applause it is a victory for scottish labour.otland, the fantastic ian murray. applause friends, after 11! years, we finally have a government that cares about scotland, understand scotland and wants to deliver for scotland. after 14 wants to deliver for scotland. after 11! years, we finally have a prime minister who believes in decency, integrity and values and believes in public service. and we said during the election campaign that scotland would be at the heart of a labour government and it is no coincidence that the first engagement of a labour prime minister is to come to scotland and say that scotland will be the beating heart of that a labour government. applause because with sir keir starmer, we will always put the country before we put the party, and that is why we are serious about restoring devolution, resetting it, taking us back to those founding principles where governments are work together in the national interest, cooperation over conflict, respect over suspicion and making sure we are delivering for every scot

we don't want to shout and — scottish labour mps,. scottish labour mps,. we don't want to shout and come out _ scottish labour mps,. we don't want to shout and come out with - scottish labour mps,. we don't want to shout and come out with nothing, i want elect scottish labour mps sit around the table make the decision and get the delivery for scotland in terms my relation with keir starmer, it is one of respect with mutual interest in delivering the changes and get the delivery for scotland in terms my relation with keir starmer, it is one of respect with mutual interest in delivering the changes interest in delivering the changes in similar value basis and a strong relationship will be really important for scotland let me within that. this is the first opportunity we've had in 14 years to elect someone as a prime minister actually cares about scotland, understand scotland and wants for 14 years in a tory government stop by putting scotland for us, why not have the scottish national party rather than labour which is primarily going to

this is a really significant moment for a keir starmer, celebrating 37 scottish labour mps, when theyad just one prior to the election. when they had “ust one prior to the election. , ., , ,., , , election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate _ election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the - election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the scale - election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the scale of| election. yes, absolutely. it is. hard to overstate the scale of the turnaround for labour. at the last general election in 2019, they won just one single scottish state. i should just mention there is a protest going on here about gaza. it is quite noisy. but hopefully you can still hear me. but keir starmer, i don't think there was anything hugely surprising in what he said anything we have not heard before. he started by paying tribute to the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, and talked about how important it was for him to be in scotland just 48 hours after he took over as prime minister. and he said that the election result was an incredible result.

that means delivering the change labour has promised to scottish voters as quickly as possible — a huges. in westminster elections, scotland has now swung dramatically from labour to the snp and back again in less than a decade. it's prompted some soul searching for supporters of independence, but it's also a warning to labour that voters here can change their minds pretty quickly. sir keir swept out the back of bute house this evening, heading for northern ireland, then wales, before meeting english mayors. he'll hope the rest of the trip goes a bit more smoothly. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. let's turn to the us. a growing number of democrats have called on president biden to step down, following a prime time tv interview on friday that failed to quell doubts stemming from a shaky debate against former president trump. leading democrats have met to discuss concerns about mr biden. here's what the senior democratic congressman adam schiff said earlier, speaking to nbc news. can president biden win overwhelmingly by any stretch at this point? either he has to win overwhelmingly, or

that means delivering the change labour has promised to scottish voters as quickly as possible — a hugelections, scotland has now swung dramatically from labour to the snp and back again in less than a decade. it's prompted some soul searching for supporters of independence, but it's also a warning to labour that voters here can change their minds pretty quickly. sir keir swept out the back of bute house this evening, heading for northern ireland, then wales, before meeting english mayors. he'll hope the rest of the trip goes a bit more smoothly. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. let's turn to the us. a growing number of democrats have called on president biden to step down following a primetime tv interview on friday that failed to quell doubts stemming from a shaky debate against former president trump. leading democrats have met to discuss concerns about mr biden. here's what the senior democratic congressman adam schiff said earlier — 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 t

that means delivering the change labour has promised to scottish voters as quickly as possible — a huger elections, scotland has now swung dramatically from labour to the snp and back again in less than a decade. it's prompted some soul searching for supporters of independence, but it's also a warning to labour that voters here can change their minds pretty quickly. sir keir swept out the back of bute house this evening, heading for northern ireland, then wales, before meeting english mayors. he'll hope the rest of the trip goes a bit more smoothly. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. the newly appointed uk foreign secretary, david lammy, has been speaking about his desire to reset the uk's relationship with the eu whilst on a visit to meet his polish counterpart. 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. it's part of a wider trip this weekend — which saw the foreign secretary in germany and sweden. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been travelling with him.

