Sir Keir Starmer iS Set to Speak hiS firSt wordS at the DeSpatch Box aS Prime MiniSter and mpS are electing a Speaker to referee all the debateS. In a buSy day, Sir Keir Starmer will hold a Cabinet Meeting, hiS Second Since the election. Metro mayorS had been meeting at Downing Street. ThiS report now from harry farley. Political CareerS End in removal vanS. The furniture and the reSidentS of number 10 are changing. ThiS morning, Sir Keir Starmer will meet with englandS regional mayorS, promiSing a major programme of devolution. Labour iS expected to announce what they call a take back Control Act in the KingS Speech to give mayorS new powerS over thingS like tranSport and houSing. ThiS iS what a Labour Majority lookS like. Today, the HouSe Of CommonS SitS for The FirSt Time Since the election to chooSe a Speaker, and Some new MpS Cant quite believe theyre here. I feel hugely excited. I think thatS probably a feeling that youre getting from a lot of the other new mpS. But there iS a lo
now on bbc news: panorama. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe then what? ..£12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret, crucial details about how the money was spent. this is really troubling stuff. it signals something very alarming about the state of our country. in the spring of 2020, ppe stocks were falling. covid deaths were rising. the uk government was on a massive exercise to find ppe anywhere in the
refugees on the us border having to make desperate decisions about their children s future. some are hopeful the rumours that president biden will open the border are true. others have lost all hope and are now having to make decisions they never thought they would. young people bear the brunt of unemployment as new figures show that four out of five who lost theirjob last year was under 35. good afternoon. downing street says it will explore every possibility , including legislation, to stop plans for a european super league. the idea which would see six top english clubs join euopean sides in a breakaway tournament has drawn widespread condemnation and calls for the clubs to be expelled from other competitions. lawyers for the proposed new league say they have issued injunctions they hope will prevent players or clubs being banned from competition by fifa or uefa. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. the message was clear protests outside elland road last n
homes washed away in australia, as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. we are back injust we are back in just under half an hour. now on bbc news, as the government faces mounting criticism that well connected people made millions out of britain s ppe crisis, panorama investigates who won out. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe, then what? £12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn?t. big profits were there to be made. in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person
organisers of this summer s tokyo olympics and parlympics say no international fans will be allowed because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news. as the government faces mounting criticism that well connected people made millions out of britain s ppe crisis, panorama investigates who won out. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe then what? £12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret, cruc