of the tory party. alternatives would be the utter destruction of the tory partylj alternatives would be the utter destruction of the tory party. i am sure they will hold back. a lovely picture. the first danish person to wina grand picture. the first danish person to win a grand slam. the image of her face is wonderful. the mail. staying on your favourite subject. brexit! donald trump says i would have done this differently. it is an interview with piers morgan. he roamed over various conversations, saying "may is not tough on the eu, they are not what they are cracked up to be, i'd be tougher. " how what they are cracked up to be, i'd be tougher." how can we tell? unless we entera be tougher." how can we tell? unless we enter a parallel universe. be tougher." how can we tell? unless we entera parallel universe. i would have said, "right, you lot, i will build a sea wall." and the interesting thing is that in this he seems to imply he has been invited to visit britain twice by theresa may. no one has a

tory party at all. there has been a sour mood at all. there has been a sour mood at westminster in the past couple of mutterings, someone suggesting today it might be time for a regime change. it is important to say the majority of mps and ministers think they have little choice but to carry on with theresa may. number 10 believes the fundamentals have not changed but rather than enjoying the kodak moment with the american president, theresa may back home tonight is dealing again with having tonight is dealing again with having to co nfro nt tonight is dealing again with having to confront divisions and discord in her own political party. thank you. there's been a sharp rise in the number of serious violent crimes and six offences recorded by police in england and wales. and official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. but a separate survey — based on people's experiences rather than official data recorded by police — suggests that overall cri

what this story shows is how much bitterness there is in the tory party, one wing against another. but someone can use this phrase about the leave about some else in the same party. how does theresa may get out of that? we will stay with the telegraph. up to half of children obese in parts of the uk. yes, it is an enormously depressing story. the numbers are horrifying, even in the richest wards we are looking at 25%. 44% of ten and 11—year—olds in brent, north london, are rabies or overweight. the number is almost half that in rematch and upon thames. the five miles away —— richmond—upon—thames. other areas with high levels of excess weight, barking and dagenham, wolverhampton and sandwell. in other words, the correlation between obesity and poverty is very high. that does not tell us anything we don't already know. the bit we should be worrying about is where four fifths of obese children can remaina four fifths of obese children can remain a beast as adults and cut life expectancy by ten years. —— remaina life expectancy by ten years. —— remain a beast. being

that hasn't changed, so now it is a question for the british government and therefore the tory party to come together and decide what they want in order to have just one line. they go to brussels and say, ok, this is the kind of agreement. it is a total mess, isn't it? the new thing is that we now seem to be willing to pay to secure additional rights for our financial services, so we would have to pay a financial penalty. whether any of this can be sold in the british parliament or to the british people, i have no idea. but it is a fantastic mess. what is interesting to me is that, day by day, reality begins to intrude into these negotiations. so, the french are only too keen to take over our financial services. i can see mr macron rubbing his hands at this very moment. the fact is, this country, it's not mad, in my view, never has been and won't be now, and the conservative party, in theory, should represent the interests of business. that is what it has traditionally been about. but business won't put up with the sort of line that the conservative party now appears to be destined f

the quote is she says listening to the hard right of the tory party on brexit will mean wrecking the party. that lays bare what some of the conservative party think will be the consequence of pursuing a hard brexit. she goes further into who she thinks these people are. to be honest, swivel eyed is pretty much the nicest thing she says about them. some of it is not printable on the front page. she calls them a sell—out trait of the finishing —— the she thinks should be ignored. it is fairly strong language. to go with civil war, is one i would have gone with, it seems the tory party are tearing each other into tiny pieces. over europe again. it seems strange. normally they are more mature about it.|j have put the telegraph to one side, but not so fast. up to half of children our obese in parts of the uk. rising obesity amongst children is not a new story. it is something we are very familiar with. it is the first and these figures have been mapped by local authorities. what it also matters is the unfairness of it and how different parts of the countries are affected in differen

this morning, the moves continued among middle—ranking ministers, designed to prove the tory party's diversity, to embrace a new generation of mps and better reflect society. it was hoped this reshuffle would rejuvenate the tory party, renew its appeal to voters and allow theresa may to assert her authority after the troubles of the past 12 months. but with some ministers refusing to move where she wanted and some critics claiming the shake—up wasn't radical enough, it didn't quite go to plan. and that wasn't the only reason this political new year got off to a bit of a bumpy start. this morning, toby young resigned from the board of a new university regulator. well—known in the field of education, with some high—profile supporters, he had onlyjust been appointed but faced a backlash for offensive comments he had made in the past. another unwelcome distraction for a government wanting to show it can run smoothly. these things do not help, but if you imagine government is a bit like a ship going from one destination, always buffeted by storms from day—to—day and this is one

