thirdly, there are also questions about the accountability of the whitehall and westminster system. is often driven by settling the institutional wagon, but does not react until justice is either hard—won by campaigners or into appalling tragedies like this, finally spura tragedies like this, finally spur a degree of action. and time again, we see this pattern, and people are right to be angry about it. i'm angry about it. southport must be a line in the sand, but nothing will be off the table in this inquiry, nothing. and most importantly, it will lead to change. i know people will be watching right now and they will be saying, we've heard all this before. the promises, the sorrow, the inquiry that comes and goes, an inability to change. but frankly, it's become the oxygen of wider conspiracy. and we have seen that throughout this case. a suggestion that there has been a cover—up. i want to put on record that yesterday's guilty verdict only happened because hundreds if not thousands of dedicated public servants worked towards it. many of whom endured absolutely harrowing circumstan

we're in whitehall, surrounded by government departments, in central london. way, trafalgar square, also full of many hundreds of protesters. a common presence at these protests over the past year or so has usually been smaller counter—protests, as you can see. you can see the israeli flag. you can also see yellow balloons, the sign of hope for the safe return of hostages from gaza. now, we've spoken to the organisers of this march, the palestine solidarity campaign, who say they welcome that ceasefire agreement, but they say it is very tentative. they're worried about it not holding and they say, therefore, the decision to stop these marches or keep these national marches going, which they have been over the past year or so, is under review. donald trump has begun hisjourney from his home in florida to his old home in washington ahead of his inauguration as the next president of the united states. mr trump — along with his wife and youngest son — are flying to the nation's capital. he will hold a victory rally in washington on sunday, before taking the oath o

we're in whitehall, surrounded by government departments. in central london. full of many hundreds of protesters. a common presence at these protests over the past year or so has usually been smaller counter—protests. as you can see, you can see the israeli flag. you can also see yellow balloons, the sign of hope for the safe return of hostages from gaza. now, we've spoken to the organisers of this march, the palestine solidarity campaign, who say they welcome that ceasefire agreement, but they say it is very tentative. they're worried about it not holding. and they say, therefore, the decision to stop these marches or keep these national marches going, which they have been over the past year or so, is under review. that was nickjohnson now, we've spoken to the organisers of this march, the palestine solidarity campaign, who say they welcome that ceasefire agreement, but they say it is very tentative. they're worried about it not holding. and they say, therefore, the decision to stop these marches or keep these national marches going, which they have been over

essex is at the table and we get as much out of whitehall as we can.ve i have very little time for many people that work in whitehall, because i look at the state of our country at the moment and i think, what, what have you not been doing? but if we are going to take power from whitehall and put it into essex and have essex residents voting for essex representatives to make decisions, then i think that's a positive thing. if handled correctly, devolution can be good. but what i have to say is i'm very worried about the historic nature of our county being broken up. that's worry. >> that's really interesting. jamie, thank you so much for coming in. insightful stuff. right. well, the leader of essex county council, councillor kevin bentley, has said despite our differing political views, we all want to make essex as great as it can be for our residents and businesses. devolution is key to making this happen. it presents us with an opportunity for growth and productivity across the county like no other. all right, still to come. wes streeting went on the

jack whitehall, what are you doing in here on your own? i'm waiting to be used.l, i say they're about to get to my scene... they've been about to get to my scene for four hours. tell me about the character you play, then. i play william rodney, who is one of the love interests. but i have modelled my character on, �*90s newcastle legend philippe albert. so that's what i was trying to channel with this moustache. is that your real...? this is a real moustache, yeah. sorry. yeah. no, that's actually, i've grown that all myself. that's impressive! i thought i looked very debonair, to be honest. and my father told me that i look like ned flanders from the simpsons. waiting to shoot the next scene leaves plenty of time for touch ups. i'm playing cousinjoan, who is a spinster aunt of the heroine. and i had never read virginia woolf until recently. and who knew that she was funny? night and day is a really, really funny novel. jennifer saunders and i actually had been through the book combing for funny lines. and when they're not looking, we sort of slide them in. so yo

