until the election, the conservative party has withdrawn support for two of its candidates — craig williamsets on the timing of the general election. and tonight a labour candidate — who's also a party donor — has also been suspended. kevin craig has admitted betting against himself winning in the suffolk constituency he was standing in — something he now says he deeply regrets. meanwhile, the metropolitan police have announced that five more officers are being looked into over alleged bets. our political editor chris mason is here. quite extraordinary and who would have thought we would be talking about this with the election next week? �* , ., �* , about this with the election next week? �* , ., �*, ., , ., week? blimey, that's the only word i scribbled into _ week? blimey, that's the only word i scribbled into a _ week? blimey, that's the only word i scribbled into a notepad as _ week? blimey, that's the only word i scribbled into a notepad as i came i scribbled into a notepad as i came down to talk to you. it is extraordinary, here we are so close to the election. i thought i wouldn't b

reporter: this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister. down my request for an interview but said this on social media i remain. >> on the ballot for the fourth of july and i hope to secure your support after years of delivery. i committed an error of judgment, not an offense, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. reporter: that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning. "as a result of ongoing internal inquiries, we can no longer support craig williams or laura saunders as part of product -- as parliamentary candidates at the forthcoming general election." and so, on the radio at lunchtime time, one key question -- >> why has this decision been taken now, not a week or more ago? >> i am as disappointed and angry as the prime minister is an various other cservative spokesmen who have commented on this. these bets should have been placed and it is right that we have this internal process. those inquiries have led to the decision today to suspend. reporter: these candidates here is where craig willi

this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister.wn my request for an interview, but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the lith ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivery. i committed an error ofjudgment, not an offence, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning... and so, on the radio at lunchtime, one key question. why has this decision been taken now, not a week or more ago? well, look, i'm as disappointed and angry as the prime minister is and various other conservative spokesmen who have commented on this in recent days. these bets should not have been placed and it is right that we've had this internal process, and that has... you know, those inquiries have led to the decision today to suspend these candidates. here's where craig williams was the mp and is hoping to be re—elected — this is welshpool in powys. i think craig williams has been incredibly stupid for such a small amount

the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saundersge — a conservative member of the welsh parliament is being looked into as well. labour has suspended one of its candidates — kevin craig — who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and a cabinet minister said he was joking when he told the bbc he'd won more than 2,000 pounds on the timing of the election. here's our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the 11th ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an error ofjudgment, not an offence, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning. as a result of an ongoing internal inquiry, we have concluded that we can no longer support craig williams or laura saunders as part of parliamentary candidates at

the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saundersrliament is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates — kevin craig — who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he'd won more than 2000 pounds on the timing of the election. and elsewhere the metropolitan police says five more officers are being investigated by the gambling commission — again over alleged bets on the timing of the election. here's our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the lath ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an error ofjudgment, not an offence, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning. as a result of an ongoing

craig williams, laura saunders.illiams, who had a majority in montgomery and glendower, a 12 and over 12,000 at the last election. laura saunders, who's fighting darren jones, a labour frontbencher who he had a majority of 5600. so he finally said that we are going to withdraw support from these two candidates. that showed an attempt , to get ahead of the attempt, to get ahead of the curve because i was up with rishi sunak in in scotland yesterday, he answered six questions from the press with, with him, and i was one of them. five of them were about why you're not taking a firmer action with this betting scandal. so he's trying to do this. he can't he can't really pressure the gambling commission to go any further or go quicker because it's independent. so he's done what he can as, as tory leader. and that makes some sense because he's trying to get this, get past this , stopping us this, get past this, stopping us about betting and try and win these votes ahead of polling day next thursday. separate to that, we've

the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates, craig williams and laura saundersrussell george, a conservative member of the welsh parliament, is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates, kevin craig, who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he'd won more than £2,000 on the timing of the election. more on that in a moment, but here's our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the 4th ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an error ofjudgment, not an offence, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning. and so, on the radio at lunch time, one key question. why has this decision been taken now not a week or more ago? well

