12/06/2017
News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
Downing Street says there has been "no change" to plans for a UK
state visit by US President Donald Trump, amid reports the trip could be
delayed. Our foreign correspondent Nick Bryant reports.
0655
With no overall majority, how will government work? The Institute for
Government has been looking at arrangements in play when there is a hung
parliament. Akash Paun is a fellow at the Institute for Government.
0709
Some Tory MPs believe voters have failed to endorse the Conservative
party's belief that it alone should be trusted with Brexit. Barry Gardiner is the shadow secretary for trade.
0715
Making Brexit work for British
Business: Key Execution Priorities, a research paper will be released by
Harvard this morning by Ed Balls, Peter Sands and others. It's about the UK
business community's response to the prospect of Brexit and what they think is
crucial for the UK to consider as it negotiates its Brexit deal. Peter Sands is
the former boss of Standard Chartered.
0720
The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to
win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections. Sylvie Kauffmann is the editorial
director of Le Monde.
0725
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called
Theresa May to express his concern over a possible deal between her party and
the DUP. Nelson McCausland聽is
the political commentator and until March of this year a member of the Northern
Ireland Assembly for the Democratic Unionist Party, representing North Belfast.
0730
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for a pause in the
Brexit negotiations so that a new four nation, cross party position can be put
together. Stephen聽Gethins is the MP for Fife North East & SNP Europe
spokesperson at Westminster and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
0740
The historical author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, will
explore how a writer combines facts with imagination during the 麻豆社 Reith
Lectures. We speak to the author.
0750
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called Theresa May to express his concern over a
possible deal between her party and the DUP. Conor Murphy is a Sinn F茅in MLA.
0810
Prime Minister Theresa May has completed a
reshuffle of her Cabinet as she awaits further talks with the DUP on the supply
and confidence deal that鈥檚 keeping her in power. David Davis is secretary of state for exiting the European Union.
0830
Labour's
strong showing in the General Election with an unashamedly big spending
programme for Government raises questions about the future for austerity. Fraser
Nelson is the editor of the Spectator and Liam Byrne is the former chief
secretary to the Treasury in the last Labour government and MP for Birmingham
Hodge Hill.
0835
It
is plain the Prime Minister hasn鈥檛 won the mandate she sought for Brexit, a
former minister has told this programme. So could Theresa May鈥檚 failure last
week change the terms of Britain鈥檚 departure from the European Union? Chuka Umunna is the MP for Streatham and supporter of
Open Britain.
0840
Young
people have been accused of apathy in the past rarely tuning out in the same
numbers as other age groups to vote. Last week's election upended that - but is
it a one off? Michael
Sani is the CEO of Bite the Ballot.
0845
This
Saturday (16 June) will be exactly a year since the murder of the Labour MP Jo
Cox in her Batley and Spen constituency in West Yorkshire during the final week
of campaigning for the EU referendum. Brendan Cox is Jo Cox鈥檚 husband and
author of Jo Cox: More In Common.
0850
Significantly
more male than female students studying at Oxford and Cambridge are getting top
grades, a trend not reflected in universities elsewhere in the country where
women tend to the same or better than men. Lucy Delap is a lecturer in British History at the University of Cambridge.
0855
What
does Theresa May鈥檚 reshuffle say about her plans, and what policies will she
have to drop to sustain her leadership? Rachel Sylvester is a columnist and political interviewer
for the Times and Tom
Newton Dunn is the political editor of The Sun.
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- Mon 12 Jun 2017 06:00麻豆社 Radio 4