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johnson's parliamentary career is overfor johnson's parliamentary career is over for now. johnson's parliamentary career is overfor now. it johnson's parliamentary career is over for now. it has ended with a stinging rebuke from his peers. nobody ever quite says definitively that boris johnson nobody ever quite says definitively that borisjohnson will never make a comeback. i have to say, given what happened last night, it would be difficult indeed. the former chancellor george osborne will give evidence to the covid—i9 inquiry today. he was the chancellor under david cameron, who gave evidence yesterday, and denied that his government's austerity policies damaged the uk's ability to cope with the virus, claiming that he needed to shore up the economy to protect public services like the nhs. more than six million people with disabilities will start to receive a £150 cost—of—living payment from today. the one—off payments, which will be issued over the next fortnight, are part of a wider package of support worth up to £1,350 to the most vulnerable households. the government is set to remove
unprecedented rebuke for a former prime minister. it means he will not have a pass for parliament and it means if he were still an mp he would have faced suspension. he resigned before the report came out. it means that it is very unlikely borisjohnson will be able to stage a political comeback in parliament. i suspect we will still hear a lot from him but not returning to politics. the former chancellor george osborne will give evidence to the covid—19 inquiry today. he was the chancellor under david cameron, who gave evidence yesterday, and denied that his government's austerity policies damaged the uk's ability to cope with the virus. the former prime minister claimed that he needed to shore up the economy to protect public services like the nhs. the average uk housing tenant now spends more than 28% of their pre—tax income on rent. that's according to figures released by the property website zoopla.
next hearing here at the crown court will be in september. a provisional trial date was set for next january. i want to show you some of the pictures from the covid inquiry taking place in london at the moment. the former chancellor george osborne will give evidence to the covid—19 inquiry today. he was the chancellor under david cameron, who gave evidence yesterday — and denied that his government's austerity policies damaged the uk's ability to cope with the virus. the treasury had done some work on what the impact of the influenza plan would be. there is a hit to gdp, and expected period where much of the workforce might be absence from work for a week or two. tragically in that case there would be a high mortality rate. the treasury basically have the structures to deal with that because
service to cope with the pandemic. our correspondent... we can't hear him just yet. we will hear what david cameron is going to say. the important point here is that after the financial crisis there were significant cuts to the national health service, and the question now is, did they reduce the preparedness of the national health service to cope with the pandemic, and even worse, expose its staff to further risk? jim is with us now. he is outside the inquiry. what is david cameron going to say?— outside the inquiry. what is david cameron going to say? there is one line of rationing _ cameron going to say? there is one line of rationing that _ cameron going to say? there is one line of rationing that david - cameron going to say? there is one line of rationing that david cameron is likely to be asked. the british medical association issued a strongly worded statement criticising some of those policies in the decade before covid—19, saying that the so—called austerity policies, pressure on public health budgets might have left the national health service and social care
terrifying. people have gone through so much already, where can this go now? they are at rock bottom. harps so much already, where can this go now? they are at rock bottom. how do ou react now? they are at rock bottom. how do you react to — now? they are at rock bottom. how do you react to what _ now? they are at rock bottom. how do you react to what the _ now? they are at rock bottom. how do you react to what the prime _ now? they are at rock bottom. how do you react to what the prime minister. you react to what the prime minister has been saying? suggesting the tax rises and spending cuts that we are expecting to be announced in the autumn statement later this week are justified, because they have already contributed to economic stability in the uk, given that the plans announced by the previous prime minister clearly contributed to a huge amount of instability? what minister clearly contributed to a huge amount of instability? what we reall want huge amount of instability? what we really want to _ huge amount of instability? what we really want to see _ huge amount of instability? what we really want to see at _ huge amount of instability? what we really want to see at the _ huge amount of instability? what we really want to see at the very - huge amount of instability? what we really want to see at the very least i really want to see at the very least as benefits operated with inflation. that is an absolute bare minimum, because of the 12 years it has just been one thing after another. austerity policies, covid, universal credit, cost of living increases, so what we would also like to see is more energy support, this is such a massive factor in terms of heating, but also people needing electricity.