but would you rive forces from whitehall. but would you give councils — forces from whitehall.drive growth. alongside those owers, drive growth. alongside those powers. would _ drive growth. alongside those powers, would you _ drive growth. alongside those powers, would you give i drive growth. alongside those powers, would you give them | drive growth. alongside those - powers, would you give them more funding? powers, would you give them more fundin: ? ~ . ., , , funding? what we will do is end this absurd hunger— funding? what we will do is end this absurd hunger games _ funding? what we will do is end this absurd hunger games style - funding? what we will do is end this absurd hunger games style bidding l absurd hunger games style bidding process where we bid for small pots of money back and line up national government budgets alongside growth plans to get every part of the economy growing. so instead of wasting huge amounts of money from whitehall on the small pots that are handed out ad hoc to whoever is in favour on the day, we will make sure every community has growth p

i am in whitehall, _ what is your sense? i am in whitehall, very _ what is your sense?tehall, very close to the what is your sense? i am in - whitehall, very close to the prime minister's front door in downing street and unions here are saying over 30,000 people are taking part in this demonstration today and it is certainly very noisy. they expect about half a million people to be out striking today. most people behind me are teachers, but some are civil servants, they work in these fancy buildings here in whitehall. but that is not all. there are also civil servants in the country working on relatively low—paid jobs, job centres and call centres, so they are looking for a pay rise close to inflation of 10.5%. in terms of the scale of this, this is the biggest strike for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that and there are unions who have decided not to strike today and it certainly could be a lot bigger. but what is interesting is that our union leaders here today like the leader of the civil servic

i think it's a whitehall?of scientists have been calling for this for a while to have seat at the cabinet table . it's one of these cabinet table. it's one of these things where science kind of feels like a slightly spur lover, you know , it's wheeled lover, you know, it's wheeled out and the prime minister's talk about how wonderful it is and how they are of it, but then slight he feels taken for granted because it doesn't have this department and it does get over for various things . so over for various things. so i think that the pleased that this is a statement intent and obviously we wait to see the detail as we wait to see if it makes any difference. but it is at least action to match the rhetoric . if you're going to rhetoric. if you're going to talk about science leading growth, if you don't talk about big science, if we do, jeremy really have world class leading to that. that's science. then you need to make a symbol like this and just say, yeah , you this and just say, yeah, you were there, you were

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but how does rishi sunak's new whitehall match up with the old?nterestingly, here it seems to echo something that some people have raised an eyebrow at. gordon brown's whitehall of two thousand and seven under sunak's changes. thousand and seven under sunak's changes . there are now a changes. there are now a department for energy security and net zero. well, that mirrors brown's department for energy and climate change. there's also and climate change. there's also a department for science innovation and technology that to some extent mirrors brown's department for innovation. universities and skills. similarly, the department for business and trade echoes , the business and trade echoes, the department for business enterprise and regulatory reform. while department for culture, media and sports returns as department for culture, media and sports . returns as department for culture, media and sports. is this a brown knight? we organisation of governments ? organisation of governments? well, i'm delighted to be joined now by nigel, the political e

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the next election will probably be in two years, and in whitehall time that is a nanosecond when you making a big change! well, yes and no. it is remarkable how a five—year term of parliament runs away from you if you are not careful. particularly if you swap prime ministers every five minutes! particularly if you have three prime ministers during that time! but on the other hand, there is the levelling up white paper, which set out 12 missions. so there is an architecture there for the government to get on with. you could do a queen's speech around how those will be delivered. not all of them will even need legislation. i remember i set out a social mobility strategy within the dfe. we didn't need to pass a bill. the education department. not everything needs a bill through parliament. the question is can you actually get on with delivering those 12 missions? this government set those out a year ago now. we saw the prime minister hurtling grounding than the other week, talking about levelling up. he went to morecambe, he went to gateshead, various others. you seem to be suggesting h

major whitehall departments spent at least whitehall departments spent at least £145 million using feess the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. we've revealed today is a truth of a government is very, very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend the cost of their operations because they have to be. we would take that same approach, that same level of rigour, because you look some the things we look at some of the things we revealed it did give the government spend government really need to spend money theatre training that money on theatre training that they those pictures they really need those pictures to take. well, parliamentary under—secretary for the department for transport holden defended the government's saying it has not been reckless . what it has not been reckless. what we've tried to is introduce some real transparent into this sector. so in 2012 we publish on a monthly

