, we'll have an in—depth look at the week's headlines in dateline. you five britons have tested positive for coronavirus in france. the four adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus in the french alps. one of the adults had recently returned from singapore. the newly—infected people were among a group of 11 peopl

economy, tori, welcome. these headlines grabbed investors' attention worldwide what do they say to you? >> it seems like part of the negotiation post-phase one deal. the trump administration announced they would be reducing some tariffs by half and that will go into effect valentine's day. it seems to be part of that natural business we'll see further in the coming weeks how china will fully implement this phase one agreement. >> tori, china hasn't exactly volunteered tariff cuts. they've been hard fought by the u.s. to win. why does it suddenly seem like they're popping up and saying hey, look what we're putting on the table? is it coming from a weakness is that coronavirus related? >> oh, no. it's important to make clear that these are not tariff cuts from the baseline tariffs but a partial rollback of retaliatory tariffs. the united states did a partial rollback of its tariffs that it imposed on china and china did a partial rollback of retaliation. this is not an improvement of the status quo it's just r

minister wants to replace a series of senior civil servants over claims that they are at odds with tory ministers and advisers. the daily mail raises questions about prince andrew's alibi for the night he is alleged to have had sex with virginia roberts, claims the prince has strongly denied. and the express goes with a downing street warning ahead of trade talks with the european union. number ten says that the eu appears distracted, divided, and not focussed on trade issues. the sunday mirror says police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have quizzed a british barmaid about her german ex—boyfriend. and the sunday times says house of lords spending is out of control, reporting that peers paid themselves almost one third more last year, and the house of lords set to swell to its largest in two decades. well, let's get straight into those stories with lucy and martin. let's start with the sunday telegraph, which has the headline top civil serva nts which has the headline top civil servants on tories‘ hit list. i suppose the clue in the job titles is that these are meant

the tories ran their campaign on protecting the nhs and saving the nhs, and now they've realised theyhis is a shake up clearly coming from dominic cummings, he wants to change the law to allow the government to interfere more with the health service because he feels it is health service bosses particularly, simon stephens, who is holding back reform. he may be right that a shakeup is necessary. what they're not talking about and what they're not talking about and what they should be talking about is they ask the nhs to do more than we ever done, people are living longer, wonderful, but they are living longer with more long—term health conditions, which are very expensive, and this is not what the nhs was designed to do and until any government can have an honest conversation with the public about what we want our health service to be and what we are prepared to pay for it, this managerial shuffling of pieces around the board isn't going to fix anything. you mentioned dominic cummings, we were saying earlier the interesting line in the third paragraph is he believes present law gives s