says he will stay on. keir reliance says he will stay on. keir starmer is in belfast meeting leaders of the power—sharing executive on the second stop of his uk tour of devolved nations. meanwhile, in london, chancellor rachel reeves is expected to announce the return of compulsory house—building targets in herfirst major speech. house—building targets in herfirst majorspeech. new house—building targets in herfirst major speech. new mps will also start arriving in westminster to settle in as they take up their new jobs. and just four countries including england remain as the euros enter theirfinal including england remain as the euros enter their final week. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in france, where voters are waking up to the news of a surprise outcome in the parliamentary elections. it left none of the three groups with enough seats to govern outright. the left—wing coalition, the new popular front,

outright. the left—wing coalition, the new popularfront, took outright. the left—wing coalition, the new popular front, took the outright. the left—wing coalition, the new popularfront, took the most with president macron�*s centrist alliance coming second. the two blocks which had agreed on a tactical voting pact pushed to the far right national rally into third place. national rally had been expected to win the most seats after doing so in the first round of the voting in the european elections. live now to my colleague christian fraser in paris. good morning, welcome to paris. a beautiful day in the french capital. we are on the left bank overlooking the eiffel tower in the background, where the preparations continue for the paris olympics, which begins here in three weeks' time. but france waking up this morning to an election result it could hardly have predicted a week ago and that is very much reflected in the morning

papers. no question who came out on top. it is the new national front of jean—luc melenchon. france stops the rally, the republican rally of marine le pen. le figero, the rallier stopped. that may be the headline of the day on the one we will be pondering with our guests through the day, and now, what are you going to do? and that is the question for emmanuel macron. certainly there is celebration on the left because the coalition that came together to stop the rallyjust four or five weeks ago has had an extraordinary success. you see in these results that the party has 182 seats but a word of caution. it was quite remarkable last night that jean—luc melenchon right out of the trap said he now had a mandate to form the next government and should

be negotiating who becomes the prime minister. but when you look at that group, it is quite desperate. the socialists almost have as much and as many seats as the party of jean—luc melenchon and then the socialists and the greens have seats and it was notable the leaders did not come together on stage last night. it was an electoral pact. maybe not necessarily a legislative pact. certainly the republican front, what they call the republican front, what they call the republican front, said that third—party candidates around the country dropping out to give centrist candidates, centre—right, centre—left candidates a better chance against the rally network to relegating them into third place. but now we'll be having our three groups that practically detest each other and no sign of any compromise in the national assembly. france does not work well when it comes to coalition politics and no sign yet in the morning papers as to who might be prepared to compromise to

find a government to lead in the next year. we will look back at what happened overnight and the results as we have them this morning. here is our correspondent mark lowen. cheering. victory brings joy and also relief. for france's left, the fear that the far right national rally stood at the gates of power finally abated. instead, they came out on top, beating the rally into third place, thwarting its hopes of power and with it, the hard line on immigration and law and order. translation: i'm still moved. it's incredible. we're relieved. there is a lot of hope. there is a lot of hope for the future of france, for the left. what is happening here, it's historic. it's a liberation. down the road, more celebrations on the left — but they won't have a majority. a hung parliament could spell paralysis, but forsupporters, it's far better than the alternative.

translation: i'm a dualj national franco-algerian, so for weeks i was afraid for my life and i said to myself, "maybe i'll think about leaving just for the sake of my life and that of my loved ones", but now i can't quite bring myself to do it. all i do is cry, because the one thing i keep telling myself is "we're safe". what a difference at the national rally ho, they'd come so close to forming france's first far right government since the second world war. but it wasn't to be. chanting. their leader tried to lift spirits. translation: we'rel losing one more year. one more year of unregulated immigration. losing purchasing power, one more year of a blowing up of insecurity in our country. but if we need to go through that, then we'll go through that. tepid champagne, fading jazz, it's not quite the bash

the national rally was planning, but the party isn't over and they'll be hoping that whatever government emerges will be so riven by division that it plays into the hands of marine le pen at the next presidential election in 2027. beneath the political fireworks is a divided country that feels like it's lost its way. the city of light still not sure who will lead it out of the dark. mark lowen, bbc news, paris. yes, in some quarters here in france, the result last night is being painted as a defeat for the rally but we have to point out something which is quite important and that is over 10 million french people voted for the rally. they won 143 seats, which is many, many more than the 89 they had before they snap election was called and as marie le pen said when she spoke to

reporters last night, the tide is rising and there is some evidence of that, that the party is continuing to grow its position here in france. and the issue which drives that is not going away. the issue is immigration, as it is in many countries around europe and particularly illegal immigration on the south coast. our correspondent andrew harding has been to the city of marseille where it is particularly pertinent to speak to some of the supporters who now support the rally of marine le pen. in the port city of marseille, the immigration debate has dominated these elections. this has always been a diverse place. and nigerian bar owner prince sees that as a strength. because we have a family, we have our children, we are trying to make the society to be better for our children to live. but the rise of france's national rally with its fiercely anti—immigrant platform is alarming

many communities here. "the party is trying to divide french people," sastonathan. "that could be very dangerous". incidents like this, rioting last year in marseille, had been seized on by the national rally and by right wing media. they have linked the violence to what they call uncontrolled immigration. the same goes for the city's undeniable problem of drug trafficking and gang violence. pensioner frank worries about security here. "our country has changed too much. we need more selective immigration," he says. "they are dealing drugs just over there. all the youths have knives". but that is not the full picture. in this poor neighbourhood, communities are still finding ways to integrate. the challenge — the polarising forces sweeping through france.

translation: for me, - france is a welcoming country. welcoming to everyone. a melting pot. it should not matter. where you come from. in cities across france, plenty of ethnically diverse communities are celebrating the election results. cheering. these people have gathered in a paris suburb. i am really relieved. so a sense of relief in this particular crowd tonight. but also the knowledge the ever more divisive debate about immigration does not end here. on est chez nous! "this is our home," they sing. andrew harding, bbc news, france. so the prime minister will tender his resignation today at the lycee palace. he will stay in post until

emanuel macron can find an alternative. one name thatjumps out is former president of holland who won his seat in a three—way, beating off the candidate of the national rally and also the incumbent assembly memberfrom rally and also the incumbent assembly member from the right. could he be someone who can bring the various parties together in the national assembly? certainly one to watch. we will bring you plenty more reaction from here in paris throughout the day. reaction from here in paris throu~hout the da . , . . ~ throughout the day. christian, thank ou ve throughout the day. christian, thank you very much _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed for _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed for that. - you very much indeed for that. christian fraser who is in paris throughout the day covering that important election result. but here in the uk, the new prime minister sir keir starmer is beginning his first full week in power with his cabinet making a series of announcements on health, education, immigration and the economy. the pm continues his tour of the uk nations today with a trip to belfast and then cardiff around lunchtime, after spending yesterday in scotland. the new parliament sits for the first

time tomorrow and the first task it has to carry out is to elect a speaker of the house of commons. keir starmer is then due to fly to washington for the nato leaders summit, where he will meet the us presidentjoe biden and reaffirmed the uk�*s support for ukraine. then the uk�*s support for ukraine. then the kings speech is expected to take place on the 17th ofjuly, setting out the government's legislative programme and its priorities. king charles will read the speech in the house of lords, marking the state opening of parliament. so plenty to talk about. we can speak to our chief political correspondent at downing street henry zeffman. let's talk about what the labour party is going to be pushing forward with today. we are expecting to hear from the new chancellor rachel reeves in about an hour or so, what is she going to tell people? it is about an hour or so, what is she going to tell people?— going to tell people? it is a big moment, this. _ going to tell people? it is a big moment, this. it _ going to tell people? it is a big moment, this. it is _ going to tell people? it is a big moment, this. it is a _ going to tell people? it is a big moment, this. it is a meaty . going to tell people? it is a big - moment, this. it is a meaty speech. yes, it is rachel reeves�* first speech as chancellor but also it will contain in it, in policy terms,

potentially some of the most significant policies you will get from her over the coming weeks, months, even years. there is going to be new housing targets imposed on every council, that is a reversal of a decision made by michael gove, the former housing secretary last year. but in addition, you�*re going to see the relaxation of a lot of the protections for green belt land. that is potentially quite controversial. it was a part of the election campaign. labour say they were more building on what they call the grey belt. that is basically parts of the green belt which are actually quite ugly rather than rolling countryside hills or whatever you might imagine when you hear about the green belt. there is also going to be a review launched of something called the national planning policy framework. they want those changes to be in place by the autumn, hoping that that will mean notjust housing but also things like digital infrastructure, gigga factories, wind turbines, or much easier to build. if this works, it

will be central to labour�*s claim they can grow the country faster than the conservatives did. they want to be _ than the conservatives did. they want to be seen _ than the conservatives did. they want to be seen to _ than the conservatives did. they want to be seen to be _ than the conservatives did. they want to be seen to be getting down to business fast, to grow the economy in the way that labour had said they will grow it, despite the fact some economists have voiced a little bit of worry about the plan and the fact they don�*t think it will grow the economy as quickly as labour hope? will grow the economy as quickly as labour horse?— will grow the economy as quickly as labour hope?— will grow the economy as quickly as labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour' _ labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour' answer _ labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour' answer to _ labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour' answer to the - that is labour�* answer to the challenge we kept hearing in the general election about this conspiracy of silence where all the main parties were not being frank, they argued, about the scale of the tax and spend decisions to come. labour�*s answer was also no, they will grow the economy faster than the experts predict. let�*s see but this planning stuff is central to their claim that they can do so. more generally, i think you are right that they want to be seen to be getting down to business fast because in politics, as in life, you

only get one chance to make a first impression and they want this first impression and they want this first impression to all be about energy and activity. you are certainly getting that from sir keir starmer as well, he was in scotland yesterday, he is in northern ireland and wales today. he still has a lot of government appointments to make at low cabinet level, that presumably will happen today and then later he flies to washington, his first summit of nato world leaders since becoming prime minister. i leaders since becoming prime minister. ., leaders since becoming prime minister. . ., . , ., ., minister. i have to ask you one time before i let — minister. i have to ask you one time before i let you _ minister. i have to ask you one time before i let you go, _ minister. i have to ask you one time before i let you go, behind - before i let you go, behind you, those england flags, the bunting all around. england are playing later on this week. the prime minister is a big football fan so i am sure he will be making time to watch that semifinal, right? i will be making time to watch that semifinal, right?— semifinal, right? i assume so, althou:h semifinal, right? i assume so, although he — semifinal, right? i assume so, although he will— semifinal, right? i assume so, although he will be _ semifinal, right? i assume so, although he will be in - semifinal, right? i assume so, - although he will be in washington, dc. i used to live in washington, so i can recommend him some good places to watch football with england fans if he is watching this and wants to ask me, but i think what is certainly the case, and i don�*t want to tempt fate, if england win on

wednesday, then i am sure sir keir starmer will be in germany for the final on sunday. i starmer will be in germany for the final on sunday.— starmer will be in germany for the final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is aood final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to _ final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk— final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk to _ final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk to you _ final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk to you as - final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk to you as a - final on sunday. i am sure as well. it is good to talk to you as a ways, | it is good to talk to you as a ways, henry. thank you. henry zeffman, our chief political correspondent. he mentioned that the prime minister is in northern ireland, it is the second stop on his tour of devolved nations. he is meeting the leaders of the power—sharing executive and other senior executives at stormont. the head of the visit, heat stress stability and certainty would be central to his government�*s northern ireland policy. we can speak to our correspondent sarah gavin in belfast for us. stability and certainty is what belfast once, given they have only seen seven months or so of the power—sharing back in action? yes. power-sharing back in action? yes, and actually. _ power-sharing back in action? yes, and actually. it _ power-sharing back in action? yes, and actually, it has _ power-sharing back in action? yes, and actually, it has only _ power—sharing back in action? 1913 and actually, it has only been up and actually, it has only been up and running forfive and actually, it has only been up and running for five years out of the last seven. so you can really see why sir keir starmer had made that one of his central promises to northern ireland. earlier on this morning, he met with the first

minister of northern ireland, michelle o�*neill, and the deputy first minister, who are now inside the parliament buildings, where he is meeting other political leaders. as you said, that is what he really wanted to drive home ahead of the meetings today, those words stability and certainty. he will not want another collapse of power here in northern ireland while he is prime minister and there are a lot of other things that will be on the agenda today, a lot more, a lot of other matters to discuss because he has inherited quite a lot in his intro when it comes to northern ireland. we know all the parties want to speak to him about funding, how this place is funded, how much money northern ireland get for public services. other things on the agenda will be the legacy act that was brought in by the conservative government in their words, to draw a line under the troubles in northern ireland, the 30 years of violence that claimed thousands of lives. it

has been really unpopular with politicians and people here. sir keir starmer has said he will scrap it and politicians here were want to make sure that he sticks to word. and the stadium redevelopment project will be high on the agenda, that needs to be finished by 2028 to allow northern ireland to help host the euros. there has been a big question over how much money the government will give to complete that project so he would definitely be pushed on that. but during this tour, this is his second day as we have heard, before he goes to wales later on. he has talked about resetting relations with the nations and that has been echoed in some of the language we have heard from the political parties here. they talked about new starts, fresh beginnings, all of that. relations here in northern ireland will take a lot of resetting, between political parties here in the conservative government, things were not good to say the least. so doing that reset, pressing that button will take a job of work.

it will be months of work, but it starts this morning. and we are expecting to hear from starts this morning. and we are expecting to hearfrom keir starmer, sir keir starmer injust expecting to hearfrom keir starmer, sir keir starmer in just over expecting to hearfrom keir starmer, sir keir starmer injust over an hour about how all those meetings went today. hour about how all those meetings went today-— hour about how all those meetings wenttoda . ., . ~ ., went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank ou went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you very _ went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you very much _ went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. - went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. we - went today. 0k, good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. we can j thank you very much indeed. we can dive a little deeper into what is happening in northern ireland and speak to the editor of the unionist newspaper the newsletter. thank you forjoining us. let�*s talk first of all about the big shock that we saw in north antrim, the unseating of ian paisleyjunior. it was seen as a safety seat, ta ken ian paisleyjunior. it was seen as a safety seat, taken by the tuv�*s jim alistair, who was in a pact with reform, so what does it tell us about the alignment between the unionist parties or the lack of alignment between them? inaudible apologies, we have a slight issue. i think you have your microphone turned off, shall we try and turn it

on again? i turned off, shall we try and turn it on auain? ~ turned off, shall we try and turn it on again?_ not - turned off, shall we try and turn it on again?_ not a - on again? i thinki did. not a problem. — on again? i thinki did. not a problem. can _ on again? i thinki did. not a problem, can you _ on again? i thinki did. not a problem, can you start - on again? i thinki did. not a problem, can you start from| on again? i think i did. not a i problem, can you start from the beginning?— problem, can you start from the beuuinnin? . ., ., beginning? what i was going to say is what happened _ beginning? what i was going to say is what happened in _ beginning? what i was going to say is what happened in north - beginning? what i was going to say is what happened in north antrim l beginning? what i was going to say| is what happened in north antrim is quite confusing what is happening in unionism because our unionism is split three ways. so there is a main party, the dup, which lost at sea and then there is a more liberal party and the more conservative party and the more conservative party on either side of that. i think what essentially happened is the dup, which not that long ago was in an alliance with the conservatives in westminster, they were given a bit of a kicking by unionist voters. one of the things that happened is this big loss in the seat of north antrim, one of their safest. the seat of north antrim, one of theirsafest. but the seat of north antrim, one of their safest. but i think it also reflects the confusion that there is within unionism as to how to respond to current events, whether to be more liberal in the face of the rise of sinn fein and the possible break—up of the uk or whether to be more firm more aggressive about the irish sea border so that the

politician who won up there, jim is very hard line and thinks the irish sea border is a very serious betrayal and defeated ian paisley junior. a very famous family in northern ireland and in north antrim. ., . ~' northern ireland and in north antrim. ., . ~ . , . northern ireland and in north antrim. ., . ~',, , . ., antrim. you talk about liberal or firm as a choice _ antrim. you talk about liberal or firm as a choice for— antrim. you talk about liberal or firm as a choice for the - antrim. you talk about liberal or firm as a choice for the dup. - antrim. you talk about liberal or i firm as a choice for the dup. does that choice then kind of base itself on how sir keir starmer deals with what is happening in northern ireland and how the new labour government deals with what is happening in northern ireland? fine happening in northern ireland? one ofthe happening in northern ireland? iez of the things that happening in northern ireland? ©“ie: of the things that the happening in northern ireland? “ie: of the things that the government has done which will please unionists is they don�*t want a border poll. they have made really clear they don�*t want a border poll. they are being quite conservative about that. as to support unity by consent. they don�*t want that. that is very significant. hilary benn was

reiterating that yesterday, that they see no grounds at all, in spite of the rise of sinn fein, for a border poll. i think that is a central thing. border poll. i think that is a centralthing. i border poll. i think that is a central thing. i think basically, sir keir starmer has so much to deal with nationally, they don�*t want any difficulties here and i think that there won�*t be a lot of change in that respect. the other thing they are doing which you could say is quite conservative, the reporter who is speaking before this was pointing out that the demands for money, one thing the northern ireland parties always agree on is demand for money. even the labour party, which might be seen to be more liberal with money, more liberal with funding, it�*s making clear northern ireland will have to start funding itself to some degree. will have to start funding itself to some degree-— will have to start funding itself to some decree. �*, .~ . some degree. let's take a quick look at how the overall _ some degree. let's take a quick look at how the overall state _ some degree. let's take a quick look at how the overall state of _ some degree. let's take a quick look at how the overall state of the - at how the overall state of the parties finished at the end, when all the dust settled. obviously we are seeing here sinn fein on seven seats. forthe are seeing here sinn fein on seven seats. for the first time, northern ireland has elected mps from six

different parties on an independent. that signifies the change we are seeing in terms of westminster. the other question i wanted to ask you, i suppose a lot of people are wondering now, is the border. the border, what are we going to see in terms of changes between, in terms of the border and the is framework and all of that? labour have indicated they won�*t be changing anything as yet, haven�*t they? 50 anything as yet, haven't they? sr there is a paradox. we now have this internal uk trade barrier between northern ireland and the rest of the uk which was unthinkable for the first 100 years of northern ireland�*s existence, it is a very big deal. the paradox is that unionists, not overwhelmingly but were mostly pro—brexit, are now probably often hoping that labour will have a closer relationship with europe because it is a closer relationship with europe which will begin to alleviate this trade war. i think it is the trade water which you are referring, that is the biggest problem for unionists. you

could say it is a crisis because it is the biggest constitutional change here in a century. i think you have this irony that politicians here who are very pro—brexit, some of whom, like the politician, jim allister, says brexit hasn�*t been properly delivered here, but other politicians who were pro—brexit and will not now be unhappy if the labour party has a closer relationship with europe because it will minimise the chance of northern ireland�*s relationship with the rest of the uk drifting. gk. ireland's relationship with the rest of the uk drifting.— of the uk drifting. ok, i think we will leave it _ of the uk drifting. ok, i think we will leave it there. _ of the uk drifting. ok, i think we will leave it there. it _ of the uk drifting. ok, i think we will leave it there. it has - of the uk drifting. ok, i think we will leave it there. it has been i will leave it there. it has been really good to have you on the programme, i thank you once again for taking the time to speak to us. let�*s move on now and talk about the economy a little in the uk. we heard earlier about the chancellor�*s their speech. injust over an hour, rachel reeves is expected to promise make kick—starting economic growth a priority, as well as bringing back compulsory house—building targets. it is all part of the overhaul of planning rules. we can hear more now

about the chancellor�*s plans former economics editor faisal islam. the new chancellor and her team at the treasury worked through the weekend on an immediate office or business leaders and investors. in a speech later this morning, rachel reeves will tell them that the era of chaos and irresponsibility is over, reference to the years of brexit and mini—budget uncertainty foster she will announce some immediate loosening of planning red tape, hoping to see investors unleash tens of billions of pounds of investment in green industry and building 1.5 million new homes, that includes mandatory house—building targets, the labour manifesto also pointed to development on so—called grey belt, already built on parts of protected green belt and a moratorium on onshore wind power is expected to be lifted. all of these measures have faced protests and were not introduced by the previous government. just after last week because my collection, rachel reeves

told the bbc she knows and expects this to be a political flashpoint. we are willing to have that fight because unless we can unlock that investment, and reform our planning system to be able to do that, we will be stuck in this doom loop, high taxes, low growth and poor public services. we have got to break out of that doom loop. the chancellor will not yet announced new tax measures. she will meet this week with the office for budget responsibility and a budget and spending review is expected in the autumn. today the chancellor will say there is no time to waste as she seeks a big bang on planning to get britain building again. faisal islam, bbc news. meanwhile, many of the new mps, there are 335 of them, had started arriving in westminster, a settling in day, if you like, as they take up their newjobs. four new labour mps from, got the train up together whilst others arriving in westminster have been speaking to the press on their first day. more than half of the mps have never been

