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harry farley, bbc news, in bristol. plaid cymru have launched their general election campaign in bangor, north wales today. their leader, rhun ap iorwerth, said his party had a strong track record of punching above their weight in westminster, and a vote for plaid would keep labour in check, and keep the tories out of power. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan was at the event applause. launching their campaign to the delight of supporters in north wales, plaid cymru's leader rhun ap iorweth took aim at the opposition. it is time to kick the tories out of power. his message to voters was that plaid was the only party that would put wales first. yet, mr ap iorweth also admitted this could be a challenging election for them. in this general election, 40 welsh seats have been reduced to 32 due to boundary changes. and having won four in 2019, plaid will do very well to win the same number this time around. so swimming against the current, they've been somewhat conservative with their targeting of seats this year. your tar
harry farley, bbc news, in bristol. plaid cymru have launched their general election campaign in bangor, north wales today. their leader, rhun ap iorwerth, said his party had a strong track record of punching above their weight in westminster, and a vote for plaid would keep labour in check, and keep the tories out of power. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan was at the event applause. launching their campaign to the delight of supporters in north wales, plaid cymru's leader rhun ap iorweth...
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earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent harry farley about the expectations from the upcoming elections. well, it was a surprise. not only to us, people like me who watch political events in westminster here every day, but also think too many of rishi sunak, uk prime minister's own cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers even had to delay or cut short trips abroad. the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, cutting a visit to albania short. it was only actually in the country for a couple of hours before he was called back for an emergency cabinet meeting where they were all told about rishi sunak�*s decision to call, as you say, an election earlier than expected. delay before this one uk will go to the polls, six weeks away, and already we have a shape of the campaign to come. rishi sunak using inflation figures that were out this morning here in the uk showing a fall in inflation to 2.3%, that is close to the bank of england's target of 2%. using those inflation figures to hail what he described as a m
earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent harry farley about the expectations from the upcoming elections. well, it was a surprise. not only to us, people like me who watch political events in westminster here every day, but also think too many of rishi sunak, uk prime minister's own cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers as well. some cabinet ministers even had to delay or cut short trips abroad. the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, cutting...
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harry farley, thank you very much indeed. president putin has ordered the russian military to hold nuclear weapon drills, involving the navy and troops based near ukraine. meanwhile, front—line ukrainian soldiers have told the bbc the army needs to re—think how it conscripts men to fight. they say a failure to train and mobilise enough recruits means some have been fighting without a break since russia's full—scale invasion more than two years ago. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has the story. under the green canopy of a ukrainian spring, an artillery unit waits for their next order. some of these men have been fighting for months, if not years. translation: my men know each vehicle, says their commander. i it's like a woman with her own characteristics. as russian forces inch closer, they're hunkering down and waiting for billions of dollars' worth of long delayed american ammunition to finally be delivered. this time last year, ukraine was preparing for a counter—offensive, but this time it's different â€
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harry farley, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says labour is the natural party for british business, and she wants to lead the most pro—business treasury the country has ever seen. she's been speaking at the rolls—royce plant in derby, after dozens of business leaders signed a letter endorsing labour's economic plans. simon's here. courting business — is it working? it has been a major charm offensive over the last couple of years and the principal pitch has been that labour can provide the kind of stability that business likes. they used to say that stability would in itself be a change after a period where we have had five prime minister, seven chancellors, taxes going up and down, and it includes our cap on corporation tax, a promise to get the office for budget responsibility to cost any major and prominent policy changes. —— permanent policy changes, and a business tax road map so people know what is coming down the line. rachel reeves was talking to people at the ro
harry farley, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says labour is the natural party for british business, and she wants to lead the most pro—business treasury the country has ever seen. she's been speaking at the rolls—royce plant in derby, after dozens of business leaders signed a letter endorsing labour's economic plans. simon's here. courting business — is it working? it has been a major charm offensive over the last couple of years and the principal...
