in england, is a colossal budget, and he is chancellor had to do with ministers coming in across whitehalle money man, the tracks, the appeal is that the chancellor will be receiving from across whitehall and that gives him a particular insight. i don't think there's ever been an ex chancellor in thisjob think there's ever been an ex chancellor in this job before. you chancellor in this 'ob before. you are either chancellor in thisjob before. you are either chancellor and become prime minister or... fir are either chancellor and become prime minister or. . ._ are either chancellor and become prime minister or... or it's the end of our prime minister or. .. or it's the end of your ministerial— prime minister or... or it's the end of your ministerial career, - prime minister or... or it's the end of your ministerial career, the - of your ministerial career, the pinnacle. unusualthat of your ministerial career, the pinnacle. unusual that someone who has had a very grow like that, or —— unusualfor has had a very grow like that, or —— unusual for someone has had a very grow like that, or —— unus

and one of the problems — it's a very whitehall thing. _ the problems — it's a very whitehall thing.th a field hospital in— school, and you end up with a field hospital in the middle of the school, _ hospital in the middle of the school, and schools aren't geared up for that _ school, and schools aren't geared up forthat~ get— school, and schools aren't geared up for that. get the head teachers in, speak— for that. get the head teachers in, speak to _ for that. get the head teachers in, speak to them, put them in a room and ask— speak to them, put them in a room and ask them what they think and what _ and ask them what they think and what they— and ask them what they think and what they can do, and ask them how they can _ what they can do, and ask them how they can fix — what they can do, and ask them how they can fix that problem. and you 'ust they can fix that problem. and you just don't— they can fix that problem. and you just don't hear that happening often enough _ just don't hear that happening often enou:h. �* . , just don't hear that happening often enou:h. . ., just don't he

, but as an observer in the educational field whitehall, but as an observer in the educationalfield andsomeone who has a policy background and this yourself, what do you make of the loss of sir kevan, he has only been in forjust four loss of sir kevan, he has only been in for just four months loss of sir kevan, he has only been in forjust four months now? sir kevan is a _ in forjust four months now? s " kevan is a highly respected education official and listening to school leaders, his plans were very well regarded by them and they felt involved, that they were being listened to and they felt they were the right plans for the children that they are responsible for educating. i think this is the big blow to the teaching professions confidence in this government if they had in the conference before and i know many of them were already deeply concerned about the mishandling of exams in school lockdowns and school bubbles. i think the credibility that the government has but the teaching profession will be even lower as a result of his loss, but the real damage will be to children and young

newspaper and as we've heard, sajid javid is a man with a lot of government experience, he knows whitehallng is the new health secretary, in particular what to do next with regards to the lifting of covid restrictions in england. there will be a statement in the house of commons tomorrow, the government will set out the latest data, it is a review and they will say whether or not restrictions could be lifted early on july the or not restrictions could be lifted early onjuly the 5th. nobody expects apple happen, july the 19th still the day we expect structures to be lifted entirely in england so he is at the heart of things and thatis he is at the heart of things and that is where the government wants the focus to be but the labour party wants to keep political heat on the government and the circumstances surrounding the departure of matt hancock. why borisjohnson did not sack him on friday, the access his aide had at the heart of government and they want to know where the cctv footage came from, i should say ministers want to know that as well. thank you. classified ministry of defence doc

do you think that is weighing heavily on whitehall and westminster, they don't want to be caught up wheren partially vaccinated but without enough protection to fend off the variant in its worst effect? i’m protection to fend off the variant in its worst effect?— in its worst effect? i'm sure that is a concern _ in its worst effect? i'm sure that is a concern because _ in its worst effect? i'm sure that is a concern because there - in its worst effect? i'm sure that is a concern because there are i in its worst effect? i'm sure that - is a concern because there are times which _ is a concern because there are times which the _ is a concern because there are times which the government has been heavily— which the government has been heavily criticised for having delayed, and therefore, being blamed for the _ delayed, and therefore, being blamed for the consequences of that delay. but i thihk— for the consequences of that delay. but i think there will be looking very carefully about public of opihioh _ very carefully about public of opinion. but i do think they need to setup _ opinion. but i

