we ll be asking the shadow leader of the commons and the scottish conservative energy spokesman is the only certainty here that we are going to max out our oil and gas? also tonight. is a runaway train set about to be stopped dead in its tracks? after more than £25 billion already spent or squandered, depending on your view is hs2 really heading for the buffers? how the chinese government is putting pressure on uyghur human rights campaigners around the world, including here in the uk, by getting to their families in china. they took my family hostage, putting me through this ordeal, but i still refused to betray my nation on my conscience. and the taliban silences music in afghanistan. we ll be speaking to one of the country s biggest music stars who fled for her life after the fall of kabul, and hearing traditional afghan music live in the studio. good evening. the prime minister announced an oil and gas bonanza in the north sea, including possibly the exploitation
going up now for six months. and if we stick to our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling, and that will be a very important relief for families with mortgages. we spoke to my colleague about how the uk economic situation compares to other countries. i the uk economic situation compares to other countries. to other countries. i think the crucial thing to other countries. i think the crucial thing to to other countries. i think the crucial thing to understand i to other countries. i think the i crucialthing to understand here, crucial thing to understand here, because quite frankly everyone looks at it slightly differently and there are different factors going on, but the uk is not alone because when you look at the factors that lie behind the uk s dip in the last half of last year, i really dip, very mild, you are talking about the cost of living crisis, high prices that hit consumers and businesses in the
Actually agreeing to this fossil fuel strategy- actually agreeing to this fossil fuel strategy. actually agreeing to this fossil fuel strate: . ., ., ., ., fuel strategy. no, what we want to see is a doubling fuel strategy. no, what we want to see is a doubling of fuel strategy. no, what we want to see is a doubling of onshore - fuel strategy. no, what we want to see is a doubling of onshore wind, | see is a doubling of onshore wind, tripling see is a doubling of onshore wind, tripling of solar, quadrupling of offshore tripling of solar, quadrupling of offshore wind, investment in tidal and wave. offshore wind, investment in tidal and wave, which are the great untapped and wave, which are the great untapped sources of power that surround untapped sources of power that surround our island nation, and new nuclear, there is a radical and bold way of tackling climate change but it is the way of tackling climate change but it is the way we are going to get those greatjobs o