that hasn't changed, so now it is a question for the british government and therefore the tory party to come together and decide what they want in order to havejust together and decide what they want in order to have just one line will stop they go to brussels and say, 0k, stop they go to brussels and say, ok, this is the kind of agreement. it isa ok, this is the kind of agreement. it is a total mess, isn't it? the new thing is that we now seem to be willing to pay to secure additional rights for our financial services, so we rights for our financial services, so we would have to pay a financial penalty. whether any of this can be sold in the british parliament or to the british people, i have no idea. but it is a fantastic mess. what is interesting to me is that, day by day, reality begins to intrude into these negotiations. so, the french are only too keen to take over our financial services. i can see mr macron rubbing his hands at this very moment. the fact is, this country, it's not mad, in my view, never has been and won't be now, and the conservative party, in theory, should r

it was telling there was a lot of change within the tory party itself. a lot of emphasis on trying to renew the party, bring new ideas, get it back asa party, bring new ideas, get it back as a strong campaigning force after the election result last year and the election result last year and the performance on the ground left a lot to be desired. i think that was theresa may's focus to try to get the tory party back together and more limited in terms of ministerial reshuffles this evening. what is seen as reshuffles this evening. what is seen as a reshuffles this evening. what is seen as a pretty key appointment is brandon lewis, as you have been indicating, at conservative party hq. indicating, at conservative party hq, to try and get the party a little bit more in tune with younger voters, for instance, that kind of thing. is there a real sense that the party can move in that direction and perhaps beat labour on its turf? it was telling when you read sir patrick mcloughlin's letter to theresa may saying he was going to leave his post. he recognised, he

management, and the profile the tory party presents. the former football coach barry bennell has pleaded guilty to six offences of child sexual assault. the 63—year—old, who is now known as richard jones, admitted the charges before the start of his trial at liverpool crown court. the ex—crewe coach is charged with a total of 55 offences between 1979 and 1991. his alleged victims were boys aged between eight and 15 years old. our sports correspondent, andy swiss, is in liverpool. yes, barry bennell who is standing trial here under his new name of richard jones isn't here in person, instead he appeared via a videolink wearing a grey jumper, instead he appeared via a videolink wearing a greyjumper, he pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault against two complainants aged between 11 and 1a at the time. we can now report he had already pleaded guilty to a seventh offence atan pleaded guilty to a seventh offence at an earlier hearing. in total he is charged with 55 sexual offence, 42 counts of understoods a, 11 cou nts 42 count

party co nfe re nce during her speech at the tory party conference and it did no good. a p pa re ntly conference and it did no good. apparently a throat spray more effective. they are much better. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc dot co uk forward slash papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer thank you lance price and camilla tominey. goodbye. tomorrow should be a dry day. before we get there, let's look at the showers today, they have moved east but at the same time weakens. showers easing in northern ireland. skies tending to clear. those showers moving over the irish sea and into wales. they will become fewer and lighter, but we are left with a residue of cloud across most of england and wales. should not get too cold. a different story for scotland and northern ireland, likely frost. maybe fog as well. scotland will see the lowest temperatures overnight and first thing tomorrow

and she is only propped up because they cannot agree between themselves, the tory party, at the moment, because they are in such a crisis, on who should be her successor. itake they are in such a crisis, on who should be her successor. i take your point ofjeremy. should be her successor. i take your point of jeremy. politics should be her successor. i take your point ofjeremy. politics seems to bea point ofjeremy. politics seems to be a fractional affair and in the end it all resolves itself. i would just suggest to him that actually we are going through a period of politics in this country which is really, really unusual. and, yes, there may be a resolution at the end of the day, but my goodness it will be difficult to get to. if you are a friend of britain, you just feel sadness. this reshuffle, it sounds like we should send a rescue mission to downing street. a political prisoner is trapped by her own troops. send in the sas, you know, do something. it is that in the end. we can laugh, but as a result, written is in a state of paralysis. we did not want to close this week's programm

and she is only propped up because they cannot agree between themselves, the tory party, at the moment, because they are in such a crisis, on who should be her successor. i take your point from before, that politics seems to be a fractional affair and in the end it all resolves itself. i would just suggest to him that actually we are going through a period of politics in this country which is really, really unusual. and, yes, there may be a resolution at the end of the day, but my goodness it will be difficult to get to. if you are a friend of britain, you just feel sadness. this reshuffle, it sounds like we should send a rescue mission to downing street. a political prisoner is trapped by her own troops. send in the sas, you know, do something. it is sad in the end. we can laugh, but as a result, britain is in a state of paralysis. we did not want to close this week's programme without as well talking about the massive offence donald trump caused during a bipartisan oval office meeting. donald trump himself denies using the offensive word starting with ","s but he said it was tough la

