Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
story is the chancellor to launch capital gains arrayed, he has to plug the £50 billion hole in public finances, the savers, landlords and entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? i entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., 4 entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., ~ ., , . that? i don t think he has too much choice, to that? i don t think he has too much choice. to be that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll- that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll hear. choice, to be honest. you ll hear the pro minister talk a lot about the pro minister talk a lot about the 2019 manifesto and trying to stick to that partially in an attempt to keep mps at bay so they don t do anything too radical, like with liz truss. we have a mandate, we will stick to the manifesto that one us that mandate in that manifesto, it says no rises on national insurance, vat or income ta
labour says the conservatives are out of ideas, regardless of who s prime minister. after 12 years of a tory government, what are we to show for it? people are not able to pay their bills and the nhs and law and order have completely broken down. priti patel has announced she will retire as soon as a new home secretary has been appointed. she was said will continue as a backbencher. from the war in ukraine to spiralling inflation liz truss is facing issues at home and abroad. we ll be speaking to a former cabinet secretary who was the top civil servant for three different british prime ministers about how she might approach the challenge. welcome to the programme. if you have questions about liz truss being set to become the next uk prime minister, send them our way and will be speaking to a range of experts through the next two hours and we ll do our best to give you some answers. you can reach me on twitter. and of course, the centre of our coverage will be britain s
the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another round