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jack fenwick, in the newsroom. _ keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank _ keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. _ keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there - keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there is. keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there is a | keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the i newsroom, thank you. there is a lot to get the newscast team into and they will be back later in the hour. you can watch nonstop coverage of the election campaign now — until the results are called and beyond — on bbc iplayer. just look for election 2024 live. now we are going to turn our attention to other news. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza as a "tragic accident". the hamas—run health ministry said at least 45 people were killed after the strike hit a camp for displaced people in rafah. the israeli army said it had been tragetting two senior hamas leaders. a warning — lucy williamson's report contains some distressing i
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let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we're into election campaign now, we don't know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16—year—olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks it's a good idea.
let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we're into election campaign now, we don't know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16—year—olds are something he wants to happen...
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jack fenwick, our - says. jack, thank you for that - update, jack fenwick, our political update, jack fenwick, our political correspondent. the westminster leader of plaid cymru, liz saville—roberts, has given her reaction to the conservatives' plan to bring back national service. it's a completely bonkers policy that they have pulled out at the beginning of an election. if you think, this is the party that has ensured that there are hardly any youth clubs, youth facilities left, because of their policy of austerity. they have prevented young people from freedom of movement into europe, where they can work and travel around europe. they have knocked their housing market opportunities, they have knocked their education opportunities, and what do they bring to us? they bring us national conscription, where you or your parents may be arrested if you don't confirm. we don't know whether you'll be paid or not, and if you go into the army, we don't actually know where they are going to be able to put 30,000 conscripts. meanwhile in scotland, the scottish national party leader has told vot
jack fenwick, our - says. jack, thank you for that - update, jack fenwick, our political update, jack fenwick, our political correspondent. the westminster leader of plaid cymru, liz saville—roberts, has given her reaction to the conservatives' plan to bring back national service. it's a completely bonkers policy that they have pulled out at the beginning of an election. if you think, this is the party that has ensured that there are hardly any youth clubs, youth facilities left, because of...
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let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we're into election campaign now, we don't know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16—year—olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks it's a good idea. no indication yet if the tory party will be following suit but the main theme today has been around the economy. keir starmer has also been speaking about that when speaking to voters in the west midlands. he said the stable economy would be the first thing the labour government would focus on. with the conservatives as well, sunak was during a meeting with voters in the north today and we heard from jeremy hunt who did an interview with the daily telegraph and said tax cuts for working people would be
let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we're into election campaign now, we don't know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16—year—olds are something he wants to happen...
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let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour
let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick. jack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour
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live now to westminster, and our political correspondent jack fenwick.
live now to westminster, and our political correspondent jack fenwick.
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jack fenwick joining us from westminster. we'll be covering the election campaign across the to come, you can get all the information on the bbc website -- bbc the information on the bbc website —— bbc news website. it is now 7:20pm. israeli tanks have reportedly reached the centre of rafah, as it carries out its most intense bombardment of the city, since the war began. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says across the strip, dozens of people have been killed in the past 2a hours. international condemnation continues to grow over an israeli air strike on sunday, which led to a devastating fire in a camp for displaced palestinians — killing 45 people — including women and children. our correspondent lucy williamson reports. rafah was once gaza's refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city's west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can't leave behind. there has been no evacuation ord
jack fenwick joining us from westminster. we'll be covering the election campaign across the to come, you can get all the information on the bbc website -- bbc the information on the bbc website —— bbc news website. it is now 7:20pm. israeli tanks have reportedly reached the centre of rafah, as it carries out its most intense bombardment of the city, since the war began. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says across the strip, dozens of people have been killed in the past 2a hours....
