andy burnham said _ it with the rest of europe? andy burnham said he _ it with the rest of europe?sengers clamour for trains and claims there are issues with the melody and pricing of tickets after giving the company of a deadline of yesterday to sort things out, he is now calling on the government to step in. i calling on the government to step in. . . calling on the government to step in. . , , ., ., in. i have seen this management failure. in. i have seen this management failure- they _ in. i have seen this management failure. they need _ in. i have seen this management failure. they need to _ in. i have seen this management failure. they need to respond - in. i have seen this management failure. they need to respond to | failure. they need to respond to that with me and come up with a plan to put it right. they can't, then of course you've got to remove the contract and we've got to go to a different situation to get those trains back. this is so critical to our economy, this is the national infrastructure of our country, it is not working at the moment and we urgently need to

said the basic rate _ manchester andy burnham said the basic rate of income tax should be kept whereld be kept where it is. tax is now a major battleground in politics and this morning. — battleground in politics and this morning, the conservative chancellor suggested _ morning, the conservative chancellor suggested he wasn't done yet. there is more _ suggested he wasn't done yet. there is more to— suggested he wasn't done yet. there is more to come, we have only been here 90 _ is more to come, we have only been here 90 days, i people retaining more _ here 90 days, i people retaining more of— here 90 days, i people retaining more of their income.— more of their income. because i believe it is _ more of their income. because i believe it is the _ more of their income. because i believe it is the british - more of their income. because i believe it is the british people i believe it is the british people that are going to drive this economy. this is a labour party feeling pretty chipper. yes, there are activists and union leaders arguing the leadership should be standing squarely behin

i was interested to hear andy burnham, the mayor of manchester city on an interview earlier today that party, all eyes on the prize. sir keir party, all eyes on the prize. 5 " keir starmer sending very upbeat and optimistic this morning when he was speaking to laura kunz berg on bbc one from here in liverpool, saying it was a feeling within the party it would win the next general election, saying the party are coming to labour for answers, saying the party are coming to labourfor answers, the big labour for answers, the big challenges labourfor answers, the big challenges the country faces. no doubt those around and feeling upbeat and optimistic about their prospects but challenge them to put forward their policies to voters as we now get closer to that next general election, particularly to set themselves apart from the conservative government, and that is what labour will do over the next few days, we are told, here in liverpool, set out more of their plans, more of the policy to voters, if you choose is when the next election comes, this is what we will do, we heard him say that in

and andy burnham, a leading figure in the party, a former leadership contender, felt that the money thatused to cut that basic rate of tax should be instead to bolster public sector pay. there isn't unity around that position, but keir starmer has been absolutely clear, he believes that it would be sending the wrong signal for labour to say to people on relatively modest incomes that they would have to pay more in tax, come the next general election. he very swiftly moved to say that he would accept that cut from the government, he wanted to dividing lines between the opposition and government instead to be about what happens to the better off. this is just day one of the conference. i expect there will be many other policy areas where we will get details on what labour would do if it were in a position to form a government. but one of the really thorny topics will be the issue of strikes that we are seeing so frequently now. and actually how labour would deal with that. we got an inkling of that today. what more might we hear? we may hear very little, and that is a story in itself. the

it comes as the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, threatens to call for the company to be strippedown, reports. 0vercrowded and chaotic. that's one verdict on train services between london, euston and manchester, piccadilly right now. a few weeks ago, the operator of avnti west coast introduced a reduced timetable, three trains an hour down to just one, and passengers have faced daily issues. i've come from london euston and two trains were cancelled, so there are three lots of passengers coming on the one train so that were standing seven. you don't know whether you're going to get to places on time. very often have got to stand and... uncomfortable journey. prices and the reduction in services is pretty appalling, isn't it? i well, when you compare it with the rest of europe. i the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said he's heard of dangerous stampedes as passengers clamour for trains and claims. there are issues with the availability and pricing of tickets after giving the company a deadline of yesterday to sort things out. he's now calling on the government to

