tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
membership to vote for it. and does this potentially set a precedent for other public sector pay disputes? not necessarily. it could put political pressure on the government to act, the health unions could for instance say, look at what is happening in the fire service. but it is a different negotiation, done very much at the local level, there were representatives of the different fire services around the country negotiating directly with the unions, ministers managed to stay out of it, and what does not exist within the sector is a pay review body, which the government says is an independent body, although unions dispute that, which sets pay for health workers and teachers. so it is a different kind of negotiation, and arguably, politically, it was easier to get to this point because central government didn t have to go into the argument about inflation. zoe conway, thank you very much.
will always keep faith in our integrity for our children and grandchildren. the precondition for these grandchildren. the precondition for these dreams is peace and security. volodymyr these dreams is peace and security. volodymyr zelensky there in brussels. britain s foreign secretary and defence secretary are in italy today for discussions with the government there. our correspondent ben wallace had this to say ben wallace had this to say. to say ben wallace had this to sa . , ., ., z: z: ., say. they have given over 200 tanks alread , say. they have given over 200 tanks already. and say. they have given over 200 tanks already, and the say. they have given over 200 tanks already, and the differences - say. they have given over 200 tanks already, and the differences knew. say. they have given over 200 tanks| already, and the differences knew us when you are on the receiving end of which tank. the reality is that britain knows what ukraine needs, and is very happy to help
view, that is not the government s view, but view, that is not the government s view, but we view, that is not the government s view, but we are united in this party view, but we are united in this party in view, but we are united in this party in wanting to be absolutely relentless in bearing down on crime and making relentless in bearing down on crime and making sure people are safe and feel safe, and making sure people are safe and feel safe, and that is why we need to tighten feel safe, and that is why we need to tighten up sentencing laws for the most to tighten up sentencing laws for the most violent criminal so they spend the most violent criminal so they spend longer in prison and we are on our way spend longer in prison and we are on our way to spend longer in prison and we are on our way to having 20,000 more police officers our way to having 20,000 more police officers on our way to having 20,000 more police officers on our streets, and giving these