mps are coming back to westminster _ this. mps are coming back to westminster today _ this., with no dodgy zoom links coming all the mps will be there and that means the atmosphere is going to be heightened and one conservative backbencher said to me it is already pretty for braille before anyone has even got here to westminster. what we are expecting is two big things, the first is this extra £5.5 billion for the nhs this financial year for the second half of this year. and that is to help the health service get through the winter to deal with covid. and also, to help deal with the backlog of people who missed out on other treatment because of the pandemic. and that is the kind of less controversial starter, if you like. then as soon as tomorrow potentially, we could get the more controversial main course, which is the government's proposals for reforming adult social care in england. and we think the centrepiece of that will be reviving this idea of a cap on the total amount an individual can be liable for their care costs over their lifetime, which will protect people fro

and the snp ministers _ the mps in westminster and the snp ministers who will have the extra 1.1 ministersill have the extra i~i billion in — ministers who will have the extra 1.1 billion in their budget in terms of the _ 1.1 billion in their budget in terms of the tone — 1.1 billion in their budget in terms of the tone and fury of the criticism _ of the tone and fury of the criticism at the moment. it�*s of the tone and fury of the criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting — criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting contrast. _ criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting contrast. in _ criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting contrast. in terms - criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting contrast. in terms of. criticism at the moment. it's a very interesting contrast. in terms of - l interesting contrast. in terms of — i want to pick up on something you said, which is a theme in a number of these articles, and that is that a lot of this almost exclusively is about funding and the money. but there isn't any detail on that oven ready plan the minister said

we'll be looking ahead at the options for the prime minister as mps return to westminster.o on the programme... the taliban claims control of panjshir valley — the last part of afghanistan to resist them but rebel forces say they're still there. back to school for millions more children in england, wales and northern ireland. but will it spark a rise in covid cases? making eye contact for the first time, the conjoined twins separated after rare surgery. wickets fall at the oval as england chase a big total to try and secure victory against india. coming up in sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel... chaos in brazil as last night's world cup qualifier against argentina is abandoned. health officials confronting uk—based players on the pitch over covid breaches. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. mps return to westminster this afternoon following the summer break, with the funding of social care and the nhs at the top of the agenda. some tory mps have expressed anger at reports of an increase in national insurance contributions to help fund social ca

so let's look at the 2 main, westminster opposition parties. you, cale position parties, column not been labor, scarce, stomach, serious, politician knew the thought and see these times he would prosper. but that doesn't seem to be the case was one of the democrats looked like dead. the doors or perhaps products, but both labor and the little one violated success is over the summer as the sun life at the end of the tunnel for for labor little democrats. well, mister shaw was to cast off the truck is clearly a very clever lawyer. unlike all clever lawyers, he's very good asking questions about detail. he often pettis the prime minister. prime minister questions. however, of course more clever lawyers do is to take a brief that somebody else has written, and then prosecuted by the leader of a political party. his job is to write that own brief and to present and to advocate for it and persuaded its match. i think we're still waiting to see why the success storm has the ability to develop his own brief and basically to persuade people to give them

so john comes tumbling to the state of westminster parties. look at live political parties and tell me if you are bought us johnson this note you'd be pretty comfortable with an opinion poll leave well into this tab of parliament, county is fee up to say things are going. all right. i think there is no job. the bars johnson's position pretty was certainly real. and most of his previous previous prime minister who was enjoying us anything like a story position as one of the boys, johnson county, georgia because i was on average, you're around 6 or 6 will so points of labor in the balls, but you have to be why we all watch nitty 2 and a half years needed to turn our prime minister. right? so the most part, usually by the time, again, remember, i don't know which is behind your positioning. polls enter that extensively as far as johnson is in a rest, stop, desertion. during the drive, despite the fact that it costs the pandemic, at least until the vaccine road was not handled particularly well by the government . and the u. k. has suffered a rela

so john comes tumbling to the state of westminster passes, look at the political parties and tell me if you are bought us johnson this note you'd be pretty comfortable with an opinion poll, leave well into this tab of parliament, county is out and say things are going all right, i think there is no job it's bars. johnston's position pretty was $75.00 and my previous previous prime minister, who was enjoying us anything like a store position by johnson county, georgia because every, on average you're around 6 or $76.00 will so points and labor in the balls, but you had to be why we all watch nearly 2 and a half years needed to just turn the black stuff as prime minister. right? so the most usually by the time begins, remember, which is behind your position, polls under that extended least boys, johnson is in a rush, me strong position during the drive, despite the fact that it cross the pandemic, at least until the vaccine was not handled particularly well. by the government and has suffered a relative morbidity and mortality, followed by i think the few people would argue no bars. jo

