For years, politicians have ramped up the rhetoric of concern and pledged to speed up emissions cuts, but now there are signs of a political backlash. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak is championing new Oil Exploration and reining in spending on climate aid. That prompted my guest, zac goldsmith, to quit suna k s government. But in an age of populist politics, has going green become another ideologicalfaultline . Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge whi
Emission zone charge in the northwest, the guilty nurse lucy b is the most prolific killer in modern times. How could a nurse who was supposed to care for vulnerable ladies carry out these horrible murders . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. The nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care at a hospital in cheshire. It means the 33 year old is the uks biggest killer of babies in modern times. In a statement, the families of lucy letby s victims said that justice could not reduce the extreme hurt, anger and distress they had experienced, adding that they were heartbroken. Lucy letby was also acquitted of two counts of attempted murder, and the jury were undecided on six charges of attempted murder. She will be sentenced on monday. Today the government have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances around the murders. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritz, has been folllowing
Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. You
The new campaign is on monday against Manchester United. It boosted gary oneills standing in the game and i think wolves have decided thats the way to go. Its interesting because in recent times, we especially samco, wolves have gone down the managerial group. Santo. Now theyre finally going to have an english guy in charge which will be interesting to see how it goes. So, wolves have been quiet in the transfer market, but it appears that west ham are the opposite today. Theyve agreed fees for both southampton captainjames ward prowse and Manchester United defender harry maguire. The England International had slipped down the Pecking Order at old trafford under erik ten hag, who took the captaincy off maguire at the start of preseason. West ham have had a £30 million offer accepted. Its not thought personal terms will be a problem, although they havent yet been agreed. While ward prowse will also cost west ham around £30 million. Hes started the championship season with southampton,
Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. You