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i'm also going to be speaking to mark harper , the transport mark harper, the transport secretary, totion is to tories worst local election results in 40 years. i'm also going to be speaking to an author who's written a book very interestingly about al and whether it's going to steal the march on jobs, and i'll be speaking to former justice secretary sir robert buckland to ask him whether the government should be doing more to ban zombie knives and samurai swords after that horrific attack in hainault earlier this week. but let's bring pat mcfadden into the conversation now. he's the man who's going to be co—ordinating labour's general election campaign. he's the shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. mr and he's also the labour mp for wolverhampton south east i should mention mr mcfadden you must be cock a hoop with these results . with these results. congratulations >> oh thank you. yeah. there are tremendous local election results. we won councils and seats in places that we haven't for some years. it's changed the electoral map. i think it's given us a sense of belief and co

but mark harper... and it's a classic political trick that newscasters will understand.s it can be useful to get through interviews, not to know the facts. but we know, and smart newscasters and listeners and viewers know very well, how frustrating that is because they can see that it's plausible deniability. i don't know the answer. it's not myjob to know. here's another plausible deniability question — when, if at all, will diane abbott get the labour whip back? which i heard at the rally i went to on her behalf in hackney this weekend, people were saying, give the whip back. now she had the whip removed because of an anti—semitism inquiry into the letter she wrote to the observer, for which she apologised 11 months ago. so it's been a long independent inquiry, but is it a question for keir starmer because two wrongs don't make a right. will she get the whip back? is that a live question this week? it's absolutely a live question this week. and we sanonathan ashworth, who was speaking for labour this morning, basically playing snapsies with mark harper because he sat t

if you're mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say, "it's all to play for". you are suella braverman, former home secretary, you say on the telly, "we might not have any "mps left if rishi sunak doesn't change course." and if you're paul scully, who's another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, "it's all looking pretty "terrible and the party needs to take a breath, "show some humility and stick to the centre". so it's not a very pretty set of realities, but there are differing realities, but not a very pretty set of realities for rishi sunak today. so i offerfrom radio 4 land today gavin barwell, who was theresa may's adviser. now, of course, she saw a chance to go for an election and was then humbled by it, was then replaced as prime minister. he said the conservatives are on course for a defeat, possibly a huge one. but he said keir starmer is not loved, hasn't necessarily got the blair power. henry, what's your verdict now that all the results are in, bar the couple of police and crime commissioners? it's a terrible set of results for

in that clip there, mark harper mentioned angela rayner, labour's deputy leader.r at prime minister's questions this week and she described rishi sunak as a "pint—sized loser". are we really in a place where it's ok to take the mickey out of someone's height now? ithink, you know, angela rayner has been called many, many things herself by the conservatives. yeah, which is bad, but that doesn't mean it's right for her to do it. i'm sure she could have thought of much worse. look, it was a light—hearted jibe and i'm sure rishi doesn't take it particularly personally. i think it is the cut and thrust of prime minister's questions and i think she really held her own in the face of some pretty full—on attacks from the tories herself. the last one for me, and it's a bit of a curveball... a clip has gone viral in the last few days of your colleague, darrenjones, shadow chief secretary to the treasury, on a radio station panel show where he doesn't know the answer to a question. instead of blagging it, he goes, "oh, i don't know the answer to that". and a few minutes late

the transport secretary, mark harper also spoke to laura.party had lost more than 500 councillors in england, but the general election was still "all to play for". look, i'm not going to pretend that the election results over the last few days weren't disappointing. disappointing to lose hardworking local councillors. i was particularly disappointed by the nail biting narrow result yesterday in the west midlands. as transport secretary, i've worked very closely with andy street. you cancelled his leg of hs2 which he didn't want you to do. he's a fantastic mayor. no, look, that illustrates, i think, something really important about the prime minister. he's interested in taking difficult decisions that might not be popular with everyone, but that are in the long—term interests of the country... they weren't in the long—term interests of andy street. ..and are the right decision. well, i disagree. every single penny of the money we save from cancelling the second phase of hs2 is being reinvested in transport. and i was in the west midlands just

