Today that he plans to stand as an independent if theres an election. Meanwhile, the governments Standing Firm about its decision to throw out the rebels. Many of the people who rebelled against the government are good people. I served in government with them, but they were told very clearly this was the consequence of their actions. That vote to trigger an election will take place this evening, but labour and the lib dems wont back it. So, what next . Also, this programme can reveal that 800 eu citizens have used the system set up in the wake of the windrush scandal to secure their status in the uk after brexit. Many have told us its because they dont trust the eu settlement scheme. I didnt want this to happen to another section of the community. What, we are going to have an italian windrush . Good morning. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. So, whos in charge . Opposition leaders ad backbench mps certainly for today what is your reaction to last nights events
Eu without an agreement. We mustnt lose sight of the fact that if we dont agree a united plan and implement it next week, then the chances of leaving without a deal go up. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the h52 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. The government wants to change planning rules in england to help mobile phone companies installing sg broadband in rural areas. The american pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson is to appeal a landmark case which ordered it to pay over half a billion dollars for helping fuel an epidemic of opioid drug use. The countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing has begun, and in sport, Bolton Wanderers face one of the most crucial weeks in the clubs long history after they were left on the brink of liquidation yesterday. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Jeremy corbyn will meet other Opposition Party leaders today as he looks to secure support for his plans to blo
And when parties have to report it. This is one of the many problems that we have in our system. It appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. We do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. The electoral commissions register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether thats really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. That was the conservative Party Response so far when it came to frank hester s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. You have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory partys treasure chest, essentially . Sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even political obsessives and conservative figur
Would disagree and would say that this poll is neither free nor fair nor transparent. Vladimir putin does not face a major challenge. There are three other candidates on the ballot paper, but his most vocal critics, his fiercest opponents, are either in exile or in prison, which kind of helps you to win what we expect to be a landslide. There have been reports that Public Service workers have been strongly encouraged to come out today on day one of this election, to cast their votes. I mean, there are so many things to say about this election. Vladimir putin dominates the airwaves, dominates the screens, on russian television, much more than any other candidate. So it will be no surprise, i think, when he is eventually declared the winner. Here in the uk, the conservatives are under fresh pressure over ties to a party donor at the centre of a racism row. The party has refused to confirm, or deny, reports that the donor has reportedly given more money to the party, than was known public
Borisjohnson, largely absent up behind him, with the manager, iea boris johnson, largely absent from the table. Clearly not very happy and there is no love lost between the former leader, former Prime Minister and the outgoing First Minister. There was also another tricky exchange when Mark Drakeford discussed simon hart, the Welsh Secretary for the uk government throughout the pandemic. He was giving evidence on friday when she said she felt as though the Welsh Government was making decisions during the pandemicjust for the during the pandemic just for the sake during the pandemicjust for the sake of it, to be different to the uk government. Mark drakeford completely refuted that and noted simon hart did not give any evidence to back up that theory. Also Mark Drakeford said that simon hart got to the stage where he did not have much to do with the start of the pandemic, otherthan much to do with the start of the pandemic, other than essentially borrowing bothering Mark Drakeford about