Bringing us tomorrow. With me arejoe mayes, uk politics reporter at bloomberg and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. Hello to you. Quickly take our viewers to the front pages. John bercow the former conservative mp and house of commons speaker defecting to labour with a withering attack on borisjohnson is the observer s lead. The paper quotes mr bercow as saying today s tory party is reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes xenophobic. Matt hancock kept the prime minister in the dark overjabs success is the sunday telegraph s headline. It says the health secretary sat on positive data for three days ahead of a meeting that ruled the unlocking of restrictions must be delayed. The sunday times features a picture of four year old ella harris highlighting the £100,000 bill her father has received to repair the cladding on their one bedroom flat in salford. The paper says it s just one example of families receving ruinous bills in the cladding scandal. The
Are going to pay for the covid recovery are going to pay for the covid recovery and some of these very, very ambitious schemes that boris johnson very ambitious schemes that boris johnson announces, obviously thinking johnson announces, obviously thinking he will get fantastic headlines from them.- thinking he will get fantastic headlines from them. joe? what i felt was headlines from them. up- what i felt was interesting in this story felt was interesting in this story is the discussion around the triple lock for pensions. it seems that is probably the area where we might see the government to move on a previous data position and relax that provision for as we know, the current commitment is that painters will always rise by the highest of 2.5%, inflation or pay increases which has seen significant increases for pensioners when many people are going to hardship and the article suggests that that is where a rishi sunak will safe we need to change that where boris does not want to
The paper says it s just one example of families receving ruinous bills in the cladding scandal. the sunday express says more than 50 conservative mps are backing plans to step up a lockdown fight with plans for a new pandemic law to block future lockdowns. help the 1.1 million long covid victims is the plea in the the sunday people to formally class the condition as a disability, especially those who have been front line casualties. the independent s main picture story is of thousands of people queuing at coronavirus vaccination centres above its main story that record demand at a&e is putting patient lives at risk with a spike in pressure on hospital emergency departments. the mail on sunday claims prince charles won t let archie be a prince in a slimmed down monarchy after he becomes king. the paper says it s the issue that incensed the sussexes and led to a row culminating in comments
Alleviate this problem. briefly on this story. alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, something - alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, something has i alleviate this problem. briefly on | this story, sian, something has to give because people cannot meet these bills. ., give because people cannot meet these bills- these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the sunday - these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the sunday times i these bills. no, they absolutely i cannot and the sunday times has these bills. no, they absolutely - cannot and the sunday times has been cannot and the sunday times has been running cannot and the sunday times has been running quite a campaign about this and if running quite a campaign about this and if you running quite a campaign about this and if you look at that fron
Go yet, does this matter is a story? what do you think? go yet, does this matter is a story? what do you think? john bercow is a very prominent. what do you think? john bercow is a very prominent, well what do you think? john bercow is a very prominent, well recognised - very prominent, well recognised public figure and i think his words carry a lot of weight and you spent a lot of time in parliament. he has a lot of time in parliament. he has a gravitas, so they do matter to a certain extent and that narrative thatis certain extent and that narrative that is created and propelled by bercow saying it, it adds to a difficult week for the prime minister with the by election loss, so it does matter. we will have to see how these narratives develop, but he is a big figure in british politics. 0k, ok, let s go back to the sunday telegraph and judges may be free from european rights rulings. can you explain this please, sian? this is a story that you explain this please, sian? this is