good morning. it's sunday. it's ten o'clock. welcome to politics north west. this week... strangeways, here we come — for a look at the state of the justice system, plus local services seeking support. coming up... should hospices be less reliant on volunteers like these? we'll hear from the mp backing the case put by this fundraiser. you would never expect that when you go into have a baby that someone would have to jump out of a plane to fund it, yet that is what happens at the end of life if you want hospice care.

and a former prisoner who helps others recently released tells me the system is struggling to cope. people should be given the opportunity to rehabilitate in prison— opportunity to rehabilitate in prison and also rehabilitate beyond prison _ prison and also rehabilitate beyond prison i_ prison and also rehabilitate beyond prison. i think there is a gross neglect — prison. i think there is a gross neglect of— prison. i think there is a gross neglect of prison levers. and we'll also hear from local party members on the conservative leadership contest. central to that is michael winstanley, president of the national conservative convention, which represents the party's volunteers. he stood against our other guest, jo platt, the labour mp for leigh and atherton, at the general election. they also served together on wigan council. before we hear from them, though, here's steve saul with some of the week's talking points. there will be help but no money immediately for rundown stepping hill hospital according to the health minister. irate hill hospital according to the health minister.— hill hospital according to the health minister. ~ �* ., health minister. we can't ever have a situation where _ health minister. we can't ever have a situation where hospital—

health minister. we can't ever have a situation where hospital buildings| a situation where hospital buildings are being condemned and we are looking to find solutions for the stepping hills of this world. while the greater manchester mayor accused northern rail of running a part—time service. you can't give the south 215t—century rail infrastructure and levers _ 215t—century rail infrastructure and levers with — 215t—century rail infrastructure and levers with victorian rail infrastructure. the region's farmers are worried about funding. there is a huge amount of uncertaintx _ preston's climate change jury delivered its findings. we learned about greenhouse gases, net zero, carbon capture. and a double dose of bad news for blackpool — live from london, this is bbc news. truck runs into a bus stop in tel aviv. iran's supreme leader says israel's bombardment should not be "downplayed" nor "exaggerated" , and tells officials to determine how best to demonstrate his country's power to israel. the uk chancellor, rachel reeves, says she will deliver a "budget for the strivers" this week, pledging a cash boost to rebuild crumbling schools and invest in free breakfast clubs. look, i want taxes on working people to be lower but you

we are also expecting people to be attending a memorial service for soldiers killed in jerusalem. let's speak to our middle east correspondent sebastian usher. they are saying that at this very busyjunction there was a bus, coach, that came to a stop at the bus stop and then a truck rammed into that coach then also hit people at the bus stop. as you are saying this was near the military base but we have also been hearing from israeli police and reports in the israeli media that a lot of those people who had been injured where retired people on a coach to travel to a nearby museum. there are different

figures for the numbers of people who have been injured. 35, at least 35, is the figure generally the one given at the moment, of which six are said to be seriously injured, and one report says that a hospital treating those people says one of them has life—threatening injuries so the actual nature of the attack, it hasn't been 100% declared a terrorist attack, though that does seem to be the supposition being worked on. as you were saying, the driver of the truck appears to have been shot at the scene by civilians who had weapons on them, the usual term used by them, the usual term used by the israeli police, that he was neutralised at the scene, which generally means the person who has been neutralised has been killed. it seems a big incident but at the moment it doesn't seem as if there is a large number of casualties in terms of people who have suffered

death. or injuries that might suggest we will see those casualties build up. as i say, one person at the moment is said to be in a state where their life is under threat and five others seriously wounded, several others moderately wounded and 15 lightly wounded and others suffering from anxiety. studio: sebastian, we await more details on that. can we turn to the israeli strikes on iran and any potential strikes the other way. what is the analysis and the feeling there now? the feeling in israel i think is that what the israeli military did on friday night was a success, that it carried out what the israeli army

describes as precise strikes on military targets that went as far as israel was concerned without incident, all those planes returned home in the military said the mission had been fulfilled so i think the sense of satisfaction both with the military, the government and i think a lot of people here, the same, that iran needed to have action taken against it for the ballistic missile attack on october one. there was the odd statement from some politicians that it hadn't gone far enough, the opposition leader saying that. the far right national security minister itamar ben give ear has described the attack as a first blow, suggesting there should be more action taken —— ben gvir. as far as iran is concerned we have had these comments from the supreme