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. >> and enjoy lunch at one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehall lane, winery. it's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come on this property, see where the fruit that should be grown. >> harvested produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that line. is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows or low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade lets you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants art galleries and hotels like the and gas. the rustic rooms s

so we will see if that yields any response from whitehall.are accusing matt hancock of hypocrisy over his actions. their spokesperson for health is the mp for twickenham. his position is untenable. it'sjust absolutely hypocritical when he is the man— absolutely hypocritical when he is the man making the rules at the top of the _ the man making the rules at the top of the government to all of us have had to— of the government to all of us have had to follow, and the sacrifices the british people have made for many, _ the british people have made for many, many months. you know, this happened _ many, many months. you know, this happened at— many, many months. you know, this happened at a time where people who were in_ happened at a time where people who were in couples that couldn't live together, — were in couples that couldn't live together, couldn't spend the night with each— together, couldn't spend the night with each other, when grandparents couldnt— with each other, when grandparents couldn't hug their grandchildren. and yet. — couldn't

the i leaves with concerns about how the footage was obtained, and whitehall is calling for a review. the mirror quotes the opposition as the labour party accuses matt hancock of being a hypocrite. he still has questions to answer about his decision on friday to accept his resignation on saturday. mr hancock's replacement sajid javid features widely on the front pages. the ft says he's promising a return to normality. the times is reporting that priti patel has a plan that with the asylum—seekers being held offshore from the uk waltzed their applications are processed. caroline, do you want to kick off this time with the daily mirror's take? not usually surprising it is hostile to matt hancock, because it's hostile towards the conservative government. it's really laying it on with the trial tomorrow morning. laying it on with the trial tomorrow morninu. , ~ f morning. yes, i think they've given u . morning. yes, i think they've given u- the morning. yes, i think they've given up the ponds— morning. yes, i think they've given up the ponds and — morning. yes, i think they've given up th

nick was out and about on whitehall yesterday evening to talk to some of these anti—lockdown protestersst is a fundamental, but violence and threats are never acceptable, said downing street. matt hancock described it as appalling that nick watt was abused by what he described as a small mob. underpins our democracy, we should always protect it, he wrote. this behaviour is completely unacceptable. priti patel use similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nick watt. she also tweeted a link to a call for evidence that the government has already posted into work that they are doing on the safety of journalists and work that they are doing on the safety ofjournalists and the extent and nature of the threats that they face. you're watching bbc news. a court in france has fined the furniture giant, ikea, 1.2 million dollars for illegally spying on some of its employees. it�*s also convicted ikea's former chief executive in france, jean— louis baillot, handing him a two— year suspended prison sentence and a 60,000 dollarfine. the case concerns surveillance of employees

but in fact, there are rumblings coming out of whitehall in the story that some of these actually therell wear a mask indoors in public spaces, we still might have to social distance, so these rumblings afoot that the government continue to insist despite this surge in numbers that there is no evidence. in despite this surge in numbers that there is no evidence.— there is no evidence. in the rumblings _ there is no evidence. in the rumblings of _ there is no evidence. in the rumblings of some - there is no evidence. in the rumblings of some of - there is no evidence. in the rumblings of some of the l there is no evidence. in the - rumblings of some of the paper say that may be are thinking about a dud light ofjust a couple of weeks, july the 5th is one date, that it could be pushed back to because borisjohnson could be pushed back to because boris johnson wanted could be pushed back to because borisjohnson wanted to be before ever reversible, so if it does happen when it happens, he wants to stick to it,. , ~ , stick to it,. yes. i think this government _ stick to it,. yes. i think this

so i decided we needed 100 million and got agreement with that across whitehall.her areas, for instance, oxford university who had done this brilliantly, were initially lined up with a different vaccine company but i was determined we would have uk manufacturer within a uk provider —— with a uk provider and critically make sure we had an exclusive contract to those critical early doses. and when the other manufacturer was not willing to sign up manufacturer was not willing to sign up to those conditions, we switched to astrazeneca and oxford signed the deal with astrazeneca big government support and the rest is history. i had my red lines on this and i provided the resources and leadership, tried to come to make it happen. but this is not my personal success, it is a massive, massive team effort. so you said earlier about three hours ago now that you advised it would take five years on the 20th of january. it would normally take five years. at that point moderna had already designed their vaccine, the genome of the covid—19 was identified on 11 january, they had

