Just one pound in five has been paid out in financial redress to postmasters wrongfully accused of theft and fraud is it time the post office is completely removed from delivering compensation . Disarray at the top of the post office in full view at a hearing in front of mps today. The main scandal remains the snails pace of redress for postmasters. Well talk live to this post Office Manager wrongfully accused of stealing £78,000 and jailed for six months, and this mp whos on the horizon compensation Advisory Board. Also tonight. Labour mp Margaret Hodge tells us shes written to the metropolitan police and the Electoral Commission to ask them to investigate whether the Conservative Party broke electoral law in taking £200,000 from the partner of a prominent donor. The chancellor said he wanted to get Older Workers off the golf course and back into employment but why have they really opted out of the workforce . In a dramatic Hearing Today, current and former post Office Bosses traded
David cameron is travelling to gibraltar today. Another of top diplomats will attend. The sides are likely to discuss how to manage the border with gibraltar. The meeting is not expected to result in a final agreement. For more on the lets speak to make it big. Tell us how this all came about after brexit. Good morning. Forthe this all came about after brexit. Good morning. For the past four years since brexit, you could say for the past eight years since the fateful vote in 2016, there had been in negotiations between the eu, spain and the uk about what happens to gibraltar and as you outlined, its geography makes it unique, a British Sovereign territory but on the tip of spain and the spanish have said they wanted it back, for the british they say this is a matter of sovereignty and that will not be del carbon and was People Living in gibraltar seem to favour british road, some surveys suggest that. The issue is not creating friction on the border between gibraltar and friction on th
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Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. And im anna edwards. A standingeport is by across the world ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Marcus cranny is following ahead of the fed decision and we are also in berlin on the latest deal in brussels. Preks hans nichols is in leipzig and Caroline Hyde has the most difficult assignment. Shes outside a chocolate shop in london with the story on the surging cocoa. Click some people get all the tough diggs. Lets get a gauge on whether the markets are pricing in the tapering this evening in any form. Click to the speak to anybody, whether it comes tonight, january, march, the markets are prepared. As people who have kids, if you take sugar away from children, is anything preparing you for the ruckus that might actually come . There will be a reaction. It will come for a day, says Goldman Sachs. They make it very clear. 90 of the bond market have priced this end. I think thats the issue. Aboutd elerian will talk that tonig