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our political correspondent, harry farley, has the story. not many smiles around for the conservatives. the party is set for its worst local elections result in years. one result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. you are re—elected mayor of teesside. ben houchen winning the tees valley mayor. people knew that they couldn't be taken for granted. they knew that it was ben and the conservatives that delivered for them and they stuck with you in this election. and i know that come the general election, they're going to stick with us too. the conservatives hope to win the west midlands mayoral race when the results are out later today. another possible ray of hope in an otherwise bleak picture. but for now at least, rishi sunak looks to have avoided the major rebellion he feared from his own mps. and three miles from the prime minister's house in yorkshire, look who showed up. sir keir starmer here celebrating a labour mayor in york and north yorkshire, where parts of the county are usually solidly tory. to the villages and the towns of nort
our political correspondent, harry farley, has the story. not many smiles around for the conservatives. the party is set for its worst local elections result in years. one result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. you are re—elected mayor of teesside. ben houchen winning the tees valley mayor. people knew that they couldn't be taken for granted. they knew that it was ben and the conservatives that delivered for them and they stuck with you in this election. and i know that come the general...
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let's get more on this with our political correspondent harry farley. harry, a lot of this is coming down to deterrence, isn't it?— to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's riuht. i to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right- i think— to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what _ to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we _ to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we saw - to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we saw from . to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's. right. i think what we saw from keir starmer this morning is labour�*s would be approach to tackling the small boats crisis and the government saying that they would do. labour saying they would scrap the rwanda scheme, the plan to send those arriving in small boats to rwanda. laboursaid those arriving in small boats to rwanda. labour said they would take a law enforcement approach, implementing our border security command. sir keir starmer characterise the rwanda scheme is a series of gimmicks that wouldn't tackle the problem. he
let's get more on this with our political correspondent harry farley. harry, a lot of this is coming down to deterrence, isn't it?— to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's riuht. i to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right- i think— to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what _ to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we _ to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we saw - to deterrence, isn't it? yes, that's right. i think what we saw from . to...
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harry farley, bbc news, in bristol. plaid cymru haved launched their general election campaign in north wales today. our wales correspondent tomos morgan was at the event. applause. launching their campaign to the delight of supporters in north wales, plaid cymru�*s leader rhun ap iorweth took aim at the opposition. it is time to kick the tories out of power. his message to voters was that plaid was the only party that would put wales first. yes, mr ap iorweth also admitted this could be a challenging election for them. —— yet, mr ap iorweth also admitted this could be a challenging election for them. in this general election, 40 welsh seats have been reduced to 32 due to boundary changes. and having won four in 2019, plaid will do very well to win the same number this time around. so swimming against the current, they�*ve been somewhat conservative with their targeting of seats this year. your target seats are still only in welsh—speaking heartlands. it doesn�*t seem like the party is moving on and targetin
harry farley, bbc news, in bristol. plaid cymru haved launched their general election campaign in north wales today. our wales correspondent tomos morgan was at the event. applause. launching their campaign to the delight of supporters in north wales, plaid cymru�*s leader rhun ap iorweth took aim at the opposition. it is time to kick the tories out of power. his message to voters was that plaid was the only party that would put wales first. yes, mr ap iorweth also admitted this could be a...
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our political correspondent harry farley told me the timing of today's announcement was unexpected for many — including tory mps. it was a surprise not only to people like me who watch political events every day, but also to rishi sunak�*s cabinet ministers as well. they were surprised. some even had to delay or cut short trips abroad. the uk foreign secretary david cameron cutting a visit to albania short. he was only in the country for a couple of hours before he was hauled back for an emergency cabinet meeting where they were all told about rishi sunak�*s decision to call, as you say, an election earlier than expected. july the 4th is when the uk will go to the polls, six weeks away, and already we have a shade of the campaign to come. rishi sunak using inflation figures that were out this morning in the uk, showing a fall in inflation to 2.3%, close to the bank of england target of 2%. using those inflation figures to hail what he described as a major milestone that shows our plan is working, he means the conservative government's plan. sir keir starmer, the leader of the mai
our political correspondent harry farley told me the timing of today's announcement was unexpected for many — including tory mps. it was a surprise not only to people like me who watch political events every day, but also to rishi sunak�*s cabinet ministers as well. they were surprised. some even had to delay or cut short trips abroad. the uk foreign secretary david cameron cutting a visit to albania short. he was only in the country for a couple of hours before he was hauled back for an...
