hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejessica elgot, deputy political editor of the guardian and katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator. welcome back. let s look at what is in. the metro, which headlines prince philip leaving hospital after 28 days to be reunited with the queen at windsor. an exclusive in the huffington post which says the foreign secretary told officials that britain would seek trade deals with countries that have breached international human rights standards. the financial times follows up on that story which it says have led to accusations from some tory mps that borisjohnson is going soft on china. the vaccine chaos in europe is the top story in the telegraph with brussels blaming eu governments of stockpiling jabs. the guardian headlines the growing pressure on borisjohnson to launch a public inquiry into britain s handling of covid 19. and the mail leads with the con
The Home Secretary has said pro-Palestine protesters have “made their point” and questioned whether holding regular marches “adds value” to their calls for an immediate ceasefire.
levelling up as his defining mission, and he knows that it is what many of the voters in red wool areas who moved to the conservative party in the last election will be judging him on. so after all the rhetoric, what are we going to hear today in terms of substance? tote rhetoric, what are we going to hear today in terms of substance? we are ttoin to today in terms of substance? we are going to hear today in terms of substance? we are going to hear details today in terms of substance? we are going to hear details from today in terms of substance? we are going to hear details from michael i going to hear details from michael gove, but as you ve been hearing, these plans are not short on scope, not short on ambition, but what they are short on perhaps is specifics. there are 12 missions, as the government is calling them, at the heart of this policy paper, by which the mission, the approach to levelling up will be measured. some are quite specific, others are far more broad, just t
will be focusing on today is to do with england, does that leave you frustrated? at, with england, does that leave you frustrated? : . . frustrated? a little bit, but there are probably frustrated? a little bit, but there are probably some frustrated? a little bit, but there are probably some deeper - are probably some deeper frustrations. we are talking about levelling up because the uk has one of the highest regional economic inequalities amongst oecd countries. and that has only increased since the year 2000. so we are dealing with a massive challenge which we certainly in scotland have seen quite clearly, the government is seeking to respond that today. the irony perhaps in the proposals today is that on the one hand the uk government is talking about empowering regions and nations like scotland more, and yet at the other point they are cutting across devolution, devolution that already exists, by determining how money is spent in areas that are normally devolved to the scottis
devolution that they are seeking to progress as part of the levelling up agenda? t m progress as part of the levelling up atenda? , , agenda? i m guessing the government will art ue agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that it agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that it is listening will argue that it is listening carefully to what different parts of the uk need. do you think that listening process has happened? well, we have seen the delayed paper today, there is more detail to come, we ve had no meaningful engagement or consultation over that period. so we have been waiting, for example, the replacement of eu structural funding, but scotland has benefited considerably over the last few years from eu structuralfunding, we are still awaiting detail about what will replace it in the form of the shared prosperity funding or otherwise. and just a few months ago we saw the uk government making decisions, spend