i think what louise _ next labour of manifesto? come up with as| next labour of manifesto? i thinkl what louise will come up with as a reformer is a plan and a set of options on both reform and she will be clear about the investment needed. what we want to do which is why cross—party talks will be stocking next month is built national consensus on this so it does not become a party political football —— starting next month. the final thing, football —— starting next month. the finalthing, notjust football —— starting next month. the final thing, notjust to you, as a journalist, you hang the drum harder on social care than many others... the viewers are on your case. to say to the viewers _ the viewers are on your case. to say to the viewers about _ the viewers are on your case. to say to the viewers about the _ the viewers are on your case. to say to the viewers about the challenge i to the viewers about the challenge you put to us as politicians, of course, we have to act now, i promise we will do more over the next year, but do n

i will be asking a disgruntled labour trade unionist about why that is. plus, unfortunately i will not be here for the rest of the week, but i will be explaining why in due course. it might have something to do with what's happening in america involving a certain donald trump and a certain donald trump and a certain nigel farage. we will be heading stateside at the end of this program. to hear from a top trump insider about what is about to happen in the united states of america. that is state of the nation with me. matt goodwin starts right now. now, i'll also be joined tonight by my panel columnist and former mep patrick o'flynn and historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin mj. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sam francis. >> matt, thank you and good evening to you. just after 8:00, the top story tonight, after 15 months of intense war, israel and hamas have now agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal ceasefire and hostage release deal. president biden in

but i do think our two—party system, and in a weird way, despite labour winning a massive landslide becausel share of the vote in relative terms, you know, the 2024 election demonstrated this. i think our two—party system is straining more than it has done for some time, so... but look, yeah, i mean, it's plausible dominic cummings will start a new party. but, never count out the labour party and the conservative party because, people have decided that a new era is coming before... and i think we said this last week, didn't we, that there were i was banging on about actually during the coalition era. and then at times also when the snp was really riding high, there are many political moments when it's been fashionable to say, "and this means the end of the two—party system in the uk". and then actually with first past the post, lo and behold, something rather different happens. well, we'll see. here is a development which is very much between the two main parties, which will be a growing story in the next seven days — we all know. it is that the leader of the conservatives, kemi badenoch, h

but i do think our two—party system, and in a weird way, despite labour winning a massive landslide, a small share of the vote in relative terms, you know, the 2024 election demonstrated this, i think our two party system is straining more than it has done for some time. but look, yeah, i mean, it's plausible dominic cummings will start a new party. but, never count out the labour party and the conservative party because people have decided that a new era is coming before. 0k. and i think we said this last week, didn't we. that there were... i was banging on about actually during the coalition era. and then at times also when the snp was really riding high. there are many political moments when it's been fashionable to say, "and this means the end of the two—party system in the uk," and then actually with first past the post, lo and behold, something rather different happens. well, we'll see. here is a development which is very much between the two main parties, which will be a growing story in the next seven days. we all know it is that the leader of the conservatives, kemi badenoch

the labour market is strong and you have that i 2025? g and you have that whole ai attack cycle that is bolstering the economy and are you at the possible policies from donald trump that is very much making... us exceptionalism continue on, tax cuts, fiscal spending or deregulation so i think the use outlook is likely to be quite robust in 2025, particular equities. what is your outlook for asia? a nuanced approach. i would say perhaps you have to look at... i think in china, we are neutral because there is outside and downside risk but i think in india and the aussie and region, the outlook is bright because the us is easily going to grow by 6.5 or even higher in terms of growth, so a very strong middle class domestic consumption. —— asean. exports, particularly digital, are quite resilient and insulated from the whole headwinds associated with trade. ., ., ., trade. you said neutral on china. trade. you said neutral on china- can _ trade. you said neutral on china. can you _ trade. you said neutral on china. can you help - trade. you sa

if the labour - she didn't resign. nor was she i sacked. is that we _ sacked. if the labour defence of all this is that we are _ sacked. if the labour defence of all this is that we are just _ sacked. if the labour defence of all this is that we are just the same i this is that we are just the same as the last— this is that we are just the same asi the last conservative government... am asking _ the last conservative government... am asking about your— the last conservative government... am asking about your position - the last conservative government... am asking about your position and i the last conservative government... | am asking about your position and if it is a bit pot, kettle and black. we have a role now in opposition. the voters — we have a role now in opposition. the voters delivered their - we have a role now in opposition. the voters delivered their verdictl the voters delivered their verdict on the _ the voters delivered their verdict on the conservatives _ the voters delivered their verdict on the conservatives at - the vot