an mp before. let�*s take a closer look at what we know about the 121 conservative mps who will be serving as opposition. i am joined by tim montgomery, conservative activist and writer and founder of conservative home. always good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us. a new cohort arriving in westminster. do we know anything about who these new mps are or what they are about? hat about who these new mps are or what they are about?— they are about? not enough yet and i think we will— they are about? not enough yet and i think we will get _ they are about? not enough yet and i think we will get to _ they are about? not enough yet and i think we will get to know _ they are about? not enough yet and i think we will get to know them - they are about? not enough yet and i think we will get to know them over l think we will get to know them over the coming months. i think one of the coming months. i think one of the things that we do know about them is they are probably sort of fairly evenly split between what you might call centrist and more right wing conservative mps. so one of the immediate issue is the conservative party will face now we are in opposition will be choosing a new leader and there might well be quite a significant tension between the kind of person that mps want,

because of that sort of split i mentioned, and the party in the country that get the final say. the party in the country probably is more conservative, more right wing and whether they will be happy at the kind of candidates, whether they will be happy with the short list that mps give them. it might be one of the first tensions we see as the conservative party seeks to rebuild. what does it take now in 2024 for a new conservative mp to get ahead in the party, to get promoted? mew. new conservative mp to get ahead in the party, to get promoted?- the party, to get promoted? well, i think, i hope _ the party, to get promoted? well, i think, i hope what _ the party, to get promoted? well, i think, i hope what will— the party, to get promoted? well, i think, i hope what will happen - the party, to get promoted? well, i think, i hope what will happen is . think, i hope what will happen is seriousness, competence, knowledge of policy briefs will be really important. iam not of policy briefs will be really important. i am not a of policy briefs will be really important. iam nota labour supporter but one of the things i have been impressed by with keir starmer in these early days of his government is that he has put the people who shadowed their portfolios in opposition into government, when we were in office, one of the things i think we got wrong was too much

recycling of ministers. i can�*t remember the number of housing ministers we had but it was extraordinarily high. no one had the opportunity to get on top of their briefs and that is part of why we got bad policy. we need to examine what the strengths and knowledge base of the new mps are and if they really understand housing, for example, why don�*t they do the housing briefs? so often we put people who don�*t know that much about the subject into the wrong brief, because they are the party that has dominated politics in the post—war period, largely, rightly or wrongly, because they are seen as the party of confidence, the adults in the room. we have not behaved like that government, we got the kicking we deserved last thursday but in opposition, let�*s try and put the people who know stuff in charge of stuff. basic but i think it would be a good place for us to start. another basic thing is these people, these new people getting to grips with a completely newjob, a new system and everything is going to be so new for them. it will take them a

little while to get their feet under the table, surely?— little while to get their feet under the table, surely? yes, and that's artl the table, surely? yes, and that's partly why — the table, surely? yes, and that's partly why i _ the table, surely? yes, and that's partly why i am — the table, surely? yes, and that's partly why i am glad. _ the table, surely? yes, and that's partly why i am glad, relieved, i the table, surely? yes, and that's i partly why i am glad, relieved, that people like iain duncan smith, david davis, jeremy hunt survived last thursday�*s on straw because they have experience. they have been around the block once or twice they have made their own mistakes. having those wise owls in the parliament to help guide new mps to learn how their work is best executed, that is a good thing. fiifi their work is best executed, that is a good thing-— a good thing. 0k, it has been so aood to a good thing. 0k, it has been so good to speak — a good thing. 0k, it has been so good to speak to, _ a good thing. 0k, it has been so good to speak to, tim. - a good thing. 0k, it has been so good to speak to, tim. thank. a good thing. 0k, it has been so l good to speak to, tim. thank you. a good thing. 0k, it has been so - good to speak to, tim. thank you. we can cross live to belfast now. michelle o�*neill, the leader of sinn fein, is speaking, let�*s have listen. in part, the euros in the north of ireland. we also took the opportunity to raise the issue of palestine, the catastrophic situation in gaza and the west bank, the need for an immediate ceasefire. the need for israel to step inside

international law and to end the slaughter. we pressed that point very firmly. we explored with the prime minister the fact that the palestinian state has now at last been recognised by the dublin government and we are urged that london would follow suit and would do so very, very promptly. this six we raised the issue of immigration, clearly there is an ongoing need for arrangements and agreement between dublin and london in respect of safe returns of asylum seekers. and we were very pleased to hear a very open and constructive approach from the british prime minister in that regard. those arrangements need to be landed on very quickly. so we pressed that issue with him. and we talked to him

about change, the constitutional future, the fact that the westminster election again reflected all has changed here and changing. and the need to work together constructively and plan for that future. for us of course we are republicans, reunited islanders, we wish to see a new ireland in which every citizen, every person has a stake, and we are very, very conscious we have an obligation to work constructively and in partnership for everybody. but we also know the british government has an obligation to act with rigorous impartiality in terms of the good friday agreement but also to recognise the referendum�*s provision for referendum and charting our future together is at the very core of that agreement. we shared with the prime minister our happiness at the prime minister our happiness at the fact the party of the good

friday agreement, the labour party is now back in government in london and we think that opens up an opportunity to work collaboratively and make real and substantial process and we look forward to that in the future. is this a british government sinn fein trust? — fein trust? look, this is the government rein trust? — look, this is the government we wish to work with in a constructive way. we are very conscious 26 years ago a british labour government was at the heart of striking the good friday agreement. we want this british government to be at the height of only that agreement, fulfilling that agreement in all of its parts and we are going to work very constructively for that to happen because the challenges we face as a society are real and the

opportunities as well are there. —— to grasp. i think we need to sound a note or real optimism today that we can move forward together, work closely together to honour the good friday agreement, to ensure public services are funded correctly in the north of ireland, to work on pressing issues like the issue of immigration together. we look forward to that. and from that, trust is built brick by brick. good morning. reporter asks question. the visit _ reporter asks question. the visit here _ reporter asks question. the visit here has— reporter asks question. the visit here has to - reporter asks question. the visit here has to be - reporter asks question. the visit here has to be a i the visit here has to be a demonstration of intent to engage

constructively and positively, that is what we take from it. we constructively and positively, that is what we take from it.— is what we take from it. we are acutely conscious _ is what we take from it. we are acutely conscious there - is what we take from it. we are acutely conscious there is - is what we take from it. we are acutely conscious there is a - is what we take from it. we are | acutely conscious there is a real issue around money and finances and resources and i can assure you those in the executive led by michelle o�*neill and also finance minister will press very hard to press home the fact that this place is underfunded, that that is not a sustainable situation, and for a new era and research in relationships, that has to mean correct and adequate financing and funding. we are not at that point yet. we have raised this with the prime minister and administration and this will be and administration and this will be an ongoing piece of work. this is something we need to tackle collectively. the pressure has been applied from day one on that

question. we are only 314 days post the election and taken every opportunity to raise the question of finances and there is a willingness to work constructively. that will be tested but there is certainly a willingness. we have taken every opportunity to press home the need for a properfunding model. we took the opportunity to drive the message home. we will continue to do that. this is what we are here to do. do you get any sense from keir starmer— do you get any sense from keir starmer about— do you get any sense from keir starmer about timeline... -

starmer about timeline. .. bear_ starmer about timeline... bear in_ starmer about timeline... bear in mind _ starmer about timeline... bear in mind the - starmer about timeline... - bear in mind the commitment is a long—standing one from the british government, dublin, all the parties involved. it has to be delivered on. i believe the commitment is real. we have been given assurances in that regard. of course now we want to see this gather pace. i think there has, we need to see material progress on this and we look forward to that in the coming days. do we believe the commitment is genuine? we do. we believe it has to be genuine because this project has to be delivered. and it only makes sense it would be delivered in time for the next euros competition. by the way, we did not exactly wish him well in the current euros! i said exactly wish him well in the current euros! isaid it exactly wish him well in the current euros! i said it was a very friendly meeting and it was. this might have been the one moment of divergences is the word. but yes, we take his

word, we take the word of hilary benn, we reflect on the fact that this is a long—standing commitment that has to be delivered on. so what we want to see now is progress. we need to see real advancement of this and it needs to happen quickly because as you say time is short. the sinn fein leader mary—lou mcdonald and first minister of northern ireland michelle o�*neill giving a press conference question and answers about sir keir starmer. they touched on a few issues that we know are going to be top of the agenda which is funding. they talked about 26 years ago it was a labour government who signed the good friday agreement and they hope this garment will engage constructively and positively in their words with stormont. that is what is happening in northern ireland. we will try to bring you more when get it.

the new health secretary wes streeting has described the nhs is broken. let us speak to the chief executive of the nuffield trust, a think—tank focused on health policy. thank you forjoining us. what does wes streeting mean when he says the nhs is broken? there are broken things you throw away which are not useful any more and there are things you meant. i think what he is describing is the latter. describing an nhs that has lots of broken pieces but also describing a real commitment to mending it and an optimism it can be mended. i think that is correct. and i think it is a good place to start an honest conversation. is there anything the ebber party

has promised that you don�*t think they can deliver? i think it is too early to say that. i think it is too early to say that. i think it is too early to say that. i think that it is important to remain currently optimistic about the enthusiasm and the approach that they are taking which is thoughtful. it is considerate. i am very impressed by the fact that his first visit today is a primary care. the government says they wish to see a shift of resource from hospitals to primary and community services. we often see health secretaries visiting a hospital. let us be positive that we are seeing this secretary going to primary care. there is a loss of confidence in primary care. quite remarkable which we have seen in the british attitude survey, the biggest shift than ever before. this government is going to have to show a commitment to primary and community services. they say

they are going to, some say they are not. they say they are going to invest in the whole system in a way that will allow waiting lists to come down. and they have heritage that they did that in the 1990s. it is possible.— that they did that in the 1990s. it is tossible. �* ., , ., , ., it is possible. another problem for the new government _ it is possible. another problem for the new government to _ it is possible. another problem for the new government to solve - it is possible. another problem for the new government to solve is i it is possible. another problem for| the new government to solve is the junior doctors�*s strike, we know there will be talks between the health secretary and bma. what do labour need to do differently to solve the issue of these strikes? i think they need to take a considered and long term view of the pay review process which is a nerdy thing to say, and tacky, but we should not be in this position. whilst there are many parts of europe that have groups of staff that are disgruntled and unhappy,

the level of strikes we are seeing is to do with a very broken pay review process. that is not seen as timely or transparent, not seen as being fair, not seen as being efficient. the long term work they need to do when they solve this particular strike is ensuring the peer review process is modernised to ensure this does not happen again. so good to talk to you, thank you very much for talking to us. to downing street, these pictures are live, look at that, the removal men, removing furniture from downing street. and i assume they are loading it up into this band, there might be another in front, ijust saw someone removing something, they

have not come back into shot. obviously the change in prime minister not only means a change in westminster, in parliament, but a change of home for both men, for rishi sunak who has lost hisjob change of home for both men, for rishi sunak who has lost his job and lost his home. and keir starmer who will have to move all his furniture into number 10 at some point over the coming days. you can see something else been brought out. we will bring you more on what it means for people�*s lives, this change of government, a bit later in the programme. let�*s turn to foreign policy now — britain�*s defence secretary john healey has pledged more uk military aid during a visit to ukraine. meanwhile, the new foreign secretary david lammy visiting poland, said london would reset ties with the eu. mr lammy stressed that the two countries share the same strategic vision on ukraine and nato — with british troops and air defence

systems helping to defend poland. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been travelling with him. so good to see you. the charm offensive begins. good to see you. hello to the press. hello. hello to the press. hello-— hello to the press. hello. , , ., , hello. deep in the polish countryside, _ hello. deep in the polish countryside, a _ hello. deep in the polish countryside, a warm i hello. deep in the polish i countryside, a warm welcome hello. deep in the polish - countryside, a warm welcome for hello. deep in the polish _ countryside, a warm welcome for the new foreign secretary. a man on a mission to win friends and reassure allies. and where possible to reset button�*s relationship with the eu. in particular we want to double down on our commitment to ukraine and of course european security. including throughjoint course european security. including through joint bilateral projects between our defence industry, and a new eu — uk security pact. from between our defence industry, and a new eu - uk security pact.— new eu - uk security pact. from his famously anglophile _ new eu - uk security pact. from his famously anglophile host, - new eu - uk security pact. from his famously anglophile host, an i famously anglophile host, an expression of kinship and a request. we are relatively fresh government

in poland _ we are relatively fresh government in poland as well and we are also the product of the public being tired _ the product of the public being tired with enthusiasts on the nationalist side of politics. so what — nationalist side of politics. so what we — nationalist side of politics. so what we expect is a more pragmatic approach _ approach. ties off for a walk in the approach. — ties off for a walk in the grounds, a chance it seems to bond, each side speaking of creative ideas. these are early days. this trip with its focus on support for ukraine, on relations with the eu and nato, it�*s not about instant results. it is all about perception, perception of a government hitting the ground running. which is why the new defence secretary was on the move as well. in ukraine with president zelensky meeting wounded soldiers in the southern city of odesa. britain has played a key role in arming ukraine. that, the new government says, is not going to change.— that, the new government says, is not going to change. today i am also

announcing — not going to change. today i am also announcing extra _ not going to change. today i am also announcing extra weaponry - not going to change. today i am also announcing extra weaponry that i not going to change. today i am also announcing extra weaponry that the l announcing extra weaponry that the ukrainians are using on the front line every day. what they are also telling me is they want the west�*s hope to be speeded up so i have also directed the mod to make sure within 100 days everything that has previously been promised to ukraine is delivered into ukraine. a moment to ponder this war�*s heavy cost. but in saying to ukraine we are still here with you. paul adams, bbc news. some of the the largest ports in the southern us state of texas have closed operations to prepare for tropical storm beryl, which could strengthen back to a hurricane before hitting the area. authorities have warned of the threat from high winds, storm surges in coastal towns and blackouts. residents in texas coastal cities have been making last minute preparations to board up their homes and evacuation orders have been issued in several counties. our mexico correspondent, will grant, reports.

after beryl wrought havoc in the caribbean and mexico last week, now the united states is feeling the effects of this uniquely early, uncommonly powerful storm. as the hurricane�*s outer bands of rain lashed parts of the texas coastline, forecasters warned of the potential for dangerous storm surges in corpus christi and galveston. packing sustained high winds of around 70 miles an hour, several counties have issued evacuation orders, and thousands could be left without power, even in and around houston. just know it�*s going to be wet, it�*s going to be windy, and it�*s going to be dangerous. do not go out between 12 midnight and 12 noon tomorrow. ahead of hurricane beryl making landfall, texans made last minute preparations. homes have been boarded up,

storm shutters put in place, and many residents have stocked up on petrol for their generators and other vital supplies. this is actually the first hurricane i�*m going to be experiencing. i mean, we go through this all the time, every time there's a storm out there, like i said, and, you know, and everybody gets kind of crazy and, you know, you've got to kind of prepare for the worst, you know, hope for the best. as the storm moved through the region, it has strengthened and weakened. at one stage, it was the earliest category five storm in atlantic hurricane history. experts say the warming of the oceans caused by human activity has made recent hurricane seasons busier and more intense than ever. by the time it struck mexico, it had lost some of its power. yet even here, including in the tourist resort of cancun, there was widespread flooding and power lines were brought down. the real damage, though, was in the caribbean. smaller islands, particularly off grenada and saint vincent and the grenadines, were left in ruins. at least ten people have been killed, and the cost

of hurricane beryl across the region is vast. in response, the united nations has promised millions in emergency relief funds, but with some communities having lost almost everything, it may be years before they fully recover. will grant, bbc news, mexico. hurricane beryl was mentioned by king charles when he hosted the west indies cricket team ahead of its first test match against england at lord�*s. charles, who is head of the commonwealth, expressed his care and concern for those affected by hurricane beryl as he met the squad at buckingham palace. the uk has announced a new support package up to £500,000 for caribbean countries affected by the destruction of the hurricane, which was the earliest category 5 hurricane on record to form in the atlantic. in the united states, a prominent us congressman, adam schiff, says he believes vice president kamala harris could beat donald trump

in the upcoming election. concern is growing over president biden�*s campaign performance. he has vowed to stay on. the comments come as a growing number of democrats call on the president to step down following a primetime tv interview on friday that failed to quell doubts stemming from a shaky debate against republican nominee trump. let�*s take a listen to what the senior democratic congressman adam schiff said — speaking to nbc news. can president biden win overwhelmingly, by any stretch at this point? either he has to win overwhelmingly or he has to pass the torch to someone who can — it's as simple as that. because what the supreme court did in that decision was give the next occupant of that office, wheather it'sjoe biden or anyone else, nearly dictatorial power. i want to ask you about that coming up, but let me very quickly ask you about the vice president. you saw the polling, one poll shows her doing better against former president trump. do you think she�*s a stronger candidate to take on donald trump? i think the vice president would be a phenomenal president.

i think she has the experience, the judgment, the leadership ability to be an extraordinary president. could she win overwhelmingly, congressmen? i think she very well could win overwhelmingly but before we get into a decision about who else it should be, the president needs to make the decision whether it's him. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more from los angeles. i think what�*s interesting about this is that two days ago, president biden spoke at a rally. he gave that very high profile television interview, in which he seemed, at least to me, to say very categorically that he is staying in this race. he believes that he is the best qualified person to beat former president trump in the election in november. that sounded very much like a decision to me, yet we still have democrats like adam schiff saying that the president has to make a decision. so how many times does joe biden have to say he is staying in the race before they are satisfied? it looks like there�*s this head of steam swirling around joe biden that whatever he says doesn�*t seem

to satisfy many in his own party, and that is the problem forjoe biden, that thisjust isn�*t going away. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted that any ceasefire deal in gaza must allow israel to resume fighting afterwards, until its objectives are met. he has previously defined these as dismantling hamas�* military and governing capabilities, as well as returning hostages. hamas officials say they are awaiting israel�*s response to the latest ceasefire proposals. the militant group is reported to have dropped its demand for a permanent ceasefire before any agreement is signed, but it says it hopes this will be achieved during an initial six—week truce. israel has seen a second consecutive day of protests demanding a deal that would see all remaining hostages released. the demonstrations were held to mark exactly nine months since the deadly hamas attacks that triggered the gaza war. meanwhile, the israeli army has issued new evacuation orders

to palestinian residents and displaced families in parts of gaza city. dozens of families are now headed to other locations west and south of the gaza city. our middle east correspondent sebastian usher has more from jerusalem. the israeli army has issued another evacuation order for the people of gaza, this time it is for palestinians in the centre of gaza city, several districts there, and people are already starting to gather their belongings and try to find somewhere safe. we have seen these images before, these evacuation orders had been issued regularly. we have had onejust in the past past few days down further southin the past past few days down further south in gaza�*s second city khan yunis where people in areas to the east of the city we are told they had to leave, this was ours after several rockets were fired into israel from that area. the un said

250,000 people there would have to move potentially because their districts were included in that order and we have also seen in gaza city in another district where fighting is still continuing an evacuation order there a couple of weeks ago. so this is something that shows that the israeli military is still continuing its operations across gaza. this comes as moves towards agreeing a ceasefire have shown again a new momentum. we have heard from hamas sources that they have potentially dropped one of their key demands, a big stumbling block, the demand for a permanent ceasefire but we have just heard from the israeli prime minister�*s office he has a non—negotiable demands and one is that israel must still have the right, the freedom to go in and carry out military operations after any ceasefire. that might be enough to put real difficulties in these discussions

which are due to resume in the coming days. the wife of the jailed russian—british dissident — vladimir kara—murza — has told the bbc that his lawyers were not allowed to see him after he was transferred to a prison hospital on thursday. last year, mr kara—murza, who is a dual russian—british citizen, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after criticising russian president vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. he was later sent to a prison colony in siberia. he suffers from a neurological condition that his wife says stems from being poisoned. he has repeatedly raised concerns about his health and welfare. earlier this year, russian opposition leader alexei navalny, died in an arctic prison while serving back to downing street, the live shots, and you can see the removal van, we saw a number of removal men

removing as they do items of furniture all wrapped up very carefully. we are assuming this is the former prime minister rishi sunak leaving his stuff out of downing street to make room for the revival of sir keir starmer and his family. of course one wonders what sir keir starmer and his wife are going to do in terms of redecorating. they do get a bit of money i think for the job of redecorating the apartment there if they want it. that is way down the line. at the moment the focus is on getting rishi sunak and his family out. those are the live pictures. hello again. as we go through this week the weather remains unsettled and still cool for the time of year. something else to bear in mind is the pollen level, quite widespread moderate or high levels, especially grass pollen. as you can see from

the lack of isobars there is not much of a wind to move their showers, they will be slow moving. we have low pressure with its front coming in later producing wetter and windier conditions from the south—west. ahead of it, cloud, showers, and sunshine and showers for the rest of the uk but the showers are well scattered but slow moving. temperatures, 12 in the north, 21 in any prolonged periods of sunshine. forwimbledon north, 21 in any prolonged periods of sunshine. for wimbledon today, we could well see a shower this morning with a rain arriving later. and tomorrow we are looking at some patchy rain at times with highs up to 20 degrees celsius. back to this evening and overnight, the rain marching in from the south, continuing to push steadily northwards. some of the rain will be heavy. the head of it showers tending to fade, clear skies developing. not as cold a start tomorrow as it was this morning, with overnight lows eight degrees celsius. into tomorrow, low pressure

with its front to push northwards and by the end of the week we will see rainfall totals mount up across north east scotland especially. heavy at time as it crosses into northern ireland and southern and central scotland. driest conditions in the north with a few showers. behind this there will be drier conditions with sunshine but again some showers not too far away. it is going to be a breezy day. the other thing is behind this weather front it will feel much more humid. top temperatures 21, still below average for the time of year. into wednesday you can see low pressure pulls away into the north sea. we still have this weather front sinking southwards taking some rain with it. the outlook does remain changeable and unsettled, rain at times, showers, of course some sunshine, but temperatures still below

average.

