similar coming out of downing street yesterday, that they wouldn t commit to the pension triple lock, nor will they commit to putting benefits up by inflation as the prime minister borisjohnson promised a few months ago. that could lead to a pretty big rebellion within the conservative party now. a lot of tory mps who are worried about their spending plans the government has worried this could push more people closer to poverty. laboursaid could push more people closer to poverty. labour said this morning they would do both, they would increase both benefits and inflation. sorry, benefits and pensions by the rate of inflation. have a listen to the shadow business secretary. yes, no ifs, no buts. and let s be clear, the government s manifesto commitment is for exactly the same thing. so there s absolutely no doubt this is what they should be doing. there s no doubt that conservative mps, who are obviously the majority in parliament, have made those personal commitments themselves when t
heatwave emergency this weekend, with temperatures expected to reach up to a0 degrees celsius. 40! the paper says that senior officials held a crisis cobra meeting in downing street yesterday, and that schools, travel, and health services are all expected to be impacted. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news home page this morning features the james webb space telescope. the article carries an image thought to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the universe to date. it doesn t quite look real, looks like a painting. but that is really it. ., , like a painting. but that is really it. ., , , ., . it. and potentially showing which clusters might it. and potentially showing which clusters might have it. and potentially showing which clusters might have water - it. and potentially showing which clusters might have water and i clusters might have water and whether life could be formed, is a very exciting. inside the papers, i have pulled this out from the times.
statement from downing street yesterday, from the prime minister s spokesman, saying that downing street were seeking assurances that nothing in the report would, in their words, cut across the police inquiry that is now happening. of course, this week we now know that the metropolitan police are investigating those parties. so what it appears, i think, is likely that in the background that inquiry team, led by sue gray, have been having discussions with the police to ensure that when they hand over the report to downing street, they are able to see everything in this are things that the police are perfectly happy with us putting into the public domain. because it is believed that what the inquiry team are seeking to do is to hand over a report that cannot then be redacted anyway, have a black pen taken to it before it is published. we know that they were ready in a few days ago,
happening in the background is that we had a statement from downing street yesterday, or from the prime minister s spokesman, saying downing street was seeking assurances that nothing in the report would, in their words, cut across the police inquiry that is now happening. because of course this week we now know that the metropolitan police are investigating those parties. so what it appears, i think is likely, is that in the background that inquiry team, led by sue gray, have been having discussions with the police to ensure that when they hand over the report to downing street, they are able to say everything in this are things that the police are perfectly happy with us putting into the public domain. because it is believed that the inquiry team are seeking to hand over a report that cannot then be redacted or have a black pen taken to it before it is published. we know, too, that they were ready in a few days ago, we
and the situation is nothing to do with max. ., ., ~ ., , . with max. toto wolff, the principal of mercedes with max. toto wolff, the principal of mercedes clearly with max. toto wolff, the principal of mercedes clearly still with max. toto wolff, the principal of mercedes clearly still frustrated | of mercedes clearly still frustrated with the fallout of the end of the formula 1 season. i ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. let s return to evidence england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, has been giving to mps on the health select committee about the spread of omicron. at a news conference at downing street yesterday, he urged people to be cautious about socialising before christmas. professor whitty said the uk could surpass the daily peak number of people admitted to hospital with covid 19. he told the commons health and social care committee: it is possible because it is going to be very concentrated. even if it is milder, because i