Coco Khan

Hi, everyone. Some good news for a change. Last week, a court in the UK agreed with us at Uplift and Greenpeace that the last UK government's decision to approve the massive undeveloped oil-fueled Rose Bank was unlawful on the basis that the government's

Hi, everyone. Some good news for a change. Last week, a court in the UK agreed with us at Uplift and Greenpeace that the last UK government's decision to approve the massive undeveloped oil-fueled Rose Bank was unlawful on the basis that the government's

hadn't taken into account the really significant climate harm caused by burning Rosebank's hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, which would create carbon emissions that are equivalent to running 56 coal-fired power stations for a year.

hadn't taken into account the really significant climate harm caused by burning Rosebank's hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, which would create carbon emissions that are equivalent to running 56 coal-fired power stations for a year.

There are also a bunch of other reasons that Rosebank is a terrible proposition for the UK, including the fact that most of Rosebank's oil is going to be for export, so it's not doing anything for our domestic energy security. It's also not going to take a penny off our energy bills.

There are also a bunch of other reasons that Rosebank is a terrible proposition for the UK, including the fact that most of Rosebank's oil is going to be for export, so it's not doing anything for our domestic energy security. It's also not going to take a penny off our energy bills.

And what it will involve is giving billions of pounds in tax breaks to already incredibly profitable oil and gas companies like Equinor who want to develop the field.

And what it will involve is giving billions of pounds in tax breaks to already incredibly profitable oil and gas companies like Equinor who want to develop the field.

And I'm Coco Khan. As the government commits to cracking down on welfare fraud, we're looking into our broken benefit system.

And I'm Coco Khan. As the government commits to cracking down on welfare fraud, we're looking into our broken benefit system.

Boy, there has been a lot of wild stories from the Tories this week. And if you were in Birmingham this weekend yourself, did you pop along to conference?

Boy, there has been a lot of wild stories from the Tories this week. And if you were in Birmingham this weekend yourself, did you pop along to conference?

It is a bit of the Barbenheimer about it, isn't it?

It is a bit of the Barbenheimer about it, isn't it?

That would be a sartorial nightmare, isn't it? Like conservative party conference in the afternoon and then Nish Kumar in the evening. How does one dress like that?

That would be a sartorial nightmare, isn't it? Like conservative party conference in the afternoon and then Nish Kumar in the evening. How does one dress like that?

So more on Tory conference later in the show, but for now, let's turn to benefits. Last week at Labour Party conference, Keir Starmer promised to crack down on benefits fraud, but he also expressed his desire to get more people claiming long-term sickness benefits back into work. Here he is discussing that with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

So more on Tory conference later in the show, but for now, let's turn to benefits. Last week at Labour Party conference, Keir Starmer promised to crack down on benefits fraud, but he also expressed his desire to get more people claiming long-term sickness benefits back into work. Here he is discussing that with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

So it's worth pulling back and having a look at the benefit system as it exists currently. So benefits are administered through the Department for Work and Pensions. It's an absolutely massive department and it interacts with around 20 million people across the UK.

So it's worth pulling back and having a look at the benefit system as it exists currently. So benefits are administered through the Department for Work and Pensions. It's an absolutely massive department and it interacts with around 20 million people across the UK.