live from london. this is bbc news france is facing political deadlock as left and centrist parties relegate the far—right national rally to third place in parliamentary elections. prime minister gabriel attal, who�*s part of macron�*s alliance, says he�*ll resign — though he is willing to stay on for this month�*s paris olympics.

here, prime minister keir starmer is in belfast meeting leaders of the power—sharing executive on the second stop of his uk tour of the devolved nations. in london, chancellor rachel reeves is expected to announce the return of compulsory house building targets in her first major speech. new mps will also start arriving in westminster to settle in as they take up theirjobs. and just four countries — including england — remain as the euros enters their final week. hello, welcome to bbc news. we start today in france. the country is waking up to unchartered political territory this morning, after the parliamentary election left none of the three groups with enough seats to govern outright. a left—wing coalition, the new popular front, took the most, with president macron�*s centrist alliance coming second. the two blocs which had agreed on a tactical voting pact,

pushed the far right national rally into third place. national rally had been expected to win the most seats, after doing so in the first round of voting, and in the european elections. now it looks like france is heading for a hung parliament with no party having anything like a majority. let�*s go live now, to paris, and my colleague christian fraser. he has all the very latest on those election results. a very good morning. welcome to paris, a glorious day here in the french capital, a perfect day to admire ourview of french capital, a perfect day to admire our view of the eiffel tower and france waking up this morning to result it would not have expected a week ago. no doubt who the big winners of the night were, it was the leftist coalition, the new popular front ofjean—luc melenchon popular front of jean—luc melenchon with popular front ofjean—luc melenchon with 182 seats in the national assembly but that is well short of

the 289 needed for an absolute majority and now we have three blocks who don�*t like each other very much you now have to find a way forward over the next weeks and months. that i think it�*s pretty much reflected by the morning newspapers. relief in many parts of france today that the national rally has been seen. france says no to the national rally on the front page here. similarly here, the rally stops, the left now making demands of president macron. and the parisienne with the question of the morning, now mr president, what are you going to do? macron with a headache as he tries to find a new prime minister. the current prime minister gabriel attal will resign this morning or tender his resignation but it is likely he will be in a caretaker capacity for the coming weeks because we have the olympics here in three weeks�* time, then the paralympics, of course paris d mobs in the month of august,

heads for the country. it will not be until september they have to start thinking about the next national budget. the other point to make when you look at the 182 seats that this leftist coalition has won, yes, the group ofjean—luc melenchon is the biggest force within that, with 74 seats but the socialists did particularly well last night, almost doubling their seats to 59. so yes, it is a big electoral group, there was an electoral pact to see off the national rally but is it a cohesive unit within the national assembly? that has to be seen in the coming weeks. with a look back at how things went last night and the reaction of the voters, here is mark lowen.

cheering. victory brings joy and also relief. for france�*s left, the fear that the far right national rally stood at the gates of power finally abated. instead, they came out on top, beating the rally into third place, thwarting its hopes of power and with it, the hard line on immigration and law and order. translation: i'm still moved. it�*s incredible. we�*re relieved. there is a lot of hope. there is a lot of hope for the future of france, for the left. what is happening here, it�*s historic. it�*s a liberation. down the road, more celebrations on the left — but they won�*t have a majority. a hung parliament could spell paralysis, but forsupporters, it�*s far better than the alternative. translation: i'm a dualj national franco-algerian, so for weeks i was afraid for my life and i said to myself, "maybe i�*ll think about leaving just for the sake of my life and that of my loved ones", but now i can�*t quite bring myself to do it. all i do is cry, because the one thing i keep telling myself is "we�*re safe". what a difference at the national rally hq,

they�*d come so close to forming france�*s first far right government since the second world war. but it wasn�*t to be. chanting. their leader tried to lift spirits. translation: we'rel losing one more year. one more year of unregulated immigration. losing purchasing power, one more year of a blowing up of insecurity in our country. but if we need to go through that, then we�*ll go through that. tepid champagne, fading jazz, it�*s not quite the bash the national rally was planning, but the party isn�*t over and they�*ll be hoping that whatever government emerges will be so riven by division that it plays into the hands of marine le pen at the next presidential election in 2027. beneath the political fireworks is a divided country that feels like it�*s lost its way. the city of light still not sure who will lead it out of the dark. mark lowen, bbc news, paris.

yes, as mark said, no question the republican front certainly worked to great effect. in 222 seats around the country, the third placed candidate running against the national rally stood aside to avoid splitting the vote and the voters reacted. if you look at the turn out, we don�*t yet have final figures but it looks to be around 67%. that is well above the 40 odd percent that we had two years ago in the second round of the assembly elections. so people certainly seeing the rally post in this election and responding to it. from uk viewers, we will have plenty more from paris throughout the course of the day but i will hand you back to the day but i will hand you back to the studio in london. christian, thank you very much indeed for that. let�*s bring you back to what is happening here in

terms of uk politics. the new prime minister, sir keir starmer is beginning his first full week in power, with his cabinet making a series of announcements on health, education, immigration and the economy. the pm continues his tour of the uk nations today, with a trip to belfast — and then cardiff around lunchtime — after spending yesterday in scotland. the new parliament sits for the first time tomorrow — the first task that it has to carry out is to elect a speaker of the house of commons. sir keir starmer is then due to fly to washington for the nato leaders�* summit, where he�*ll meet us president, joe biden, and reaffirm the uk�*s support for ukraine. the king�*s speech is expected to take place on 17thjuly — setting out the government�*s legislative programme and priorities. king charles will read the speech in the house of lords, marking the state opening of parliament. and shortly rachel reeves will give

her first speech as chancellor. earlier i spoke to henry zeffman to get a sense of what she is expected to say. it isa it is a big moment, a meaty speech, yes it is rachel reeves�* first speech as chancellor but also it will contain in it, in policy terms, potentially some of the most significant policies you will get from her in the coming weeks, months or even years. there will be new housing targets imposed on every council. that�*s a reversal of a decision made by michael gove, the former housing secretary last year. but in addition, you will see the relaxation of a lot of the protections for green belt land. that is potentially quite controversial, it was part of the electoral campaign. labour say they were more building on what they call the grey belt. for want of a better phrase, that is part of the green belt which is quite ugly rather than rolling countryside, hills, whatever you might imagine when you hear about the green belt. there will be about the green belt. there will be a review launched of something

called the national policy framework. they want those changes to be in place by the autumn, hoping that that would mean notjust housing but also things like digital infrastructure, gigga factories, wind turbines, or much easier to build. if this works, it will be central to labour�*s claim that they can grow the economy much faster than the conservative government did. if it doesn�*t work, then that is a real problem for this new labour government.- is a real problem for this new labour government. that is the key thin , the labour government. that is the key thing. they want — labour government. that is the key thing, they want to _ labour government. that is the key thing, they want to be _ labour government. that is the key thing, they want to be seen - labour government. that is the key thing, they want to be seen to i labour government. that is the key thing, they want to be seen to be i thing, they want to be seen to be getting down to business fast, to grow the economy in the way labour have said they will grow it, despite the fact some economists have voiced a little bit of worry about the plan and the fact that they don�*t think it will grow the economy as quickly as labour hope?— as labour hope? yes, and we will see. as labour hope? yes, and we will see- that — as labour hope? yes, and we will see- that is _ as labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour's _ as labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour's answer- as labour hope? yes, and we will see. that is labour's answer to i as labour hope? yes, and we will. see. that is labour's answer to the see. that is labour�*s answer to the challenge we kept hearing during the election like people like paul johnson from the institute for fiscal studies, where all the main parties were not being frank, they argued, about the scale of the tax

and spend decisions to come. labour�* answer was always, they are going to grow the economy faster than the experts predict. let�*s see but this planning stuff is central to their claim that they can do so. more generally, i think you are right that they want to be seen to be getting down to business fast because in politics, as in life, you only get one chance to make a first impression and they want this first impression and they want this first impression to all be about energy and activity. you are certainly getting that from sir keir starmer as well. in scotland yesterday, in northern ireland and wales today. he still has a lot of government appointments to make, below cabinet level. that will presumably happen today and tomorrow he flies to washington for a nato summit, his first summit of nato leaders since becoming prime minister. i first summit of nato leaders since becoming prime minister.- first summit of nato leaders since becoming prime minister. i have to ask ou becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one — becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one time _ becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one time before _ becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one time before i - becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one time before i let i becoming prime minister. i have to ask you one time before i let you i ask you one time before i let you 90, ask you one time before i let you go, behind you, those england flags, the bunting all around and england are playing later on this week. the prime minister is a big football fan so i am sure he will be making time to watch the semifinal, right? i

assume so, although he will be in washington, dc. iused assume so, although he will be in washington, dc. i used to live in washington, dc. i used to live in washington, so i can recommend him some good places to watch football with england fans if he is watching this and wants to ask me, sir keir. i think what is certainly the case and i don�*t want to tempt fate, if england win on wednesday, then i am sure sir keir starmer will be in germany for the final on sunday. do we dare to dream? that was henry zeffman there, our chief political correspondent. so, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, is in northern ireland on the second stop on his tour of the devolved nations. he is meeting the leaders of the power sharing executive and other senior politicians at stormont. ahead of the visit, sir keir stressed that �*stability and certainty�* would be central to his government�*s northern ireland policy. we heard from the sinn fein first minister, michelle o�*neill, earlier and in the last few minutes from gavin robinson from the dup, let�*s listen. it gavin robinson from the dup, let's listen. ., ,

gavin robinson from the dup, let's listen. . , ., gavin robinson from the dup, let's listen. . , . ., _, listen. it was great to welcome the prime minister _ listen. it was great to welcome the prime minister to _ listen. it was great to welcome the prime minister to northern - listen. it was great to welcome the prime minister to northern ireland| prime minister to northern ireland this morning on this his that third day in office was that we had the opportunity not to any talk to him about the importance of devolution in northern ireland but the fragility of the process itself and the need for a proactive british government who is going to carefully nurture relationships within northern ireland. we talked to him about the ongoing challenges to deliver for people in about the ongoing challenges to deliverfor people in northern ireland, with finances, and ensuring political stability will come and people will see the benefit of the political process here. so that involves a request for investment in health, stabilising public services more generally and making sure that key components of our economy are well looked after, including significantjobs within our space. that was the dup leader. we can cross live to sara girvin. we have heard in the last hour or so from

all of the party leaders in northern ireland. what is your sense of how sir keir starmer has gone down with them all? , .,, , them all? yes, those meetings with toliticians them all? yes, those meetings with politicians here _ them all? yes, those meetings with politicians here in _ them all? yes, those meetings with politicians here in northern - them all? yes, those meetings with politicians here in northern ireland | politicians here in northern ireland have been ongoing since early this morning. as you say, we are now starting to hear from those politicians about how it all went. you might be able to hear the leader of the ulster unionist party behind me. just listening in on what he has been saying, i�*ve heard the word positive used many, many times. that seems to really be the tone we are hearing from all the parties so far. there was a sinn fein delegation here a few moments ago. we had from the party�* president mary lou mcdonald. ijotted down a few notes of what she said versace said they talked about funding for northern ireland, the legacy act that was brought in by the conservative government here, in their words to draw a line under the troubles in northern ireland. it is something that has been deeply unpopular with all politicians here and people, sir

keir has pledged to scrap it so they will be making sure that happens. and also the development of casement park, a stadium in belfast and it needs to be completed by 2028 in order to allow northern ireland to help host the euros. there has been questions over how much the government would be giving over to that project. mary lou mcdonald said that project. mary lou mcdonald said that she had received assurances in relation to that. she didn�*t put a figure on anything but said she had received assurances. she described the meeting between them as friendly but did say that she would stop short of wishing england while at the euros. so it does seem that things have been really positive between sinn fein and the new prime minister as well. of course, in the last couple of days since the general election, sinn fein is now northern ireland�*s biggest party at westminster. it was already the biggest party at assembly and council level. it is an irish republican party that once a united ireland and that constitutional

question about a future referendum on irish unity did come up with the prime minister as well. so we know that was discussed. quite a telling question, she was asked to compare, though it is obviously very early days, just a matter of days, to compare the conservative government with this new labour government and the relations between sinn fein and the relations between sinn fein and the government and she said it had potential to be daylight compared with the dark. that is very telling indeed. i know you did hearfrom the dup leader gavin robinson there. he said a border poll was not the focus. waiting lists, funding, as far as he were concerned was. we had from the alliance leader naomi long. her party neither identifies as unionist nationalists but described the meeting as positive and constructive. so words we are hearing again and again this morning, fresh start, new beginnings, reset, positive. so the mood music really is quite good here at the moment this morning and we do

expect to hearfrom at the moment this morning and we do expect to hear from the new prime minister, sir keir starmer in about half an hour about how he thinks those meetings with the political parties here in northern ireland have gone. parties here in northern ireland have gone-— parties here in northern ireland have one. . ~' , . have gone. ok, thank you very much indeed for that. _ have gone. ok, thank you very much indeed for that. sara _ have gone. ok, thank you very much indeed for that. sara girvin, - have gone. ok, thank you very much indeed for that. sara girvin, in i indeed for that. sara girvin, in belfast, across that keir starmer visit. later in the day keir starmer will be heading to wales to visit there as well, as part of his tour of the four nations. we heard earlier about the chancellor�*s first speech — we�*ll bring that to you live in the next 30 minutes. rachel reeves is expected to promise to make kickstarting economic growth a "national mission" — as well as announcing to bring back compulsory house building targets, as part of an overhaul of planning rules. we can hear more about the chancellor�*s plans let�*s speak to our business correspondent theo leggett. talk us through what rachel reeves will be putting forward because the labour party are saying, we will bring about economic growth and bring about economic growth and bring it about quickly. how is she

going to do that?— bring it about quickly. how is she going to do that? they first speech of an incoming _ going to do that? they first speech of an incoming chancellor - going to do that? they first speech of an incoming chancellor is - going to do that? they first speech j of an incoming chancellor is always eagerly awaited and this one is going to take place in front of an invited audience of potential investors and business leaders at the treasury. i don�*t think there will be any great surprises in it. most of what she says will have been contained in the labour party manifesto but the focus as you say will be on economic growth and how to boost it. that�*s something you would also expect an incoming chancellor to say. a lot of the focus is going to be on house building, promoting that labour party target of getting 1.5 million houses built within the next five years. that will require changes to planning policy and there is an emphasis on that now. as you mentioned, compulsory targets for house—building but also loosening red tape to make it easier for projects to go ahead. it is notjust house—building but also infrastructure, getting energy connections from the national grid, for example. that has been a real problem for businesses. the idea really is to say that britain is a

place where people will want to invest and there is going to be a contrast drawn i think by rachel reeves between what is happening in the united states and france, where of course we have been hearing about political turmoil, and the uk, where she will suggest we now have stable government. there is a new governments outweigh so focused on economic growth is if you grow the economy, you bring in money, more tax revenues, which means you have more to spend on the things you really want to do. so that�*s going to be the outline of what she will have to say today, i think the outline of what she will have to say today, i think. outline of what she will have to say today. ithink-— today, i think. ok, great to talk to ou as today, i think. ok, great to talk to you as always. _ today, i think. ok, great to talk to you as always, theo, _ today, i think. ok, great to talk to you as always, theo, thank - today, i think. ok, great to talk to you as always, theo, thank you. i today, i think. ok, great to talk to i you as always, theo, thank you. the leggett in the newsroom for us. we will be bringing you that speech by rachel reeves live on bbc news, as well as an analysis about what it means. she is of course the new chancellor but she is not the only new person in westminster. there are 335 mp5 new person in westminster. there are 335 mps arriving at westminster for the first time today. they are navigating the house of commons, setting up their offices

and getting used to their new roles. it is always difficult, the first day on a newjob. we can cross to nick eardley who it is at westminster. it�*s not your first day on the job but there are many people there who are entering westminster, some of them for the very first time and it is not an easy thing, is it? no, there are a lot of them, there are hundreds of new mps who will be coming through here in westminster hall. the oldest part of parliament, actually, coming here today to get their inductions, figuring out some of the weird and wonderful places that... how parliament works and what the next few years are going to look like. i am what the next few years are going to look like. iam pleased what the next few years are going to look like. i am pleased to say we have one of them with us. ben obese—jecty. how have the first few hours of being in parliament been? to how have the first few hours of being in parliament been? to be in this building _ being in parliament been? to be in this building i _ being in parliament been? to be in this building i know— being in parliament been? to be in this building i know you _ being in parliament been? to be in this building i know you are - being in parliament been? to be in this building i know you are now i this building i know you are now part of— this building i know you are now part of it — this building i know you are now part of it is... there is a certain weight— part of it is... there is a certain weight on— part of it is... there is a certain weight on the shoulders, actually. i think— weight on the shoulders, actually. i think after— weight on the shoulders, actually. i think after the pace of the campaign are not— think after the pace of the campaign are not having any days off and

spending — are not having any days off and spending hours and hours everyday leafleting _ spending hours and hours everyday leafleting and knocking on doors, there _ leafleting and knocking on doors, there has— leafleting and knocking on doors, there has been a slight easing off. but at _ there has been a slight easing off. but at the — there has been a slight easing off. but at the same time, there is a weighty— but at the same time, there is a weighty feeling on the shoulders of standing _ weighty feeling on the shoulders of standing in such a lustrous building _ standing in such a lustrous buildint. ., ~ standing in such a lustrous buildint. .~ , standing in such a lustrous building-— standing in such a lustrous buildint. ,, . . building. take us behind the curtain a bit. you building. take us behind the curtain a bit- you did _ building. take us behind the curtain a bit. you did your— building. take us behind the curtain a bit. you did your induction - a bit. you did your induction yesterday, what did they tell you, what did they give you? mi yesterday, what did they tell you, what did they give you?— yesterday, what did they tell you, what did they give you? all sorts of information. _ what did they give you? all sorts of information, including _ what did they give you? all sorts of information, including crucially i what did they give you? all sorts of information, including crucially a i information, including crucially a map. _ information, including crucially a map. very— information, including crucially a map, very much labyrinth —like, once you step _ map, very much labyrinth —like, once you step through the doors be on there _ you step through the doors be on there. just — you step through the doors be on there. just getting people set up so they can _ there. just getting people set up so they can start working straightaway. everything from your e—mail address and laptop. — everything from your e—mail address and laptop, through to how to how you get— and laptop, through to how to how you get paid, how to hire your star. i think— you get paid, how to hire your star. i think there — you get paid, how to hire your star. i think there is a lot to learn very. — i think there is a lot to learn very. very— i think there is a lot to learn very, very quickly and i think the learning — very, very quickly and i think the learning curve is very steep. there has been a — learning curve is very steep. there has been a lot _ learning curve is very steep. there has been a lot of— learning curve is very steep. there has been a lot of concern - learning curve is very steep. there has been a lot of concern over i learning curve is very steep. there has been a lot of concern over the | has been a lot of concern over the campaign and recently about mp security. do you get tell much about that? ., ., ., ~ ., that? you do get talked about securi , that? you do get talked about security. i— that? you do get talked about security, i won't _ that? you do get talked about security, i won't go _ that? you do get talked about security, i won't go into i that? you do get talked about security, i won't go into the i that? you do get talked about i security, i won't go into the exact details _ security, i won't go into the exact details but — security, i won't go into the exact details but it's very reassuring to know _ details but it's very reassuring to know it _ details but it's very reassuring to know it is — details but it's very reassuring to know it is taken far more seriously than _ know it is taken far more seriously than i _ know it is taken far more seriously than i think— know it is taken far more seriously than i think anybody would anticipate watching at home. lots of assessments and working out whether

you are _ assessments and working out whether you are at _ assessments and working out whether you are at risk and how to counter those _ you are at risk and how to counter those so— you are at risk and how to counter those. so feeling much more confident that nothing will happen to myself or any of my family. | to myself or any of my family. i want to myself or any of my family. want to ask to myself or any of my family. i want to ask you a bit about the political issues that you are walking into right away. the mp for huntington, john major�* old seat, but onlyjust huntington, john major�* old seat, but only just squeezed huntington, john major�* old seat, but onlyjust squeezed in. your party is in a pretty dire place. how do you see the next few months panning out? i do you see the next few months panning out?— panning out? i think it will be really important _ panning out? i think it will be really important for _ panning out? i think it will be really important for us i panning out? i think it will be really important for us as i panning out? i think it will be really important for us as a i panning out? i think it will be i really important for us as a party to make — really important for us as a party to make sure that we focus on, ask the questions of what went wrong, of why people _ the questions of what went wrong, of why people didn't vote for us. i think— why people didn't vote for us. i think whichever way we look at it, not enough — think whichever way we look at it, not enough people voted for us and it was— not enough people voted for us and it was a _ not enough people voted for us and it was a rejection at the ballot box — it was a rejection at the ballot box i— it was a rejection at the ballot box. i think a period of reflection is going — box. i think a period of reflection is going to — box. i think a period of reflection is going to be key in understanding what it— is going to be key in understanding what it is— is going to be key in understanding what it is we need to do going forwards _ what it is we need to do going forwards. but at the same time, i don't _ forwards. but at the same time, i don't think— forwards. but at the same time, i don't think there is a rush. i think we need — don't think there is a rush. i think we need to— don't think there is a rush. i think we need to take our time and get it i’ilht we need to take our time and get it right first _ we need to take our time and get it right first time. to rush into it and _ right first time. to rush into it and make _ right first time. to rush into it and make other mistakes that they need to— and make other mistakes that they need to be — and make other mistakes that they need to be corrected could do longer term damage. sol need to be corrected could do longer term damage. so i am really excited for what _ term damage. so i am really excited for what it _ term damage. so i am really excited for what it holds but at the same