he is now on the loose in the bbc westminster newsroom studio.re, in the bbc westminster building. he has just sat down and take in his mask off, and here is chris! thank goodness, i was nearly out of words for the first time in my life. hello! how nice to see you. that must be me getting a promotion in this reshuffle. i've just thrown the key in the thames. after that sophisticated ending to our television programme and podcast, ithink that is certainly enough from me, don't know about you two? we will call it a day, i think. goodbye. good evening. with low pressure sitting across the uk today, it has been a showery picture. there have been sunny spells between the showers as we saw in suffolk earlier in the day, but we've also seen a lot of lively showers through the second half of the afternoon across the eastern half of england. the weekend, though, will bring fewer showers for many of us with some sunny spells, but it'll feel fresher. and the reason? the low pressure that's been bringing those showers yesterday and today that's sitting acros

westminster will use all that damage that they have inflicted as an argument for yet more westminsterr levels of poverty, they have lower levels of poverty, they have higher productivity, which drives better living standards. all of them recovered betterfrom drives better living standards. all of them recovered better from the financial crash of 2008. they have stronger public finances as a proportion of pre—return of wagers, like all of higher pensions. and of course, they all get the governments they vote for. in measure after measure after measure, the evidence is overwhelming and conclusive. independence works. it works for denmark, ireland, austria, norway, finland, and for so many others besides. these are disparate countries with different resources and economies but independence works for all of them. with all our resources and talents, independence will work for scotland too. it is up to us to show the people of scotland how. the scottish government is no restarting work to make sure that the choice about our countries future is a fully informed one. no one, no one is saying

peter, in westminster, good to talk to you- _ reality. peter, in westminster, good to talk to you.ghani, has apologised for the taliban takeover in his country. he's issued a statement saying his abrupt departure was the only way to save lives. he says that he left on the advice of palace security because he was told that remaining in kabul risked setting off what he called "the same horrific street—to—street fighting the city had suffered during the civil war of the 1990s." he also addresses claims he "fled with millions of dollars belonging to the afghan people", calling them "completely and categorically false". and he apologises to the afghan people that he, as he puts it, "could not make it end differently". here's our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye. today, giving reasons for why he decided to leave in the manner that he did on the 15th of august. he says that he was told that there would be "horrific street—to—street fighting , " as he puts it, if he had chosen to stay, and he wanted to save kabul, a city of 6 million people. as you said, he also rejects allegations

i westminster. jason. thank you. businesses _ westminster. jason. thank you.y we are taking the exceptional measures we are, and they are framed to deal with the interlinked problems of pressures on the nhs. greatly accentuated by delayed discharges, and alleviating that problem of delayed dischargings, finally a fundamental attempt to grip the issue of social care, so i hope that you know, finds, i think it is totally the right thing to do, and on your point about the, the economy, and you know, whether this will take the air out of the tyres, the wind out of the sails of the recovery we are seeing i don't think so, but i am, perhaps i will ask rishi to say more about that. jason, because of the _ rishi to say more about that. jason, because of the way _ rishi to say more about that. jason, because of the way we _ rishi to say more about that. jason, because of the way we have - rishi to say more about that. jason, because of the way we have done i because of the way we have done things— because of the way we have done things in— because of the way we have do

vicki young at westminster, _ is about their incompetence. vicki young at westminster, thank you.eight billion pounds a year on what it calls the green industries of the future. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves told the party conference in brighton that the money would be spend on projects like electric vehicle batteries and wind technology. she also pledged to phase out business rates and to force giant tech firms to pay more tax. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. turbulence. labour has been battered in recent years. to return to power it must recover its reputation. and most of all, perhaps, to demonstrate it can hold securely onto taxpayer's cash. no surprise a nervous moment, because it's rachel reeves�* job to prove that. applause. it was her first speech as shadow chancellor. her ambition — to be the first of a kind. i can announce today labour's climate investment pledge. an additional £28 billion of capital investment in our country's green transition. for each and every year of this decade. i will be a responsible chancellor. i will be britain's first gree

