Speaking former defence speaking with former defence minister and minister sir Gerald Howarth and gb portillo gb news own Michael Portillo about the threat from china, whats going on with ukraine and russia all of the of russia and all of the rest of it. So jam packed show. It. So its a jam packed show. Do move , lets go through do not move, lets go through the papers first of and the papers first of all, and take through headlines. Take you through the headlines. As you can imagine, immigration is a key theme. So sunday is a key theme. So the sunday telegraph splashes ministers want for asylum want more barges for Asylum Seekers, would you believe after whats gone on with bibby stockholm. 7 sunday times stockholm . Sunday times goes with actually this is one exception and is because exception and this is because the a level grades are coming out week. A tougher a level out this week. A tougher a level grading vital to halt university dropouts surge. The observer. Dropouts surge. The o
Welcome to the programme. As theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn face each other in the commons, one last time before the election. Labour will guarantee the triple lock and treat pensioners with respect. Unable to defend our country. Determined to raise tax on ordinary workers, no plan to manage our economy. Even his own supporters know hes not fit to run this country. Peers ask what will brexit mean for the sharing of your personal data . And, how would you define an extremist . But first, it lasted almost an hour and was full of soundbites and slogans. The last Prime Ministers questions before the General Election was certainly a rumbustious affair. Jeremy corbyn questioned theresa may on pensions and the nhs, but he began with pay. I start, mr speaker, with christopher, who wrote to me this week and he says; in the last five years, my husband has had only a 1 increase in his wages. The Cost Of Living has risen each year. We now have at least 15 less buying power than then. So where is ch
Wednesday 25th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has promised a significant day ahead on National Security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the Mexican Border. He tweeted big day planned on National Security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall building a 2,000 mile wall along the Mexican Border was one of trumps key election promises. Hes said the wall would cost 8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. The new president is also expected to approve Immigration Restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. And trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport Illegal Immigrants a move aimed at so called Sanctuary Cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. Our washington correspondent david willis has more. Were going to have our borders nice and strong. Were going to build a wall. Were going to
Coming up in the next half hour the government sets out its brexit policy paper. The Transport Secretary says expanding heathrow will be good for britain post brexit. And, as mps debate alcohol harm, a former Minister Talks about growing up as the son of an alcoholic. I know what its like to feel that cold nausea when you find the empty bottles hidden around the house. But first, the government has published its 75 page brexit policy document, laying out what its objectives are in the forthcoming negotiations on extracting the uk from the european union. The principles were contained in the Prime Ministers keynote speech last month, so there were few surprises. The Secretary Of State, david davis, said it confirmed the Prime Ministers vision of an independent, truly global uk. The government recognised the need for clarity and certainty. The white paper also sets out we will take control of our own laws so they are made in london, edinburgh, cardiffand belfast, and ensure that we will
Against a speech in parliament by donald trump but some Conservative Mps say hes out of order. An update on the Market Numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. More now on the commons speaker, john bercow, who has defended his statement that President Trump should not be allowed to address parliament on the grounds of racism, sexism and inequality. A short while ago, the speaker of the lords, lord fowler responded to the comments made by mr bercow yesterday in parliament. Yesterday the Commons John Bercow said he was opposed to the president speaking. I should said he was opposed to the president speaking. Ishould make said he was opposed to the president speaking. I should make it clear that i was not consulted on that decision or its timing. However the speaker contacted me this morning, he told me while he maintains his view on the issue, he was genuinely sorry forfailing to view on the