time, _ for what it holds but at the same time my— for what it holds but at the same time, my own victory is slightly bitter— time, my own victory is slightly bitter sweet given the colleagues we lost. bitter sweet given the colleagues we lost~ |t— bitter sweet given the colleagues we lost. , , . ., , ., lost. it is interesting, all of your colleagues. _ lost. it is interesting, all of your colleagues, former _ lost. it is interesting, all of your colleagues, former and - lost. it is interesting, all of yourl colleagues, former and president lost. it is interesting, all of your i colleagues, former and president and knew i had spoken to say there is no rush. are you expecting a long campaign and does that mean rishi sunak staying as interim leaderfor weeks or months? i sunak staying as interim leader for weeks or months?— weeks or months? i have to be honest, weeks or months? i have to be honest. i _ weeks or months? i have to be honest. i am — weeks or months? i have to be honest, i am not— weeks or months? i have to be honest, i am not sure. - weeks or months? i have to be honest, i am not sure. i- weeks or months? i have to be honest, i am not sure. i think. weeks or months? i have to be - honest, i am not sure. i think there is a need _ honest, i am not sure. i think there is a need for— honest, i am not sure. i think there is a need for stability said to me in the _ is a need for stability said to me in the short_ is a need for stability said to me in the short term, to make sure that we can_ in the short term, to make sure that we can still— in the short term, to make sure that we can still be an effective opposition first we need to have that structure in place. but i think going _ that structure in place. but i think going forward, it will be a case of identifying — going forward, it will be a case of identifying what is going to work best for— identifying what is going to work best for the party and i am not quite _ best for the party and i am not quite sure _ best for the party and i am not quite sure how that is going to shake — quite sure how that is going to shake out _ quite sure how that is going to shake out. but i'm very keen that we make _ shake out. but i'm very keen that we make a _ shake out. but i'm very keen that we make a good — shake out. but i'm very keen that we make a good decision on the right decision — make a good decision on the right decision. ~ . . , ., decision. what are your recollections? - decision. what are your recollections? i- decision. what are your recollections? i know . decision. what are your - recollections? i know when we decision. what are your _ recollections? i know when we were chatting off camera, you said you ran quite a local campaign on local issues. i know a lot of your colleagues who won their seats, the few that did, did something similar. is that a sense that maybe the national party's message just didn't resonate at the election? i national party's message 'ust didn't resonate at the election?_ resonate at the election? i think from my own —

resonate at the election? i think from my own experience, - resonate at the election? i think from my own experience, i - resonate at the election? i think from my own experience, i had| resonate at the election? i think| from my own experience, i had a resonate at the election? i think- from my own experience, i had a much longer— from my own experience, i had a much longer run _ from my own experience, i had a much longer run in _ from my own experience, i had a much longer run in as a candidate than some _ longer run in as a candidate than some other— longer run in as a candidate than some other people. that gave me time to -o some other people. that gave me time to go out— some other people. that gave me time to go out and talk to local people and understand what the issues were that were _ and understand what the issues were that were most pressing and the ones that were most pressing and the ones that i that were most pressing and the ones that i would _ that were most pressing and the ones that i would be able to have a direct— that i would be able to have a direct impact on. i think for me speaking — direct impact on. i think for me speaking to people across huntington, that was crucial to understanding exactly where that detait— understanding exactly where that detail was. understanding exactly where that detailwas. i understanding exactly where that detail was. i appreciate that from my own _ detail was. i appreciate that from my own local campaign, most of those issues _ my own local campaign, most of those issues were _ my own local campaign, most of those issues were not necessarily national issues _ issues were not necessarily national issues but _ issues were not necessarily national issues but the issues that were coming — issues but the issues that were coming up _ issues but the issues that were coming up on the doorstep. i think it is very— coming up on the doorstep. i think it is very much different issues for differeht_ it is very much different issues for different areas and different constituencies but for me personally, it was really good to be able to _ personally, it was really good to be able to get — personally, it was really good to be able to get out, speak to people and address— able to get out, speak to people and address those issues directly. back to what is address those issues directly. eat. to what is happening this address those issues directly. e—ti to what is happening this week, i was chatting to someone earlier who suggested it was a bit like freshers�* week for those who attended university, turning up and figuring out where to go, where the bars are, where they can find everything they need. how would you sum it up? i everything they need. how would you sum it u - ? ~ , everything they need. how would you sumitu? ~' , . ., , ., sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it u- sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up as — sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up as fresh _ sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up as fresh as _ sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up as fresh as they _ sum it up? i think very dangerous to sum it up as fresh as they can - sum it up as fresh as they can anyone — sum it up as fresh as they can anyone thinking like that is going to be _ anyone thinking like that is going to be a _ anyone thinking like that is going to be a headline before long themselves. i think it's very much

first day— themselves. i think it's very much first day at— themselves. i think it's very much first day at school vibes. very much not knowing — first day at school vibes. very much not knowing where you are, where your locker— not knowing where you are, where your locker is, which room you need to be _ your locker is, which room you need to be in _ your locker is, which room you need to be in i_ your locker is, which room you need to be in. i imagine everyone will be late for— to be in. i imagine everyone will be late for everything for at least a couple — late for everything for at least a couple of — late for everything for at least a couple of weeks. it is very, very exciting — couple of weeks. it is very, very exciting i— couple of weeks. it is very, very exciting. i haven't even had time to bump— exciting. i haven't even had time to bump into — exciting. i haven't even had time to bump into some of my new colleagues yet but _ bump into some of my new colleagues yet but i _ bump into some of my new colleagues yet but i am _ bump into some of my new colleagues yet but i am very excited to hit the ground _ yet but i am very excited to hit the ground running. ithink yet but i am very excited to hit the ground running. i think getting up to speed. — ground running. i think getting up to speed, delivering for the people of huntington is going to be key to having _ of huntington is going to be key to having an — of huntington is going to be key to having an impact as a new mp. appreciate you speaking to us on your first day. we will st see you again and grill you more on the future of the conservative party in the future. there you have it, a bit of a sense of what was going on here today. i think if we pan around here, if i show you what is going on, it is pretty quiet at the moment. but if you have a look at that queue, i think over the next few hours, that is going to get busier and busier. we are expecting hundreds of new mps here today and we will bring some of them to you over the course of the day. i am interested _ over the course of the day. i am interested to _ over the course of the day. i am interested to find _ over the course of the day. i am interested to find out _ over the course of the day. i am

interested to find out a - over the course of the day. i am interested to find out a little - over the course of the day. i am interested to find out a little bit about the freshers�* week analogy. i don�*t know about yours, but mine was interesting to say the very least. is there a feel that obviously the new numbers of labour mps as well coming into the building for the first time, what is the mood amongst those mps? . first time, what is the mood amongst those mps? , , ,�* first time, what is the mood amongst those mps? . . f ~ ~ those mps? yes, the freshers' week analo: i those mps? yes, the freshers' week analogy i think— those mps? yes, the freshers' week analogy i think was _ those mps? yes, the freshers' week analogy i think was more _ those mps? yes, the freshers' week analogy i think was more about - those mps? yes, the freshers' week analogy i think was more about the l analogy i think was more about the sense of something new and exciting rather than the drinking, just to be completely clear on that one. look, there are a lot of people who have a lot to get used to do over the next few weeks. ben stood for parliament before in 2019 in london but there are a lot of people who are, fair to say, pretty unexpectedly won on thursday. some of the scottish mps, they labour mps who were elected in scotland were in parts of the country where the country did not —— party didn�*t expect to win. speaking to some people in the labour party, there are a few people who are making big changes to their lives

very quickly that they were not necessarily anticipating making. remember, a lot of the people that we will get used to in parliament over the next five years have jobs, have lives outside politics and in some cases were kind of standing in seats they didn�*t really expect to win. they are now leaving their jobs, they are reorganising their lives and they are turning up here in westminster hall to find out what on earth happens in parliament. i have to say, having worked here for a few years, for about seven years now, it is a pretty strange place at times. there can be some really weird stuff to get used to come including finding out how on earth you get about. when ben was saying it was a bit like a labyrinth, i think that is a bit of an underestimate, actually. you can get lost very easily delete easily and here. i know mps who have been here a long time and still don�*t know where everything is. so as well as the big political imperatives that keir starmer, the new prime minister is facing come up to all the things he has to get his head around when it comes to policy, his new cabinet,

priorities, the civil service, in here, there are some fairly normal folk who are having to get used to adjusting to what is going to be a very different lifestyle. it adjusting to what is going to be a very different lifestyle.— very different lifestyle. it will be indeed. good _ very different lifestyle. it will be indeed. good to _ very different lifestyle. it will be indeed. good to speak- very different lifestyle. it will be indeed. good to speak to, - very different lifestyle. it will be indeed. good to speak to, nickl indeed. good to speak to, nick eardley. thank you for that. let�*s bring is on breaking news coming into us from ukraine. i think we mentioned a little bit earlier this morning about those russian attacks on ukraine today. we are hearing that 20 have been confirmed dead and more than 50 have been wounded after russian missile attacks targeted kyiv, and dnipro is that we heard from the mayor of kyiv that seven people have been killed in the city at least during an attack. it is one of the worst during the two—year full scale invasion by moscow, one of the worst attacks on the capital, according to the tally klitschko. we are hearing reports as well of an

attack on a children�*s hospital. we will try and bring you a little more on these figures and what has happened in kyiv on the news programme a little bit later on. i think now we can bring you back to some uk politics, because this is the scene live at the treasury. we are expecting that podium to have behind it the new chancellor, rachel reeves. she is going to be speaking very, very shortly, in about two or three minutes�* time, announcing some of the key targets, the key spending targets, the key health building targets, the key health building targets that the government is putting forward after its election. we are expecting her to announce the return of compulsory house—building targets in herfirst major speech. we are also probably going to hear her announcing the immediate loosening of planning red tape to encourage investment in building new homes. we are also expecting her to talk about convincing investors, and

it is the key point here, to unleash tens of billions of pounds into the green industry and into house—building, and that, rachel reeves hopes, will then lead to the economic growth that the labour party is really banking on. that is one of the things that they are focusing on, is creating economic growth in the uk by bringing on investment, by loosening these red tape rules that in their mind held back construction on infrastructure and the energy grid and also to bring back those compulsory house—building targets, which of course were removed last year by the conservative government. let�*s go back now to our political correspondent nick eardley who is still in westminster for us. we are keeping an eye on what is happening with the treasury, with rachel reeves. whilst we wait for her to stop talking, can you talk me through what we are going to be hearing from her, because this will

become as we heard earlier from hearing from her, because this will become as we heard earlierfrom our political correspondent henry zeffman, very meaty speech? the work for rachel reeves begins right away. she set herself on some pretty high bars, remember, labour has talked about delivering sustained economic growth, the largest economic growth in the g7 over the next few years and that will take a lot of work. we have talked about economic growth over the past few years, it was liz truss and borisjohnson�*s big sunak, and none delivered. there is pressure on labour to set out how it will do something its conservative predecessors failed to do. the key thing that labour really hopes will get the ball moving quickly is the idea of deregulating planning rules, making it easier to build, homes,

other infrastructure, the feeling in the new treasury as it has taken too long to get that going and it takes too long for companies to invest and get results from that. but one thing that has been really clear from all the labour ministers i have been chatting to come up on the airways, including the chief secretary to the treasury on the bbc this morning, they are also trying to put a word of caution saying this won�*t happen overnight, you won�*t suddenly have huge economic growth just because you have a new government, you won�*t suddenly have complete deregulation of planning and new houses popping up of planning and new houses popping up everywhere right away. it will take time. it is also worth bearing in mind what has happened over the last few months when it comes to the economy. in some ways, the inheritance of this labour government is getting is maybe slightly better than they thought.

that might sound strange because economic growth has been anaemic over the past couple of years, we were in recession officially last year. at the start of the first quarter of 2024 growth was higher than most people expected, 0.7%. not huge, not enough to get the sort of spending the labour government wants. but it is slightly better it than the treasury was hoping. a bit of good news for the background for the chancellor. another question i would be interested to hear is if rachel reeves is asked if she has set money aside already for the pay disputes in public service. one question is can labour do something with the junior doctors�*s strike. i get a sense of optimism in the new regime of the department of health and social care that they might be able to find a way through, and use that

as a precursor to bring down nhs waiting times. that cost cash and the question is how much cash is available to do that. it will be a meaty speech, a lot from the first female chancellor setting out her ideological positions, her goals, what she thinks will deliver the change labour keeps talking about. also specific questions as well about where she might find cash to do things that are a priority for this government. that is key, there are certainly things this government needs to prioritise, sir keir starmer has said it is a hugejob ahead and they need money and need this economic growth to happen quickly. some economists have question that and have said we are not entirely sure the plan will deliver the growth that needs to be delivered for labour to continue with what they

want. the labour government will be judged on this. in four years�* time in the run—up to the next election, one question will be is did they deliver the economic growth they promised? the trajectory is slightly better but to deliver 3% growth is by no means guaranteed. that is a really big test. as i said, we have had no shortage of prime ministers or chancellors over the last few years in growth is the priority, that is probably the case in every modern economy around the world that growth is what they are promising. it is a test. you hit on an important point about public spending. public spending just now is extremely tight for a number of reasons. because the government has said it will not put up government has said it will not put up taxes like income tax, vat,

national insurance. although it will borrow for day—to—day spending. it says it wants debt to come down as a percentage of the economy over the next few years. that really constrains what money is there to be spent. when keir starmer talks about improving the situation of prisons, or the nhs, or schools or roads or trains, buses, all these long list of things the government wants to make better, they need money to do it. at the moment it is hard to see where that money is coming from. throughout the campaign there was a big debate about whether there would be spending cuts, real term cuts in those departments that don�*t have protected funding. some areas have protected funding. some areas have protected funding. some areas have protected funding like the nhs, childcare, schools. loads don�*t. giving —— given the amount of cash available is tight, if that money goes towards areas promised new

money, what happens to the one is not guaranteed cash? the assumption is they could see cuts. if the government does not deliver the economic growth it once, it will make it harder to avoid those cuts, harder to deal with some of the problems they have diagnosed over the past few months. in that sense, sorry if it sounds like an economics lecture, but it is really important because if public services are going to improve, there needs to be cash that goes in and to get that cash you need economic growth. here is rachel reeves, the chancellor. the last week, the british people voted _ the last week, the british people voted for— the last week, the british people voted for change. over the last 72 hours _ voted for change. over the last 72 hours i _ voted for change. over the last 72 hours i have — voted for change. over the last 72 hours i have become the work necessary _ hours i have become the work necessary to deliver that mandate. our manifesto was clear. sustained economic— our manifesto was clear. sustained economic growth is the only route to

the improved prosperity that our country— the improved prosperity that our country needs and to improve living of working — country needs and to improve living of working people. where previous governments had been unwilling to take the _ governments had been unwilling to take the difficult decisions to deliver— take the difficult decisions to deliver growth or have waited too [on- deliver growth or have waited too long to _ deliver growth or have waited too long to act, i will not hesitate. growth — long to act, i will not hesitate. growth was the labour party's mission — growth was the labour party's mission in _ growth was the labour party's mission in opposition. it is now our national— mission in opposition. it is now our national mission. there is no time to waste — to waste. this morning i want to to waste. — this morning i want to outline the first steps— this morning i want to outline the first steps of this new labour government has taken to fix the foundations of our economy. so we — foundations of our economy. so we can— foundations of our economy. so we can rebuild britain and make every— so we can rebuild britain and make every part— so we can rebuild britain and make every part of our country better off. every part of our country better off but — every part of our country better off. but first, let me address the inheritance. i have repeatedly warned — inheritance. i have repeatedly warned that whoever won the general election— warned that whoever won the general election would inherit the worst set of circumstances since the second world _ of circumstances since the second world war — world war. what i have seen in the past

world war. — what i have seen in the past 72 hours _ what i have seen in the past 72 hours has — what i have seen in the past 72 hours has only confirmed that. our economy has been held back by decision— our economy has been held back by decision is— our economy has been held back by decision is deferred and decisions ducked _ decision is deferred and decisions ducked. political self interest put ahead _ ducked. political self interest put ahead of— ducked. political self interest put ahead of the national interest. a government that put party first and country second. we _ and country second. we face the legacy of 14 years of chaos _ we face the legacy of 14 years of chaos and — we face the legacy of 14 years of chaos and economic irresponsibility. that is— chaos and economic irresponsibility. that is why— chaos and economic irresponsibility. that is why over the weekend i instructed _ that is why over the weekend i instructed treasury officials to provide — instructed treasury officials to provide an assessment of the state of our— provide an assessment of the state of our spending inheritance so that i can— of our spending inheritance so that i can understand the full scale of the challenge, and i will present this to _ the challenge, and i will present this to parliament before the summer recess~ _ this to parliament before the summer recess~ this _ this to parliament before the summer recess. this will be separate from a budget— recess. this will be separate from a budget that will be held later this year and — budget that will be held later this year and i— budget that will be held later this year and i will confirm the date of that budget alongside a forecast from _ that budget alongside a forecast from the — that budget alongside a forecast from the office for budget responsibility in due course. all governments face difficult decisions. i will not shrink from those _ decisions. i will not shrink from those choices.

those choices are made harder however— those choices are made harder however by the absence of economic growth _ however by the absence of economic growth necessary not only to balance the books _ growth necessary not only to balance the books but also to improve living standards — standards. new treasury analysis that i requested at the weekend shows that had the _ requested at the weekend shows that had the uk economy growing at just the average rate of other oecd economies this last 14 years our economy— economies this last 14 years our economy today would be over £140 hittion _ economy today would be over £140 billion larger. this could have tirought— billion larger. this could have brought in an additional £58 billion in tax _ brought in an additional £58 billion in tax revenues in the last year alone — in tax revenues in the last year alone that— in tax revenues in the last year alone. that is money that could have helped _ alone. that is money that could have helped revitalise our schools, hospitals, other public services. growth — hospitals, other public services. growth requires hard choices. choices— growth requires hard choices. choices that previous governments have shied — choices that previous governments have shied away from. and _ have shied away from. and it _ have shied away from. and it now falls to this new labour government to fix the foundations. there _ government to fix the foundations. there is— government to fix the foundations. there is no— government to fix the foundations. there is no time to waste. we have promised _ there is no time to waste. we have promised a — there is no time to waste. we have promised a new approach to growth,

one for— promised a new approach to growth, one for a _ promised a new approach to growth, one for a changed world. that approach _ one for a changed world. that approach will rest on three pillars, stability. _ approach will rest on three pillars, stability, investment and reform. let me _ stability, investment and reform. let me turn— stability, investment and reform. let me turn first to stability. in the — let me turn first to stability. in the run—up to the general election. _ in the run—up to the general election. i— in the run—up to the general election, i set out the crucial first— election, i set out the crucial first steps in our economic plans, to deliver— first steps in our economic plans, to deliver economic stability so we can grow— to deliver economic stability so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation _ can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and _ can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible — inflation and mortgages as low as possible. that commitment stands. i emphasise _ possible. that commitment stands. i emphasise this commitment in a meeting — emphasise this commitment in a meeting with the governor of the bank— meeting with the governor of the bank of— meeting with the governor of the bank of england on friday and i will do the _ bank of england on friday and i will do the same when i meet the chair of the office _ do the same when i meet the chair of the office for budget responsibility this week. these institutions are guarantors— this week. these institutions are guarantors of our economic stability and i— guarantors of our economic stability and i will— guarantors of our economic stability and i will not be playing games at their expense. overthe and i will not be playing games at their expense. over the weekend and i will not be playing games at their expense. overthe weekend i made _ their expense. 0verthe weekend i made clear— their expense. overthe weekend i made clear to treasury officials the manifesto — made clear to treasury officials the manifesto commitments we were elected _ manifesto commitments we were elected on will be kept to, and delivered — elected on will be kept to, and delivered on. that includes robust

fiscal— delivered on. that includes robust fiscai rutes~ — delivered on. that includes robust fiscal rules. it includes our commitments to no increases in nationat— commitments to no increases in national insurance, and the basic higher— national insurance, and the basic higher or— national insurance, and the basic higher or additional rates of income tax or— higher or additional rates of income tax or vat — higher or additional rates of income tax or vat i— higher or additional rates of income tax or vat. i know there are some who will— tax or vat. i know there are some who will argue the time for caution is past, _ who will argue the time for caution is past, who— who will argue the time for caution is past, who hold the platform on which _ is past, who hold the platform on which we — is past, who hold the platform on which we were elected, that the british— which we were elected, that the british people voted for last week, can now— british people voted for last week, can now be — british people voted for last week, can now be swiftly forgotten, that we can _ can now be swiftly forgotten, that we can toss aside those fiscal rules or renege _ we can toss aside those fiscal rules or renege on our tax pledges. there is a large _ or renege on our tax pledges. there is a large majority in parliament which _ is a large majority in parliament which means we are entitled to row back on— which means we are entitled to row back on principles of sound money and economic response ability. i know— and economic response ability. i know many— and economic response ability. i know many of you aren't used to hearing — know many of you aren't used to hearing this but i believe the promises that a party is elected on should _ promises that a party is elected on should be — promises that a party is elected on should be delivered on in government and we _ should be delivered on in government and we will— should be delivered on in government and we will do so. we do not take iightiy— and we will do so. we do not take iightiy the — and we will do so. we do not take lightly the trust of voters who have been burnt — lightly the trust of voters who have been burnt too often by incompetence, irresponsibility and recklessness. and to investors and

