Simple. Some mps. Serving as an mp is simple. Some mps. Serving as an mpisa simple. Some mps. Serving as an mp is a privilege, not a right. Almost a year since jo mp is a privilege, not a right. Almost a year sincejo cox was murdered, her parents tell us how much they miss her. We will always be broken, because there is a piece missing. To the outside, while we do appear strong, all of us, there is a lot of days when they are bad, it is bad. Well talk to jo coxs sister and husband before 11. And this programme has learned that another group which represents sexual Abuse Survivors is pulling out of the governments sex abuse inquiry, accusing theresa may of failing to protect survivors. We will hear from them before ten. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well hear warnings that people trying to bulk up with protein bars and shakes are being misled by adverts. If you use them, get i
The number of people on controversial zero hours contracts has reached a record high of 910,000. We would love to hear from you if you are on one or if or if you are an employer that uses them. Perhaps you would rather have a permanentjob, perhaps you would rather have a permanent job, perhaps the flexibility suits you. You can get in touch with us. Text will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Police Watchdog has published a critical report into how the cumbria force handled the death of 13 month old Poppi Worthington five years ago. She was found seriously injured at her home. The independent Police Complaints Commission Says officers failed to adequately investigate whether she had been abused. Its commissioner, carl gumsley, has described it as not fit for purpose. The investigator found evidence that there had been an unstructured investigation, that essentially was not fit for purpose. We found concerns in relation to the way that the scene where pop
into the uk s future. this morning mr brown laid out the finding of the report, saying labour is not the old establishment in waiting, it is the new government in waiting ready to transform britain, sir keir starmer rejected a sticking plaster approach to reform of the uk, as he unveiled his party s plans to decentralise power away from westminster. he said the report identified 288 future engines of growth across the uk , 200 of them outside london. and it recommended some 50,000 civil servants should be transferred out of london to save £200 million. a government source says starmer is playing politics while they are focusing on priorites like the economy and immigration. the report was overseen by former prime minister gordon brown. to secure the irreversible transfer of wealth, income and opportunity that we want to see, we also need an irreversible transfer of power. past devolution settlements, as, tracy has just
laid out the finding of the report, to secure the irreversible transfer of wealth, income and opportunity that we want to see, we also need an irreversible transfer of power. past devolution settlements, as tracy has just described, have left the centre unreformed. so, to ensure the right powers are in the right places, we must first stop the wrong powers being wielded by the wrong people in the wrong places. and so the new britain needs a new westminster and we need a new whitehall. in his speech, sir keir set out proposals on increased devolution and reforming the house of lords. britain is one of the most centralised systems in europe and the centre has not delivered. i don t want it to fall apart. i want us to build something new. anyone can see what is happening in the uk
proposals in that report. it includes plans to transfer 50,000 jobs from whitehall to outside of london. it also sets out to ban the vast majority of second jobs for mps and eliminate foreign money from uk politics. it proposes to set up a new anti corruption commissioner to root out criminal behaviour in british political life where it occurs . it wants to give local authorities new fiscal powers to raise revenue, include scottish parliament in international agreements involving scottish areas, create new directly elected mayors in scotland and establish hundreds of regional clusters of innovation. here s former prime minister gordon brown, who headed the report. to secure the irreversible transfer of wealth, income and opportunity that we want to see, we also need an irreversible transfer of power. past devolution settlements, as tracy has just described, have left the centre unreformed, so to ensure the right powers are in the right places we must first stop the wrong powers being