Lets speak to our lets speak to our political correspondent political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is at The Party damian grammaticas, who is at the Party Conference in brighton. Conference in brighton. You join us you join us youjoin us in you join us in writing where youjoin us in you join us in writing where the Lib Dems are enjoying that the Lib Dems are enjoying that election result. More than a election result. More than a four fold, fivefold increase four fold, fivefold increase election result. More than a election result. More than a fourfold, fivefold increase in mp5, Sir Ed Davey enjoying fourfold, fivefold increase in mp5, Sir Ed Davey enjoying mps, Sir Ed Davey enjoying absolutely will mps, Sir Ed Davey enjoying that. The benefits that he that. The benefits that he brought to the election where brought to the election where he put himself out there are he put himself out there are took part in lots of stance in took part in lots of stance in defence but try to tal
In england and wales. That policy sees the proportion of sentences which some inmates must serve behind bars temporarily cut from 50 to A0 . But latest government figures suggest more than a quarter of prisoners will go on to reoffend within a year of being released. The problem is there are no guarantees that anybody who is released early will not reoffend, because weve got to do ourjob in our prisons of trying to rehabilitate people. We simply cannot do that if theyre used as Human Warehouses and were overcrowded. We must be given a chance to give people hope. The Ministry Ofjustice says it cannot comment on individual cases but insists that anyone who breaks their Licence Conditions upon release, or who commits further crimes, will be punished, and the government says without the early release scheme, police would not be able to make arrests and the courts would not be able to hold trials. The Prison Population in england and wales has dropped by more than 2,000 in a week following
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Several major Trade Unions have appealed directly to Sir Keir Starmer to reverse the decision to take away the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners. The plan to make it means tested was announced shortly after the election, with both the prime Minister And Chancellor insisting its necessary, and the money needs to be spent elsewhere. But tomorrow some of the governments own mps plan to abstain from a Commons Vote on the change, rather than backing it. Our Employment Correspondent Zoe Conway has the latest. Trade unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. For Trade Unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. The Labour Party is back. For the first time in the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under a first time in 15 y
Unified Opec Plus Group d are particularly after and also someone left the cartel. Now were seeing that there and it also a sign that opec plus are really showing a strong defence of 80 a barrel floor in pricing. What theyve done here is really built a fence, surplus will keep the market in deficit with a view for demand and return more strongly in the second half allowing cuts to be unwound and actually deficits to be sustained through the course of the year, keeping that curve, keeping prices elevated. Is this cut priced in then or are we likely to see a bit of impact on brent prices . We have already seen thejump in the immediate aftermath of this. There is already uncertainty as to how this plans out but a structurally bullish outlook for the rest of year where, if demand does recover, Particularjet Fuel and some emerging economies in the second half, sustained deficits on top of what was on already precarious with stocks and on geopolitics. But, if the market does end up being wea
Where there were questions over how unified opec could be are particularly after angola left the cartel. Now were seeing that there and it also a sign that 0pec are really showing a strong defence of 80 a barrel floor in pricing. What theyve done here is really built a fence, surplus will keep the market in deficit with a view for demand and return more strongly in the second half, allowing cuts to be unwound and actually deficits to be sustained through the course of the year, keeping that curve, keeping prices elevated. So is this cut priced in then, or are we likely to see a bit of impact on brent prices . We have obviously seen thejump in the immediate aftermath of this. There is already uncertainty as to how demand plans out but were seeing a structurally bullish outlook for the rest of year where, if demand does recover, particularly injet fuel and some emerging economies in the second half, sustained deficits on top of what was on already precarious with stocks and on geopolitic