here's the list of people standing alongside craig williams in montgomeryshire and glyndwr. candidates in central suffolk and north ipswich, where kevin craig is standing for labour. that is also on our website, a full slate of the candidates, and that is where kevin craig is standing. we are monitoring developments as and when we get them, so do stay with us here on bbc news. elsewhere, the snp are on the campaign trail today promising to make scotland a "green powerhouse", with the deputy first minister and economy secretary kate forbes visiting a wind farm in east lothian. 0ur political reporter phil sim was at the wind farm and spoke to kate forbes. yeah, kate forbes was here. there is a wind farm behind me, i promise. it has slightly disappeared into a cloud at this point in time, but kate forbes was really talking about actually the scottish weather in a way, about how scotland's been blessed with natural resources twice in her view. the idea that we first won the lottery with the oil and gas industry. obviously there were great, plentiful reserves of that which have p

he was asked in the last while if he told the conservative candidate, craig williams, the date of the- specifically about that. where an one specifically about that. where anyone has — specifically about that. where anyone has broken _ specifically about that. where anyone has broken the - specifically about that. where anyone has broken the rules i specifically about that. where i anyone has broken the rules they should face the full consequences of the law, whether that is the gambling commission or the police, and i will also ensure they are booted out of the conservative party. booted out of the conservative pa . , , ., ., booted out of the conservative party. did you tell craig williams, a man that _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you — party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said you _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said you were i party. did you tell craig williams, | a man that you said you were with almost every minute of every day, the date of the election before you anno

craig williams , they're >> okay.ng an error of judgement, as was the wearing of that gilet. but the question is, will this political scandal continue for rishi sunak? it's a story that won't go away and it's surely the last thing he needs. i'll be asking, of surely the last thing he needs. i'll be asking , of course. a top i'll be asking, of course. a top tory party bigwig, former brexit secretary david davis, at 4:00. but let me bring you the full list of candidates now running in montgomeryshire and glen da. we have glen preston , liberal we have glen preston, liberal democrats, elwyn vaughan, social democratic party , craig william, democratic party, craig william, it says conservatives. it will say that on the ballot paper. but the tories have distanced themselves from their own candidate, oliver lewis , reform candidate, oliver lewis, reform uk, steve witherden, labour and jeremy brignall thorpe, greens . jeremy brignall thorpe, greens. okay, i think we could all do with a bit of light relief, couldn't we? and e

your parliamentary private secretary, craig williams, j private secretary, craig williams, did he know that? , , that? it was very disappointing news, that? it was very disappointing news. and _ that? it was very disappointing news, and you'll _ that? it was very disappointing news, and you'll have - that? it was very disappointing news, and you'll have seen - that? it was very disappointing i news, and you'll have seen craig williams say it was a huge error of judgment. there is an independent inquiry that's ongoing which is necessarily confidential, as well as independent — and you'll appreciate that given that, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment while that's ongoing. but appropriate for me to comment while that's ongoing-— that's ongoing. but you must know whether he — that's ongoing. but you must know whether he knew, _ that's ongoing. but you must know whether he knew, it _ that's ongoing. but you must know whether he knew, it was _ that's ongoing. but you must know whether he knew, it was a - that's ongoing. but you must know whether he knew, it was a very - whether he

some people will have voted already, some people in fact will have voted for craig williams and laurae else, nine days to still be persuaded. nine days for rishi sunak to seize back control of this campaign's agenda, or risk being evicted from downing street. henry, thank ou. sir keir starmer and the actor idris elba have been meeting families affected by knife crime in london. the labour leader has pledged to make tackling the issue a "moral mission" if his party wins the election. the liberal democrats have launched their new mini—manifesto today, focusing on care. leader sir ed davey unveiled the six page manifesto called a fair deal on care. it highlights pledges the party has already made, including £9 billion of investment into the nhs, including gps, ambulance services and social care. the snp are launching their climate and just transition manifesto today. the party's leaderjohn swinney has said "unity and consensus" across politics is needed to fight the climate crisis. julian assange, the founder of wikileaks, has flown out of the uk after spending five years in belmarsh pri