the valley and enjoy lunch at one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehall lane, winery. it's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come on this property, see where the fruit is actually be grown harvested produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that line. >> is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows or low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade let you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants. art galleries and hotels like the and dads the rustic rooms sc

was that problematic in the discharge of your duties in whitehall, that this was happening in the newspapersng what was taking place in downing street? the best thing to say about this and this will be corroborated by a lot of people in government. the best thing to say was that government has operated better over the past six months. the questions moved on to the initial outbreak and the timing of the first lockdown. one of the clear things that emerged from the evidence that we had is that clearly, we did not lock down early enough and neil ferguson suggested quite a lot of lives would be saved, up to half of those initial deaths if we had locked down a week earlier. i instructed the department and the health system to plan on the basis of a reasonable worst case scenario and on the 27th ofjanuary and they asked for a reasonable worst case scenario plan. and i was given the planning assumption based on spanish flu and it was signed off at cobra on the slst ofjanuary. and it was a planning assumption for 820,000 deaths and i was determined that that would not happen on my watch. how was it

he knows how whitehall works, and, given the huge challenges that will face the national health service think his experiences certainly going to be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does this damage boris johnson's reputation? we are still dealing with the pandemic. will this cause issues for him? certainly doesn't help. but i think conservative mps will be relieved that, although it perhaps took 2a hours too long for matt hancock to resign, compared to the dominic cummings controversy when he tried to hold onto his job for four or five days until the media moved on from their interest, at least it has been nipped in the bud as a controversy. to the us, where rescue teams searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida on thursday, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. the local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. five people are known to have died, more than 150 are missing. will grant reports from miami. this rescue effort is slow—going, methodical, and deeply upsetting.

discovered in the same week as a more - serious security breach that i of a confidential cctv images from whitehallf us| uncertain and distrustful of. the motives of those involved. the whole thing reminds me i of when my favourite quotes. cheats, liars and criminals may resist every blandishment, - while respectable gentlemenl have been moved to appalling treachery of watery cabbage in a departmental canteen. i it appears it's a mistake made by an individual and it's important that one gets on top of that mistake and what can be learned and how we can help that such mistakes do not happen again. i'm here to speak about this particular incident and i think an urgent question follows this one on other issues. but i appreciate the concern of the honourable gentleman. i know it's genuinely intended. i'm very sorry this incident has happened and the investigation will be thorough. because of the nature of my constituents, i rarely speak about defence matters but i cannot begin to tell that house how angry i am that this civil servant or whoever it was that scattered papers, put the lives of 190 personn

other one, the recommendation which i heartily approve of is controlling nonexecutive directors in whitehallt and people were meant to come from the private sector with special expertise and thatis sector with special expertise and that is not now happening because of it is becoming jobs for the boys. so i like these recommendations very much. d0 i like these recommendations very much. ,, i like these recommendations very much-- and _ i like these recommendations very much.- and fluently i i like these recommendations very much.- and fluently and l i like these recommendations very much.- and fluently and i | much. do you? and fluently and i a . ree much. do you? and fluently and i agree with _ much. do you? and fluently and i agree with nigel, _ much. do you? and fluently and i agree with nigel, i _ much. do you? and fluently and i agree with nigel, i think- much. do you? and fluently and i agree with nigel, i think two i much. do you? and fluently and i | agree with nigel, i think two years is far— agree with nigel, i think two years is far too— agree with nigel, i think two years is far t

hundreds of protesters gathered in whitehall, throwing tennis balls at downing street.eader designate. he received 32 of the 36 votes available in the party's electoral college. sirjeffrey is northern ireland's longest serving mp and will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only a few weeks in the post. our ireland correspondent chris page has the details. sirjeffrey donaldson is the fifth leader of the democratic unionist party, but also the third since april. after arlene foster and then edwin poots were toppled by internal revolts, sirjeffrey is the only candidate this time. he says he wants a new start and notjust for the dup. our priority, as well, would be to put northern ireland back on track and then ensure we have political stability. the stability i know that the vast majority in northern ireland want to see. it is just six weeks since sirjeffrey donaldson narrowly lost the dup's first—ever leadership contest. but now he is taking on the top job after all. his first task will be to unite the party after a turbulent two months. his early career was