the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said he's heard of dangerous stampedes as passengersbility and pricing of tickets. after giving the company a deadline of yesterday to sort things out, he's now calling on the government to step in. i have flushed out this management failure and now they need to respond to that with me and come up with a plan to put it right. and if they can't, then, of course, you've got to remove the contract and we've got to go to a different situation to get those trains back. this is so critical to our economy. this is the national infrastructure of our country. it's not working at the moment. and we urgently need to get around the table and come up with a solution. avanti says it can only run a full timetable and carry out essential training if drivers do overtime. it claims members of aslef have been refusing — something the union strongly denies. last night, avanti's managing director, philwhittingham, announced he was stepping down. a spokesman said... "we apologise for the enormous frustration and inconvenience. "our customers deserve a depend

manchester's mayor andy burnham warns train operator avanti west coast is in the "last chance saloon"fter its managing director quits over timetable cuts and coming up — at 7.30 a full round up of the day's action in sportsday for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket — part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. nasa has postponed the launch of its new artemis moon rocket for the second time in a week. here's nasa administrator bill nelson explaining what happened. we'll go when it's ready. we don't go until then and especially now on a test flight, because we're going to stress this and test it and test that heat shield and make sure it's right before we put four humans up on the top of it. so this is part of the space business. i've told you before, you know, it's it's something i'm on my flight, we scrubbed four times. we were delayed over the better part of a month. but the fifth t

everyone here agrees with all of that and, this morning, labour's mayor for greater manchester, andy burnhamhe basic rate of income tax should be kept where it is. tax is now a major battleground in politics, and this morning the conservative chancellor suggested he wasn't done yet. there's more to come. we've only been here 19 days. i want to see, over the next year, people retain more of their income, because i believe that it's the british people that are going to drive this economy. this is a labour party feeling pretty chipper. yes, there are activists and union leaders arguing the leadership should be standing squarely behind public—sector workers, demanding inflation—matching pay rises, and the labour movement rarely sings with one voice, but greater unity has certainly returned. # send him victorious...#. and this morning, a first — the national anthem at the start of conference, in honour of the late queen. a moment intended to show the labour party has changed and deserves another hearing from voters. that was ben wright reporting there. our political correspondent jonathan blake i

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the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned the train operator ava nti west coast thatificant reductions to its timetable. on friday the firm's managing director resigned, after criticism of the disruption to services. juliet phillips reports. rail passengers travelling between manchester and london have faced weeks of disruption since avanti west coast reduced trains to just one per hour. greater manchester's welcomed the news that the company's managing director has stood down, but says the government must now step in to ensure services are restored. the new prime minister needs to instruct the transport secretary to sit down with the mayor of london, to sit down with myself, the company and the unions to sort this out. i would rather get the trains back as quickly as possible, and if they are prepared to do that, then they're in there in the last chance saloon, but they're going to have to show that they can do that. but if they can't, then they should have the contract removed. it's as simple as that. avanti has said drivers who are members of the aslef union have b

and manchester services are the worst affected, this comes as the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnhamspoke to the bbc earlier today. they couldn�*t give us a plan and people haven�*t been told the true story about why these failures happening. just listening to the passengers there it is not fare — the prices people are paying. when this broke the company said this was all down to the workers so they try to blame the workers. i think that was to shift blame from managers. the government went along with it as it represented an opportunity for union bashing. the truth is this is a serious management failure and a very serious issues because this is the most important where we in a country linking the big cities and critical every day this chaos continues is a day of damage to the greater manchester economy and a day of misery for passengers and that is whyi cannot accept the position we in. the tennis star serena williams is out of the us open in new york, after losing what is expected to be her final match before retirement. she lost to ajla tomljanovic of australia in a three set thri

andy burnham this morning has said all of the tax cut should be reversed, keir starmer did not quitere? i thought to be heard clearly from _ go there? i thought to be heard clearly from keir _ go there? i thought to be heard clearly from keir starmer - go there? i thought to be heard clearly from keir starmer that l go there? i thought to be heard l clearly from keir starmer that he go there? i thought to be heard . clearly from keir starmer that he is determined to have a progressive tax system, everybody should pay their fair share, system, everybody should pay their fairshare, including system, everybody should pay their fair share, including corporations like amazon and wealthy individuals. what i thought was interesting was a very confident outlining of what a labour government would do for working people, a real living wages instead of the minimum wage, he would ban zero—hours and fire and rehire, some of those awful p&0 style employment practices we have seenin style employment practices we have seen in ourjobs market. people know that amplify the message i conference that the

