Chief political correspondent henry zeffman. Can we start with that leaked letter from Simon Case which you have seen, what does it say . Well the last time we saw Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt facing off, was when Rachel Reeves declared that shed got into office, looked at the bot books and discover there was a £22 billion Black Hole in public spending this year. Simon cayce says he would note. Let me translate the civil service speak. Hes basically that the previous Governments Decision not to revise. Was a big reason for uncertainty in public finances. Thats quite a claim from the cabinet, i suspect they wanted it to stay private but it got leaked to me do it to stay private but it got leaked to m it to stay private but it got leaked to m. , ~. , leaked to me do you think that is likely to leaked to me do you think that is likely to come leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up with leaked to me do you think that is lik
Government ambition, commitment and consistency. A relaxation of 2030 would undermine all three. Here is mike hawes, chief executive of the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders. As you would expect, a great deal of concern. The industry has invested billions in this transition and a lot of it has gone into the uk already, the government has backed that. You have seen them invest in the Tata Battery Factory in somerset, mini production in cowley, Electric Vehicle for commercial Vehicle Production in ellesmere port. So weve got mixed messaging when youre investing in there. If you want to attract and continue that investment, you need a strong market. We want to see what is being said, because at the moment we are getting this mixed message about what is it that the government wants. Ill tell you, if you want to achieve net zero, you have to decarbonise road transport. This morning Home Secretary Suella Braverman backed the Prime Ministerfor making difficult decisions on net zero a
Azerbaijan says it will continue its Military Assault on Nagorno Karabakh until armenian separatists there surrender. Officials in the disputed territory say 25 people have been killed and more than 80 injured since fighting broke out early on tuesday. Azerbaijani forces have launched artillery, missile and Drone Attacks in the Breakaway Enclave which is recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan. Lets get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie. Ijust want i just want to bring ijust want to bring in a line that we are getting from the poku has offered his appeals for an end to the conflict and a peaceful solution in Nagorno Karabakh. Bring us up to date on what is happening now, rayhan . Uptodate on what is happening now, ra han . ,. ,. , rayhan . That is right, samantha, there has been rayhan . That is right, samantha, there has been a rayhan . That is right, samantha, there has been a lot rayhan . That is right, samantha, there has been a lot of rayhan
Hard to know at this stage is how many people have been involved in this. We have seen figures from the red crescent and the red cross, we have seen figures from the United Nations and from ocha what we know is that many thousands of people were affected by this. And we note that the slow speed of managing to recover many of those victims contributes to some of the difficulties in actually identifying a clear death toll. Because many of those victims were swept out to sea and we have seen, very sadly, those bodies day after day beginning to wash ashore. But also recovery teams working in derna are digging through the high piles of mud and silt people are buried in, going through buildings that have been destroyed. All of those things together make it very difficult to know for quite some time exactly how many people were involved in this and exactly who they were. Junior doctors are joining consultants on strikes across england. Its part of the first Everjoint Strike of nhs staff. Gove
As you would expect, a great deal of concern. The industry has invested billions in this transition and a lot of it has gone into the uk already, the government has backed that. You have seen them invest in the Tata Battery Factory in somerset, mini production in cowley, Electric Vehicle for commercial Vehicle Production in ellesmere port. So weve got mixed messaging when youre investing in there. If you want to attract and continue that investment, you need a strong market. We want to see what is being said, because at the moment we are getting this mixed message about what is it that the government wants. Ill tell you, if you want to achieve net zero, you have to decarbonise road transport. This morning home secretary Suella Braverman backed the Prime Minister for making difficult decisions on net zero and putting Household Costs first. The Prime Minister is taking an approach of pragmatism and proportionality when it comes to delivering our net zero commitments. Its right that he as