i'm going to ask mark harper minute, so promises. mises. i'm going to ask mark har|can that minute, so promises. i'm going to ask mark har|can that part nute, so promises. i'm going to ask mark har|can that part ofte, so promises. i'm going to ask mark har|can that part of myo you can leave that part of my job me. out for it. job to me. look out for it. what? asking you, jonathan what? i'm asking you, jonathan ashworth, how going ashworth, is how you are going to spending pledges to to fund your spending pledges to answer. please do . i love answer. okay, please do. i love it when you retweet my material. but my question you is how but my question to you is how are labour going to fund? know are labour going to fund? i know you do . how are you going to you do. how are you going to fund spending pledges? fund your spending pledges? because the trouble is you have committed of different committed a load of different policies to scrapping non—dom, but you don't have that money anymore. you've also been pledging a lot to the windfall tax

the transport secretary mark harper talking i secretary mark harper talking earlier to laura kuenssbergt vladimir putin on the final day of voting in the presidential elections. a mother's plea for her son — as the families of 130 israeli hostages being held in gaza urge the government to broker a deal to free them, before it's too late. as gangs tighten their grip over haiti's capital, the us says it's chartering a plane to evacuate its civilians from the north. a state of emergency in iceland, after a fourth volcanic eruption in as many months. the village of grindavik is evacuated, only weeks after residents were allowed to return. and steve harley, the frontman of cockney rebel, has died at the age of 73. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start with a focus on the election in russia — and bring you these live pictures from berlin where yulia navalnaya, the wife of the late opposition leader, is protesting against the vote taking place in russia. voting has entered its third and final day for the country's presidential election, which is certain to hand

very strident criticism, did you hear anything from mark harper that suggested he gets it, that he isout what we are doing as a party, so he is right that we have to stick to the plan and talk about the five pledges that the prime minister came up pledges that the prime minister came up with last year, the economy, health care, nhs, stopping the boats. but where is the narrative? what do people think why we are here to do what we are doing? there is no vision for the future, and that is what i want us to be concentrating on for the next few months to the general election, where is the vision for the next five years? we cannot just vision for the next five years? we cannotjust win vision for the next five years? we cannot just win the vision for the next five years? we cannotjust win the election vision for the next five years? we cannot just win the election for the sake of winning an election, we need a purpose. d0 sake of winning an election, we need a --urose. ,, , , sake of winning an election, we need a --urose. , , ., ., a purpose. do you buy the idea that ou are a purpose. do y

great to secretary mark harper.ark, funnily enough, the labour party are running scared. well, i know , and we've scared. well, i know, and we've had our altercations in the past, but it's good to see you in the flesh because would you believe the labour party haven't put anyone up to us today? i think because of my interview with emily thornberry last week. so i'm glad that even though you're having an absolute hammering in the polls, you're not afraid of some robust questioning . questioning. >> no. well, perhaps that says what labour think about your viewers and the fact they maybe don't fit labour's metropolitan bias. camilla. but no, i'm always happy to come on, even when you give me a hard time. >> all right. i'm going to give you a hard time about the polling because it is absolutely catastrophic for the tories. we've now got a prediction that you might only win 72 seats, which would be, let's be honest, apocalyptic . we've got rishi apocalyptic. we've got rishi sunak's approval rating continuing to tank, the

that was mark harper speaking to laura kuenssberg.nominations close to replace humza yousaf as leader for the scottish national party — there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. at the momentjohn swinney, the former deputy first minister and party leader, is the only person officially in the running, but veteran party activist — graeme mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by tomorrow's deadline. 0ur reporter in glasgow ben philip explains how serious of a challenge this could be. it was very unexpected. it was widely expected that john swinney would be unopposed in the contest to replace humza yousaf, who resigned on monday. technically, the deadline for leadership nominations is tomorrow at midday, and as the only current contender, it was expected thatjohn swinney would become the next snp leader and seventh first minister of scotland. but there are now reports that graeme mccormick, a veteran activist, believes he will have enough nominations before then. he's someone who's previously been openly cri