least major whitehall departments spent.leas major whitehall departments spent.ith money and says labour is wasting resources digging up information that's already in the public domain . already in the public domain. the death toll has risen to almost 36,000 and a week after the deadly earthquakes hit turkey and officials say the window finding survivors is closing . but some people, closing. but some people, including children , still being including children, still being pulled from the rubble alive . an pulled from the rubble alive. an appeal by the uk disasters emergency committee has raised . emergency committee has raised. tha n £60 million . the family of than £60 million. the family of 16 year old brianna gay , who was 16 year old brianna gay, who was stabbed to death in cheshire , stabbed to death in cheshire, have paid tribute to the teenager , saying her loss has teenager, saying her loss has left massive hole. brianna was found with serious injuries in a linear park inclusive yesterday afternoon . a boy and a girl, afternoon. a boy and a girl, both 15

they don't london and whitehall don't like london and whitehall ehhen don't like london and whitehallyou know. and it was that stage i feel we that second stage that i feel we have fully delivered. that's have yet fully delivered. that's our mission and that's what dom and boris were, i think put into power to do in 2019. they delivered half of it, which was the brexit, but the second half, which is the domestic reform, obviously other things have happenedin obviously other things have happened in in public life in the last couple of years, but that but the need for that hasn't gone away. and that's what we need to now. you what we need to do now. you know, johnson better than know, boris johnson better than most us. do you think we'll most of us. do you think we'll see him in a front line political role again? geopolitical question. i don't know. i don't know if we will or if we should. i think the decision for boris is he going to i mean, as i say, i think that what the country needs and whether this is boris is rishi or somebody else, what we need to do is to reform the way we are

they don't london and whitehall don't like london and whitehall ehhen don't like london and whitehallyou know. and it was that stage i feel we that second stage that i feel we have fully delivered. that's have yet fully delivered. that's our mission and that's what dom and boris were, i think put into power to do in 2019. they delivered half of it, which was the brexit, but the second half, which is the domestic reform, obviously other things have happenedin obviously other things have happened in in public life in the last couple of years, but that but the need for that hasn't gone away. and that's what we need to now. you what we need to do now. you know, johnson better than know, boris johnson better than most us. do you think we'll most of us. do you think we'll see him in a front line political role again? geopolitical question. i don't know. i don't know if we will or if we should. i think the decision for boris is he going to i mean, as i say, i think that what the country needs and whether this is boris is rishi or somebody else, what we need to do is to reform the way we are

allow him whitehall operation to allow him to on his policies.f to deliver on his policies. if they're so expensive, yes he would action distraction. well he would argue that if it ends up working then that it's worth it. i think what's very interesting for all the donors is how much he's trying to balance this out to please everyone. so we've got greg hands coming in as party chairman. he was a remainer and is mp for chelsea . so as his is mp for chelsea. so as his deputy chairman, he's gone for lee anderson from the vegetable and nottinghamshire and a brexiteer . so he's trying to brexiteer. so he's trying to please all of us rule rot vile as the papers describe him. yeah, absolutely. he's well known for being willing to speak his mind and that could cause some issues down the line if he was willing to continue to speak out. that he's in out. now that he's in a government position. but we've also seen, for example, with this department, they've this new department, they've made security and made this energy security and net zero department. you

tory reorganised whitehall's departments. tory member favourite cammy leading a new business and trade department while grant shapps heads up a new standalone department covering net zero. but plenty more numbers for michelle donlon as she gets a new science, innovation and technology department and a new conservative party chairman to westminster , greg hunt. the westminster, greg hunt. the latest reaction from number 10 on the view of david cameron's , on the view of david cameron's, former chief of staff to and the other headlines today a monster the metropolitan police officer david carrick who admitted 49 sexual offences against women including dozens of rapes, is now being sentenced by a judge . now being sentenced by a judge. well, this is the picture at southwark crown court. mrs. justice chima grubb is with the sentencing. we have to warn you that they are graphic details so we won't be bringing you all details, but certainly as the sentencing is concluded, we'll have mark white, who's outside the court, to update us