we'll be live at westminster with the details as they come in.he other main stories: government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid—19. ministers say they are working to avoid that. we don't want to get to a position ever again where there's unsustainable pressure on the nhs, so it's not able to see people in the usual way when it needs to — particularly emergency patients. a record jump in inflation to 3.2% — the highest level in almost a decade — as the price of food and transportation increases. facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go — four amateur astronauts make history as the first all—civilian crew to blast off into space. and coming up on the bbc news channel: manchester city begin their champions league campaign tonight. will missing out in last season's final act as motivation? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime mini

laura kuenssberg in westminster, thank you.how much money will be needed in the longer term to fund health and social care. nhs leaders have said that an extra £10 billion will be needed next year alone, to cover day to day services. our health editor hugh pym assesses the plans and options. the funding of health and social care, it is one of the biggest and trickiest issues facing ministers and all of the uk's administrations. the needs of an ageing population must be addressed and come on top of that, the costs of covid, with some final decisions for england expected tomorrow. a five year spending plan for nhs england with annual increases was in an ounce in 2018. that is what the blue line shows. the orange line shows what has happened in reality, largely because of covid and the big question, how much more will be needed in future years? much more will be needed in future ears? h. much more will be needed in future ears? , . . ., much more will be needed in future ears? ., . ~ ., ., years? the scale of the backlog of waitin

our political correspondent helen catt is in westminster.r prices for some time to come. how big a problem? going to be politically for the government? yes. politically for the government? yes, as ou politically for the government? yes, as you heard — politically for the government? yes, as you heard in _ politically for the government? yes, as you heard in that _ politically for the government? t2: as you heard in that piece there, it is notjust the case of issues with gas supply but the knock ones that creates too, and that does create a lot of problems, that the government has to solve all at one time, but there are concerns beyond that, in westminster, about how that and that prospect of a longer term higher prices for energy bills plays into some of the other policies that the government is putting forward. and we saw this play out a bit in prime minister's questions where dominic raab was answering in his new role as deputy prime minister, angela rain e putting the questions, very much pointing out or suggesting that some of the other

he is now on the loose in the bbc westminster newsroom studio. in his mask off, and here is chris! thank goodness, i was nearly out of words for the first time in my life. hello! how nice to see you. that must be me getting a promotion in this reshuffle. i've just thrown the key in the thames. after that sophisticated ending to our television programme and podcast, i think that is certainly enough from me, don't know about you two? we will call it a day, i think. goodbye. hello there. the past 24 hours have seen the downpours arrive and the heat ebb away. but with fewer showers yesterday across some eastern parts of england, we saw temperatures getting up to 27 degrees in suffolk, very warm for this time of the year. it was 26 in cromer, 25 in the east midlands. charterhall, though, in the scottish borders was 29 degrees on wednesday. thursday was 10 degrees cooler, as the rain arrived. and earlier in the night, we had some torrential thundery downpours in northern england. that led to some flash flooding in some areas. but the worst is now over,

vicky young reporting from westminster. vicky young reporting from westminster.ntenced to a total of 28 years in detention or prison for killing 13—year—old 0lly stephens at a berkshire beauty spot. a girl lured him to the field in reading where two boys stabbed him to death in january this year. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson has more. 0lly was, his parents say, generous, caring and always a stand up for the defenceless. here he is leaving home on the day he was killed. he'd just told his mum he loved her. and then i went to the door and it was a boy that i knew... ..0lly wouldn't have anything to do with normally. and he said "0lly�*s been stabbed." and ijust remember running back towards the stairs, because stuart was upstairs and shouting "0lly�*s been stabbed," and his sister was up there as well, and they both came screaming down the stairs, and you ran out without your shoes on over to the field, and ijust, i remember when i got there, stuart just fell to his knees, and he just was screaming "my boy, my boy, no." and he screamed that, and i looked over

our political correspondent ione wells is at westminster for us.coming back to britain today from the united states, facing charges his government has been complacent in the midst of all these difficulties? ., �* , difficulties? that's right, essentially _ difficulties? that's right, essentially the _ difficulties? that's right, essentially the prime - difficulties? that's right, - essentially the prime minister is coming — essentially the prime minister is coming from talks about the climate crisis _ coming from talks about the climate crisis abroad to talks about what some _ crisis abroad to talks about what some of— crisis abroad to talks about what some of his own conservative mps have _ some of his own conservative mps have been— some of his own conservative mps have been dubbing a crisis and the cost of— have been dubbing a crisis and the cost of living here back at home, that is— cost of living here back at home, that is firstly due to this issue of rising _ that is firstly due to this issue of rising energy bills, and as we have heard _ ris