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jack fenwick is in the newsroom, he didn't get a very good send at all! from the windowless newsroom, tell me what everyone else has been doing. let's focus on rishi sunak, he has been in yorkshire. has he been addressing any of the conversations about the number of tory mps who are going to be standing down, michael gove in particular? be standing down, michael gove in articular? ~' , particular? unlike ed davey in chichester. — particular? unlike ed davey in chichester, i— particular? unlike ed davey in chichester, i don't _ particular? unlike ed davey in chichester, i don't think - particular? unlike ed davey in i chichester, i don't think there's much chance of rishi sunak walking through shot in the newsroom here, he's been talking to veterans in a pub. in truth, it's been a quieter day for the prime minister than the last few days, he had been sitting around the country but we are not expecting to hear any more from him today after this morning which was pretty low—key. he didn't address michael gove and others are standing down. what we have
jack fenwick is in the newsroom, he didn't get a very good send at all! from the windowless newsroom, tell me what everyone else has been doing. let's focus on rishi sunak, he has been in yorkshire. has he been addressing any of the conversations about the number of tory mps who are going to be standing down, michael gove in particular? be standing down, michael gove in articular? ~' , particular? unlike ed davey in chichester. — particular? unlike ed davey in chichester, i— particular?...
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fenwick has more. he's been talking to veterans in a pub. in truth, it's been a quieter day for the prime minister than the last few days, he had been sitting around the country but we are not expecting to hear any more from him today after this morning which was pretty low— key. he didn't address michael gove and others standing down. what we have heard from the conservatives today is more of a focus on the economy. that comes after the influential think—tank, the institute for fiscal studies, said that the public finances are hanging over this campaign like a dark cloud. we have the chancellorjeremy hunt in an interview with the daily telegraph this morning saying he would be focusing on tax cuts for working people, cuts to national insurance top of the two he has already done. he also talked about tax cuts that would boost growth and tax cuts for people who earn between 100,000 and 125,000 a year. not so much on the conservatives are stepping down which i'm sure will be at the forefront of the p
fenwick has more. he's been talking to veterans in a pub. in truth, it's been a quieter day for the prime minister than the last few days, he had been sitting around the country but we are not expecting to hear any more from him today after this morning which was pretty low— key. he didn't address michael gove and others standing down. what we have heard from the conservatives today is more of a focus on the economy. that comes after the influential think—tank, the institute for fiscal...
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let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent jack fenwick. it's a busy day of campaigning today, isn't it? talk us through where the other leaders are and what their focus is. where the other leaders are and what theirfocus is. we where the other leaders are and what their focus is-— where the other leaders are and what their focus is— their focus is. we 'ust be hearing about keir— their focus is. we just be hearing about keir starmer's _ their focus is. we just be hearing about keir starmer's movementsj their focus is. we just be hearing - about keir starmer's movements from harry and it's fair to say that for rishi sunak, it's a bit of a quieter day than he's had in the last few days, he's been sitting around all areas of the country. we've probably had what we are going to hear from him today, he was doing some meetings with veterans up in the north of england who probably —— and we probably won't hear from the prime minister throughout the day but the party leaders are out in force. ed davey for the lib dems isn't one of his par
let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent jack fenwick. it's a busy day of campaigning today, isn't it? talk us through where the other leaders are and what their focus is. where the other leaders are and what theirfocus is. we where the other leaders are and what their focus is-— where the other leaders are and what their focus is— their focus is. we 'ust be hearing about keir— their focus is. we just be hearing about keir starmer's _ their focus is. we just be...
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let's get more from our political correspondent jack fenwick, who's in the newsroom. tell us what they've been up to today. tell us what they've been up to toda . . �* , tell us what they've been up to toda . ., �* , ., , tell us what they've been up to toda. ., �*, ., , ., tell us what they've been up to toda. , today. that's right. lots of party leaders have _ today. that's right. lots of party leaders have been _ today. that's right. lots of party leaders have been out _ today. that's right. lots of party leaders have been out and - today. that's right. lots of party| leaders have been out and about today. we've heard from keir starmer talking to voters in the west midlands. he told us something that with labour policies in both 2015 and 2017 will be labour policy again. that is to lower the voting age to the age of 16. it's something that's been talked about for a while in labour circles, so it's not a huge surprise. nevertheless, interesting. here are some of the reasoning behind this, because you canjoin the army reasoning behind this, because you can join
let's get more from our political correspondent jack fenwick, who's in the newsroom. tell us what they've been up to today. tell us what they've been up to toda . . �* , tell us what they've been up to toda . ., �* , ., , tell us what they've been up to toda. ., �*, ., , ., tell us what they've been up to toda. , today. that's right. lots of party leaders have _ today. that's right. lots of party leaders have been _ today. that's right. lots of party leaders have been out _ today. that's...