good, but what happened after, there was that the announcement about craig williams, is that it's the bet placed in the month of me ——we want to look at every single bet placed in the month of may related tojuly poll, and they're going through with a fine tooth comb. and a police officer has been arrested and suspended from duty. i was just going to... you're such a pro, victoria, i was in to read it off my laptop and you knew it by heart, that is why it will be a great story tonight on newsnight. thank you for having us on newscast. thank you for stealing the show. newscast on bbc. hello there. wednesday was a decent day right across all four nations. in fact, we saw temperatures in excess of 20 degrees, and we haven't seen that for over a week. but you may have heard a rumour that things are going to get warmer still. and in fact, into next week, we are likely to see temperatures widely into the mid 20s, maybe peaking as high as 28 celsius, somewhere in southeast england. perhaps for many, that's something to look forward to. but before we get too carried away, let's concentrate on

here is where craig williams was the mp and is hoping to be re—elected.een incredibly stupid for such a small amount of money, for any amount of money, but for a few hundred pounds, i mean, he is an idiot. well, ijust think it's all blown out of proportion. far more terrible things have been done in the house of commons than this. enter another politician from montgomeryshire, this is conservative russell george who sits in the welsh parliament. he is not a candidate in the general election. he bet on a july election over a week before it was called. i understand he didn't know about mr williams' bet nor mr williams, his. in a statement, mr george said he would cooperate fully with the gambling commission, adding... and this is laura saunders, the conservative candidate in bristol north—west who is now no longer supported by the conservatives. i asked her for comment today. she hasn't replied. it's taken rishi sunak the best part of two weeks to act on this. that is just weak leadership. but hang on a minute, labour are disowning this guy tonight, a candi

you will have seen craig williams say it was a huge error ofjudgement.ate that, given that, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment while that's ongoing. and mr williams is not being completely clear. i won't be expanding on that statement. did you have any inside information when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgement. that's for sure, and i apologise, and i will be working in montgomeryshire and glyndwr on the doors now... but did you have any inside information when you placed that bet? as i said, i will not be expanding on that statement. is that because you did have inside information, mr williams? i'm not expanding because it's an independent process. the gambling commission are looking at it now. all i can say is... it sounds like you did know that there was an election coming, and you were perhaps trying to take advantage of that. i will not be adding to the statement i've already made. do you see why your constituents might feel that looks dodgy? do you have an apology, mr williams? in welshpool, while some seem disappointed... i

that is right, and it - dates back to craig williams, who was the _ dates back to craig williams, who is that it's clear the gambling commission said we want to look at every— commission said we want to look at every single bets placed in the month— every single bets placed in the month of— every single bets placed in the month of me related to july poll, and they're going through with a fine tooth— and they're going through with a fine tooth comb. and and they're going through with a fine tooth comb.— fine tooth comb. and a police officer has — fine tooth comb. and a police officer has been _ fine tooth comb. and a police officer has been arrested - fine tooth comb. and a police officer has been arrested and| officer has been arrested and suspended from duty.- officer has been arrested and suspended from duty. you're such a ro, suspended from duty. you're such a pro. victoria. _ suspended from duty. you're such a pro. victoria. l— suspended from duty. you're such a pro, victoria, i was _ suspended from duty. you're such a pro, victoria, i was in _ suspended from duty. you're such a p

craig williams, the i that emerge.westminster by announcing the election would be onjuly the ath, craig williams placed a bet apparently with ladbrokes, £100 at 5-1 that apparently with ladbrokes, £100 at 5—1 that the election would take place injuly. he confirmed he placed what he called a flutter on the election and said he should have thought about how it would look. the gambling commission cannot confirm, but craig williams confirmed, that they are making inquiries. that is potentially very serious because it could be a criminal offence if you gamble on something you have insider information about. you spoke to lord cameron and he said craig williams had been foolish. it is pretty clear the campaign will be furious today. you do not often hearfoolish the campaign will be furious today. you do not often hear foolish as a word applied to a colleague. it is a proper slap down. lgrate word applied to a colleague. it is a proper slap down. we spoke to lord cameron _ it is a proper slap down. we spoke to lord cameron ear

