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Today in Parliament

20/05/2025

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4160 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs give their verdict on the prime minister's new deal with the EU and as the foreign secretary condemns the actions of the Israeli government.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

Order. Order.

0:07.0

Hello, I'm Alicia McCarthy, and this is today in Parliament for BBC Radio 4 for Tuesday the 20th of May,

0:14.5

where the Prime Minister tells MPs his EU deal will bring improvements to defence, travel and trade.

0:21.1

No more lorry drivers queuing for 16 hours at the border with rotting food in the back.

0:26.2

But the Conservative leader says the agreement is bad for bills, bad for jobs and bad for

0:31.3

borders. This was a fiction of a speech, a fraud of a deal, a failure of a prime minister.

0:37.7

Also on this programme, the Foreign Secretary condemns the actions of the Israeli government.

0:42.9

It's morally unjustifiable. It's wholly disproportionate. It's utterly, utterly counterproductive.

0:52.1

And an MP reveals the pledge he made to a therapy group for abuse survivors.

0:57.2

I swore to those lads that I would never forget their stories.

1:02.0

And I would do what I could to help transform our pain into justice.

1:08.1

But first, the first EU-UK reset since Brexit produced a deal covering a range of

1:14.4

areas, including agriculture, fishing and defence. It's the third deal signed by the government

1:20.2

in recent weeks, which has also reached agreements with India and the US. Updating MPs in the

1:26.2

common, Sarkia Stama said the government had gone into the negotiations

1:29.7

with the aim of pushing down bills,

1:32.3

driving up the number of jobs and strengthening borders.

1:35.3

These deals release us from the tired arguments of the past

1:38.6

and as an independent sovereign nation

1:41.3

allows to seize the opportunities of the future. A clear message

1:46.5

sent across the globe that Britain is back on the world stage. The Prime Minister argued that deals

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