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Peterloo Massacre: A turning point in UK history? - BBC Newsnight
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- Peterloo Massacre: A turning point in UK history? - BBC Newsnight
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- 9:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- It's been 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre.
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In 1819, peaceful demonstrators demanding the vote were set upon by the Yeomanry in Manchester, in what became known as the Peterloo Massacre.
For many on the left, 1819 was a kind of Year Zero in British democracy, leading ultimately to universal suffrage and the birth of the Labour party.
But others say its influence has been over-stated. Stephen Smith reports from Manchester and Alison Morgan of Warwick University and Daniel Finkelstein discuss its significance in studio.
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- Jeremy Corbyn's plan to defeat a no-deal Brexit - BBC Newsnight
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- 17:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to other party leaders and senior Conservative rebels calling for their support for a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson's government.
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Elizabeth Glinka reports.
Emma Barnett speaks to Lib Dem Chuka Umunna, Stephen Gethins from the SNP and Labour's Tony Lloyd, the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.
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- What is Labour's election strategy? - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Newsnight has learned of a digital advertising blitz which suggests the major parties are getting ready for an election.
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The Conservatives are already firing out pre-election promises, but what is Labour's strategy?
James Clayton reports.
Kirsty Wark speaks to Labour MP Clive Lewis in the studio.
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- Crime pledges: Where's the money coming from? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 12:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Prisons in England and Wales are to receive £100m to improve security and cut crime, the government has said.
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This follows another £2.5bn pledge from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to create 10,000 extra prison places in order to bring in longer sentences for violent and sexual offenders.
But where is this money coming from and will these measures make the UK safer? Or is it all just a pre-election ploy to get voters on side?
Elizabeth Glinka reports from Birmingham.
Matthew Ryder QC, former Deputy Mayor for Social Mobility and Community Engagement, and Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - the senior Conservative on the public accounts committee and treasurer of the 1922 Committee - join Emma Barnett in studio.
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- What are Boris Johnson's plans for the economy? - BBC Newsnight
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- 9:24
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The British economy shrank by 0.2% in the second quarter of this year, raising the recession risk.
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Many forecasters say a no-deal Brexit would almost certainly push the UK into a recession.
How will Boris Johnson’s government prepare?
Economics Editor Ben Chu reports and in the studio Sarah Smith interviews Conservative MP Mark Garnier.
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- Growing up in steel town: 'Give Scunthorpe a chance' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Reports suggest a deal to rescue British Steel - which employs 3,000 people in Scunthorpe - is edging closer.
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In the second in our Rust and Revival series, film-maker Maya Rostowska returns to meet some of its younger residents.
As the town waits to learn its future, how do they see their own futures?
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- Indyref 2: Where does Labour stand? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has announced that Labour would not oppose a second Scottish independence referendum.
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But is Labour at risk of abandoning its longstanding commitment to the union?
James Clayton reports.
Labour MP for Edinburgh South Ian Murray joins Emma Barnett in the studio.
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- No-deal Brexit: '45,000 dairy cows could be culled' - BBC Newsnight
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- 18:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Some 45,000 dairy cows could be culled in Northern Ireland, in the event of a no-deal Brexit if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk, senior industry figures have warned.
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Northern Ireland is particularly vulnerable because about a third of its dairy output is processed in the Republic of Ireland, which would continue to be part of the EU.
The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October and one source said the culling of cattle could start within weeks of that date if that happened without the UK and EU agreeing a deal.
Newsnight has been told that officials and ministers from the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra), have been warned about the potential for a "major cull of dairy cattle, but they are not listening".
In a statement Defra said: "A widespread cull of livestock is absolutely not something that the government anticipates nor is pl...
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- Irish finance minister: ‘Brexit deal still possible’ - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:26
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Irish finance minister says he believes it is still possible for the EU and UK to agree a Brexit plan.
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Speaking to Emily Maitlis, Paschal Donohoe said he believed a Brexit deal that sees the UK enter into a transition agreement with the EU while a future relationship is negotiated "is still possible".
Mr Donohoe also said that as things stand the prospect of no deal was a "very credible and material risk" and one that had grown.
David Grossman also reports on what's going on behind the scenes in Brussels.
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- FROM THE ARCHIVES: Toni Morrison on 'fierce females' (2003) - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88.
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Here she is back in 2003 speaking to Kirsty Wark about her new novel Love, set in the world of middle class African Americans in the days of segregation.