party, there is a mood in the tory party, the governing party, there are more and more voices speaking out, raising the question of whether or not the current model can last without some significant change. either in how we pay for it, or in a significant extra amount of cash going in. now numberten significant extra amount of cash going in. now number ten and significant extra amount of cash going in. now numberten and number 11 of course who are in charge of the money, are not yet in a place either publicly or behind closed doors where they would acknowledge that something does have to budge, but it's well worth noting that the health secretary, jeremy hunt, who remember fort and won the battle to stay in hisjob remember fort and won the battle to stay in his job this week, said remember fort and won the battle to stay in hisjob this week, said mps in the house of commons, notjust that he would quite like to have a 10—yearfunding that he would quite like to have a 10—year funding deal for the health service, but that in the coming yea rs service, but that in the coming years sign

weeks, the tory party has turned pretty sour. 0ne couple of weeks, the tory party has turned pretty sour. one said to me today they are in the mood for a regime change. i don't think we are about to slip into any kind of enormous battle, but certainly things feel very tricky for number 10. however many smiles there were with president trump. laura kuenssberg in westminster and jon sopel in davos, thank you. health officials in england say the outbreak of winter flu appears to have peaked. although the number of people with the flu is still rising, the rate of the increase is slowing down. rates have risen in wales, but fallen slightly in northern ireland and scotland. the prime minister says she will continue to work to ensure women are "accepted and respected as equals" as the fallout from the men—only charity dinner — the president's club — continues. an undercover reporter says women employed as hostesses as the event last week were groped and sexually harassed. theresa may says it wasn'tjust the event that worried her,

how much of it comes down to the membership of the tory party, the demographic, tends to be older? membership of the tory party, the demographic, tends to be older7m is an issue for the conservatives. it is over—50. you have seen more young people, not only engaged but coming out to vote. traditionally with young people they wouldn't vote. they might be engaged but at the 2017 election it was reversed inthe conservatives recognise that. because they have an ageing demographic voting for them, they need to think — how are we going to get young people on board, because that's the future? how much of this is down to policies rather gifs and memes and retweets? it is poll sfirs. you have seen the conservatives with the big drive on the green agenda, recognising they need to reach out to young people. but how do they do that, then, if you haven't got that sort of — you need to plant a seed, don't you in the first place to attract them?” think that's where the policy comes n you have seen them set out this environmental policy for the next 25 yea rs. environmental policy for the

there's no problem because then they'd have to live up to it the only ritual for vice chair of the tory party is be on the show one of the few european politicians who visited yemen and seen some of the carnage unicef has been on this road they've talked about it pulling the film was a safe zone on your committee as well it said saudi arabia is now beginning to allow women to drive because so things are changing in saudi arabia yes but the argument is not that the sound is a bombing we mean in saudi arabia the argument is that bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually they're allowing them in after many many years of not to drive in saudi arabia is hardly the gold standard of we means equality in feminism but again what with the tory party really know about those kinds of things well i was born with a point of view female prime ministers. that exporting arms to saudi arabia does not enable violence and when the aria is training these pilots these are the war pla

bringing the tory party closer to people was today's mission, making government look more like the electorate and somehow retrieving old loyalties that were junked by potential voters. excited about the prospect ofjoining the government? very. so for thosejudged the brightest and the best, the guessing game was over. you live in hope these days. are you pleased with your newjob? they left number ten happier than they went in. some couldn't bear to wait for the official announcement before passing on the news. congratulations, what have you got? altogether, 1a mps were given jobs, eight of them women and five from ethnic minorities. meanwhile, another plan went wrong today. toby young, appointed to the board of a new university regulator, resigned under pressure. he had helped set up free schools, but past inflammatory comments and tweets forced him to step down before he could start his new role. an embarrassment to the government, but a relief to critics, including tories. clearly, due diligence wasn't done. i made it clear i thought it was the wrong thing to do because of some very extreme

there's no problem because then they'd have to live up to it she only ritual for vice chair of the tory party to be on the show one of the few european politicians who visited yemen and seen some of the carnage unicef has been on this road they've talked about it pulling the film was a safe zone on your committee as well it said saudi arabia is now beginning to allow women to drive because so things are changing in saudi arabia yes but the argument is not that the sound is a bombing we mean in saudi arabia the argument is they're bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually they're allowing them in after many many years of not to drive in saudi arabia is hardly the gold standard of we means equality in feminism but again what would the tory party really know about those kinds of things well i will ensure their point of view female prime ministers. is that exporting arms to saudi arabia does not enable violence and when the r.a.f. is training these pilots these are