support for those candidates, laura sanders and craig williams over the row , and craig williams overal election. >> princess anne is in hospital for a third day after being injured by a horse . meanwhile, injured by a horse. meanwhile, we're eagerly awaiting the japanese state visit and our man karen walker is outside buckingham palace , the king buckingham palace, the king keeping calm and carrying on. >> today . meanwhile, he's >> today. meanwhile, he's keeping on a close eye on the condition of his sister. the princess royal, who remains in hospital today . hospital today. >> a heat wave at last. a yellow, a yellow heat health alert is in place across most of england, with temperatures expected to reach up to 31 c. >> strange footage of people and dogsin >> strange footage of people and dogs in a swimming pool. oh, right. wikileaks founder julian assange has walked free from belmarsh prison after agreeing to an american plea deal. >> what is the mindset in the downing street thinks? well, hang on to these candidates for a week. cause maximum damage to our campaign. a week. cause m

craig williams and laura sanders are the subject of inquiries by the gambling commission.ion ballots because the deadlines for nominations has now passed. the labour party is outlining a plan to tackle knife crime. it will include creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions , as well as work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and careers advisers. the conservatives criticised the plan , accusing labour of failing plan, accusing labour of failing to tackle knife crime in london. the king and queen are hosting a ceremonial welcome for the emperor and empress of japan. they began their three state visit on the a three day visit at the event at the horse guards parade this afternoon, with the royal couple greeting a line of dignitaries including prime minister rishi sunak. princess anne isn't taking part in today's welcome while she recovers in hospital after being injured by a horse , and a yellow injured by a horse, and a yellow health alert is in force across most of the country today, with temperatures set to exceed 30 degree

saunders and her husband, who is the conservatives campaign director, and another candidate, craig williamsnvestigations by williams, face investigations by the gambling commission, a member of the prime minister's protection team was also arrested last night amid similar allegations . and the russian allegations. and the russian president's touched down in vietnam this morning, continuing his diplomatic tour of asia. vladimir putin met with president stowlawn, aiming to boost ties and establish a strategic partnership. the vietnamese president congratulated putin on his landslide victory in recent russian elections, which were dismissed internationally as neither free nor fair . dismissed internationally as neither free nor fair. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts >> good afternoon. britain. now, just in a moment. we're going to be live from stonehenge to bring you the very latest on the cleanup operation there. but throughout the campaign , the throughout the campaign, the general election campaign

and if they haven't, will they be chris. >> yeah, it's craig williams. craig williams. yes.ed. the husband of laura sanders, the candidate in she he has been taking a leave of absence. he's called tony lee director of campaigning, and called tony lee director of campaigning , and also we do know campaigning, and also we do know separate to this, a close protection police officer who looks after the security of mr sunak has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in pubuc suspicion of misconduct in public office, allegedly about the timing of the election. i mean, i think it just seems for mean, i think it just seems for me it beggars belief, frankly , me it beggars belief, frankly, that this party is going through these iterations is just it's like the last twitching of a tory corpse when they're trying to win the election. the around the noises off are a disaster for them. i mean, you don't doubt soon acas, he's keen to win it. he wants to be enthusiastic . michael gove enthusiastic. michael gove thinks he can turn it around, but things keep happening to them . and often i

she's the wife of the tories campaign director craig williams , another craig williams, another conservativendidate has also admitted to what he called an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. well, prime minister rishi sunak says any lawbreakers in the party will be booted out, but lib dem leader ed davey says the conservatives aren't learning from their mistakes. >> people know the outcome of something and they bet on it. i think that's immoral, and i don't think that's looks i think that's right, and too often in this parliament we've seen the conservative party, its only members of the conservative party looking like they're in it for themselves , not for in for for themselves, not for in for pubuc for themselves, not for in for public service. and what's in the best, best interests of the country, sir? >> ed davey. they're speaking earlier. well, meanwhile, rishi sunakis earlier. well, meanwhile, rishi sunak is attempting to move on from that scandal, accusing labour of planning to change every rule they can to stay in power if they win the genera

