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lisa nandy has said the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would _ the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not - the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring . the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring itj the labour party would not bring it on and she says it's ironic that on the day michael gove is announcing plans to level up and address inequality is that this is not the right time to raise taxes and people should be able to spend more withering incomes to bounce back from covid. the foreign secretary liz truss said it is the intention of the government to cut tax rises before the next election but stressed this is about trying to deal after an unprecedented period of public spending to deal with coronavirus. one of the strongest winter storms in years is continuing to batter the east coast of the united states. more than 60 cm of snow fell on parts of new york state, as well as in massachusetts, where high winds have caused more

labour is lisa nandy- _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy.y. let's get _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all - people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all the - is lisa nandy. let's get all the sports news now. good afternoon. manchester city could reduced arsenal's lead in the premier league to just three points later before the two meet on wednesday. arsenal's dropped points yesterday have given the champions a chance to tighten the title race against aston villa later. that's one of two games today. the other one is the second meeting of leeds and manchester united in the last four days. after their draw at old trafford on thursday night, they're drawing again. chief refereeing 0fficer howard webb has contacted arsenal and brighton after what have been described as �*significant errors' in the var process at their games in the premier league yesterday. at the emirates, brentford striker ivan toney�*s goal stood after a var check by lee mason, even though there was an offside in the build—up.

wise are such strong support for lisa nandy?fficult question? how are you going to bring us back to power and unite the party? the overwhelming majority felt that lisa nandy was a breath of fresh air. she understands the extent of the challenge that we have a mountain to climb. she was the one with the optimism, innovation, the ideas, the creativity and a decisive result and one am proud to back subway the differences between her and keir starmer and getting his agency nominations... why do people think that she has notjust the edge right away reps from every region dow was there a stance towards a london candidate? i think in the movement, we talk too much from the prism of our own eyes. people across the uk wa nt to our own eyes. people across the uk want to see someone who they can trust, who speaks for them it has the same experiences and have been through life's challenges like they have. lisa nandy one that by a mile, we had no discussion about whether it should be a woman, it can't be a bloke not met it was none of that.

lisa nandy has said it was a — nandy and tim davie.s a robust _ nandy and tim davie. lisa nandy has said it was a robust conversation - said it was a robust conversation and that tim davie was very forthcoming in his answers. however, she said she still has some questions and he has promised to come back to her on them, and they are what the bbc knew and when they knew. she has a question around whistle—blowers in the bbc, and also about the money, this £200,000 that was paid to huw edwards after he was arrested in november 2023, and he resigned in april 202a. he wasn't sacked by the corporation, he chose to stand down and left on his own terms. she has actually gone further since then. she has told sky news that huw edwards should return that money voluntarily. he should return to £200,000. it is not a good use of taxpayers money. 0bviously she can't make and do that but she thinks most of the people in this country would agree that that is the right thing to do. this isn't a story that is going away for the bbc, there are lots more q

lisa nandy, the latest to throw her hat into the ring. of those people who had said over —— wigan, that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she has confirmed ina stand, and tonight she has confirmed in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heart lands, areas that had voted labour for decades, and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph from what she says. she says, i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story. basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone best solution to that is to get someone like her who is representing one of those areas in to sort out that issue. i must say, just phillips who announced she was standing a couple of hours ago it has qui

lisa nandy is someone the north of england.e need for labour to regain trust in those so—called labour heartlands, those areas particularly in the north of england where labour underperformed quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today, she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years, we have been riven by division and they have been difficult for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament in the party. i am someone parliament in the party. i am someone who parliament in the party. i am someone who comes parliament in the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i worked for a member of parliament. i worked for a member of parliament on the left of the party as his house in case worker, but i see the strength in all of our traditions across the p

here's lisa nandy, speaking a short while ago.ussion about the circumstances around the case and some of the decisions that have been made during that case and also since. obviously, lam particularly concerned to make sure that people have confidence in the bbc and i think the director general made a good start yesterday in going out to be as open and transparent as possible with the public, both about what the bbc knew, but also about why they made the decisions that they did, and the use of taxpayers' money, which is obviously very important to a lot of people. i think we all recognise that there is a job of work to do to get more information into the public domain, to reassure people, not just about the decisions that have been made, but also about the action that the bbc will take going forwards. my concern is to make sure that warning signs are caught, that complaints are acted on, that public money is used well and to make sure that, as far as is humanly possible, that we don't have a repeat of this situation in the future.