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for the moment, let's speak to our political correspondent, harry farley. you are watching us from westminster. as we get nearer to that general election here in the uk, the issue of the small boat crossings becomes more and more on the agenda. what are we expecting sir keir starmer to say? that is right, rajini, i think we are going to see a clear dividing line between the approach labour would take if it was elected, and what the conservatives are saying they were to do. what keir starmer will set out today is, as you say, a new border security command, a new unit which he says will bring in immigration enforcement, bring in mis, will immigration enforcement, bring in mi5, will bring in other agencies, and give them extra powers, powers that normally belong to counterterror policing, give them extra powers to do things like closed bank accounts, do extra stop and search, and essentially what labour are saying is that you need a law enforcement approach to tackle the small boats crisis. now, the conservatives say that is all well and good, but you also nee
for the moment, let's speak to our political correspondent, harry farley. you are watching us from westminster. as we get nearer to that general election here in the uk, the issue of the small boat crossings becomes more and more on the agenda. what are we expecting sir keir starmer to say? that is right, rajini, i think we are going to see a clear dividing line between the approach labour would take if it was elected, and what the conservatives are saying they were to do. what keir starmer...
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farley has been explaining more about this case. this is not the government's flagship rwanda scheme that they've been talking so much about that aims to forcibly deport those who come to the uk illegally on small boats. this asylum seeker voluntarily chose to go to kigali. that came... that's under a separate scheme that the government set up in march. they're offering to pay those whose asylum claims have been processed here in the uk and been rejected, pay them £3,000 to voluntarily go to kigali. so that's what's happened in this case. it's the first time that someone has been sent to rwanda under this scheme. the labour party, they say that the government are so desperate to send, get flights off the ground to rwanda that they've paid someone to go. so i think the question is, how significant is this? well, symbolically, it is significant. as i said, it's the first time that someone has voluntarily been sent to rwanda. and obviously it's a big week in the uk with local elections. but remember, rishi sunak, the prime minister's
farley has been explaining more about this case. this is not the government's flagship rwanda scheme that they've been talking so much about that aims to forcibly deport those who come to the uk illegally on small boats. this asylum seeker voluntarily chose to go to kigali. that came... that's under a separate scheme that the government set up in march. they're offering to pay those whose asylum claims have been processed here in the uk and been rejected, pay them £3,000 to voluntarily go to...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this what has sir keir starmer been saying today?— what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area that - saying today? this is exactly the | kind of seat and area that labour need to win back if they are going
let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this what has sir keir starmer been saying today?— what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area that - saying today? this is exactly the | kind of seat and area...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this what has sir keir starmer been saying today?— what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area that - saying today? this is exactly the | kind of seat and area that labour need to win back if they are going to win a majority in parliament on july the 4th. we are at stafford rangers football club. sir keir starmer making a habit of appearing at lower league football clubs and doing campaign visits in places like this. his message this morning was very much focused on the economy, labour arguing under the conservatives britain has gotten poorer. rishi sunak in yorkshire was making the case that his economic plan is working, he saying that the economy is turning a corner. the other news today is the number of mps deciding to step down and mos
let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this what has sir keir starmer been saying today?— what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area that - saying today? this is exactly the | kind of seat and area...
