we're under a labour government. we' re clear under a labour government. we're clear about that. we will deliver it. second, we will push to maintain full access to the european market to protect living standards and jobs. but we will also press to repatriate powers from brussels so the british government can develop a genuine industrial strategy essential to the economy of the future so that no community is left behind. tory governments have hidden behind. tory governments have hidden behind eu state aid rules because they don't want to intervene. they did so again last year when the steel industry was in trouble and redcar was closed. 0ther steel industry was in trouble and redcar was closed. other governments in europe acted and saved their industry. the tory government here just sat back. but eu rules can also bea just sat back. but eu rules can also be a block on the action that's needed to support our economy, decentjobs and living standards. we will use state aid powers in a drive to build a new economy based on new technology and green industries of the future. that's why

ukip, labour — it'll always be in the balance whether labour get in or not.h time holding on here? more tough a time, i think. politics is so muddled now, traditional labour voters do not know how to vote now, because the brexit thing... you want labour to win here. you are a labour man, right? historically, yes, historically. but today there is no clear choice. ukip seems up for the fight. tristram hunt has left fundamentally because he feels he has a brighter future away from jeremy corbyn and the labour party. we're confident there's a large number of voters in the stoke central constituency that will feel exactly the same way. for labour, this is a difficult time for a by—election. it's in a tough place, and it's not the only one. some labour mps i've spoken to have told me they are either preparing to quit politics before the next election, or resigned to defeat when it comes. labour will have to throw everything into this campaign. this fight will gauge, can labour hold its ground, or are traditional supporters turning their backs and walking away? poli

labour on 25%. 80% of his supporters come from labour voters. care about it? there was another poll saying more people were concerned about what is happening in the nhs than with brexit. these issues get conflated. again, go back to leadership. you need a leader of the labour party, whichever party will replace it, to take the position and stick at it and say it will be better for the nhs and employment. we don't have that. we have no opposition. where have all the tory remain people gone? why are they acquiescing? i think they are biding their time. their numbers are strong. there are those brave enough to give david davis a hard time as they did in the commons. the likes of george osborne, a lot of people remain silent. they know it is the wrong time to wave their flags. theresa may has momentum behind her. it will get a lot more difficult for her. at the moment it feels she is making the running. this is the early skirmishes of what will be giant warfare. do you agree? what theresa may has done has made brexit is like a cult. if you don't bel

jeremy corbyn is not to blame for how the labour party became.or it. the moderate candidates did not have a satisfactory vision. centrist, or however you want to terms. we did not have a particularly compelling vision last year. i accept that. shouldn't they embrace the place where labour is in the moment, which is elected jeremy corbyn not once but twice? they have accepted the fact that jeremy has won again. they are letting him get on with being the leader. we all wantjeremy to do well. we want him to be the prime minister. he may well be on to a lot of things that people are keen about in the public, inequality, brexit. but we need him and his team to step up. it is not the plp‘s fault. rachel, would you agree with that? we can have the leadership election conversation again. you are talking about competence. what i'm talking to you about is something much more fundamental. i don't know, it's most like the plp doesn't have the ice to see it. we're talking about shaking things up in a way that is going to connect with people. that isn't about

, where labour stands on this?i've said to you that people are clear, both about where we stand on immigration, making sure that it's for the benefit of the people who are in this country in terms ofjobs and growth. and where we stand in terms of an equal and fair society, where everyone's contribution is valued and nobody‘s contribution is disproportionately valued. we'll leave it there. good to see you, as ever. thanks for joining leave it there. good to see you, as ever. thanks forjoining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages: police have named the young girl found badly injured in york yesterday afternoon, who later died in hospital. katie rough was seven years old and discovered in the woodthorpe area of the city. a 15—year—old girl remains in custody. danny savage reports. this is seven—year—old katie rough, found with facial injuries in a playing field in york late yesterday afternoon. her grandparents describe her as their darling princess. friends c

a think tank closely linked with labour says labour is "too weak" to win a majority and would need toround—up of the sports news now, with jess creighton. hello. arsenal travel to bournemouth tonight and a win for arsene wenger‘s side moves them to within six points of leaders chelsea who play tottenham tomorrow. he admits it has been difficult for his players to keep the pressure on chelsea after their 13 successive league wins but his team have to dig deep starting with this evening.- the moment, chelsea win every single game, comfortable upfront. so we have just hang on and try to win our next game and hope that at some stage, that the results turn in your favour. but the only thing we can do... infourdays, favour. but the only thing we can do... in four days, we lost two games, that is a handicap today. paul clement is likely to be watching from the stands as swansea city take on crystal palace at selhurst park. the swans looking to tie up the deal which sees him become manager, to replace bob bradley who was sacked last week. stoke also take on watford tonight. manchester city ha