earlier, there was a moment to savour for scottish labour after years of frustration — even at timeson, resetting it, taking it back —— we're serious about restoring devolution, resetting it, taking it back to those founding principles, where governments actually work together in the national interest. cooperation over conflict, respect over suspicion, and making sure that we are delivering for every scot right across the country. going from one mp in scotland at the last election to 37 on thursday was some shift for labour, but the work isn't over. the party now hopes to win control of the scottish government from the snp in the 2026 holyrood elections. that means delivering the change labour has promised to scottish voters as quickly as possible — a huge challenge when the party has pledged to stick to conservative spending plans. in westminster elections, scotland has now swung dramatically from labour to the snp and back again in less than a decade. it's prompted some soul—searching for supporters of independence, but it's also a warning to labour that voters here can change thei

this is the scottish labour _ outside downing street.e, who has been returned to politics, into government, as a junior minister, and labour have had huge success from their point of view, with the numbers in scotland which was very significant for them, numbers in scotland which was very significant forthem, getting numbers in scotland which was very significant for them, getting an overall majority. of course, the snp suffered quite heavy losses as a result. and these are the scottish labour mps who have presumably been in to see the prime minister. we saw people going into downing street earlier, and they are now posing outside. turning to us politics now — a senior democrat has echoed calls fo joe biden to withdraw from the presidential race. adam smith was speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i think our country has a clear anti—maga majority and we have a great opportunity and a great message to run on in winning this election. we have a strong economic record. the president has had

it was an enormous surge in scottish labour's vote. that is point number one.wing than expected by virtually all the polling. the polling in scotland seems to substantially understate the scale of the labour advance. it was worth 30 or 35 seats. if scotland continues to behave differently to the rest of britain, that could be important in the next election because it is yet another facet of a fragmented electorate. just to tap on the previous discussion about young people and reform, a further facet is yes, young man voted more for reform, but i looked it up. young women, 23%, nearly a quarter voted for the green. a higher share than perhaps any other demographic. you've got a big gender divide on both end of the spectrum. you have younger men drifting towards the right and younger women by a larger degree drifting towards the party on the progressive left. yes, i picked up anecdotally younger women being enamoured by the green party. not necessarily the individual policies but that as a brand to tap into. that is one of the other themes, which is keir starmer

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we are expecting him as we are in the city to be meeting the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, and and then we'll be expecting him to meet the leader of the snpjohn swinney. he himself has only been on the job a couple of months. before those meetings take place, keir starmer has talked about resetting the relationship with devolved governments in fundamental values of respect, service and community. john swinney, scotland's first minister has said he hopes to have constructive discussions on issues such as child poverty, growing the economy and net zero. meetings between the two new leaders has been fairly positive. it's no secret that relations between the uk and scottish government have been pretty strained at points in the past. it will be interesting to see how these to get on in the weeks and months ahead. find how these to get on in the weeks and months ahead-— months ahead. and the fallout from the snp losses _ months ahead. and the fallout from the snp losses in _ months ahead. and the fallout from the snp losses in the _ months ahead. and the fallout from the snp losses in

earlier, there was a moment to savour for scottish labour after years of frustration, even at times despairly and supporters ofjailed political dissident and journalist, vladimir kara—murza, are fearing for his health, after he was taken to a prison hospital on thursday. mr kara—murza's wife evgenia kara—murza said on x that prison officials refused to comment on his condition when his lawyers tried to visit him. last year, mr kara—murza — who is a dual russian—british citizen — was sentenced to 20 five years in prison —— 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. mr kara—murza suffers from a neurological condition that his wife says stems from being poisoned. he has repeatedly raised concerns about his health and welfare. russian opposition leader alexei navalny died in an arctic prison earlier this year while serving a three—decade sentence. joining me live is evgenia kara—murza, the wife of vladimir kara—murza. what more have you been able to find out about your

labour leader, anas sarwar.e. shortly, the prime minister will meet the first minister and snp leaderjohn swinney at bute house. he will then move on to meet the devolved leaders in wales and northern ireland tomorrow. speaking a short while ago, the prime minister hailed what he called labour's "historic result" in scotland, before promising to govern as a "changed labour" with a clear mandate. many people will have voted labour for the first time ever orfor a long time, and we recognise that. and to those people who did not vote labour, i want to directly address you, too. because we will serve the entirety of scotland. we'll serve every single person in scotland. because that change matters to everyone and that is how we go forward. performance, self—interest — they're the politics of the past. the politics of this labour government of 202a is about public service, restoring standards and making sure that we always, always have in our mind's eye the people who elected us into government. i'm really pleased to

