By the senior tory mp tobias ellwood. Soaring energy bills. A large part of the rise in the cost of living. Well look at where help is being provided. Schools not out in wales, with a trial to lengthen the school day by five hours a week. And the start of the Winter Olympics torch relay heralding the official start of the games in two days time. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel how green is your club . How tottenham and liverpool find themselves top of footballs sustainability table. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government is this lunchtime announcing its plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. The policy, which the Prime Minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. There are 12 missions or targets which include. Increasing regional devolution with plans to create more mayors w
That . Do you prepare . Oh, that . How do you prepare . Oh, no, never know. Now what no, ill never know. Now what does the manager say in the pep talk to stop the players from freezing . Who better to ask freezing . Well who better to ask than league harry than premier League Legend Harry Redknapp tell us what he redknapp to tell us what he would saying he were the would be saying if he were the manager the players manager to prepare the players for that. Match and of course, for that. Match and of course, we want to hear all of your views today about all of those stories and much more. We love reading out. So in reading them out. So get in touch. Gb views at gbviews gbnews. Com. But before all of that, heres the news headunes all of that, heres the News Headlines with the wonderful. Tamsin phil, thanks very much and good morning from the gb newsroom. Its 10 01. The families of babies murdered or harmed by lucy letby say their search for answers continues as investigators into her case
There are many very good arguments for and against, but the that we have sent tens the fact that we have sent tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions of to rwanda, and now of pounds to rwanda, and now theyre saying, oh, sorry, weve got to stagger it. We can only take a few for now. Oh, lets slow down the scheme. They should be the shots should not be calling the shots on britain should on this. Surely britain should be, the ones dishing be, if were the ones dishing out the money. What this is, do you know what this is, though . Is britain though . This is britain projecting weakness. Its exactly negotiations exactly like the eu negotiations. A united. If we had presented a united front, wasnt front, parliament wasnt bickering with itself. What kigali has seen here that, kigali has seen here is that, hang on, the house of lords are trying to stop this. The labour party are leading in the polls. They to it, undo they want to reverse it, undo it. Get into power
The Health Ombudsman for england has warned that an overstretched and understaffed nhs is putting Cancer Patients at risk. Rob behrens says exhausted workers are under unsustainable pressure, and the government should invest in the workforce. Ministers say their nhs long term workforce plan will boost the number of staff. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. A recent analysis by the bbc suggested Cancer Waiting Times in england last year were the worst on record. Now there are new figures from the Health Ombudsman who investigates unresolved complaints against nhs england, government departments, and other public organisations. They highlight problems in cancer treatment, misdiagnosis, poor communication, referrals, and end of life care. The ombudsman, rob behrens, says while everyone deserves safe and effective care, Patient Safety would always be at risk in environments that are understaffed and where staff are exhausted and working under unsustainable pressure. I contin