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langstaff who chaired the infected blood scandal inquiry. he spoke for the last a0 minutes, it was a moving and rousing address where he went through some of the findings that his inquiry published in its final report today. let s go through some of the main conclusions he made. he concluded that the treatment disaster could and should have been largely avoided. the five year investigation accuses doctors, the government and the nhs of trying to cover up what happened. they found patients were knowingly exposed to what he described as unacceptable risks and he found a catalogue of failures with catastrophic consequences. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to issue an apology later on today. i am joined now by my colleague ali price who was also listening to what we heard from sir brian langstaff. 0ne was also listening to what we heard from sir brian langstaff. one of the overwhelming conclusions having listened to that and to so many other and family members ....
applause it should recognise and acknowledge notjust it should recognise and acknowledge not just the suffering it should recognise and acknowledge notjust the suffering but it should recognise and acknowledge not just the suffering but the fact that the suffering was the result of errors, wrong is done and delays incurred. it should provide vindication to those who have waited for that for so long. applause and it should be accompanied by action. applause action obviously to recognise and remember what happened to so many people and to learn from the inquiry. action to implement recommendations i made over one year ago. applause to set up a proper compensation scheme. applause a major task is the further work to be done in each of the four health services, to put patient safety at their heart. now, ensuring patient safety culture is not an easy task. inquiry after inquiry has recommended it and it has not been achieved as yet. what i recommend is that where an individu ....
with me are the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, transport secretary mark harper, and liberal democrat olly grender. yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the tees valley mayoralty for a third term. you will know if you have been following all the election results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the blackpool south by election. there are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. let s just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. so far, how disappointed are you? fin panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . . . panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , , panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , . .,y you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you? on the cancer losses, ....
this programme contains some strong language and some discriminatory language. election night fever, as bbc gets ready to bring you the results of the last big vote before the general election. will it be boom time for starmer? or will it be doom time for sunak? the bbc s election programme kicks off in an hour s time. you can see just a few of their many live points warming up. with a pick n mix of votes under the count tonight, to discuss them we ll be joined by the chair of the labour party, a senior cabinet minister and the personification of political analysis, professor sirjohn curtice. we ll also talk to the person most likely to be the new first minister of scotland, john swinney, now that kate forbes has thrown her weight behind him. and with the looming prospect of deportation flights to rwanda, a warning you will hear strong and discriminatory language as a protestor is racially abused attempting to stop asylum seekers being moved out of hotels by government ....
how much of a threat is nigel farage to the conservatives and labour? in to the conservatives and labour? in the last couple of minutes the conservatives have announced an annual cap on visas to try to bring net migration down. it s a promise they ve made and broken before. welcome to newnsight, live each weeknight with interviews and insight. let me introduce our political panel tonight: dehenna davison was the conservative mp for bishop auckland. elected in 2019, she was the constituency s first ever tory mp. it was one of those red wall seats, wasn t it, that turned blue, back when borisjohnson was the prime minster. and mhairi black is here. she was an snp mp. she was their deputy leader at westminster. she still holds the record for the youngest mp ever to be elected. you were 20. so long ago! that was back in 2015. both women are standing down. and nick s here as is polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. let s start by showing you the times nigel farage has previ ....