both craig williams, who was a close aide

i | have also learned craig williams charities. it doesn't end there.so learned craig williams the former close aide to rishi sunak lost the participatory is expected to be interviewed this week by the commission. mr 0wens was a video tape to voters and here's. an error of judgment. not an offence. i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. i'm fully cooperating with the routine inquiries from the gambling commission and i intend to clear my name. in all these things, due process is important and that is what sets the uk apart from other countries. the commission must be allowed to do its work. in terms of the commission doing its work, there is expected to be a meeting on friday between the gambling commission and the metropolitan police about when of rishi sunak�*s is protection officers who was arrested last week and placed on respective duties over claims over election betting. the officer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. there are many strengths of this, some seem incredibly serious, potentially using inside informatio

, who's admitted craig williams, who's admitted to an error of judgement .dgement. the labour leader has suggested that benefits offer less dignity to people than earning a living through work. sir keir starmer took aim at handouts from the state in a piece for the sunday telegraph. his changed stance on welfare comes as the latest savanta opinion poll in the telegraph newspaper today shows labour retaining its electoral lead over the conservatives the poll has labour on 42% of the vote and the conservative party on 19. a search operation in tenerife for a missing british teenager has entered its seventh day. teenager has entered its seventh day-jay teenager has entered its seventh day. jay slater went missing after he travelled for a music festival to the spanish island on what was his first holiday without his parents. his mother issued a direct plea yesterday saying we just need you home just before he went missing. on monday, 19 year old jay called a friend, saying he was lost and needed water. a yellow heat health alert has been issued for most of engla

he private secretary, craig williams. he is also being questioned.mitted to an error of judgement. oh dear, can it get much worse? now? let's be careful because this is currently under investigation . currently under investigation. so we, you know, we can't talk about too much about the details because we don't fully know them yet, but we can talk about the principle of what we you know, what we see. adam brooks joining me, businessman and activist, and also norman baker, a former home office minister. this is the clash . adam brooks, as i the clash. adam brooks, as i said, okay, so we had rishi sunakin said, okay, so we had rishi sunak in the wetsuit, did we? then he jumped off the titanic in the wetsuit via the exits. and then what was the next thing he did? what was the next thing he did? what was the next thing he did? what was the next thing he did? was this the d—day where he did? was this the d—day where he left early? oh, that was a terrible miscalculation . and terrible miscalculation. and now, of course, we've got this going on. i mean, the

we knew about craig williams. he's a former parliamentary private to secretary rishi sunak. gised. he had a flutter. he calls it himself a huge error of judgement. now a second tory candidate, williams is standing again a second tory candidate, laura saunders, the candidate in bristol north west. she's reportedly, has been investigated. we think about maybe gambling on the date of the election. she's married to the election. she's married to the director of the entire campaign, tony leigh. tony leigh himself has taken a leave of absence. we're told by the tory party today , both we think are party today, both we think are we reported being investigated by the gambling commission, a tory spokesman says to us today we've been contacted by the gambling commission, the regulator, about a small number of individuals. we don't know how many, michael gove doesn't know if there's more than two or more. he's been on the morning round today. we've heard also about a close protection officer for rishi sunak arrested on suspicion of misconduct in pubuc suspicion of misconduct in public o

we have had some new developments, craig williams giving his reaction and another update from the gamblingst general election to have been the safest conservative seat in wales but after all of this, that looks a lot less certain. the labour party came second last time and there are candidates of course representing a range of parties. where this leaves rishi sunak now, as he tries to draw a line under it, but knows there is someone who he was very close to who is still campaigning and it will have the conservative party logo, evenif have the conservative party logo, even if the party itself is disowning him, at the moment as it stands, it makes it very difficult for rishi sunak as he tries to move on from this question, wanting to look ahead to the final week now of the election campaign, but opposition parties like labour and the lib dems trying to keep this going, asking why he did not act more swiftly. and that is made even more swiftly. and that is made even more difficult to move on from as it emerges that the gambling commission is looking at five more police officers from the metro