we can speak now to the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham.tor in. you see it as a management - failure and the managing director of avanti west failure and the managing director of ava nti west coast said failure and the managing director of avanti west coast said he will leave the company on the 15th of september. is that enough of a sign of the take this seriously? i september. is that enough of a sign of the take this seriously?— of the take this seriously? i would sa to the of the take this seriously? i would say to the first — of the take this seriously? i would say to the first sign _ of the take this seriously? i would say to the first sign they - of the take this seriously? i would say to the first sign they are - say to the first sign they are facing up to the real issue here, fear to run this company properly because avanti passengers would have told you there was a drop in standards when it moved from virgin west coast to ava nti. standards when it moved from virgin west coast to avanti. the management failure that led to the situa

not everyone agrees, she mentioned andy burnham, the elected mayor of greater manchester earlier today talking about reversing the basic rate cut in income tax. that is not the way the party leadership is going as confirmed by sir keir starmer this morning, clearing up that issue. what he hasn't said is how labour would pay for it, of course, because to you cut the basic rate of income tax you lose many billions of pounds in income from tax revenue for the government, and thatis tax revenue for the government, and that is a shortfall that needs to be made up elsewhere. this government is happy to borrow, will labour do the same? those are detailed questions that will come circular summer's way between now in the next election i'm sure. also talking about energy policy with a promise to eliminate carbon from energy production and illiteracy production in the uk, focusing solely on renewable energy and nuclear by 2030, which would involve increasing vastly the capacity of offshore wind, onshore wind, solar power, hydrogen and tidal power as well. that was described this morning as an amb

policies, but as we know there have been questions about keir starmer�*s passion, or fight, to quote andy burnhamions on this, some people will say, - katy? you get different opinions on this, some people will say, oh, - katy? you get different opinions on this, some people will say, oh, hel this, some people will say, oh, he is boring. — this, some people will say, oh, he is boring. he — this, some people will say, oh, he is boring, he is drab, and then actually— is boring, he is drab, and then actually one of the things i think we will— actually one of the things i think we will hear from keir starmer is the view— we will hear from keir starmer is the view inside labour circles that there _ the view inside labour circles that there has— the view inside labour circles that there has been so much turmoil over there has been so much turmoil over the last— there has been so much turmoil over the last few— there has been so much turmoil over the last few years, actually a lot of calm. — the last few years, actually a lot of calm. or— the last few years, actually a lot of calm, or not having to think

manchester's mayor andy burnham warns train operator avanti west coast is in the "last chance saloon"

andy burnham has said labour should oppose that tax cut. a party like the former chancellorjohn mcdonnell are opposed to doing that at the moment, shadow chancellor i should say, broadly, we will see a lot of attacks from here on in what the government is doing and the truth is labour is trying to say to the public the government has one plan for growth and we have another plan for growth and we have another plan and we think it's going to be a bit fairer, it's going to be more focused on the energy sector and a greener economy. but everything that's happening just now here is in the context of those big tax cuts that were announced on friday, and that were announced on friday, and that story you guys were talking about a few seconds ago, those big falls in the pound overnight, so this is a pretty uncertain economic times. what we are seeing is the two main parties, the government, the conservatives, and labour, setting out very different visions about what they would do with the future. nick, thank you very much indeed. we will talk to you

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very close, let me just one viewers, to going out of the conference hall here and inside to hear andy burnhampoke about brexit making it work better —— to hear keir starmer deliver that speech. is there any sense of pushing a closer relationship with europe from therese coffey and keir starmer? mr; therese coffey and keir starmer? iii sense is therese coffey and keir starmer? m1: sense is they are treading a very careful line keir starmer on brexit, they don't want to reignite and light up the whole row, but that is definitely a feeling if labour did get into power, they would absolutely look to have a better and closer relationship with the eu —— europe from rachel reeves and keir starmer. taste europe from rachel reeves and keir starmer. ~ , , ., . starmer. we 'ust saw the slogan a esha starmer. we 'ust saw the slogan ayesha was — starmer. we just saw the slogan ayesha was talking _ starmer. we just saw the slogan ayesha was talking about. - starmer. we just saw the slogan - ayesha was talking about. everybody is on their feet clapping and keir starmer isjust is on their feet clapping and k