but rumours are rife in westminster— address. but rumours are rife in westminster about _ address.e i westminster about a possible reshuffle tomorrow. who is it in the cabinet you might not sleep particularly well tonight? there have been _ particularly well tonight? there have been rumours— particularly well tonight? there have been rumours for- particularly well tonight? there have been rumours for some i particularly well tonight? there - have been rumours for some time, although— have been rumours for some time, although it — have been rumours for some time, although it is worth saying that today— although it is worth saying that today the prime minister or official spokesperson implied that wasn't going _ spokesperson implied that wasn't going to — spokesperson implied that wasn't going to happen tomorrow. we are waiting _ going to happen tomorrow. we are waiting to — going to happen tomorrow. we are waiting to see if that will happen or not _ waiting to see if that will happen or not. and then the people, i suppose. _ or not. and then the people, i suppose, you will be lookin

okay. portraits, westminster. thank you. goes, meantime those u. k. nationals are still stranded in afghanistan. that pleading with the government for help right now with 5000 british citizens evacuated from cobble hundreds is still believe to be left in that city. one of them has been sharing his face with us. i'll offer taliban around. yeah. and a lot of people they know that i came from britain and i'm just a scared. if i come i, i probably go out and i'm just like, looking around and looking, you might be fine. if there are some gun man come to to, to, to kill us all to took us somewhere. i'm trying to go, or johnson, and the foreign minister. and we all, we all breast to citizen, we, we don't want to be in this situation. i'm please, please, please, i beg you to, to, to rescue from here. meantime, the british foreign secretary is also flatly denied a claim in the us media that britain may have been indirectly responsible for letting a suicide bomber into cobbled apple last thursday. applause happened to one of its entrances, where afghans were

shifting more power out of westminster so local decisions are made by and for the people they affect.ew kind of community politics that truly engages people who are too often left out. and a fair electoral system so everyone's vote count equally. applause that is what a fair deal looks like. conference, we can give people this fair deal. we can renew the contract between government and the people and we can deliver a zero carbon economy. liberal democrats can be the party of education, of caring and business. i know we can do it. i'll liberal democrat brett has already. government u—turns on everything from planning to id cards, so let's keep fighting for parents, for parents and for small businesses. —— for carers. and when you are knocking on those doors, and speaking to your neighbours, when they ask you what we stand for, tell them this. liberal democrats stand for a fair deal to be delivered by politicians who are decent and who truly care about you. a fair deal that puts power in your hand so you can do your bit and holds the powerful to account to make sure they did as. a fair

conference for the first time as leader sir keir starmer intended to set labour on a path to power at westminster. he set out new policies, he talked about his own background and he underlined his ambition as leader. in a few short years from now, i want to be here, with you, talking about the difference we are making, the problems we are fixing, as a labour government! we'll have the latest from brighton where the conference has been marked by divisions on the party's direction. also tonight... sarah everard, who was raped and murdered in march this year, had been falsely arrested and kindapped by a police officer. cctv images show the moment sarah was stopped by wayne couzens in south london. he will be sentenced tomorrow. still plenty of long queues for fuel but there are more signs that crisis is gradually easing across the uk. and celebrating the life and achievement of betty campbell, the first black headteacher in wales, with a statue in central cardiff. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, testing times and cheering as losses and's champions league winners chelsea take on i

like the next 2 westminster studio k partridges that hi kate. so what's the biggest question about british foreign secretary is going to answer later? well certainly if you key questions calling for secretary tony rob will soon appear before the foreign affairs select committee in the house of commons facing questions. fine back bench m p 's over his actions during the withdrawal from afghanistan by the us and its allies. well, this comes a day off to the tv interview where he indicated that military intelligence failures led to the rapid fall of i got a storm to the taliban in effect blaming the ministry of defense. of course, the fundamental assessment that the taliban would not take over so quickly is something that needs to be looked at. but that was an assumption that was a ministry sumption here in the u. k, but also shared by our nato allies. well, these comments had been strongly refuted by members of the military and the shadow foreign secretary who accused rob of throwing the ministry of defense on drove off the foreign secretary had 1

