The day. Most of those up towards the North And West and the changes will start tonight and through the day tomorrow. Cold fronts weeping southwards and eastwards, just opening the release will proceed tomorrow, despite party unease. Number 10 says it has no choice but will these judgements define the prime Minister And Chancellor for years to come . Welcome to newsnight, the home of insight, interviews, and tonight, insistence, from the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, that there will be no compromise on her decision to axe the universal Winter Fuel payments for pensioners. She points towards figures due out in a few hours time that would mean a further above Inflation Increase in the State Pension. Our Panel Tonight kezia dugdale, leader of the scottish Labour Party between 2015 and 2017. Sir conor burns, who was a trade and northern Ireland Minister under Boris Johnson and liz truss. Nick was outside the meeting of Labour Mps who heard from the chancellor a few hours ago. And barry gardin
[ pomp & circumstance march no 4 ] the bells outside westminster abbey ringing as all eyes are on king charles, queen camilla as they get into the coronation procession. wearing the crown to the gold state coach. last used during the platinum jubilee back in 2022. you saw as the king was about to get into this carriage, he handed over the acscepter. it s the symbol of authority. that s what it symbolizes. and the scepter is the symbol of power. and here now you have them getting into the king looks a little more relaxed coming out than he did going in. you got the impression that it was incredibly tense. sgluk see harry in the background watching as his father. he puts andrew. they are not allowed to wear their military uniforms. they both have honors stoked away. with us you ll see harry with the medals and andrew s uniform. prince george, the grandson of the king, is standing outside. one of the pages. it went seamlessly from my point of view
it was done at balmoral not where it is traditionally done at buckingham palace. normally the queen would have come to buckingham palace to meet with an incoming prime minister. yeah, anderson. i think we should give her a break. she is 96 years old. why would she get on a plane even if she was healthy to come to london. fair point. reporter: when actually the younger people could go up and see her. seriously. 96 years old. she has the right for them to come to see her in balmoral. and i would just say that as we were saying that she has been the thread of everyone s life in this country and the commonwealth and really in the fans of the british monarchy all over the world for the last 70 years. we are right now in a state of some political upheaval. we ve just had a new prime minister, her 15th, and i would also just say that, look. she is also a mother. she is a grandmother, she is a great grandmother, a family woman. and now it s time for them to be having their mome
back and to essentially describe what it s like to be the younger brother in this monarchy, and it caused quite a lot of controversy. also quite a the lot of people read and watched his story, whether it was in the netflix documentaries or his book. prince andrew is a different issue. he, too, like harry, were war heroes. but his relationship and the following court case and all of that in the epstein affair has really caused a very dark light on prince andrew. in my opinion, i find it very interesting that he s given this kind of prominence and harry is sort of maybe shut out in the cold a little bit more. it s a strange issue. selma is in the crowd with some people, as we await the salute from the 4,000 troops who are still gathering. what are you hearing?
Two privately-owned islands belonging to Jeffrey Epstein, the tainted American financier and registered sexual offender, were sold to a billionaire investor Thursday. The two islands, Great St.James and Little St. James were abandoned after Epstein committed suicide in 2019 in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.