long term decisions for a brighter future, or short term jockeying for advantage? rishi sunak sets out his stall for the coming election. the northern leg of h52 is cancelled. the prime minister insists that every penny of the £36 billion intended for that rail link will be spent on other projects. there were a raft of other announcements too, sold like this. politics doesn t work the way it should. we ve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. 30 years of vested interests standing in the way of change. 30 years of rhetorical ambition, which achieves little more than a short term headline. we ve gathered politicians to weigh up whether the reformist pitch is credible for a party already in government. could it even be an election winner? and speaking of 30 years ago. # things can only get better # now i ve found you.# ..with so many big government schemes especially in education and health reliant on private finance dea
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. food banks across the us are warning of shortages as congress agrees a new $900 billion coronavirus relief package. hello and welcome if you re watching vaccinations across the european union will begin in the uk or around the world. from sunday after its regulator i mjames reynolds in london. in some ways, the uk has been put approves the pfizer biontech jab. into self isolation. meanwhile, the us hasjust started over a0 countries have now banned using its second vaccine, with health care workers travellers from the uk in connecticut the first to receive the moderna one. to prevent a mutated variant of covid 19 from spreading. the new variant, which has been nothing beats having detected in london and south east your children hug you. england over the past weeks, i m sorry. is believed to be up to 70% more transmissible than other variations. and how millions of people up in response, a ma
aisle. black lives matter will stage a protest london s hyde park this lunchtime labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson needs to get a grip and restore public confidence in ministers‘ handling of the pandemic. nhs test and trace will help britain get back to normal by breaking the chain of infection. a clinical contact tracer tells us exclusively she s spent much of her time since the government s track and trace system went live last week watching netflix because she hasn t been assigned a single case. she spoke to me anonymously. i ve worked 38 hours as a contract tracer. i say worked , i ve been available to work, as a contract tracer, since it went live. and i ve yet to, in over 38 hours, to make a single phone call. we ll play you that interview at 9:30 and let me know have you been called by a contact tracer? also this morning. portugal s foreign minister says british tourists would be most welcome in his country this summer and that his government