party has been on the show one of the few european politicians who visited yemen and seen some of the carnage unicef has been on this road they've talked about it pauline they filmed was a safe zone on your committee as well it said saudi arabia is now beginning to allow women to drive because so things are changing in saudi arabia yes but the argument is not that the sound is a bombing we mean in saudi arabia the argument is they're bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually they're allowing women after many many years of not to drive in saudi arabia is hardly the gold standard of we means equality and feminism but again what would the tory party really know about those kinds of things well i will ensure their point of view will bring is just. that exporting arms to saudi arabia does not enable violence and when the r.a.f. is training these pilots these are saudi war planes they're not it's not britain that's creating the mess and the death destruction of euro

party is being on the show one of the few european politicians who visit yemen and seems some of the college unicef has been on this road they've talked about it pulling they feel it was a safe zone your committee as well said saudi arabia is now beginning to allow women to drive because so things are changing in saudi arabia yes but the argument is not that the sound is a bombing we mean in saudi arabia the argument is they're bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually the fact they're allowing them in after many many years of not to drive in saudi arabia is hardly the gold standard of we means equality in feminism but again what would the tory party really know about those kinds of things well i was sure the point of view will probably was just. told us that exporting arms to saudi arabia does not enable violence and when the r.a.f. is training these pilots these are the war planes they're not it's not britain that's creating the mess and the death destructi

the tory party and the labour party now has this dramatic difference in age group and demographic and this is what it is all about. she will not pursue the vote on fox hunting, very unpopular with younger voters, she is doing £50 million for this northern forest, which michael gove has been talking about planting 50 million trees between manchester and bradford. these policies will take an awful long time. there won't be any obvious results for a long time but it is all to do with demographics. trees instead of a rail line. onto the mirror. daisy, hospital departments heaving with patients who have been in a&e 13 hours, this testimony from one doctor, i think. hours, this testimony from one doctor, ithink. but hours, this testimony from one doctor, i think. but the service that gives so much to all of a sudden i've is on force of goodwill alone. don't forget us, defend us please. a very powerful front page, of course it is the daily mirror, obviously a very strong story. we saw obviously a very strong story. we saneremy corbyn going on the nhs for obvious reasons at prime minister's

stands up for this expenditure and explains why it matters but you know the tory party is a coalition like the scottish nationalist party and there are different views and i certainly don't feel alone in expressing the views i. within the conservative party on this very important matter finally andrea mitchell do you think your case for sustaining that zero point seven percent of of national income devoted to international development do you think that will be sustained and when the day if they do because parliament will not allow even if the government wanted to parliament will not allow britain to step back from that commitment and both by that i have every confidence that the government will continue to stand by this is story commitment that is delivering so much around the world to britain's interest as well as to the interest of the people we're helping now under just just one remaining thing from the well from the new year from coming on a state in a patient total to the quick gallic for the loving cup you know how to do this of course goes in there or some other less potent sub

i think that is where the tory party fell down so badly during the last election. in this particular article there is another important point made that people are concerned about how extremism is portrayed on the social media and the cyber bullying. patrols and all of that. we have heard a lot about this recently, so not merely do they think it is fake news but they also think it needs more regulation. there is a freedom on social media that a lot of people like but it is abused. something has to be done. can you regulate facebook tom twitter in the same way? markers after burke is actually taking some serious action in recent weeks to actually move a lot of journalism off of the feeds, downgrading it in response to these concerns that it is feeding social media bubbles and all of this fake news getting pushed into people 's lives through the platform. actually, maybe we will see how it goes but that's it is neglecting its off to some extent a bit there is the point that a lot of social media is self—selecting. the point that a lot of social media is self-selecti

you have elements of the tory party, boris johnson and hard brexiters who are happy with trump in the white house many of the base for the hard brexiters here in great britain are a similar base to what trump plays to in the uk most i think still of the uk voters and on the continent are hard line anti-trump they don't see him as what they come to expect from the u.s. that comes to play i continual postponement of a trip to great britain there's political wrangling of why he didn't show up. he said he doesn't want to visit the embassy because they got a bad deal the underlying concern is that trump believes he will not be hailed as a hero here. he wants the pomp and circumstance, but we know there will be millions of protesters on the streets once he shows up. there's elements of the tory party who are happy and softened their line, but the vast majority of people are still anti-trump >> peter spiegel, thank you very much for joining it's. >>> still ahead a round up of the top headlines and another check of the global markets. we'll tell you what to expect from today's fed chair meeti

