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from tees valley, yes. i think he'll arrived early, - mayor. from tees valley, yes.ightly different dynamic, and all the others like andy burnham were there — he came out as the cabinet, ed miliband and him were hugging in the street. there was a lot of hugging and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament. keir and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament.— and smiling, at that stage of the new parliament. keir starmer has talked about _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting up _ new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting up this - new parliament. keir starmer has talked about setting up this new i talked about setting up this new council, so it sounds like those mayors who have complained about being locked out of downing street under the previous government will have an open invitation to turn up more often. have an open invitation to turn up more often-— have an open invitation to turn up more often. yes. interesting to see what actually _ more often. jazz interesting to see

ben houchen there, one of the mayors of the tees valley.ve had historically with russia and being welcomed to moscow. the visit has not been welcomed, as one might predict, by volodymyr zelensky of ukraine on the anniversary of the nato summit where he will be meeting with nato leaders at later today. at that visit with the russian and indian leaders, narendra modi there in moscow saying that the deal will help providejobs in moscow saying that the deal will help provide jobs to the youth of india. the war in ukraine is set to dominate talks at this yea r�*s nato summit. president biden will host world leaders as the military alliance marks its 75th anniversary. mr biden has called the alliance the most unified it has ever been. but the rise of the far—right in some european countries and the prospect of a second trump presidency is raising concerns that unity in nato and support for ukraine may not last. as we've been hearing, president volodymyr zelensky is on his way to the summit and is already stressing more support is needed to streng

valley.he i think he arrived early and there were some shots of them all inside number ten. and they, you know, he wasn't being ostracised. they were talking to him. and afterwards he came out and said, look, this you know, this is the government that the people have elected and we everyone needs it to work to improve things. so, um, it's a slightly different dynamic. and then, yes, all the others. so like andy burnham was there and then he came out as the, as the cabinet, sorry. started started arriving and ed miliband, they were hugging in the street. so we're still at the sort of hugging, hugging, smiling stage, i would say, of this new parliament. and also keir starmer has talked about setting up this new council of the nations and regions, hasn't he? so it sounds like those, those mayors who have complained about being kind of locked out of downing street under the previous government are going to have a sort of open invitation to turn up more often. yeah. interesting to see what actuall

ben houchen, the conservative mayor of tees valley, is the only one who's not labour.terests. and, yes, in many ways they will prove a thorn to keir starmer. but they are bound by party allegiance in a way that has never been true of conservative prime ministers dealing with these metro mayors. you also have a labour first minister of wales, vaughan gething, dealing with a labour prime minister. that's a dynamic we haven't seen for 14 years. and looking at the general election results in scotland, it seems quite plausible that within a couple of years you'll have a labour first minister of scotland dealing with a labour prime minister. and even if you don't in 2026, that dynamic, whereas for a long time westminster leaders have been a bit nervous about, "how do you handle the snp?" because the snp have seemed like they're the dominant political force. they have been absolutely busted in this general election. so when keir starmer goes to go and meetjohn swinney, the first minister, i'm sure they'll have a very cordial chat. but the power imbalance is going to be massiv

ben houchen, the conservative mayor of tees valley, is the only one who's not labour.erests. and yes, in many ways they will prove a thorn to keir starmer. but they are bound by party allegiance in a way that has never been true of conservative prime ministers dealing with these metro mayors. you also have a labour first minister of wales, vaughan gething, dealing with a labour prime ministen _ that's a dynamic we haven't seen for 14 years. and looking at the general election results in scotland, it seems quite plausible that within a couple of years you'll have a labour first minister of scotland dealing with a labour prime minister. and even if you don't in 2026, that dynamic, whereas for a long time westminster leaders have been a bit nervous about, "how do you handle the snp?" because the snp have seemed like they're the dominant political force. they have been absolutely busted in this general election. so when keir starmer goes to go and meetjohn swinney, the first minister, i'm sure they'll have a very cordial chat. but the power imbalance is going to be massive

for breakfast this morning, including ben houchen, of course, the tory mayor for tees valley.olleague olivia utley shortly after on tv news and said he's quite pleased with the result and encouraged by the way, that the labour pm wants to work with the labour pm wants to work with the local mayors and the pm has made clear in his half half nine cabinet meeting, his second in three days, that he wants to have that meeting around the country and ensure that this government is seen to be governing for all regions of the country, and that's to be welcomed. i think, >> and then are they going to be given any new tax raising powers? are they going to be given any more money? are they just going to be able to make bigger decisions? do we know the detail yet ? detail yet? >> we don't know yet. we know what some of them are asking for. for example, sadiq khan, who's the mayor of london, he's asking for more control over commuter rail services. currently, they're of course controlled by private companies. but the policy of this government , as louise but the policy of this government, a

packed up and ready to be delivered across the tees valley to families without a bed.to buy 10,000 new beds for children turning up to school sleep deprived and exhausted. the idea is that if, for any reason, a child has not got a bed, we want to provide it and it could be the bed is broken, it needs replaced and theyjust haven't got the finances at the time. it could be that they've fled from domestic violence. it could be they've moved into the area and they haven't got any furniture. we just want to help. so these bunk mattresses are a little bit thinner. mr tillings joined forces with leeds—based charity zarach, set up by mum and teacher bex wilson, to tackle bed poverty. there are many reasons families might not have enough beds. bex says some have to choose between paying to heat their homes, put food on the table or buy or replace a bed to sleep in. children sleeping on cushions in a bath. children sleeping in rooms... ina bath? yeah. a 14—year—old who'd been on a beanbag for six months. and, you know, some really difficult, hard situations with desperate parent