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- US mass shootings: 'Are deaths worth the freedom of gun laws?' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 14:45
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A 21-year-old white nationalist opened fire on strangers in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, invoking what he called "the Hispanic invasion of Texas" as he killed 22 people.
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Frank Figliuzzi, former assistant FBI director for Counterintelligence, compared the shooting to Islamic radicalisation due to "a growing body of heat-filled extremists who are radicalising online... finding like-minded extremists and then coming together to encourage each other to violence."
"The unfortunate part of this... they are finding some form of license in the president who has been using rhetoric... that seems to incite and inflame these extremists," he tells Newsnight.
But Republican spokeswoman Liz Harrington said no one was to blame for "these heinous, despicable, evil acts, other than the perpetrators".
"President Trump is no more to blame for El Paso, than the Democrats are to blame for Dayton, ...
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- Moscow protests: Police crackdown and opposition activist Lyubov Sobol arrested - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:18
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Hundreds were arrested in Moscow over the weekend for attending protests against President Putin’s rule.
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International Editor Gabriel Gatehouse was there when opposition activist Lyubov Sobol was arrested.
Watch his exclusive report.
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- Will Boris Johnson be forced to do a deal with the Brexit Party? - BBC Newsnight
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- 17:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Lib Dem win in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election has given new PM Boris Johnson a working majority of just one.
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Liberal Democrat MP Jane Dodds overturned an 8,038 majority to beat Conservative Chris Davies by 1,425 votes.
Mr Davies stood again after being unseated by a petition following his conviction for a false expenses claim.
It was the first electoral test for Mr Johnson just eight days after becoming prime minister.
In the studio, Mark Urban is joined by the Liberal Democrats' Layla Moran and Conservative MPs Andrew Bridgen and Tobias Ellwood.
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- Whaley Bridge dam collapse: 'No shortage of funds' - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Thousands of people have been evacuated from the English town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, after part of a reservoir wall collapsed in floods.
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The Toddbrook Reservoir is run by the Canal and River Trust.
It's chief executive Richard Parry said it was still unclear what had happened but that it wasn't down to a shortage of funds.
“We aren’t short of money to spend on reservoirs," he tells Emma Barnett. He says there was an inspection in November which “didn’t reveal any sign of weakness”.
Shadow flood minister Luke Pollard also joins Emma in studio.
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- Brexit: Why the Irish backstop matters - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A key part of the Brexit negotiations has been the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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The border is a matter of great political, security and diplomatic sensitivity in Ireland.
Therefore the UK and EU agreed that whatever happens as a result of Brexit there should be no new physical checks or infrastructure at the frontier.
This is where the controversial "backstop" comes in.
Jonathan Powell, former chief British negotiator in Northern Ireland and one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement, explains the backstop.
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- Parents withdrawing kids from classes about LGBT relationships – BBC Newsnight
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- 11:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- BBC Newsnight has uncovered evidence of parents removing their children from school to avoid them learning about LGBT relationship classes – soon to be part of the Department of Education’s curriculum. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
From September 2020, it will be compulsory for schools to teach lessons about LGBT relationships, often called relationship classes.
Teachers –who have found themselves between government policy and angry parents - have received such severe letters and threats that they’re now being encouraged to pass them onto anti-terror agency, Prevent. Katie Razzall reports.
Emily Maitlis is joined by Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips.
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- Does the UK have a responsibility to prosecute former IS fighters? - BBC Newsnight
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- 14:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The failure to bring Britons who fought for the Islamic State group to justice in the UK is a "dereliction of responsibility", a top US counter-terrorism official has said.
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Since the fall of group's last Syrian stronghold, Baghuz, the US has stepped up efforts to get foreign fighters and their families repatriated.
But it is "frustrated" with the UK's failure to take back British fighters.
US Coordinator for Counter-terrorism Nathan Sales has said "it's a dereliction of responsibility to expect the Syrian Democratic Forces to solve this problem or to expect the Iraqi government to solve this problem".
Producer Maria Polachowska and Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban report.
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- Navalny: Russian opposition leader 'may have been poisoned through pillowcase' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:45
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, has said he may have been poisoned.
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The 43-year-old was taken to hospital with a swollen face, eye problems and rashes on his body. He was in jail for calling for unauthorised protests.
Initial reports suggested that he had suffered an acute allergic reaction, but his doctor suggested he might have been exposed to "some toxic agent". Mr Navalny says he has never suffered from allergies before.