party and he was holding on hopeful of a reshuffle which did not happen, then holding on again, and then when priti patel left there was talk that it might have happened but it didn't. there are a few players who are being touted, getting their best sujad of the wardrobe, and then it doesn't happen. —— best suit at the border. she only has ace -- a few ways she can border. she only has ace -- a few ways she can manoeuvre. border. she only has ace -- a few ways she can manoeuvre. you border. she only has ace -- a few ways she can manoeuvre. you always have very unhappy people when they leave cabinet, and it is not even them that you have got to worry about, it is the others who are overlooked for promotion, so you can cause as many problems as you think you are going to solve but inevitably she doesn't have came in green in that post and that has got to be filled —— she doesn't have damian green in that post. the caption says in the cartoon, will be reshuffle be seen, theresa may, jeremy hunt has been waiting in the corridorfor 36 hours! now to another story in the daily tele

to take charge at tory hq. i've been asked to lead a great party. great teem, grate volunteers and professionals. we've a fantastic team. really, really looking forward to this. do you think you can deliver the things the prime minister wants? absolutely. such a positive move. absolutely. such a positive move. absolutely. we're ready for it. there are always challenges, but we're there are always challenges, but we're up to it. you may not have seen tory hq or seen some of the new faces but this reshuffle's about rebooting this party as well as what's happening in government. so no huge new group of passengers for the shiny ministerial cars. the biggest names in government stay the same. are you expecting to stay in post mrjohnson? the foreign secretary, the chancellor, the brexit secretary and the home secretary all keep theirjobs. with one downing street resident most certainly determined not to budge. what does this reshuffle tell us about the state of play in the government? for months, theresa may's been m

from the tory party perspective, she's not going to be a leader for much longer. we see a leader running over the next couple years or so, but there are question marks about whether she will be there in 2026. emma: alix: as we take a look at the bloomberg, this is u.k. consumer spending that had the worst year since2012. you see real income not being able to keep place with inflation. walk me through what the economy does in the backdrop of this brexit conversation? david o: everyone except that cepts.k. has slowed -- ace that the u.k. has slowed. also the housing market slowed and business investment has done ok, but it would have gone a lot better if it hadn't been for all the uncertainty. what we are noticing is things like m&a activity is moving the other direction. the u.k. has always been a magnet for m&a, but the latest lessshows 2017, more -- international companies acquiring companies in the u.k. i think the issue for us at the moment is brexit is not going to get settled over the next few months. there's a whole issue of the required foral many businesse

on that the tory party is actually seriously lacking in this department another treason may phase one was actually easy all the brexit negotiations they were delayed. she pull that off just before christmas butut she d years three ministers before christmas and it will have our own legendary the old as what we've g got five differenent rail companies. today monday wednesday and friday of this week. actually on strike reposing lots of problems will to news is coming engine on inventories over business. and i'm tryingg to go back home so many problems besides not to mention phase two of the brexit negotiations s so let's see what is a more strong and stable government tonight. not here. is against his fundamental change of policy. doesn't look like it i'm not only trying this is played say many days thank you very much indeed benedict have yeah that reporting from london. now moving into the united states was on two hundred thousand people face the possibility of being deposed sees the trumpet ministration has announced plans to cancel products. which have allowed people from el salvado

bringing the tory party closer to people was today's mission, making government to look more like the electorate and somehow retrieving old loyalties that were judged by potential voters. excited about the prospect ofjoining the government? so for thosejudged the prospect ofjoining the government? so for those judged the brightest and the best, the guessing game was over. you live in hope these days. they left number ten happier than they went in. some couldn't bear to wait for the official announcement before passing on the news. congratulations, what have you got? altogether, 14 mps were given jobs, eight of them women, and five from ethnic minorities. meanwhile, another plan went wrong today. toby young, appointed to the board of a new university regulator, resigned under pressure. he had helped set up free schools, but past inflammatory comments and tweets forced to step down before he could start his new role. an embarrassment to the government, but a relief to critics, including tories. clearly, due diligence wasn't done. i made it clear i thought it was the wrong thing to do be

stands up for this expenditure and explains why it matters but you know the tory party is a coalition like the scottish nationalist party and there are different views and i certainly don't feel alone in expressing the views i. within the conservative party on this very important matter finally andrea mitchell do you think your case for sustaining that zero point seven percent of of national income devoted to international development do you think that would be sustained and win the day if they do because parliament will not allow even if the government wanted to parliament will not allow britain to step back from that commitment and both by that i have every confidence that the government will continue to stand by this is story commitment that is delivering so much around the world to britain's interest as well as to the interest of the people we're helping now and are just just one remaining thing from the well from the new year from coming on a state patient total to the quick gallic for the loving cup you know how to do this of course goes and there are some other less potent subs

i tried to ask the health secretary hunter the tory party coverage in manchester about this question why are nurses now leaving the national health service well we haven't had a pay rise in seven is in fact we have had real to have cut your fourteen percent i've lost seven years. workload is increased exponentially where unsupported we have enough staff to do the job so when you don't have enough staff that increases eleven stress so it makes it even harder.

