The Parker Review found 12 of ftse 100 bosses are from an ethnic minority up from 7 in 2022. But its still short of the 18 of people in the uk who are from a non white ethnic group according to the most recent census. Joining me now is soumen das, the co chair of the Parker Review. Hes also the chief financial 0fficerfor segro, a ftse 100 listed Real Estate Investment trust. So, some progress as we said, but not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . figs not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . Not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . As we talk about this this progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there is l about this this morning, there is reasons for optimism, weve come a long way, part of the review has been running for nine years, and the number of ethnic minority directors of boar
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
Local Authorities Say 80 of the Coastal Community is gone. From above, you can see even more of the broad stretch of destruction. Homes, businesses, cars have been destroyed. These pictures were about to show you will put all of that into perspective. These are before and after pictures from lahaina. At least 270 buildings entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash. The town was home to about 12,000 people. Lets Hearfrom One Man who made it to safety, but lost everything. I lose my home, all my papers too, everything. Thats only i can. I only have my wife, my son, and my car, i dont have time for the rest of my stuff. My passport or ids, anything. Fires like the one you see here consumed roads and exit points. Flames moved with such speed, that some tourists were forced to jump into the sea nearby and were left to tread water or cling to sea walls for long periods of time. Theyve been talking about their experience. The ocean almost sucked my kids away a few times. But yeah, here w
Spending but thats not how Many Americans see it. As the cost of living crisis continues to bite. Joe biden has an Approval Rating ofjust 38 , that and if is a record low and in a survey by nbc 55 of people thought donald trump would do a betterjob of handling the economy with just 33 choosing joe biden. Well have more than that in just a moment but first lets hear from joe biden. Moment but first lets hear from joe biden. ,. ,. ~ moment but first lets hear from joe biden. ,. ~. , , biden. Turning set back in to come back, biden. Turning set back in to come back. Thats biden. Turning set back in to come back, thats what biden. Turning set back in to come back, thats what america biden. Turning set back in to come back, thats what america does. I folks, i hear the economy is on the brink folks, i hear the economy is on the brink our folks, i hear the economy is on the brink. Our economy is the envy of the world brink. Our economy is the envy of the world. 15 million newjobs in ust the w
And Quantum Computing are important for long term growth. A senior strategist gave us his highlights. I think that there are two things that really catch my attention. One is the governments emphasis on improving Co Ordination between governments, local governments and local governments and the central government. Now, not many people talk about this. But i think this is quite important, because if this Co Ordination programme or plan is implemented effectively, it will go a long way to improve Policy Implementation in china. Because very often, governments dont really talk to each other much, and that really slows down government implementations. This is very important for me. And the number two important thing is, as you mentioned earlier, that theres an emphasis on the development of ai Tech Development and so on. That goes a long way to underscore the Policy Framework that beijing wants to implement to develop the economy into a hi Tech Industry, hi tech new economy. Now, the struc