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let's get more on this with our political correspondent harry farley. labour saying they would scrap the rwanda scheme, the plan to send those arriving in small boats to rwanda. labour said they would take a law enforcement approach, the border security command. sir keir starmer characterised the rwanda scheme is a series of gimmicks that wouldn't tackle the problem. he pointed to other mooted ideas like a wave machine in the channel that appeared in newspapers that didn't make it into policy. he said the rwanda scheme is just another in the latest series of gimmicks. he was asked afterwards how many small boats his border security command would tackle, how many the numbers crossing would reduce. we didn't give a specific figure, saying he would look to reduce the numbers, but didn't put a number on it, not saying his scheme would stop small crossings. sir keir starmer made a lot in a speech about how he would improve asylum processing in the uk by putting more funding into it, by hiring new caseworkers, to process those who are in the uk trying to clai
let's get more on this with our political correspondent harry farley. labour saying they would scrap the rwanda scheme, the plan to send those arriving in small boats to rwanda. labour said they would take a law enforcement approach, the border security command. sir keir starmer characterised the rwanda scheme is a series of gimmicks that wouldn't tackle the problem. he pointed to other mooted ideas like a wave machine in the channel that appeared in newspapers that didn't make it into policy....
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harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. let's go now to political correspondent helen catt. we have seen the first burst of campaigning but before that, business of parliament has to be wrapped up. business of parliament has to be wrapped urn-— business of parliament has to be wrapped up— wrapped up. how will that look? parliament _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying to _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying to get - wrapped up. how will that look? l parliament is trying to get through some of the bills that have not quite become law and there has been negotiating between government and opposition to decide which go through. as you heard harry say, we expect the bill that would set up the compensation body for the infected blood scandal to compensate victims, that is expected to pass. another expected to go through is the leasehold reform bill, that is the leasehold reform bill, that is the bill that will stop new houses being sold as l
harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. let's go now to political correspondent helen catt. we have seen the first burst of campaigning but before that, business of parliament has to be wrapped up. business of parliament has to be wrapped urn-— business of parliament has to be wrapped up— wrapped up. how will that look? parliament _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying _ wrapped up. how will that look? parliament is trying to _...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? �* , , ., ., focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour- focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour party| stafford, a seat at the labour party need to take back of the conservatives if they are going to win that majority in the general election. we are expecting sir keir starmer to arrive in the next few minutes, we got labour activists here ready to speak to him and i'm told a few voters as well who voted conservative at the last election and are deciding to switch to labour, so a campaign visit for sir keir starmer here in what we call bellwether seat, that means the kind of area that usually votes in an mp from the party that goes on to win the general election so a really key targ
let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? �* , , ., ., focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour- focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has — what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a - what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a habit - what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a habit of| starmer has made a bit of a habit of making campaign visits to lower league football grounds. we are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me —— stafford rangers. he was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering voting labour at this one. there are a number of labour campaigners here as well. the focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britai
let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has — what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a - what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has...
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with more on this let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who's in the newsroom. can the tories recover from this? i specially select thinks they will. well, i think the lesson from politics in recent years is inevitable anything out. i think what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mps, what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mp5, i am struck by how despondent many of them feel, how weary many of them sound and i think what rishi scenic is trying to do here in his comments to the times newspaper is offer some hope, try to reenergise them and give them something to campaign for. he is arguing that the local election results mean, show that the uk is heading for a possible hung parliament in the general election with labour as the largest party. i think we just have to be a little bit cautious about that analysis. he is basing it on essentially extrapolating the percentage of the vote, the vote share that each of the parties has got in a selection of local authority areas and then extrapolating that across the whole country and assu
with more on this let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who's in the newsroom. can the tories recover from this? i specially select thinks they will. well, i think the lesson from politics in recent years is inevitable anything out. i think what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mps, what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mp5, i am struck by how despondent many of them feel, how weary many of them sound and i think what rishi scenic is...
