this is after days of political and media pressure over the handling of the closure of nigel raj s bank accounts. emma simpson was in the newsroom. we are getting a lot of reaction to this already. what has been said, and then we will go onto what has been said by nigel al faraj. it what has been said by nigel al-fara . . , , ., , al-fara . it has been a terrible few weeks al-faraj. it has been a terrible few weeks for natwest. al-faraj. it has been a terrible few weeks for natwest. yesterday - al-faraj. it has been a terrible few weeks for natwest. yesterday the | al-faraj. it has been a terrible few- weeks for natwest. yesterday the ceo resigned, admitting a serious error ofjudgment and discussing mrforage with the bbc. now the ceo of coutts, prestigious private bank for the wealthy, a subsidiary of natwest, he too is stepping down. coutts is at the very centre of this political storm over the handling of these accounts. mrflava said in a statement that his handling of th
so yeah, you ll have to deal- with that in due course. it s about a general- election, but it s very much along the same themes, but it brings in political editors on coaches - going around the country and all kinds of. - is there a bonking political editor in it? i can t say that. but also you worked with alok sharma when he was president of cop26, the big climate change conference in glasgow. so i m sure you ve got lots of thoughts about net zero as well. well, i mean. pause them because actually, the breaking news we got this afternoon, which everyjournalist went, ooh! , when they got it, was that rupert murdoch is stepping down as chairman of his many companies that run his newspapers and tv channels. and we can chat about it now because we re joined by a former employee of rupert murdoch. it s kelvin mackenzie, who is editor of the sun. hi, kelvin. yeah. and fired by rupert and he invested in my businesses. so i ve had 40 up and down years with him. yeah, you can say th
families. that is weight what i think what we are announcing today, it is a change, it is a different way to approach these decisions. britain s opposition labour party has condemned mr sunak s move and vowed to stick to the government s original net zero strategy. and the scottish national party, which holds power in scotland, has also criticised the uk government s change of course. earlier i spoke to the first minister of scotland, humza yousaf. first minister, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. i want to start with the uk prime minister rishi sunak s announcement today on climate goals. the uk has been a leader on battling climate change. where does this decision leave the uk? well, it very firmly takes the uk out of the global consensus. the global consensus is we need to do more to tackle climate change. and the reason why scotland has been invited, for the first time, to the un for the climate ambition summit is because we are showing leadership. so the same
challenge. if nothing changes, we are heading towards a 2.8 degree temperature rise towards a dangerous and unstable world. leading polluters china and the united states were absent from the talks, which was overshadowed by an announcement from britain, also not present. in a statement at downing street prime minister rishi sunak announced he was rolling back policies that would help achieve the uk s net zero goal. he said the uk will delay a ban on new petrol and diesel car sales until 2035 from the earlier target of 2030. the government will also slow the transition to heat pumps from gas boilers in homes and will not require homes to improve their insulation. sunak said previous governments had moved too quickly on setting unrealistic net zero targets without getting public support. the debate about how we get to net zero has thrown up a range of worrying proposals and today i want to confirm that under this government, they will never happen. the proposalfor government to
costs on families. and that s why i think what we re announcing today it is a break from the past. it is a change. it s a different way to approach these decisions. britain s opposition labour party has condemned mr sunak s move, and vowed to stick to the government s original net zero strategy. and the scottish national party, which holds power in scotland, has also criticised the uk government s change of course. earlier, i spoke to the first minister of scotland, humza yousaf. first minister, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. i want to start with the uk prime minister rishi sunak s announcement today on climate goals. the uk has been a leader on battling climate change. where does this decision leave the uk? well, it very firmly takes the uk out of the global consensus. the global consensus is we need to do more to tackle climate change. and the reason why scotland has been invited, for the first time, to the un for the climate ambition summit is because we ar