around his month long eat out to help out scheme which ran in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals at restaurants on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays with the government subsidising the bill. here s our health reporter, jim reid. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subsidised midweek meals in pubs and restaurants. it proved popular at the time. but critics say it fuelled a rise in infections. did you ignore the advice over cobit? did you ignore the advice over covid? earlier witnesses, scientists and ministers have said they were not consulted in advance about that eat 0ut consulted in advance about that eat out to help 0ut scheme. he was asked to respond. why would i raise it as a risk when i didn t believe it was because it was designed in a context of a safe reopening? the onus is surely on the people who now believed it was a r
Of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme. After the drama of the weeks Government Defeat in the House Of Lords on the brexit bill, peers win praise from some unlikely quarters, such as the snp. The peoples aristocrats have spoken and their voice must be listened to. The Farming Minister Rejects claims that food prices are increasing since the uk voted to leave the eu. We have seen a fall in food prices of 0. 5 over the last year and a fall of 6 since 2014. And more tributes are paid to the father of the house, sir Gerald Kaufman, who died last weekend. He had an ability to sum up his views with a witty turn of phrase that could be as colourful and a memorable as his suits. But first. The leader of the commons, david lidington, has confirmed that the government will try to overturn wednesday nights defeat for the government inflicted by peers on the so called brexit bill. Peers voted by a majority of 102 to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living and working in the
all, as you say, the government s proposal is to set an £86,000 lifetime limit on the amount that you can spend on personal social care in england. above that level, then the state would step in and meet the costs. but there are concerns amongst conservative as well as labour mps that £86,000 represents perhaps 90 or 100% of the value of a home in some parts of northern england, leaving people very little money to pass on to their families and perhaps only ten or 20% of the value in some parts of the south east of england, so that doesn t quite look like levelling up. what mps are going to vote on tomorrow, and this is also of concern, our government plans meaning it will take longer for some less affluent people to get a bit of help from the council for their care costs. to reach this £86,000 limit in the first place, in other words, long before they get 100% of help from the state. i m not expecting a government defeat when mps vote on this tomorrow night but i think it s all abou
m brinkerhoff it s good to have you with us there were some nasty names today but no nasty surprises for theresa may the british prime minister survived a no confidence vote in the u.k. parliament. he is to the right. of the left three hundred twenty five seven. of the vote came a day after british lawmakers rejected to rescind may s brights a deal by a huge majority the biggest government defeat in the country s modern political history but many m.p. s who were opposed to that deal they were not prepared to back the demise of to recent days government the prime minister addressed parliament just after the result was a nail sed. the prime minister. likely
dozens remain unaccounted for. i m phil gale welcome to the program. there is always government to face is a no confidence of votes today after british lawmakers threw out her brakes that day a last night s the biggest government defeat in the country s modern political history but mrs may has told lawmakers she can still find a way forward on britain s departure from the e.u. though she is expected to survive today s vote time is running out if no deal is agreed with brussels by march the twenty ninth and britain will crash out of the bloc despite the political gridlock mrs may has repeatedly said there will be no second referendum on bret s but those calls are growing. to remain supporters gathered outside the british parliament to reserve me. it was