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ooster programme will start next week in all parts of the uk. the booster is a third dose and will be given at least six months after the second was adminstered. a dose of pfizer or a half—dose of moderna are the preferred options for boosters. care home staff and residents will be among priority groups as our health editor hugh pym explains. at a carpentry class in surrey for men who've retired, it was clear there was enthusiasm about the prospect of having a booster covid jab. i think that the whole scheme is good, and i think i feel better for having myjabs, so, yes, i'd have it immediately. i always have a flu jab once a year, so i can't see that there's going to be any problem having an extra booster. i would have the boosterjab, as i said, but i would - like to know more about it. and now it'll become a reality, with this age group among the first to get a third dose. the announcment coming from the expert vaccine committee. jcvi advise us that adults who are more vulnerable to s

it is certainly not a global force, it's just a big power where this has collect westminster. again, an art is isa alley high. got a said usually when this kind of thing happens pretty frustrations end up being support through gritted teeth, but it's far more bold in the remarks now. it's not being echoed elsewhere in weitel. absolutely. i think what we've been seeing since the chaotic scenes of the nato western withdraw from afghanistan, those scenes at the fort, all of them really combining to lead to a blame game, people pointing the thing is that each other from within what is increasingly a fractured not just nato, but so called a special relationship that we've had so much about over the past few decades between the u. k and the u. s. and now those very different assessments and pronouncements of the situation really playing out in public. i stand squarely behind my decision. truth is, this did on fall more quickly than we had anticipated. it's been clear for many months that the situation could go very fast. now the british prime minister barak johnson has been under a

it, westminster. k. partridge. thanks for that. meantime, separately, foreign secretary rob has flatly denied a claim in the us media. the britain may have been indirectly responsible for letting a suicide bomber into cobble apple last thursday. last happened at one of its entrances, where afghans were waiting in line to be processed to fly out. at least a 170 people were killed. but a pentagon document leak to political magazine claims that the u. k. had asked american forces to keep a gated cobble airport open to help get british nationals out despite that possible terror threat. the foreign secretary says that allegation is just not true while that other government ministers accused us of indulging in a blame game. there is an underlying current of blame which is unhelpful. it's a distraction from the main assets. what is happening on the ground? it's a scalar. this attack was known beforehand. old gate should have been closed as a matter of protocol, and they went, which suggest i have a detailed intelligence w

because the last time it took more than three years and northern ireland was governed from westminster instead. and of course, that's not the outcome i want. but to be clear, i think the time is coming where if the government doesn't honour the commitment it gave in new decade new approach, the basis of devolution is undermined. and look, nick, what do we do if we make an agreement in good faith with people and they don't honour that agreement? are we simply expected to say, oh, well, tough, wejust have to accept that. we just have to watch our place within the united kingdom eroded every day. we have to say to our constituents, i'm sorry, but the goods that you could buy in your supermarket six months ago are no longer available. you're just going to have to accept that. i'm sorry, nick. that is not a tenable position for me as a political leader. and it's not one i'm prepared to sustain. i am not afraid to go to the country. i'm not afraid to go to the people and say, this is what i believe and i'm asking you to support the stance that we are taking. and i think that's a perfectly re

not only not been replied to a process, but not even being read by many, many ministers here in westminster. meaning that many people are still stuck in the region and fearing for their lives without any sense that they will ever be able to get out. despite all of this, dominick rob, the foreign secretary is still maintaining that they were real, a tangible gains from the 18 year occupation when colleagues all around him over the past few weeks have even been pushed to the point of floods, of kids in the house of commons saying the absolute opposite to dominic rob. now he will indeed be stopped in a foreign affairs select committee. that's an opportunity for many m p 's to really grill the foreign secretary office handling of this crisis. no doubt it really will be a grilling indeed. that tomorrow, but many people are really questioning how on the dominate, rob is in this position still in this position, a crucial role. but at a critical time, we asked people in london what they think of the 4 in the secretaries handling of the i can pull up. i think you should be aware of how many people a

that has raised numerous consent and raised many eyebrows among many colleagues in the hall of westminster of close . dominic ross has been long embroiled over the last few weeks in many controversial issues in the handling of the crisis in afghanistan. because of course when cobble fell to the taliban some 2 weeks ago, dominic rob was nowhere to be seen. in fact, finally seen sunbathing abroad on holiday with his family, but not just that, allegedly, he declined many phone calls. he did not pick up the phone to his counterpart in afghanistan on pakistan, which has led to many people pointing. many thing is of blame. dominant rob for the foreign secretary to go a while during an international crisis of this magnitude is nothing short of a shameful. i think it was amazing, staggering that the foreign secretary was still on holiday, while i canister was collapsing to the taliban. you've got to be on duty during that sort of period where we're so deeply and intimately involved in it. we haven't heard from the foreign secretary in about a week despite this being the biggest single foreign poli

