On March's Granada Debate: what is the cost of conflict in the Middle East, and what should politicians do about it? Plus - should jury trials be reduced? And all the fallout from the Gorton and Denton by-election:
Lively discussion with:
🔴 @sarahrussellmp.bsky.social
🔵 Nigel Evans
🟠 Lord Goddard
MPs are debating calls to compensate victims of sodium valproate and pelvic mesh this morning - saying they do so "with a sense of deja vu"
Here's why:
"My message to Government a year ago was 'Get on with it!" My message today is - 'Seriously?!"
England's Patient Safety Commissioner @pscommissioner.bsky.social tells me it's "disgraceful" that the Govt has yet to respond to a two year old report, urging compensation for medical scandal victims:
Is a by-election in Greater Manchester shaping up to be the PM's toughest test? Should we compensate the WASPI women? And what to make of plans to ban the under 16s from social media?
With Maya Ellis MP, Andrew Snowden MP, and Cllr Simon Evans.
The Granada Debate on ITV1/ ITVX/Youtube
The MP for Liverpool West Derby says he will scrutinise the Hillsborough Law bill "line by line" to make sure it's a fitting legacy for the 97.
@ianbyrnemp.bsky.social is himself a survivor of the disaster and says there will be "vested interests who will try to de-fang this"
A huge moment for bereaved families, survivors and MPs as the Hillsborough Law is introduced to parliament.
Here's what it could mean for honesty in public life, in a bid to eradicate "cover up culture":
www.itv.com/news/granada...
Police officers who suffered life-changing injuries while trying to protect the public are backing calls for a new medal to recognise 999 workers injured in the line of duty.
This is their story:
The Sodium Valproate scandal: Why are disabled children still waiting for compensation?
www.itv.com/news/granada...
A really lively end to this series of the #GranadaDebate!
What next for welfare reform? How do we deliver justice for victims of Britain's biggest scandals? And which political party has really come out on top this year?
📺 22:45 on ITV1, or watch now on ITVX
"There's a real chance that this heritage craft will vanish forever"
Why @yasminqureshimp.bsky.social is urging the Government to protect neon sign making:
www.itv.com/news/granada...
The #GranadaDebate returns at 22:45.
Will a new grooming gangs inquiry really deliver change for survivors? Who were the winners / losers of the Govt's spending review? And is paternity leave in need of a rethink?
🔴 @connornaismithmp.bsky.social
🟡 @lisasmartmp.bsky.social
🔵 Cllr Nadim Muslim
"The North has always been a place of innovation, industry, and immense potential – but for too long, we’ve been held back by a lack of investment in the infrastructure needed to match our ambition. The Northern Arc is about changing that story:"
The Greater Manchester Mayor says their proposal "got a really good hearing" from MPs and that the plan could generate £90 billion for the economy:
The North West's Metro Mayors were in parliament today urging the Government to invest in a new railway between Manchester and Liverpool
@metromayorsteve.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social say it's the missing piece in their plan for the "Northern Arc" - a growth corridor across the North.
On tonight's episode of The Granada Debate: predictions for next week's local elections, what the Supreme Court ruling means for women's and transgender rights, and is it time to scrap the two-child benefit cap?
🔴 @mayaellismp.bsky.social
🔵 Andrew Snowden
🟡 @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social
ITV1 22:45
Just one week to go before voters in Runcorn and Helsby go to the polls for the first by-election of this parliament.
I've been out meeting candidates and speaking to local people about what they want from their next MP:
www.itv.com/news/granada...
Tonight on ITV's #GranadaDebate, what should we make of Government plans to slash the welfare bill? And how do politicians fancy their chances in the first by-election of this parliament?
ITV1, 22:45 and on ITVX. With:
🔴 @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social
🔵 Laura Evans
🟡 @carlcashman.bsky.social
How easy is it for children to buy knives?
"It was devastating to find this out - like having the rug pulled from under us completely"
Tonight on ITV Granada Reports, the families longing to adopt a child, and the MP trying to change the law to help them do it:
www.itv.com/news/granada...
Tonight on the Granada Debate - we talk Labour’s WhatsApp scandal, elected mayors for Cheshire and the government’s new hard line on immigration - @lisemcnally.bsky.social hosts with a Stella line up of @timrocamp.bsky.social , Esther McVey and @chrisn.xyz
📺 ITV1 22:45
The MP for Southport is calling for an urgent review of Axel Rudakubana's sentence, saying it's "unduly lenient" and his community "deserves nothing less" than that the killer spends his whole life behind bars.
But some real anger and disappointment from areas where they have seen the projects pushed back by a decade or more.
@timfarron.bsky.social has urged the Health Secretary to reconsider delaying the new Lancaster Royal Infirmary site, saying "the longer we leave it, the more costs will spiral"
Wes Streeting laying the blame at his predecessor's door:
"I know patients in some parts of the country will be disappointed by this new timetable - they are right to be..."
"The plan I have laid out today is honest, funded, and can actually be delivered"
The Health Secretary has confirmed some of the 25 "new" hospitals promised but not funded by the last Govt will have to be delayed. In the North West that means work starts in:
2027/2028 (North Manchester General)
2035 - 2039 (Royal Lancaster Infirmary / Royal Preston Hospital)
The #GranadaDebate returns to our screens at 22:45 tonight!
Should there be a national public inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal? Is an NHS winter crisis the new normal? And what should we make of Govt plans for an AI revolution?
With:
🔴 Connor Rand MP
🔵 Laura Evans
🟡 @samlibdem.bsky.social
MP Mike Amesbury has pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in the street.
The MP for Runcorn and Helsby was suspended from the Labour party in October after CCTV footage emerged showing him punching a man in Frodsham town centre.
Keir Starmer has urged the Conservatives to abandon their "misguided" "wrecking amendment" calling for a national inquiry into the scandal.
Kemi Badenoch warns “No one has joined the dots. No one has the total picture. And it is almost certainly still going on”
The first questions of the first PMQs of the year focus on the grooming gangs scandal amid opposition calls for a full public inquiry.
PM says he's spoken to survivors this morning - "what is needed now is action about what we already know... not the delay of a further inquiry"
A studio shot of Granada Debate
Really great recording our last Granada Debate of the year. Thoroughly enjoyed producing this one. @lisemcnally.bsky.social joined tonight by Lisa Smart MP, Paul Foster MP and Andrew Snowden MP. We talk house building, hospice funding and New Year's Resolutions.
Airs tonight 22:45 ITV1
Great Granada Debate recording just now in Westminster with @lisemcnally.bsky.social. We’re on a bit later tonight due to I’m a Celeb. Itv1 at 2315. Farming and Assisted dying amongst topics discussed by @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @carlcashman.bsky.social and Andrew Snowden MP