, who secretary, craig williams, who has admitted, to, quote, an error of judgement . the labour error of judgement. the labour leader has suggested that benefits offer less dignity to people than earning a living through work. sir keir starmer took aim at handouts from the state in a piece for the sunday telegraph. he said serving the interests of working people means understanding that they want success more than state support. his comments come as the latest savanta poll shows labour retaining its lead over the conservatives. the poll has labour on 42% of the vote and the tories on just 19. manchester airport says flights are restarting after a quarter were cancelled today due to a power outage. earlier, all flights from terminals one and two were cancelled and passengers advised not to come to the airport after a major power cut caused huge queues and disruption to baggage processing . work is now underway to reschedule those flights in the coming days, and tomorrow's flights are not thought to be affected. gb news spoke with one passenger, who says they were left

you will have seen craig williams say it was a huge error ofjudgement.ndependent. you'll appreciate that, given that, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment while that's ongoing. and mr williams is not being completely clear. i won't be expanding on that statement. did you have any inside information when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgement. that's for sure, and i apologise, and i will be working in montgomeryshire and glyndwr on the doors now... but did you have any inside information when you placed that bet? as i said, i will not be expanding on that statement. is that because you did have inside information, mr williams? i'm not expanding because it's an independent process. the gambling commission are looking at it now. all i can say is... it sounds like you did know that there was an election coming, and you were perhaps trying to take advantage of that. i will not be adding to the statement i've already made. do you see why your constituents might feel that looks dodgy? do you have an apology, mr williams? in welshpool, while s

i'm not sure if you've seen this map, but craig williams, who's a conservative candidate, has admittedbet on a july election just three days before it was announced . now, that it was announced. now, that wouldn't be controversial, but previously , this man was an aide previously, this man was an aide to the prime minister, and so will have been party to the inner thinking of number 10. >> well, i mean, it's not a good look for number 10 and the operation around number 10, it it's not a great thing at all. but more generally, you know, step back. i mean, rishi sunak leadership ratings this week, according to redfield and wilton, a reputable pollster, have crashed to —27, to put that in context, that's the lowest , in context, that's the lowest, rating he has ever had. as prime minister or chancellor. >> how does that relate to boris johnson and liz truss, it makes rishi sunak more unpopular than than both of those predecessors. it also leaves him not far off what i would call prince andrew territory . what prince andrew territory. what prince andrew being —50 rishi sunak being close to

the foreign secretary also talked about craig williams, he said it was about craig williams, he said will co—operate fully, he served as rishi sunak�*s parliamentary private secretary. let us speak to our political correspondent at westminster. this is not a particularly good story for the prime minister, or the conservative party to have to handle at this stage n the election campaign, what do we know so far? 50 stage n the election campaign, what do we know so far?— do we know so far? so this is a story that _ do we know so far? so this is a story that broke _ do we know so far? so this is a story that broke in _ do we know so far? so this is a story that broke in the - do we know so far? so this is a | story that broke in the guardian newspaper and they say that craig williams who as wow pointed out was the parliamentary private secretary is in the last administration for rishi sunak, had placed a bet on when the general election was going to be called a couple of days before it was actually called. so the gambling authorities are now looking into this and in a statement he said i

craig williams.nother conservative candidate has also admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. ooh. right. joining me now is a gb news political correspondent, katherine forster catherine, hello. hi. another day , another hello. hi. another day, another betting story for the tories. what on earth is going on with that party.7 >> oh, no, not another one as that wise woman , brenda from that wise woman, brenda from bristol once said about, general elections. yes, here we go again. there's now four conservatives being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets that they made on the date of the general election. shortly before that election. shortly before that election was called. so we've got two conservative candidates , got two conservative candidates, running for election. they're still running for the conservatives at the moment. rishi sunak has not suspended them, one of them was married to the, director of campaigns who's taken a

