following this story hejoins me live.. first of all, or remind us what this is about and what this ruling now means? , , . ., ., means? this is a argument that blew between the means? this is a argument that blew between the official means? this is a argument that blew between the official coronavirus - between the official coronavirus inquiry now under way at looking into the governments handling of the pandemic, and the government itself where the inquiry chair had ecstasy the whatsapp messages exchanged between boris johnson the whatsapp messages exchanged between borisjohnson and other senior officials. a few dozen of them. so, matt hancock was one of them, the senior medical figures involved in handling the pandemic, senior civil servants, and she wanted to see all of those whatsapp messages and barsjohnson s personal handwritten diaries, his government diary, all of that communication. the government came back and said it wanted to redact things and put a black pa
after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a distraction from other parts of the government s economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that distraction , take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence i get it. i get it. we re listening and have listened. i refused to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t and it shouldn t be. we needed a new. applause. conference, we needed a new approach focused on raising economic growth. just over a week after hitting an all time lo
and it s quite emotionally tough and sometimes you feel like you take on their struggles because they re not able to be at the bedside. this merciless disease has taken its toll on so many staff. malachi started as a nurse exactly a year ago. in the peak, he cared for four patients at once. he was meant to care forjust one. i mean, there were three deaths in the last 24 hours here, on this ward, yeah. and that s a lot. and then you turn around and there s still 12 other patients. it sjust not feasible, you can t carry on like this for a long time. with case numbers now falling, the nhs is turning its attention to its next mammoth task dealing with the backlog of operations that have been delayed by the pandemic. there s a whole group of patients who ve been waiting to be seen in clinic and then go on a waiting list. so the backlog will be, will be huge. the nhs is starting cautiously to look beyond the upheaval inflicted by covid. but this could be a brief moment of calm, a
The main news in westminster, thejudges have spoken. Its up to parliament to make a decision on triggering brexit. I can announce today that we will shortly introduce legislation allowing the government to move ahead with invoking article 50, which starts the formal process of withdrawing from the european union. Some mps want to be clear about what they are voting for. I would like a white paper which we can debate. It will bring us together, i would say to my right honourable friend. What does my right honourable friend have to lose with a debate on it . Also on the programme, the government is refusing to talk about a failed Trident Missile Test, but there are other sources. I could phone up mr putin can i did a favour for him once rescuing his submariners when they were drowning and im sure he would tell me. I surely would know the date. But first, the Supreme Court has ruled that parliament would need formal approval before leaving the european union. Explaining the decision of a
A50, talking about article 50. We will be looking to find out what businesses and workers think. In sport, england, scotland and Northern Ireland all win in World Cup Qualifying. Jermain defoe returns from nearly four years out with a goal as england beat lithuania 2 0. And theres a new quid on the block. This is it. The new pound coin and tomorrow it enters circulation. Well be finding out why not everyone is happy at its introduction. It feels lighter. And the weathers been so lovely weve sent matt out and about. We have had some problems adjudications, but he will whether slater. Problems with communications, but he will be with us communications, but he will be with us later. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will meet scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the First Time Since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. The visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the European Unio