BBC needs to get a grip, says Labour

The papers were heavily focused today on the allegations that a BBC presenter paid a 17-year-old for sexually explicit photos. The mother of the victim has claimed that the presenter stayed on air for weeks after the complaint was made. The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told Sophy Ridge on Sky that this scandal goes beyond the BBC and questioned wider investigations processes. She also said that the Corporation and other broadcasters ‘need to get a grip’.

Rachel Reeves – cluster bombs are not an appropriate weapon

Reeves said she was concerned that the US had agreed to supply Ukraine with cluster bombs. The bombs are banned under the Geneva Convention and the UK has stated that it will not join the US in providing Ukraine with them. Reeves said that although it was important to arm Ukraine properly, weapons which can have a fatal impact years after the conflict should be avoided.

Why is the UK’s debt so high?

Sophy Ridge asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury Victoria Atkins to explain a graph showing that the UK had the third worst deficit of OECD countries.