Colliding with a car. Dozens of colliding with a car. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. An increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers the promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Putting pressure on rishi rises. Putting pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative Party Conference. Jeremy hunt has told the times he wants to stop the vicious cycle of ever rising taxes , but ruled out tax rising taxes, but ruled out tax cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, whos organised the pledge , says whos organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word and all too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised, that is why this tax pledge
Than 100 years. He is the sky diver who has broken a world record byjumping out of a plane at the age of 101. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Certainly not whether for skydiving. It is a wet start to the week for many of you but i will see if i can find some sunshine in the forecast to get you through the next few days. All the details coming up inis next few days. All the details coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there is a warning of fresh disruption from the global cyber attack this morning, when workers switch on their computers for the first time at the start of the working week. Microsoft has described the attack, which began on friday, as a wake up call, and criticised customers who didnt keep their systems up to date. Lets take a look at where things stand this morning. It is thought there are more than 200,000 victims of fridays cyber attack, but that figure may rise as people return to work this morning. Organisations in 150 countries were t
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The sense of systemic Racial Injustice in policing that has fuelled the black lives Matter Movement is shared far beyond the shores of the united states. In britain, it is two decades since a top level inquiry into londons police force found it to be institutionally racist. How much has really changed . Well, my guest, leroy logan, was one of londons top black policeman until he retired, seven years ago. How easy is it to root out discrimination dressed in a Police Uniform . Leroy logan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for the invitation. Its great to be here. Well, we are delighted to have you, not least because you have written a fascinating memoir, and youve entitled it closing ranks my life as a cop, so its pretty clear what its about. You talk about your decision to join the police force many, many years ago as what you say as a calling. You make it sound like some sort of religious commitment as a young man that you made to policin
On a night Patrick Bamford says head teachers in england say theyre he will never forget. Bitterly disappointed that the number of laptops theyre good morning to you, and i think the given for deprived children has been cut by 80 . One school says it will receive 66 picture behind me gives a bit of a computers, rather than the 332 clue as to how this weekend is it was promised. The government says the devices shaping up. It is going to be very will be sent to the areas of greatest need and they should be reallocated as children go windy. A deep area of low pressure in and out of self isolation. Nearby means they will be gales for many of us and lots of rain, but they will also be some spells of plans to scrap tax Free Shopping at airports could cause wholly unnecessary job losses sunshine. In the aviation sector, according to a group of mps. Its saturday the 24th of october. Our top story wales begins its first full day from january, shops at airports of lockdown today, with residents
In Northern Ireland, just a week after being allowed to reopen. The first minister of wales announces new covid restrictions will come into force next friday, as cases rise again following the firebreak lockdown. 13,000 jobs are at risk the arcadia group, which owns topshop and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse. The eus chief negotiator proposes that eu fleets return some fish caught in british waters if a free trade deal is agreed, rte reports. His comments come ahead of brexit talks in london this weekend. A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer is trialled by the nhs. The Prime Minister has been defending the decision to place large areas of england in high coronavirus tiers next week, after many of his own mps expressed anger that the restrictions arent more locally targeted. Some are now threatening to rebel in a vote in the commons on tuesday. Damian green is a former cabinet minister and mp for kent, which will face the most severe measures. Hes one