mother with an ironing board was the norm. if this inquiry is capable of opening some of that truth, this is a good thing. cash for some schools in england looks likely to be tighter than even according to head teachers who are warning of bigger class sizes and cuts to staff. the government says school funding is now at its highest level on record. can they both be right? hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. we are going to talk late in the programme about disability benefits, in particular personal independence payments, and whether they should go to, quote, really disabled people, not those taking pills at home. those are the words of one conservative mp who is being urged to apologise. norman smith will look in detailfor you at to apologise. norman smith will look in detail for you at the further cuts planned at what it might mean for you. do get in touch about those stories today. if you are texting you will be charged at the standard network
mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including cancer test results and treatment plans. we will bring you the story. here sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today s news. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first public hearings today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. it will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in care orfrom poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. the inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. organisers of this year s oscars say they re still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. the hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which
its first serious blow over the brexit bill which will trigger the process of leaving the eu. the upper chamber voted by a large majority to give european union nationals who already live here the right to stay in the uk. the prime minister has so far refused to give any such assurances. our political editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. they have voted, contents 358. wow. not contents 256. so the contents have it. wow! you can hear them say. the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. a bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win win for principle, humanity, decency and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure that it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it s very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yours is the only moral one. once people start using words like
during the parliamentary process to leave the european union. by a large majority, the upper house of parliament, the lords, has demanded that the government guarantee the rights of european nationals, already living in the uk, to stay, despite brexit. ministers have refused to give such assurances and insist they ll overturn the lords‘ ruling. this from our political editor, laura kuennsberg. they have voted, contents 358. wow. not contents, 256. so the contents have it. wow! you can hear them say. the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. a bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win win for principle, humanity, decency and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure that it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it s very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yo
to leave the european union. by a large majority, the upper house of parliament, the lords, has demanded that the government guarantee the rights of european nationals, already living in the uk, to stay, despite brexit. ministers have refused to give such assurances and insist they ll overturn the lords‘ ruling. this from our political editor, laura kuennsberg. they have voted. contents, 358. wow. not contents, 256. so the contents have it. wow! you can hear them say. the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. a bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win win for principle, humanity, decency and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure that it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it s very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yours is the only moral one. once