Exiled opposition activist Vladimir Ashurkov says he believes a “toxic agent could have been administered through a pillow or through a pillowcase” while Navalny was out during a walk.
International Editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
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- How could no-deal Brexit impact the union? – BBC Newsnight
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Is a no-deal Brexit still a one in a million chance or is it starting to look like the most probable outcome?
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Boris Johnson has made his first visit to Scotland as prime minister, meeting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson, both of whom have positioned themselves against a no-deal exit.
So, if a no-deal Brexit becomes a reality how could that impact the union of the United Kingdom?
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- Mass eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A mass eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow has begun as part of a housing provider's lock-changing programme.
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Serco, which provides free housing to about 300 people in the city, first announced that it was issuing eviction notices last July.
The Scottish Refugee Council have now been contacted by two men who say their locks have been changed.
The Scottish government has written to the new Home Secretary calling for her to intervene in the mass eviction.
Elizabeth Glinka reports and Kirsty Wark is joined by Scottish Labour MP Paul Sweeney.
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- Vote Leave mastermind Dominic Cummings and his role in Downing St - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Vote Leave campaign boss, Dominic Cummings, has been appointed as a senior adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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After working as an adviser to Michael Gove at the Department of Education, Cummings was campaign director for Vote Leave during the EU referendum.
He’s credited with devising the Leave side's winning strategy, coming up with its slogan "Take Back Control".
But what does his new job in Downing Street mean for the future of Boris Johnson’s government? Could an early election be on the horizon? David Grossman reports.
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- UK heatwave: Is climate change to blame? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- As temperatures soar in the UK, weather experts warn it bears “the hallmarks of climate change”.
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Newsnight’s international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports on the record breaking temperatures across Europe and looks at what plans the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has for the environment.
Michael Grubb, professor of energy and climate change at UCL, joins Kirsty in studio.
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- Boris Johnson's first day as prime minister - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 21:46
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Newsnight is live in Westminister on Boris Johnson’s first night in Downing St.
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With just 99 days until he says the UK must leave the EU, it was straight to work - starting with a reshuffle dubbed a "summer's day massacre".
David Grossman reports. Joining Emily Maitlis are Conservative deputy chairwoman Helen Whately, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, ex-minister Steve Brine and Labour’s Anneliese Dodds.
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- Boris Johnson goes undercover in a supermarket (1998) - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Boris Johnson - then a Telegraph journalist - gives his take on what supermarkets have done for Britain.
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This film was originally aired on Newsnight on 16 October, 1998.
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- John McDonnell: Labour 'won’t work' with Boris Johnson on Brexit - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “They cannot deliver and now under Boris Johnson all they’re interested in is really forcing through a no-deal Brexit,” Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, tells Newsnight.
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The shadow chancellor sits down with Emily Maitlis to discuss calling no confidence votes, defeating Theresa May and dealing with anti-Semitism allegations within the Labour party.
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- Boris Johnson: 'The boy who wanted to be world king' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 12:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Veteran political reporter Michael Cockerell profiles Britain's new prime minister.
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Boris Johnson has been elected as Conservative Party leader and has become the 77th UK prime minister.
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- Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:16
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- England's only NHS youth gender clinic lowered the age at which it offers children puberty blockers, partly based on a study now being investigated.
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The study's full findings have not been published - but early data showed some taking the drugs reported an increase in thoughts of suicide and self-harm.
The clinic said data was from a "small sample" and so no "meaningful conclusion" could be drawn from it.
Children as young as 11 are now being offered these hormone-blocking drugs.
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- Tony Blair refuses to say he would vote Labour - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The former Labour leader tells Newsnight the anti-Semitism crisis is "a real problem".
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair declined three times to confirm he would vote Labour at the next general election.
Talking to Emily Maitlis, the former Labour leader repeatedly avoided answering directly about whether he would vote for the party amid rows over Brexit and anti-Semitism.
Mr Blair said the anti-Semitism crisis was "a real problem for me" and said he hoped the current leadership would grip the issue.
Mr Blair also said the Conservatives were able "to behave with an almost surreal sense of irresponsibility at the moment because of the weakness of the Labour Party".
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- Brexit 'harming UK industrial strategy' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Bank of England's chief economist tells Newsnight the Brexit deadlock has undermined efforts to boost the UK economy.