ukip, labour, it will a lwa ys for labour.ys be in the balance whether labour get always be in the balance whether labourget in or always be in the balance whether labour get in or not. they will have a tough time holding on? more tougher time, i think. a tough time holding on? more tougher time, ithink. politics is muddled. traditional labour voters do not know how to vote, because the brexit thing... you want labour to win. you are a labour man? historically, but today there is no clear choice. ukip seems up for the fight. tristram hunt feels he has a brighter future away from jeremy corbyn and the labour party. we are confident there are a large number of voters in stoke central who will feel the same way. for labour, this isa feel the same way. for labour, this is a difficult time for a by—election. it is in a tough place, and it is not the only one. some labour mps have told me they are either preparing to quit before the next election, or resigned to defeat when it comes. can labour hold its ground, or our traditional su

it is not all saying, labour are the working—class party, it depicts labour as a metropolitan elite partyi don't know if that will appeal to the voters in stoke but it is interesting as we have said before, it has been a labour seat since 1950s of the loss of that street would be extraordinary —— seat. the problem is that labour will not accept the truth. it is fought on the ukip battlefields all the time. the reality is that the political discourse these days is defined by xenophobia and racism. the brexit road was all about xenophobia and racism. labour, yes, we need to double red immigration. immigration is not the problem for the british working classes. the problem is that the unions have been destroyed, all the protections of workers taken away. it's not about eastern europeans coming in and undercutting you, it is that this has been allowed to happen although eve ryo ne has been allowed to happen although everyone is too frightened to say, you voted to leave europe because it is racist. there are lots of reasons that people might have voted to leave. it was a big decision for a lot

and that labour voters needed a new labour leader.that stoke central seat. this is a working class seat, unemployment higher than in many parts of the country, and ukip are certainly going to be challenging very hard. they say mccain second at the last election and it could be difficult for labour to hold onto that. today the labour leaderjeremy corbyn the resignation represented a challenge to his leadership of the party. not at all. tristram hunt called me this morning and told me he was honoured to be offered the position as director of the victoria & albert museum and we chatted about that and about the work they are doing and how he plans to expand the museum and maintain free entry to it. he is sad about resigning from parliament. he has written me quite a long letter describing his work on education policy and the improvements that have been achieved in stoke—on—trent during the time he has been the mp. so he is sad to be leaving parliament. he is taking on the victoria & albertjob and i wish him well. the last thing i wrote in

expect a modern version of labour's rebuttal unit.zed a trail for leaders speaking directly to voters has mixed feelings. i don't think i've got any lessons to teach anyone. my strategy didn't exactly culminate in success in elections. i have some sympathy, of course i do, given the powerful vested interests we've got in the written press in this country, there's a need, unhinged stuff that you get from paul dacre run the daily mail and elsewhere, the bully boy tactics of those papers, and i understand thatjeremy corbyn and his team want to communicate with people that clearly they are not going to the pages of the... mail and other parts of the brexit press. jeremy corbyn may be looking to the us for inspiration on how to reach out to voters, but in common with all uk political leaders, his fortunes will be bound up with how the uk negotiates it way out of the eu. today, in the strongly pro—leave city of peterborough, he said he was no longer wedded to the principle of free movement. allies said this marked a shift in language and a

that will cause frustration amongst labour mps. 0n cause frustration amongst labour mps.f the salary cap, he is talking about ratios, and that is something many feel could be popular. we even had theresa may talking about divisions within society about this kind of thing. jeremy corbyn is trying to put flesh on the bones but is doing it, almost thinking aloud. we have had these twists and turns and a certain of confusion. this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: figures seen by the bbc show a 47% rise in psychiatric attendances at a&e departments in england over the past four years. jeremy corbyn says labour does understand concerns about immigration but it doesn't believe in unrealistic targets. the world cup will be expanded from 32 teams to 48. the fa backs the decision and says consideration has to be given to the potential impact of players, fans and teams. lord coe has been recalled to investigate a committee investigating doping in athletics. he has been asked to know what he knew about allegations. kempton park racecourse is set to be close to make way for housing. i