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our political correspondent harry farley is following the labour leader in stafford. i am here in stafford, stafford rangers football club, this is exactly the sort of area labour need to win if they are going to win that majority they so hope for on july 4th. keir starmer here on a campaign visit, making a bit of a habit of campaign rallies at lower league football club. one of the things that came up, one of the things i asked him about was workers�* rights, his plan, because there is a bit of a row going on, labour have rebranded their plan for workers�* rights as labour�*s plan to make work play. a number of unions accusing them of watering down their previous proposals, among them unite the union's general secretary, saying the revised deal has more holes in it than swiss cheese. keir starmer denying there had been any watering down of proposals, saying they reached a deal with the unions and argues his plan for workers�* rights is a key part of labour�*s policy of stabilising and growing the economy. the other thing that came up was votes for 16 and 17
our political correspondent harry farley is following the labour leader in stafford. i am here in stafford, stafford rangers football club, this is exactly the sort of area labour need to win if they are going to win that majority they so hope for on july 4th. keir starmer here on a campaign visit, making a bit of a habit of campaign rallies at lower league football club. one of the things that came up, one of the things i asked him about was workers�* rights, his plan, because there is a bit...
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in a moment, we'll speak to harry farley in bristol and tomos morgan in bangor, but first to hannah miller, who's in somerset with the liberal democrats' leader ed davey. hannah, another eye—catching photo stunt from ed davey, but with a political message too? absolutely, ed davey was asked this morning for that the insistence that he was doing it risked undermining the seriousness of the message and his response was essentially one who thinks the politicians should take people seriously, he does not think there is much need for them to take themselves too seriously and that has been his attitude throughout this campaign so far. he was in somerset this morning. happy to go down more than once for the cameras, i heard him saying afterwards he enjoyed it more than he expected but when he walked away from those moments, he takes questions about the liberal democrat policies and today he talked about putting a mental health practitioner into every primary and secondary school in england. that's looking at around... loss of sound. funded by tripling the tax on social media companies. all the
in a moment, we'll speak to harry farley in bristol and tomos morgan in bangor, but first to hannah miller, who's in somerset with the liberal democrats' leader ed davey. hannah, another eye—catching photo stunt from ed davey, but with a political message too? absolutely, ed davey was asked this morning for that the insistence that he was doing it risked undermining the seriousness of the message and his response was essentially one who thinks the politicians should take people seriously, he...
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harry farley in westminster, thank you indeed. you can get a lot more information on how you can actually vote on the bbc news website and the app. polls collected before yesterday's announcement give labour a 20—percentage—point lead over the conservatives. while it's still too soon to see how the public mood will shift now that an election is imminent, the big trends over the last few years give some pointers on the scale of the task facing the political parties. the bbc�*s polltracker will be keeping you up to date throughout the election campaign, and robert cuffe, our head of statistics, has the latest from bbc verify. you are about to be bombarded by polls for the next six weeks. so we will combine the data from all the different polling companies to give you a sense of the bigger trends, less of the dots and more of the big picture. and you can say that 20 point gap between the conservatives and labor that we're seeing right now. but let's see how those trends have developed over the course of the parliament. the tori
harry farley in westminster, thank you indeed. you can get a lot more information on how you can actually vote on the bbc news website and the app. polls collected before yesterday's announcement give labour a 20—percentage—point lead over the conservatives. while it's still too soon to see how the public mood will shift now that an election is imminent, the big trends over the last few years give some pointers on the scale of the task facing the political parties. the bbc�*s polltracker...
