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don't today, do you expect a number? 2 don't know what the chair of the inquiry is going to say but the government needs to get on and set that up, and in terms of figures, that up, and in terms of figures, that needs to come next. there is no reason why that should be a delay between now and the inquiry reporting at the end of the year, the government need to get on with it now. people continue to die, 400 people have died since the inquiry was announced alone, more likely 500. people continue to die today despite a tap in in decades ago. that is the thing for many of the victims of the contamination and theirfamilies, time is of the essence. tt their families, time is of the essence-— their families, time is of the essence. , ~ ., essence. it is. people like katie will never— essence. it is. people like katie will never get — essence. it is. people like katie will never get that _ essence. it is. people like katie will never get that time - essence. it is. people like katie will never get that time back i essence. it is. people like katie i will never get that time back with their father but people need the recognition of what they went through, people have given upjobs and had careers devastated by this and had careers devastated by this and it would give some people an opportunity to create memories with their loved ones which they can have to comfort them in later stages of life. too many people have lost that opportunity. justice has been delayed and denied to so many
challenges if we win the next election because the public finances are in a parlous state. but i don't think you can have a serious plan to grow your economy unless you've got a serious plan to deliver the early years and childcare that parents need right now. at the minute, we've got so many women who are cutting back on their hours or giving upjobs they love because childcare just isn't there or they can't afford it. it's a big priority for me to put that right. i know it's a big priority for keir as well. he said that it's going to be on our next pledge card. in the last few weeks and months, shadow ministers have started to really prepare for the possibility of getting into government, haven't they? you've had permanent secretaries in, former senior officials in government departments to advise you, former ministers and so on. you now behave almost as if you're a minister. so before you make that promise, do you have to negotiate it with a shadow chancellor? if you had to sit around a table and argue, we're not quite at that stage, is that going to come in the months to come? rachel reeves doesn't take much persuading that this has got to be
so not something that is just one when we're at school orjust when we're sat in a classroom or something that we have with us right throughout our lives or from the earliest years, right through our lives as adults, none of us should ever think that we've finished learning or our education is at an end. and i think with the shift that we're going to see in the economy, with that transition around net zero, it's more important than ever that we give people opportunities throughout their lives to upskill. you went to estonia recently, didn't you? and they have state—run kindergartens. is that practical here? i mean, at a time we're talking of cutting spending and that frankly is what a labour government would face as well, difficult economic times. is that something really that we're going to be able to do in the future? we will, of course, face big challenges if we win the next election because the public finances are in a parlous state. but i don't think you can have a serious plan to grow your economy unless you've got a serious plan to deliver the early years and childcare that parents need right now. at the minute, we've got so many women who are cutting back on their hours or giving upjobs they love because childcare just isn't there or they can't afford it. it's a big priority for me to put that right. i know it's a big priority
says they are ready to the asylum seekers they will be taken to a hostel that until recently has been the accommodation for some of the survivors of the 1994 rwandan genocide. they will be given the first option, to live here, and she had said they will be welcome to take upjobs, even within government. but if they choose to go back to their home countries, the government will facilitate them to do so. the third option is to go to third countries, neither rwanda nor their home countries, but the government will not initiate that process. it will leave it to the asylum seekers to look for countries that can accept them and once they are accepted, the government can facilitate that point to their claims of asylum will be processed here under rwandan law and international law. 0ut here under rwandan law and international law. out in the streets, some people do not even know about this deal. some of them
attacked government controlled areas, and some 20,000 african union troops and regular us air strikes have been unable to contain the insurgency. it has spread to neighbouring tenure. the militancy isjust spread to neighbouring tenure. the militancy is just one of some of �*s many problems. there are other forms of violence involving clans and rival politicians. droughts and floods. critics say that politicians are so preoccupied with the row about a much delayed election process that they have taken their eyes off they have taken their eyes off the countries urgent security and humanitarian challenges. making it easierforforeign nationals easier for foreign nationals to take upjobs. pound problems and supply chain are making diesel stations run
they weren't able to do it. we hear about these -- these cities falling. they've fallen two, three times in the last decade. we kept getting them back with american troops, with american power. the question is, you know, at what point do you say this isn't working? and the -- and -- and the most telling fact here, don? look at all these -- all these towns, these cities falling. there is no fighting. the afghan army just melts away. this is a force that was built for 20 years. we probably spent hundreds of billions of dollars. some people say a trillion dollars. it's meant to be 300,000 strong. it's just melted away. people say that number is bogus. it was all corruption. it was all pjobs. all we know is people are fighting for their government. in that circumstance, when you have a local partner like that, it is a lot like south vietnam. no matter what you do, they -- we send half a million troops into south vietnam. if they -- if the army won't fight for its own -- own country and its own government, very
investors? the debt needs to be taken in context. in _ investors? the debt needs to be taken in context. in the - investors? the debt needs to be taken in context. in the uk i investors? the debt needs to be taken in context. in the uk we i investors? the debt needs to be i taken in context. in the uk we had of the furlough scheme which helped to prop upjobs. despite economic output falling and the economy seeing the worst recession since the great depression, the fact that incomes were propped up meant that households could still survive, really, and spent. that was hugely helpful. it made a big difference between how we went into the financial crisis compared to how we went into the covid—19 pandemic. the money spent did help prop up economies. the question now is what do governments do with those major deficits, the debt they have racked up, and how do they unwind it? the full or scheme is winding up in september. it is only then we will see the full impact of the pandemic. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... a potential game—changer for the hotel industry — the company using 3d—printing technology to build rooms
more _ excessive costs, and there's a lot more they— excessive costs, and there's a lot more they could be doing that is fair. ., . ., more they could be doing that is fair. ., u, ., , more they could be doing that is fair. ., _, ., , ., fair. you could argue they are -auttin fair. you could argue they are putting some _ fair. you could argue they are putting some money - fair. you could argue they are putting some money with - fair. you could argue they are putting some money with her| fair. you could argue they are - putting some money with her mouth is with the announcement on the ft, the news that nissan is investing more in its battery production operations in its battery production operations in sunderland.— in sunderland. yes, this is positive in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense _ in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense that _ in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense that this _ in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense that this is _ in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense that this is part - in sunderland. yes, this is positive in the sense that this is part of - in the sense that this is part of that— in the sense that this is part of that move _ in the sense that this is part of that move away from petrol and diesel— that move away from petrol and diesel vehicles and this focus on batteries, — diesel vehicles and this focus on batteries, which is what are necessary for electric cars, there has been — necessary for electric cars, there has been some praise that this is going _ has been some praise that this is going to — has been some praise that this is going to potentially create 6000 new 'obs going to potentially create 6000 new jobs in _ going to potentially create 6000 new jobs in sunderland. we know from the industrialisation so many places in the uk, _ industrialisation so many places in the uk, particularly places like sunderland, have been totally gutted up sunderland, have been totally gutted upjobs _ sunderland, have been totally gutted upjobs continue to disappear. there has been _ upjobs continue to disappear. there has been some criticism about, a, this has— has been some criticism about, a, this has not— has been some criticism about, a, this has not been enough, insufficient in terms of the scale of the _ insufficient in terms of the scale of the crisis, that they are lagging behind, _ of the crisis, that they are lagging