our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster — how big is the shortfall thought to be?efugees are still being worked out, but this leaked government document which was discussed by ministers on wednesday suggests in the next ten years about £2.5 billion could be needed to resettle afghan refugees was stop it also says that in this current window of government spending, just under £400 million has already been committed, but about £557 million could still be needed over the next three years, and why this is significant is, on the one hand the uk government are currently calling on local authorities, councils, to come forward with offers of support to house and support afghan refugees. on the other hand, this government document says the treasury needs to urgently commit to that extra funding so that councils can come forward with these offers of support. so there is a slight tension here between what has been promised publicly and, privately what the estimates of the costs are. local leaders are meeting with communities secretary robertjen communities secretary robert je

let's speak to ione wells, who's in westminster. quite a storm over this.nter pressures given the fact winter is always busy for the nhs but in addition to ongoing covid pressures and backlogs of the waiting list. separately this row is brewing about how the new plan for social care is going to be funded after reports that the government were considering raising national insurance by at least 1% to pay for this. this has caused concern both by opposition parties but also within the conservative party as well. there is a number of different reasons why mps have been concerned about this on the tory backbenches. firstly, the effect it breaks a manifesto promise not to raise any taxes. there are a number of conservatives concerned about that. there is concerned about that. there is concern about it hitting lower wage income work harder because it is paid up until state pension age. there have been some mps like the former minister and tory mpjake berry arguing income tax would be a better way to pay for this. it would better way to pay for this. it would be be

laura is in westminster for us tonight. nearly two years into this government.�*s government and what does it tell us about this government going forward? it was a big reckoning, almost like a budget, this is a hefty tax rise that will be paid by millions of workers and many firms around the uk. it will bring billions and billions into treasury coffers, largely to go on the nhs around the uk but to start also keeping the promise to overhaul and improve the creaking system of social care in england. it genuinely is a big moment and downing street sees this as being ambitious and grasping one of the issues that has been so tough for governments to crack in decades gone by. but it is also a risk for borisjohnson, no question about that, there has been a belly aching in his own party and in the opposition and concern about potential unfairness in how the money is being raised and there are still questions over how the changes to social care will really take place and whether or not the nhs will gobble up most of the money in the years to come. and whether or not the

our political correspondent peter saull is in westminster.y? changes, what are we expecting toda ? . . , ., changes, what are we expecting toda? . ., ., today? one criticism of boris johnson today? one criticism of boris johnson is — today? one criticism of boris johnson is he _ today? one criticism of boris johnson is he has _ today? one criticism of boris johnson is he has not - today? one criticism of boris johnson is he has not been i today? one criticism of boris - johnson is he has not been brave johnson is he has not been brave enough to get rid of ministers who seem to be underperforming and his allies would argue he has answered that criticism in the last 2a hours, notjust more than the likes of gavin williamson but saving them so they aren't all ministers on the big news this morning was that the former culture ministerjohn whittingdale lost his job, he former culture ministerjohn whittingdale lost hisjob, he is former culture ministerjohn whittingdale lost his job, he is a wealth of top—level experience, out as well nick gibbs, it

it was a surprise to lots of people in westminster, even incredibly experienced people, that she gottary. if you had a phd in the work of that department, what qualifications has she got? well, rather curiously, idelivered oliver dowden's speech last night to the royal television society because i was still in post at that time even though he had gone off to be transferred to the chairmanship of the conservative party. reshuffles are just really weird. but it was pointed out that nadine's appointment had just been announced and one of the things she is best known for it having been a contestant on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here! so she has some experience of television. i know nadine and i like her. i'm sure she'll do a good job. but she's come from having been wrestling with covid in the department of health for some time. she'll have to get up to speed with some very different issues, and ones which are quite complicated and challenging. i wish her every success. i'm happy to do what i can to help. the one thing which the secretary of state, whoever holds that post, cannot do

our political editor laura kuenssberg is at westminster., so there is a lot riding on the prime minister's announcement of his winter plans for tomorrow. there reall is. winter plans for tomorrow. there really is. through _ winter plans for tomorrow. there really is. through the _ winter plans for tomorrow. there really is. through the summer, l winter plans for tomorrow. there i really is. through the summer, we got used to restrictions disappearing from our lives, things feeling a bit more free and easy, kids going back to school, a lot of people gradually getting back to work and life being a bit more like normal, but we had such pressure on the health service like we have just been hearing. essentially what the prime minister is going to do tomorrow is set out his insurance policy for england, not bringing back restrictions, not doing anything like bringing back something that might look like severe limits on all of our lives but spelling out what could make a comeback if covid really takes hold again, and that could be the reintroducti