that is the transport secretary mark harper talking to laura kuenssberg earlier.ws out of scotland. this is about the battle to replace humza yousaf as leader of the scottish national party. and it might have a new late entry because it was widely expected thatjohn swinney would become the next party leader and scotland's first minister unopposed. however, reports suggest that veteran activist graham mccormick believes he is likely to receive enough nominations before monday's noon deadline. he has declined to speak to the bbc but if successful that would trigger a three week leadership contest. mr swinney has been talking to the bbc and said he would respect the democratic process but argued the contest could delay the party's rebuild. that's the news from scotland that we may see a late entrant in the race to replace humza yousaf as the snp leader and first minister. we will keep you updated on that. first let's check on the weather with simon king. it's been a fine start to sunday morning especially across england and wales where we had some sunny spells, for m

you also| see their mark harper and gillian keeqan _ see their mark harper and gillian keeqan the — see _ chichester, that should be a safe conservative seat but there i chichester, that should be a safe conservative seat but there is. chichester, that should be a safe conservative seat but there is a i conservative seat but there is a liberal — conservative seat but there is a liberal democrat _ conservative seat but there is a liberal democrat challenge i conservative seat but there is a liberal democrat challenge to i conservative seat but there is a i liberal democrat challenge to her now _ liberal democrat challenge to her now lit _ liberal democrat challenge to her now. . . liberal democrat challenge to her now. , , , , , now. it is interesting because this idea of a defensive _ now. it is interesting because this idea of a defensive tory _ now. it is interesting because this idea of a defensive tory strategy i idea of a defensive tory strategy which is to shore up these people and i am afraid some of the others will have to go hang. the and i am afraid some of the others will hav

mark harper, thank you ve much 4th ofjuly. mark harper, thank you very much for— 4th ofjuly.t social care, nigel farage, all sorts of things. andy, what did you think of what wes streeting has to say about social care? it is a long—term promise, if we win we will do something in ten years' time. i was encouraged- _ something in ten years' time. i was encouraged- l— something in ten years' time. i was encouraged. i heard _ something in ten years' time. i —" encouraged. i heard positivity from wes and a lot of scaremongering in the last interview. your interview brought out the character of this election, i heard from wes a national care service within a ten year period which sounds pretty encouraging to me. an immediate pay rise for carers. the situation we are going into is really challenging. i respect mark, and he's a good communicator but this is the flaw in what he was saying, if you want lower taxes and lower migration, the obvious choices conservatives. we have the highest tax burden in living memory and the highest net migration under them so he is argument completely

which mark harper tried to then crowbar into almost every single answer in the interview that we did wes streeting. that's not what labour is saying, but what they are saying is basically after this manifesto period, what they hope is that the economy will grow so there is more money to spend. but i just wonder if actually that little twin pack this morning of wes streeting followed by mark harper on this issue, might become the row for the next kind of 2a to 36 hours in the campaign. really? because you're then saying to me, based on your programme, what i've read in my papers, which is that less sunak from the conservatives, more tax. yes. and that's going to be my next five days. it is. and i had a very similar conversation with... i think you were referring to the tim shipman piece in today's sunday times. iam. i had similar conversations in the last 2a hours with people involved in the sort of sunak circle that they see that labour left a vulnerability with their manifesto launch by not ruling out every tax rise under the sun. but you can't rule out every tax rise under the sun.