russian border patrol ship and then about 10 minutes after that, a russian fighterjet carried out whitehalling a warning bombing, along the route this hms destroyer was going along, four bombs were apparently dropped and then the british ship changed direction. what should be pointed out here is exactly where this took place, because the russians consider crimea as part of their country, great britain the international community does not. they consider it to have been illegally annexed by russia and to under international law to be part of ukrainian. what appears could have happened here, is that the british ship, the hms destroyer was passing close to crimea, seeking to make the point perhaps this is international waters, it doesn't belong to russia and the russians have responded in this very robust way towards that movement. joanna, thank ou. way towards that movement. joanna, thank you. joanna _ way towards that movement. joanna, thank you. joanna fisher _ way towards that movement. joanna, thank you. joanna fisher reporting i thank you. joanna fisher reporting there from kyiv. people w

the i leaves with concerns about how the footage was obtained, and whitehall is calling for a review.a hypocrite. he still has questions to answer about his decision on friday to accept his resignation on saturday. mr hancock's replacement sajid javid features widely on the front pages. the ft says he's promising a return to normality. the times is

he knows how whitehall works and given the huge challenges that will face the national health servicek his experiences certainly going to be needed. experiences certainly going to be needed-— be needed. finally, tim, and briefl , be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does _ be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does this _ be needed. finally, tim, and briefly, does this damage - be needed. finally, tim, and i briefly, does this damage boris johnson's reputation? we are still dealing with the pandemic. this is because issues for him? i pandemic. this is because issues for him?— pandemic. this is because issues for him? i don't think it helps- _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but i _ issues for him? i don't think it helps. but i think- it helps. but i think conservative mps will be relieved that although it perhaps took 2a hours too long for matt hancock to resign compared to the dominic cummings controversy when he tried to hold onto hisjob for four orfive tried to hold onto hisjob for four or five days until the media moved on fro

the photo is said to have been taken in may, in mr hancock's whitehall office.n a statement in the last hour the health secretary said, "i've let people down and i'm very sorry". he added, "i remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic, and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter." our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster. lots of developments here in the last hour? , ., �* , lots of developments here in the last hour? , ., �*, ., , last hour? yes, that's right. lots auoin on last hour? yes, that's right. lots going on in _ last hour? yes, that's right. lots going on in westminster. - last hour? yes, that's right. lots going on in westminster. this i going on in westminster. this morning's front page of the sun was very grim for matt hancock. grainy pictures, somehow taken from what looked like a cctv camera within his own department, of the health secretary embracing a woman who was not his aide. we heard nothing from mr hancock for several hours, a spokesman said that it was a personal matter un

just discussing it with whitehall colleagues or not.- discussing it with whitehall colleagues or not. very concerned, and why we are not going to vote for these regulations today. what i wanted to take it back to was his comments about what chris hobson said about the nhs, and the fact it is very busy at the moment, because there is a danger here. now, very sympathetic to colleagues who work in the nhs, who have done a fantasticjob, but i don't think we can get to a point where we restrict and manage society, in order to manage nhs waiting lists. i don't think that's the right way round. the nhs is here to serve society. if it's the case that we need to enable it's the case that we need to enable it to do that, we have to think of a way of doing it, other than putting restrictions on the rest of society. i don't think that is a sustainable or desirable position, but it is the logical consequence, i think of what chris hobson was saying earlier this month. ., month. even though we will find ourselves in _ month. even though we will find ourselves in different _ month. even though we wi

—— whitehall security. at this, but i do not regard it, and most of the public i don't think regard this as the main question of a concern. the biggest question of concern rested with matt hancock's conduct is a health secretary as well as in his office, but the real questions now are about the government and the decisions it must take on behalf of us all to plot a way through finally at this pandemic. way through finally at this pandemic— way through finally at this tandemic. �* , ., ., ,.,, way through finally at this tandemic. �* , ., ., ., pandemic. i'm “ust going to post on this one pandemic. i'm “ust going to post on this mere — pandemic. i'm just going to post on this one more time, _ pandemic. i'm just going to post on this one more time, i _ pandemic. i'm just going to post on this one more time, i appreciate i this one more time, i appreciate your point. i would say it is a concern for the public, because if you can't get a camera into the health secretary's office, what would stop the camera gett