businesses — recklessness. and to investors and businesses who have spent 14 years doubting _ businesses who have spent 14 years doubting whether britain is a safe place _ doubting whether britain is a safe place to— doubting whether britain is a safe place to invest. let me tell you, after _ place to invest. let me tell you, after i4 — place to invest. let me tell you, after 14 years, britain has a stable government, a government that respects— government, a government that respects business, wants to partner with business, is open for business. in an _ with business, is open for business. in an uncertain world, britain is a place _ in an uncertain world, britain is a place to— in an uncertain world, britain is a place to do— in an uncertain world, britain is a place to do business. let me turn to how we _ place to do business. let me turn to how we will— place to do business. let me turn to how we will unlock that private investment we desperately need. before _ investment we desperately need. before the election i announced our plans— before the election i announced our plans to _ before the election i announced our plans to launch a new national wealth— plans to launch a new national wealth fund with a remit to invest and catalyse private sector investment in new and growing industries. in march the former governor— industries. in march the former governor of the bank of england mark carney— governor of the bank of england mark carney agreed to lead a task force on the _ carney agreed to lead a task force on the establishment of a new national— on the establishment of a new national wealth fund. i can tell you today— national wealth fund. i can tell you today i— national wealth fund. i can tell you today i have received the report from _ today i have received the report from that— today i have received the report from that task force and will be announcing the next steps in short

order _ order. alongside mend — alongside investments redr — alongside investments must order — alongside investments must come reform~ _ alongside investments must come reform. because the question is not whether— reform. because the question is not whether we — reform. because the question is not whether we want growth but how strong _ whether we want growth but how strong is — whether we want growth but how strong is our resolve, how prepared are we _ strong is our resolve, how prepared are we to _ strong is our resolve, how prepared are we to make the hard choices and face down _ are we to make the hard choices and face down the vested interests? how wiiiing _ face down the vested interests? how willing to _ face down the vested interests? how willing to risk short—term political pain to _ willing to risk short—term political pain to fix — willing to risk short—term political pain to fix britain's foundations? the story— pain to fix britain's foundations? the story of the last 14 years has been _ the story of the last 14 years has been a _ the story of the last 14 years has been a refusal to confront the tough and responsible decisions demanded. this government will be different. there _ this government will be different. there is— this government will be different. there is no— this government will be different. there is no time to waste. nowhere is decisive _ there is no time to waste. nowhere is decisive reform needed more urgently— is decisive reform needed more urgently than the case of our planning _ urgently than the case of our planning system. planning reform has become _ planning system. planning reform has become a _ planning system. planning reform has become a byword for political timidity— become a byword for political timidity in the face of vested interests and a graveyard of economic ambition. ourantiquated economic ambition. our antiquated planning _ economic ambition. ourantiquated planning system leaves too many important — planning system leaves too many important projects tied up for years and years—

important projects tied up for years and years in red tape before shovels even get _ and years in red tape before shovels even get into the ground. we promised _ even get into the ground. we promised to put planning reform at the centre — promised to put planning reform at the centre of our political argument and we _ the centre of our political argument and we did — the centre of our political argument and we did. we said we would grasp the nettte _ and we did. we said we would grasp the nettle of planning reform. we are doing — the nettle of planning reform. we are doing so. today i can tell you that work— are doing so. today i can tell you that work is— are doing so. today i can tell you that work is under way. over the weekend — that work is under way. over the weekend i— that work is under way. over the weekend i met with the prime minister— weekend i met with the prime minister and deputy prime minister to agree _ minister and deputy prime minister to agree the urgent action needed to fix our— to agree the urgent action needed to fix our planning system. today atongside _ fix our planning system. today alongside the deputy prime minister i am taking immediate action to deliver— i am taking immediate action to deliver this labour government's mission — deliver this labour government's mission to— deliver this labour government's mission to kick—start economic growth — mission to kick—start economic growth and take the urgent steps necessary to build the infrastructure we need including 1.5 million _ infrastructure we need including 1.5 million homes in the next five years — million homes in the next five years the _ million homes in the next five years. the system needs a new signai~ — years. the system needs a new signai~ this _ years. the system needs a new signal. this is that signal. first, we will— signal. this is that signal. first, we will reform the national planning policy— we will reform the national planning policy framework, consulting on a new growth focused approach to the

planning _ new growth focused approach to the planning system before the end of the month, including restoring mandatory housing targets. as of today— mandatory housing targets. as of today we — mandatory housing targets. as of today we are ending the absurd ban on new— today we are ending the absurd ban on new onshore wind in england. we will go _ on new onshore wind in england. we will go further and consult on bringing _ will go further and consult on bringing onshore wind back into the nationally— bringing onshore wind back into the nationally significant infrastructure projects regime meaning _ infrastructure projects regime meaning decisions on large developments will be taken nationally not locally. second we will give priority to energy— second we will give priority to energy projects in the system to ensure _ energy projects in the system to ensure they make swift progress. we will build _ ensure they make swift progress. we will build on the spatial plan for energy— will build on the spatial plan for energy by expanding this to other infrastructure sectors. third. _ infrastructure sectors. third, we will create a new task force _ third, we will create a new task force to — third, we will create a new task force to accelerate stalled housing sites beginning with liverpool central— sites beginning with liverpool central docs, worcester parkway, and langiey— central docs, worcester parkway, and langley sutton coldfield, representing more than 14,000 homes. and we _ representing more than 14,000 homes. and we will— representing more than 14,000 homes. and we will also support local authorities with 300 additional planning offices across the country.

fifth, _ planning offices across the country. fifth, if— planning offices across the country. fifth, if we — planning offices across the country. fifth, if we offer to put growth at the centre — fifth, if we offer to put growth at the centre of our planning system that means changes not only to the system _ that means changes not only to the system but to the way ministers use our powers — system but to the way ministers use our powers for direct intervention. the deputy— our powers for direct intervention. the deputy prime minister hasn't said when— the deputy prime minister hasn't said when she intervenes in the economic— said when she intervenes in the economic planning system, the benefit — economic planning system, the benefit of development will be essential consideration she will not hesitate _ essential consideration she will not hesitate to review with a potential -iay hesitate to review with a potential giay -- _ hesitate to review with a potential glay —— gainford where it is glay -- gainford where it is warranted. i glay —— gainford where it is warranted. i welcome glay —— gainford where it is warranted. iwelcome her decision glay —— gainford where it is warranted. i welcome her decision to recover— warranted. i welcome her decision to recover two — warranted. i welcome her decision to recover two planning appeals already. _ recover two planning appeals already, for data centres in buckinghamshire and hertfordshire. to facilitate this approach, the deputy— to facilitate this approach, the deputy prime minister will also write _ deputy prime minister will also write to — deputy prime minister will also write to local mayors and the office for investment to ensure any investment opportunity with important planning considerations that comes across their desk is brought— that comes across their desk is brought to her attention and also to mine _ mine. the deputy mire. — the deputy prime minister will also

write to _ the deputy prime minister will also write to local planning authorities alongside the national planning policy— alongside the national planning policy framework consultation, making — policy framework consultation, making clear what will now be expected of them, including universal coverage of local plans, and reviews of greenbelt boundaries. these _ and reviews of greenbelt boundaries. these will— and reviews of greenbelt boundaries. these will prioritise brownfield and l rey these will prioritise brownfield and grey beit _ these will prioritise brownfield and grey belt [and for development to meet _ grey belt [and for development to meet housing targets when needed. and our— meet housing targets when needed. and our golden rules will make sure there's— and our golden rules will make sure there's a _ and our golden rules will make sure there's a valorant this result will allow— there's a valorant this result will allow us — there's a valorant this result will allow us to— there's a valorant this result will allow us to deliver the thousands of affordable _ allow us to deliver the thousands of affordable homes including more for social— affordable homes including more for social rent~ — affordable homes including more for social rent. sixth, as well as uniocking _ social rent. sixth, as well as unlocking new housing, we will also reform _ unlocking new housing, we will also reform the — unlocking new housing, we will also reform the planning system to deliver— reform the planning system to deliver the infrastructure that our country _ deliver the infrastructure that our country needs. together in these early— country needs. together in these early days— country needs. together in these early days of this new labour government, we will ask the secretary— government, we will ask the secretary of state for transport and secretary _ secretary of state for transport and secretary of state for transport and secretary of state for energy security _ secretary of state for energy security and net zero to prioritise decisions — security and net zero to prioritise decisions on infrastructure projects that have _ decisions on infrastructure projects that have been sitting and resolved for far—

that have been sitting and resolved for far too— that have been sitting and resolved for far too long. and finally, we will set — for far too long. and finally, we will set out _ for far too long. and finally, we will set out new policy intentions for critical — will set out new policy intentions for critical infrastructure in the coming — for critical infrastructure in the coming months ahead of updating reievant _ coming months ahead of updating relevant national policy statements within _ relevant national policy statements within the — relevant national policy statements within the year. i know there will be opposition to this. i am not naive — be opposition to this. i am not naive to— be opposition to this. i am not naive to that. and we must acknowledge that trade—offs always exist _ acknowledge that trade—offs always exist any— acknowledge that trade—offs always exist. any development may have environmental consequences, place pressure _ environmental consequences, place pressure on — environmental consequences, place pressure on services, rouse voices of iocat— pressure on services, rouse voices of local opposition. but we will not succumb _ of local opposition. but we will not succumb to— of local opposition. but we will not succumb to a status which responds to the _ succumb to a status which responds to the existence of trade—offs by aiways _ to the existence of trade—offs by always saying no, and relegate the national— always saying no, and relegate the national interest below other priorities. this labour government has been _ priorities. this labour government has been elected on a mandate to get things— has been elected on a mandate to get things done, to get britain building again~ _ things done, to get britain building again we — things done, to get britain building again. we will make those tough decisions — again. we will make those tough decisions to realise that mandate. with these steps we have done more to unblock— with these steps we have done more to unblock the planning system in

the past _ to unblock the planning system in the past 72 hours than the last government did in 14 years. be in — government did in 14 years. be in no _ government did in 14 years. be in no doubt, we are going to get britain _ be in no doubt, we are going to get britain building again. we are going to get— britain building again. we are going to get britain's economy growing again~ _ to get britain's economy growing again. there is no time to waste. we will end _ again. there is no time to waste. we will end the — again. there is no time to waste. we will end the prevarication and make the necessary choices to fix the foundations. we will introduce a modern — foundations. we will introduce a modern industrial strategy to create -ood modern industrial strategy to create good work _ modern industrial strategy to create good work and drive investment in all of— good work and drive investment in all of our— good work and drive investment in all of our communities. we will reform — all of our communities. we will reform our— all of our communities. we will reform our schools system for a changing — reform our schools system for a changing world of work. we will tackie _ changing world of work. we will tackle economic inactivity and get people _ tackle economic inactivity and get people back to work. we will take on the hard _ people back to work. we will take on the hard work of reforming our public— the hard work of reforming our public services to make them fit for the future — public services to make them fit for the future. we will work closely with our— the future. we will work closely with our national, regional and iocai— with our national, regional and local leaders to power growth in every _ local leaders to power growth in every part — local leaders to power growth in every part of britain. and we will turn our— every part of britain. and we will turn our attention to the pensions system _ turn our attention to the pensions system to— turn our attention to the pensions system to drive investment in home—grown british business and

deliver— home—grown british business and deliver greater returns to pension savers~ _ deliver greater returns to pension savers~ i— deliver greater returns to pension savers. i know that voters are's 'ust savers. i know that voters are's iust cannot _ savers. i know that voters are's just cannot be repaid through slogans— just cannot be repaid through slogans or through gimmicks. only through— slogans or through gimmicks. only through action. only through detivery~ _ through action. only through delivery. the treasury i lead is proceeding on that basis. i was appointed to this post less than 72 hours _ appointed to this post less than 72 hours ago — appointed to this post less than 72 hours ago. upon my arrival i told the treasury staff that the work start _ the treasury staff that the work start straightaway. that work has begun _ start straightaway. that work has begun i — start straightaway. that work has begun. i have commissioned and perceived — begun. i have commissioned and perceived economic analysis from treasury— perceived economic analysis from treasury officials on the lost growth — treasury officials on the lost growth of the last 14 years which i have _ growth of the last 14 years which i have set _ growth of the last 14 years which i have set out today. i have instructed treasury officials to prepare — instructed treasury officials to prepare an assessment of the state of our— prepare an assessment of the state of our spending inheritance to be presented — of our spending inheritance to be presented to parliament before the summer— presented to parliament before the summer recess. i have started work with the _ summer recess. i have started work with the prime minister to make the necessary— with the prime minister to make the necessary preparations for the establishment of a growth mission board _ establishment of a growth mission board and — establishment of a growth mission board and that board will meet before —

board and that board will meet before the end of this month. focused — before the end of this month. focused squarely on reviving our country's — focused squarely on reviving our country's economic growth and prosperity. i have established a new growth _ prosperity. i have established a new growth delivery unit here at the heart _ growth delivery unit here at the heart of— growth delivery unit here at the heart of the treasury. i have received _ heart of the treasury. i have received the recommendations of the national— received the recommendations of the national wealth fund task force and will be _ national wealth fund task force and will be announcing the next steps. in these _ will be announcing the next steps. in these first 72 hours we have done more _ in these first 72 hours we have done more to— in these first 72 hours we have done more to reform the planning system than previous governments have done in 14 than previous governments have done in i4 years~ _ than previous governments have done in 14 years. there is much more to do. in 14 years. there is much more to do more — in 14 years. there is much more to do. more tough decisions to be taken — do. more tough decisions to be taken you _ do. more tough decisions to be taken. you have put your trust in us. taken. you have put your trust in us and — taken. you have put your trust in us and we — taken. you have put your trust in us. and we will repay that trust. the work— us. and we will repay that trust. the work towards a decade of national— the work towards a decade of national renewal has begun. there is no time _ national renewal has begun. there is no time to— national renewal has begun. there is no time to waste and we are just getting _ no time to waste and we are just getting started. thank you very much. applause

thank you. iam thank you. i am now going to take some questions. good morning, chancellor. it questions. — good morning, chancellor. it is today's— good morning, chancellor. it is today's announcement- good morning, chancellor. it is today's announcement a - good morning, chancellor. it is - today's announcement a declaration of war— today's announcement a declaration of war against— today's announcement a declaration of war against nimbys? _ today's announcement a declaration of war against nimbys? we - today's announcement a declaration of war against nimbys? we were i of war against nimbys? we were fiiming _ of war against nimbys? we were filming in— of war against nimbys? we were filming in surrey— of war against nimbys? we were filming in surrey with _ of war against nimbys? we were filming in surrey with people - filming in surrey with people fighting _ filming in surrey with people fighting off— filming in surrey with people fighting off development - filming in surrey with people fighting off development in i filming in surrey with people . fighting off development in the middle — fighting off development in the middle of— fighting off development in the middle of a _ fighting off development in the middle of a greenbelt - fighting off development in the middle of a greenbelt round i fighting off development in the - middle of a greenbelt round where there _ middle of a greenbelt round where there is— middle of a greenbelt round where there is an — middle of a greenbelt round where there is an old _ middle of a greenbelt round where there is an old world _ middle of a greenbelt round where there is an old world war- middle of a greenbelt round where there is an old world war ii - middle of a greenbelt round wherel there is an old world war ii runway. they say— there is an old world war ii runway. they say it — there is an old world war ii runway. they say it hasn't _ there is an old world war ii runway. they say it hasn't been _ there is an old world war ii runway. they say it hasn't been used - there is an old world war ii runway. they say it hasn't been used for - they say it hasn't been used for years— they say it hasn't been used for years but— they say it hasn't been used for years but under— they say it hasn't been used for years but under these _ they say it hasn't been used for years but under these plans - they say it hasn't been used for years but under these plans it. they say it hasn't been used for - years but under these plans it could be transferred _ years but under these plans it could be transferred into _ years but under these plans it could be transferred into grey _ years but under these plans it could be transferred into grey belt - years but under these plans it could be transferred into grey belt site. . be transferred into grey belt site. our iocat— be transferred into grey belt site. our local resident— be transferred into grey belt site. our local resident says _ be transferred into grey belt site. our local resident says nimby- be transferred into grey belt site. - our local resident says nimby stands for nature _ our local resident says nimby stands for nature in— our local resident says nimby stands for nature in my— our local resident says nimby stands for nature in my back— our local resident says nimby stands for nature in my back yard _ our local resident says nimby stands for nature in my back yard which - our local resident says nimby stands for nature in my back yard which she i for nature in my back yard which she has to— for nature in my back yard which she has to protect — for nature in my back yard which she has to protect. how— for nature in my back yard which she has to protect. how do _ for nature in my back yard which she has to protect. how do you - for nature in my back yard which she has to protect. how do you win - for nature in my back yard which she has to protect. how do you win over| has to protect. how do you win over people. _ has to protect. how do you win over people. local— has to protect. how do you win over people, local residents _ has to protect. how do you win over people, local residents like - has to protect. how do you win over people, local residents like francisl people, local residents like francis who we _ people, local residents like francis who we filmed _ people, local residents like francis who we filmed with? _ people, local residents like francis who we filmed with? or— people, local residents like francis who we filmed with? or are - people, local residents like francis who we filmed with? or are you i who we filmed with? or are you calling — who we filmed with? or are you calling time _ who we filmed with? or are you calling time on— who we filmed with? or are you calling time on all— who we filmed with? or are you calling time on all nimbys - who we filmed with? or are you - calling time on all nimbys including francis? _ calling time on all nimbys including francis? and — calling time on all nimbys including francis? and can— calling time on all nimbys including francis? and can i— calling time on all nimbys including francis? and can i press— calling time on all nimbys including francis? and can i press you - calling time on all nimbys including francis? and can i press you on - francis? and can i press you on social— francis? and can i press you on social housing _ francis? and can i press you on social housing. you _ francis? and can i press you on social housing. you must- francis? and can i press you on social housing. you must be -

francis? and can i press you on i social housing. you must be aware there _ social housing. you must be aware there is— social housing. you must be aware there is a — social housing. you must be aware there is a deep— social housing. you must be aware there is a deep problem _ social housing. you must be aware there is a deep problem with - social housing. you must be aware| there is a deep problem with social housing _ there is a deep problem with social housing which _ there is a deep problem with social housing which goes _ there is a deep problem with social housing which goes way— there is a deep problem with social housing which goes way beyond - housing which goes way beyond affordable — housing which goes way beyond affordable housing, _ housing which goes way beyond affordable housing, affordable. affordable housing, affordable housing — affordable housing, affordable housing is _ affordable housing, affordable housing isiust _ affordable housing, affordable housing is just 80% _ affordable housing, affordable housing is just 80% of- affordable housing, affordable housing is just 80% of market| affordable housing, affordable - housing is just 80% of market rent, so many— housing is just 80% of market rent, so many can't — housing is just 80% of market rent, so many can't afford _ housing is just 80% of market rent, so many can't afford that. - housing is just 80% of market rent, so many can't afford that. how - housing is just 80% of market rent, so many can't afford that. how arel so many can't afford that. how are you going — so many can't afford that. how are you going to— so many can't afford that. how are you going to press— so many can't afford that. how are you going to press developers, - so many can't afford that. how are| you going to press developers, and how much— you going to press developers, and how much of— you going to press developers, and how much of this _ you going to press developers, and how much of this planning - you going to press developers, and i how much of this planning revolution will include _ how much of this planning revolution will include social— how much of this planning revolution will include social housing? - will include social housing? thank— will include social housing? thank you _ will include social housing? thank you for— will include social housing? thank you for your- will include social housing? . thank you for your questions. first of all, it will still be in the first instance up to local communities and authorities to decide where housing is built. we will bring back mandatory housing targets so the answer cannot always be none. it will be up to local communities to decide where housing is built but it has to be built. if the answer is always no we will continue as we are which means living standards continuing to decline and public services continuing to deteriorate. i am not willing to accept that so we have to get britain building and ensure families can get on the housing

ladder because it links to the second part of your question. home ownership is going backwards, it has in the last few years. britain today has got lower home ownership than it should do. the labour party and this government wants to be the party of home ownership. but we also know affordable housing including housing for social rent as i said is an important part of the mix and included in the 1.5 million homes, and this will be set out, will include affordable homes and socially rented homes. for those in the private rented sector we are going to reform the rules around that so we will finally get rid of no—fault evictions to help those not fortunate enough to own their own home or have social housing. we will make those changes as well. and the next question from the bbc.