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mark harper they're to laura kuenssberg.ponent susan hall. the smaller parties were squeezed with the first past the post system — turning the contest into a two horse race. bbc london's karl mercer looks back at contest to run one of the world's most important cities. the smile of the winner — for the third time. i therefore declare that sadiq khan has been duly elected as mayor of london. sadiq khan will be london's mayor for another four years. thank you from the bottom of my heart _ thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you, london. it is the honour_ heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of— heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of my— heart. thank you, london. it is the honour of my life to serve the city that i_ honour of my life to serve the city that i love — hints of the bitterness of the campaign remained, though. the body languauge between the two clear to see on stage — and clear to hear in their speeches. i have esops patronising people like me who _ i have esops patronising people like me who c

transport secretary mark harper says the network is still recovering from covid lockdowns. >> big thebig thing we're still having to deal with is the impact of the pandemic. the rail industry at the moment is financially not sustainable. at the moment, the only route to solving that is to use the private sector innovation , the private sector innovation, the stuff they demonstrated they could deliver. when we privatise them, when they doubled passenger numbers. we've got to get more people using railways. that's the only way they become financially sustainable. there's nothing in labour's plans that's going to deliver that . quite the going to deliver that. quite the reverse. what you now the system of grading schools with one word judgements should stay. >> that's according to the department of education. the government says grades such as outstanding or inadequate provide significant benefits and give parents a succinct summary of schools. the grading system came under scrutiny following the death of headteacher ruth perry , who took her own life perry, who took her own life after a

the conservative cabinet minister and transport secretary, mark harper, spoke to laura kuennsberg, oner sunday morning programme, she asked him whether frank hester�*s comments were racist. did you think these comments were racist? yes, look, the prime minister made it very clear at prime minister's questions on wednesday that they were racist. it took him some time to do that. did you think straight they were racist? you said it took an age in political terms but it didn't take long at all, the prime minister said it on wednesday and his spokesperson was clear the day before that they were racist comments and unacceptable. and frank hester apologised for those comments. that isn't what happened initially, it did take some time for downing street to say these comments were racist. they were rather dancing around the issue. in fact, until your cabinet colleague kemi badenoch said online that these were clearly racist, that was not what downing street was saying on the record. i'm sure people wanted to make sure and check the facts. the newspaper reports things and you want to check the

this morning the transport secretary, mark harper said while the results were disappointing, the generalall to play for�*. my colleague rajini vaidyanathan has been in birmingham over the count and was there as the pivotal result in the west midlands mayoral election came in. well, it was already a difficult few days after thursday's local elections for the conservative party, but i think many were pinning their hopes on the west midlands mayoral contest, which declared here in birmingham late last night about 9:00 or so in the evening. and that is because it was a very close race. but the conservatives were hoping that their incumbent mayor, andy street, would hold on for another term. but in the end it was the labour candidate who is now the mayor, richard parker, who won that race by a squeak by about 1,500 votes in the end. and some of the regions ended up going into a recount in coventry. they were recounting those votes because it was so close. but i think thatjust capped off a really dire weekend of results for the conservative party. now, as you were saying, we've had a statement

sunday morning, when laura kuenssberg's guests included two conservatives — transport secretary mark harperaverman. i love my country, i care about my party and i want us to win, and i'm urging the prime minister to change course to with humility, reflect on what the voters are telling us and change the plan and the way that he's communicating and leading us. well, herappearance and the line—up in general prompted this phone message. hi, i'm wondering why on sunday's laura kuenssberg programme, following the local england elections, why there were no guests from the lib dems or the greens or from even george galloway�*s workers party, and why suella braverman was invited on as a guest. where's the balance? well, james steel echoed that sentiment, emailing... andrew pickering added... well, the sunday with laura kuenssberg team pointed out to us that liberal democrat leader ed davey had been on the show the previous weekend, the party's foreign affairs spokesperson, layla moran, appeared the week before, and green party co—leader carla denyer was on the week before that. they added... thanks

