gareth davies, thank you for taking the time to talk to us.% of the vote in that lincolnshire constituency. you can see where some of the presses and arguments about what sort of direction the party needs to take under a new leader are coming from. we will hearfrom the candidates leader are coming from. we will hear from the candidates today and bring you more later. studio: thank you to damian grammaticas at the conservative party conference. we will have the result of that leadership election in november. with just over a month until voters head to the polls, the two men hoping to become america's next vice president are preparing to go head to head in a live tv debate. both the democratic nominee tim walz and his republican rivaljd vance have been picked — in part — for their mid—western roots in the battle for rural voters, as our reporterjohn sudworth reports from nebraska. in america's great midwest, votes can be hard to find — quite literally. she'll be your friend forever. in nebraska, there are three times as many cows as people. but

with me is the conservative mp gareth davies, shadow treasury minister. the green. your reaction to what you heard _ today? a budget of broken promises. they said they wouldn't raise taxes, they said they wouldn't raise national insurance. taxes going up by £40 billion today, this is a historic budget in many ways, the highest tax—raising budget in history. it is going to hurt employers, it will hurt people who work for small businesses. inflation and debt is going to grow up up, inflation is going to be slower than predicted in march, so not a great day. predicted in march, so not a great da . .,. predicted in march, so not a great da . :, : , predicted in march, so not a great da . , ., , predicted in march, so not a great da. , predicted in march, so not a great day. rachel reeves was saying she was making — day. rachel reeves was saying she was making responsible _ day. rachel reeves was saying she was making responsible choices. . day. rachel reeves was saying she i was making responsible choices. when your party was in power, they sidelined the 0br

wales scrum—half gareth davies has retired from international rugby, the 34—year—old won 77 caps forh lions. oisin murphy will become champion jockey for the fourth time on saturday, when the flat racing season comes to a close at ascot. it's been three years since he last won the championship, during that time he served a 14 month ban for breaking covid protocols and failing on course breathalyzer tests, on course breathalyzer tests. he was previously banned for three months for testing positive for cocaine, he now undertakes regular counselling, admitting that he was reliant on alcohol and his drinking was out of control, he spoke to me about his rise back to the top of his sport. i had ihada i had a long time out of the saddle, more than a year. i had to refocus and prove to myself and i suppose everyone else that i was hungry and motivated to come back and ride at a high level. i'vejust motivated to come back and ride at a high level. i've just been very fortunate over the past two seasons that it's gone as i'd hoped how do you reflect on that lost year when everything caught up