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let s get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, who s in the newsroom. just tremendous of the background of where we are today. the just tremendous of the background of where we are today. where we are today. the socket on the aer where we are today. the socket on the paper in where we are today. the socket on the paper in the where we are today. the socket on the paper in the times where we are today. the socket on the paper in the times newspaperl the paper in the times newspaper reported a bizarre story where, last december, apparently, according to the times, had met a local official in his party at 315 in the morning demanding £5,000 what she said as a matter of life and death because she had to be released from a flat in which he was locked by some bad people. in addition to this, the times newspaper also alleged that some other funds that were meant to be used for a company will use for private medical bills for mr menzies as well. he told ....
with a funding gap of £500 million. the result has been a series of budget cuts, the latest of which hit the news division on wednesday. although more money is being put into digitaljournalism and some broadcast services are being expanded the news at one doubling in length to an hour, for instance elsewhere, savings are being made. newsnight is losing half its staff, shortening its duration, and instead of the current magazine format with filmed reports and investigations, will become an interview, debate and discussion show. gabriel gatehouse, a former correspondent on the programme, had this response. but viewer david wright pointed out. while terry pearson questioned the thinking behind this week s changes. well, we ll be discussing the logic behind wednesday s announcement in a moment. but first, if this is the end of newsnight as we know it, what exactly is being lost without any dedicated correspondents and i should say, i was one of them in the 1990s or ....
abortions costing quite a money, that was because otherwise the government would have been defeated. this is going to happen on a regular basis. it did when we last had in effect a minority government between 74-79, effect a minority government between 74 79, they were defeated all the time and if they were undefeated they were making manoeuvres all the time. apart from anything else, it s exhausting for the prime minister and the government. if you add on top of that brexit, and the beginnings of a sort of opening within the government, about what has really been going on, now they are in the cabinet position themselves very differently, this all feels very fragile. the point is they weren t public therefore, it was a very tight ship. theresa may has lost her two key advisers. when we hear today that apparently david davis, the man in charge of brexit, is struggling with those red lines, the tough lines theresa may wants to keep two, does that resonate with the people ....
good to have you with us again today. the british government has survived its first tests in the house of commons winning the vote on the queen s speech but compromises are everywhere. brexit talks are ongoing, and we have word today from a former insider that the prime minister s red lines are making negotiations very difficult. and northern ireland is still waiting to return to power sharing there s been yet another extension to the deadline with those talks with the dup. steve, how do you assess where we are this way? we have many vivid examples of this government s fragility, it s unavoidable fragility. when we got the concession about people in northern ireland being able to now come over here, to the rest of the uk, to have abortions costing quite a lot of money, that was because otherwise the government would have been defeated. this is going to happen on a regular basis. it did when we last had in effect a minority government between 1974 and 79 they wer ....
and we try to assess where we are with the campaign against the jihadist group isis. with me this week michael goldfarb, host of the podcast frdh, first rough draft of history. steve richards, the political commentator and broadcaster, and writer of the recently published rise of the outsiders. can t think who you re writing about there, steve! that may come up. suzanne lynch of the irish times, now in dc after your stint in brussels. and the writer on arab affairs, friend to all of us, abdel bari atwan. welcome to all of you. good to have you with us again today. the british government has survived its first tests in the house of commons winning the vote on the queen s speech but compromises are everywhere. brexit talks are ongoing, and we have word today from a former insider that the prime minister s red lines are making negotiations very difficult. and northern ireland is still waiting to return to power sharing there s been yet another extension to the dead ....