i right now, as for the casey- commission, i am delighted by the way, we have got one of whitehall, best that should reassure people that this is| not some talking shop that will deliver action. - there first report - is due next year that will set out the actions - we need to take on social care, not some point in the future, | ijust take people back to why take a bit of time in the - long—term plan, what i'm trying to do is break the cycle of. broken politics on this issue. so we can actually build i the kind of consensus for a national care service of the . kind that we have largely had on the national health service we have had for the last four. years because our experience . has been every general election campaign has been an election campaign where social care - plans go to die. ask andy bannon . and gordon what... talking over each other. louise casey says the social care system needs much more money. will you say that should be in the next labour ma nifesto ? what louise will come up with as a reformer, is - a plan and a set of options onj both reform and what she will be clear

that the rules, as they were, were "unsatisfactory and uneven. " but he, along with many people in whitehally, well, let's wait and see. this is still very new. let's let the rules settle in over the next year, and then we'll see if we need to do more legislation. but also, you and i talked about this a lot yesterday. and as you know, i could wang on and on and on about this forever. so i shall cease and desist. brief would be the word i would give. you could brief us on this for a greater time if we had it. but brief�*s not often associated with me. well, let's change the subject. but by way of saying expect more announcements on this tomorrow, including from the prime minister, sir keir starmer, who is in the sights of elon musk, who wants to get rid of him, and who the last seven days have shown the power of another online platform, x, to change the tone of our political conversations. and therefore, when i was confronted with the former labour leader from a very 20th century era, neil, now lord kinnock, he said this is a very worrying new development, the intervention of elon musk. and h

their supporters would say, and i think a lot of people in whitehall would say, look, we have to waitchnology is not in any hurry to look at new legislation for that reason. however, i think online safety campaigners look at what's come out and say, we know already that this isn't enough. it's a very, very difficult and delicate issue. we've got peter kyle, the technology secretary, with us tomorrow morning, which feels rather timely. well, it certainly does. i mean, it's interesting, this phrase fact—checking. there's never been a better time to check facts, now, it seems to me. the assault on truth, and this is a work done a lot by our colleague marianna spring. yeah. and one of the questions you can ask yourself is, how does this post i'm reading make me feel? mm—hm. and if the answer is "very angry", that is the way that it's proven that you get more engagement of users. ifican... if i can make you angry online, you're going to engage more, you're going to send it to all yourfriends who share the same concerns. let's say they are concerns about grooming gangs and you're rightly co

and this did, it does insist on is that withdrawal from the, for example of definitive fi, whitehall from the starting or from the eastern part of guys of dollars and not picking one any, any, any major piece of land from guys. and, and i lowering the palestinians to move back north because there is rejected all of that. the past paid months out on for tens of thousands more people to be killed or injured. but now nothing you know is forced to accept. that's what you rejected. 8 months ago, allow them for the work to continue it extra months. and, and suggesting that the senior started incredible suffering. this is most of the heart of the matter of how criminal this problem industry is. and why the international criminal court sinks. so not that i think so the international criminal court thinks that he deliberately he and his lieutenants the number of police bar and the people in gaza. it had nothing to do with the war against come us. it's not directly that's for sure. huge simply installed a policy to start the people who got so by cutting a coming in. and of course, as usual, th

there is a big police presence, this is static protest in whitehall, originally it had been planned thatanged. we understand that seven people have been arrested so far, one on suspicion of holding a placard in support of band organisations and to him suspicion of breaching conditions put in place for this protest. that is the scene at the pro—palestinian rally in central london. ukraine says three people have been killed in a russian missile attack on the centre of kyiv. president zelensky says residential buildings, shops and cafes were hit but moscow claims the target was a missile factory. meanwhile in zaporizhzhia, officials say ten people were injured in a russian strike. from kyiv, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the attack came without any warning. russian missiles aimed at ukraine's capital as many were still asleep. two of the dead were a couple killed in their car. by daylight, the destruction was even clearer. this business centre, damaged before, is nowjust a shell. at a dental clinic, they were salvaging anything still intact, which is not much her