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. the 2019 book entitled no—one is too small to make a difference is a collection of speeches by a swedish climate change activist, what's her name? sharon? greta thunberg. when greta became sharon, the climate change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has said america has made a strategic mistake by killing tehran‘s most senior military commander, and warned the us will face difficult days ahead. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani has been taking place in baghdad after he was killed by a drone strike at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he ordered the action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david

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labour backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips, join the contest to become the party's next leaderr rod stewart is charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard in the chest, in florida, on new year's eve. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war — not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq — and all but essential travel to iran. charlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a martyr to others. crowds shout, "death to america," and, "america is the enemy of god." 0thers waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital.

the culture secretary lisa nandy there.ng is the growing controversy over the algerian boxer imane khelif. she is through to the quarter—finals of the women's 66 kilo category after her opponent, italy's angela carini, abandoned the bout in 46 seconds. she tookjust one punch to the face and then walked to her corner where she was heard saying "it's not right". the italian boxer was in tears after the match. she told reporters it was the hardest punch she had ever taken and that she had stopped the fight to preserve her life. khelif is one of two athletes who was cleared to compete in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's world boxing championships forfailing to pass a gender eligibility test. again, here's lisa nandy responding to the story. i want to get your thoughts on the boxing match yesterday between italy and algeria, it has been billed as very controversial, over in 46 seconds, angela carini said she had to preserve her life so she had to stop the match and the italian pm giorgia meloni said it was not

lisa nandy is comfortably over the line. she's got 2a so far. clive lewis is really struggling. in that picture. jess phillips has the 22 required. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer is the man to beat. he is in front with 68 and the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but don't count on anything being guaranteed because, on the far side, we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment but she is the preferred candidate on the left of the party, and i would suspect that, once this campaign gets going proper, you will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was, a lot of them will get by. clive lewis perhaps will struggle because he has the lowest profile with the exception of lisa nandy who was in the shadow cabinet but resigned. but she has kept her profile up. and is a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn who has been on the front bench. jess phillips has been very prominent in the media. emily thornberry is a very prominent figure, shadow foreign secretary,

we had jess phillips and lisa nandy, both labour mps, fiercely critical of theirs. there are too many people in labour more interested in the party then getting new votes, and lisa nandy saying that labour has lost touch with ordinary voters and their day—to—day experiences. i expect the apology will beg more questions than it answers. and we are hearing more about boris johnson is it answers. and we are hearing more about borisjohnson is plans for government? we have mps coming into london today and tomorrow, a big day on thursday. another queen speech, a big moment for the new government. we already have an idea of the kinds of things we want to expect. this is the cabinet office minister michael gove speaking minutes ago. well, i think what we can expect is a recognition that the national health service is the number one focus of this government, when it comes to domestic policy. we need to make sure the national health service is properly funded and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that there is an nhs funding guarantee. that's the first and mos

sport secretary lisa nandy said there were questions to be answered. it was incredibly uncomfortable to watch for the 46 seconds it lasted and i know there's a of concern about women competitors and about whether are getting the balance right in notjust boxing but other sports as well and the decision that successive governments have made and that these are complex decisions that these are complex decisions that should be made by sporting bodies, in this case i understand the biologicalfacts are bodies, in this case i understand the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media and in some of the speculation, but as sporting bodies try to get the balance between inclusion, fairness and safety, there is a role for government to make sure they have got the guidance and framework and support to make those decisions correctly, and it is something i will be talking to sporting bodies about over the coming weeks and months. it's been a fantastic friday for team gb, five medals, three of them gold, the most recent in the la

lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bushfires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jason beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. good evening. president trump has defended his order to assassinate iran's top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. general qasem soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing. its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. the attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran — and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen

asi as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in as i say, lisa nandyill bejoining usina as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in a few moments. before we talk to her, what are we expecting from keir starmer in the speech? it's very early in the morning and these are strange times we are living in and there will be no delegates there, physically listening to him. he is going to give this speech in doncaster and there is a reason for that. that's right. he wants to get away from london, and he wants to go to parts of the country where labour turned their back on him and jeremy corbyn. let's face it, it's not going to be subtle. you might as well have put up a big label behind him saying i am notjeremy corbyn, talking about new leadership, have another look at us and he feels he has to distance himself from jeremy corbyn‘s leadership and that is what this speech will try to do. people talk about security, patriotism, the country he loves and there are many who feel in the labour party that jeremy corbyn was on the wrong side of the argument and sometimes

i the culture secretary, lisa nandy.welcomes the bbc launching an independent review into the culture of the organisation. she goes on to say the bbc is a hugely valued and important player in the public service broadcasting landscape and that staff must be able to feel safe at work. the son of the bangladesh former prime minister has told that... his mother plans to return when elections are called. a caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner our south asia correspondent it's certainly a new day and a new government. they have really divvied up these different departments. i want to take a mention of this advisory committee that was a part of it. you have a lot of people from civil society. you have people from business community and you also have the student leaders that were part of the protests, also part of this advisory committee. i want to talk a little bit more about the students you can probably say oh of course you can probably say oh of course you can't because a bus has just passed by, iam you

yeah, i think that is significant in the sense that lisa nandy has said she wants further clarity fromny. we understand she wants answers to some important questions, not least the issue of using public money in that way. she's talking about transparency, she wants to find out who made the decisions, when, and what structures and safeguards are in place at the bbc. it was fairly common for previous conservative culture secretaries to call urgent meetings with the director—general when the bbc was facing questions — and lisa nandy�*s team are making clear she isn't politicising the bbc, but it's in the public interest for questions be answered. but it does, of course, add the pressure on the people at the very top of the organisation. and this story is dominating the front pages of thursdays papers — let's take a look at some of them now. "edwards fall from grace" splashes the mirror. let's show you that again if we can. it was a bit brief, let's see if we can — nope, we are struggling with our papers. there you go. "guilty" leads the sun. the independent says huw edwards faces jail ove

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader.isa it is a collection of speeches made bya it is a collection of speeches made by a swedish climate change activist? what is her name? sharon. greta thunberg. when greta became sharon! the climate—change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralympics. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran, after tensions continue to escalate in the region. it comes as washington sought to justify the killing of iran's top military commander, qasem soleimani, by saying he was plotting attacks against us targets — and was caught in the act. general soleimani was killed in an american air strike at baghdad airport on thursday night. in a televised address, mr trump said he had taken action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. david willis reports. american officials say the air s

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the whole thrust of this speech was lisa nandy making a promise to return arts and culture to every corner of the country. that includes schools. looking at the school curriculum, at the provision of music, art, sports, culture. she was saying in communities beyond schools. we know arts funding has been under pressure for some time. lisa nandy making a promise it would not just be the major cities having arts venues or access to arts and culture for the public, she wanted to spread out across the country. worth remembering council budgets in particular are under real pressure and had been for some time. because of growing demand for social care, children's services, temporary housing. often it is councils who fund arts councils in the local area and funding has been reduced and cut. the promise was everybody can access the arts and culture they wanted across the country. we come back to the chancellor talking about the strain on public finances and difficult decisions, we have to see how they plan to implement that and whether it will make a meaningful difference. thank you. we will be bac