the sunday telegraph saying these are the plans being drawn up in whitehall at the moment.vaccine for use in 12-15 approved the vaccine for use in 12—15 —year—olds earlier this week. a government source is saying they could potentially be ready in the second half of august to start rolling this out but the government are still waiting for advice from the jcvi, the are still waiting for advice from thejcvi, thejoint are still waiting for advice from the jcvi, the joint committee are still waiting for advice from thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. there are concerns in the uk around the delta variant and the spreading in schools. obviously we still need more data, but the data we have at the moment suggests there is higher transmission with this delta variant and potentially issues around vaccine escape. it is a real concern thinking about the measures that are relaxed and how it is potentially spreading in schools. in a related sto , spreading in schools. in a related story. kieran. — spreading in schools. in a related story, kieran, on _ spreading

there are a number of those nonexecutive directors, right across whitehall, who have previous engagements... it will be interesting to see, obviously she has now resigned from that post but thatis has now resigned from that post but that is the sort of overseeing an expert advice role in terms of the department of health and it is unsurprising that in terms of the people around him, in terms of the people around him, in terms of the people advising him, that matt hancock wanted someone he knew and trusted, and if there is any suggestion —— there is no suggestion that appointments on our side of the rules. ., ~' , ., that appointments on our side of the rules. . ~ , ., ., that appointments on our side of the rules. . ~ i. ., , , ., ~ ., that appointments on our side of the rules. . ~ ., , , ., ~ ., , rules. thank you for speaking to us. earlier, i rules. thank you for speaking to us. earlier. i got— rules. thank you for speaking to us. earlier. i got a _ rules. thank you for speaking to us. earlier, i got a reaction _ rules. thank you for speaking to us. earlier, i got a reaction from - ea

i like to think that there is someone in whitehall whose thought through the implications, and indeed going to be a thing of the past? increasingly — i remember i attended university lectures in the 19605 when they talked about leisure society, nobody would ever work but a 3—4 day week, and the rest of it, what would the implications of that be? here we are 50-60 implications of that be? here we are 50—60 years later, not much has really changed. but there has to be a real review and real understanding, a rapid review of the implications of this sort of thing. we began with that story about mobile phones in classrooms. let's go back to the idea of 5martphone5, because on page three of the times, there's a story that caught our eye. "tax 5martphone5 to fund the arts." is that a good idea, rachel? this �*tax smartphones to fund the arts." is that a good idea, rachel?- is that a good idea, rachel? this is another clock _ is that a good idea, rachel? this is another clock or _ is that a good idea, rachel? this is another clock or from _ is that a good idea, rachel? this is another clock o

all these spending announcements, whether it is green pledges for cop26, a new royal, the whitehall spendingthis money from? the triple lock for pensions might be under threat again. we know number ten batted that way last time it was up for grabs and i suppose the money does have to come from somewhere. we hoped these massive bills we didn't expect from the pandemic and it sounds like there will be a bit of a stand—off between being able to spend and recover and how we do that and how we keep the books balanced as well. it and how we keep the books balanced as well. ~' and how we keep the books balanced as well. ,, _, ., , as well. it looks like the economy is ickin as well. it looks like the economy is picking up _ as well. it looks like the economy is picking up but _ as well. it looks like the economy is picking up but still— as well. it looks like the economy is picking up but still very - is picking up but still very uncertain times ahead and a lot of businesses laden with debt, ali? indeed, the economy is bouncing backi _ indeed, the economy is bouncing back, 7~5%— indeed, the economy

. >> and enjoy lunch at one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehallinery. it's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come on this property, see where the fruit that should be grown. >> harvested produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that one is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows or low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade lets you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants art galleries and hotels like the and dads the rustic rooms screen rela

one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehall lane, winery.t's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come. one of these properties. see where the fruit is actually being grown harvest. it produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that one. >> is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows or low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade let you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants. art galleries and hotels like the and gas. the rustic rooms screen