. of marched on whitehall. teachers from the national education union are on strike, leaving 85% of schools fully or partially closed . education partially closed. education secretary gillian keegan told us a deal is some way off. they didn't break down, but they basically said clearly, look, we can't do anything to stop this strike. this is going ahead on 1st of february, but we do have 28 days between this and the strike. so we will continue those but we can't those discussions. but we can't do offer inflation and do is offer inflation and inflation busting pay rises because we're focussed on getting inflation down, halving the inflation that everybody we all feel better and have more money in our pockets . well, money in our pockets. well, kevin, courtney is the general secretary of the national education union. he says government needs to find the money. they never thought we'd reach these thresholds. they weren't planning on us reaching them. and since we've reached them. and since we've reached the thresh

wining and dining in 2021, labour says 14 major whitehall department has spent at least major whitehallhas spent at leas t £145 major whitehall department has spent at least £145 million using the cards across the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. we've revealed today is a truth of a government is very, very casual with the public's money. as we talk business is up and down. the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operation shines because they have to be. we would that approach would take that same approach that of rigour, that same level of rigour, because you look some of the because you look at some of the things revealed, it would things we've revealed, it would give the government really need to money on theatre to spend that money on theatre training really need to spend that money on theatre trainirpictures really need to spend that money on theatre trainirpictures from zally need to spend that money on theatre trainirpictures f

leaders, politicians and business ceos all came to buckingham palace after a meeting on finance in whitehallm pleased we have been able to convene people from around the world. whether that be ministers, business, people from finance. we now need to get into delivery mode. >> your party has been in government for 13 years. sewage is floating into the only 13% of england rivers are rated in good ecological condition. why should anyone take what you say seriously? >> we he come a hugerney. our water is cleaner. our air is cleaner. >> but our rivers. >> we are still making progress in that regard. >> there is still so much to celebrate in our natural world. with money and commit and, there is still a chance that decades of damage and decline can begin to be reversed. david: before we go, we all have horror stories from travel experiences. lost luggage, lousy seatmates, delayed flights. passengers traveling from auckland to new york was closed friday due to a power outage. this affected flights coming from all over the world, including one from auckland. the new zealand flight had to turn around

white whitehall his way around. white whitehall ., what's your overview of this refocusing of government departments sticking trade and industry together ? does it make industry together? does it make sense to you it viable ? look, i sense to you it viable? look, i think it's laudable, but i think we need to put this in. i think we need to put this in. i think we all understand understands the last several years have been really difficult. we've all had face the post financial crisis era. we've all had to face covid. we've had to face the post—covid hangover economically and inflationary. we've seen the problems on energy prices . we've problems on energy prices. we've had the ukraine event with russia, which undermined confidence and what we have to understand this country, whether we like it or not, we've added two other dimensions. one is, of course, is the economic cost to brexit, is real. and digby brexit, which is real. and digby was and secondly of was alluding to. and secondly of course, i'm afraid in fairness to what the gov

leaders, politicians and business ceos all came to buckingham palace, after a meeting on finance in whitehallle from around the world, whether that be about ministers, about business, about people from finance, because we now need to get into delivery mode. your party has been in government for 13 years. sewage is flowing into our rivers, only 14% of england's rivers are rated as being of good ecological condition. why should anyone take what you say seriously about protecting nature? well, we've come a huge journey about protecting nature. our water is cleaner, our air is cleaner than it was before. but sewage is still flowing into our rivers and seas. but we are still, and we are still making progress in that regard. there's still so much to celebrate in our natural world. with money and commitment, there is still a chance that decades of damage and decline can begin to be reversed. jonah fisher, bbc news. the hollywood star, bruce willis, has been diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. his family says he has a form of the disease which affects his ability to speak and write. our medical

major whitehall departments spent at least whitehall departments spent at least £145 million using pcsss the year. shadow levelling up minister norris says the government has been careless with public funds . careless with public funds. we've revealed today is a culture of a government that's very, very casual . the culture of a government that's very, very casual. the public's money, you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operation opens because they have to be. we would take that same approach that level of figour same approach that level of rigour you at of rigour because you at some of the things revealed it the things we've revealed it would government really would give the government really need money theatre need to spend that money theatre training really those training that they really those pictures gallery . pictures from a tape gallery. well parliamentary under—secretary for the department for transport richard holden is defending the government. he say