we have not yet seen the precise details of this despite westminster frothing with speculation about what will happen because this announcement has been so long in the making, and will be a few hours yet before we see the details in black—and—white. in a complaint familiar to regular newswatch viewers andy asked... events have continued to move quickly in afghanistan with the taliban announcing a new interim government on tuesday and clothing at an islamic emirate. meanwhile protesters have been taking to the streets and kabul objecting to the support pakistan is to the taliban. this is the biggest challenge to the taliban authority have seen so far and it is not coming from a militia force, it is coming from peaceful protesters from both women and men. the situation across the country remains highly volatile which has led to several viewers contacting us with concerns like this articulated recently by lindsay... one of the senior staff overseeing the bbc presence in afghanistan is jamie angus senior control of news output. nice to have un the studio. i am surely viewers appreciated.

in westminster, thank you very much. time to look at the wedding with sarah. —— the weather.e next few days either. most of us have got fairly overcast conditions out there — this is the picture in buckland on the moor in devon. so, quite a lot of grey cloud out there, some sunshine here and there, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. but over the next few days it is looking pretty cloudy — some drizzle towards the east, a bit of sunshine around some northern and western parts of the uk. for the rest of the day, for scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, some longer spells of sunshine here. cloudier conditions further south across england and wales. that breeze coming in off the north sea, so making things a little bit chilly for the likes of newcastle, towards norwich, quite breezy through the english channel too. but temperatures into the evening hours for most of us in the mid to high teens. later this evening and overnight we will continue to see that cloud across most of us, filtering its way a little bit further westwa

here, as in westminster, a lot of faith is being put in the vaccine programme.to—face teaching, but does accept there may be limits if things take a turn. being at home and looking at a powerpoint presentation on my screen hasn't really been the holistic learning that i wanted to have when i came to uni, so i think i would be disappointed, but at the same time, i'd rather we take every action that we possibly could to minimise the cases. when the students returned last year, nottingham was hard hit by a surge in covid cases. now things are moving again, most of course want it to stay that way. we are making progress down the road to recovery. this local climbing centre struggled with lockdowns and restrictions, so the owner watched closely today as the government set out its plan. it was quite low— key, saying they are not going to do anything radical, so, but big up the vaccinations, which is a good idea. our staff can't work at home. they've got to be here, climbing. i think mandatory masks are fine. there is pragmatism here about the unpredictable nature of t

we have not yet seen the precise details of this despite westminster frothing with speculation aboutent has been so long in the making, and will be a few hours yet before we see the details in black—and—white. in a complaint familiar to regular newswatch viewers andy asked... events have continued to move quickly in afghanistan with the taliban announcing a new interim government on tuesday and clothing at an islamic emirate.

the news channel was following that frenzied excitement in westminster throughout the day.is top team of government ministers. in the past few minutes, the former trade secretary has been appointed to foreign secretary. the first woman to hold the role. but that distinction of being the first female secretary, repeated on the following morning today programme and elsewhere, actually belongs to labour�*s margaret beckett. george added... wednesday also saw a departure from bbc news, liz stepped away from the breakfast sofa after presenting the programme for 20 years. herfinal show is marked by applause on her arrival, tributes from stars and a crowd of colleagues wearing masks. 0f herface. haha, you you're so sweet! thank you, guys. thank you. you are so sweet. would you like to take off that blindfold and say hello? - applause that is really strange, hi, me. michael here, just wanted to wish you the biggest i of loves and to say that i'm going to miss you on that l sofa, one of the only. things that could get me through getting up so blooming early it was knowing _ i was go

the tories in westminster and the snp in hollywood.office, she said she wanted to be judged on her record. well, these days, with the poorest in society less educated and less healthy, and with the tragedy of so many drug—related deaths, we hear rather less about the snp�*s record. the snp and the tories walk in lockstep. they both exploit constitutional divide for their own ends. labour is the party that was to bring our nations together. under the fantastic leadership, labour is the party of the union. applause. because it is notjust that a divorce would be a costly disruption, although that is true. but it is notjust that our union would be in all our economic interests, though that is also true. it is that we are more progressive together, we are more secure together, we are more secure together, we are a bigger presence in the world together. we are greater as britain then we would be apart. as gordon brown said recently, when a welsh or scottish woman gives blood, she doesn't demand an assurance that it must not go to an english