party supporters and activists in the scottish labour leader was there and he really was quite a enthusiasticipping in and out of various campaigns throughout the last six weeks and activists certainly are upbeat and the applause is not of been for keir starmer today from these activists, their labour party supporters you would expect that to some extent but they been allowed in the been long and there's a mood of optimism and excitement amongst labour supporters at the moment but that being said, this campaign is been criticised for being in some cases, unambitious with the manifesto and sir keir starmer campaign is been criticised as becoming somewhat boring and speaking to people around the leader of the last few days, they are feeling that a careful cautious strategy has paid off to some degree and are trying to emphasise the moment getting out that vote because they're hearing messages from the conservative party they think labour could be having some super majority in downplaying that in events and they do not want people to sit on their hands and sit at home and think it's not working

at the last election, labour had just one scottish mp.dependence in the past or may even be thinking about voting for independence at some point in the future. i want to deliver change for you. i don't support independence or a referendum, but i recognise people demand change. labour's winning message was that it could deliver change. across the uk, it might have five years or so to prove to voters that it can deliver it, but across scotland, there is a more urgent deadline. the scottish parliamentary elections are just two years away. the problem is, it may need to win that election before it can even tackle some of the country's biggest concerns. educational attainment gap is widening, health outcomes are weak, child poverty is stubbornly high. all of these things so that we are not progressing as a society, and that's a job for the labour party now, to fix that. there was a consolation prize for the snp, who unseated the scottish conservative leader, who had announced his resignation in the middle of the campaign. obviously deeply disa

— winners were the scottish labour party weren't they?ns of the 19, they want just one election in twins of the 19, they wantjust one single scotch receipt, so it gives an idea of the size and turnaround for labour. the biggest story here in scotland was the scale of the defeat for the snp. they won nine scottish seeds, last general election they picked up 48 scotch receipts, and the snp have become a party accustomed to winning, and winning big, so last night was a disappointing evening for them and we are here in glasgow before this election was because, all of the city seats were held by the snp. this morning, it is woken up and it is turning red, all of the city seats are now held by labour —— labour, and that is a story that is played out in constituencies across scotland last night.— scotland last night. katie, does this mean for— scotland last night. katie, does this mean for people _ scotland last night. katie, does this mean for people who - scotland last night. katie, does this mean for people who were | this mean for people who

labour won just a single scottish seat at the last general election.e've finally turned the page. but also, let's be really clear, this is also a recognition of the incompetence failure of an snp government, too. i want to thank the people of scotland for putting their faith and trust in the labour party. i understand their desire for change and now the hard work starts to deliver it. the biggest story in scotland was the scale of the snp defeat. douglas alexander is duly elected... the party lost seat after seat after seat to labour. independence was page one, line one of the snp's manifesto. the party's new leader and first minister, john swinney, was in reflective mood this morning. i have to accept that we failed to convince people of the urgency of independence in this election campaign. and therefore, we need to take the time to consider and to reflect on how we deliver our commitment to independence, which remains absolute. the outgoing scottish tory leader lost to the snp in aberdeenshire north and moray east but the it's deeply disappointing b

at the last election, labour had just one scottish mp.em all in. let me be really clear. the vote last night was not about independence, and i say directly to people who may have voted snp in the past, may have voted for independence in the past or may even be thinking about voting for independence at some point in the future. i want to deliver change for you. i don't support independence, i don't support a referendum, but i recognise people demand change — labour's winning election message was that it could deliver change. across the uk, it might have five years or so to prove to voters that it can deliver it, but here in scotland, there is a more urgent deadline — the scottish parliamentary elections are just two years away. the problem is, it may need to win that election before it can even tackle some of the country's biggest concerns. educational attainment gap is widening, health outcomes are weak, child poverty is stubbornly high. all of these things show that we are not progressing as a society, and that's a job for the labour par

scottish labour, because scottish labour is officially against the two child benefit cap. >> so there's absolutely. well, look, now sir keir starmer met joe biden for the first time in washington yesterday ahead of a nato summit. and he surprised a few people with this claim about the us president. >> they were implying that president biden is senile, is he? >> no. we had a really good bilateral yesterday. we were billed for 45 minutes. we went on for the best part of an hour. we went through a huge number of issues at pace. he was actually a really good form and mentally agile . absolutely. across all agile. absolutely. across all the detail . the detail. >> guys, i have just received something here. seriously. and this is you couldn't time this. we're going to try and get this cupped we're going to try and get this clipped up for you and make it on air. but we've only got a couple of minutes, it appears that president biden has just interviewed, sorry, introduced president zelenskyy as president putin on stage at nato. i'm going to play you a little clip next to my microphone here now