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Andy Haldane is chairman of the government’s independent Industrial Strategy Council, a body charged with evaluating ministerial progress towards national economic re-balancing.
And on top of all that, he’s leading a major new mission by the Bank to re-connect with the British public which often feel they don’t understand what the Bank does - or that that Bank really understands what’s going on in their lives.
Our economics editor, Ben Chu, caught up with him in Leicester.
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- Public Service Broadcasting perform their single Go! - BBC Newsnight
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- 3:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- To celebrate 50 years since the landing of Apollo 11 the band Public Service Broadcasting perform live.
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They have long been inspired by the historic mission and they play us out with their track Go! from the album the Race for Space
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- Britain's Hidden Children's Homes: 'My boyfriend was killed in care' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 12:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Lance Scott Walker was killed in 2016, aged 18. He was living under the care of the state.
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As part of our series on the unregulated and unregistered homes being used to house looked-after children aged 16 and over, Newsnight hears the shocking story of a teenager killed while living in one of these homes.
His girlfriend at the time Chloe Finch tells his story.
Newsnight's UK editor Katie Razzall reports.
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- Britain’s Hidden Children’s Homes: Teens far from home – BBC Newsnight
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- 19:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Figures uncovered by Newsnight suggest a continuing rise in "out of borough" placements - teens housed in unregulated care homes, often far away from the council which placed them.
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The number of teenagers sent to unregulated care homes outside their home borough has doubled since 2014 and data seen by Newsnight indicates they are set to rise further this year.
The government is set to hold a round-table meeting of care experts to discuss "best practice".
Police have raised concerns to Newsnight about the number of teenagers reported missing from these homes - in one case a child had gone missing more than 100 times.
Emily is joined by children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi.
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- Scotland has highest drug death rate in the EU - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Data shows Scotland has the highest drug death rate in the EU, as analysis suggests it’s a factor in falling life expectancy.
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What's going wrong and what can be done about it?
James Clayton reports.
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- Brexit: Rod Liddle and People's Vote's Tom Baldwin on 'betrayal' - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Three years on from the Brexit vote, the UK is still in the EU.
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Columnist and author Rod Liddle calls it 'The Great Betrayal' in his new book, while Tom Baldwin from the people's vote says both leavers and remainers have been betrayed in the years since the vote.
Liddle blames the establishment, but Baldwin argues Liddle "is the establishment".
Cambridgeshire Police said no offences had been revealed in its inquiry into bribery and postal votes of the 2019 Peterborough by-election.
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- Conservative leadership contest: Who won the Andrew Neil interviews? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Conservative leadership hopefuls Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have faced their final TV showdown with the BBC’s Andrew Neil.
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How did they do? We asked Conservative members - the only people who have a vote in this contest - to share their thoughts.
Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng who is supporting Boris Johnson and Conservative MP Vicky Ford, who is backing Jeremy Hunt, join Kirsty in studio.
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- Andrea Leadsom on bullying and harassment in Westminster - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A new report says it's a significant problem and the Speaker is facing calls to resign. Andrea Leadsom, the MP who led Parliament's response to these bullying allegations, says she recognises the behaviour.
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Senior lawyer Gemma White QC, who led the investigation, said the behaviour had "seriously affected the health and welfare of far too many people".
The House of Commons Commission said it "condemned bullying and harassment".
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- Apollo 11: The Brits who put man on the moon – BBC Newsnight
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- 8:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"... Almost 50 years later, we reveal the British engineers whose genius helped put two men on the moon.
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The Apollo 11 landing in 1969 is still one of the greatest achievements of mankind, the images iconic and the atmosphere of hope and excitement unparalleled. The names Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are known around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of people worked on the project in 20,000 companies - among them a few hundred British engineers and scientists.
With access to their personal Apollo archive, Newsnight's Adrian Harrison now speaks to them about their part in, arguably, the world's biggest journey.
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- Title
- What role did Boris Johnson play in Sir Kim Darroch's resignation? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 11:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sir Kim Darroch resigned as UK ambassador to the United States after emails criticising the US president were leaked.
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Did Conservative leadership hopeful Boris Johnson's reluctance to support him trigger the resignation?
Our Political Editor Nicholas Watt reports.
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- Title
- How climate sceptics tricked the public - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It's almost 10 years since "climategate" - when hackers stole thousands of climate scientists' emails and documents.
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The scandal, known as "Climategate", rocked the scientific world.