leader, and interestingly in his english—language feed on twitter it doesn't actually have the line as far as i can see saying the attack should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated. it essentially says that iran will show its mettle and that israel has made a miscalculation, so it doesn't commit iran to any immediate action, it doesn't say what type of action will do. it is not the kind of a very, very strong or ferocious revenge that iranians leaders have vowed in similar incidents back when the political leader of hamas was killed in tehran several months ago. the announcements were much stronger leading to the sense that there would be a major riposte, which we saw on october one.— riposte, which we saw on october one. sebastian, 'ust finall , october one. sebastian, 'ust finally. to i october one. sebastian, 'ust finally, to lebanon, �* october one. sebastian, just. finally, to lebanon, continued air strikes?— air strikes? continued air strikes by _ air strikes? continued air

strikes by israel - air strikes? continued air strikes by israel as - air strikes? continued air strikes by israel as we i air strikes? continued air. strikes by israel as we have pretty much in a nightly basis on the southern suburbs of beirut where israel says it is attacking hezbollah targets, but also as you were saying in your introduction the israeli army has announced four more israeli soldiers were killed in full combat with hezbollah fighters in south lebanon. that was on saturday evening. so it is quite clear that that confrontation, that ground offensive, is still very intense. offensive, is still very intense-— offensive, is still very intense. ,, ., ., ,, offensive, is still very intense. ,, , . . ~ , ., intense. sebastian, thank you very much _ intense. sebastian, thank you very much for— intense. sebastian, thank you very much for that. _ intense. sebastian, thank you very much for that. a - intense. sebastian, thank you | very much for that. a reminder that as always you can get much more analysis online on the website and on the bbc news app, website and on the bbc news app, of course.

in the uk the chancellor has announced £11; billion to rebuild crumbling schools and triple investment in free breakfast clubs as part of her first budget. the national education union has said the money was a first step but much more is needed. let's unpack this with our political correspondent charlotte wright. this will be a huge moment on wednesday but ahead of that we are getting a little more information on where their priorities lie and how they will spend the money. talking about education, £11; billion to rebuild crumbling schools, £1.8 billion for government funded childcare, £15 million for nurseries and schools, £39 for nurseries and schools, £39 for breakfast clubs as well so you can see some of the areas they are hoping to invest in to spend money on, but of course the real controversial thing about this budget is where they are going to raise money at the moment, and there are concerns that they are going to put up a national insurance contributions for employers, which comes after they made a promise in their manifesto they wouldn't raise taxes on working people, as they put it. they specified at the time as

meaning vat, income tax and national insurance but the conservatives are saying they have broken this manifesto promise with this plan to put up promise with this plan to put up national insurance for employers. the education secretary bridget philipson was asked about how they define working people, and she put it when she appeared on sunday morning... when she appeared on sunday morning- - -_ when she appeared on sunday morninu... ,, . , , morning... small business owner whose average — morning... small business owner whose average profit _ morning... small business owner whose average profit last - morning... small business owner whose average profit last year i whose average profit last year might — whose average profit last year might have been £13,000, the average. — might have been £13,000, the average, they not a working person? _ average, they not a working erson? ., ., ~ average, they not a working erson? ., ., ,, .., average, they not a working erson? ., ., ,, .. ., average, they not a working erson? ., ., person? look, we can go through a ranue person? look, we can go through a range of— person? look, we can go through a range of different _ a range of different hypotheticals about who may or may not be captured by tax measures that may or may not happen in the budget. if rachel sits here next weekend you can ask her about the precise measure she has announced. i know it is frustrating ahead of the budget that i can talk about some areas but not all of it but what i am clear about is when people are after the budget when they look at their payslip they receive is what they will see is a labour government that has prioritised making sure they do not see higher taxes because we know for 11; years we have been going

on the wrong direction. right, what else can we expect? we think there will be some more spending on health. that seems to be an area that will win in this budget. rachel reeves has written in the sun newspaper today saying it is a budget for strivers, she put it. what mean? she says working families, children working in crumbling classrooms, people on long nhs waiting lists and then people who are working but unable to afford a home, to buy a home. so they are the sort of areas i think we might see investment in. this is a budget thatis investment in. this is a budget that is all about priorities as they always are. ultimately, labour, for them, this is a huge opportunity for them to set into motion their vision for the country —— for the country and so ultimately they will want to be spinning some money but they say they don't have a huge amount, that there is a £22 billion black hole in the finances so it is all that working out those priorities, where to raise money and where to spend money and of course we

will find out all the details wednesday lunchtime. charlotte, thank ou wednesday lunchtime. charlotte, thank vou for— wednesday lunchtime. charlotte, thank you for that. _ it's election day injapan — the culmination of a remarkable series of events that could see the ruling liberal democratic party voted out of office for only the third time in 70 yea rs. my colleague steve lai is in tokyo. good to speak to you. we are less than one hour away from the closing of the polls and soon after that we should get some exit polls giving an indication as to which way this election is going to go. early voting started a week ago and we have some early figures, showing voter turnout was just over sh