To have been injured. A former speaker of the House Of Lords tells the bbc that many peers contribute absolutely nothing to parliament. Good morning. Its tuesday, 21st february. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hospital services in nearly two thirds of england could be cut or scaled back according to bbc analysis of local plans in different areas. Ministers argued that patients will benefit as care is brought closer to peoples homes but a major Health Think Tank has questioned the credibility of the plans. Protests outside Horton Hospital in oxfordshire just a few months ago where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to stroke and critical care. And its not the only place. Right across england proposals for big changes are afoot in the nhs. The bbc has analysed 44 of the transformation and sustainability plans. Two thirds include either Hospital Closures or moving treatments to a different site. More than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providi
Also in the next hour abuse by home carers. There have been more than 20,000 allegations made against Home Care Workers over the last three years, according to data obtained by the bbc. Prison officers in england and wales are to withdraw from riot duty in a dispute over pay and pensions. And private Rocket Company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. It is the final day of the inquest into the deaths of the british citizens who died in sousse when a gunman carried out a massacre at the hotel where they were staying. The coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists in tunisia has begun delivering his conclusions. The families had been asking for neglect by the Holiday Company to be considered. The coroner has said that he can and can do that because he said that would have meant a gross cannot do that because it would be a gross failure by the company. But he had very severe criticism for the Tunisian Police. An arms pat
black wednesday back in 1992. and that ll mean there will pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do. faced with the same economic fundamentals high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what s become known as the red wall. northern industrial towns like wigan in lancashire, which she represents and which she says has changed her politics. a politics learnt at the knee of her grandfather, who was a liberal mp and a father who was who is a famous marxist academic. political thinking is a conversation with, not an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. and today we re recording just down the road from wigan next door to the great city of manchester in the city of sa lfo rd. lisa nandy, welcome to political thinking.