do you consider yourself to be a nimby? — do you consider yourself to be a nimby? and then in terms of the house—building and green infrastructure investment, in history— infrastructure investment, in history we have only had this level of house—building when the state has been involved, and around the world the examples we know of green infrastructure investment have co—invested with the public sector. are you _ co—invested with the public sector. are you relying too much on the private — are you relying too much on the private sector to deliver this revolution, will net investment still go — revolution, will net investment still go down under your leadership at the _ still go down under your leadership at the treasury? first _ at the treasury? first of all, i do support development. as a constituency mp i have done just that. we need the private sector to build homes. we are not going to be in business or building goes directly. we need the construction sector, our house—building sector, to build those we have announced today some homes that have been installed that will now go forward, we have

committed to look at stalled sites to see what housing we can take forward. we are not going to let people off the hook. we want affordable housing and housing for social rent, an important part of the mix. this is not a green light for any type of housing. we want, we want a housing mix that our country and people need. the next question is from sky news. thank you. chancellor, congratulations, it is a watershed moment, — congratulations, it is a watershed moment, the first female chancellor, but dare _ moment, the first female chancellor, but dare i— moment, the first female chancellor, but dare i say not the first chancellor who has promised economic growth _ chancellor who has promised economic growth. perhaps every previous holder — growth. perhaps every previous holder of — growth. perhaps every previous holder of your office has come into office _ holder of your office has come into office saying there will be economic growth _ office saying there will be economic growth. could you be more specific about— growth. could you be more specific about this, — growth. could you be more specific about this, when can people,

particularly those nervous about having _ particularly those nervous about having all — particularly those nervous about having all this building happening, when _ having all this building happening, when can— having all this building happening, when can they expect economic growth, — when can they expect economic growth, the fruit of these planning reforms, _ growth, the fruit of these planning reforms, is — growth, the fruit of these planning reforms, is it something you might expect— reforms, is it something you might expect in— reforms, is it something you might expect in a — reforms, is it something you might expect in a few years, by the end of the parliamentary term, ten years? as i said. _ the parliamentary term, ten years? as i said, there is no time to waste, that is why within 72 hours i am here already announcing a range of measures to unlock private sector investment in housing, energy infrastructure and more widely. we want to get going. this mandate is for economic growth. we won that mandate, people voted loud and clear for a change, and to get britain building again and the plans to grow our economy. we are getting on with the delivery. i have spoken about planning and said i received a report from the national wealth fund trust force. and there are the other

areas where we will be setting up more detailed plans. studio: this is where we said goodbye to viewers on bbc two. if you want to continue watching, switch to bbc news. we face a diet inheritance but this is our down payment, the first steps to bring that growth back to the economy and i am determined to work to do that to unlock the private sector investment we need to grow our economy. it is fine to say we want growth, everyone does, but we have to will the means and notjust the ends, take difficult decisions which have been ducked and dived and deferred for 14 years. you can see today i mean business, we are getting on with the work needed to unlock that growth. the next question is from itv. thank you, chancellor. _

the next question is from itv. thank you, chancellor. 1.5 _ the next question is from itv. thank you, chancellor. 1.5 million - the next question is from itv. thank you, chancellor. 1.5 million new- you, chancellor. 1.5 million new homes — you, chancellor. 1.5 million new homes a — you, chancellor. 1.5 million new homes a year, sorry, in the parliament, 300,000 new homes. we haven't— parliament, 300,000 new homes. we haven't built _ parliament, 300,000 new homes. we haven't built new homes on that scale _ haven't built new homes on that scale since — haven't built new homes on that scale since the 1950s. when will your government deliver on 300,000 new homes— your government deliver on 300,000 new homes a year please? most economists will say building homes is not _ economists will say building homes is not enough, they need to be in the right— is not enough, they need to be in the right place, where jobs are, where _ the right place, where jobs are, where affordability is stretched, can you — where affordability is stretched, can you guarantee you will tweak the targets _ can you guarantee you will tweak the targets that you plan to reintroduce, that they will be tweaked _ reintroduce, that they will be tweaked to reflect that, the homes need to— tweaked to reflect that, the homes need to go in the right place. and in liverpool for example so you can see this is notjust growth and homes in one part of the country, thatis homes in one part of the country, that is geographically spread and we have committed to 1.5 million homes

by the end of parliament. we are not in the business of reneging on our manifesto commitments, we received a strong mandate and will deliver. we have to ramp up those homes over time, you can�*t build homes overnight but that is why we have set out today the initial steps we will take to unlock that private sector investment to build those home. i don�*t think anyone can be in any doubt about the seriousness of our intent when it comes to either house—building or infrastructure investment. the house-building or infrastructure investment-— house-building or infrastructure investment. . , , ., investment. the telegraph. in your own words this _ investment. the telegraph. in your own words this beach _ investment. the telegraph. in your own words this beach was - investment. the telegraph. in your own words this beach was about. own words this beach was about getting — own words this beach was about getting britain building again but one of— getting britain building again but one of the problems with our existing _ one of the problems with our existing stock is that older homeowners are not downsizing or not enough _ homeowners are not downsizing or not enough of— homeowners are not downsizing or not enough of them are downsizing. how are you _ enough of them are downsizing. how are you going to encourage them to move _ are you going to encourage them to move and _ are you going to encourage them to move and seem you enjoy talking about— move and seem you enjoy talking about planning, are you planning for an autumn— about planning, are you planning for an autumn statement that is closer to september or november? look, we are rroin to september or november? look, we are going to — to september or november? look, we are going to build _ to september or november? look, we are going to build homes _ to september or november? look, we are going to build homes so _

to september or november? look, we are going to build homes so that - to september or november? look, we are going to build homes so that if - are going to build homes so that if people want to downsize that they can choose to live in a different home. at the moment the big problem is there is not enough supply of housing so that is not enough choice for people, whether they are trying to get on the housing ladder or older people who want to downsize pads to a bungalow, or nearer to their children and grandchildren. we will build the homes to give people the choice again whatever stage of life they are at. i will do things properly when it comes to the budget. i will ask the office for budget responsibility to produce their forecast and we will go through the proper process and time it takes to do that and i will produce that budget in the autumn but we will set out the date for that budget before summer recess. next question from the financial times. ., , ., , , ., times. two questions, first, on the ob are under— times. two questions, first, on the 0b are under growth _ times. two questions, first, on the 0b are under growth forecast, - times. two questions, first, on the 0b are under growth forecast, a . times. two questions, first, on thej 0b are under growth forecast, a lot of analysts — 0b are under growth forecast, a lot of analysts will say it is already a lot more — of analysts will say it is already a lot more optimistic and growth and

productivity than others. do you see a risk— productivity than others. do you see a risk they— productivity than others. do you see a risk they will be a downgrade to growth _ a risk they will be a downgrade to growth because not enough has come through— growth because not enough has come through yet. second, public finances. _ through yet. second, public finances, one of the drugs on the public— finances, one of the drugs on the public finances at the moment a sick impact _ public finances at the moment a sick impact of— public finances at the moment a sick impact of quantitative tightening. i know— impact of quantitative tightening. i know you _ impact of quantitative tightening. i know you have moved out the idea of reserves, _ know you have moved out the idea of reserves, but can you see how their costs _ reserves, but can you see how their costs are _ reserves, but can you see how their costs are accounted for between the treasury _ costs are accounted for between the treasury and bank of england which could _ treasury and bank of england which could mitigate that national debt? the old _ could mitigate that national debt? the old br is currently forecasting between one and two thirds percent a year and i will ask them to provide their independent latest assessment to go alongside the budget. but i think everyone can see that we are serious about growing the economy. the planning reforms i have announced today will take place and

will happen shortly. i�*ve already announced today the end of the moratorium on onshore wind and announced today the deputy prime minister has called in decisions on two data centres and a number of housing develop meant. so we are getting started and of course we want to boost growth rate in our manifesto our number one mission is to have the highest sustained growth in the g7 with good jobs and productivity in all parts of the country. there is no time to waste if we will achieve that which is why i have spent the last 72 hours in this building with officials in my department but also other government departments working through the plans on what we can do to unlock the private sector investment that is absolutely essential for a growing economy. in terms of the bank of england and the treatment of reserves, i have got no intention of changing the way the way reserves are treated and the interest paid on

those reserves. we don�*t have any plans to change that. the guardian. the former prime minister now actually— the former prime minister now actually form in pete liz truss talked — actually form in pete liz truss talked about an anti—growth coalition— talked about an anti—growth coalition which has been holding back growth. do you think there is an anti—growth coalition in britain on what _ an anti—growth coalition in britain on what you plan to do about it? something — on what you plan to do about it? something specific on your housing targets, _ something specific on your housing targets, are you going to mandate specificm — targets, are you going to mandate specific... housing efficiency and also mandatory target for the proportion of social housing in the mix? _ proportion of social housing in the mix? ., , ., ., ., mix? county growth coalition of the conservative _ mix? county growth coalition of the conservative party, _ mix? county growth coalition of the conservative party, the _ mix? county growth coalition of the conservative party, the british - conservative party, the british people kick them out of office last week. in terms of housing and energy targets in the mix of social housing, i believe that in my colleagues, the deputy prime minister and the secretary of state

for energy security and 90 row to set those out but as you know we have that ambition of clean power by 2030 and to become a clean energy superpower. we don�*t want to be using more energy than we need and that includes in our homes. next question is from the sun. wanted to ask, last question is from the sun. wanted to ask. last week _ question is from the sun. wanted to ask, last week you _ question is from the sun. wanted to ask, last week you made _ question is from the sun. wanted to ask, last week you made the - question is from the sun. wanted to i ask, last week you made the comment the economy— ask, last week you made the comment the economy is much more thanjust lines on _ the economy is much more thanjust lines on a _ the economy is much more thanjust lines on a graph. you talk about pro growth, _ lines on a graph. you talk about pro growth, what everyone wants is when they will— growth, what everyone wants is when they will be _ growth, what everyone wants is when they will be feeling better off and better— they will be feeling better off and better for their households and families, — better for their households and families, so can we have some on that please? clearly we all want growth — that please? clearly we all want growth. you speak about making the uk the _ growth. you speak about making the uk the place for investment. we all know— uk the place for investment. we all know the _ uk the place for investment. we all know the london stock exchange has been having a drought of listings, companies leaving for other places. the tories — companies leaving for other places. the tories considered a british ice. will you _ the tories considered a british ice. will you be — the tories considered a british ice. will you be considering something along _ will you be considering something along those lines or do you agree it is more _ along those lines or do you agree it is more of— along those lines or do you agree it is more of a — along those lines or do you agree it is more of a gimmick and more needs

to be _ is more of a gimmick and more needs to be done? _ is more of a gimmick and more needs to be done?— is more of a gimmick and more needs to be done? economic growth is about more than nine _ to be done? economic growth is about more than nine telegraph. _ to be done? economic growth is about more than nine telegraph. this - to be done? economic growth is about more than nine telegraph. this is - more than nine telegraph. this is about whether working people feel better off, the high street in town centres are revived, whether they�*re are good jobs paying decent wages and more part of the country. success for me will be whether working—class kids from ordinary backgrounds have more opportunities than they do today and those opportunities have gone backwards in the last few years. the opportunity to own your own home has gone backwards, we are not building enough homes. the opportunity to get on at school has gone backwards because number of unqualified teachers in our classrooms which the new education secretary has already set out how we will go about recruiting 6500 additional teachers. we will reform the business rate system, deliver on those commitments in our manifesto to make working people better off and we�*re starting today with the announcement about

how we can ensure more people can get on the housing ladder and more people can have a home of their own, whether to buy or first social rent and that is a key determinant of whether people feel better off and whether people feel better off and whether they have a good standard of living. i want to be a great place to do investment. i know many businesses have looked at britain these last few years and have doubted whether we are a safe haven for investment. i want that to change and with me as chancellor i believe it will. i want people when they look around the world to see britain as a place they can see a stable government with serious plans to grow the economy, a government thatis to grow the economy, a government that is pro—business and pro—growth so we can try that private sector investment that is crucial if we are going to have those good jobs in all parts of the country, good jobs paying decent wages and i want to work in partnership with businesses. as i did when i was shadow chancellor but now in this privileged position of being chancellor of the exchequer to work in partnership with business to

ensure these opportunities exist for families, ouryoung ensure these opportunities exist for families, our young people all around our country. final question from the times.— around our country. final question from the times. congratulations. we have spoken — from the times. congratulations. we have spoken about _ from the times. congratulations. we have spoken about growth _ from the times. congratulations. we have spoken about growth today, . from the times. congratulations. we l have spoken about growth today, less so about _ have spoken about growth today, less so about the constraint on public finances — so about the constraint on public finances and the government is going to be receiving their public pay recommendation soon. i wonder whether— recommendation soon. i wonder whether the government will match those _ whether the government will match those in _ whether the government will match those in full, given the fact that public— those in full, given the fact that public finances at the moment are fairly— public finances at the moment are fairly strained. you public finances at the moment are fairly strained.— fairly strained. you are right that i have used _ fairly strained. you are right that i have used this _ fairly strained. you are right that i have used this first _ fairly strained. you are right that i have used this first opportunity| i have used this first opportunity to talk about economic growth. that is because it is a number one mission of this incoming labour government, to grow our economy and bring good jobs and productivity growth to all part of the country. and i wanted to start like i mean to go on, as a progrowth chancellor with serious plans to unlock that business investment needed to realise our ambitions. but i also set out today that i have asked the

treasury officials this weekend to provide an update to me on the state of the public finances and the inheritance and i will present that to parliament before the end of this month. i will also at that i�*m sick of the day for the budget alongside the obr forecast. in terms of public sector pay, there is a process to go through, the pay review bodies report to the secretary of state. i am under no illusions about the scale of the inheritance. i have been clear today, clear about that in the last few weeks. difficult decisions for this incoming labour government because of the mess left by our predecessors but we will turn things around and central to that is growing the economy because as a treasury analysis presented to me this weekend shows, if the economy hadn�*t grown at the average rate of economies —— had grown, it would be

£58 billion more for public services. that is why growth is crucial for driving services. that is why growth is crucialfor driving up services. that is why growth is crucial for driving up living standards and public services. firstly, you are and lead mp. you 'ust firstly, you are and lead mp. you just got— firstly, you are and lead mp. you just got elected on a massive mandate _ just got elected on a massive mandate for change. will the people of yorkshire get h52 or not? a question— of yorkshire get h52 or not? a question on leasehold. will labour take on— question on leasehold. will labour take on labour councils who are also freeholders — take on labour councils who are also freeholders for ex council flat and when _ freeholders for ex council flat and when they — freeholders for ex council flat and when they apply the same rules as they are _ when they apply the same rules as they are for private freeholders? gn they are for private freeholders? (gin hsz, i they are for private freeholders? h52, i was they are for private freeholders? on h52, i was really clear in hs2, i was really clear in opposition that we are not going to make any promises without saying where the money will come from. that is not going to change now i am chancellor of the exchequer. i will not make any commitments without being able to say where the money will come from. on leasehold is, that would apply for local

authorities as much as it does for private sector landlords. thank you for your persistence and thank you, everyone, for coming along today. that was a chancellor rachel reeves taking an unexpected question at the end of the press conference and as we mentioned earlier, economic growth is very much front and centre of what she and the labour party want to put forward. she talked earlier about labour inheriting 14 years of chaos and economic irresponsibility. that is herfirst major speech since her appointment as chancellor and she said the new labour government had done more to unblock their planning system in the past 72 hours than the previous current seven f —— my conservative government had done in 14 years. she said they would restore monetary housing targets own pledge to deliver 1.5 million homes have the next five years. decisions on large projects would be taken nationally and not locally. let�*s get a little bit of analysis now as to what we

have been hearing there from their chancellor. let�*s cross live to nick eardley he was listening to that speech. in a moment we will speak to our business corresponded about the economic side of it but i want to talk to you about the politics because very much what labour has been focusing on now is talking about economic growth, where it will come from, how quickly it will happen because as rachel rees said, she doesn�*t want to make promises she doesn�*t want to make promises she can�*t keep. pond she doesn't want to make promises she can't keep-— she can't keep. and the whole idea ofthat she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech _ she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech was _ she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech was to _ she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech was to try _ she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech was to try and - she can't keep. and the whole idea of that speech was to try and grab | of that speech was to try and grab us all by the shoulders and say, look, we are doing this right away and three concrete things there that rachel reeves said were happening immediately, big changes that would help drive some economic growth by performing the planning system. three things i have written down are ending that a ban on onshore wind, that will mean project can start moving pretty quickly. now the

government has announced that, she said there will be an interventionist approach from the housing minister and deputy prime minister angela rayner which is designed to say, we are going to make this stuff work even if it is difficult. finally, think they�*re mandatory house targetable comeback. again, designed to save this government is not prepared to give excuses on blocking planning for new developments and new homes. they want to make it happen. when you think of the politics of the last few years and why previous attempt to do this sort of thing have been pretty tricky is because the conservatives had a lot of backbench mps who went —— were really unhappy about it and were often kicked off if there was going to be something meaning a lot of building in their area. it will be interesting to see if some labour mps do the same thing but to be honest because labour have that stonking majority i don�*t think that stonking majority i don�*t think that will worry the chancellor. it does sound like labour is prepared

to drive through some things that previous governments have struggled to do and they are trying to hit the ground running, get it done as soon as possible. ground running, get it done as soon as possible-— ground running, get it done as soon as ossible. . ,, , . . as possible. thank you very much. we can cross live — as possible. thank you very much. we can cross live now _ as possible. thank you very much. we can cross live now to _ as possible. thank you very much. we can cross live now to our— as possible. thank you very much. we can cross live now to our business - can cross live now to our business correspondent who is listening in to that speech from the bbc newsroom. no surprises there in terms of what we have heard from the chancellor but very keen to underline the fact sheet is a progrowth chancellor which begs the question, is any chancellor anti growth? i which begs the question, is any chancellor anti growth?- which begs the question, is any chancellor anti growth? i was going to sa , no chancellor anti growth? i was going to say, no chancellor— chancellor anti growth? i was going to say, no chancellor is _ chancellor anti growth? i was going to say, no chancellor is going - chancellor anti growth? i was going to say, no chancellor is going to - to say, no chancellor is going to come into office predicting anything other than economic growth. the question is, whether or not they can achieve those goals. what rachel reeves has done here is set out what her stall is going to be. on the one hand, big reforms to the planning system to make it easierfor investment to take place and also showing britain as a stable place to invest because there has been instability, political instability

over the past few years that we are all aware of dating back to 2016 and all aware of dating back to 2016 and a brexit referendum and that has arguably made britain a less attractive place to invest. what she is saying is that now with a strong majority labour is in a position to portray britain as a stable place to invest and therefore the people in the audience, business leaders, investors should bring out their money and start spending in britain. in terms of their planning reforms she is setting out, i think there what nick had to say is true, it is unpopular decisions five. coming into office with a large majority changes to the planning system are going to attract opposition. we know that, especially opposition in rural parts of england. so there is a sense that perhaps the chancellor is taking it on the chin to begin with and team very strongly that, although they will be difficult decisions and unpopular, she is not going to be put off doing that. what going to be put off doing that. what ha--ens going to be put off doing that. what ha ens if going to be put off doing that. what happens if that _ going to be put off doing that. what happens if that economic growth she is banking on doesn�*t happen? this

is banking on doesn't happen? this is banking on doesn't happen? this is how is banking on doesn't happen? in 3 is how governments finance themselves. if you need a healthy economy to bring in the tax revenues that pay for your objectives. so if you don�*t get strong economic growth you don�*t get strong economic growth you don�*t get those extra tax receipts which you can�*t spend the money so any government coming into office will want to maximise growth in order to maximise the money coming in so they can achieve their goal. if they can�*t achieve their goals then you see mr commitments, mist manifesto commitment in the popularity of the government would soon wane. so it is important for this government as for any incoming government to be seen to be on the front foot, promoting growth and to be seen to promote prosperity. ultimately, as rachel reeves said this morning, if you are going to raise living standards you need that money coming in.— money coming in. good to talk to ou, our money coming in. good to talk to you, our business _ money coming in. good to talk to you, our business correspondent| money coming in. good to talk to i you, our business correspondent he was followed that and also a big thank you to nick eardley. thanks to both of you for that. we will come back to you later in the day to get

more analysis. to move on. at the same time the chancellor, rachel reeves, was speaking, sir keir starmer was also giving a speech on his visit to northern ireland. we couldn�*t take it lie but we did record it for you. —— take it live. let�*s take a listen. being here. i�*ve had the opportunity this morning to have discussions with the first minister, the deputy first minister and all of the political parties in the northern ireland executive. and i�*ve made clear that being here on day three of the new labour government is a clear statement of intent about the importance of northern ireland to me and my government, about resetting relationships and moving forward in a respectful, collaborative way. and we�*ve had very constructive and positive discussions this morning. i�*ve been very clear

that my government has a mandate for change, for stability here in northern ireland and a different way of doing politics, and i�*m very pleased to have had the opportunity so, so early on in this government to be here to have those discussions which have gone very well this morning. i mean, a number of issues were discussed this morning and as you would expect, finance came up. the health service came up. casement park came up and we addressed those constructively. i understand the case in relation to investment and financing in particular, and we will work to resolve those issues constructively. today was very much about the way in which we will address those issues, those challenges, and to be very clear about the importance of it to me and the collaborative way in which we will take this forward. and so that�*s the main and most important thing about this morning�*s discussion. well, as you would expect, i have already had discussions with the taoiseach and others, again, to make it clear, the approach that i will take to reset and make sure that those relationships are collaborative,

that they�*re respectful. of course, there are issues, including in relation to litigation, but the most important thing is the way in which we will approach this. and i treat the mandate that i was given in the general election as a mandate for doing politics differently, a mandate for stability, much needed stability. i think one of the big problems of the last 14 years, but particularly the last six to eight years, has been instability. a lot of chopping and changing. that all ends today. and i�*ve had very constructive discussions not only here in northern ireland, but obviously, um, with the tea shop earlier on. so, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, is in northern ireland on the second stop on his tour of the devolved let�*s speak to our correspondent sara girvin in belfast.