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the valley and enjoy lunch at one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehallane, winery. it's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come on this property, see where the fruit that should be grown harvested produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that line. >> is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows of them are low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade let you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants. art galleries and hotels like the and dads. the rustic

the photo is said to have been taken in may, in mr hancock's whitehall office. the prime minister's official spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted the health secretary's apology and considers the matter closed. in a statement, the health secretary said... let's get more from our political correspondent, ben wright. despite what the prime minister says, this isn't really closed, is it? no, and labour will keep up the pressure, they feel there are more questions to answer, not least over at how the aide, who matt hancock is photographed basing on the front page of the son in his department backin page of the son in his department back in may, how she was appointed in the first place as an unpaid adviser and then appointed to the board that oversees the work of the department is an executive director. the two are old friends, go back more than 20 years, known each other very well. labour think they could beissues very well. labour think they could be issues here about conflict of interest and transparency that the government still need to answer. and w

i'm joined by the financial times whitehall editor, sebastian payne, and the chief leader writer at thellow hammer. there he is. now, sid bastian, is this over exuberance? —— sebastien. was this a serious analysis, potentially, of where the future could lie when it comes to the liberal democrats making gains at the expense of the conservatives? it is a super interesting question and, to be honest, we don't fully know the answer to that yet because the liberal democrats haven't made many games or had much to celebrate about in politics in recent years but this by—election we really threw the kitchen sink at it and one in five liberal democrat activists now live in london and i think they all spent every spare moment in that constituency trying to win the by—election and they did it by focusing very closely on the... the johnson government is planning to reform england's planning laws, to liberalise them, to make it easier to build on a big part of the country and the fact is that it is very unpopular in the chilterns and the area of outstanding natural beauty where chesham and amersham i

yes, we understand that whitehall departments _ of both.will be very busy over the next few days, so i busy over the next few days, so enjoy the sunshine when you are able to get out. thank you, adam. key people behind the covid vaccine rollout are being celebrated in the queen's birthday honours list, with nearly a quarter of recipients being recognised for their response during the pandemic. the list includes the scientists who developed the oxford astrazeneca jab and the former chair of the uk vaccine taskforce, kate bingham. volunteers who helped during the pandemic have also been honoured for their work supporting their communities. celebrities from the world of entertainment and sport are also on the list. including lulu, who has been awarded a cbe in recognition for her 57—year career as a singer, and for her charity and fundraising work. the chef and great british bake offjudge prue leith has been made a dame. she says she's not sure she deserves the pat on the back for doing something she's loved all her life — but that it's a huge

nick was out and about on whitehall yesterday evening to talk to some of the acme lawn don —— antilockom there, he was able to seek sanctuary. today, there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple cabinet ministers, so the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nick watt. his spokesman earlier said the prime minister had seen the footage. it was deeply disturbing. journalists should never face that kind of the failure —— behaviour. violence and threats are never acceptable, he said. matt hancock described as appalling. our country's free pass underpins our democracy, we should always protect, he wrote, this behaviour is unacceptable. priti patel used similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nick watt. she also pleaded to a call for evidence of the government has already posted into work that they are doing on the safety of journalists and the extent of nature of threats they face. but we have sought a response from the resistance gb, one of the groupsbehind the video, and said the bbc is funded through f

nick was out and about on whitehall yesterday evening to talk to some of of these anti—lockdown protestersa westminster reporter, he has a pass to be able to access downing street which is behind protected gates. and from there, he was able to seek sanctuary. today there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple cabinet ministers. the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nicholas watt. johnson's spokesperson early on said the premise or had seen the footage earlier on and it was deeply to disturbing. violence and threats are never acceptable. the health secretary, pat hancock, describe the footage as appalling —— hancock, that nicholas watt was abused by a small mob. "we must always be protective, this behaviour is completely unexceptional." priti completely unexceptional. " priti patel used completely unexceptional." priti patel used similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nicholas watt. she also links a tweet to a call for evidence of the government has already posted into the work they are doing on the

reason i emphasize this phrase, it was probably written in tokyo rather than coming from someone in whitehallon. it essentially is conforming with japan's use. japan has been the largest source of international financing for coal among g7 members and it is the country in g7 which lies on coal power for most of its generation today. and it is not an imposition to want to move away from coal quickly. kathleen: it seems that you think perhaps the announcements on coal were not so meaningful. how about climate finance? >> exactly. it was fairly weak. on climate finance, it was even weaker. they reiterated their $100 billion pledge but not only did they not recognize but they have failed to meet the 2020 deadline . they extended the deadline to 2025 and this is a bit problematic. it's unlikely that developing economies will receive this pledge with a positive attitude. haidi: are we seeing alignment when it comes to climate action? coming from australia, we know that some of the destinations that attended this are not in alignment, but is there broad consensus? henry: indeed. i mean come on that s

