go on! open your paper this morning and you will see pages and pages of pre briefing on what is likely to be in there. ihlat pre-briefing on what is likely to be in there. ., ., ., ., in there. not long to go until we hear from in there. not long to go until we hear from the in there. not long to go until we hear from the chancellor, - in there. not long to go until we i hear from the chancellor, 11:30am. we have our eyes on the door of downing street because rishi sunak will be speaking at 10:30am in the commons with a statement on the g20. we have just seen grant shapps leaving downing street. in terms of the party and how backbenchers are currently responding to the policies now that are coming out, we ve seen a very rebellious party within the tory party in recent months. that 80 seat majority won at the last election was not enough, obviously, to save two prime ministers. what s the mood now amongst backbenchers? ben ministers. what s the mood now amongst backbenchers? even th
that s all the sport for now. let s get more now on the government s ten year strategy for tackling drug use in england and wale. it s promising to break up more criminal gangs, andit s warned that warning poeple who take drugs socially or at the weekend could lose their passports or driving licences. really interested to hear from you this morning about your fears on the strategy and we will feed that into the conversation. our home editor mark easton is here with me now. what do we know about what is in it? it is interesting. with the drug debate you will remember there are two broad views. 0ne debate you will remember there are two broad views. one is that we should see this as a criminal justice issue, beat tough and crack down on the other week we should see it as a public health issue and look at treatment and prevention and recovery. all the sorts of pre briefing, we don t actually get
pounds in drug rehabilitation essentially. pounds in drug rehabilitation essentiall . , , ., essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we have essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we have had - essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we have had so - essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we have had so far. essentially. yes, so the focus on the briefing we have had so far aj the briefing we have had so far a big focus on the 300,000 heroin and crack cocaine addicts. all the languages about punishment and forcing them to do this and that but also in there they are saying in the pre briefing we had that this is going to be. pre-briefing we had that this is going to be - going to be. single largest investment going to be. single largest investment in going to be. single largestj investment in rehabilitation, going to be. single largest- investment in r
the details until this afternoon, all the pre briefing has been about being tough, telling people they could lose their driving licence, about £300 million for the criminal justice system to help them crack down on county lines gangs, more drug testing, all the rest, that kind of thing. but there is a bit missing and that is what i think people in the sector are interested in because the money we have heard about so far 300 million, but we are also gearing other numbers and we do not know where we are going to end “p not know where we are going to end up but we have heard 700 million, 900 million, over three years. up but we have heard 700 million, 900 million, overthree years. if those numbers are right, you can see there are hundreds of millions not accounted for and that is the bit that many people in the sector are interested in because over the last ten years we have seen very significant cuts in drug treatment services. we had a reviewer which was published in the summer and i
leads with a report the the cop26 climate conference in glasgow next week. the daily telegraph leads with a report by the public accounts committee, which criticises the nhs test and trace system as an eyewatering waste of cash. and the mail shows a picture of emma radacanu securing her first win since the us open triumph at the transylvania open. so let s start with the budget dominating lots of the front pages. hello dominating lots of the front pages. to both of you. to hello to both of you. we will come to you first, jamie. the daily express, our new age of optimism. that daily express is always optimistic when it comes to announcements from the government, but this is yet another pre briefing of what rishi sunak is going to say tomorrow. i wonder if we will be thoroughly barred by the