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harry farley, bbc news, westminster. with me is our business editor — simonjack. you were listening to rachel reeves earlier in the day, give me your analysis in terms of what you heard. they have been on immediate charm offensive to its business in the last couple of years and their main pitch has been they can provide the stability that businesses enjoy, and they say that stability in itself is changed, in a period where we have had five prime ministers, seven chancellors and the taxes have yo—yo to quite a bit. they have pledged to keep corporation tax where it is, at 25% over the next parliament, and if we have any big permanent policy changes, we will get the ob art to have a look at it and cost it. contrast it with the mini budget we saw, this was rachel reeves talking today. saw, this was rachel reeves talking toda . ,, ,. , saw, this was rachel reeves talking toda. ,, ,. , ., saw, this was rachel reeves talking toda. ,, ,. , today. she described labour as the -a of today. she described labour as the party of
harry farley, bbc news, westminster. with me is our business editor — simonjack. you were listening to rachel reeves earlier in the day, give me your analysis in terms of what you heard. they have been on immediate charm offensive to its business in the last couple of years and their main pitch has been they can provide the stability that businesses enjoy, and they say that stability in itself is changed, in a period where we have had five prime ministers, seven chancellors and the taxes have...
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our political correspondent, harry farley is at westminster. how many people are we talking about? ., ., , about? the uk for the last 10-15 ears has about? the uk for the last 10-15 years has struggled _ about? the uk for the last 10-15 years has struggled with - about? the uk forthe last 10-15 | years has struggled with removing about? the uk forthe last 10-15 - years has struggled with removing or deporting failed asylum—seekers, only about 40% of those who claim asylum in the uk and then are rejected actually are then forced to leave the country. what is important to say, is that those people who have had their asylum claims rejected were already eligible for a voluntary scheme to be supported to rwanda being paid £3000 to go to rwanda being paid £3000 to go to rwanda so i think what this really announcement today, this expansion of the rwanda scheme is suggesting is that if they don't accept that voluntary scheme, the offer to be paid £3000 to go to rwanda. then they will be forcibly removed to rwanda and home secretary saying that rwanda is a safe third country and that a
our political correspondent, harry farley is at westminster. how many people are we talking about? ., ., , about? the uk for the last 10-15 ears has about? the uk for the last 10-15 years has struggled _ about? the uk for the last 10-15 years has struggled with - about? the uk forthe last 10-15 | years has struggled with removing about? the uk forthe last 10-15 - years has struggled with removing or deporting failed asylum—seekers, only about 40% of those who claim asylum in the uk and then...
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our political correspondent harry farley has the latest from westminster. so they spill raced through the house of lords today. a key point is that both the conservatives and labour supported it. they wanted this legislation to go through. as you say, it crushes the convictions of those sub—postmasters who were wrongly convicted and that horizon scandal. obviously we were talking about it at length earlier in the year and the government announced this legislation, effectively, it is quite radical legislation because it overturns decisions by the criminal courts, more than 900 sub postmasters were wrongly prosecuted, and what this legislation does, it overturns their convictions and that unlocks the process for many of them to claim compensation. both sides, both labour and conservatives wanted to see this through, and as you say, this is part of the washer process, the term used for all those government bills that are in the process of going through the house of commons and the house of lords but haven't yet become... now in its final stage in the house o
our political correspondent harry farley has the latest from westminster. so they spill raced through the house of lords today. a key point is that both the conservatives and labour supported it. they wanted this legislation to go through. as you say, it crushes the convictions of those sub—postmasters who were wrongly convicted and that horizon scandal. obviously we were talking about it at length earlier in the year and the government announced this legislation, effectively, it is quite...
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let's speak now to our westminster correspondent harry farley. what does the results that we have seen so far, what are they tell us about any potential general election coming up? i about any potential general election cominu u? ~ ., , about any potential general election cominu u? ~ . , , coming up? i think with a telus is the results _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are going _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are going to _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are going to be - coming up? i think with a telus is the results are going to be pretty| the results are going to be pretty dire for the conservatives, if you extrapolate out from these results certainly. it was not a good night for the conservatives, and if we take that forward to a general election it does not look very positive for them. member when rishi sunak when he became premonition or his immediate challenge was to stabilise the economy and bring some certainty and call him back to gove
let's speak now to our westminster correspondent harry farley. what does the results that we have seen so far, what are they tell us about any potential general election coming up? i about any potential general election cominu u? ~ ., , about any potential general election cominu u? ~ . , , coming up? i think with a telus is the results _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results are going _ coming up? i think with a telus is the results...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has — what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of _ what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a - what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a habit - what's been going on there? sir keir starmer has made a bit of a habit of| starmer has made a bit of a habit of making campaign visits to lower league football grounds.