. >> if you look at our i'm very proud of our scottish labour mps on this side of the house, and i simplyoint i made to his leader. perhaps the snp needs to account for the 30,000 extra children in poverty in scotland. thank you. dan tomlinson thank you, mr speaker. >> the previous conservative government cut the funding for the police in london by one third, taking £1 billion out of the budgets for london's policing and forcing the closure of both of the police stations in the chipping barnet constituency. does the prime minister agree with me on the importance of our police stations, and in the need to rebuild local policing? yes >> can i welcome my hon. friend to his place? the first ever labour mp for chipping barnet, he will serve his constituency with pride and our guarantee will put 13,000 extra neighbourhood officers and pcsos back on britain's streets, and thatis back on britain's streets, and that is a fully funded plan, he is right to say that the last government absolutely hammered police numbers, and he will have seen the impact of that in his constituency, and it is telling

so he's also been meeting with new scottish labour mps, of which there are a flippin lot.. there you are. you get a labour government. it doesn't stop raining . doesn't stop raining. >> it really is raining again and again. >> i'm standing in front of the screen talking to you. andrew and bev. it's always pouring with rain in downing street, but never mind. we soldier on, as does the government. it's day five of this government. of course. today you'll see on gb news the new speaker, lindsay hoyle , the old speaker, sworn in hoyle, the old speaker, sworn in again for the new term. i should say, sir lindsay hoyle. and then we'll see, of course, sir keir starmer, he'll be third to take the oath to the king after the father of the house, edward lee, and the mother of the house, diane abbott, then we'll then we'll see. keir starmer, then we should see the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak, both probably wishing each other well, talking about the election. it's more of a general knockabout as as mps cram in, the numbers of labour mps will be quite interesting. they'll be al

then it was the turn of scottish labour to pose for the cameras., another photocall, reform's five mps arrived in westminster. this afternoon, attention switches to this building, as parliament meets in its new form for the first time. our political correspondent helen catt is at the houses of parliament. joining us from the central lobby. what is happening this afternoon? i think we will see in action the change in the make—up of parliament and it will become very obvious. we have seen images signifying a change of leadership in downing street, labour party cabinet ministers walking up to the front door where we expected in recent years to see conservative mps. sir keir starmer at the front of number ten downing street and this afternoon we will see her power in parliament has changed. the government benches will probably not be big enough to hold the labour mps elected so look there to see whether they are squished on and on the opposite side will see a much depleted conservative party sitting on the opposition benches with rishi sunak as leader

it was an enormous surge in scottish labour's vote. that is point number one.a quarter voted for the green. a higher share than perhaps any other demographic. you've got a big gender divide on both end of the spectrum. you have younger men drifting towards the right and younger women by a larger degree drifting towards the party on the progressive left.— drifting towards the party on the progressive left. yes, i picked up anecdotally _ progressive left. yes, i picked up anecdotally younger _ progressive left. yes, i picked up anecdotally younger women i progressive left. yes, i picked up| anecdotally younger women being enamoured by the green party. not necessarily the individual policies but that as a brand to tap into. that is one of the other themes, which is keir starmer moving labour to the centre will alienate people on the far left and quite left as well. that is all for this episode. we recorded extra which you can listen on the podcast edition available in your podcasting feeds. thank you, we will be back with another one very soon. goodbye. hello, i'm

at the last election, labour had just one scottish mp.t was not about independence, and i say directly to people _ independence, and i say directly to people who may have voted snp in the past, people who may have voted snp in the past may— people who may have voted snp in the past, may have voted for independence in the past or may even be thinking _ independence in the past or may even be thinking about voting for independence at some point in the future _ independence at some point in the future i_ independence at some point in the future. i want to deliver change for you _ future. i want to deliver change for you i_ future. i want to deliver change for you i don't — future. i want to deliver change for you. i don't support independence or a referendum, but i recognise people demand _ a referendum, but i recognise people demand change. labour's winning message was that it could deliver change. across the uk, it might have five years or so to prove to voters that it can deliver it, but across scotland, there is a more urgent deadline. t

it was scottish labourer that took all the headlines there as well. wonder, particularly in this case of scotland, where he does that leave the independence debate? the selection could not have come at worst timing for the snp act of the political turmoil the party has been through with the change of leaders from nicola sturgeon to humza yousaf and then ontojohn swinney. the legal problems that have engulfed the party, questions about its finances and so i thinkjohn swinney had not had a chance to embed as a leader and reset the narrative around the party, but as to that such a question as what it means for independence, it's not looking good, snp pledging to record low in terms of mps. 50 snp pledging to record low in terms of mps. . , snp pledging to record low in terms of mps. ., , . ., , of mps. so many challenges right now. as of mps. so many challenges right now- as far— of mps. so many challenges right now. as far as _ of mps. so many challenges right now. as far as the _ of mps. so many challenges right now. as far as the conservatives. of mps