talk me through what kind of impression keir starmer has made this morning in northern ireland instalment. i this morning in northern ireland instalment-— this morning in northern ireland instalment. ,, , ., . instalment. i think you could argue that it is rrot _ instalment. i think you could argue that it is not often _ instalment. i think you could argue that it is not often politician - instalment. i think you could argue that it is not often politician to - that it is not often politician to northern ireland agree on too much but they sort of have today. those meetings have been going on since early this morning, both with parties that are inside the executive and outside their first minister michelle o�*neill, the deputy first minister, they have all come away using similar words. positive, friendly, you could tell the tone was quite jovial, even though they were discussing a serious matter and you heard from sir keir starmer but what stood out to me is him saying that him being here so soon after being appointed prime minister is a clear statement of intent for northern ireland, that he wants to reset relationship. we have heard that word reset used again and again and that has been in

what we have heard in the other political parties, new beginnings and fresh start. keir starmer said he wanted to move forward in a respectful and collaborative way and discussions had been positive. funding was discussed, the big stadium project in belfast, it needs to be finished by 2020 —— to host their heroes and there is been at it questionable how much money will be given to the project. the health service. sir keir starmer comes into northern ireland with a certain amount of goodwill. we had from that leader of the social democratic and labour party and he said keir starmer at notice place, he has worked here during his legal career, he got the issues without having to be told them, he said, but he did say we told him anyway. and also keir starmer talked about the good

friday agreement, largely credited to bringing peace to northern ireland after violence. the labour government tony blair�*s administration had a big part of bringing that to northern ireland so i think there is a lot of goodwill there, a lot of positivity. there may be bumps in the road as well. it is early to say what way of these relationships will pan out. the issue of funding will be a sticky one. all of the parties here want more money. we don�*t know where that labour will be able to deliver that as well. it is a matter of days after sinn fein and the irish republican party became northern ireland�*s biggest irish party at westminster. they don�*t matter that has reenergised a lot of chat about the possible tea of a future referendum on irish unity and he was pressed several times on that, the new prime minister. he has previously said he didn�*t think that border poll will be on the horizon.

he was pushed again today, and talked about the good friday agreement and the fact his party with a party of the good friday agreement and what would happen next would be set out in all of that. so i have to say if we look at it in the round, a positive start for keir starmer here at stormont after a few years of bad relationships with the conservative government, this is off to a good start. conservative government, this is off to a good start-— to a good start. great to talk to ou. to a good start. great to talk to you- let's _ to a good start. great to talk to you. let's take _ to a good start. great to talk to you. let's take you _ to a good start. great to talk to you. let's take you away - to a good start. great to talk to you. let's take you away now. to a good start. great to talk to i you. let's take you away now from you. let�*s take you away now from uk politics and to ukraine. in ukraine there are reports of a major daytime missile attack. president volodymyr zelensky shared this video online of damage to a children�*s hospital in kyiv — he says that russia has fired more than forty missiles. and you can see live pictures from the city here too. at five ukrainian cities, including kyiv where five people

the mayor said the attack in the capital was one of the heaviest since the start of the russia invasion in february 2022. we have seen a number of ukrainian cities hit hard but in particular we have seenin hit hard but in particular we have seen in dnipro and kramatorsk but the big one in kyiv, a lot of damage done to the city boss mark main children�*s hospital which was damaged really badly in the strike. we will try to bring even more as we get it on bbc news. i think we can now hear a little bit from our correspondent. he sent us this update from kyiv. russia used at least 40 missiles to target cities across ukraine including the capital kyiv and we don�*t know how many of those missiles manage to hit the target.

we could hear large explosions here in kyiv and it appears that the ukraine air defence systems where engage and try to shoot down those missiles. but some of those missiles try to change their trajectory as they were trying to hit the target and mislead and avoid the ukrainian air defence systems and some of those missiles did manage to get through and hit their targets, including the children�*s hospital in kyiv. the leader —— mark the media posted on social media showed the destruction on the outside of the building and some of the personal members were reportedly injured during the attack as well. other cities across ukraine were also targeted by the russian missiles, including the cities of dnipro, kramatorsk, kryvyy rih and others and we are getting reports from ki’yvyy and we are getting reports from kryvyy rih that a number of people were injured and killed in that city

as well. ., were injured and killed in that city as well. . ., ~ . . as well. earlier our ukrainian correspondent _ as well. earlier our ukrainian correspondent spoke - as well. earlier our ukrainian correspondent spoke to - as well. earlier our ukrainian correspondent spoke to us . as well. earlier our ukrainian i correspondent spoke to us from as well. earlier our ukrainian - correspondent spoke to us from kyiv. we just heard a very loud explosion outside, an air raid on kyiv. it was considered one of the biggest children�*s hospital in kyiv, which was hit previously in a missile attack on kyiv. so far we don�*t have information on whether there are casualties in the children�*s hospital. at least seven people were killed in kyiv this morning as a result of russian missile attack on the ukrainian capital. also at least ten people were killed in kryvyy rih, in central ukraine, an

important industrial city. and it looks like tens of people were injured all across the country. so how we don�*t have a number of casualties but it is writing. in the ukrainian capital and outside in other cities and other regions of ukraine. there is. an important city closer to the south of ukraine. there is her relative break and quiet at least for the ukrainian capital. the entire country is under attack and it is one of the deadliest that

ukraine has already survived. i work ukrainian correspondent. _ ukraine has already survived. i work ukrainian correspondent. i - ukraine has already survived. i work ukrainian correspondent. i wanted l ukraine has already survived. i work ukrainian correspondent. i wanted to show you pictures on bbc news and these are pictures of that children�*s hospital. you can see the damage to that hospital, very, very serious damage to the children�*s hospital, major damage. the it is mayo saying there have been many casualties from that blast. you can see many people trying to sift through the damaged building and there is a huge piece of that building just falling down as well. there is rubble everywhere. we have been hearing that the president has said in a social media post that everyone is helping to clear the rubble, doctors and ordinary people. the health minister has said that the cancer and intensive care wards had been hit by the blast and if you

look online, there are photos from the scene showing, upsetting photos, showing young children, some with iv drip sitting outside the hospital as it was evacuated. reuters news agency was told that the bombardment was one of the worst attacks since the start of the war on the capital. these are photos of that children�*s hospital in kyiv that are coming to us he had the bbc. we will bring you more on this developing story throughout the day here on bbc news. let�*s take you to france. the surprise outcome of the week and two parliamentary elections. we are just learning in the last hour that the french president emanuel macron have decided to keep his prime minister in office to quote, ensure the country�*s stability. on sunday he made clear he would offer his

resignation which follows french political tradition but it seems mr macron want him to stay at least for a little while longer. after the election we know that a coalition of left—wing parties, they won the most seats. the sentries came second with the far right national valley third. it leaderjordan bardella said the countries left electoral arrangement a to have thrown france into the hands of the hard left. the left—wing new popular front has won 182 seats in total. marine le pen�*s national valley have 143 which put him in third place, behind president macron�*s centrist alliance. as you can see, they have 168 seats. france therefore will have what is called a hung parliament and from there here is our correspondent. cheering. victory brings joy and also relief.

for france�*s left, the fear that the far right national rally stood at the gates of power finally abated. instead, they came out on top, beating the rally into third place, thwarting its hopes of power and with it, the hard line on immigration and law and order. translation: i'm still moved. it�*s incredible. we�*re relieved. there is a lot of hope. there is a lot of hope for the future of france, for the left. what is happening here, it�*s historic. it�*s a liberation. down the road, more celebrations on the left — but they won�*t have a majority. a hung parliament could spell paralysis, but forsupporters, it�*s far better than the alternative. translation: i'm a dualj national franco-algerian, so for weeks i was afraid for my life and i said to myself, "maybe i�*ll think about leaving just for the sake of my life and that of my loved ones", but now i can�*t

quite bring myself to do it. all i do is cry, because the one thing i keep telling myself is "we�*re safe". what a difference at the national rally ho, they�*d come so close to forming france�*s first far right government since the second world war. but it wasn�*t to be. chanting. their leader tried to lift spirits. translation: we're| losing one more year. one more year of unregulated immigration. losing purchasing power, one more year of a blowing up of insecurity in our country. but if we need to go through that, then we�*ll go through that. tepid champagne, fading jazz, it�*s not quite the hash the national rally was planning, but the party isn�*t over and they�*ll be hoping that whatever government emerges will be so riven by division that it plays into the hands of marine le pen at the next presidential election in 2027.

beneath the political fireworks is a divided country that feels like it�*s lost its way. the city of light still not sure who will lead it out of the dark. mark lowen, bbc news, paris. there are 335 mps arriving at westminster for the first time today, navigating the house of commons, setting up their offices and getting used to their new roles. let�*s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. talk correspondent nick eardley. me through the monu of talk me through the monumental task of these people have, not only a new job, but a new location, the warren of offices around the houses of parliament. it is getting used to a lot of things very quickly. i parliament. it is getting used to a lot of things very quickly.- lot of things very quickly. i have been here _ lot of things very quickly. i have been here for— lot of things very quickly. i have been here for eight _ lot of things very quickly. i have been here for eight years - lot of things very quickly. i have been here for eight years and i l lot of things very quickly. i have i been here for eight years and i get

lost most days, so there�*s definitely a lot to get used to! it is a particularly big task today because there are more than 300 new mps. that is the extent to which there has been a clear of conservative mps, lots of new mps to get used to this place. i�*m pleased to say we have got one here. adam, congratulations on your election. you started your induction yesterday. you started your induction yesterday-— you started your induction yesterday. you started your induction esterda .~ . , you started your induction esterda . . . . ,, , ., yesterday. what happens? first of all it is an incredible _ yesterday. what happens? first of all it is an incredible honour - yesterday. what happens? first of all it is an incredible honour and l all it is an incredible honour and privilege — all it is an incredible honour and privilege to walk into this place knowing — privilege to walk into this place knowing i have 17,000 odd people to stand _ knowing i have17,000 odd people to stand up— knowing i have 17,000 odd people to stand up for. knackered after the campaign, — stand up for. knackered after the campaign, obviously. a chance to get your laptop. — campaign, obviously. a chance to get your laptop, your ipods up and working — your laptop, your ipods up and working. have you had any sleep? a little bits. _ working. have you had any sleep? a little hits, my wife was insistent we go _ little hits, my wife was insistent we go to — little hits, my wife was insistent we go to bed early last night. i

have _ we go to bed early last night. i have been— we go to bed early last night. i have been working hard, building trust. _ have been working hard, building trust, listening to people and trying — trust, listening to people and trying to— trust, listening to people and trying to get folks across newcastle—under— lyme trying to get folks across newcastle—under—lyme some change. newcastle—under— lyme some change. give newcastle—under—lyme some change. give us _ newcastle—under—lyme some change. give us a _ newcastle—under—lyme some change. give us a chance how daunting or exciting it is to be a new mp. this place is obviously based on some old, some would say strange traditions. there is a lot to get used to. how much is there to get in your head over the next few weeks? abs, your head over the next few weeks? a huge amount. i had the privilege of working _ huge amount. i had the privilege of working for— huge amount. i had the privilege of working for ruthjones, the former shadow— working for ruthjones, the former shadow environment minister. i have had the _ shadow environment minister. i have had the chance to work here before. you know _ had the chance to work here before. you know the place, but it is a differentjob now. you know the place, but it is a different job now.— you know the place, but it is a different job now. different 'ob now. hugely. iwill be takinr differentjob now. hugely. iwill be takinr the differentjob now. hugely. iwill be taking the next _ differentjob now. hugely. iwill be taking the next few _ differentjob now. hugely. iwill be taking the next few days _ different job now. hugely. i will be taking the next few days to - differentjob now. hugely. iwill be taking the next few days to get - taking the next few days to get battle — taking the next few days to get battle ready to fight for the people of newcastle. it is massively exciting _ of newcastle. it is massively exciting and i'm conscious of the responsibility to wrestle my shoulders now and i will be working every _ shoulders now and i will be working every day _ shoulders now and i will be working every day to honour the trust placed

in me _ every day to honour the trust placed in me. as _ every day to honour the trust placed in me. a ., ., every day to honour the trust placed in me. as someone who has worked here as a staffer. — in me. as someone who has worked here as a staffer, or— in me. as someone who has worked here as a staffer, or people - in me. as someone who has worked here as a staffer, or people coming | here as a staffer, or people coming to you asking for advice, are you tidying up of people to show them around? i tidying up of people to show them around? ., tidying up of people to show them around? . , ., . , ., , around? i have shown a couple of my als were around? i have shown a couple of my pals were the — around? i have shown a couple of my pals were the leaves _ around? i have shown a couple of my pals were the leaves are! _ around? i have shown a couple of my pals were the leaves are! and - around? i have shown a couple of my pals were the leaves are! and where | pals were the leaves are! and where the best— pals were the leaves are! and where the best soup is. the most important thin- the best soup is. the most important thing is _ the best soup is. the most important thing is trying to build that togetherness and solidarity with my colleagues. there is a huge task ahead _ colleagues. there is a huge task ahead of— colleagues. there is a huge task ahead of us to get the country back on track— ahead of us to get the country back on track and the sooner we get to work, _ on track and the sooner we get to work. the — on track and the sooner we get to work, the better. we need to build that team — work, the better. we need to build that team spirit. the party were really _ that team spirit. the party were really clear that all of us have a common— really clear that all of us have a common bond of focus and determination to make britain better~ — determination to make britain better. there have been lots of hugs and back— better. there have been lots of hugs and back slaps and handshakes, but that is— and back slaps and handshakes, but that is for— and back slaps and handshakes, but that is for this induction week, then— that is for this induction week, then we — that is for this induction week, then we hit the ground running after the's speech. we then we hit the ground running after the's speech-— the's speech. we have known each other for a — the's speech. we have known each other for a while. _ the's speech. we have known each other for a while. this _ the's speech. we have known each other for a while. this place - the's speech. we have known each other for a while. this place isn't l

otherfor a while. this place isn�*t all about getting used to date, it is about the hard graft of politics. how confident argue that the labour party is going to be able to deliver what the conservatives failed to, which is a significant change to the economy and the big economic growth that the chancellor is promising. growth is the number—one buzzword for us _ growth is the number-one buzzword for us. �* ., . . growth is the number-one buzzword for us. . . , , ., growth is the number-one buzzword for us. . ., , ., ., , for us. and it has been for others. but it is for us. and it has been for others. itout it is to — for us. and it has been for others. itout it is to do _ for us. and it has been for others. but it is to do things _ for us. and it has been for others. but it is to do things with - for us. and it has been for others. but it is to do things with people, | but it is to do things with people, not for— but it is to do things with people, not for at — but it is to do things with people, not for at people. and i have the chance _ not for at people. and i have the chance to — not for at people. and i have the chance to make sure that happens, holding _ chance to make sure that happens, holding our — chance to make sure that happens, holding our ministers to the account, _ holding our ministers to the account, picking up the key issues on the _ account, picking up the key issues on the ground and bringing them to this place _ on the ground and bringing them to this place and the green benches. the task— this place and the green benches. the task ahead of us is huge. we have _ the task ahead of us is huge. we have a _ the task ahead of us is huge. we have a lot — the task ahead of us is huge. we have a lot of work to do to build trust _ have a lot of work to do to build trust of— have a lot of work to do to build trust of people. they give us an opportunity to build our country. we have a _ opportunity to build our country. we have a large — opportunity to build our country. we have a large mandate and now we need to make _ have a large mandate and now we need to make sure _ have a large mandate and now we need to make sure we put that mandate into practice. my main focus will be

doing _ into practice. my main focus will be doing things with people, not to them _ doing things with people, not to them. .. . doing things with people, not to them. , ., ., doing things with people, not to them. , ., them. rachel reeves today was saying that the new — them. rachel reeves today was saying that the new housing _ them. rachel reeves today was saying that the new housing minister - them. rachel reeves today was saying that the new housing minister angela l that the new housing minister angela rayner will be interventionist. big house building targets, mandatory targets are being brought back. that sounds a bit like central government will be sent to people, including to your constituents, you have to live with this, whether or not. that your constituents, you have to live with this, whether or not.- with this, whether or not. that is wh the with this, whether or not. that is why the views — with this, whether or not. that is why the views and _ with this, whether or not. that is why the views and ambitions - with this, whether or not. that is why the views and ambitions of l with this, whether or not. that is i why the views and ambitions of my people _ why the views and ambitions of my people are — why the views and ambitions of my people are heard loudly. i have the opportunity to ask questions in the chamber— opportunity to ask questions in the chamber had to take concerns to ministers — chamber had to take concerns to ministers. people elected a government with a large mandate last week _ government with a large mandate last week 0f— government with a large mandate last week. of course you expect government to lead. we saw decker, delay~ _ government to lead. we saw decker, delay~ 0f— government to lead. we saw decker, delay. of course we would expect

government to have a key role in making _ government to have a key role in making things happen. from the prime minister— making things happen. from the prime minister down, the focus is doing things— minister down, the focus is doing things with people, not to them. you know what things with people, not to them. know what the things with people, not to them. yti. know what the culture around this place is like. it has a reputation for being a bit breezy, a lot of scandal over the next few years, will that change? i scandal over the next few years, will that change?— will that change? i hope so. it is important _ will that change? i hope so. it is important that _ will that change? i hope so. it is important that this _ will that change? i hope so. it is important that this is _ will that change? i hope so. it is important that this is seen - will that change? i hope so. it is important that this is seen as i will that change? i hope so. it is important that this is seen as a l important that this is seen as a place _ important that this is seen as a place of— important that this is seen as a place of work. should they shut the bars? _ place of work. should they shut the bars? moderation in life is a sensible _ bars? moderation in life is a sensible approach. it is not need to pass. _ sensible approach. it is not need to pass, whether the bars should be shot _ pass, whether the bars should be shot we — pass, whether the bars should be shot. we need to never forget we are here to _ shot. we need to never forget we are here to deliver with people.— here to deliver with people. adam, new mp for — here to deliver with people. adam, | new mp for newcastle-under-lyme, new mp for newcastle—under—lyme, thank you for coming to speak to us. so, yes, a lot of mps queueing up to get their inductions. we will speak to more during the course of the

day. the new prime minister has stressed the work will start straightaway. the new prime minister has stressed that work will start straight away to quote �*fix�* the nhs�* after labour�*s victory. the new heath secretary wes streeting has described the nhs as �*broken.�* earlier i spoke to thea stein, chief executive of the nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy — she gave me her take on the health secretary�*s assessment. oh, i�*ve thought about this a lot and i think there are two types of broken things. there are broken things that you throw away, they�*re not useful any more, and there are broken things that you mend. i think what he�*s describing is a situation that�*s the latter. he�*s describing an nhs that has lots of broken pieces, but he�*s also describing a real commitment to mending it and a real optimism that it can be mended and i think that�*s that�*s correct. i think it�*s a good place to start an honest conversation. is there anything the labour party has promised that you don�*t think they�*re going to be able to deliver? i think it�*s too early to say that. i think that it�*s important

to remain currently optimistic about the enthusiasm and the approach that they�*re taking, which is thoughtful, it is considerate. i�*m very impressed by the fact that his first visit today is to primary care. the government has said that they wish to see a shift of resource from hospitals to primary and community services. we often see health secretaries going and visiting a hospital. let�*s be positive about the fact that we�*re seeing this secretary going to primary care. there is a loss of confidence in primary care, a quite remarkable one that we�*ve seen in the british social attitudes survey. a bigger shift than we�*ve seen ever before. so this government is really going to have to show a commitment to primary and community services. they say they are going to. some are going to call that they�*re not going to. they say they�*re going to invest in the whole system in a way that

will allow waiting lists to come down, and they have heritage to show that they did that in the �*90s. so it�*s it�*s possible. it�*s possible. another problem for the new government to solve, something the conservatives couldn�*t do, and that is the junior doctors strike. we know there�*ll he talks between the health secretary, wes streeting, and the bma. what is it you think that labour need to do differently to solve the issue of these strikes? i think they need to take a considered and long—term view of the pay review process, which is a very nerdy thing to say and quite techie, but we actually shouldn�*t be in this position. whilst there are many parts of europe that have groups of staff that are disgruntled and unhappy, the level of strikes that we are seeing is to do with a very broken pay review

process that is not seen as timely, it�*s not seen as being transparent, it�*s not seen as being fair and it�*s not seen as being efficient. the long—term work they need to do when they solve this particular strike is ensuring the pay review process is modernised to ensure this doesn�*t happen again. some of the largest ports in the southern states of america have been closing in preparation for the arrival of hurricane beryl. residents had in making last—minute preparations to board up their homes and evacuation orders have been issued in several counties.

