breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tuesday
scotland we are looking at clear skies and a frosty start. in southern scotland, england and wales, a cloudy start with rain, but brightening up later from the west. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of december. the home secretary james cleverly is on his way to rwanda this morning. he s due to sign a new deal which he hopes will mean that the uk government will then be able to send some be able to send some asylum seekers to the the east african country. the visit comes just hours after mr cleverly announced a series of measures to reduce the levels of legal migration into the uk. our political correspondent peter saull has the details. immigration has long been a tricky issue for the government. successive conservative prime ministers have promised and failed to bring the numbers down. the new plan a ban on foreign care of workers bringing family members with them. an increase in the minimum salary for skilled workers of almost 50% to
Made a net gain of one. It is about liz30am. Now on bbc news Hardtalk Stephen sackur talks to sculptor sir Antony Gormley. Welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from the workshop studio of britains best known, most successful sculptor, sir Antony Gormley. Now even if you dont know his name, you may well have seen his work, because his monumental pieces, put in prominent positions in outdoor spaces, have become some of the worlds most famous examples of public art. His inspiration is the human body, in fact, his own body. So what is his work telling us about his relationship with the world around him . Antony gormley, thank you so much for inviting us into your studio. I said studio, but it actually feels like a workshop, doesnt it . I think its a factory. Its a place where we make things. And things are being made and tested the whole time. Very nice to have you. Throughout your career, you have focused on the human form, the body, but not so much representative art, more trying to
Its time for hardtalk. Welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from the workshop studio of britains best known, most successful sculptor, sir Antony Gormley. Now, even if you dont know his name, you may well have seen his work, because his monumental pieces, put in prominent positions in outdoor spaces, have become some of the worlds most famous examples of public art. His inspiration is the human body, in fact, his own body. So what is his work telling us about his relationship with the world around him . Antony gormley, thank you so much for inviting us into your studio. I said studio, but it actually feels like a workshop, doesnt it . I think its a factory. Its a place where we make things. And things are being made and tested the whole time. Very nice to have you. Throughout your career, you have focused on the human form, the body, but not so much representative art, more trying to Say Something else about the body, try to explain that. For me, in the history, certainly, in weste