leaders, politicians and business ceos all came to buckingham palace, after a meeting on finance in whitehallfrom around the world, whether that be about ministers, about business, about people from finance, because we now need to get into delivery mode. your party has been in government for 13 years. sewage is flowing into our rivers, only 14% of england's rivers are rated as being in a good ecological condition. why should anyone take what you say seriously about protecting nature? well we've come a huge journey about protecting nature. our water is cleaner, our air is cleaner than it was before. but sewage is still floating into our rivers and sees. but we are still, and we are still making progress in that regard. there is still so much to celebrate in our natural world. with money and commitment there is still a chance that decades of damage and decline can begin to be reversed. jonah fisher, bbc news. apology is there for my unexpected cameo in that story, but thank you for staying with bbc news, we will have the headlines for you in just a short while. hello. storm otto was the dominan

the whitehall has reportedly blocked legislations, but would have stopped sales last year. a year many journalists told us those arm supplies only exacerbate the already tense conflict in the country. it's not fair to see the united states talking about the problems that human is, are facing. the united states is a problem itself. they have been selling the weapons, including massage to, in saudi arabia and its allies in the region to pump the many people. me personally in my neighborhood, has been bombed by a saudi arabia using american marseilles. you can't even compare with has been paid to the many people during eighty's afford to what has been paid to the ukrainians during the conflict. we had only the crumbs of what the westerns are paying to help other countries. they have to do a lot of other things. they should the speed of the piece of process in order to improve the situation. and they want on country a human. but talking about eg, bringing more donors and collecting more money for the many people is not what the many people want to from the u. s. or any other co

easy sacked the civil service list they set up in whitehall . list they set up in whitehall.s are gone . ten second theirjobs are gone. ten second reaction from you. so i think that working from home means , that working from home means, you cannot get the culture and the camaraderie and the team spirit that you would get if you went to see my and success is all about team and young people need to learn off others and they can't do it absolutely blooming zone another one one viewer asks me good lee anderson be the uk coach to about the answer to that. but i have to say i think lee anderson is a breath of fresh air. whatever i have it agrees with me on that and you, i want to see somebody in politics standing up and saying they believe and you can agree with them you can disagree with them . but that's what he with them. but that's what he believes rather than this constant hedging , ing and constant hedging, ing and wavering that we from the careerists, i think lee anderson a breath of fresh air. it was a to have him and all the other guests on today i'm going to hand over no

easy sacked the civil service list they set up in whitehall . list they set up in whitehall.s are gone . ten second theirjobs are gone. ten second reaction from you. so i think that working from home means , that working from home means, you cannot get the culture and the camaraderie and the team spirit that you would get if you went to see my and success is all about team and young people need to learn off others and they can't do it absolutely blooming zone another one one viewer asks me good lee anderson be the uk coach to about the answer to that. but i have to say i think lee anderson is a breath of fresh air. whatever i have it agrees with me on that and you, i want to see somebody in politics standing up and saying they believe and you can agree with them you can disagree with them . but that's what he with them. but that's what he believes rather than this constant hedging , ing and constant hedging, ing and wavering that we from the careerists, i think lee anderson a breath of fresh air. it was a to have him and all the other guests on today i'm going to hand over no

you've got the man in whitehall the woman in whitehall deciding everything and there's no way of kicking, keir starmer said. kicking back, keir starmer said. this year that actually he didn't talk about it so much in a speech that he did today, but he's been talking devolving powers locally, which is what you've just been describing. i don't think as far as whether what level of you pay, but talking about devolving those powers. but i slightly worry that if you put more power into these local councillors that maybe they will start to exercise the sort of megalomaniac tendencies that i have to say talking about. that's really the case for heaven's sake , go out and defeat heaven's sake, go out and defeat them . i mean, that's the beauty them. i mean, that's the beauty of democracy begins with the people here. yeah, we can every five years, 20, 30 million of us go out and vote. we a government. and that's it for another five years. that's crazy. we need a lot more councils , active policies, but councils, active policies, but there's difficult places. for example, i'm passionate about the