lisa nandy. thank _ the situation from persisting. lisa nandy, thank you so much for your time.ransport users in england will have to legally wear face coverings once again. we can speak now to doug russell, national health and safety officer for the usdaw union. thank you for holding on to speak to us this afternoon. we always knew plan b would involve face mass, we are told it is not plan b, it is an interim stage as a precautionary measure. presumably you will be pleased as anyone else that people will have their masks and, because they are protecting the people they deal with, they are protecting the people they dealwith, including in shops? they are protecting the people they deal with, including in shops? titer? dealwith, including in shops? very much so. dealwith, including in shops? very much so- we _ dealwith, including in shops? - much so. we regretted the fact the government decided to get rid of the rules on face coverings when they relax all the other precautions against the virus in the summer. it added to the confusion. the fact in scotland, wales and northern ire

lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreian sanctuary. lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. _ sanctuary.lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. thank you - sanctuary. lisa nandy, mp, shadow foreign secretary. thank you very l foreign secretary. thank you very much for your time. the taliban have told the bbc that their new government will be announced in the next day or two but there "may not" be a woman in any of the top posts or in cabinet. meanwhile, the uk is in talks with the taliban to try to secure "safe passage" out of afghanistan for remaining british nationals and eligible refugees. our first report is from our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. a nation on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. now under taliban rule. a third of afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. the un said nearly half of the country needs help to survive. supporters of the taliban have been celebrating the departure of foreign forces. now, the militants have to show how they'll run the country. a senior representative in qatar told the bbc an announcement on a new government is expect

lisa nandy, shadow foreign secretary and _ quickly.ow foreign secretary and mp for— quickly. lisa nandy, shadow foreign secretary and mp for wigan, - quickly. lisa nandy, shadow foreign secretary and mp for wigan, thank l secretary and mp for wigan, thank you very much. secretary and mp for wigan, thank you very much-— the latest figures on coronavirus showjust over 1,979 new infections recorded in the past 2a hours and five deaths. people who tested positive for coronavirus within the 28 days before their death. on vaccinations — the number of people who have had a firstjab has risen above 36 and a half million, that's nearly 70% of the uk's adult population. over 20 million people have had both doses and that is getting close to a0% of all adults fully vaccinated. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are broadcaster henry bonsu and digbyjones, former trade minister. bonsu and digbyjones, stay with us for

shadow foreign secretary lisa nandy.sa nandy�*s letter, a spokesperson for the foreign, commonwealth and development office said: today, one of the taliban's most prominent leaders, abdul ghani baradar, returned to afghanistan after years in exile. what do we know about him? well, he was one of the four men who founded the taliban back in 1994, and became a lynchpin of the insurgency after the taliban were toppled by the us—led invasion in 2001. then in 2010 he was captured in a joint us—pakistani raid. but he was released in 2018. it was hoped he would encourage the taliban to engage in peace talks with them. fast forward two years and he signs a deal — not with the afghan government, but with the trump administration. it culminates in the withdrawal of us troops. we know what happens next. the taliban quickly take control of afghanistan. and then, after years in exile, he's finally able to return to the country. the chairman of afghanistan's high council for national reconciliation, abdullah abdullah, has been taking p

we have also had lisa nandy joining the race. against it. nandyjoining the race. it is interesting, because park pitch is very different. she is an outside london mp, and the way she is pitching it is not actually for labour to get back into power, they need a leader who is in touch with the ball beyond the m25. yes, others and the race, which hasn't officially started, but other people are making a very different argument. as you mention, lisa nandy been very clear that labour needs to elect a different kind of leader, somebody who is much more in touch with the former heartlands in the north of england and elsewhere, in the midlands, and that can make the case more effectively, that labour is on the site of those people who voted for them in the past and saw them self voting conservative in the last election. jess phillips also on the centre—left of the party, and has criticised jeremy corbyn and the past, setting herself apart as someone past, setting herself apart as someone who past, setting herself apart as someone who comes past, sett