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our political correspondent, harry farley, has the story. not many smiles around for the conservatives. the party is that for its worst local elections result in years. one result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. x�*t�*aur cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected _ cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor - cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor of - cheer for rishi sunak. your i re-elected mayor of teesside! cheer for rishi sunak. your - re-elected mayor of teesside! ben houchen re—elected mayor of teesside! ben houchen winning the tees valley mayor. houchen winning the tees valley ma or. ., , ~ , houchen winning the tees valley ma or. ~ ,~ houchen winning the tees valley ma or. , ~ , _, ., houchen winning the tees valley ma or. ~ _, ., , mayor. people knew they could not be taken for granted, _ mayor. people knew they could not be taken for granted, they _ mayor. people knew they could not be taken for granted, they knew - mayor. people knew they could not be taken for granted, they knew it - mayor. people knew they could
our political correspondent, harry farley, has the story. not many smiles around for the conservatives. the party is that for its worst local elections result in years. one result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. x�*t�*aur cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected _ cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor - cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor of - cheer for rishi sunak. your i re-elected mayor of teesside! cheer for rishi sunak. your - re-elected mayor of teesside! ben...
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we're joined now by our political correspondent, harry farley. the prime minister has written a letter in the times this morning, what sort of tone is he taking? i what sort of tone is he taking? i think he is really trying to encourage his mps, john. when i speak to mps, i'm struck by how despondent, resigned, flat many of them feel as result of these local elections. i think rishi sunak�*s tone in the times today is trying to encourage them. the way he does that is by arguing that local election results show that we are on for a hung parliament in the general election. i think it is worth pointing out that there are some problems with that analysis. he has basedit problems with that analysis. he has based it on analysis by the local elections expert michael thrasher, and he has extrapolated from a set of wards, the share or percentage of the vote that the main parties get, and said, this is what would happen if it was replicated across the country. the problem with mapping out onto a general election is that the evidence shows that people ten
we're joined now by our political correspondent, harry farley. the prime minister has written a letter in the times this morning, what sort of tone is he taking? i what sort of tone is he taking? i think he is really trying to encourage his mps, john. when i speak to mps, i'm struck by how despondent, resigned, flat many of them feel as result of these local elections. i think rishi sunak�*s tone in the times today is trying to encourage them. the way he does that is by arguing that local...
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let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley, we talk to you about what this would get through and we had the news that it has passed. the get through and we had the news that it has passed-— it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the house _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the house of- it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the house of lords. raised through the house of lords today and the key point is that both the conservatives and labour supported it. they wanted this legislation to go through and as you think it squashes convictions of those sub—postmasters who were wrongly convicted in that horizon scanning and you recall obviously talking about it at length earlier in the year. and the government announced this legislation and effectively it's quite radical because it overturns decisions by the criminal courts, more than 900 sub postmasters were wrongly prosecuted. and what this legislation does is it overturn
let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley, we talk to you about what this would get through and we had the news that it has passed. the get through and we had the news that it has passed-— it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the house _ it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through the house of- it has passed. the eskimos this bill raised through...