ukip, labour, it will always be in the balance whether labour get in or not.here? more tough a time, i think. politics is so muddled now. traditional labour voters do not know how to vote now, because the brexit thing... you want labour to win here. you are a labour man, right? historically, yes, historically. but today there is no clear choice. ukip seems keen for the fight. tristram hunt has left fundamentally because he feels he has a brighter future away from jeremy corbyn and the labour party. we are confident there is a large number of voters in the stoke central constituency that will feel exactly the same way. for labour, this is a difficult time for a by—election. it is in a tough place, and it is not the only one. some labour mps i have spoken to have told me they are either preparing to quit politics before the next election, or resigned to defeat when it comes. labour will have to throw everything into this campaign, which, if they fail, will make losing all the harder to bear. just now, this fight will gauge, can labour hold its ground, or are tra

you want labour to win. you are a labour man?feels he has a brighter future away from jeremy corbyn and the labour party. we are confident there are a large number of voters in stoke central who will feel the same way. for labour, this is a difficult time for a by—election. it is in a tough place and it is not the only one. some labour mps have told me they are either preparing to quit politics before the next election or resigned to defeat when it comes. can labour hold its ground or are traditional supporters turning their backs on walking away? george eaton is the political editor for the new statesman magazine. hejoins us from our westminster studio. big loss for labour. it is. tristram hunt is full regarded by his collea g u es hunt is full regarded by his colleagues as one of the best mps. he came into politics as an ambitious young man. one of the reasons that he is leaving westminster is because labour are resigned to maybe decades of opposition. it's not surprising that he has been offered this job and opposition. it's n

ukip, labour, it will always be in the balance whether labour get in or not.olitics is so muddled. traditional labour voters do not know how to vote now because of redford. you wa nt vote now because of redford. you want them to win? historically i am a labour man. but today there is no clear choice. ukip seems keen for the fight. hard left because he felt he had a brighterfuture the fight. hard left because he felt he had a brighter future away from the labour party and jeremy corbyn. we feel there are many voters in the area that will feel the same way. for labour, this is a difficult time for a by—election, a tough place. some mps we have spoken to say they are prepared to quit before the next election or resign. labour will have to throw everything into this campaign, which if they fail, will make losing all the harder to bear. just now, this fight will gauge whether labour and hold its ground, 01’, whether labour and hold its ground, or, our traditional whether labour and hold its ground, or, ourtraditionalvoters whether labour and hold its ground, or, ou

of course labour understands it.ere in government, we were proposing a seven—day gp service. this government have cut back on walk—in centres so more people are going to a&e. the government's complete failure to deal with the social care crisis in this country, they have cut billions from social care, which means increasing numbers of elderly and vulnerable people are trapped in hospitals with nowhere to go, putting huge pressures on the system itself. we say, put money now and the social care, stop stubbornly ignoring the needs of social care because if you don't solve our social care crisis, we will never deal with these wider pressures on the nhs. if you were in power, how would you fund all this? there is £700 million allocated to social ca re £700 million allocated to social care for the plan from 2019, we would say bring that forward now. the government is about making choices. this government has chosen to cut corporation tax, it has chosen to cut capital gains tax, it has chosen to give the wealthiest estates

it is a great loss, not only to the labour party, it is a terrible loss to the labour party, but it iss, there should be a place for him at the highest fringes of politics in this country. you have used very diplomatic language like the word disillusioned. i'm jury is privately what people say to you. you have such strong connections with the parties or i am curious as to privately. the mood on the tone is clearly much more fever of that. privately. the mood on the tone is clearly much more fever of thatm you look at people like tristram hunt, on the moderate wing of the labour party. he was the borders of tony blair and gordon brown when they were lieber, —— when they were leader. they really have no sympathy with the direction that the corbyn is taking it in. they are more than disillusioned. they honestly looking at the labour party and wondering whether it will ever be able to get some back into a position where it can challenge for power and the ability to put labour policies and values into practice in government. and the reason that they are feeling that way i think is that they

the labour leader didn't... did figure... the labour leader didn't. .. did you figure...ou know about this before he said it? we have to have a conversation. did you know about it? i know that labour, and jeromy, and all abuzz have always interested in reducing the level of inequalities... i couldn't attend the meeting with the shadow cabinet this morning because of my date with you, so i don't know what was discussed there. let's talk about freedom of movement, does labour back cards to freedom of movement? what's jeromy has back cards to freedom of movement? what'sjeromy has said in the except of his beach that you have seen as well is that labour is not wedded to the freedom of movement... that is not what i asked do you back herbs to freedom of movement? -- paths. immigration and the freedom of movement will be amongst those and access to the single market that labour wants will also be part of that. we want to see a complete end to unscrupulous bosses using the free movement of labour to drive down pay and conditions, because that's not right. i'm still not clear on