labour does not need any scottish mps to— labour does not need any scottish mps to win — labour does from scotland who will 'ust mps going from scotland who will just do— mps going from scotland who will just do what they are told by keir starmer— just do what they are told by keir starmer or— just do what they are told by keir starmer or do they want snp mps who will stand _ starmer or do they want snp mps who will stand up for scotland, protect the scottish interest and campaign against _ the scottish interest and campaign against the austerity that the labour— against the austerity that the labour party is going to impose on scotland? — labour party is going to impose on scotland? they are going to carry on where _ scotland? they are going to carry on where the _ scotland? they are going to carry on where the tories have left. for people — where the tories have left. for people in— where the tories have left. for people in scotland, if they want to be protected from austerity, if they want to _ be protected from austerity, if they want to have the scottish interest put forward at

and scottish labour took every snp seat in glasgow and edinburgh, while the scottish lib dems held onose are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now as you heard, new prime minister sir keir starmer feels strange saying that, doesn't it? >> the new prime minister a little bit odd. >> it's going to take some time to get used to that. he's been talking to the public for the very first time since taking over after his historic general election victory. here's a reminder of what he had to say as he entered number 10. thank you . you. >> good afternoon. i have just returned from buckingham palace, where i accepted an invitation from his majesty. the king to form the next government of this great nation . i want to great nation. i want to thank the outgoing prime minister, rishi sunak . the outgoing prime minister, rishi sunak. his achievement as the first britis

i am very proud of our scottish labour mps on this side of the house., ., , question. i have not made with his numbers but _ question. i have not made with his numbers but i do question. i have not made with his numbers but i do think question. i have not made with his numbers but i do think that question. i have not made with his numbers but i do think that it question. i have not made with his numbers but i do think that it is serious that the previous government lost control of our borders. record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, once he was prime ministerfor 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel and it is a shameless issue that requires a serious answer. that is why we will set up our —— it is a serious issue that requires a serious issue that requires a serious answer. that is why we set “p serious answer. that is why we set up a flower border control. but we won't do is waste our time —— back... won't do is waste our time -- back... ~ ., ., ., , , back... we have one of the biggest concentrations _ back..

in fact, the leader of the scottish labour party, anas sarwar, also backs the change. line saying, look, we fixed the economy and therefore we're going to scrap this cap. >> i just wish when we spoke about the cost of living that we actually spoke more about measures to try and bring that down, rather than always looking to expand the welfare state. money doesn't come from anywhere. you're just moving it around. you're just moving it around. you're just moving it around from one tax payer to another . why don't we try around from one tax payer to another. why don't we try and, you know, bring down the cost of housing and the like without just subsidies? >> well , let's talk about these >> well, let's talk about these political political machinations now with our political correspondent katherine forster. catherine perhaps a bit of a bit of a lifeline for the prime minister there from the speaker. >> yes, indeed. because this is the first real potential rebellion . and, of course, sir rebellion. and, of course, sir lindsay hoyle has not selected the labour amendment. th

forvoting their faith and trust in scottish labour. for voting for change. relationship. and we are going to work together in our national interest to deliver for people across this country. what national interest to deliver for people across this country. what are the specifics — people across this country. what are the specifics of _ people across this country. what are the specifics of that? _ people across this country. what are the specifics of that? people - people across this country. what are the specifics of that? people will - the specifics of that? people will want to know because there is a huge impetus in this part of the united kingdom forfar closer impetus in this part of the united kingdom for far closer ties, a single market included. you rightly said to me the _ single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign _ single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign is - single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign is over i single market included. you rightly| said to me the campaign is over and no campaignin

labour party, answer keir starmer a5 of the scottish labour party, answer keir starmer as well.lease of high—risk offenders from overcrowded prisons — he said that while in principle, that was his instinct to avoid something like that, he wouldn't absolutely rule it out. when yesterday, he was asked by somebody about nhs waiting lists, he talked about nhs waiting lists, he talked about how they were going to be paying clinicians to work extra hours in order to address the backlog — but of course, that'll cost money. so whoever is in government will face huge challenges, but for now at least, the labour party certainly feel very optimistic that they could, after 14 years, be finally getting close to being in power. years, be finally getting close to being in power-— years, be finally getting close to being in power. jessica, thanks very much. our correspondent tom symonds is on the lib dem campaign bus. we were watching that finale just a short while ago, and the top line from ed davey earlier that there are no limits to the ambition for the liberal democrats this time around? ye