was that problematic in the discharge of your duties in whitehall?t were takin: lace? ,, taking place? in downing street? i think the best — taking place? in downing street? i think the best thing _ taking place? in downing street? i think the best thing to _ taking place? in downing street? i think the best thing to say - taking place? in downing street? i think the best thing to say about i think the best thing to say about this and this will be corroborated by lots of people in government, the best thing to say is that government has operated better over the past six months. let has operated better over the past six months-— has operated better over the past six months. , six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the _ six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the first _ six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the first of _ six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the first of a _ six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the first of a series i six months. let me turn to jeremy hunt for the first of a series of i hunt for the first of a

the valley and enjoy lunch at one of the 3 winery stops along the way, including the family owned whitehallt's just one of nearly 400 wineries. that call napa home. this particular boutique vineyard has been around for decades being able to come on this property, see where the fruit that should be grown harvested produced bottle's label and ship from. and then also, of course, be able to try that one. >> is pretty cool known for their red wines. you get a 5 taste tour, you and the crew can sip your way through the barrel room and take selfies among the rows of them are low vines. >> the trolley will eventually drop you back off at oxbow public market settled right along the napa river just blocks from downtown. it's the perfect place to stop for an afternoon. pick me up. the one stop shop is filled with 22 merchants selling everything from ice cream to alcohol. a large outdoor dining deck covered in shade. let you sip your drink while enjoying the view a short walk from the market will land you in downtown of restaurants. art galleries and hotels like the and dads the rustic rooms screen re

as we said in the paper, whitehall has concerned us —— provided us with information that so far has notctly i is a big question about what exactly were the lockdown regulations and what was matt hancock ordering the country to do. whether he broke the letter of the law, i think the public will look at those pictures and think that they were a little bit unusual thinking about social distancing in the workplace. also leaving the affair allegations and his private life aside, we need to really hear some answers on how exactly he hired his close university friend into this role at the department of health was mac whatdo process was done and what status his relationship was with his friend at the time of her hiring. at the moment, there is radio silence from number ten. and from the department of health. i'm not sure that it's going to be able to hold throughout the day.— throughout the day. opposition arties throughout the day. opposition parties will _ throughout the day. opposition parties will want _ throughout the day. opposition parties will want to _ throughout the day. opposition pa

reflect on what we saw earlier this week, with the journalist nick watt chase through the streets of whitehallhing we need to know that these details are being celebrated in canberra, but they are busy being concealed in london. for all the spin, it is clear that this tory government hasjust all the spin, it is clear that this tory government has just thrown scottish farmers and crofters under their brexit bus, just as they sold out our fishing communities. their brexit bus, just as they sold out ourfishing communities. so today those with most to lose from the steel do not need to hear the prime minister's usual waffle. their livelihoods are at stake, prime minister. just this once, they deserve honest answers from this government. —— the most to lose from this deal. can the premise to confirm that from day one of this deal, 25,000 tonnes of australian beef and 25,000 tonnes of uk lamb will be free to flood the uk market tariff—free? mr will be free to flood the uk market tariff-free?— tariff-free? mr speaker, this is a ureat tariff-free? mr speaker, this is a great deal _ tariff-free? mr spe

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a whitehall source told me such moves would save lives.ce the start of the year because they knew there would be a point where they would have to make a decision on that point is getting closer. the pfizer vaccine has been approved by regulators for the use for 12 to 15—year—olds, which means the political government system and advisers has to decide whether to deploy the vaccine in that age group. thejcvi are discussing it and you asked the international trade secretary about it. fit and you asked the international trade secretary about it. of course, the government _ trade secretary about it. of course, the government will _ trade secretary about it. of course, the government will look _ trade secretary about it. of course, the government will look very - the government will look very closely — the government will look very closely at the jcvi recommendations. it is my— closely at the jcvi recommendations. it is my understanding they are not recommending the vaccination of under— recommending the vaccination of under 18s — recommending th