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joe twyman, bill paxton, harry farley, lots of games to be played amongst those who like these things, but we will find out very soon come in six weeks. thank you very much indeed. hello. the heavy and persistent rain of the last few days has been easing. the cloud is starting to break up. there�*s a little bit of sunshine out there for some of us this afternoon and i think we will see more of that through this coming bank holiday weekend. it�*s going to feel warm in the sunshine, but there will also be some really heavy and perhaps thundery downpours, but through the rest of today still quite a lot of cloud around for many areas, but that tending to thin and break. the thickest of the cloud across northern ireland, south west scotland — still producing some spits and spots of rain. the best of the sunshine across southern england into south wales. here just the odd shower and highs of around 19 degrees. through this evening and tonight the cloud should continue to break up. i think across northern ireland, parts of south—west scotland that cloud will be quite stubborn, but el
joe twyman, bill paxton, harry farley, lots of games to be played amongst those who like these things, but we will find out very soon come in six weeks. thank you very much indeed. hello. the heavy and persistent rain of the last few days has been easing. the cloud is starting to break up. there�*s a little bit of sunshine out there for some of us this afternoon and i think we will see more of that through this coming bank holiday weekend. it�*s going to feel warm in the sunshine, but there...
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let's go to harry farley, and all the sort of timelines they may have wanted to follow, thatjust could not last given the intensity of the questions, could its? that is exactly right _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and i _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and i think - questions, could its? that is exactly right and i think we i questions, could its? that is - exactly right and i think we know the political parties in these very intense campaign periods have what is called a mediocre read and they have set things they want to talk about every day, set policies and set areas to focus on, every as they think they are strong on and they have a strong offering to voters and the opposition, their opponents, a be gone and basically what has happened to that labour grid over the last three of fall days or so is it has been entirely ripped up and instead every labour minister and mp, are decisions over the last few days have been dominated by this row over diane abbott and whether she would be allowed to stand as a labo
let's go to harry farley, and all the sort of timelines they may have wanted to follow, thatjust could not last given the intensity of the questions, could its? that is exactly right _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and i _ questions, could its? that is exactly right and i think - questions, could its? that is exactly right and i think we i questions, could its? that is - exactly right and i think we know the political parties in...
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with more details on this, our political correspondent harry farley joins us from westminster. harry, is there a sense of what new legislation is at risk of not making it? you are right, there is an awful lot of government legislation still to get through. in terms of any sense of which ones will go through, i am told there are very live conversations going on between the conservatives and labour at the moment because essentially, what and how many government bills get to go through depends on whether the labour party oppose them. you would have thought the finance bill, that contains some measures that the chancellor announced in the budget, has to go through, so that will take up has to go through, so that will take up some time. but mps will only set for tomorrow and possibly into some of friday, so there is very limited time left to any get other bills through. rishi sunak, interestingly noted that he promised to make the next generation smoke—free. you would have thought to the tobacco and vaping bell might get through but there are other key pillars of the conservative
with more details on this, our political correspondent harry farley joins us from westminster. harry, is there a sense of what new legislation is at risk of not making it? you are right, there is an awful lot of government legislation still to get through. in terms of any sense of which ones will go through, i am told there are very live conversations going on between the conservatives and labour at the moment because essentially, what and how many government bills get to go through depends on...
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our correspondents harry farley and tomos morgan have been covering the campaign launches of the greens in bristol and plaid cmryu in bangor today. let's hearfrom them both. for a long time the greens were relative political minnows, but there was a real buzz and excitement here. the greens say this is their most ambitious election launch ever. they say they're aiming to get four mps at the general election on july 4th. and there was a lot of talk in the speeches about the conservatives' record — one that the greens think is a poor one. but actually much more talk about labour's plans and what the greens say is labour's half measures and broken pledges, and that's because the greens know that if they're to get any mps at the general election, they're going to have to beat labour and persuade voters that whether it's on the cost of living, on affordable housing or on preventing the privatisation of the nhs, they're going to have to persuade voters that they can offer a left—wing challenge and alternative to sir keir starmer�*s party. well, leader rhun ap iorwerth said that plaid wa
our correspondents harry farley and tomos morgan have been covering the campaign launches of the greens in bristol and plaid cmryu in bangor today. let's hearfrom them both. for a long time the greens were relative political minnows, but there was a real buzz and excitement here. the greens say this is their most ambitious election launch ever. they say they're aiming to get four mps at the general election on july 4th. and there was a lot of talk in the speeches about the conservatives' record...