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i spoke with our correspondent jack fenwick for the latest details. so let's remember 13 months ago, the very long standing labour mp diane abbott wrote an article for the observer in which she suggested thatjewish, irish and traveller people had not been subject to racism all their lives. she was then suspended pending an investigation, and we've not heard an awful lot about that investigating investigation for quite a long time now. investigation for quite a long time now. if she did not have the whip restored, then she wouldn't be allowed to stand again as a labour mp at the election. so time is of the essence. now, bbc newsnight this morning reported that that investigation concluded five months ago, but that diane abbott had still not been told whether she would have the labour whip restored and whether she'd be allowed to stand again. now, this evening, we understand that diane abbott has been offered the labour whip back. as we understand it, the party had been trying to broker a deal whereby they gave her the whip back but she didn't stand aga
i spoke with our correspondent jack fenwick for the latest details. so let's remember 13 months ago, the very long standing labour mp diane abbott wrote an article for the observer in which she suggested thatjewish, irish and traveller people had not been subject to racism all their lives. she was then suspended pending an investigation, and we've not heard an awful lot about that investigating investigation for quite a long time now. investigation for quite a long time now. if she did not have...
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let's speak to jack fenwick — our political correspondent at westminster. three days of questions on this, jack, and even this morning sir starmer was saying a decision to hand to be made yet, but finally decided to draw a line and do things? decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., .,, decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., ., , decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., ., i, things? this row has really been distracting _ things? this row has really been distracting from _ things? this row has really been distracting from the _ things? this row has really been distracting from the things - things? this row has really been distracting from the things that l distracting from the things that labour have been wanting to be talking about this week's top that is something that is frustrating people around sir keir starmer, at the top of the labour party, and people around diane abbott as well. but as you say, we seem to have finally got an answer today. that is that sir keir starmer has said diane abbott is free to go forward as a labour candidate. shortly a
let's speak to jack fenwick — our political correspondent at westminster. three days of questions on this, jack, and even this morning sir starmer was saying a decision to hand to be made yet, but finally decided to draw a line and do things? decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., .,, decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., ., , decided to draw a line and do thins? , ., ., i, things? this row has really been distracting _ things? this row has really been distracting from _ things? this...
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let's go straight back to westminster and jack fenwick. the thought was they might be more defections, but we've seen another. what reaction has there been? probably a little too soon from wider reaction. this story is very new. as we've just heard, mark logan, who has been a conservative mp since 2019, was still a conservative mp up until yesterday — has now said he's backing keir starmer's labour party. his seat was in bolton northeast, one of the rebel seats that moved from labour to conservatives in 2019. the sort of pillar borisjohnson's election winning coalition, if you like. but one of the guys who served in the last five years that he is now switching to the other side. he will not be standing for labour because they have picked the candidate, but as you heard, he said he will be joining the labour party. he harks back to the anthem of 97, things can only bit better. he believes the countries in that place again. he did defend rishi sunak somewhat. he said as the conservatives to move the election —— lose the election, but r
let's go straight back to westminster and jack fenwick. the thought was they might be more defections, but we've seen another. what reaction has there been? probably a little too soon from wider reaction. this story is very new. as we've just heard, mark logan, who has been a conservative mp since 2019, was still a conservative mp up until yesterday — has now said he's backing keir starmer's labour party. his seat was in bolton northeast, one of the rebel seats that moved from labour to...