06/11/2017
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0650
A
huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and
ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast
amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. Dame Margaret Hodge is a Labour MP and
has campaigned for changes in tax law.
0655
The
UK should double the proportion of its international aid budget spent on
research and development in order to solve the most pressing global challenges
and support the Government’s industrial strategy, a new report from Policy
Exchange in Global Britain says. The foreword is written by George Freeman MP. He
joins us on the programme.
0710
More
on the papers detailing offshore investments. David Burt is the Premier of
Bermuda.
0720
So-called
sexting cases, which involve indecent or prohibited images of children where
the suspect or offender was aged under 18, have more than doubled in the past
two years. Simon Bailey is chief constable of Norfolk Police and National
Police Chiefs Council lead for child protection.
0725
The
Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurria is speaking at the CBI annual
conference. He joins us on the programme.
0730
The
governor of the US state of Texas has described a gun attack on a church in
which 26 people were killed as the worst in the state's history. Jose Menendez
is a Texas state senator from San Antonio.
0740
A venom exhibition is opening at
the Natural History Museum. Steve Ludwin has spent many years injecting himself
with snake venom, which helps develop new anti-venom via his antibodies and Ronald Jenner is the lead
scientist for the exhibition and research leader at the Natural History Museum.
0750
The
prime minister will call on party leaders to agree to a new grievance procedure
for parliament. Andrew McDonald is former chief executive of the Independent
Parliamentary Standards Authority.
0810
A
huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and
ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast
amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. John McDonnell is the Shadow
Chancellor.
0820
The 1976 Oscar-winning film Network has been adapted for the
stage. Lee
Hall is the playwright who adapted it into a stage play at the National Theatre
and Richard Quest is a news anchor for CNN International.
0830
A
new service is offering Videolink consultations with GPs free to millions of NHS
patients in the London area. Dr Matthew Noble is a GP and an associate medical
director at Babylon, the company launching GP at Hand in partnership with the
NHS.
0840
A Mediterranean black truffle has been cultivated in the UK
for the first time - the farthest north that the species has been found. It has
been confirmed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Dr Paul Thomas is
the research director at the company which produced the truffle, Mycorrhizal
Systems Ltd.
0845
The
government in Saudi Arabia has promised a "firm application of
justice" after a large group of senior figures were detained on charges of
corruption. Khaled Almaeena is the editor of Saudi Gazette.
0850
More
on the papers detailing offshore investments. Ann Pettifor is the director of
policy research in macroeconomics at the PRIME Network of economists and Emma
Chamberlain is a council member at the Chartered Institute of Taxation and is
also on the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) advisory panel.
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