Sceptics picked up on a small number of emails that seemed to suggest scientists had been deliberately manipulating data to exaggerate evidence of climate change.
It wasn't true, but what followed is thought to have shaped public opinion and could possibly have influenced the UN climate agreement that year.
Kayleen Devlin reports for Newsnight on how battle lines and public opinions have changed since then.
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- Title
- Three Labour peers resign whip over anti-Semitism - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Lord Triesman, a former General Secretary of the party, speaks exclusively to Emily Maitlis on his decision to resign the whip. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
He is one of three Labour peers to have left the Labour group in the Lords, accusing the party of anti-Semitism.
Lord Darzi will sit as an independent and Lord Turnberg said he feared "for the future" of the party.
Labour said it "completely rejects these false and offensive claims".
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- Title
- Jim Acosta: Trump 'wants to taunt us and troll us' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Emily Maitlis is joined by CNN's chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta.
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Acosta found himself at war with the US president and ultimately had his White House pass revoked after one particular exchange last November after the Mid term elections.
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- Title
- LGBT teaching row: MPs call for more support in schools - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Almost 70 MPs have written to the UK's education secretary urging him to do more to support schools on teaching about same-sex relationships.
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The move follows a row at a school in Birmingham, where a parent-led protest against such teaching forced the school to close early.
Newsnight's Elizabeth Glinka reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by the letter's author, Labour MP Emma Hardy, a former teacher.
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- Title
- The race to be PM: How are Tory members feeling? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In three weeks’ time we will have a new prime minister and Tory members are beginning to cast their votes.
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David Grossman heads to York to find out how local Tory members are feeling as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt enter the final weeks of the premiership race.
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- Title
- Could a UK-US trade deal make pharmaceuticals pricier? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- One of the promoted benefits of Brexit is that the UK will be able to trade with other countries.
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But what sort of impact could trade deal compromises have on the price of pharmaceuticals?
Some UK politicians and experts are concerned that the US gets its own way on a trade deal, it could lead to the NHS’s branded pharmaceutical bill more than doubling in cost.
Newsnight’s Health Correspondent, Deb Cohen, reports.
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- Title
- Ann Widdecombe: 'I stand by' slavery remarks - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In a speech to the European Parliament, Brexit MEP Ann Widdecombe compared the UK leaving the EU to "slaves" rising up "against their owners".
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Critics branded the comments "disgusting" and "offensive", but the MEP told Emma Barnett people had interpreted her speech in a "melodramatic fashion" and that she stands by what she said.
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- 'Fear and anxiety': Growing violence in the West Bank - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- There has been a growing sense of tension between Israeli settlers and West Bank Palestinians.
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The fate of the two state solution between Israelis and Palestinians is looking bleaker than ever.
The Americans now barely mention the term; their envoy in Jerusalem speaks instead of Israel’s “right” to sovereignty in parts of the occupied West Bank and UN figures suggest growing cases of violence by settlers amid a recent spike in bloodshed by both sides.
This film is by the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent, Tom Bateman.
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- Brexit stockpiling: UK warehouses already 'full' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- UK warehouses are "full", raising doubts about the ability of UK firms to stockpile goods ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit.
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The estimated vacancy rate for UK warehouses over 100,000 square feet for the second quarter is 6.8%, data seen by Newsnight shows.
In the "inner M25" area the vacancy rate has fallen to just 2.2%.
A decade ago, the national vacancy rate was as high as 23%.
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- Hong Kong protests: How will China respond? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- On the 22nd anniversary of the handover of the territory from British to Chinese control, protesters have stormed the legislative chamber.
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Emily Maitlis speaks to Chinese dissident and artist, Ai Weiwei, about how China might respond to the violence.
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- British Steel: Scunthorpe's uncertain future - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of jobs are at risk in Scunthorpe, where the future of the town's steelworks is in doubt.
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British Steel was placed in compulsory liquidation in May, and has since been bankrolled by the government at a cost of millions of pounds a day, while a buyer is sought.
In a new series, Newsnight goes to Scunthorpe where the plant employs a third of the town.
Maya Rostowska reports.
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- Skripal poisoning: Did third Russian suspect command attack? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Newsnight reveals new details of the senior GRU figure suspected to have been the ‘third man’ who visited the UK in March 2018 and is believed to have commanded the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal.
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Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban, who worked alongside investigative website Bellingcat, reports.
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