we also heard from brandon lewis, the conservative party chairman talking about how the tory party might campaign better digitally at the next election. that is right. brandon lewis has been brought into the helm of the conservative party in the recent reshuffle to recharge the party machinery and reinvigorate its whole electoral machine after the campaign last year that was lacklustre. it was widely acknowledged that the tories came second to labour when it came to online campaigning. labour had a very savvy social media approach. they had lots of videos going viral and activists tweeting organically, and that is something that the tories have identified that they need to get better on to have any chance next time around. brandon lewis has been tasked with this in his role as the chair of the conservative party, he has been writing this morning, giving an interview this morning talking about how he intends to do that to try and encourage shy tories, people who might not be willing to declare that they are conservative supporters, he wants to encourage them to post their support and spre

we also heard from brandon lewis, the conservative party chairman talking about how the tory party might campaign better digitally at the next election. that is right. brandon lewis has been brought into the helm of the conservative party in the recent reshuffle to recharge the party machinery and reinvigorate its whole electoral machine after the campaign last year that was lacklustre. it was widely acknowledged that the tories came second to labour when it came to online campaigning. labour had a very savvy social media approach. they had lots of videos going viral and activists to eating organically, and that is something that the tories have identified that they need to get better on to have any chance next time around. brandon lewis has been tasked with this in his role as the chair of the conservative party, he has been writing this morning, giving an interview this morning talking about how he intends to do that to try and encourage shy tories, people who might not be willing to declare that they are conservative supporters, he wa nts to they are conservative supporters, he wants

this morning, the moves continued among middle—ranking ministers, designed to prove the tory party's diversity, to embrace a new generation of mps and better reflect society. it was hoped this reshuffle would rejuvenate the tory party, renew its appeal to voters and allow theresa may to assert her authority after the troubles of the past 12 months. but with some ministers refusing to move where she wanted and some critics claiming the shake—up wasn't radical enough, it didn't quite go to plan. and that wasn't the only reason this political new year got off to a bit of a bumpy start. this morning, toby young resigned from the board of a new university regulator. well—known in the field of education, with some high—profile supporters, he had onlyjust been appointed but faced a backlash for offensive comments he had made in the past. another unwelcome distraction for a government wanting to show it can run smoothly. these things do not help, but if you imagine government is a bit like a ship going from one destination, always buffeted by storms from day—to—day and this is one

the chairman of the tory party, a very nice man, but useless in thejob. it would be interesting to see if she put some like brandon lewis, immigration minister, in thejob, straight talking guy. she wants to make it a big job again and she needs to because tory partly —— party membership is revealing and shrinking. this lot have 550,000 members. which is a big fighting force for the next general election. the tories are struggling at hundred thousand. kevin, on the front of one of the papers, we don‘t have it confirmed, she might appoint a no deal brexit minister. would it be a goodidea? deal brexit minister. would it be a good idea? yes, in the brexit department steve baker is a hardline racks —— brexiteer. you need the contingency planning. she talked on the bbc's andrew marr programme about tariff free access. we have that now. she is going to lose it when she comes out of the single market and the customs union. she is playing poker. she hopes they will get something. she offered £39 billion and made concessions on citizens in the rest of eu

i try just the health secretary hunted the tory party coverage in manchester but there's this question why the nurses now leaving the national health service. well we haven't had a pay rise in seven is in fact we have had a real time spike cut your fourteen percent i've lost seven years. workload has increased exponentially where unsupported we have enough. staff to do the job so when you don't have enough staff that increases eleven stress makes it even harder over shifts for nurses and hospital. it depends if everything minus thirteen hours and overrule over what we are undervalued we are underpaid. and for the first time in my in my professional life if i met a young person who said that they were considering asking i would not encourage them actively discourage them i suppose the defenders near liberalism would say the british actress had to fund the bailing out of the city of london therefore britain's national service already funded a whole of the levels percentage of g.d.p. that the united states is is there in germany and france it has to be cut further critics of course say th

party is said to be considering a slew of pro—brexit peers to ensure a majority in the lords. how would you feel about that? it has no legitimacy at all to block a referendum. the house of lords. it is the house of commons who sent it to the upper house. we are an advisory chamber who can make sensible changes on legal issues and there are complicated legal questions about this bill which are inevitable. but they should be weighed and considered. at the end of the day, the house of commons has to determine the issue. they have to be very aware, more than they are at the moment, of the will of the people. this issue has been with us for a very long time. in 1975 there was a decisive vote and it was accepted. basically for four years, then people came back to it. this time i think it has surprised the people who are passionate. i supported europe for many years. you've made a complete u—turn. and i did not make a u—turn. i did not even change my position. i oppose the eurozone. i don't believe you can run a currency from 27 countries. i did not believe in a federal europe an