— scottish labour. what is the mood in the various camps? good evening, or aood the various camps?labour? loss of the voters i have been talking to travelling around the country have been saying that one, they want to get the tories out, they don't think they are doing a good job, i'm generalising, of course. two, they are not delighted with the performance of the snp, they are concerned about some of the other things going on with the party in terms of a police investigation into finances and so on. but three, have i heard massive enthusiasm for labour from voters? i heard massive enthusiasm for labourfrom voters? not i heard massive enthusiasm for labour from voters? not necessarily. it will pose a challenge, to prove that the labour party can deliver meaningful change for the people of scotland. the key thing to remember, 45%, the last general election, the snp won 45% of the vote. in the independence referendum in 2014, voting for independence were 45% of the electorate that wrote it. what we have seen this time, we don't know the share for the snp in the selection, but it seem

and scottish labour took every snp seat in glasgow and edinburgh, while the scottish lib dems held one latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> well, britain sees red. you can say that again after 14 years of tory rule or tory. some people might say mismanagement. labour has achieved the landslide general election victory which the polls pointed to. >> sir keir starmer's party has won more than 400 out of the 650 seats in the commons, while the conservatives have been left decimated with just 120 seats so far. here's what the labour leader had to say earlier. >> change begins now . and it >> change begins now. and it feels good. i have to be honest. four and a half years of work changing the party. this is what it is for a changed labour party . it is for a changed labour party. ready to serve our country. ready to serve

there was a vote brought by the scottish national party, but these labour mps decided to vote againsternment. i am told they had been warned in advance that if you do so, will have, to use the westminster jargon, that if you do so, will have, to use the westminsterjargon, have the whip removed, in the suspended from the parliamentary party and sure enough, they have and we can show you some of the mps in question. john mcdonnell, former shadow chancellor underjeremy corbyn, chancellor under jeremy corbyn, rebecca long—bailey chancellor underjeremy corbyn, rebecca long—bailey who was shadow business secretary, richard burgin was shadowjustice secretary and zarah sultana, a bell young mp with a huge social media a million followers on tiktok, these are people on the left of the party. they have defied the leadership and as i said, it is this ruthless demonstration of power. we had all of the numbers from the exit poll and the final result and all that which give you a sense of the numerical situation that keir starmer finds himself numerical situation that keir starmerfinds himself in b

vote labour tomorrow! cheering.national party leader, john swinney, has been toasting a marshmallow next to a big plastic frog in castlemilk in glasgow today, and he had a fluorescent jacket moment too. ithe election is well and truly overl and done with south of the border, i and the issue for scotland is — i who's going to protect scotland's interests in the next - westminster parliament? and people know they can rely on the snp to do exactly that. j well, my bus to work didn't get this welcome this morning, but sir ed davey�*s did from liberal democrat activists in harpenden in hertfordshire this afternoon. tomorrow, we have the chance to win the change our country desperately needs. yellow bus in, pink car out. zany capers over and out for the lib dems. nigel farage, from reform uk, has been at a boxing club and was asked how he thought his party would do. it's very tough to call what's going to happen. the thing we can't measure and the polls can't measure is the youth vote. you know, are all these people onlin

but scottish labour have denied these claims, and say only a labour government will deliver the changection. in that context what we hoping is that voters vote for what it is they believe in. we know whether it is the conservative party or the labour party there is a conspiracy of silence on £18 billion worth of cuts that are coming down the down. that is in error —— is not ours statement, it is the institute for fiscal is the. we need to see a return to the european market, increased migration to boost our public services, and investment in business, we need to see scott and�*s right to choose, a ceasefire in gaza and the recognition of palestinian —— a palestinian state. those are the values that we have. those are the values that we have. those are theissues the values that we have. those are the issues we believe in. and hopefully, over the next 48 hours, voters will put their faith in us. the ifs are also saying there is uncertainty around what will happen economically over the next year or so because there are no published plans beyond this year. is your message getting across, d

labour won just one single scottish seat.s. the most recent polls are actually suggesting that labour are ahead of the snp. these are just that labour are ahead of the snp. these arejust opinion that labour are ahead of the snp. these are just opinion polls, lots of health warnings come attached and caveats but both snp and labour expecting some really closely fought battles in constituencies particularly in the central belt. one of the key moments during this campaign was during the scottish leaders' debate, i am sure you were watching it, but one tactic the snp have been consistently using, and i am surejohn swinney will go back to this in the interview, is that there's not much to separate keir starmer and rishi sunak. there's not much to separate keir starmerand rishi sunak. he there's not much to separate keir starmer and rishi sunak. he will say there's not that much difference between the conservatives and labour. there was one point in that scottish leaders' debate wherejohn swinney was putting anna sarwar, the scotti

