And mcdonalds sacks its chief executive for having a relationship with an employee. Good evening. Doctors and Health Service leaders in england, have warned the main parties against using the nhs, as a political weapon during the general Election Campaign. They say theyre already seeing the start of a bidding war, with nhs providers, who represent hospitals and other health trusts, saying promises made in the heat of an election battle, risk creating unrealistic expectations. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Its a familiar story at elections down the decades. Political Party Leaders visiting hospitals. This time, the nhs has dominated the Opening Campaign exchanges with claims about how much more money is needed, but leaders of hospitals and other trusts in england say the debate has got out of hand. We would ask our politicians to exercise a bit of self control and to make sure that the debate we are going to have is evidence based, mature, and not just political punch and judy. Hea
A very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. But this is no routine event yes, well be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our National Affairs is being questioned. We were last here two years ago when theresa may was Prime Minister since when the Political Landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent Brexit Process. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queens speech. We could indeed be back again before christmas. But lets deal with todays events first im joined by our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Good money, laura. Good morning, hew. It would be an understatement to say despite
Borisjohnson went to parliament to tell mps that a further delay would be corrosive, and it was time to get brexit done, but labour said it couldnt support a deal which would damage the uk. And now is the time for this great house of commons to come together and bring the country together today. Todays session will last for several hours, at the end of which mps will decide whether the Prime Ministers deal needs greater scrutiny before it is formally approved. He has renegotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and made it even worse. Hes renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. Its the first time in 37 years that the commons is sitting on a saturday. The result of the main vote on brexit deal is on a knife edge and theres still the possibility that brexit could be delayed. And as the parliamentary debate goes on, thousands of protestors are making their way to westminster, campaigning for a second referendum on the outcome of the Brexit Process. Well bring you the lat
Hello, its tuesday, its 10 oclock, im victoria derbyshire. Older people with eating disorders an invesitgation for this programme has found some nhs eating disorder clinics have a cut off age for treatment. What breaks my heart more than anything is i have a little grandson now, hes just two, anything is i have a little grandson now, hesjust two, and it was his birthday the other week and he, you know, wants to give everybody a piece of cake and everything and i cant, ijust piece of cake and everything and i cant, i just cant piece of cake and everything and i cant, ijust cant do it. Well talk to sylvia barr, who was diagnosed with anorexia in her late 50s. Boris johnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal again today, in a final attempt to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. Here it is heres the draft legislation. There is a lot of it, it is dense, opaque, incomprehensible in some cases. Here is the housing secretary. Actually, what they are really saying is we dont
By the court of session in scotland, which was fronted by the snp qc joanna cherry. 75 mps put their names to the challenge and one of them joins me now. You must be very happy with the judgment. What does it mean, do you think, constitutionally . It means the Prime Minister is not able to do this. We live within the rule of law. What the 11 judges found unanimously is that he worked against parliamentary democracy and had broken the law, and prorogued it for five weeks. Normally it would be five days. Is it a constitutional shift, this, or a restating of our unwritten constitution that parliament is sovereign, and it oversees the rule of the executive . Which underlines the fact that we do still at the moment live in a parliamentary democracy under the rule of law. When borisjohnson says he disagrees, i mean, he isnt in a position to disagree. Ii he disagrees, i mean, he isnt in a position to disagree. 11 independent judges in our Supreme Court, the highest court of the land, have jud