for all we heard earlier in your programme , mark harper, the programme, mark harper, the transport secretary a plan. we're sticking to the plan. i've got to be honest with you, as a member of the tory party i could not enunciate you very clearly enunciate to you very clearly what was . taxes at what that plan was. taxes are at their rate since the their highest rate since the 19405. their highest rate since the 1940s. growth is on the floor. regulations every higher public spending is out of control. deficits are the norm in public expenditure. it doesn't look like a plan that's coming to fruition yet. so they've got to get one fast. >> you're saying the country wants proper conservative wants more proper conservative policies, small ? c policies, both big and small? c but that's the case, why is but if that's the case, why is the country elect the country about to elect a labour government? >> because think just >> because i think they're just sick tired, right? i mean, sick and tired, right? i mean, if look at i read the if you look at i read the opinion polls, you try to stay optimistic a

that's according to the transport secretary, mark harper.to downplay reports of conservative plot to replace the prime minister mordaunt . minister with penny mordaunt. the move would mean a fourth leader the party in just five leader of the party in just five years. mr harper says unlike laboun years. mr harper says unlike labour, the conservatives have a plan on delivering for the country. the widow of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been cheered by voters outside the russian embassy in berlin. yulia navalny was protesting on the final day of voting for the country's next president , of voting for the country's next president, vladimir putin, who's beenin president, vladimir putin, who's been in power as either prime minister or president since 1999, is almost certain to win another six year term with a landslide victory . the election landslide victory. the election comes just two years since russia's invasion of ukraine. there have been reports of arrests in russia. work on the m25 in surrey is on schedule to reopen fo

mark harper, the transport secretary, as you know.times, a recovery group to stop nationalising water groups. retirees will save 28p a week on the state pension. the israeli spy chief threatened the icc official over war crimes inquiry. wright, sir ed davey, the leader of the lib dems on a paddle board today and guess what happened? lam enjoying i am enjoying this, honestly. did it look a little bit stage? i wonder? sir ed davey has been in touch with a message for you. i hear --eole touch with a message for you. i hear people wonder _ touch with a message for you. i hear people wonder whether _ touch with a message for you. i hear people wonder whether i _ touch with a message for you. i hear people wonder whether i fell - touch with a message for you. i hear people wonder whether i fell in - people wonder whether i fell in deliberately. i fell in five times, they were — deliberately. i fell in five times, they were not all intentional, but it was_ they were not all intentional, but it was a _ they were not all intentional, but it wa

you can see that mark harper didn't get into the l that mark harper didn't get into the islamophobicjob i rishi sunak who thought that he spoke to a particular part of the electoral coalition. now lee anderson is embroiled in deep controversy, and some people might suggest that shows rishi sunak was unwise to give him thatjob. and all of this at the start of what may well be another bitter week in the house of commons. sir lindsay hoyle's position as speaker still fragile, the scottish national party still furious and try to find ways to force binding votes in the house of parliament on the uk's position on gaza and israel. last week was a very acrid week in politics, and this one is shaping up to be not much different.— to be not much different. henry, thank you- _ israel's prime minister says the military has presented a plan to evacuate civilians from areas of fighting in gaza. benjamin netanyahu says an assault on the southern city of rafah will go ahead. hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians are sheltering in the city. the body of a i7—year—old has been pulled from a l

transport secretary mark harper says rishi sunak will lead the tories into the next election. it comes after senior tories were reported to have attempted to downplay claims of a conservative plot to replace the prime minister with penny mordaunt. the move would mean a fourth leader of the party in just five years. mr harper says that, unlike labour, the conservatives have a plan on delivering for the country. >> you've got to show them by the time of the election two things we've got to show them that we've got a plan. the plan is working and it's delivering for them, and i think we can see that is on inflation and on that it is on inflation and on taxes. we've also then got to show that labour party show them that the labour party doesn't have a plan and will be a big risk. for example , we know a big risk. for example, we know the labour party wants to spend £28 billion on their green plan. they've hidden the price tag now, but they don't know how to pay now, but they don't know how to pay for it. that would mean taxes going up, but shadow paymaster general jonathan ashwort

