The week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a week when Boris Johnson celebrated the arrival of a vaccine, lifted a lockdown and faced his biggest tory rebellion as Prime Minister. All we need to do now is hold our nerve until these vaccines are indeed in ourgrasp and are being injected into ourarms a week when the economic crisis deepened with the collapse of debenhams and arcadia. Thats put 25,000 jobs at risk and caused huge anxiety to families at the worst possible time. Also in this programme, advice for tough times. In my day, something bad happened, you stayed home, got drunk and bit on a shoe. Laughter. I think that is quite a good metaphor for the times we live in. But first, Boris Johnson has had worst weeks as Prime Minister, britains medicine regulator approved a coronavirus vaccine, the first country in thr world to do so englands four week nationwide lockdown was lifted and mps approved new covid rules, are tough and system of regional tiers to rep
Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a week when borisjohnson celebrated the arrival of a vaccine, lifted a lockdown and faced his biggest tory rebellion as Prime Minister. All we need to do now, mr speaker, is hold our nerve until these vaccines are indeed in our grasp and are being injected into ourarms a week when the economic crisis deepened with the collapse of debenhams and arcadia. Thats put 25,000 jobs at risk and caused huge anxiety to families at the worst possible time. Also in this programme, advice for tough times. In my day, something bad happened, you stayed home, got drunk and bit on a shoe. Laughter. I think that is quite a good metaphor for the times we live in. But first, Boris Johnson has had worst weeks as Prime Minister, britains medicine regulator approved a coronavirus vaccine, the first country in the world to do so englands four week nationwide lockdown was lifted and mps approved new covid rules, are tough and system of regional tiers to replace that l
In everyones best interest. Workers in the Hospitality Business are the worst hit, as the jobless total rises to 1. 7 million. Protecting Children Online a new law could mean tech giants paying billions in fines. Rail investment should focus on existing services in englands regions, and not the birmingham to leeds leg of h52, says a government commission. A nine month driving ban for england and aston villa footballerjack grealish. The 25 year old has also been fined more than £80,000 after admitting to careless driving. And before 9pm, the duke and duchess of sussex sign a multi year podcast deal. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting pressure on the government and the devolved administrations to change the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over christmas. Two of the countrys leading medical journals are warning that the easing of rules for a five day period would cost many lives. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has also urged ministers to see where the rules n
Now, its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. You turn if you want to. Labour keep up the pressure on the Prime Minister. The government has had three three u turns in the last month. We had Immigration Health charges, then mps voting, then free school meals. Borisjohnson voting, then free school meals. Boris johnson says voting, then free school meals. Borisjohnson says getting children back to school would help tackle poverty. Lets hear it from him one more time. Will he say that schools are safe to go back to . Come on. But school still out for many children. Mps demand answers. Why is it that children and parents can have access to primark over the next few months but most wont have access to schools. All that to more, but first i minister s questions. Boris johnson and keir starmer clashed over Child Poverty and getting youngsters back to school. Boris johnson faced mps 2a hours after his u turn on free school meals, p