lisa nandy asked tim davie to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards�* tax—payermr davie has defended the decision not to sack the presenter, despite knowing last november that he had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children. simonjones reports. huw edwards�* guilty plea has shocked the nation, a spokesperson for the culture secretary, lisa nandy, said. her thoughts are with the victims whose lives have been destroyed. she stressed the need for the bbc to be transparent with the public. the corporation�*s director general was told in november about edwards�* arrest over the most serious category of indecent images, but he insisted he didn�*t know the specific details. we were very shocked, that is the first thing i want to say, knowing that specific allegation. now, when it comes to the decision that we made in november, when we were obviously faced with, i think, a very difficult decision, actually, and we considered it very carefully. the police came to us and gave us information that they had arrested mr edwards. but they want

it'd be lisa nandy for me.on on the labour party if in 2020, or 2025, by the next election, that we'll have never had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies, it is entirely the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas, and a lot of disappointments, really. disappointment has all too often have been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. it is almost a week since iran retaliated after its senior general qasem soleimani was killed by an american drone strike. iran fired dozens of missiles at air bases housing us and coalition forces in iraq. one of bases hit was in irbil and the other at al asad, where our correspondent quentin sommerville was the only british journalist to be taken by the american—led

the uk culture secretary, lisa nandy, has called for a meeting with the bbc�*s director general afterto be paid until his resignation in april. tom symonds reports. a household name, trusted to tell the nation that the queen had died. huw edwards delivered the news until he became the story. charged with having 41 indecent images of children sent by another offender on a whatsapp group, yesterday, he pleaded guilty. and now the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, wants to know more about how the bbc handled this, its reputation again at risk. here's the timeline. in may 2023, the corporation was told that huw edwards had been in contact with a 17—year—old boy. after the sun newspaper published further details injuly, edwards was suspended by the bbc. under its policy, he continued to be paid. in november, a critical development, the bbc was told he'd been arrested for separate and serious offences. the corporation did not sack him and it continued to pay his full salary. in april this year, edwards resigned with no payoff. the bbc is facing difficult questions about all of this. when i

from right to left, lisa nandy is comfortably over the line with 24.miling as much as he is in that picture. exactly. jess phillips has the 22 required, so she is fine. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer at the moment is the man to be, out in front with 68. the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is also doing well with the labour membership as well. but do not count on anything being guaranteed. because on the far side we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment, but she is the preferred candidate of many on the left of the party. i would suspect that once this campaign gets going proper we will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was in the past, and a lot of them will get behind rebecca long—bailey. clive lewis is the one with the lowest profile, with perhaps the exception of lisa nandi who was in the cabinet then resign, but then she kept following things up with helping towns around the country and was a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn. jess phillips has been very p

_ shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy was asked by laura kuenssberg if lahour— nandy was asked would back wages going up in line with rising prices. we wa nt we want to see people paid enough money to live on and rewarded very for the contribution that they make but what you are asking me is, not, would we match inflation, you are asking me to commit to a specific number without being involved in the negotiations and seeing the books. we think it is unconscionable that nurses and rail workers that went out this country moving during a pandemic are not being paid enough to put food on the table. we are looking at every single way that we could help with that including the long—term health of the economy and getting more resources very quickly in the first 100 days of a labour government into the national health service by scrapping the non—dom status. there is a problem that people are burned out in the nhs and thatis people are burned out in the nhs and that is compounding the national —— cost of living crisis. we are going to do everything in our means of disposal to help peop

so keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, and jess phillips will get onto the next stage. only got the backing of four mps. you need 22 to get through. emily thornberry, a prominent person in the shadow cabinet, only has ten as well. when she spoke to andrew marr earlier, she did say she was confident. let's have a listen. can you do it? yeah, i think so. i mean, what has happened has been that we have only had a week to get the nominations in. there is a large number of mps who haven't nominated yet, and many of them have wanted to speak to their party members, they wanted to go to the hustings, and think about this, because obviously it is a really important decision. but from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am fairly confident that as long as i don't get any slippage, i will be fine. i will get across the line, and you know, then we will move onto the next stage. it is a long contest and it will have its ups and downs. and i have been a slow starter, but i did start from a standing start after the general election. now one of the issues that has been discus

corbyn apologises for his part in labour's performance at the general election — as wigan mp, lisa nandy becomes one of those hoping to succeed him as party leader. the reason that i'm thinking about it is because we just had the most shattering defeat where you really felt, in towns like mine, like the earth was quaking and we've watched the entire labour base just crumble beneath our feet. as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen speech, for ——thursday‘s queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. the national health service is the number one focus of this government when it comes to domestic policy. nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union — against their will. you cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. in other news, a british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five—star hotel in buenos aires. delegates at un cli

and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit.e with labour. i told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations i would go for it. i was consistent in that all the way through. had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson's deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she's best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election. i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour.