i think it's multifaceted. but what i've noticed with this particular labour government is they just have the blinders on and they're. they haven't u—turned on anything yet. and i think that almost these what you could describe as left field issues, things that weren't in their manifesto, things they didn't plan on. they always just like, well, get get rid of that. we just want to crack on with what we want to do. and it's like, well, that's just not how politics works. sometimes things you thought had been dealt with obviously not very well, come up like it was literally this time last year. it was the mr beats documentary, and that brought up the whole thing of the post office again, which had been out. we all knew about it, but it pulled it into the into the pubuc it pulled it into the into the public consciousness. and that's what they've got to do. they've got to be seen to be reacting to the british public's needs in that moment. >> they're not there. >> they're not there. >> i think that i think they're still in their early stages because they've waited for 14 years and they're desperate to move on with this.

story that i had not revealed at the time and i had not revealed at the time and i had attended meetings with the labouring place. a degree when it began to falter and to make sure that it continued and it didn't enter. == continued and it didn't enter. —— particularly when. continued and it didn't enter. -- particularly when. when - continued and it didn't enter. -- particularly when. when did - continued and it didn't enter. -- particularly when. when did you | particularly when. when did you realise? probably _ particularly when. when did you realise? probably when - particularly when. when did you realise? probably when the - particularly when. when did you | realise? probably when the core first came for one. from elon musk? —— the call. they assumed because i was secretary of state when the jay report first came out and i believed the recommendations were being carried out and i believe there were 500 arrests as a result. but what i was not aware of was that at the time, because the information was concealed, i was not aware that the problem was as widespread as it was. i believed it was in rother

this labour government, i'm sorry, look, i voted labour, however, they are not engaging with what needsbe done. it is all sound bites from wes streeting. it's giving people an idea that they can can see a professional like ordering an uber. this will dismantle what we know as the traditional village doctor, down doctor. what i would be keen on is for people to see what has happened to private health care shares. we know that wes streeting, yes, i know he has had experience with the nhs i'm glad he has come through his cancer surgery. i have worked for a decade and see the waste and it is not just administration, it is the waste int just administration, it is the waste in t being able to fund the areas we need to fund and improve. we need more people like physios and occupational therapists and people who work in social services to link primary care to the community. however, these guys are being, having their pockets lined by the private organisation. it may not, i might not have the evidence like a panorama documentary, you come back in three orfour years time documentary, you come bac

i said myself at the 2024 wide of the year for the 2024 wide of the year for the labour market were stabilitysents a pivot and add some uncertainty to what the fed will do next. when there is a lot of data out there, it can tell a different story, particularly when an economy is at an inflection point. i think what you will see that uncertainty play out and the fed's decision—making process this year. and the fed's decision-making process this year.— and the fed's decision-making process this year. thank you so much. let's turn to the uk now — because the government has been defending its handling of the economy amid growing unease on financial markets. that's seen the pound drop to its lowest level in more than a year — and government borrowing costs surge to a 16—year high. uk assets have been among the hardest hit amid worries the new trump administration will mean higher inflation and less global trade. chancellor of the exchequer rachel reeves is on her way to china for talks. she hopes to build closer business ties with beijing as part of the government's quest for economic growth. but

labour— in. elon musk having a go not i just at the labour government, but also at the reform uk, saint nigel faragethe leader. == saint nigel farage is not fit to be the leader. -- saying... niel to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had been - to be the leader. -- saying... j nigel farage had been hoping that maybe mr musk would send some money to reform uk's way, to disrupt a party in uk politics, being against the status quo, being anti immigration. again, they seem to have had an falling out over nigel farage not being willing to stand up all support tommy robinson who, as you mention at the start, is a far right activist, takes a very anti—radical islam's year and is currently in prison. it shows you the sort of dilemmas that politicians in countries where elon musk takes an interest, the dangers of mixing your politics and relationship of someone who is clearly, how do you describe elon musk, an interesting individual on the world stage.— world stage. thank you very much indeed. _ world stage

last night, i asked the president of the labour party to begin that process. this country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that if i am having to fight internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. [speaking french] i have always been a fighter. i have always been a fighter because i really care for giving canada and canadians and always being driven of what is in the best interests of canadians as well. despite our best efforts to get through the parliamentary impasse, parliament has been paralyzed for months after the longest minority parliament in the history of our country, this is why this morning i met with the governor general to tell her that we need a new parliamentary session and she granted that request and the house will there be furloughed until the 24 of march. during christmas, i had time to think and have long conversations with my family about our future. throughout my career, all success i have had personally has been due to their support and encouragement. so yes, at dinner, i shared

elon musk has been making a series of increasingly inflammatory and i think what most people find very offensive remarks about labouriticians, the prime minister and the home office minister, jess phillips. i query that most people find it offensive, most people in certain sectors of society but not most people. well, that's an interesting point so you think that most people find it offensive to be accused of being complicit in rape. yes, i do think many people would find that offensive but i think a lot of people are so angry that they don't feel this particular thing is offensive. if it was directed at them, however, if it is directed at a government minister they think, well, hey. if you short cut to the angle part... it's not the same as an informed debate because a lot of the nuance has been lost. i think what many people are concerned about, including nigel farage himself, is a tax on the politicians. and our newscasters are very upset about attacks on migrant hostels, you can't firebomb migrant hostels. certainly you can't. so what we need is informed debate and we are not convinced we're getting that out of

and i think the anger isn't directed at the labour or conservative parties. because they think we've got the courage to do what's necessary to turn this around. but what do you plan to do with that? i mean, what's your dream scenario for 2025, 2025? it's to build the structure of the party, you know, and since really august of last year, we've tried with nothing to build branch structure, to put in place a very rigorous and i mean extremely rigorous vetting procedure for candidates at all levels, because that was the big failing, you know, of what we had at the last election. huge failing, no question about that. 2025 was about getting that machine actually working to start to win some victories. our ultimate goal, and i'm notjoking, is to win the next general election. you say you've done it with nothing. you have had a very useful thing, the support and the oxygen of the support from someone who's on his way back to the white house and elon musk, the richest man in the world, who just happens to also own one of the biggest social media platforms in the worl

i think the fed is watching the trumpl the fed is watching the trump administration. the expectation now is one to two cuts. if we have a very tight labourr if we have an inflationary tariff policy, i think the fed will continue to pause. i think it's very unlikely the fed will begin hiking but the fed needs to see conclusive data in respect to the labour market and information before it will feel confident in cutting by more than 25 basis points over the course of the year. us president—elect donald trump is likely to follow through on his promise to impose blanket tariffs says one of his former economic advisers. he served as deputy director of the national economic council and the beauteous influence national economic affairs during the first jump administration. he told my colleague michelle fleury that drum could move very fast once he is in office. — trump administration. so, in the first term, was part of these debates, we had a lot of deliberations about tariffs in whether they should be used, how they should be used, what statues should be used and today, we are in a position where it seems to be determined, they are going to be

i think the starting point is strong. the labourd you have that whole ai attack cycle that is bolstering the economy and are you at the possible policies from donald trump that is very much making... us exceptionalism continue on, tax cuts, fiscal spending or deregulation so i think the outlook is likely to be quite robust in 2025. what is your outlook for asia? a nuanced approach. i would say perhaps you have to look at... i think in china, we are neutral on china because there is outside and downside risk but i think in india and the asean region, the outlook is bright because india is easily going to grow by 6.5 or even higher in terms of growth, so a very strong middle class domestic consumption. exports, particularly digital, are quite resilient and insulated from the whole headwinds associated with trade. turning to india and the ongoing debate on hib visas — a programme that allows us businesses to tap on global talent. with donald trump set to take over as president, india has been anxiously monitoring us policy on immigrati

certain they will be able to have that vote, if they do i don't think they would win it but they would seek to generate political energy saying the laboure voting against this and the conservatives are voting for it. this is a classic parliamentary tactic, but moving forward beyond that, i think the question will be about how implement the recommendations of that report which came out in 2022. they are saying, hang on a second, why are we getting all the heat when the conservative government that was in place in 2022, when this inquiry reported and then in place for nearly two years after didn't implement the recommendations? and i am sure we will hear more of that from the labour party, from the labour government but nevertheless they are in government, the onus is on them, yesterday, they announced various measures they would be bringing forward first and a lot of people will be watching to see how commemorations are due to be held in france, marking ten years since the islamist gun attack at the offices of the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. 12 people were killed, including several of its best—known cartoonists. the magazine has r

i can't speak for him, obviously, but no, you're right, we have. and not just with sadiq, but a labourlishment generally that's become increasingly woke and very critical of some of our british traditions. and yet when it suits them to take advantage of them, you know, the boot's on the other foot. the hypocrisy is there for all to see. >> well, alex wilson, thank you very much indeed. i hope you have a wonderful new year's eve and a start to the new year. reform london assembly member alex wilson there. right. i will bnng alex wilson there. right. i will bring back in my panel to discuss journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee and social commentator adrian hayes. social c

and i mean donald trump will come into office i trump will come into office with a strong labour markety. we have had the latest figures showing the number of americans filing for jobless benefits fell, that suggests there weren�*t many layoffs last year. we have the monthly government report in just over a week, what is the state of the labour market do you think going forward? the bi est you think going forward? the biggest thing _ you think going forward? tue: biggest thing with you think going forward? tte: biggest thing with regards you think going forward? ttl: biggest thing with regards to the labour market is you�*re seeing average earnings, the rate of growth, that is starting to slow. although we saw a down tick in unemployment claims, the duration for which people remain unemployed has got longer and they have less bargaining power and that means the european commission says the eu has prepared for the change and most states will cope. but hungary and slovakia are heavily dependent on russian gas and slovakia�*s prime minister says his country�*s interests have been "trampled

you've seen how quickly he can get the cold shoulder, so it might be smart for labour. iw if this is the reason, but it might be smart for them to wait and see what trump does, which is now what is going to happen. >> yeah, they i mean, starmer says, or someone speaking for the government says america won't be given a veto. but then later in the article, they say they won't do it unless everyone agrees. so i think everyone gets agrees. so i think everyone gets a veto. but you've misunderstood what a veto is. look on this. i'm annoyed that it wasn't even run through our parliament anyway, after all of the noises being made about. our parliament is sovereign. there shouldn't be a government thing, but it also shouldn't be the government of another country making a decision on this. the fact that we didn't even get the representatives in our representatives in our representative democracy having a chat about this in parliament, that's the thing. that's ridiculous. so i think it's good, by the way, it was the tories who were initially putting this deal through and doing it, l

but i think that they could do a better job of realizing that a college educated party leadership doesn't mean that the party itself shouldn't broadly pro labourich i have found kind of surprising, again watching the democrats from a different vantage point of how much it used to be about unions and labor and -- as the other speaker said in the segment about people who produce things. we have moved towards a knowledge society, but not everybody is there, and a lot of people feel left behind. >> i want your reaction to that. to piggyback on what tom said, this critique of democrats not understanding or not being as fluent in the language of the boardroom, more fluent in the language. boardroom than the barbershop is not new. this is not a new conversation. we have heard this and it has led to somewhat of slips with respect to latino voters, with respect to black male voters, marginally, and also with overall working-class americans. so you know better than anyone else, where within the democratic apparatus is the breakdown occurring such that this connection isn't being made? >> you know something? i won 11 straight elections. i lost the first

how that is going to invite inflation and growth, how that will impact the labour market, so there is a lot of uncertainty. i market reaction is a brief rally but not indicative of something long term. what's been going — something long term. what's been going on _ something long term. what's been going on in _ something long term. what's been going on in the - something long term. what's been going on in the market| been going on in the market lately, with these high yields? is the news today moved that at all? ~ ., ., is the news today moved that at all? ~ . . , is the news today moved that at all? ~ ., ., , .,, is the news today moved that at all? ~ . . , .,, ., all? we have a big drop down in the treasury — all? we have a big drop down in the treasury yields _ all? we have a big drop down in the treasury yields this - the treasury yields this morning on the back of inflation data. on the back of the strong something in the banking sector. i still think about the ten year treasury yield, those long—term rates. it's been controlled by many different market forces and if we think about the structural pieces

did in there other fields, they feel it will hurt their future, and i think it will.in >> laura: fichter, were members of the labourunning over here in the 2024 election warning the world about trump? i thinthk so. they are pretty unhappy with trump over in the u.k. but apparently elon musk has any other conservative oran traditional coming down hard on and even harassing and arresting in some cases if they say the wrong thing on the internet. i think the question is, why ark they are allies again if that in what they will do to people? >> i don't know.i. they did the same thing 2004 did which john kerry and they try to stop trump with english media people and politicos came. they tried to interfere with in ey ithe affairs of ukraine and d to stop benjamin netanyahuhe election. they always like to interfere in people's government.g they are projecting that onto elon musk mount think he's interfering at all that just commenting. but too an them, that is what ty are doing and projecting vulnerabilities onto him. : victor this is breaking right now bloomberg ist saying chinese officialsok are evaluating for sale at ti

short—term but certainly the care sector is saying it is nowhere near enough and i think there be some disappointment that the labourto murder the national health service which is under huge pressure as a result of the pressures on the care sector, inextricably linked and labour came in with a slogan of creating a national care is a best without having a plan for that and now it will take another three years to get to what a national care service looks like so frustration in the care sector and for families and people basing their relatives are themselves facing care. huge financial pressures to grapple with in the short term.— around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. police are investigating after the father of sara sharif was reportedly assaulted in prison weeks after being jailed for the ten—year—old's murder. according to the sun newspaper urfan sharif is said to have been attacked at belmarsh prison on new year's day by two other inmates in a cell. he's said to have suffered cuts to his neck and face, and it is understood he received medical treatment inside the prison. a prison service spokesperso

the labour mp earlier called the ecb's position "spineless, slippery and morally wrong". igave to me was the one that we want out to the media. i felt it was non—committal, it didn't show any kind of backbone. i do stand by what i said earlier. i also understand the context in which he's dealing with it. i still think they should be seriously considering a boycott. i made my views clear to him and then he — they made their views very clear about what the consequences of doing such a thing would be. this competition hasn't been around for the last eight years. it happens to be a very big deal for people in pakistan, the pakistani government. i understand the geopolitics of it. there's a wider and bigger issue around women and girls in sport and in afghanistan. if our women cricket players from afghanistan are now living in exile, and most of the men's team are, surely there's something wrong there. staying with cricket, sir clive lloyd, the former west indies captain, says he's very disturbed by reports of a new two—tier system for international test matches. it's been sugge

but it is a huge question and there is a sense of optimism i think, perhaps naive optimism on behalf of the laboursensus in the way that previous comments have failed. when other governments have proposed major changes to how the social care system works, they have quickly been seized upon by their opponents, including labour when they were including labour when they were in opposition. you will remember theresa may for example back in the 2017 election campaign proposing changes to social care. her changes to social care. her change was branded a dementia tax. similarly, gordon brown's bands were branded a death tax by the conservatives. she could see how this becomes highly politicised in advance of an election campaign. this review is going to report in 2028, just a year out from the next general election. labour's hope is that all the political parties in this intervening period will have agreed on the best strategy to confront... in the hope that come this election in all those years' time that it won't be pounced upon and turned against them. let's get more on our top story now and that inte

they are in a bind i and we should remember that they personified together with the labour project ofsted on the economy. and right now of the markets is passing a verdict that says that they and their strategy is something that the markets are not giving a ringing endorsement two. wobbly markets can cause wobbly politicians. we should not ignore this, they are fretting about becoming unpopular, people grumbling about what the government is doing and the prospect that ministers would have less money to spend on priorities than they hoped. and today number ten ended up having to say that they committed to keeping rachel reeves as chancellor for the entirety of the parliament after the prime minister had not quite gone so far when that question was put to me a news conference for shows how the political share price of the chancellor and prime minister are intertwined and little wonder in that context that the prime minister was sounding as bullish as he was about artificial intelligence. that is the revolution of tomorrow but not the solution of today to the market wobbles and economic

he says a weakening labour market is just a symptom of germany's years of economic decline. for the first time iears these elections will mainly be decided by the economic platforms. so voters clearly fear that there is more stagnation, more structural change coming up. we have all the discussions about iconic german companies laying off people, going through restructuring. so this is clearly giving many german citizens, rightly so, big creeps. we now see that voters are looking at the economic programmes by the individual parties. in all honesty, no single party has really come up with a strong programme so far, so we will get a little bit of reforms, a little bit of investment. but this is not the election that will bring big change to the german economy. we often talk about germany as europe's powerhouse now perhaps powerhouse, now perhaps europe's sick man. why has it gone from outperformer to underperformer? it's a long, long list of explanations, and probably to sum it up, it is for too long just betting and banking on an old success model without innovating, without investing, without ref

the labour mp earlier called the ecb's position "spineless, slippery and morally wrong". it to the media. i just felt it was noncommittal, ijust felt it was noncommittal, it did not show any backbone, so i do stand by what i said earlier. but also, i undressed, and —— understand the context in which she's dealing with it. i still think that they should be seriously considering a boycott. i made my views clear to him and then he, obviously, they made their views very clear about what the consequences of doing such a thing would be. this competition hasn't been around for the last eight years. it happens to be a very big deal for people in pakistan, for the pakistani government, so i understand the geopolitics of it. but there's also a wider and bigger issue around women and girls in sport and in afghanistan. and that is what... if there are women cricket players from afghanistan and now living in exile and most of the men's team are, surely there is something wrong there. introducing a two—tier system to the world test cricket championship would be " terrible" and "must be s

don't turn to cuts, certainly, because not only will that i think would be politically suicidal, it would undermine the political support on which labouryou would be taking demand out of the economy, and you would be looking at, in doing that, turning a crisis into a recession. john mcdonald is currently suspended from labour, but his unease will be shared by some of his former colleagues. the chancellor is relying on growth, and will announce more details soon on how she hopes to make that happen. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. detectives investigating the murder of 14—year—old killian bokassa, who was stabbed to death on a bus in south—east london last week have named two teenagers they want to speak to. our correspondent graham satchell is with me, and they've released names and photos of the boys they want to speak to? ability as a minister is not going to last long. chris mason, thank you. yes, that is right. this attack was absolutely horrifying and shocking, partly because kelyan bokassa was just ilt years old, so young, but also because it happened in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon, very much in public on a

the fed in the previous i the fed in the previous meetings had really thought that inflation was under control, and putting the focus of the labourch would make this week's that are extremely important. in the last meeting we heard from the fed, we are not so sure inflation is completely under control, it has been quite sticky, there are things that could make inflation heat up a little bit more, going forward, with some of the new policies coming from the administration, whether it is tariffs, increasing demands with tax cuts. there is different elements there that could push inflation a little bit higher, so the above sides of that mandate they are going to have to look at. the labour market is going to be very important, it has to hold up in orderfor consumption to hold up, which is the majority of the us economy. it is a very important report that is coming in the next 30 minutes or so, let's see what openings look like. the concern we are seeing is that companies are not hiring. we are not seen hiring coming to play, which means it will probably not the wages continue to go higher, so death is something the fed will be watch

i happening. you must feel that personally, because you are a| personally, because you are a labour mp from you facedwere racist but you campaigned tirelessly for investigations and change, and yet elon musk seems to be fixated on labour as if they brushed it under the carpet. it as if they brushed it under the caret. , ., , ., ., carpet. it is a surreal world that we are _ carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in _ carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in right - carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in right now. i l that we are in right now. i just reflect, if he was putting those making those comments rather than elon musk, with the response be exactly the same? what we need to do again is just look at the facts, look at what is the issue here, who is it that needs the support and the frustration directed on? it is victims and survivors. this poor people have not got justice. we should be standing in solidarity with them rather than taking once out of each other, and the other thing i was signed re—audit these debates is, exactly the perpetrators that have treated the situation. every

people shirking their responsibilities cos they feel like, "why should i try that hard "when i'm getting such a small reward for the labourlup survey found that 82% of americans think it's important to avoid a major pay gap between the ceo and the average worker. and a think tank recently suggested higher tax rates for companies where the gap is too big. do you think that's the sort of idea that could be a vote—winner in the upcoming election? or is it politically too toxic for presidential candidates given they end up dealing with these individuals? pushing for policies to crack down on ceo pay would absolutely be a vote—winner. i have spoken to groups in small towns in swing states in four different states now. i would walk into audiences of republicans and expect to get a lot of debating, and i'd be allarmed with my arguments against extreme ceo pay levels, and what i found was enormous common ground. the problem is that big money has huge influence over our political system, and candidates are afraid to rock the boat when it comes to their campaign finance. not all of them, but every poll is showing that this is a tra

i want $23,000". some other stories — the bbc has been investigating the supply chain behind chinese fashion brand, shein. they found labourerss not unusual in china, but still illegal. shein said not to being interviewed, but in a statement, they are committed to ensuring the fair and dignified treatment of all workers within the supply chain. you might think coachella or glastonbury are the biggest festivals in the world, but they have nothing on kumbh mela, which starts in india today, with millions of hindus taking part. it happens only once in 12 years, and the celebrations will span across 45 days. and here's ten seconds from the edge of the uk. this remote shetland island has a population of under a0 people. today, they are celebrating new year's day, since they follow some customs of the old julian calendar. and that is you all caught up now. see you. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm will perry, here's what's coming up. tyson fury walks away from boxing once again but there are still some who think a fight with anthonyjoshua will still happen. david moyes says the everton job is a "different beast" and rejoining th

i think it needs a bit more emphasis. it's been interesting because the previous prime minister rishi sunak held that al summit, today we have at the labourfferent offices because today was all about the potential opportunities, much less about all of those risks that we have become familiar with. but what do you see as the potential risks here?— risks here? 0k, as always, critical parts _ risks here? 0k, as always, critical parts always - risks here? 0k, as always, critical parts always have l risks here? 0k, as always, i critical parts always have two sides, the good and the bad. the bad side is that, and we are aware of this, that with the change of social media, there is always the risk of people, the ai trained media will be a major difficulty in distinguishing truth from falsehood, so we have two invest into more resilience in terms of social resilience, understanding critical thinking, education to get people to understand how you read a message that comes from your computer. it is one risk of there are many others but i think this is the one that is most relevant. and the mitigation potential loss of jobs due to the misleading thi

editor of the telegraph and kevin craig, former labour party parliamentary candidate, political and media expert and founder of communications firm plmr. i you both that this story has been it right at the top of the most read, already talked top ten most read list of stories on the bbc news website and app today, so obviously a lot of people interested in this news. james, is this a spanish story or a brexit story or both? i is this a spanish story or a brexit story or both? i mean, it is become _ brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more _ brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more -- - brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more -- both, i it is become more —— both, there is no denying brexit doesn't help, non—eu, non—eu residents are affected which means it with the impact on british people, but this isn't some kind of revenge for brexit. spain is in the grips of an extremely serious housing crisis will stop i was speaking to our correspondent in madrid earlier today before coming on, and he told me that for every property that was on the market, three families are competing for it, so that is a serious issue. on top o

i thought it was interesting, it was quite warm, the press conference. under the new labourt approach on china, they have talked about the three cs, cooperation, competition it where necessary but they said they will challenge where they must because they said tensions had been strained with china in previous years.— previous years. they want to im - rove previous years. they want to improve that _ previous years. they want to improve that relationship - previous years. they want to | improve that relationship and that may have felt like a warm press conference but when it comes to the criticism rachel reeves received proven going there given the turbulence in there given the turbulence in the uk markets, that hasn't died away?— died away? this trip was controversial _ died away? this trip was controversial before - died away? this trip was controversial before she | died away? this trip was - controversial before she even set foot on the plane. we have seen the turbulence in the uk markets with the rising cost of government borrowing and the fall in the value of the pound.

concerned about sticky inflation dynamics, including i inflation dynamics, including wage growth, we know from anecdotal evidence that the labours softening but also services sector has proven to be remarkably resistant in terms of market dynamics, significant pullback that we have not seen since spring 2022 on an annual basis is encouraging psychic money in the bank of england will be relieved of that move. i think that should guarantee that the bank of england cut rates in february but more importantly should amplify rate cut expectation through the rest of this year because if we are going to see rates falling more than 0.5% then that should be good for growth and more importantly for things like the housing market and that was one of the points that the chancellor made today. briefly, do ou chancellor made today. briefly, do you think — chancellor made today. briefly, do you think we _ chancellor made today. briefly, do you think we might - chancellor made today. briefly, do you think we might see - chancellor made today. briefly, do you think we might see a - do you think we might see a physical event in the spring if thin

i disagree." early the health secretary, wes streeting, accused elon musk of a "disgraceful smear" after he attacked labourrejected a request for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in oldham. there have been past inquiries into the issue. here's our political correspondent, harry farley. come here. take over, elon, just take over. the richest man in the world and owner of the social media site x, elon musk will have a key role in donald trump's administration. but he's also supported nigel farage's reform uk party and has made controversial attacks on keir starmer, saying he was complicit in the rape of britain and the labour minister, jess phillips, over her refusal to hold a new public inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs. it's a disgraceful smear, keir starmer and jess phillips, by the way, who have both been on the receiving end of completely illjudged and ill founded criticism, are people who have done in their professional lives more than most people will ever do to lock up paedophiles, rapists, wife beaters and every other kind of scumbag in our society. but nigel farage