one or two labour mps have floated the idea that if we get to 2019 and labour are still in a pickle,neral election campaign, but they tend to be voices who have been critical ofjeremy corbyn since the year dot. len mccluskey is a hugely powerful and influential figure within the labour movement. he's also been hugely loyal to jeremy corbyn from when he was first running to the leadership, to securing his first victory, to surviving the first year when mp said he wasn't up to the job, to the challenge of last summer and his eventual second successive election campaign. when he said in the daily mirror that if the opinion polls are still awful in 2019, everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn. it doesn't sound helpful to mr corbyn. he says mr corbyn is not an egomaniac desperate to cling to power and added it's my job to promote unite's policies, not labour's. there's been an intervention from one of the rivals telemachus key for the leadership of unite in the last short while. that's the crucial context. len mccluskey is looking for votes. he is currently the le

it is not all saying, labour are the working—class party, it depicts labour as a metropolitan elite partyl appeal to the voters in stoke but it is interesting as we have said before, it has been a labour seat since 1950s of the loss of that street would be extraordinary —— seat. the problem is that labour will not accept the truth. it is fought on the ukip battlefields all the time. the reality is that the political discourse these days is defined by xenophobia and racism. the brexit road was all about xenophobia and racism. labour, yes, we need to double red immigration. immigration is not the problem for the british working classes. the problem is that the unions

we have some labour voters and some ex—labour voters.hink in labour heartlands it is very difficult for him and i think that he‘s just trying to work his way through it. i think he accepts that we have to trigger article 50. but it is then what happens from that point onwards that we have to worry about, you know. he is leader of her majesty's sop circumstances. it is all well and good, he has to work things out, but we have to deal with the issues here and now.” disagree. i feel like we don't want people who voted leave to block the process. what jeremy corbyn people who voted leave to block the process. whatjeremy corbyn is doing is correct, it is to go through. he is correct, it is to go through. he is trying toen sure it is done properly. the ruling today was, i was happy with the ruling and i feel it is unfairto was happy with the ruling and i feel it is unfair to say this whole ruling is delaying the process and upsetting leave voters when at the end of the day leave voters were coerced into voting for something that the government

labour mps are still unhappy with it.start speaking to the concerns of a lot of their voters. —— who wantjeremy corbyn. a little birdie told me that keir starmer, who is the brexit secretary, didn't have wind of this speech on brexit from jeremy corbyn before the speech was made. i mean, those sorts of things do happen. laughter i don't know whether that is the case but it is possible. 0k. the bigger picture is the jeremy corbyn has been mooted to make a big speech oi'i has been mooted to make a big speech on brexit today, to make clear what his position is. and we are coming away from it and people still aren't clear what his position is. that cannot be a good thing. that's not great, is it? the financial times. another big pillar of his speech wasn't just brexit but another big pillar of his speech wasn'tjust brexit but it was wages and the disparity between ftse 100 and the disparity between ftse100 ceos earning megabucks at the top and folk on the shop floor. corbyn and folk on the shop floor. corbyn and wage gap, lau

it isa it is a big loss to the labour party. tristram hunt is somebody who was well—known, engaging, charismatic. i think his departure isa charismatic. i think his departure is a further sign of the disillusioned there is amongst many labour mps who don't sharejeremy corbyn‘s views. and it poses a big challenge for the labour leader who's going to have to fight a difficult by—election. tristram hunt in that resignation letter says he's not trying to rock the boat, he stresses how the new role at the fee and a will enable him to combine his passions for education, public engagement and so on —— v&a. he says he feels frustration that now labour is out of power, he's not able to do as much as he would like to tackle inequality and poverty. in past tristram hunt has been hugely

will and the race to the bottom in pay and working conditions by setting up a new ministry of labour to get a grip on thejob market setting up a new ministry of labour to get a grip on the job market free for all. we will ensure that all workers have equal rights at work from day one. and require collective—bargaining agreement and ina collective—bargaining agreement and in a properly regulated labour market so workers cannot be undercut. this will bring an end to the unscrupulous use of agency labour and bogus self—employment to stop undercutting and ensure every worker has a secure job with secure pgy- worker has a secure job with secure pay. that is why we will set the minimum wage level at the living wage, expected to be £10 an hour i 2020. these changes should be made to benefit the whole community. while the tackle low paid the