we've had two backbenchers, just phillips and lisa nandy.ting rebecca long—bailey who is thought to bea rebecca long—bailey who is thought to be a favourite ofjoni corbin and the existing labour leadership. there will have to be some pruning before they get a leader. thank you very much. time now for a look at the weather. phil avery is at the map. hello. a fairly quiet weekend of weather continues apace for many parts of the british isles for the rest of today. still a weather front close by to the north of scotland, so thick cloud there, bits and pieces of rain on the rather more noticeable wind here than will be the case elsewhere and the cloud are just thick enough across the high ground in western england and wales for the odd spot of rain not amounting to much. a relatively mild afternoon but not a great deal changes through the evening. perhaps the rain quits nursing past scotland overnight, and with a fairly com plete overnight, and with a fairly complete cloud cover, temperatures holding up, ten. i'll start to the new day on monday.

, and what does he do with lisa nandy, a popularfigure, who had been in that levelling upjob, no signen the lines, what does this signify for labour going forward, and their approach? a really good question. we will have a better answer by the end of the day. what keir starmer is trying to do today is get his top team election ready, to say this is the people i will take to the electorate probably next year in a general election, the labour conference is in a few weeks which will give a chance to introduce people new to theirjobs. fundamentally the their jobs. fundamentally the question theirjobs. fundamentally the question people are asking is, is keir starmer ready to take power? the polls suggest labour are miles ahead, the conservatives have problems, yes, they will try to claw back the ground, but keir starmer has to persuade the public and the electorate he is ready to take over as prime minister and what he is doing today is saying, i have had time to get to know my party and people and these are the calculations i am making about who should be in those top jobs. calculations i

the wigan mp lisa nandy said the role should go to someone from what she called "the neglected areas" back the trust of the party's traditional voters. and jess phillips, the mp for birmingham yardley, has also joined the race. on a visit to grimsby, she said the party needed a leader who could "take on" borisjohson and who was willing to "try something different". i'm standing because i think that we need more honesty in politics, and the labour party has got to be honest with itself, it's got to be honest with the country that if we can lose seats like grimsby, something has to change. more of the same won't cut it. ethical veganism — where people avoid all animal products and exploitation — is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected in law. that's according to an employment tribunal in norwich, ruling on the case of a man who claims he was sacked by the league against cruel sports for his ethical veganism. our legal correspondent clive coleman is with me now. jordi casamijana says that when he told his employers that some of their pension funds were invested in companies

sir keir starmer, rebecca long bailey, jess phillips and lisa nandy have the required number of nominationsf at least 22 of their fellow labourmps and meps. registered supporters — who are not full party members — will have 48 hours from 14th to the 16th of january to secure a vote by paying £25. the ballot will be open from 21st february to the 2nd of april. with the results announced two days later on the 11th days later on the 11th april. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent nick eardley who gave a rundown of the six candidates who are looking to replacejeremy corbyn as labour leader. just to take you through how they are all doing. clive lewis has got four. he is not smiling like he is in that picture. keir starmer at the moment is the man to beat. he is far out in the lead on 68 and the opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but do not count on anything being guaranteed because on anything being guaranteed because on the far side we also have rebecca long—bailey. 26 nominations at the moment, but she is the preferred candidate