all eyes on westminster today on this - westminster today on this opportunity for mp5 to get out theech he gave of this crisis so far. including a i very emotional speech he gave to house of comments when it returned from recess briefly to discuss afghanistan. i think there will be some reflection on the handling so far. what went wrong, what kind of failures of intelligence their word, which meant that the uk along with other countries say they were taken by surprise at the speed by which the taliban advance in afghanistan. there will be questions about preparations made given that we knew us troops would be withdrawing from the country months ago. i think the fact that this crisis is still ongoing and there are still people to be evacuated, there are still the question is what how the uk will engage with the afghanistan going forward, i think mps will be keen to hold dominic raab to account about the next steps. how they plan to process the people to be evacuated. what kind of processing hubs that are going to be in countries across the border is to try and process some of those re

we westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story-— westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story.hin the hospitality industry and 65 businesses a letter to the government in yesterday's financial times calling for new fresh visa schemes similar to the ones that were announced on the weekend around 5,000 hgv drivers and other poultry workers are coming into the uk from overseas starting from next month for strictly period and for different labour shortages and as far as far as this government sources are concerned, that is it. in terms of those visa schemes in particular industries that are going to be left disappointed. i think there are various different reasons for this and politically the government is i want to be seen to be undermining some of the arguments for brexit entering the referendum and the aftermath of that result, this was all about providing more opportunities for british workers in the line that we are getting from government insiders is that these businesses should be putting up wages and encouraging more british workers to come and work for shops in the high st

helen cattjoins us from westminster.s the government explain helene, how does the government explain the fact that it hasn't brought a mandatory mask wearing again or vaccine passports, and infections are up on this time last year. infections are up on this time last ear. . , , ., ., year. largely, they are saying that vaccination — year. largely, they are saying that vaccination has _ year. largely, they are saying that vaccination has made _ year. largely, they are saying that vaccination has made the - year. largely, they are saying that i vaccination has made the difference, that because more than 80% of adults across the uk are double jabbed that that means they can make smaller changes commando smaller changes may have a bigger impact. at the moment, they don't think they are at the point where they need to bring in mandatory mask wearing, and some of those other issues. so plan a is to largely continue with almost what we have now, people voluntarily restricting their actions a bet, considering wearing facemasks i

how will that play out at westminster and with with tory — play out at westminster and with with tory. we know we have to pay more tax pose covid and we know we need to spend more money on social care. what you don't do is put a tax on jobs at a time when you especially need to them and i think especially need to them and i think especiallyjeremy hunt's idea of having a special health and care tax is probably the best way forward. i am not normally in favour of this because some people will be happy to pay for a subsidy for cat terms but not nuclear submarines. in this case, especially after the crisis we have just been through, there is a case for height by vacating and not doing it through national insurance. it feels like it is already down the track. is there any chance of it being reversed? i track. is there any chance of it being reversed?— track. is there any chance of it being reversed? i don't suppose so if this is what — being reversed? i don't suppose so if this is what he _ being reversed? i don't suppose so if this is what he wants _ being reversed? i don't suppose so if

has a new foreign minister following a shakeup in westminster. -- who has been named the new justicend deputy prime minister in boris johnson's we shuffle this wednesday. michael has also been appointed the new housing minister. he will have a responsibility for interview -- into--- u.k. relations. -- france 24 to say look at the woman who will take the top desk at the foreign office. >> she is the new face of british diplomacy. she is one of the key winners from the latest cabinet reshuffling in the u.k. she will be serving as the foreign secretary. she began her career in the business sector before she was elected counselor in the london borough. under david, she was added to the conservative party's a list, a list of potential candidates for tory seats. she quickly continued climbing the ladder, becoming international trade secretary in 2019. it's not to move on from brexit. -- it sawed to move on saught to move on from brexit. >> i support the prime minister's deal. >> she secured a series of deal since exit the knot with the united states. chino has a bigger stage to pursue bori

american revolution, the colonies that remained part of british north america state separate with a westminster pollard mentoring model of government -- mr. parliamentary model of government, unlike the united states. we thought we could persuade them to going us early on, and the war of 1812 was in some ways an attempt, we thought, to liberate canadians from british rule, that they would see the appeal of the united states and want to jump in and join our revolution. it turned out, though, that in that war, canadians decided to stay separate, and after the civil war, many canadians looked south and said america is grappling with some real problems. perhaps we should get together and form a supersized colony that can help this country to develop. so with british encouragement in 1867, canada became a dominion, a sort of super colony of the british empire, and remained that all the way through world war i. it was in the aftermath of world war ii the canada gained nominal independence, but we shouldn't forget queen elizabeth the second is also the queen of canada, the reigning monarch. there's a