vote labour tomorrow! cheering.swinney, has been toasting a marshmallow next to a big plastic frog in castlemilk in glasgow today, and he had a fluorescent jacket moment too. the election is well- and truly over and done with south of the border, - and the issue for scotland is — who's going to protect scotland's interests i in the next westminster parliament? _ and people know they can rely on the snp to do exactly that. j well, my bus to work didn't get this welcome this morning, but sir ed davey�*s did from liberal democrat activists in harpenden in hertfordshire this afternoon. tomorrow, we have the chance to win the change our country desperately needs. yellow bus in, pink car out. zany capers over and out for the lib dems. nigel farage, from reform uk, has been at a boxing club and was asked how he thought his party would do. it's very tough to call what's going to happen. the thing we can't measure and the polls can't measure is the youth vote. you know, are all these people online, the millions of them who'v

governments but i think that might change, firstly because labour won the general election in scotland slightly undermines independence because you have a contrast between a conservative government would low representation in scotland and an snp government with huge representation in scotland but you now have a labour government with significant representation and an snp government with significant representation so the contrast is not as stark. it doesn't mean support for independence has gone down, it has not suffered in the same way as the snp have if you look at the polls. but i think there will be more success in finding cooperative working with the devolved governments. the new government has work to do on policy and getting the detail framed government has work to do on policy and getting the detailframed in terms of what they are going to do but already they are hitting the interview studios this morning and being asked about significant issues. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., ., issues. we heard talk about tata steel and potential _ issues. we heard talk about tata steel and potentialjob _ is

we'll see on workers' rights, a big part of the policies that brought scottish voters back to labour. moving quickly i would like to see on _ that. and something moving quickly i would like to see on great _ that. and something moving quickly i would like to see on great british i would like to see on great british energy, decarbonising the economy is a great pillar of growth. we should start to get some of the details of that so they can see how scotland can be made from an oil and gas economy to a renewable economy, which has manyjobs in manufacturing and distribution as there are in oil and distribution as there are in oil and gas. so it would be great to see some of that. so there are big themes coming out and maybe some more quick wins. things like the national minimum wage, pay rise for hundreds of young people. abs, national minimum wage, pay rise for hundreds of young people.— hundreds of young people. a very lona list hundreds of young people. a very long list for— hundreds of young people. a very long list for us _ hundreds of young people. a very long list for us to _ hundr

labouh sarwar, leader of scottish labour.the core of this next labour government . next labour government. >> okay, thank you very much, sir keir starmer saying he wants to be a leader of all of the nations, not just of england, certainly seems to have got his wish when it comes to wales and scotland. let's introduce some of our panel who are sitting with us this morning. diana davis has stepped into the studio. good to see you. thanks for joining us. former mp of forjoining us. former mp of course, big liz truss fan. she's just made history again, this time for being the first former mp to lose her seat in. sorry prime minister. correct. yeah. prime minister. correct. yeah. prime minister. correct. yeah. prime minister to lose her seat in 90 years, >> an astonishing loss. >> an astonishing loss. >> i think her majority was either 23 or 26,000. >> there was a strong independent who was quite well known locally. who who stood against her. between that and the reform vote, i suppose it's no surprise, really, that she may have b

meanwhile, labour is riding high. anas sarwar, the scottish labour party leader.very much riding the crest of the wave. so many of the mp candidates who he stood by out on the campaign trail over the last year or so, all the time saying that he was election ready. but of course , this is ready. but of course, this is only part half, if you like, of anas sarwar's plan. the other half is going to come in 2026, when the scottish elections will take place, and he will look to formally challenge the snp to become the next first minister of scotland. >> okay, tony. >> okay, tony. >> thank you. last man standing there in glasgow. tony. >> i love that. >> i love that. >> thanks very much indeed. >> thanks very much indeed. >> shall we go to the west midlands where jack castle is in birmingham? jack >> yeah. good morning to you both. i mean , we've had five of both. i mean, we've had five of the nine constituencies, so far declared here in birmingham and really we are seeing the impact now of that pro gaza that pro—palestine vote. those george galloway backed independence,