for the next election, and we're absolutely up for that fight . absolutely up for that fight. >> mark harper there. in other news, a candlelit vigil has been held today for a teenager who was stabbed in north east london earlier this week. 14 year old daniel anjorin was attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword. four other people, including two police officers, were also injured. we've heard tonight that in northern ireland, a man has been left with potentially life changing injuries after he was found nailed to a fence. police there have described that attack in the residential area of bushmills as sinister and brutal. officers who attended the incident also said two vans had been set on fire in the pubuc had been set on fire in the public car park, near to where the man was found. police are now appealing for anyone with information or who may have dash cam footage. they're asking to urgently call 101. a man has been arrested on suspicion of organising people trafficking across the english channel. the 38 year old, who claims to be an iraqi, was detained in preston in the early h

transport secretary mark harper told us it's secretary mark harper told us wsfime secretary mark harper leader . leader. >> i think all conservatives now need to get behind the prime minister as the chairman said in his article this morning, and take that message to the country we see from the analysis the experts have done that. the results show that the position is closer than the polls are suggesting. so it's everything is delightful for the next election , and we're absolutely election, and we're absolutely up for that fight. >> well, a bit of breaking news for you now. more than 8500 small boat migrants have crossed the english channel so far this yeah the english channel so far this year. that's after more than 250 made the illegal journey on saturday, gb news can reveal that another small boat crossed into uk waters this morning, with at least 50 people on board this year, crossings are now 35% higher than the same period of 2023. ministers have blamed the increase on in numbers on a surge in migrants from vietnam , surge in migrants from vietnam, where around 32,000 properties a

very briefly, marked harper, the i briefly, marked harper, the transport secretary, said it was a temporary0 millilitre rules stop there will be farm much _ millilitre rules stop there will be farm much less _ millilitre rules stop there will be farm much less stuff _ millilitre rules stop there will be farm much less stuff than i millilitre rules stop there will be farm much less stuff than in i millilitre rules stop there will be farm much less stuff than in a i millilitre rules stop there will be i farm much less stuff than in a way, expensive potions and lotions we have been investing in! i knew you would have all the answers. thank you very much, simon calder, travel correspondent with the independent. the us superstar taylor swift has played the first uk gig of her eras tour. some fans had been queueing since 5:30 on friday morning in edinburgh to be the first through the doors of murrayfield stadium. 0ur correspondent colin paterson can give us the lowdown. that is some dedication. give us the lowdown. that is some dedication-— dedication. oh, yes. and they are back for the _ dedicat

but defending the government, mark harper, the transport secretary, said it's still all to play for.al editor, vicki young. across england and wales, labour won in style. mayors... councils... and police and crime commissioners. it was a terrible set of results for the conservatives, one of the few bright spots a victory for their mayor in the tees valley. the former home secretary, no fan of the prime minister's, warned today that the party faced a wipe—out at the general election — but that there was no point ousting him now. rishi sunak has been leading us for about 18 months. he's been making these decisions. these are the consequences of those decisions. he needs to own this, and therefore, he needs to fix it. and these are her suggestions. he needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking around the edges. if he's serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. he needs to take us out of the european convention on human rights. that's how you actually send a message that he's serious about stopping the boats. not all tories agree.

but the transport secretary mark harper said it was still all to play for.deputy political editor vicki young. across england and wales, labour won in style. mayors... councils... and police and crime commissioners. it was a terrible set of results for the conservatives, one of the few bright spots a victory for their mayor in the tees valley. the former home secretary, no fan of the prime minister's, warned today that the party faced a wipe—out at the general election, but that there was no point ousting him now. rishi sunak has been leading us for about 18 months. he's been making these decisions. these are the consequences of those decisions. he needs to own this, and therefore, he needs to fix it. and these are her suggestions. he needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking around the edges. if he's serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. he needs to take us out of the european convention on human rights. that's how you actually send a message that he's serious about stopping the boats. not all to

