lots of things happening, but the big thing that happened on thursday was the government not launching, but updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2015, which they marked by releasing and we have got so much news to chew over, lots of things happening in westminster at the moment, but the big thing that happened on thursday as the government launching, well, updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. which they marked by releasing pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and more pages of documents with all sorts of charts and dates and pledges and consultations. we will talk about that. and the way that rishi sunak marked it was by saying this on a visit to oxfordshire. we have decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our carbon emissions have been reduced by over 40%, much more than all the other countries we compete with. at the same time we have grown our economy. so we have a good track recor
to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and minister without portfolio, has broken the rule book, the ministerial code. so, mr zahawi clearly thinks that this detail from the tax man will help corroborate his argument that says, look, yeah, there is a conversation with hmrc and i did get clobbered for a massive tax bill, and the penalty for being careless but not deliberate in how he handled his tax affairs. the prime minister is still saying, let s wait ethics adviser to do his work, some in government saying hope he gets a move on, because meanwhile you ve basically got a party chairman who is kind of padlocked in his office, because he can t really s
of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau death camp, the day honours all those murdered by the nazis during the second world war. you re watching bbc news. now it is time for newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and we re going to bejoined in the studio by lots of interesting guests on this episode of newscast. but first of all, chris, give us an update on what is happening with the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the tory party chairman, who was chancellor, of course. yeah, so he has now said that he is willing for revenue and customs, the tax people, to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and m
looking forward, forward thinking. what do you say to a newscaster listening to our conversation who says, what business is it of the government about what i have for my tea? well, the business of government is to clean up. the free market is a fantastic thing, it gives us all sorts of things that you would never imagine you could have. i wouldn t imagine a planned economy you d have a newscast mug. you would if it was planned by us! everyone would have one! who would decide what ink you can have on it. but it does, it does create dirt. and it is absolutely the job of government to make sure that the nhs doesn t collapse and that the commercial incentives for food companies don t make us an impoverished country and to cut into that. they re not going to tell you what to eat but they are going to do things like restricting, or they should be doing things like restricting advertising, restricting bogofs so that at least it makes it easier for most people
you very much, but it looks like you re trying to steal our newscast mug. i ll take it on the gb news tomorrow. oh, no one s tried that trick before. many people have tried to get hold of one. really? is that gonzo marketing? is that what they call it? actually, that s a good idea. yeah. thank you. cheers. and that s all for this episode of newscast. but chris, you and i will be reunited next week for our brexitcast reunion. i know, the waves of nostalgia are washing over me, by nice to see laura here. you ll be up in the screens. in a cupboard in brussels. one more thing from katya. exactly. and i ve already read 135 page document that i cannot wait to digest for you. hello there. for most of us, the working week is going to end on a dry note, but cloud amounts will vary. i m hopeful that most places will get to see at least a little bit of sunshine. it will be largely dry, but i can t completely rule out just the odd shower. where we re starting friday morning with clear skies,