truss as she underestimated the i as she underestimated the resistance she would have faced from whitehalllogy is needed. liz truss says there is needed. liz truss says there is still support for what you try to achieve and her intervention comes as some conservatives argue for tax cuts to come more quickly. a disaster in office, ms truss clearly still hopes she can make a case for what might have been. jonathan blake, bbc news. after three years of toned—down celebrations, the famous venice carnival has returned to its former grandeur. 0ur reporter emb hashmi has more. elaborate opera, dancing and sparkling masks are back with a bang in venice. the two week—long festivities were launched by this colourful unicorn, a magical creature that transports dreamers to the stars. the narrow alleys and bridges of the city were lit up by dazzling dancers and spectacular floats for the parade down the canal grande. over the next two weeks the city will be filled with thousands of tourists from across italy and the world. translation: it's great, it's magical, what else i is there to say? come and fee

not want to leave to turn this in, people alone would help overcome the challenges to hospital in whitehall. in our view, the best way out of the crisis is name a program. soon as you should conclude that quickly hills to newson zone, to these options, i can now speak to sarah yards. she's a senior fellow at the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. she joins us from washington at good to see. so what's behind this wave of arrests? i think what we're seeing is an escalation in case aid's attack on tunisia. democracy. he clearly is nervous. he's seen that his poll numbers aren't great. the last couple of elections that he's held, the numbers have just been dramatically low, it only 11 percent of the population showing up. so i think this just as a sign that he doesn't know what to do next. he's trying to round up all of the opposition people from all over the political spectrum in order to prevent any one from being able to really counter in. tennessee is in deep economic turmoil and needs an ins bail out. given the international criticism of science repressi

people alone would help overcome the challenges hospital in whitehall in our view, the best way out of the crisis is name of program chinese. you should conclude that quickly. hills to newson is altered use of seasons. i can now speak to sarah. yes, she's a senior fellow at the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. she joins us from washington at good to see. so what's behind this wave of arrests? i think what we're seeing is an escalation in case aid's attack on tenicia democracy . he clearly is nervous. he's seen that his poll numbers aren't great. the last couple of elections that he's held, the numbers have just been dramatically low. it only 11 percent of the population showing up. so i think this just as a sign that he doesn't know what to do next. he's trying to round up all the opposition, people from all over the political spectrum in order to prevent anyone from being able to really counter to nicea is in deep economic turmoil. and needs and i am asked bail out given the international criticism of science repression, especially coming out of t

decade since quite so many trading in some different sectors converged in central london here on whitehall, a stone's throw from number 10 to collectively make their voices heard that she mentioned that train drivers teaches renders of 1st off from universities as well, of civil servants of all gathered here to make their voices heard. of course, they all singing from the same hymn sheet calling for better pay better working conditions. amid soaring inflation currently around 10 and a half percent. and particularly when it comes to teaches they, in recent years, i've seen their work levels increase massively, but their real pay levels of continued to full for more they some joined by the former lead of the opposition labor party, jeremy colbin. i'm who of course has been a very prominent figure when it comes to standing out for workers' rights in recent years. thank you very much for joining as well. so let's start with the teachers, specifically. how hard is it to be in that professional? the moment do they very hard, they are under enormous pressure of workload of rising class sizes in s

this is the scene at whitehall. tonight, this band of rain continues its journey north and east. behind it, some chilly air. but behind it, milder conditions developing. temperatures between five and 10 degrees by the end of the night. heavier rain pushing into the western side of scotland. in the north—west highlands we will see a lot of rain in the next few days because of the success and weather fronts that would be pushing in from the atlantic. high pressure keeping a drierfurther south. this feet the atlantic. high pressure keeping a drier further south. this feet of airfrom a drier further south. this feet of air from the atlantic bringing some mild but quite cloudy and damp conditions around some of these western hills. we will see some... the north of scotland will continue to see some outbreaks of rain tomorrow. some of it will be heavy and the winds will pick up once again. but, afternoon temperatures, 11 degrees for aberdeen, 13 be high in london. it is going to be mild. briefly, on thursday night, as thi