it is going to be wet, it is going to be windy and it is going to be dangerous. do not go out between 12 midnight and dangerous. do not go out between 12 midnightand 12 dangerous. do not go out between 12 midnight and 12 noon tomorrow. ahead midnight and 12 noon tomorrow. ahead of hurricane beryl _ midnight and 12 noon tomorrow. ahead of hurricane beryl making _ midnight and 12 noon tomorrow. ahead of hurricane beryl making landfall, texas made last—minute preparations. homes have been boarded up, storm shutters put in place and many residents have stocked up on petrol for their generators and other vital supplies. for their generators and other vital su lies. . . for their generators and other vital su lies. , , , supplies. this is the first hurricane _ supplies. this is the first hurricane i'm _ supplies. this is the first hurricane i'm going - supplies. this is the first hurricane i'm going to i supplies. this is the first | hurricane i'm going to be hurricane i�*m going to be experiencing. we go through this every time there is a storm out

there. everybody gets kind of crazy. you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. fits you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.— you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. as the storm blew through _ and hope for the best. as the storm blew through the _ and hope for the best. as the storm blew through the region, _ and hope for the best. as the storm blew through the region, to - blew through the region, to strengthen that we can. at one stage it was the earliest category five storm in atlantic hurricane history. experts say the warming of the ocean is caused by human activities has made hurricane season is busier and more intense. at the time it struck mexico at a cost of its power, but even here, including in the tourist resort of cancun, there was widespread flooding and power lines were brought down. the real damage was in the caribbean. smaller islands, particularly of donator and st vincent and the grenadines were left in ruins. at least ten people have been killed and the cost is vast. in response, the united nations has millions in emergency release relief funds, but with some communities having lost everything,

it may be years before they fully recover. hurricane beryl was mentioned by king charles. he expressed his care and concern for those affected by hurricane beryl as he met the squad of the west indies cricket team at buckingham palace. a new support package up to £500,000 has been launched to help with the destruction caused by the hurricane. let�*s take you back to that story in ukraine. there are reports of a major daytime attack there. he said russia has fired more than 40 missiles at five ukrainian cities across the country, including kyiv were five people have reportedly

been killed. ten have been killed in a central city we also heard the very latest from a russia error —— editor. very latest from a russia error -- ednon very latest from a russia error -- editor. . very latest from a russia error -- editor. , , ,, . , editor. there is shock and dismay in ukraine that — editor. there is shock and dismay in ukraine that the _ editor. there is shock and dismay in ukraine that the country's _ editor. there is shock and dismay in ukraine that the country's biggest i ukraine that the country�*s biggest children�*s hospital has been hit by a russian missile and footage is circulating on social media appears to show the missile hitting the hospital, not debris. it appears that russia targeted that hospital. there are scenes of ordinary residence of kyiv trying to rescue those trapped at the scene, doctors in blood spattered gown is also at the scene helping. as far as vitali klitschko, he has been to the hospital, and he spoke of horror and genocide. he said russians are

committing genocide against ukrainians. elsewhere in ukraine, the home city of volodymyr zelensky, come at least ten people have been confirmed dead. details are coming in. it is relatively unusual for russia to carry out a daytime strike. normally it happens at night. the number of missiles, more than 40 apparently, suggest that the purpose was to overwhelm ukrainian air defences, that is why so many miss out native to their targets. let�*s bring you a little more on this story. these are the latest pictures that have coming to us at bbc news. you can see here the absolute destruction of that hospital building in kyiv. we know different cities were attacked, but this children�*s hospital has been seriously damaged in the ukrainian capital. at least ten people, we

believe, have been killed in this attack. it is rare to have a daytime attack. it is rare to have a daytime attack on the city. the ukrainian president has said that russia must face consequences for it strikes on civilians. he also said that in a social media post earlier that right now everyone is helping to clear the rubble, doctors and ordinary people. the health minister in ukraine said that the cancer and intensive care wards had been hit by the blast and we saw earlier photos from the scene showing young people, some with iv drips, sitting outside the hospital as was evacuated. vitali klitschko said that the hospital bombardment was one of the worst attacks on the capital since the start of the war. the war in ukraine is a foreign policy priority for the new uk government. we know that the defence secretary has pledged more military aid for ukraine, and the new foreign

secretary, david lammy, has been visiting poland. he stressed that the two countries share the same strategic vision, with british troops and air defence system is helping to defence poland. hey! so good to see you. the charm offensive begins. good to see you. hello to the press. deep in the polish countryside, a warm welcome for the new foreign secretary — a man on a mission to win friends and reassure allies and, where possible, to reset britain�*s relationship with the eu. in particular, we want to double down on our commitment to ukraine and, of course, european security, including through joint bilateral projects between our defence industry and a new eu—uk security pact. from his famously anglophile host, an expression of kinship

and a request. we are a relatively fresh government in poland too, and we are also the product of the public being tired with enthusiasts on the nationalist side of politics, so what we expect is a more pragmatic approach. ties off for a walk in the grounds — a chance, it seems, to bond, each side speaking of creative ideas. but these are early days. this trip, with its focus on support for ukraine, on relations with the eu and nato, is not about instant results. it�*s all about perception — the perception of a government that�*s hitting the ground running... ..which is why the new defence secretary was on the move too — in ukraine with president zelensky, meeting wounded soldiers in the southern city of odesa. britain has played a key role in arming ukraine and that, the new government says, is not going to change.

today, i�*m also announcing extra weaponry that the ukrainians are using on the front line every day. and what they�*re also telling me is that they want the west�*s help to be speeded up. so i�*ve also directed the mod to make sure that, within100 days, everything that has previously been promised to ukraine is delivered into ukraine. a moment to ponder this war�*s heavy cost — britain saying to ukraine, "we�*re still here with you." paul adams, bbc news. let�*s briefly turn to some other news — and in the united states, a prominent us congressman, adam schiff, says he believes vice president kamala harris could beat donald trump in the upcoming election. concern is growing over president

biden�*s campaign performance. he has vowed to stay on. the comments come as a growing number of democrats call on the president to step down following a primetime tv interview on friday that failed to quell doubts stemming from a shaky debate against republican rival mr trump. president biden gave a very high profile interview to say he is categorically staying in this race. we believes he is the best qualified person to beat former president trump in november. that sounded very much like a decision to me, yet we still have democrats like adam schiff saying that the president has to make a decision, so how many times doesjoe biden have to say he is staying in the race before are satisfied? it seems that this there is this head of steam around joe

biden that whatever he says doesn�*t satisfy those within his own party, and that it�*s his problem, that that simply isn�*t going away. hello again. as we go through this week, the weather still remains unsettled and still cool for the time of year. something else to bear in mind today is the pollen level, we�*re looking at it being quite widespread, moderate or high levels, and we�*re talking especially about grass pollen at the moment. as you can see from the lack of isobars on the chart, there�*s not much of a breath of owind to move the showers along, so they�*ll be slow moving. but we do have this next area low pressure with its fronts coming in later, introducing some wetter and windier conditions from the south—west. but ahead of it, a lot of cloud, some showers, and we�*ll see sunshine and showers for the rest of the uk,

but the showers, whilst scattered, are slow moving. temperatures, 12 in the north to 21 in any prolonged periods of sunshine. for wimbledon today, while we could well see a shower this morning, with the rain arriving later, and tomorrow, we�*re looking at some patchy rain at times, with highs up to 20 celsius. so, then, back to this evening and overnight, we�*ve got the rain marching in from the south, continuing to push steadily northwards. some of the rain will be heavy. ahead of it, the showers tending to fade and clear skies developing, and it�*s not going to be as cold a start to the day tomorrow as it was this morning, with overnight lows of 8 to about 15 degrees. then into tomorrow, our low pressure with its fronts continue to push northwards. by the end of the week, we�*ll be seeing the rainfall totals really mount up across northeast scotland especially, but it will be heavy at times as it crosses northern england into northern ireland and into southern and central scotland. the driest conditions will be in the north, with a few showers. behind this weather front, there will be some dry conditions with some sunshine, but, again, we�*ve got some showers not too far away and it�*s going to be a breezy day.

the other thing is behind this weatherfront, it�*s also going to feel much more humid. if top temperatures, 13 to once again about 21. so still below average for the time of year. as we head from tuesday into wednesday, you can see how the low pressure pulls away into the north sea. but we still have this weather front which is going to start to sink southwards, taking some rain with it in doing so. so the outlook does remain changeable and unsettled. there will be rain at times, they�*ll be some showers, of course we�*ll see some sunshine too, but temperatures still below average.

this is bbc news. in herfirst speech, the new chancellor has said the labour government inherited 14 years of chaos and economic irresponsibility. it years of chaos and economic irresponsibility.— years of chaos and economic irresponsibility. it now falls to the new labour— irresponsibility. it now falls to the new labour government l irresponsibility. it now falls to | the new labour government to irresponsibility. it now falls to i the new labour government to fix irresponsibility. it now falls to - the new labour government to fix the foundations. there is no time to

waste. ~ . foundations. there is no time to waste. ~ , ,, waste. the prime minister sir keir starmer has _ waste. the prime minister sir keir starmer has been _ waste. the prime minister sir keir starmer has been in _ waste. the prime minister sir keir starmer has been in belfast - waste. the prime minister sir keir i starmer has been in belfast meeting leaders of the power—sharing executive on the second stop of his uk tour. i executive on the second stop of his uk tour. ., executive on the second stop of his uk tour. . ., , ,., , .., uk tour. i am absolutely committed to the good — uk tour. i am absolutely committed to the good friday _ uk tour. i am absolutely committed to the good friday agreement - uk tour. i am absolutely committed to the good friday agreement and i to the good friday agreement and today— to the good friday agreement and today is— to the good friday agreement and today is a — to the good friday agreement and today is a recommitment to that and today is a recommitment to that and to the _ today is a recommitment to that and to the approach and the role of the uk government in that outer honest broker~ _ uk government in that outer honest broker. , �* . ., uk government in that outer honest broker. , �* , . �* , broker. kyiv's main children's hosital broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is — broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is hit _ broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is hit by _ broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is hit by a _ broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is hit by a missile - broker. kyiv's main children's hospital is hit by a missile in| broker. kyiv's main children's| hospital is hit by a missile in a major wave of russian air strikes in five ukrainian cities. more than 20 people have thought to have died. the french prime minister is asked by president macron to stay on but for the stability of the country. and freshers�* week or in peace. we meet that newby is arriving in westminster to take up theirjobs. a warm welcome. chancellor rachel

reeves has introduced mandatory house—building target in the first major speech since her appointment. speaking to business leaders at the treasury, rachel reeves described economic growth of the national commission and said britain was a place to do business. she also said decisions on large projects would be taken nationally, not locally, and insisted she wouldn�*t shy away from difficult decisions. insisted she wouldn't shy away from difficult decisions.— difficult decisions. have a listen. growth requires _ difficult decisions. have a listen. growth requires hard _ difficult decisions. have a listen. growth requires hard choices. i growth requires hard choices. choices the previous government have shied away from and it now falls to the new labour government to fix the foundations. there is no time to waste. we have promised a new approach to growth, one fit for a changed world. that approach will rest on three pillars, stability, investment, and reform. i know that voters�*s trust cannot be repaid through slogans or through gimmicks.

only through action. only through delivery. the treasury i lead is proceeding on that basis. i was appointed to this post less than 72 hours ago. upon my arrival i told treasury staff that the work started straightaway. that work has begun. i have commissioned and received economic analysis from treasury officials on the last growth of the last 14 years which i have set out today. i have instructed treasury officials to prepare an assessment officials to prepare an assessment of the state of our spending inheritance to be presented to parliament before the summer recess. i have started work with the prime minister to make the necessary preparations for the establishment of a growth mission board and that board will meet before the end of this month, focused squarely on reviving our country�*s economic growth and prosperity. i have established a new growth delivery unit here at the heart of the

treasury. i have received the recommendations of the national wealth fund task force will shortly be announcing the next steps and in the first 72 hours we have done more to reform the planning system than previous governments have done in 14 years. there is much more to do, more tough decisions to be taken. you have put your trust in us and we will repay that trust. the work toward a decade of national renewal has begun. there is no time to waste and we are just getting started. thank you very much. that was rachel reeves the new chancellor giving her first major speech to business leaders and also to journalists. she took questions from journalists at the end of their speech, particularly talking about their point about economic growth, where it will come from, whether or not she believes she will get pushback on those plans to change planning

laws, to make it easier to build houses. it was a very meaty speech and another person he was listening was our political correspondent nick adley at westminster. nick, talk me through the main highlight of the speech. i through the main highlight of the seech. ~ . , through the main highlight of the seech. ~ , , through the main highlight of the seech. ,, , , . ., speech. i think it was pretty clear that what the _ speech. i think it was pretty clear that what the new _ speech. i think it was pretty clear that what the new chancellor - speech. i think it was pretty clear that what the new chancellor was trying to do was to turn a page and say, very quickly we are getting on with trying to reform the planning system. the key thing is for me that she highlighted she was going to do what end the moratorium on onshore wind. that is designed to speed up planning and gave some certainty. she said they were going to be national house—building targets which were imposed on local areas are decided nationally is i think the phrase politicians prefer to use. finally, she made it clear that the new deputy minister angela rayner who has housing in a

portfolio is going to be interventionist to make sure that new developments do happen. i think we need to be clear that this stuff isn�*t going to happen overnight. labour i think are acutely aware getting economic growth is a lot easier said than done. i stood here every time there�*s been a new prime minister, they all promised new economic growth. the challenge will be delivering it but i think the chancellor was trying to tell us all, look, i have got concrete ideas, i�*m going to get on with them and they will start lead to delivery at some point in the next few years but exactly when is a lot less clear. ., . , , , clear. you have been spending the moment -- _ clear. you have been spending the moment -- morning _ clear. you have been spending the moment -- morning talking - clear. you have been spending the moment -- morning talking to - clear. you have been spending the| moment -- morning talking to new clear. you have been spending the - moment -- morning talking to new mps moment —— morning talking to new mps who have arrived here in westminster. we described it earlier as a bit like freshers�* week but i would like to underline the fact we are not accusing anyone of binge drinking today or tomorrow. ito.

drinking today or tomorrow. no, we are not. drinking today or tomorrow. no, we are not- no — drinking today or tomorrow. no, we are not. no names— drinking today or tomorrow. no, we are not. no names being _ drinking today or tomorrow. no, we l are not. no names being mentioned. there is a kind of whole new feel here today. we have all these booklet of new mps and of the different members now in parliament. more than half of parliament is new people which is pretty significant. it is a really significant change over. i am it is a really significant change over. iam in it is a really significant change over. i am in westminster hall, the oldest part of the parliamentary state by new mps are turning up, getting their inductions, given their new e—mail address, told where everything is, given an ipad and access to all that new technology. i am told they are given panic alarms as part of the new security arrangements that are being put in around this place. there is a lot for them to learn. from wandering around over the last 20 minutes, there are a lot of eggs mps walking about as well, packing up their stuff, a lot of staff members trying to find newjobs. it is a pretty strange vibe, a mixture of excitement from all the new mps,

some of whom didn�*t expect to be here getting used to the job, and a lot of forlorn faces is how they might be coming back and they are packing up. might be coming back and they are -ackinru-. �* , might be coming back and they are -ackinru-. ~ , . ,, might be coming back and they are -rackin u. ~ , . ,, packing up. absolutely. thank you very much. _ packing up. absolutely. thank you very much. nick— packing up. absolutely. thank you very much, nick eardley _ packing up. absolutely. thank you very much, nick eardley in - very much, nick eardley in westminster. let�*s take you down to ukraine because keepers might mean children�*s hospital has been hit by a missile during a major wave of russian air strikes in five ukrainian cities. more than 20 people have died and dozens more have been injured. in kyiv the mayor called the hospital strike one of the west attacked the city are seen since the start of the war. meanwhile president zelensky shared a video online showing the aftermath of the hospital attack. he also says russia has fired more than 40 missiles at a five ukrainian cities, including the capital kyiv where we have been saying at least five people have reportedly been killed. we know that ten people have been killed in central city of kryvyy rih

and attacks on sloppy ants, dnipro and attacks on sloppy ants, dnipro and kramatorsk. they are all believed to have been hit by russian missiles. we can show you pictures that are coming to you earlier on children�*s hospital in kyiv. you can see the utter devastation of that attack. in earlier we saw photographs of children with iv drips inserted in their veins sitting outside the hospital which of course has been evacuated. we are still waiting for details but we believe it was intensive care and the county department of this hospital, children�*s hospital, that have been hit by these russian attack. i think we are able to go cross live to speak to al ukraine correspondent, who is in kyiv. talk us through what we know about this attack. �* . us through what we know about this attack. �* , ., , , . us through what we know about this attack. �*, . _ attack. the children's hospital by severely hit. _ attack. the children's hospital by severely hit, it _ attack. the children's hospital by severely hit, it is _ attack. the children's hospital by severely hit, it is confirmed. - attack. the children's hospital by severely hit, it is confirmed. i - severely hit, it is confirmed. i

just read the message from the spokesperson for the hospital. she said i am alive, the hospital was severely damaged, that is all i can say for now. what i want to say is that from the pictures we saw the main building of the hospital that is occupied by medical units and boards that treat children with cancer were destroyed and severely damaged and i myself as a reporter had been to such places when air alarms went off and i know that first of all they rush to evacuate children, their patients, their parents to bring them to the safety but many doctors, nurses stay in their workplaces during raids. they have work to finish and they suffered. i counted at least three doctors and nurses with signs of

bleeding. the hospital is very famous in ukraine for many families, literally a cinnamon of hope —— synonym of hope to get their children treated. it is from the most complicated health condition. just before going on air bleed get an update that one more was hit in kyiv in the latest wave, the first one started overnight. and that is one started overnight. and that is one of the deadliest and heaviest missile attacks on kyiv. and for now, seven people are confirmed to have been killed by this attack but it is rising. the death toll is rising all across the country. we

are also no ten people were killed in the central of ukraine and quite a long... all ukrainian missile attacks, ukrainians across the country broke up to explosions and deaths and danger. let country broke up to explosions and deaths and danger.— country broke up to explosions and deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual — deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual to _ deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual to have _ deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual to have an _ deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual to have an attack- deaths and danger. let me ask you, it is unusual to have an attack in - it is unusual to have an attack in the daytime in kyiv.— the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i mentioned — the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i mentioned there _ the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i mentioned there was - the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i mentioned there was quite i the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i mentioned there was quite a | the daytime in kyiv. yes, as i - mentioned there was quite a long breakfrom such mentioned there was quite a long break from such attacks are now one of the main questions that it�*s really important to answer, and it has to be answered due to the proper investigation, whether this hospital, the children�*s hospital, wasn�*t hit deliberately, or it was

hit by fragments of the russian missiles? from the videos of the attack on the hospital we can recognise that it looked like there missile that was flowing towards the hospital, so obviously there is an open question about what exactly happened because if it is confirmed that the missile was directed or guided towards a hospital, that can be a war crime. so the first thing, but the other thing i can say is that in ten minutes after the biggest morning attack on kyiv, people started to come back to their workplaces. it shows at that level of the adaptation of ukrainians to this danger is really very high. talk to me about... you talked about preparation. do we know how many

children, how many people in the hospital were evacuated ahead of the attack, before the attack? bps hospital were evacuated ahead of the attack, before the attack?— attack, before the attack? as far as we know, children, _ attack, before the attack? as far as we know, children, i— attack, before the attack? as far as we know, children, i can't - attack, before the attack? as far as we know, children, i can't say - we know, children, i can�*t say whether all of them, but most of the children definitely were evacuated. we have pictures of children and their parents that were carrying life—support equipment. we have to understand that this hospital is the main national medical centre for treatment of children with the most complicated health conditions and now it is partly destroyed and heavily damaged all across its territory and all the buildings are damaging one way or another. so far we don�*t have information of any injuries among the children but doctors and nurses, they were definitely wounded. i saw the signs

of bleeding and blood stains on their dresses. so that if the information we have for now. thank ou ve information we have for now. thank you very much _ information we have for now. thank you very much indeed _ information we have for now. thank you very much indeed for _ information we have for now. thank you very much indeed forjoining - information we have for now. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. let�*s take you live to what we are seeing now. these are live pictures coming into us from key. you can see there the absolute scale of the devastation of this hospital which is a key hospital for children across the country. in the last minute or so we have had some reaction from that uk government. the uk government said the attack on ukraine�*s children�*s hospital is appalling. as i mentioned earlier, part of the damage building is the cancer centre for children and i think we can cross live note and speak to the founder of ukraine�*s largest charity for children with

cancer, which advocated for the opening of this hospital. you live near the site which was hit. can you tell me any more about what happened today? tell me any more about what happened toda ? ., . tell me any more about what happened toda ? . , . :: today? that is correct, i lived 70 metres from _ today? that is correct, i lived 70 metres from the _ today? that is correct, i lived 70 metres from the hospital - today? that is correct, i lived 70 metres from the hospital and i today? that is correct, i lived 70 i metres from the hospital and there were a couple of deaths in the hospital but in the factory nearby and my house is right in the middle. luckily, that apartment is not damaged but i still cannot get there. i am damaged but i still cannot get there. iam in my damaged but i still cannot get there. i am in my car because all there. i am in my car because all the roads are blocked, all the streets are blocked and the police don�*t allow us to get there. as far as i know they was a direct missile strike on one of the apartment and there are a couple of casualties confirmed but not among kids. talked me throu . h confirmed but not among kids. talked me through the _ confirmed but not among kids. talked me through the hospital— confirmed but not among kids. talked me through the hospital and - confirmed but not among kids. talked me through the hospital and about the work it does, particularly treating those with cancer. it is her biggest _

treating those with cancer. it 3 her biggest national hospital that works for their toughest patients.