He is the great survivor of the years of tory turmoil. Appointed by borisjohnson, promoted by Liz Truss and kept on by Rishi Sunak. Hes now in the final four candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. All of them will make their case before conservative activists and members at the tory conference in a couple of weeks time. James cleverly, welcome to political thinking. Cheers, nick. This the first time weve spoken since that Election Day . How does it feel to go from having one of those Great Offices Of State and all that comes with it, the red boxes and the chauffeured cars and the security and all the rest . Suddenly its gone. So its not that paraphernalia that you miss. Its the being able to do stuff. And particularly in the portfolios ive held, foreign Secretary And Home secretary, theyre both very much in the news at the moment. The situation with ukraine, the decisions around the uks posture, how we further support the ukrainians in their self defence. Weve
Know, for the 72 people, the community and i think, if were honest, for the whole country. If you are living in a Block Thatis if you are living in a block that is dangerous today, how do you feel when you hear about what is happening in catford right now, how do you feel when you hear about dagenham . And the fact that there was advice, there was warning and there were guidelines. None of them were guidelines. None of them were taken on and that is 72 people dead and the community traumatised. Traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate your much. Appreciate your experience talking about this. You are watching Bbc News. It was the worst disaster of its kind in modern british history for set more than seven years on, the Public Inquiry into the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower has published its second and final report. The conclusions are damning. The Blaze Injune 2017 which was the result of decades of failure is. Fear is by successful g
Has been published in the last couple of hours. Reaction is still coming in but we have already heard from some of the families of the victims. They have called for criminal prosecutions. A Human Life was never a priority, and we lost friends, neighbours and Loved Ones in the most horrific way, through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. Also on the programme this lunchtime. More migrants trying to cross the channel from france, despite 12 deaths yesterday. Channel from france, despite 12 deaths yesterday. State pensions look set to rise deaths yesterday. State pensions look set to rise by deaths yesterday. State pensions look set to rise by more deaths yesterday. State pensions look set to rise by more than deaths yesterday. State Pensions L Look set to rise by more than £400 deaths yesterday. State pensions look set to rise by more than £400 a year as the row continues over scrapping automatic Winter Fuel payments. And it is the same old Story Dame Sarah storey strikes
Heres helen willets. Simon, thank you. Good afternoon and if you are in leek in staffordshire you are looking up to blue skies or you have been so far today. Unfortunately the cloudier skies are to come tonight and tomorrow and some nor more snow. Its a different picture this afternoon, still waterlogged in parts of suffolk as you can see and overcast and grey. You see that on the Satellite Picture in southern england, wales and Northern Ireland. Snow showers but good spells of sunshine. We have Rain And Hill Snow in Northern Ireland and almost a line of that picture is where we have that milder atlantic air trying to get in but that cold air is reluctant to relinquish its residency is. Which means we will continue to have issues with whether it is going to rain or snow. Snow melt as the rain adding to the risk of further Flooding Melt as the rain adding to the risk of furtherflooding and melt as the rain adding to the risk of further flooding and december eruption is likely. So for th
are falling, but is what you are paying at the pump following fairly? i take a look at the numbers and what might be ask mike watt began in the and ask what might be done in the and ask what might be done in the budget. in the sport, brilliant brentford s remarkable season continues as they beat west london rivals fulham and take another step towards qualifying for europe next season. eurovision isjust all things wonderful in life. and we speak to some excited eurovision superfans across the continent as tickets go on sale. we have got a band of mostly rain but some sleet and snow in it as well, sinking south, clearing southern england and for most of us it will be dry with sunshine but still some wintry showers, especially in the north. thursday into friday we could see some heavy and disruptive snow across vast swathes of the country away from the south. it s tuesday the 7th of march. our main story. the home secretary, suella braverman, says the government is pushing