you've got the man in whitehall the woman in whitehall deciding everything and there's no way of kickingkeir starmer said. kicking back, keir starmer said. this year that actually he didn't talk about it so much in a speech that he did today, but he's been talking devolving powers locally, which is what you've just been describing. i don't think as far as whether what level of you pay, but talking about devolving those powers. but i slightly worry that if you put more power into these local councillors that maybe they will start to exercise the sort of megalomaniac tendencies that i have to say talking about. that's really the case for heaven's sake , go out and defeat heaven's sake, go out and defeat them . i mean, that's the beauty them. i mean, that's the beauty of democracy begins with the people here. yeah, we can every five years, 20, 30 million of us go out and vote. we a government. and that's it for another five years. that's crazy. we need a lot more councils , active policies, but councils, active policies, but there's difficult places. for example, i'm passionate about the ne

for energy security and net zero, one of four new ministries created as part of a shake—up in how whitehallole of conservative party chairman. our political editor chris mason is here. so what's been happening? today was primarily about rewiring the structures of government, none of this is an instantly exciting topic but it can make a difference topic but it can make a difference to how even whether gutman works. there is a new department for energy security and necklace era, here is the man in charge, grant chaps. who else? it is all a bit back in the future, there was a department called energy and climate change until it was scrapped, which labour have been quick to point out. there is a new department for science, innovation and technology, led by michelle donnellan, business and trade brought together in the same department of the lucy fraser will lead the department for culture, media and sport, media and sport. this man is the new conservative party chairman, he is replacing nadhim zahawi, he was sacked after that row about his taxes. none of this is anything to do with the future o

but elsewhere in whitehall, departments are being rewired and rebadged.ment for business, energy and industrial strategy last october. but that department has now been chopped up. mr shapps will now lead a new department for energy security and net zero — something rishi sunak promised to do before he became prime minister. the war in ukraine, rocketing energy bills and climate change have made energy security a key issue for the government. labour has long called for this new department, but issues such as onshore wind farms remain very controversial in rishi sunak�*s party. the former culture secretary, michelle donelan, will now lead another new department — for science, innovation and technology. while kemi badenoch has been put in charge of a department that combines business and trade — the sixth business secretary since the 2019 general election. nearly four months into the job, rishi sunak has tried to rework the government around his priorities. not by hiring and firing a crop of new cabinet ministers — after the turmoil of last year, the prime m

thousands are currently marching on whitehall. teachers from , the whitehall.ken action, leaving 85% of schools fully or partially closed. education secretary gillian keegan told a deal is still way off . clearly look, we still way off. clearly look, we can't do anything to stop this strike. this is going ahead on the 1st of february, but we do have 28 days between this and, the strike. we will the next strike. so we will continue those discussions. but what can't is offer inflation what can't do is offer inflation and inflation busting pay rises because . we're really focussed because. we're really focussed on getting inflation down and halving the inflation that everybody . so we all feel better everybody. so we all feel better have more money in our pockets . have more money in our pockets. courtney is the general secretary of the national education union. he says government needs to find the money. they never thought we'd reach these thresholds. they weren't on us reaching them. and since we've reached the thresholds , 40,000 more people thresholds, 40,000

the department works and that it's tragically lost profile of late despite being the effective in whitehallrack record. she says in technology, digital gigabit rollout, telecoms data speaks for itself. this obviously on the back of we're expecting department to lose at least one element that is the digital element that is the digital element of its remit . she says element of its remit. she says that it's like cummings dominic cummings has never left . i think cummings has never left. i think so to say. nadine dorries has been slightly better since the removal of boris johnson, but she's not happy about some of the changes this morning. i think it does kind of bleed into the when i was trying to the talk when i was trying to talk bit earlier on talk a little bit earlier on about the fundamentals of these changes, about much changes, about how much difference actually makes to difference is actually makes to the working with government and indeed whether it actually might cause more harm than good. well we know that you'll keep your peeled is peeled is to the ground perhaps eyes peeled and e

labour's has 14 major whitehall departments spent at least £145 million. up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. what we've revealed today is a culture of a government is very casual with the public's money. as we talk business up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operation opens because they have to be. we will take that same approach that, same rigour you same level of rigour because you at of the things we've at some of the things we've revealed, the revealed, you give the government spend government really need to spend that money on theatre training. did really need those did they really need those pictures the tate gallery. pictures from the tate gallery. parliamentary under—secretary for the department for transport richard holden is the government. he says it's not been reckless . what we try to do been reckless. what we try to do is introduce some real transparency into this sector. so in 2012 we publish on a

