him, under his new anti social behaviour, does he think more bullies will be brought to justice? hello, welcome to the programme. all eyes on downing street. the opposition accusing rishi sunak of dither and delay tonight after the pm decided he needed more time to consider bullying allegations into his deputy dominic raab. also tonight changes to the uk s illegal immigration bill. new proposals that would give the home secretary the power to ignore europeanjudges who might try to stop deportations. we will talk ai are we ready for it? nobody seems quite sure what the guardrails could or should look like. can it be done on a piecemeal basis or do we need a global response to the advances that are coming. and saturday is earth day, so tonight we are going to look into an industry you might not associate with the race to net zero. formula one. we will speak to their new director of sustainability, who is targeting zero emmissions by 2030. all that coming up but we start tonig
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
coverage, one of whose findings was that many viewers find the output incomprehensible , and some of the terminology used mystifying . simpler language and more explanation appear to be the answer, and notjust in the area of economics but some members of the audience think that can be taken too far. take these lines seen on the bbc news website on tuesday: clive couzens read that, and this was his reaction. i m wondering what the bbc thinks of its audience, whether they think we have any intelligence at all. in recent days, reporters on the website, on the news website, have felt it necessary to explain that the cabinet is rishi sunak s group of senior ministers and that inflation is the rate at which prices are rising . given that inflation has been in the news daily for several months now, is it really necessary? where will this end? will they soon be telling us that apples are a crispy green fruit, for example? please, give us some credit for some modicum of intelli
i m wondering what the bbc thinks of its audience, whether they think we have any intelligence at all. in recent days, reporters on the website, on the news website, have felt it necessary to explain that the cabinet is rishi sunak s group of senior ministers and that inflation is the rate at which prices are rising . given that inflation has been in the news daily for several months now, is it really necessary? where will this end? will they soon be telling us that apples are a crispy green fruit, for example? please, give us some credit for some modicum of intelligence. one of the moves in that government reshuffle was the appointment of lee anderson to the post of deputy chairman of the conservative party. here are two political correspondents, nick eardley and ben wright, talking about mr anderson on thursday. anyone who works on here would tell you that he is no stranger to controversy. he has said several controversial things, from criticising the uses of food banks,
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister