live now to our political correspondent harry farley one.entioned similar things he is expected to say. what else is in the speech we know?— is expected to say. what else is in the speech we know? what we know is it will be about _ the speech we know? what we know is it will be about expectation _ it will be about expectation management. labour officials are conscious that if labour were to win the election next, that we are expected next, the economic conditions in uk faces, the outlook won't suddenly change. there would be a rapid change in those forecasts. what they are trained to do with this speech is to

live now to our political correspondent harry farley one. i correspondent harry farley one. have mentioned s is i have mentioned similar things he is expected to say. what else is in the speech we know?— is expected to say. what else is in the speech we know? what we know is it will be about _ the speech we know? what we know is it will be about expectation _ it will be about expectation management. labour officials are conscious that if labour were to win the election next, that we are expected next, the economic conditions in uk faces, the outlook won't suddenly change. there would be a rapid change in those forecasts. what they are trained to do with this speech is to dampen down and manage expectations that labour would suddenly be able to change that in a matter of weeks. there is a concern among some in labour that the excitement from some would quickly turn to disappointment when that realisation hits. i think what we know from what labour have said about the speech is keir starmer will say the uk faces huge constraints on public spen

harry farley is joining us from westminster. eded to find a way to circumnavigate the powers of the european court forjustice, did she not? the european court for “ustice, did she not? , ., �* , ,, she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill — she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill that _ she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill that aims _ she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill that aims to _ she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill that aims to stop - she not? yes, that's right. she said the new bill that aims to stop legal| the new bill that aims to stop legal challenges to stop sending asylum seekers to iran the, she said the government must build emergency detention facilities to house people coming into the country illegally before they are sent to rwanda. she called those nightingale facilities, after the nightingale hospitals that were built during the covid pandemic. she also said that parliament must be prepared to sit over christmas in order to pass this legislation. i thin

the vatican says the ruling does not change its stance on gay marriage. 0ur correspondent harry farleyarguably its the most significant step francis has made to changing the teaching of the church, changing the teaching of the church, changing the church's approach to gay couples. it's an official declaration from the vatican's declaration from the vatican's declaration body, so it's among the most weighty things that the vatican issues, and for the first time it says that priests can bless same—sex couples, reversing a ruling from as recently as 2021 which says that priests can't do that. we should be clear what this is not, it is not a change to the teachings of the church for marriage. that remains firmly that marriage is only between one man and one woman for life in the view of the church and is also clear that the blessing doesn't symbolise approval, so it's blessing the individuals, not the relationship itself, and it's not a formal liturgy or special service. the blessing says —— the vatican says this blessing must not resemble a wedding ceremony. some will say, that does not g

our political correspondent harry farley told me what more we know about the case.that it recommends a 35 day suspension and what that means crucially for the next steps is that rishi sunak could be facing another by—election in a key seat in blackpool south. we remember scott benton one night with a majority ofjust over 3000 and the reports, as you say, are that scott benton had a serious breach of the parliamentary rules and it recommends a 35 day suspension. what happens next is mps will have to prove that, just a recommendation but if they do approve that, he could be recalled as an mp and that would trigger a by—election which obviously is not what the prime minister rishi sunak once in the build—up to a general election at some point next year. —— not what rishi sunak wants. some point next year. -- not what rishi sunak wants.— some point next year. -- not what rishi sunak wants. they will decide whether to uphold _ rishi sunak wants. they will decide whether to uphold the _ rishi sunak wants. they will decide - whether to uphold the recommendation patel is a

live now to westminster and our political correspondent, harry farley.arer in their assessment. it is more embarrassment and another problem for the government. it and another problem for the government.— and another problem for the government. it really is. the committee — government. it really is. the committee said _ government. it really is. the committee said this - government. it really is. the committee said this was - government. it really is. the committee said this was an l government. it really is. the - committee said this was an extremely serious breach of the mp rules earlier this year, scott benton had a meeting with what he thought was an investing company in the gambling industry. it wasn't actually, it was fake, and it was part of a sting operation by the times newspaper. he was offering setting up face—to—face meetings with ministers and return to payment. he offered to provide access to confidential government documents, to lobby ministers. mr benton said that within an hour, he realised what he had offered would breach rules. he deni

bit more detail, we can cross to our westminster newsroom and join our political correspondent harry farleya developing story. what more does this report say? the a developing story. what more does this report say?— this report say? the main headline is that it recommends _ this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a _ this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 - this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 day - is that it recommends a 35 day suspension and what that means for the next steps, crucially, is that rishi sunak could be facing another by—election in a key seat in blackpool south. scott benton won that in 2019 the majority ofjust over 3,000. the report says that scott benton was a serious breach of the parliamentary rules. it recommends a 35 day suspension. what happens next is that mps will have to approve that, it's just a recommendation at this stage. if mps do approve that, scott benton could be recalled as an mp and that would trigger a by—election which obviously is not what rishi sunak once in the build—up to a general el

says he had sent out the message that he was "corrupt and for sale". 0ur political correspondent, harry farleyd to it.— the background to it. earlier this ear, the background to it. earlier this year. scott _ the background to it. earlier this year, scott benton _ the background to it. earlier this year, scott benton held - the background to it. earlier this year, scott benton held a - the background to it. earlier this i year, scott benton held a meeting with what he thought was a company investing in the gambling industry investing in the gambling industry in the uk. in fact, the company was fake and part of a sting operation by reporters from the times newspaper. but in the meeting, mr benton offered to provide access to confidential government documents in return for payment from the company. he offered to table parliamentary questions on behalf of the company and arrange half dill face—to—face meetings on behalf of the company. mr benton said within an hour of the meeting he realised what he agreed to do would breach parliamentary rules are made no further contact with the company and sai

thank you very much indeed, harry farley from westminster and outlining the main points suella bravermanhe former home secretary and was fired by the current prime minister, rishi sunak. herspeech by the current prime minister, rishi sunak. her speech was primarily centred on the subject of migration. you are watching bbc news. let's return now to the other ongoing story, which is attracting a great deal of attention. the former uk prime minister borisjohnson has been giving evidence to the uk covid inquiry this morning. this afternoon, this is one of two days he will be giving evidence. he has admitted to the covid inquiry he should have tweaked, he put it, how serious the virus was sooner than he did. he also began to realise as soon as he saw footage from italy, which rattled him. he defended not sharing five cobra meetings in early 2020 saying the virus seem to be a cloud on the horizon. here is ali price. to summarise what we seem to be hearing recently in the last hour or so, be hearing recently in the last hour orso, perhaps be hearing recently in the last hour or so, perhaps a be