one of the twenty five tory parties most ardent to break that supporters is so well a fernandas the latest stop in our series road to brag that you caught up with that british member of parliament and asked her why she's such a fervent advocate for leaving the e.u. . the e.u. is worried about the strength of britain's position and as a result they are probably more defensive than they need to be. my name is sue elephant and i'm a conservative member of the u.k. parliament. means opportunity. and restoring democracy to the british. we're right in the middle of the e.u. withdrawal bill that's a piece of legislation which is essential for britain's position on the day that we leave the european union. i feel very encouraged by the progress that's being made is still very much at the beginning but time is running out and we don't have that much time really. i don't think negotiations are supposed to be friendly i was a lawyer for ten years and yes you might very much like the person you're negotiating with but you know at the end of the day you're going to be serving the interests of yo

i tried to ask the health secretary hunted the tory party conference in manchester about this question why are nurses or mass now leaving the national health service . well we haven't had a pay rise in seven is in fact we have had real times pay cuts value of fourteen percent of the last seven years. workload is increased exponentially where unsupported would you know have enough staff to do the job so when you don't have enough staff that increases eleven is a stress so it makes it even harder over shifts for nurses and hospital. it depends if everyone mind fitting now was overruled over what undervalued we are underpaid. and for the first time in my in my professional life if i met a young person and he said that i was considering asking i would not encourage them actively discourage them i suppose the defenders near liberalism would say the british actress had to fund the bailing out of the city of london therefore britain's national service already funded of the level as percentage of g.d.p. that the united states has is that when germany and france it has to be cut further critics

i tried to ask the health secretary hunt at the tory party coverage in manchester about this question why are nurses or mass now leaving the national health service . well we haven't had a pay rise in seven is in fact we have had real to have cut your fourteen percent i've lost seven years. workload has increased exponentially where unsupported we have enough staff to do the job so when you don't have enough staff increases eleven stress makes it even harder to shift for nurses and hospital. it depends if everything. was and overruled over what undervalued we are underpaid. and for the first time in my in my professional life if i met a young person who said that they were considering asking i would not encourage them actively discourage them i suppose the defenders near liberalism would say the british actually had to fund the bailing out of the city of london therefore britain's national service already funded the whole of the level as percentage of g.d.p. that the united states has is that when germany and france it has to be cut further critics of course say that it's a deliberate

party is in some sort of meltdown we have donald trump saying i could have donald trump saying i could have done that better. we were talking earlier, it might have been more of a story if trump said i couldn't have do 19 better. it is another indication of how der rye sieve he is of this country and dismiss sieve of theresa may. he says anything she did i could have done better. it plays into the idea she is sub missive and subservient in his presence because she is desperate for a post—brexit trade deal. it is demeaning for us but we are ina deal. it is demeaning for us but we are in a desperate position and this reflects that. the sort of thing most presidents wouldn't say about a british prime minister. would it be the way i negotiate? no, i wouldn't negotiate it the way it's beening inned. i would negotiate it the way it's beening inned. iwould have negotiate it the way it's beening inned. i would have had a different attitude. he is a stable genius. so i have read and heard on twitter. the great thing is his line would have been the eu is not all it is cracked up to be. great n

stands up for this expenditure and explains why it matters but you know the tory party is a coalition like the scottish nationalist party and there are different views and i certainly don't feel alone in expressing the views i. within the conservative party on this very important matter finally andrea mitchell do you think your case for sustaining that zero point seven percent of of national income devoted to international development do you think that would be sustained and win the day if they do because parliament will not allow even if the government wanted to parliament will not allow britain to step back from that commitment and both stood by that i have every confidence that the government will continue to stand by this is story commitment that is delivering so much around the world to britain's interest as well as to the interest of the people we're helping now under just just one remaining thing from the well from the new year from coming on the state the occasion title to the quick gallic for the loving cup you know how to do this of course goes and there are some other less

no one knows this better than brandon lewis because the tory party managed to announce someone else had hisjob during the reshuffle. their communications operation put the wrong name in the frame. there is a more fundamental problem, for the tories young devotees didn't vote for them tories young devotees didn't vote forthem —— tories young devotees didn't vote for them —— younger voters didn't vote for them. there is a more fundamental problem which is the current conservative message which is tough on immigration, tough on borders and above all brexit doesn't appeal to people in their 205, 305 and 405. all the polling data shows that. you can build houses, change but ultimately it'5 that. you can build houses, change but ultimately it's not the method but ultimately it's not the method but the core me55age. but ultimately it's not the method but the core message. for the conservative party at the moment back core me55age conservative party at the moment back core message is deeply unappealing to young people and that'5 unappealing to young people and that's the problem they've

