from tony blair to rishi sunak, ifelt like humming the tune of ghostbusters! who are you going to call? louise casey! why you? how did this happen? i don t really know, actually. i don t know. i started offjust working in charities with homeless people and then all our dreams came true when somebody said, we want to reduce the number of people sleeping on the streets by two thirds, we will set a target, we are serious and i got thatjob. and i suppose i am pretty fearless. and pretty determined, if i believe in the cause. and i always say to people, success then breeds success. we are a nation that loves our failures, aren t we? god love henman, who never won wimbledon but we made the name of that hill after him. we celebrate the underdog which is one of our most endearing and wonderful qualities. drifting is a fearless, we talk to a few people you worked with and one former cabinet minister said louise is like, a live grenade thrown into the civil service. and added, in cas
champions league final in istanbul, leaving i o champions league final in istanbul, leaving 1 0 with 20 minutes left, rodri was the scorer. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. draw up a list of some of the toughest policy of nuts that any government needs to crack and you probably put pretty near the top rough sleeping. you might add anti social behaviour, troubled families, maybe child sexual exploitation. victims rights and last but certainly not least, the culture and standards of the police. that list is a short summary of the job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. job is done by my guest this week on politicalthinking. she job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. she has done those jobs political thinking. she has done thosejobs for political thinking. she has done those jobs for five different prime ministers, both main political parties over the last quarter of a century or
hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher. elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capital rad
now, it s hard to remember a time when sunday morning television didn t feature a live political interview programme. come the new year, there ll have been one on bbc one for 30 years. the late sir david frost was host for 12 years, andrew marr for 16. and at the start of september, laura kuenssberg inherited the mantle. it s one of the most high profilejobs in television news. and like her predecessors, she s hooked some important guests. hello, and a very warm welcome to a new show and a new political era. tomorrow, one of these two will be chosen as our new prime minister. thank you so much for coming in. and whatever happens, do come back. applause well, i was going to say going for some reaction from our panel, because listening to that interview at the desk and seeming to applaud joe lycett, the comedian. i love it! this morning, we ll bejoined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. the key issue at
budget unleashed a torrent from institutions. most of it negative. the bank of england is forced to intervene to bring stability to the financial markets. emergency help was needed, but amid the turmoil, the government is still refusing to change its plans. what about the reporting of the story? did the media and bbc news in particular present too apocalyptic? particular present too apocalyptic a picture of the economic fallout. this caller to the newswatch line thought so. heuo. my name is anthony waites. i just wonder why the bbc doesn t talk about some of the plus sides of this budget and the falling of the pound. it s going to be very cheap for americans to come here on holiday and it s going to make our exports a hell of a lot cheaper than they have been. so, why isn t there a bit more balance? others thought those benefits were mentioned sufficiently. this user of social media tweeting as kiril picked out the bbc s economics editor for praise. the other big story of t