but he, along with many people in whitehall, want to sort of say, well, let's wait and see.new. let's let the rules settle in over the next year, and then we'll see if we need to do more legislation. but also, you and i talked about this a lot yesterday. and as you know, i could wang on and on and on about this forever. so i shall cease and desist. brief would be the word i would give. you could brief us on this for a greater time if we had it. but briefs not often associated with me. well, let's change the subject. well, let's change the subject by way of saying expect more announcements on this tomorrow, including from the prime minister, sir keir starmer, who is in the sights of elon musk, who wants to get rid of him, and who the last seven days have shown the power of another online platform, x, to change the tone of our political conversations. and therefore, when i was confronted with the former labour leader from a very 20th century era, neil, now lord kinnock, he said this is a very worrying new development, the intervention of elon musk, and he called him a national

beverly claims it philadelphia prova in whitehall, new york, for all i know, there are probably others. maybe hampton roads. i don't know. and i, i'm not going to say it depends on how you define the founding of the american navy. it's not a single thing. and i not that i want to make peace with people. but i say, you know, just be happy that you have an interesting slice of the history. and if you want to claim it is your own, go ahead. all right. i think we have time for one more question in the audience. all right. i'll come back to you. go to the falklands right. aha. i was waiting for that. i always get asked that question. no. and there's a good reason why the number of reasons i knew the falklands to be a character in the book, but i didn't feel i needed to go to the falklands to make it a good character in the book because there are a number of descriptions by mariners, not just ones that are involved in this book from the early 1800s, about falklands. so i felt there was enough to describe the falklands and i was proven right in my assumption because one of the people who wrot

. >> is there any lessons you've learned though having been in number 10 seen the machinery of whitehallhand your hands on t he levers of power? anything you would do differently if you would give your former self your 5 months ago self some advice what would that would be? >> i knew the inheritance was going to be pretty awful. it is worse than i thought in every respect. there was 22 billion ppounds missing from the economy. the prisons were so overfall that when we had the disorder in the summer i had to have lally well i had to have the figures up in the corner of the room in the cobra room as to how many prison places we had in every prison around the country because we're a bursting point when we were trying to arrest people on the streets. i was shocked. >> we all know that. but is there anything that you would do differently if you if you were starting out now knowing what you know? >> no. we had to do tough stuff we're getting on with it and i'm very pleased to be delivering and delivering from a position of power rather than going around the division lobbies losing every night,

who is the mp in east london, where i grew up, and he flouts whitehall policy and attended a muslim councilo do. >> why aren't they? >> why aren't they? >> because i think you don't want to be showing. >> that particular group. i think the government do not engage with because of various views. >> and he's got a huge muslim population. he is, of course, was famously stabbed in his own constituency , surgery by constituency, surgery by a muslim constituent, and he was in the cabinet at the time he was in gordon brown's cabinet. so he's obviously thinking, to hell with government advice. i need to engage with these people, otherwise i will lose my seat. >> but that's very interesting, isn't it? because there's quite a few seats around the country now where there's more than 12% of their population is actually of their population is actually of their population is actually of the muslim faith. and if they're having to make their decisions about what they do to pander to one particular area of their community, it means, by necessity that they're going to neglect other areas in that community wh

britain will only recover when it has a government that treats the whitehall mandarin in the way margaret the national union of miners. we need to recognise that there are vested interests who need to be taken on and destroyed. trump has been very, very good at doing this in a weird way. the four years he spent having lost the election were a blessing in disguise. he used that time to figure out what to do to overcome the administrative state that, in effect, prevented him, in his first term of office from doing much. >> and that's what we must learn from. and i understand that the heritage foundation and similar groups prepared a lot of the groundwork for trump to start the moment he got in, both working out who the people needed to be and the executive orders that he would sign. and we obviously ought to learn from that here to make sure that an incoming government maximises the political capital it has on day one. >> absolutely. it's not enough to win a majority and then go to the king and be asked to form a government. when the king asked you to form a government, you need to have ord

, due to the proximity to a local synagogue, the metropolitan police has restricted the group to whitehallsand officers have been on duty today. in other news, donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling that delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island. ahead of trump's inauguration, gb news spoke to reform uk leader nigel farage. >> the other thing that's been discussed by everybody is what the hell were you thinking about with the chagos islands? diego garcia? the honest truth is that our government is getting off to the worst possible start with the worst possible start with the incoming trump administration. and my other worry if we pivot towards the european union, that makes getting a trade deal of some kind with trump's america even more difficult. >> well, four days of special ev

