Afternoon Briefing Monday 11th May

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0:48I can announce that legislation will be brought forward this week to give the government powers to take full national ownership of British steel.

1:01After losing almost 1 ,500 councillors in England last week, he also reiterated that he will not resign. The PM says he will not plunge the country into chaos as the Tories did. I know I have my doubters and I know I need to prove them wrong and I will. So let me start on a personal note. Like every Prime Minister, I've learned a lot in the first two years in the job. In terms of the policy challenges that our country faces, incremental change won't cut it. on growth, defence, Europe, energy. We need a bigger response than we anticipated in 2024. He said his government had made mistakes but had also got the big political choices right.

1:51He said waiting lists, child poverty and immigration are all coming down. He said he had proved his doubters wrong before and would do so again. Lord Glassman, the Labour peer and founder of Blue Labour, has told Times Radio that following last week's disastrous election results, senior ministers need to be more vocal. It's also time for the cabinet to step up and actually say what they think. What you've got at the moment is this awful inertia. There's just drift and no direction. Do you think they're scared? Yeah, there's an element of being scared. I don't think there's an element that the scale of the rejection of Labour has shocked them.

2:30I think there's an element also of confusion. Two more passengers have tested positive for Hantavirus after leaving the MV Hondias. 22 people have arrived in the UK after finally being allowed off the cruise ship last night. They're being monitored at a specialist hospital on Merseyside. And Adolescence was the big winner at the TV BAFTAs, taking four awards, including Best Limited Drama. Stephen Graham won Best Leading Actor, with Christine Tremarco and Owen Cooper recognised in the supporting categories. categories. Celebrity Traitors won Best Reality Show and Dame Mary Berry was given a BAFTA Fellowship.

3:04She says the Bake Off tent wasn't very warm. I knew my baking inside out but I had to start thinking of what I was going to wear. It was about those jackets and I could tuck a hot water bottle underneath as the tent was so chilly in the morning. And you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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