the messages, along with diaries and notebooks, be handed over by thursday at 4pm local time. the cabinet office has argued some of the material is not releva nt. mrjohnson appears to have added pressure on ministers by stating he d already given the cabinet office all relevant material. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now. i ben wrightjoins me now. suppose the critical ques right i suppose the critical question right from the start is to ask you, have all the documents, messages, whatsapp messages are being handed over as the inquiry wanted? it is over as the inquiry wanted? it is the critical overas the inquiry wanted? it 3 the critical question, but right now we don t know. the later is a steep disease marker inquiry doesn t have anything to say. i am checking my messages covid inquiry. we don t know what the accountant office has decided to do in response to this
place in some areas. also, changes to the way rostering is done so that sunday working would be part of the contract and notjust sunday working would be part of the contract and not just voluntary. sunday working would be part of the contract and notjust voluntary. so there are quite a few conditions involved in this offer. it is not just about the pay. they said the pay offer comes with these conditions. let s get more on the rest of the strikes and some comment from the government this morning that s caused quite a lot of controversy. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightjoins us from westminster. fill us in on what has been going on there. ., , there. over the last few weeks, while this there. over the last few weeks, while this industrial there. over the last few weeks, while this industrial action - there. over the last few weeks, while this industrial action has i while this industrial action has been brewing and more and more unions have been balloting and strikes have been
of the strikes now and some comment from the government this morning that s caused quite a lot of controversy. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins us from westminster. in particular, that comment that the timing of the nurses s strike, is wrong, he was saying because of what vladimir putin is doing in ukraine. we werejust hearing vladimir putin is doing in ukraine. we were just hearing from pat s: from the royal college of nursing saying that comment was shameful. yes, provocative statement and it has produced a reaction that we might have expected from some unions, whojust think it is disgraceful to try to link the russian invasion of ukraine with their demands for a pay rise that is in line with inflation. nadhim zahawi was trying to make the point that inflation was high across the world because of the results of russian invasion, pushing up prices
leadership election, they ve backed themselves into a corner. they have to be able to get money out of the door quickly to help people before october. the civil service is working up a full range of options, with the pros and cons of each, and who would benefit from different interventions, and i think it s right that we wait until we have a new prime minister it is not long to wait. this will be absolutely at the top of their in tray. there are predictions the energy price cap could rise above £5,000 in january. the chancellor warns we are in a national economic emergency. marc ashdown, bbc news. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins us now. people are so worried about bills. we have a government but it s not taking action. it isa it is a government in limbo, there are no ministers in charge with the authority to make any decisions about this energy price crisis. judgments about who to help and how to pay will have to wait until a new prime minister is in place next
universal credit payments but that wouldn t necessarily help the sort of people that the chancellor was talking about today. labour said that the price cap should be frozen for six months, the cost of £30 billion. energy companies have said that could happen for two years, cost £100 billion. so there are no easy choices here. there are a lot of people as you said very concerned, and this issue will define the next prime minister when they take over. define the next prime minister when they take over- they take over. when, for the moment. they take over. when, for the moment, thank they take over. when, for the moment, thank you. - they take over. when, for the moment, thank you. ben - they take over. when, for the . moment, thank you. ben wright. two men who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool have been released on bail. police say one of the men had been recalled to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. detective