former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to get to the bottom of everything , following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons there was nothing further to investigate. mr speaker, my honourable friend has already addressed this matter in full, and there is nothing more i can add. but there are plenty of questions that remain unanswered. number 10 says, it was only this weekend the prime minister became aware of penalties mr zahawi had paid to the tax office, while serving as chancellor. in that role, mr zahawi was nominally, overseeing the work of the tax office. a complicating factor. integrity and accountability is rea
told by a retired us federaljudge that attempts to block the certification of the 2020 election results constituted a treacherous plan to steal american democracy. hi there, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk government reporterfor bloomberg, and the broadcaster penny smith. hello, both of you, once more. thanks for staying with us. let s have another look at the front pages as we have them. the i newspaper leads on the rise in interest rates, as the bank of england warns price hikes could go as high as 11%. the paper claims ministers have ruled out tax cuts until 202a. the daily mail follows the same story, telling its readers to brace themselves as the pain of the big crunch looms. the guardian reports borisjohnson is considering scrapping the role of ethics adviser after lord geidt quit, saying the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position. the ft pictures ukraine s president zelensky greeti
Cody gakpo has just scored a second for the visitors. A reminder that a win for villa would secure a top four finish and give them a place at europes top table for the First Time Since 1983. Half hour on the clock, 2 1 liverpool. Staying with the Premier League, bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has signed a one Year Contract extension through to 2026. In his first season in charge the spaniard has led bournemouth to their best premier League Points total, and they could still finish as high as 10th. The all Time Top Scorer in the Womens Super League Vivianne Miedema will leave arsenal at the end of the season. The Dutch Strikerjoined from Bayern Munich 7 years ago and has scored 125 goals in her 172 appearances for arsenal. She won the 2019 wsl title but was out for 10 months last year with a serious knee injury and has only played 13 times this season. Shes only 27, but the arsenal havent offered her a new contract and Manchester City are believed to be one of the clubs interested in
To be prepared for a lot of women who could come forward when he entered the president ial race. The uk government says it will appeal against a court ruling that Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland should not be sent to rwanda. The high court in belfast found parts of the policy breached human rights laws. An inquiry into why some women in the uk have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a huge overhaul of maternity and postnatal care. The Birth Trauma Inquiry said poor Maternity Care was all too frequently tolerated as normal and women treated as an inconvenience. One of europes most notorious people smugglers has been arrested following a bbc investigation. Barzan majeed, also known as scorpion, was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on sunday morning. The next five years will be some of the most dangerous and, at the same time, the most transformational our country has ever known. That was the claim made this morning by the british Prime Minister, rishi sunak. In a speech to
for this war to end hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the plan was in line with israel s demands that the war would not end until its hostages were released and hamas no longer ruled gaza or posed a military threat. vincent mcaviney reports. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, according to the hamas run health ministry. hundreds of thousands are displaced and aid is struggling to reach them. the conflict has put the us israel relationship under immense pressure. but in a surprise move, president biden unveiled a new peace proposal and ceasefire offer from israel. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with t