these are very internal changes and they matter a lot in whitehall and they matter a lot in whitehallhe cost of living crisis. fight! to them, primarily dealing with the cost of living crisis.— cost of living crisis. and of course. — cost of living crisis. and of course. the _ cost of living crisis. and of course, the tory _ cost of living crisis. and of course, the tory party - cost of living crisis. and of| course, the tory party have cost of living crisis. and of. course, the tory party have a cost of living crisis. and of- course, the tory party have a big fight on their hands to win the next election. they have a new conservative party chairman who has a big job on his hands, hasn't he? he really has. greg hands, an ally of the prime minister, experienced minister, he's worked under several different prime ministers in departments, so i think he is seen as trusted and he is seen as somebody who can deliver. he is also crucially trusted among mps as well, which this job really needs. but as you say, he has a huge challenge on his hands so close to local elections coming up and the

only 100 days in technical change in whitehall.ng a ministry of science and technology, business and trade together . i technology, business and trade together. i mean, that seemed largely sensible post—brexit. but of course , as you say, but of course, as you say, philip, it's the changes in the party machine which have caught the eye. i mean, the thing is about these changes, i mean, i'll give you an illustration. the gambling industry and the anti—gambling campaigners alike are both tearing their hair out because they had chris philp as a minister who was just about to pubush a minister who was just about to publish the government's gambling review, and then he got moved and paul scally took his job. paul scully spent two months working, finding out about the industry, speaking to everybody on every of the everybody on every side of the debate is just about publish debate is just about to publish the paper , and now he's the white paper, and now he's moved on. and there's another minister secretary of minister with the secretary

and put his stamp on whitehall and deliver on his five key pledges.political correspondent catherine forster catherine . a lot of people think catherine. a lot of people think rishi sunak's this was quite a dull reshuffle . yeah well, dull reshuffle. yeah well, insofar as he hasn't really been sacking people. so he made any more. enemies. i think he's really trying to ruffle as few conservative mps feathers . conservative mps feathers. possible given his first 100 days and the various factions within the party. he's created these new departments and really it's a bit of a reset moment for him. it was necessitated, of course, by fact that he had to sack the tory chairman, nadhim zahawi over a week ago for the tax avoidance . so there was tax avoidance. so there was a vacancy . he's brought into that vacancy. he's brought into that greg hams, who's an mp for many many years. he was a remainer. he's very emollient. he's really a safe pair of hands. he's very emollient. he's really a safe pair of hands . and more a safe pair of hands. and more surprising,

she blames whitehall.there were definitely some veiled jabs at rishi sunak and mps who didn't give her enough of a chance. but as you say, she does acknowledge her own sort of naivety in not understanding how the system was stacked against her. the bit of blame for treasury officials, for not warning her about the way these pension funds were set up. but if it is, as she says, then i don't blame her for being a bit of a jab at them. but who knows what the situation was behind the scenes? okay. thank you, olivia. one man who you, olivia. now, one man who tweeted support liz tweeted his support of liz truss, article the sunday truss, his article in the sunday telegraph was the former london mep forman. good morning . mep lance forman. good morning. lance, thank very much for lance, thank you very much for joining me. so tell me, why were you in support of her statement? what did you like about her explanation of events ? well, i explanation of events? well, i thought it was really important that she made the

tory sleaze government mitheetter control whitehall tory sleaze government mithe table,�*ntrol whitehalle government mithe table, thel whitehall tory sleaze government mithe table, the conservatives. at the table, the conservatives. but when you look at the detail, we're talking about £381 spent in now if we are in a hotel room. now if we are sending politicians to sending our top politicians to a different country , surely we different country, surely we should them to, you know, should expect them to, you know, be in a comfortable environment and be able to carry out their duty to the best without worrying about, you know, we're not in a nice hotel. surely people will be able to see through this as well, i think. yeah i think there's really differences in the spending which are being outlined today. i there's difference i think there's difference between sort of, you know, regulations been regulations which have been allowed where items allowed to be lax, where items which been for have which have been claimed for have not labelled. such not been properly labelled. such things like alc