, whitehall sources tonight have told gb news the process is still ongoing, but that the decision bringselief after weeks of uncertainty over his nomination, he'll now expected to take up that role next month , and the government next month, and the government is considering a major shake—up to how the bbc is funded, with households using streaming services like netflix and disney potentially being hit with the licence fee. it's reported the idea is part of a menu of opfions idea is part of a menu of options under discussion, including a tax on streaming services or asking bbc radio listeners to pay the fee. ministers are also exploring alternatives like advertising or alternatives like advertising or a subscription model, as viewing habhs a subscription model, as viewing habits slowly shift away from traditional tv. and just before ihand traditional tv. and just before i hand you back to patrick, take a look at this boom. supersonic took to the skies earlier in a historic test flight over the mojave desert, setting the stage for a possible return of supersonic travel. it could redefine t

a few weeks ago, 500 tractors were outside whitehall. she didn't even mention them at pmqs.uld hear them inside a deafening cacophony of angry farmers simply ignored. today, tulip siddiq was put aside, resigned because of corruption charges. the anti—corruption minister following louise hague, who of course got the boot over a fraud allegation. two ministers gone to sweden. instead, kemi badenoch went on the offensive on the economy. well, inflation went down today. are they living in a bubble? have they got the teeth? have they got what it takes to be the leader of the opposition? let me know your thoughts. and the usual way to do that is gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we kick off the show, it's your headlines. and here's sam francis. >> martin. >> martin. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and good afternoon to you. >> and good afternoon to you. >> 3:02, the top story this houn >> 3:02, the top story this hour, sir keir starmer and kemi badenoch clashed over the uk's economy at prime minister's questions earlier, following speculation over the chancellor's abilities, despite a

. >> and is there a climate of fear in whitehall? civil servants will no longer be labelled transphobic if they express gender critical beliefs. that's under new guidelines. >> and is it time to sack tulip siddiq? pressure is mounting on sir keir starmer to sack the treasury minister after calls for a corruption investigation into her london properties and her associations with her aunt . her associations with her aunt. >> and more reasons to shop at morrisons, the supermarket morri sons, the supermarket chain, morrisons, the supermarket chain, yes, are the latest to back farmers in their protest against the government over those changes to inheritance tax. >> and also this morning, the rj foundation, we're going to be speaking to the founder of this charity, which works to raise awareness and funds for more accessible defibrillators across the uk. after one mum or two parents actually tragically lost their son jamie, to cardiac arrest in 2022. we're going to be talking to them. a busy morning between now and midday. keep your commen

protest conditions after demonstrators broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in whitehallnds of protesters met a line of police officers and eventually broke through with those who made it to the square, later finding themselves being held in one corner. the metropolitan police warned the group to disperse or face arrest, later announcing that 20 to 30 people had breached conditions and were arrested. those arrests are for pubuc arrested. those arrests are for public order offences and for, of course, breaching those conditions put in place by police. thousands of people are calling on the government to stop arming israel. donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island. thousands of people marc

proximity to a local synagogue, the met police has restricted the met police has restricted the group to whitehallthousand officers are on duty in the capital monitoring the march. a 61 year old woman has already been arrested on suspicion of inciting others to breach public order conditions. sir keir starmer says the uk poland treaty would cover all aspects of the threats that we face and the steps that we must take to meet them. this evening, poush take to meet them. this evening, polish counterpart donald tusk. excuse me. yesterday, polish counterpart donald tusk said he hoped for a return rather than a brexit, as he said he discussed the european union in his talks with sir keir starmer. the pair told reporters they discussed how the countries can combat people smuggling gangs and russian aggression, and bolstering european security. sir keir says poland and the uk have shared values and shared interests during his visit to warsaw, adding this will include deepening ties between the two nations, defence industries. donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on