lisa nandy, the culture secretary, has said she's been in contact with bbc senior management about the from a point of view of whether the bbc�*s internal processes for dealing with complaints is up to scratch is fit for purpose, to use that phrase, that often comes out in situations like this. he was speaking to me a short while ago and more on the bbc website as we continue to file the story. we have some breaking news from france. throughout the morning we have been circulating about what would happen today when the social security budget came before parliament. we are now getting reports that france's prime minister has forced through his budget bill without a vote. now that risks a no—confidence showdown. so he has pushed the social security budget through without a vote in parliament and this threatens the entire government and could see it collapse. we had some concessions being made earlier on today and understand that the prime minister made a last—minute concession and medical payments to try and persuade mps to adopt the measure. rememberthat persuade mps to adopt the measur

lisa nandy talking about not just heartlands disappearing.e voters? —— but the hounds. of course everything has now changed because of the coronavirus. the political landscape has changed, look at the way this will be announced, with an e—mail but also huge sums of public money after yea rs but also huge sums of public money after years where the public purse was tightened and now being pumped into the economy to save people's businesses and jobs. that goes alongside the huge amount of money going into public services. that will be a very different dynamic going on in the next few months and yea rs. going on in the next few months and years. i do not think anyone thinks this is something which will disappear quickly once the battle eve ryo ne disappear quickly once the battle everyone hopes to win against the virus itself has been won. then they have to think about the long—term impact of the upheaval in the economy so that will be a huge challenge. it was interesting that on the dayjeremy corbyn stops being the labour leader that boris johns

the shadow foreign secretary, labour's lisa nandy was askedif secretary, labour's lisa nandy was askeda good thing to do this morning. let's not pit the people of india against the people of britain. . we need to give up the progress we have made — we need to give up the progress we have made with _ we need to give up the progress we have made with the _ we need to give up the progress we have made with the vaccination - have made with the vaccination process— have made with the vaccination process year. _ have made with the vaccination process year, the _ have made with the vaccination process year, the need - have made with the vaccination process year, the need to - have made with the vaccinationi process year, the need to ramp have made with the vaccination i process year, the need to ramp up willy— process year, the need to ramp up nw and — process year, the need to ramp up nw and money— process year, the need to ramp up supply and money factoring - process year, the need to ramp up supply and money factoring acrossi supply and money factoring across the world — supply and money f

he's the fifth mp to enter the contest, with prominent backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips alsor leadership bids in the past 2a hours. theyjoin the shadow treasury minister clive lewis and the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry — who have previously announced their intention to stand. two lorry drivers have died in a crash on the mi. the motorway was closed for hours in both directions between flitwick and milton keynes after the incident just before 7am yesterday morning. it was reopened northbound this afternoon, but police say the southbound carriageway will remain shut until further notice. sir rod stewart has been charged by police in florida, after he allegedly punched a security guard at a hotel. a police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his son failed to gain access to a private event on new year's eve. he'll appear in court next month. councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly—tipping. the local government association says there were more than a million offences last year, but onl

lisa nandy, for me.or reflection on the labour party, if in 2020, or in 2025 by the next election, that we've never have had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make the policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas. and a lot of disappointment, really. disappointment has all too often been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. our top story this evening. after talks at sandringham the queen says she supports prince harry and meghan‘s wish for a more independent life. and still to come — will flybe keep flying? reports that europe's largest regional airline is seeking an emergency bailout. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, james hook calls it a day. we look back at his fantastic rugby

lisa nandi, thank you for your time.iend of the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, is due to appear at a bail hearing in new york by videolink in the next couple of hours. ghislaine maxwell is facing charges of trafficking underage girls for the convicted sex offender who died in prison on 10 august last year. maxwell faces up to 35 years if convicted. she denies all the charges. we're joined now from los angeles by gloria allred, who's representing i7 ofjeffrey epstein's victims. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. do you think elaine maxwell has got any chance of getting bail at today's hearing —— ghislaine maxwell? i think it is a close call, and the reason is that the government argues that she is a flight government argues that she is a flight risk. the defence argues that she is not a flight risk, that she should be, because of covid—i9 and other reasons, under house arrest with strict conditions like she can't travel, she must live in new york, not in new hampshir