coutinho and mel stride. >> and then there's gillian keegan, mark harper , david keegan, mark harper,y , apparently, the labour party, apparently, and alex chalk and michael tomlinson would apparently both lose their seats to the lib dems. alister jack would lose to the snp. simon hart to plied comrie another big name. >> of course, to fall would be sir jacob rees—mogg . sir jacob rees—mogg. >> well, sirjacob rees—mogg. >> well, that's quite a shocker. but in terms of the campaign itself, sir keir starmer was in scotland sharing labour's plans to create a publicly owned energy company, great british energy , with the promise it energy, with the promise it would bring a huge number of jobs to the area. >> and then rishi sunak visited the north west of england, continuing his campaign trail , continuing his campaign trail, he hit out at labour's handling of the diane abbott concern , of the diane abbott concern, suggesting that angela rayner is the one really in charge . the one really in charge. >> lib dems and sir ed davey pledged to extend free school meals to all primary school chil

a third officer, police sergeant mark harper was given a written warning.r several weeks, there were three other officers who were accused of gross misconduct and the allegations against them have been dismissed.— the allegations against them have been dismissed. sonia, everything ou have been dismissed. sonia, everything you have said _ been dismissed. sonia, everything you have said is _ been dismissed. sonia, everything you have said is really _ been dismissed. sonia, everything you have said is really shocking . been dismissed. sonia, everything| you have said is really shocking and disturbing. what are the metropolitan police saying? the? metropolitan police saying? they have ut metropolitan police saying? they have put out _ metropolitan police saying? they have put out a — metropolitan police saying? tue: have put out a statement, detective sergeant, the deputy assistant commissioner, i should say said their thoughts remain with sarah everard's family and friends. they say we have apologised to them for the added distress this case has caused, i reco

transport secretary mark harper told the bbc he was in "the most ethnically diverse cabinet there hasised after reportedly saying ex—labour mp diane abbott made him want to quote, "hate all black women". princess diana's brother earl spencer said he needed residential treatment to deal with trauma after writing his recently released memoir. in the book, he talks about the violent abuse he suffered when he was sent to boarding school at the age of eight. speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, he said his research for the book led to a breakdown. work on the m25 in surrey is on schedule for completion before rush hour begins injust a few hours time. the unprecedented daytime closure of one of the country's busiest stretches came into force on friday night, with the motorway due to reopen fully at 6am monday morning. you're live with bbc news. the israeli military says it's launched what it calls a precise operation in parts of al—shifa hospital in gaza city. israeli tanks are reportedly surrounding the hospital, and heavy gunfire has been heard. israeli defence forces rear admiral dan

but transport secretary mark harper says the government is empowering communities. is empowering localds. that money is going to local councils. it's for them to spend on the local priorities that they set, that they think are important to their local communities , and they'll reach communities, and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those conclusions by consulting those communities, but also talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's not for ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set them. we think those decisions are better made closer to the people that are going to benefit them . benefit from them. >> the transport secretary , mark >> the transport secretary, mark harper, speaking now , the harper, speaking there now, the housing regulator warns that significant intervention is required after persistent shortfalls in the number of new homes being built. the competition and markets authority says complex and unpredictable planning rules across the uk are partl

but transport secretary mark harper said the plans were "unfunded".g for the train, among the throng today the man who hopes that he is striding to downing street. keir starmer once much of the railways to be publicly owned. keir starmer reckons he has a plan to lure more of us on to the trains. i've joined him on a visit to county durham to hitachi's train factory. privatisation has not worked, ourjob is pick this up, fix it and that will require us as the franchises end to bring them into public ownership. will your plan make travel by train cheaper? it will ensure the best price is available for everyone. people have no confidence that they're getting the best fare. this isn't about capping the fares, but making sure that the system overall works. isn't this the same old labour, a zeal to nationalise, suspicious of profit, driven by ideology? no, this is not ideological fixation. it is ideologically fixated not to do it. to say even it were better run as public entity, we won't do it, is the ideology that gets in the way of the passenger focus that

