Politics Live

Politics Live opened with Andy Burnham's return from a 24-hour trip to New York for the UN General Assembly and his first meeting with Donald Trump. Henry Zeffman said Burnham's UN speech focused on Russian disinformation and interference, including attempts to interfere with the 2019 general election, and on artificial intelligence, which Burnham said the UK would put at the heart of its upcoming G20 presidency. Downing Street was described as relieved by the Trump meeting, but Trump said he did not support the Chagos Islands deal and called it terrible. The government was said to be reviewing the deal, which would hand sovereignty to Mauritius while leasing back Diego Garcia for a US-UK base; the panel discussed US support, legal uncertainty, the Chagossians' right to return and the marine protected area.

The programme then reported that Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS was pausing production at its three plants in Hull, blaming high UK gas prices; Ratcliffe called the government's energy policy economic vandalism on an industrial scale. Discussion covered whether allowing North Sea drilling was the answer to high energy prices, including the delayed Jackdaw gas field and possibly Rosebank, jobs, energy independence and the green transition. Panelists disputed figures on jobs and supply, with claims that Jackdaw would directly employ 27 people and increase supply by 2%, while others cited a possible 3,500 jobs, £10.5bn investment in north-east Scotland, 240 million tons of gas and 300 million barrels of oil; government support of £350m for the chemicals industry was also mentioned.

The final segment covered an independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism, chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, which was expected this week but delayed until October. Fonagy told the BBC that young people were not a snowflake generation and that rising mental distress was real; the review was said to show the proportion of 16-24 year olds with mental health problems had risen from around one in seven in the 1990s to around one in four. It noted long waits, with a 50% increase in people accessing treatment over five years and a third waiting more than a year, and was expected to call for a cross-government approach. The panel discussed over-diagnosis and medicalisation, SEND and EHCP provision, social media, climate concerns, community and early intervention.