king of the bungle leads the metro, as matt hancock is accused of cashing in on covid by appearing on hit show i m a celebrity, get me out of here. by appearing on hit show i m the daily mail says hancock faces uproar from voters and his party. the daily star says, you ve gotta feel sorry for the bugs. the front page of the i headlines the new £880 hike to mortgage bills in the uk. the financial times leads on the pressure on the major oil companies to help ease the cost of living crisis. let us begin and let me turn to the son, jessica. i know you re reporting on matt hancock for the guardian. so many papers are leading on that, with questions by others. this really is the matt hancock exclusive, talking about why he s taken perhaps this surprising choice to be part of i m a celebrity, get me out of here. to be part of i m a celebrity, get me out of here. i think one of the amazin: me out of here. i think one of the amazing things me out of here. i think one of the a
we begin this hour with these incredible images from all around our country. today, thousands of protesters took to streets at more than 450 rallies, from washington, the sea to parkland, florida, austin, texas, new york city, all to push congress to take action on gun violence. one party, and only one party has heard the calls for those actions. this week, the house oversight committee held a hearing on gun violence, where members heard from survivors of recent mass shutting s, including maya cerrillo, a fourth grader at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. he shot my friend, and i thought that he would come back to the room, so i covered myself in blood and put it on me. maya, who is just 11 years old, speared her classmates blood on her face to protect herself from a gunmen. also this week, the house passed a series of petrol bills that would raise the age to buy most semi automatic rifles to 21. it would ban high capacity ammunition magazines and create a federal red fla
all to push congress to take action on gun violence. one party, and only one party has heard the calls for those actions. this week, the house oversight committee held a hearing on gun violence, where members heard from survivors of recent mass shutting s, including maya cerrillo, a fourth grader at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. he shot my friend, and i thought that he would come back to the room, so i covered myself in blood and put it on me. maya, who is just 11 years old, speared her classmates blood on her face to protect herself from a gunmen. also this week, the house passed a series of petrol bills that would raise the age to buy most semi automatic rifles to 21. it would ban high capacity ammunition magazines and create a federal red flag law. more than 200 lawmakers, almost entirely republicans, voted no on these measures. the good and bad news, the votes no matter all that much because those bills will never pass the senate. don t get too discouraged, a bipa
petrol spent on heating bills, fuel bills, petrol bills and so on, this leaves less money petrol bills and so on, this leaves less money to go around ever else. and that less money to go around ever else. and that is less money to go around ever else. and that is the point, isn t it, kevin? it takes us back to the point earlier about stagflation. why is it is so damaging is the effect of the inflation causes people to stop spending on other things, partly because the things they have to spend on our costing more, but also partly because they are fearing for the future, so that makes them less likely to risk big investments and all the rest of it. that has an impact on the other bits of the economy, so while the inflation continues to go up, even though in normal circumstances it ought to stop going up, because the demand is not quite as mad, actually, it has carried on going up in economy meanwhile is tanking under it, because people are not spending. is a pretty viciou
efficiency is absolutely important, and i think there is always efficiencies that can be made and always improvements in the way services are delivered. the nhs spends a lot of time and effort thinking about how it can incorporate digital transformation incorporate digital transformation in how we receive our health care services. it is important to recognise that here, the nhs is already being asked to make major efficiencies in the form of making savings so they can stay within their budgets while spending more on pay, while having to face higher energy bills, higherfood bills, higher petrol bills for ambulances. they are already being more efficient for the next budget. thinking we can make all these problems go away by magical efficiency savings is wishful thinking. there is debate to be had about how productive the nhs is and how that could be improved further but we cannot wave our hands and make the nhs more efficient than