contrast to what we've seen before, which was when i remember i was there, all the tractors blocked whitehall and it was extraordinary. but people don't love roads getting blocked and all of that, so they. >> don't love roads being blocked. but i tell you what, it was a wonderful sight. >> it was actually i walked i walked down along the side, all of them. and it was extraordinary to see. but you can't do 1560 00:08:59,952 -

what on earth is going on in whitehall?but before all of that, let's get the news with tatiana sanchez. >> nigel, thank you very much. the top stories. well, jess phillips says she has more important things to be thinking about than elon musk. after he accused her of being a rape genocide apologist. the safeguarding minister has hit back at the billionaire's criticism for the first time. >> being in the spotlight like this , and the intimation of what this, and the intimation of what elon musk is. the disinformation, as i believe the prime minister referred to it as has put out about me, is endangering. >> it's endangering you. i just want to be absolutely clear. are you saying that as a result of some of musk's tweets, the threat to you has gone up and things are in place to protect your safety? yes. >> well, elon musk made the comments after miss phillips denied a request for the home office to lead a public inquiry into the horrific abuse in oldham, saying it should be done at a local level. the town in greater mancheste

protest conditions after demonstrators broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in whitehallsands of protesters met a line of police officers and eventually broke through with those who made it to the square, later finding themselves being held in one corner. the metropolitan police warned the group to disperse or face arrest, later announcing that 20 to 30 people had breached conditions and were arrested. those arrests are for pubuc arrested. those arrests are for public order offences and for, of course, breaching those conditions put in place by police. thousands of people are calling on the government to stop arming israel. donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island. thousands of people ma

protest conditions after some allegedly broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in whitehallwhen the ceasefire was agreed, why are they still protesting? so for they still protesting? so for the great british debate this out, i'm asking is it time to put an end to the pro—palestine protests? and on this significant day in the israel—hamas conflict, we'll be crossing live to tel aviv to speak with mystifier and performer uri geller for his thoughts. and whether the ceasefire deal can hold all of thatis ceasefire deal can hold all of that is on the way. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay. and after more than a year in captivity, three israeli hostages are set to be released in the next few minutes. as the ceasefire between israel and hamas takes effect, with a red cross team reportedly on its way to collect the hostages from gaza. the list of all 33 israeli hostages to be released by hamas as part of the ceasefire agreement has been made public, with the three young women, including british national emily de—man, be the first ones to be freed. well, jo

however, because of its proximity to a local synagogue, the met police has restricted the group to whitehallthousand officers are on duty in the capital monitoring the march, and a 61 year old woman has already been arrested on suspicion of inciting others to breach public order conditions. sir keir starmer says the uk poland treaty would cover all aspects of the threats that the uk faces, and how to meet them. poush faces, and how to meet them. polish counterpart donald tusk also said he hoped for a britain rather than a brexit, as he said he had discussed the european union with sir keir starmer. the pair told reporters they discussed how the countries can combat people smuggling gangs and russian aggression, while bolstering european security. sir keir says poland and the uk have shared values and shared interests during his visit to warsaw, adding this will include deepening ties between the two nafions deepening ties between the two nations defence industries. >> he spent much of our time today focusing on defence and security as europe's biggest military powers, with our troops serving

because of its proximity to a local synagogue, the metropolitan police has restricted the group to whitehallerday, a 61 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of inciting others to breach public order conditions. a thousand officers are on duty in the capital monitoring the march. donald trump has to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island. ahead of trump's inauguration in america, gb news spoke to reform uk leader nigel farage. >> dodi is what the hell were you thinking about with the chagos islands, diego garcia? the honest truth is that our government is getting off to the worst possible start with the incoming trump administration. and my other worry if we pivot towards the european union, that makes getting a trade deal of some kind with trump's amer

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protest conditions after demonstrators broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in whitehallousands of protesters met a line of police officers and eventually broke through with those who made it to the square, later finding themselves being held in one corner. the metropolitan police warned the group to disperse or face arrest, later announcing around 20 to 30 people who breached the conditions were being detained and arrested. those arrests are for public order offences and for public order offences and for breaching conditions put in place by officers. thousands of people are calling on the government to stop arming israel. donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island. meanwhile, thousands of people marched from three separa