To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss was prime Ministerfor Ao odd days. She and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. Families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. And these are rewards for failure. Speaking to bbc radio 4s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. Liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, of being pr
Hello. Im sarah campbell. The Israeli Military has ordered more residents in the city of rafah in the Southern Gaza strip to leave neighbourhoods in the east. Washington has warned israel not to mount a full offensive in the city, but there were further israeli strikes overnight. This is where people have been told to go, al mawasi, which has been described as an expanded humanitarian area by the Israel Defence forces. It now says 300,000 gazans have moved towards there since the first Evacuation Orders on monday. Last night, a long awaited Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. This report from our middle east correspondent. Parts of rafah that were crammed full of people just days ago are rapidly emptying out. Palestinians being in their thousands as israel signals it is now set to put further from the east, issuing new
I dont know how you follow the double act of ian murray and jackie baillie. Thank you for everything you brought to the campaign. Delighted to be here. Ijust want to echo some of what we said last night. This is a remarkable result. I want to talk a bit about the thousands of people we lead during this campaign. We have spent six months on every single story in this constituency, talking to voters at every single door about their hopes, their aspirations, their dreams, their aspirations, their dreams, their fears, their aspirations, their dreams, theirfears, their their aspirations, their dreams, their fears, their concerns for this community. It has been the honour of my life to talk to all those people, to get to know them. To find out from them what they want their mp to fight for an hour to be their mp, to have their chance to represent them is incredible. This result shows not only that people are fed up with the two governments that are distracted, out of touch, but also that the
In 43 years. As. In 43 years. As. As always, we to love hear from you. This show is nothing without you. We especially want to hear about what you make of labours plans for compulsory toothbrushing in schools. Is that a good idea or is it a step too far for teachers who have too far for teachers who have too much on their plates already . Big question. Yeah big question. Yeah gbviews gbnews. Com. But first, get a news bulletin first, lets get a news bulletin with. Tamsin with. Tamsin elly thank you and good morning from the gb newsroom. Its 931 so sir keir starmer is celebrating what hes describing as a sign mic win for labour in the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election i declare that Michael Shanks is elected to serve in the United Kingdom parliament as a member for rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. Hamilton west constituency. Michael shanks won the seat with 58 of the vote, more than double that of the snps. Katie loudon. The by election was called after a recall petitio
In a must win game. While, back at home, club rugbys crisis deepens, as another team goes under. Leaving some players without a job or a home. The without a job or a home. Reaction in the room was disbelief, the reaction in the room was one of disbelief, shock. Also coming up on sportsday. It looks like shes hurt her knee h0pefully it looks like shes hurt her knee hopefully nothing too serious. As more footballers suffer acl injuries, we find out the epidenmic in the womens game. Welcome to the programme. The first day of the ryder cup has gone very well for the europeans. They were relentless in the morning, turning the scoreboard blue and kept the pressure up, going on to win one and tie three matches in the afternoon, putting europe five points ahead of the usa. But tournaments arent won on the first day. America are the holders and they only need 1a points to retain the cup in italy. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss is in rome for us. Andy, a good start for europe, what were the