the murder of zara aleena, just days after he was released from prison. the chief inspector of the service says it is chronically understaffed . it is impossible to say whether the murder could have been avoided but we did find severe deficits in practice at many stages of jordan mcsweeney s supervision. nhs representatives will appear before mps on the health and social care committee to discuss the situation in a&e departments across england. let s cross live to the house of commons and listen in to the health and social care committee address the situation in a&e departments. a more nuanced question than that, demand has a bit with those figures, however, the reason we run into trouble is not the ancillary demand, the ability to deal with the demand. if we look at things like hospital admissions from an emergency department, those have remained relatively static. we have had problems with increased crowding, problems with increased crowding, problems in care in our depart
no, i m confident that he will determine that i was appointed on merit. that s obviously for him to conduct that investigation and process. it was a highly rigorous process, i can tell you being part of it. a very tough interview, a very tough process to be part of and so i m comfortable. there was an independent committee of people doing the interview and they were asking very searching and challenging questions of me and the other candidates and i m sure that process was fully and carefully recorded so it can be minuted and seen whether my appointment was done on merit, and i m confident it will be seen that that was the case. let s talk to our arts and media correspondent david sillito. break down the key issues here for us, david. , ., , us, david. the first one is the conversation us, david. the first one is the conversation between - us, david. the first one is the j conversation between richard us, david. the first one is the - conversation between richard sharpe and sam blyth
is is was the appointment itself on merit or was it in any way distorted? and i believe it s on merit and i welcome the examination by william shawcross. as you know, the independent appointment process isn t one that is made exclusively by downing street because, in other situations, preferred candidates weren t seen to be recommendable. so i m comfortable that i was appointed on merit and i m also comfortable that, as a result of my discussion with simon case, that i avoided a conflict or a potential conflict because i wasn t party to any transaction. i mean, we heard yesterday in the public accounts committee that, during the process, candidates were asked if there could be anything that might embarrass the government or the organisation if it came to light. i mean, this is embarrassing to the bbc and potentially the government, isn t it?
johnson s financial affairs. there was no discussion of mr johnson s financialaffairs. he johnson s financial affairs. he insisted johnson s financialaffairs. he insisted he did not mislead the appointments panel for thejob insisted he did not mislead the appointments panel for the job and is confident the review by the appointments commissioner william shawcross will determine he was appointed on merit. we will bring you that interview as soon as we can. the chief inspector of the probation service has warned it s not possible to say the public are safe and protected from criminals who are out on probation. an investigation has found that failings by the probation service left a serial offender free to murder the law graduate, zara aleena, lastjune. the killing happened days afterjordan mcsweeney was released from prison. in a damning report, the chief inspectorjustin russell said a catalogue of errors led to mcsweeney carrying out the terrifying and ruthless attack. our home affa
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