he wandered whitehall wandered around whitehall regular clearly . i regular basis quite clearly. he does needs is a prolonged, heavy dose of medication and a good . i think medication and a good. i think that'll sort of. do you want to challenge him to challenge him to a three round boxing match. obviously weight division is in my look, not there. looks like he's in the overweight division. i think i could take him out in three. i might just to go in for a few rounds, but is quite clearly on end is i don't know what medication is on. i know he a lot but you know is a public nuisance. i was to some folk who at event last night leigh at that event last night leigh of course the bbc even though they had to get rid of bray had stacked the audience with the ramones. yeah of course that's what they do it is so you know that i mean this is one of the reasons i love jb news because, you know, it doesn't matter what your politics are, you've got platform, you know, you've got you've got all sorts people on if got ex—labour ps if you've got ex—labour and ps presenting, but it shows. and th

he wandered whitehall wandered around whitehall regular clearly . i regular basis quite clearly. he does needs is a prolonged, heavy dose of medication and a good . i think medication and a good. i think that'll sort of. do you want to challenge him to challenge him to a three round boxing match. obviously weight division is in my look, not there. looks like he's in the overweight division. i think i could take him out in three. i might just to go in for a few rounds, but is quite clearly on end is i don't know what medication is on. i know he a lot but you know is a public nuisance. i was to some folk who at event last night leigh at that event last night leigh of course the bbc even though they had to get rid of bray had stacked the audience with the ramones. yeah of course that's what they do it is so you know that i mean this is one of the reasons i love jb news because, you know, it doesn't matter what your politics are, you've got platform, you know, you've got you've got all sorts people on if got ex—labour ps if you've got ex—labour and ps presenting, but it shows. and th

zoe conway, our| employment correspondent, in whitehall in central london.this headed? is though you were saying, there are more and more work is going on strike —— as zoe was saying. and there is less chance of these disputes being result. it is incredible. we are nowhere near the winter of discontent in 1978—79, but we are getting pretty close to that territory, just because of the numbers of workers going on strike and the length of these disputes. the rail dispute has been going on for months. the train driver strike todayis for months. the train driver strike today is barely getting a mention because of teachers, quite rightly, and the disruption that is causing. and as zoe were saying, next monday will be the biggest ever strike in the nhs. every day next week a pub on wednesday, there is going to be a strike. midwives are going on strike, physiotherapists. you have head teachers talking about the system has been underfunded for over a decade. it is quite astonishing. and there are few or no negotiations being held and i don�*t see how the disputes are

well, you know, there is a there is the chap that hangs around whitehall lot the japanese.it really is with bray. steve bray i'm supporting a charity that deals and male suicide it's very important charity there's been a little bit of needle between and steve since i got elected so i thought know let's raise some money for charity and the challenges to steve if he's watching is if i win he stopped protesting outside parliament and if he wins i'll and protest with him and john european union again. well i'm glad we're having a boxing match on the shouting match because his voice certainly carries that so certainly carries that is so wonderful have with us. it's wonderful to have with us. it's so fantastic having people who say they actually think say what they actually think rather many mealy rather than too many mealy mouthed but the mouthed people. but after the break, hearing break, we're hearing from another never another person who could never be being mealy be accused of being mealy mouthed, off all this mouthed, started off all this problem. the former brexit secretar

just my confidence in whitehall, i have to say to spend this money well is particularly strong .ly strong. how do you assess how do you assess the politics you've set yourself? you know , got a chancellor who you know, got a chancellor who is under massive pressure in all directions, raising taxes, etc. national that soared to 2.5 trillion. these all very real issues. you know growth running at zero for the last quarter of last year. how do you assess the political chances of defence getting that 10 billion as over. this is about the communication of what's occurring . the fact is of what's occurring. the fact is that defence spending is not just about what people see. it's actually about diplomacy . it's actually about diplomacy. it's about foreign policy. it's about britain's place in the world. and this is not being adequately communicated. if we look at, for example, yougov polling, defence and security comes out almost the bottom of the chart every week on the continuous poll of the things that people would like to see the government spending. the irony is the first duty of