Significant moment in talk us through what is going to happen. Talk us through what is going to happen talk us through what is going to happen. For the last couple of hours mps to happen. For the last couple of hours mps have to happen. For the last couple of hours mps have been to happen. For the last couple| of hours mps have been voting in a room and what is known as Committee Corridor in the house of commons, voting opened at one and closed at three so they will be counting those and there are the four candidates who have run through, Robert Jenrick, kemi badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat. Whoever gets the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the final three will go through to another and final round of Voting Tomorrow which will whittle it down to the final two candidates, he will go on to the conservative membership where there will be a ballot that will last until The End of the month to pick the eventual winner who gets announced On November the 2nd. It really is a
The trade implications. Scotlands only Oil Refinery is to close with a cost of 400 jobs the Unite Union calls it an act of industrial vandalism. And Credit Crunch why are so many Women Led bUsinesses cancelling Expansion Plans because they are unable to access finance . Well speak to one big bank trying to address that. Live from london, this is bUsiness today. Im mark lobel. The Aircraft Maker Boeing is awaiting news from its workforce on whether its accepted a four Year Pay Deal which could lead to a walkout of up to 33,000 workers. The deal 25 over four years has been backed by the workers iam union, but many employees are not happy with the terms. A result s expected very shortly and could lead to Strike Action in the coming hours. That would affect production of the companys 737 and 737 max aircraft. Heres our North America BUsiness correspondent ritika gupta. Breaking news on the subject. Boeing workers have voted to strike after rejecting a Pay Offer backed by their own union. T
The Parker Review found 12 of ftse 100 bosses are from an ethnic minority up from 7 in 2022. But its still short of the 18 of people in the uk who are from a non white ethnic group according to the most recent census. Joining me now is soumen das, the co chair of the Parker Review. Hes also the chief financial 0fficerfor segro, a ftse 100 listed Real Estate Investment trust. So, some progress as we said, but not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . figs not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . Not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . As we talk about this this progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there is l about this this morning, there is reasons for optimism, weve come a long way, part of the review has been running for nine years, and the number of ethnic minority directors of boar
tomorrow some sunshine. a cloudy start president biden is under growing political pressure to take action against iran. what are his options? we ll talk to a former obama administration foreign affairs specialist and one from the trump administration too. we re waiting on news about the possible restoration of power sharing in northern ireland. we are expecting to hear from the dup s sirjeffrey donaldson making a statement imminently, we will bring you the details. one of the promises of brexit was cheaper food. lots of countries trade around the world on wt trade basis and we can prosper on that. the day after tomorrow post brexit checks will come in on food being imported from the eu that will push the price of some produce up. ben will explain all. at the end of the month when the post office scandal imprinted itself on the national conscience we bring together four people who ve suffered injustice and fought to overturn it. we ll talk live to a mum whose two daughters sar
radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they als