conservative mayor of the tees valley ben houchen told gb news the meeting went well. >> it was veryhat he was really energetic, really keen. he wanted to work with us and he was very open to the idea of much more devolution, which has changed with different prime ministers over the last 10 or 15 years, depending on which one it is. so ultimately we're going to have to keep him to his word. if he keeps his promises, then it looks very promising for further devolution and ultimately it looks very promising that we can get on and deliver for our regions . regions. >> reform uk leader nigel farage has arrived at for parliament his first day in the commons. he was alongside his party's four other new mps, including chairman richard tyson, former tory party deputy chairman lee anderson. mr farage says he is setting his sights on the new government and claims it could be in trouble pretty quickly. suella braverman is blaming liberal conservatives for the tories election defeat. speaking at the national conservatism conference in washington, the former home secretary said the party had take

the mayor for tees valley, who is now the most powerful conservative in the country.ad for the conservatives and they needed to get on with it. i think overall there will be a new conservative leader in place by october by the party conference, so i expect that the leadership election will, will, will be kicked off in perhaps three weeks time. we already know who the main players are. this was ben hawkins point this morning. we know sort of 5 or 6 people. tom tugendhat, kemi badenoch, suella braverman, priti patel, those are the kind of main names that we're hearing at the moment. we basically know what they stand for. all of them have stood in leadership elections before. so there his argument is, well, what's the point in hanging around? it'll be fascinating to see what happens with this conservative leadership race, because it does feel like a sort of battle for the heart. and soul of the conservative party. you'll have those on the sort of centre wing of tom tugendhat. perhaps you could classify as one of those who will be appealing to , to who will be appealing t

that said, i've spoken to ben houchen, the mayor of tees valley, who is now actually the most seniornservative, at least in the country. and his view is that the conservatives should just get on with it. he says that we know basically what all of these conservative candidates think about pretty much everything. they've all either been senior cabinet ministers before or they've run for leader of the party before. so sort of what's the point of hanging around? i think the general consensus will be that it'll all be wrapped up, probably just after the conservative party conference in the beginning of october. there's a theory that the final hustings will be at the final hustings will be at the conservative party conference. there is a question mark, though, over rishi, whether rishi sunak will sign off that plan . does he want to off that plan. does he want to hang around for another three months? don't think i would if i were him. i completely agree with you on that one. >> olivia utley trying to explain what's happening with the conservative party at the moment. right. okay, let's see

almost all of the metro mayors, with the exception of ben houchen, the conservative for tees valley,at rishi sunak couldn't really. he's beginning with this council of metro mayors. they're going to discuss what ideas they have for helping grow the economy, both in their own regions and around the uk in general . it doesn't sound as general. it doesn't sound as though keir starmer has actually put money where his mouth is. it doesn't sound as though they've actually been given any more cash. but speaking to a couple of them just here this morning, i'm hoping we might get ben houchen over here in a moment and he should be coming to us next. but they are all sounding pretty chipper about the new prime minister and excited about this new partnership. keir starmer believes in the sort of devolution project. in a way, i'm not quite sure that the conservative prime ministers before him did. so this should before him did. so this should be a sort of very open dialogue. whether that will actually help those regions around the country without any extra cash is another question. >> front foot

i mean, ben houchen, who i spoke to yesterday, the conservative mayor for tees valley, now the most powerfulhat they should get on with it and do the election pretty quickly because he says, well, we know what all of the key player thinks thinks all of these people have either stood as a conservative leader before or been a big player in the previous government. so sort of what's the point in hanging around, but yeah, i suspect the discussion starts in a few weeks time and the leader is in place by conference. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> fascinating stuff. well, let's get the views of former conservative mp for lichfield, sir michael fabricant. michael, lovely to have you on the show . lovely to have you on the show. commiserations regarding thursday. i know you've been a very loyal servant to your constituents for many, many years in the constituency, but it's about the future now . who it's about the future now. who is the best kind of person to take over the party? is this a battle of left versus right ? battle of left versus right? >> i think sadly it will become just that. >> but you

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they tried to to show there was like a hundred golf carts at the villages retirement community valleyingwhich is -- rallying for harris which is a small practiceof golf carts going to every morning tee time at the villages. florida's off the map. when i was elected governor, there were 300,000 more republican -- democrats in the state than republicans, we are approaching 1 million more registered republicans than can democrats. so i would invite the democrats and kamala, we have the top rated economy in the country of all 50 states. spend your money down here. it's the equivalent of lighting it on fire, but i welcome that. you are not going to win florida. you're going to run into a big red, brick wall. maria: well, congrats on all you're doing in florida. you once again got an increase in the credit rating from fitch. real quick on this investigation into what went down on that assassination attempt on president trump. the "wall street journal" says it's the gross incompetence of the secret service. last week christopher wray basically try to throw doubt in the whole thing, questioning

they tried to to show there was like a hundred golf carts at the villages retirement community valleyingris which is -- rallying for harris which is a small practiceof golf carts going to every morning tee time at the villages. florida's off the map. when i was elected governor, there were 300,000 more republican -- democrats in the state than republicans, we are approaching 1 million more registered republicans than can democrats. so i would invite the democrats and kamala, we have the top rated economy in the country of all 50 states. spend your money down here. it's the equivalent of lighting it on fire, but i welcome that. you are not going to win florida. you're going to run into a big red, brick wall. maria: well, congrats on all you're doing in florida. you once again got an increase in the credit rating from fitch. real quick on this investigation into what went down on that assassination attempt on president trump. the "wall street journal" says it's the gross incompetence of the secret service. last week christopher wray basically try to throw doubt in the whole thing, question