. >> well, while opposition leaders are calling for a general election now, government minister mark harperon the priorities of the british people. >> i think all conservatives now need to get behind the prime minister. as the chairman said in his article this morning and take that message to the country . we see from the analysis the experts have done that . the experts have done that. the results show that the position is closer than the polls are suggesting. so it's everything is delightful for the next election, and we're absolutely up for that fight. >> mark harper well, in other news, a candle lit vigil has been held today for a teenager who was stabbed in north—east london earlier this week, 14 year old daniel anjorin was attacked on his way to school by attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword for other people, including two. police officers were also injured in the attack . marcus monzo, a the attack. marcus monzo, a spanish brazilian dual national, has been charged with murder and attempted murder

transport secretary mark harper says rishi sunak will lead the tories into the next election. senior conservatives have been attempting to downplay claims of attempting to downplay claims of a plot to replace the prime minister with penny mordaunt. it would mean a fourth leader of the party in just five years. and mr harper says unlike laboun and mr harper says unlike labour, they're conservatives have a plan on delivering for the country . the country. >> you've got to show them by the time of the election two things we've got to show them that we've got a plan. the plan is working and it's delivering for them. and i think we can see that it for them. and i think we can see thatitis for them. and i think we can see that it is on inflation and on taxes . we've also then got to taxes. we've also then got to show them that the labour party doesn't have a plan and will be a big risk. for example, we know the labour party wants to spend £28 billion on their green plan. they've hidden the price tag now, but they don't know how to pay now, but they don't know how to pay for it. that

for example, mark harper. yeah. andy street, even in his, his announcement, his defeat, yesterday or saturday, he was saying do not lurch to the right . warning, warning. do not lurch to the right. it's not an election winner. >> well, it is actually, because, the centre ground has proved not to be an election winner . and when you've got winner. and when you've got a chancellor like jeremy hunt, who's a committed remainer and doesn't give much thought to his future because he's got a safe job in the city, i'm sure lined up and he's not going to ever run as leader because he'd never be leader. and you've got people in the centre of the conservative party who have caused this and to pretend that it's a vote winner when you've just lost . i it's a vote winner when you've just lost. i mean, i'm sorry, thatis just lost. i mean, i'm sorry, that is just crazy. >> doesn't that just personify the conservative party of recent years? they just don't seem to get it. i say we can wake up. there's something wrong with their head

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but defending the government, mark harper, the transport secretary, said it's still all to play for in the forthcoming general election and that mr sunak�*s plan had not yet come to fruition. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. applause labour won mayors, councils, and police and crime commissioners. rishi sunak left clinging on to just one mayor in the tees valley. even his majority diminished. this morning, the former home secretary, and one of the prime minister's biggest critics, warned of a total wipe—out for the conservatives. i despair at these terrible results. there's no spinning these results, there's no disguising the fact that these have been terrible election results for the conservatives and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government. her prescription for the pm... he needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking round the edges. if he is serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on illegal migration, he needs to take us out of the european convention on human rights. in defeat, the now former conservative mayor

we have had some political reaction foot of the transport secretary mark harper was asked if it wouldack to that! ok, let's go back tojoe. let's see if we can go back tojoe. let's see if we can go back tojoe, we have a re—established contact with him one of the technical glitches which you expect on an election night with so many different sources coming into the bbc. we were talking about the mayors for the conservatives in tees valley in the west midlands. ben houchen and andy street both have very strong personal voters. most very strong personalvoters. most --eole very strong personalvoters. most people will— very strong personalvoters. most people will be — very strong personalvoters. most people will be somewhere - very strong personal voters. i’a'ifisii people will be somewhere between the two. what we expect to see is a close contest in both. it will be interesting to see if the conservatives hold onto one and labour win one, a score draw would go down well with both sets of fans. but if the conservatives lose both it is a bad night for them. we saw the pictures _ it is a bad n