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i tried to ask the health secretary hunted the tory party conference in manchester about this question why are nurses now leaving the national health service. well we haven't had a pay rise in seven is in fact we have had real to have cut your fourteen percent i've lost seven years. workload is increased exponentially where unsupported we have enough staff to do the job so when you don't have enough staff that increases eleven was a stress so it makes it even harder over shifts for nurses and hospital. it depends if every month for three now was overruled over what undervalued we are underpaid. and for the first time in my in my professional life if i met a young person and he said that i was considering asking i would not encourage them actively discourage them i suppose the defenders near liberalism would say the british actress had to fund the bailing out of the city of london therefore britain's national service already funded of the level as percentage of g.d.p. that the united states has is that when germany and france it has to be cut further critics of course say that it's a de

party conference which didn't go particularly well back in october. he has been talking to the mail on sunday, basically saying that the pm has the name a date when she will stand down, and otherwise suggesting there might be a vote of no—confidence, basically saying that, you know, there are those within the party are concerned about this direction of travel. we've had other people speaking out in the past few days, for example jacob rees—mogg, a prominent backbencher concerned about this idea that, certainly following the commons from philip hammond, the chancellor, when he talked about how the relationship between britain and the eu, there would be a very modest change in that relationship. that didn't go down well with jacob rees—mogg. a lot of backbenchers wary about the direction and wanted to make sure that it keeps on track. susanna, thank you. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a sucide bombing in kabul yesterday that killed 95 people. another 150 were injured after the attackers blew up an ambulance full of explosives close to

one of the tory party's most ardent brags that supporters is swell of hernandez on the latest stop in our series road to bragg's it did i caught up with the british member of parliament and asked her why she is such a fervent advocate for leaving the e.u. . the e.u. is worried about the strength of britain's position and as a result they are probably more defensive then they need to be. my name is sue elephant and i'm a conservative member of the u.k. parliament. that means opportunity freedom. and restoring democracy to the british. we're right in the middle of the e.u. withdrawal bill that's a piece of legislation which is essential for british. position on the day that we leave the european union. i feel very encouraged by the progress that's being made so we're still very much at the beginning but time is running out and we don't have that much time really. i don't think negotiations are supposed to be friendly. i was a lawyer for ten years and yes you might very much like the person you're negotiating with but you know at the end of the day you're going to be serving the interest

party is considering a slew of pro— brexit peers to ensure a majority in the lords. it has no legitimacy at all to block a referendum. house of lords. it is the house of commons who sent it to the house of commons who sent it to the upper house. we are an advisory chamber who can make sensible changes on legal issues and there are complicated legal questions about this bill which are inevitable. but they should be weighed and considered. at the end of the day, the house of commons has to determine the issue. they have to be very aware, more than they are at the moment, of the will of the people. this issue has been with us for a very long time. in 1975 there was a decisive vote and it was accepted. acyclic, forfour was a decisive vote and it was accepted. acyclic, for four years. this time i think it has surprised the people who are passionate. i supported europe for many years. and idid not supported europe for many years. and i did not make a u—turn. i did not even change my position. i oppose the eurozone. i don't believe you can run a currency from 27 countries

grant shapps is a tory mp and was party chairman under david cameron. in case you thought the bbc gender pay controversy, which erupted last summer, had gone away, it hasn't! it re—emerged last night with the resignation of carrie gracie as the bbc‘s china editor. it was one of those "only at the bbc" days — she resigned from that post on sunday, then presented the today programme on radio 4 this morning. but the real effect of carrie gracie‘s move is to highlightjust how hard the bbc is finding it to solve the problem that became evident last year. # money makes the world go round, the world go round... it is ironic that easyjet published its own paygap last week, far bigger than the bbc‘s — but it has a clearer excuse. yes, women employees earn 45% less than men — but that is mainly accounted for by the fact that few women are pilots, and many of them are flight attendants. flight attendants get paid less than pilots. nothing illegal about that, as long women pilots and women flight attendants get the same as their male counterparts. whe

that is the agenda of the elite tory party we are dealing with. welcome to reality for all the black ethnic minority and women who want to bring the normal world into the tory world. can ijust butt in on that? that is not the party i recognised. i don't recognise your sort of as a backbencher, i have had many opportunities to influence from within. i don't want to only talk about this. the handling of the reshuffle, the fact that it was perceived to be botched yesterday, what does it tell us about the downing street operation? there was a famous story about tony blair and a guy i have forgotten. moving round the whiteboard and his name came off. he never got into the cabinet because his name fell off. perculiar and arbitrary. that said, the media management was a bit surprising. theresa may as home secretary i always admired. she did not like all this presentation stuff will stop when you get into number 10 you need to do the stuff properly. unfortunately they oversold the idea that big beasts would be moved in this be a huge clear out of the new