Weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Very good to see you. Our top story on this monday morning is that the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him, amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister, and this follows speculation over the weekend that some tories are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a so called stalking horse candidate to trigger a leadership race. The rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve issued a statement to mps last night, with the pm told backbenchers and i quote the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. Well, joining us now for some analysis is the political commentator peter spence. Good morning to you. Were going to be hearing from the Prime Minister today. Hes going to want talk want to talk about apprenticeships whatever apprenticeships and whatever else plan. But quite else is todays plan. But quite frankly, all any
have now infiltrated every sector of british society. and lights, camera, picket line. the actors join the writers at the barricades, after negotiations with the studios collapse. but first, to the pay award. over a million public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get a rise in this financial year of up to 7%. rishi sunak has agreed to honour the recommendations of the independent, pay review bodies. the deal covers 45% of the public sector. and on top of that pay award, the government has committed additional funding for schools above what was proposed in march and in addition to the £2 billion already given to schools in the autumn statement. the four teaching unions said that was a basis to call off strike action. which will be welcomed by parents up and down the land. however the junior doctors, who went on strike today, say it is not enough. their continued absence will make it almost impossible for the pm to meet his promise of cutting waiting lists.
and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. it s wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but more questions remain over the number of government contracts that are still being awarded to fujitsu, which supplied the faulty it system, and the delays in quashing convictions and awarding compensation. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. it was an announcement that added insult to their injury, depicted in the recent itv drama. paula vennells has got the cbe. joking! but now the former boss of the post office has agreed to hand back her honour, adding that she was truly so
max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this
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