but it's also look at a primary claim from the scottish national party that the labour party would shutthe wider uk economy and it's pretty misleading to suggest the labour�*s plans alone but these at risk. they would not issue new oil and gas licenses but issue new oil and gas licenses but is also a pledge not to overturn existing licenses and there's been a lot of other claims such as reform uk on the international law around small boats in the green party on the implications of the tax plans and plaid cmyru on what wales is owed from hs two funding and you can find further details on the bbc news website. let's speak to our political correspondent, jess parker, on the labour campaign trail what is the mood among the labour party as we had very close to the general election? i party as we had very close to the general election?— general election? i would say the mood is pretty — general election? i would say the mood is pretty good. _ general election? i would say the mood is pretty good. they - general election? i would say the mood is pretty good. they are i general election? i woul

labour won seat after seat after seat here in scotland.size of their comeback here. they won 37 scottish seats at the last general election in 2019. they won just one single scottish seat. so that gives you an idea of the size of the turnaround for labour. but i think the biggest story here in scotland was the scale of the defeat for the snp. they won nine scottish seats. last general election they picked up 48 scottish seats. and don't forget, the snp have become a party accustomed to winning and winning big. so last night was a really disappointing evening for them and we're here in glasgow. before this election was called, all of this city seats were held by the snp. this morning, it's woken up and it's turned red. all of this city seats are now held by labour, and i think that's a story that played out in constituencies across scotland last night. and katie, does this mean for people who were pushing for independence for scotland, that that dream is now over? well, let's be clear, the polls repeatedly suggest that around 50% of people

labour say scrapping the cap isn't affordable right now.rty is the liberal democrats, so expect to see a lot more of this man. after a once in a century election, does he not think there's an opportunity for a once in a century chance to fix social care? the prime minister said he wanted to set up, in time, a national care service. there were questions, too, from reform uk and the green party. the new look house of commons... speaker: that completes questions, we'll let the front _ benches change over. ..a new debate to listen to and it's just beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. and victoria derbyshire will have more on who might replace rishi sunak on newsnight on bbc two shortly. that is one of the things we will talk about, because the tory leadership race officially kicked off at 7pm tonight. shoplifting hits a 20 year high, we will speak to a shop owner losing hundreds of pounds every week who has been spat at and his shop bottled. greater manchester police has referred itself to the independent office of police conduct,

vote labour tomorrow! cheering. jacket moment too. ithe election is well and truly over| and done with south of the border, i and the issue for scotland is — i who's going to protect scotland's interests in the next - westminster parliament? and people know they can rely on the snp to do exactly that. j well, my bus to work didn't get this welcome this morning, but sir ed davey�*s did from liberal democrat activists in harpenden in hertfordshire this afternoon. tomorrow, we have the chance to win the change our country desperately needs. yellow bus in, pink car out. zany capers over and out for the lib dems. nigel farage, from reform uk, has been at a boxing club and was asked how he thought his party would do. it's very tough to call what's going to happen. the thing we can't measure and the polls can't measure is the youth vote. you know, are all these people online, the millions of them who've have been very supportive, are they actually going to go and vote? i don't know. the green party of england and wales is

then it was the turn of scottish labour to pose for the cameras. at parliament another photocall reform uk's mps arrived. a switch to this building as parliament meets in its new form for the first time. that was helen catt with that report. as i was saying, a really busy hour and a half ahead. let's head to westminster and speak to our correspondent ian watson. ian, just reflect on what we are likely to see later this hour. already we saw in the piece, a busy morning at cabinet. meeting there mayors from around england. before he heads off to the nato summit.— to the nato summit. labour want to rive the to the nato summit. labour want to give the impression _ to the nato summit. labour want to give the impression they _ to the nato summit. labour want to give the impression they are - to the nato summit. labour want to give the impression they are hitting | give the impression they are hitting the ground running as a government so it is a packed diary. a flight to washington for keir starmer and the foreign secretary, and the defence secretary. he

after inspecting a fish market, the scottish national party leader claimed labour's on the road to poweron the road to power in westminster. what people in scotland need _ to power in westminster. what people in scotland need to _ to power in westminster. what people in scotland need to think _ to power in westminster. what people in scotland need to think about - to power in westminster. what people in scotland need to think about is - in scotland need to think about is what protection do they want to make sure that scotland's interests are taken sure that scotland's interests are ta ken forward sure that scotland's interests are taken forward in the next parliament? snp mps will always put the interests of scotland first. vote liberal democrat! for the liberal democrats, _ vote liberal democrat! for the liberal democrats, their- vote liberal democrat! for the . liberal democrats, their campaign stunts have ratcheted up. or may be down would be a better word in this case. �* , ., �* case. i've 'ust done it, i've never done that— case. i'vejust done it, i've never done that before, _ cas