no indication that he did anything wrong. >> well , what anything wrong. >> well, what about, craig williams, laura saunders ? williams and, laura saunders? >> so i suppose their cases are being investigated by the gambling commission. right. and so it's important that they are able to complete their work without sort of , interference without sort of, interference either from, from from the conservative party or elsewhere. it's really important that the gambling commission does their work. and i think the prime minister, when he released a statement yesterday, acknowledged that he said it's really important that actually the gambling commission could get on and examine whether any rules have been broken, and so i think that's, that's probably the best place for that. >> it is fascinating to see that the dichotomy that appears to the gambling commission is any politician placed a bet in may. well, they have an investigation and if you placed a bet the day before you don't have an investigation. and of course, alister jack did investigation. and of course, alisterjack did in investigation. an

they've now suspended laura sanders and craig williams.t's take a look back at what the politicians have been up to in the last 24 hours. >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years, and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives. and i've made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned. >> there's a cohort of people currently in france who are waiting for rwanda to be taken off the table before coming over here, and these quotes in the telegraph make it will really clear. i will not go until the day they make the right decision to destroy rwanda. i am looking forward to a new government. even if things change, i will go. that is a direct quote. >> well, this lot behind me waiting for a labour government where they hell, it's over 128,000 people have come, 90% of them young men, many coming from war zones, from areas plagued by terrorism, gang crimes. >> not before time. i'm surprised it took them so long. you know, when someone knows something is going to happen and then pla

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your aide craig williams...nt that nobody says or does anything that compromises the integrity of those investigations. then, this morning, the telegraph newspaper said a source close to a government department had suggested the names of those being investigated had been leaked from inside the metropolitan police. in a statement, a police spokesperson said... labour had called for the gambling commission quite simply to make public the names of all those who are under investigation. but it said... labour and the lib dems have called on rishi sunak to suspend any candidates who may be involved. if these were my candidates, i tell you what, they'd be gone. their feet wouldn't have touched the floor. the gambling allegations aren't limited to those directly involved in politics. 0ne vip protection officer was arrested and questioned last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office. the bbc understands new information has been given to the met about a handful of other officers — but sources have suggested that

with the election next week it's too late for the conservatives to remove craig williams and laura saundersgement also tonight a frustrating draw for england against slovenia but they're still through to the last 16 at the euros. the wikileaks founderjulian assange hasjust landed in a remote us territory in the pacific, where he'll face a final court hearing — and then should be free — we're there live. kanpai. and the king and queen welcome japan's emperor and empress at a buckingham palace banquet at the start of a state visit. coming up on the bbc news... coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and abroad. good evening.

that's the wife of the tories campaign director, craig williams , director, craig williams, another conservativecandidate has also admitted to an error of judgement. he said after placing a bet on when the election would take place. well, speaking last night on bbc question time leaders special, rishi sunak said that any lawbreakers will be booted out . be booted out. >> i was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it's a really serious matter. it's right that they're being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authorities, including , enforcement authorities, including, as fiona said, a criminal investigation by the police . and i want to be crystal police. and i want to be crystal clear that if anyone has broken the rules, they should face the full force of the law. and that's what those investigations are there to do. and i hope that they do their work as quickly and as thoroughly as possible . and as thoroughly as possible. >> sir keir starmer says that jeremy corbyn would have made a better prime minister than boris johnson. the labour leader made

they're also being probed, as is the pm's parliamentary private secretary, craig williams, who's admitted to quote , an error of admitted to quote, an error of judgement. labour is pledging to end so—called dickensian diy dentistry in england if it wins the general election. shadow health secretary wes streeting says people are resorting to pulling out their own teeth. labour's plan includes an extra 700,000 urgent and emergency dental appointments a year, plus golden hellos of £20,000 for new graduates working in underserved areas. now earlier this year, the government announced a £200 million recovery plan, including offering dentists cash to take on new patients . the md of on new patients. the md of manchester airport has said he is really sorry for disruption caused to passengers after flights were cancelled due to a major power cut . earlier flights major power cut. earlier flights have now resumed after a quarter were called off after those departing from terminals one and two, with passengers being advised not to come to the airport. work is now underway to reschedule all those fl

that comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place . government minister place. government minister michael gove says the allegations are reprehensible , allegations are reprehensible, as is the case that obviously any decision by anyone to use inside information to bet on the election date, that is wrong, deeply regrettable , but i think deeply regrettable, but i think the individuals concerned are now being investigated and until that process is concluded, i think it's difficult for me to say more . well, sir keir starmer say more. well, sir keir starmer criticised the conservatives for this, saying that behaviour would never be tolerated by laboun >> this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that . if it was one of my done that. if it was one of my candidates, they'd be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. >> sir keir starmer, the economy and the bank of england has held its interest rate at 5.25. that's the highest lev

fully comply with any investigation, and that comes after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also faced investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement but not an offence . a judgement but not an offence. a former engineer who worked on the faulty horizon it system claims the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the software. gareth jenkins was with fujitsu for his whole professional career and was regarded as a distinguished employee up until his retirement in 2015. he said he was truly sorry for the wrongful convictions, but evidence he'd given about the system was used in the prosecutions of many subpostmasters. evidence, which has since been quashed. today he told the inquiry he never had complete oversight of all the systems and he relied on others to supply reliable information. juuan to supply reliable information. julian assange has arrived at court on a remote island in the pacific, where his long running

he'll fully comply with any investigation and that comes after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election . mr williams general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement, but not an offence. meanwhile, labour is pledging to halve knife crime within a decade if it wins power. the party's plan includes creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and careers advisers. sir keir starmer says cracking down on knife crime is for him a moral mission. >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives and i have made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned. it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime. sadly, in rural areas, at least it's going up more quickly. and i think it's not fair on the families we've been hearing from this morning to simply point the

that comes after craig williams and laura saunders, both under investigation for allegedly betting on election date being disowned by the tories. so just explain their candidates and they're still on the ballot papen and they're still on the ballot paper. but the tories have basically disenfranchised them. then, weirdly, another twist in this strange tale a labour candidate called kevin craig has been suspended for betting against himself, winning his own constituency, which i find rather baffling. that's what we think has happened. we haven't had that confirmed, but that's what we think has happened. well, let's bring former labour mp steve mccabe into the conversation. stephen, it's strange this , isn't it? i mean, strange this, isn't it? i mean, what's your reaction to what's been going on? we've got tory candidates in implicated. we've got met police officers implicated. now we've got this separate thing of a labour candidate betting. i mean, it's strange, isn't it? >> well, it is strange, but i think if you unpick it, it's fairly straightforward, in the case of the labour candida

he'll fully comply with any investigation and that comes after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement but not an offence . judgement but not an offence. labouris judgement but not an offence. labour is pledging to halve knife crime within a decade if it wins the general election. the party's plan includes creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and careers advisers. sir keir starmer says cracking down on knife crime is his moral mission i >>i -- >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives and i've made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned . it as far as i'm concerned. it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime. sadly, in rural areas , or at least it's rural areas, or at least it's going up more q

we brought you last week, originally broken by the guardian, and my colleague catching up with craig williams prime minister, who -- aide to the prime minister who described a huge error of judgment. he put a bet on the timing of the german election. plenty of people at westminster, me included, were assuming the election was going to be in the autumn. there were a handful of folk might have known about it, hence you get these kind of investigations. right now, a police officer suspended and under investigation. >> chris mason reporting a little earlier. richey sumac has welcomed the latest figures that show inflation has fallen to the bank of england target of 2% for the first time in neay three years. he said it was the evidence that the government difficult decisions were starting to pay off. neighbor said the financial pressures on the households are still acute. the improved figures are down to a slight fall in the price of food and soft drinks. and slower price rises for household goods and furniture. food prices on average are still 25% higher than they were in 2022 and petrol prices h