and that labour would address that when that happens, keeping those homes running. re—launch and the core question which some labour activists, given their huge divisions in the party, but some are asking is, in order to do any of these things, we have to have at least a sniff of being in power. there are two difficult by—elections and some are despairing, including some fabians, that that can't happen? that's at the root of the report that the fabian society published the other week. they weren't saying anything hugely surprising. if you look at the opinion polls at the moment, labour is not in a good place and you know, some would sayjeremy corbyn's own mps are voting with their feet. of courts, corbyn's own mps are voting with theirfeet. of courts, we had tristram hunt yesterday looking at his potential future prospects for become ago labour minister or even remaining as a labour mp and deciding actually he'd rather go off and run the victoria and albert museum. just last month, another mp, jamie reid, the mp for cope land, announced that he was standing down as

his case was referred to by labour leaderjeremy corbyn in the commons yesterday.imes front page features a warning from the prime minister of malta, currently holding the eu presidency, that any transitional brexit arrangements could leave britain under the rule of european judges for years. it is time now for thursday in parliament. hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament. coming up, peers speak out against any further cuts to the uk's defence budget. there's a call for a special deal for the north of england in the brexit negotiations. and the chair of the equalities committee argues it's time for tougher action to get more women into parliament. we need to turn those warm sentiments into bums on seats. but first, a former nato secretary general has warned against further defence cuts, saying the uk is sleepwalking into potential calamity. opening a debate on the uk's current armed forces capability, the labour former defence secretary, lord robertson, also questioned us president—elect donald trump's attitude to nato. donald trump is due to take over as us

what does labour want? control, do you want controls?ure the controls are exactly asi make sure the controls are exactly as i said, it's that they work for the benefit of the people already in this country, that they create wealth and jobs for us and that is something that... you know, you look at the way in which the government over the past 60 years when theresa may was actually the home secretary, they said we are going to get immigration into this country down into the tens of thousands. in fact, immigration today is now at the highest levels ever and nobody in the media seems to be asking theresa may, look, how come you're now saying you're going to tackle immigration, what are the controls you're going to put in place that you're going to put in place that you didn't do for the past six yea rs ? another set of official nhs figures seen by the bbc show that so far this year tens of thousands of patients in england have waited hours on trolleys before being admitted to hospital. this winter is proving one of the busiest on record for

in the past, labour leaders would have said let's have a beer and sam burgess.ca for a long time, that we will go to our core base. i get the feeling that corbyn would not mind losing the next election if he gets a labour party that believes in the sort of socialism he wants and that could be the launch pad for years down the line for a corbyn acolyte or another figure like corbyn that would really bring in the socialist republic that really they aspire for. we may say that is impossible but look at what has happened in america. but that is a maverick on the right, and that is the thing about all these revolutions, yes there was syriza in greece and the durm us in spain, though they are both on the back foot. everyone else they are on the right. but if you know now, there is a lot of talk about the disparity in incomes, that people in the city are still getting huge bonuses. even theresa may has spoken that the so—called jams want the government to intervene. so those are change even in conservative thinking. rods, is that true from your experience? yes, but cor

the labour party has already spent that money eight times.thing the nhs needs is a cheque from labour that bounces. the only way we can make sure we've got funding for the national health services a strong economy. yesterday, the right honourable gentleman proved that he's not only incompetent but that he destroy our economy, and that would devastate our national health service. does the nhs have the money it needs? the head of the nhs said that spending in real terms would decrease. i think it would be stretching it to say the nhs has got more than it has asked for. 0k. would you agree there's not enough money, that there is a clear gap? there are clearly very substantial pressures, and i don't think it helps anybody to try and pretend that there aren't. but that's not a new phenomenon, to some extent. it's a phenomenon that is intensifying. i think this debate, 2020 this, 2020 that, kind of misses the point, actually, which is that in the here and now there are very real pressures. over the next three years, funding is going to be highly co

joining me now from leeds is the labour mep richard corbett.ndering what your reaction is to the news of his departure. well, i think it's a big blow to the government. it was clearly unexpected. he was not due to retire until towards the end of the year and going now means they have lost their top civil servant in brussels, the man who was on top of all the detail of what would be the mother of all divorce cases and what i think has been happening is that he has been reporting back about the complexities that need to be addressed when britain needs to at least have an idea of what it needs to negotiate for, what it wants to secure and he also has an idea of the costs of some of this. in reporting this back to ministers, some of whom seem to be blissfully saying oh well, it will be no problem, it will be all right on the night, i think he was getting rather frustrated. what do you say to those who say that as a result of those very things you have highlighted, he was in fact tainted, he was overcautious and a pro remained pessimist? he's a civi

and he says it is unite's policies not labour.e leadership of unite? that is crucial. len mccluskey is looking for votes. he is currently the leaderfor unite for votes. he is currently the leader for unite but he for votes. he is currently the leaderfor unite but he is for votes. he is currently the leader for unite but he is facing a challenge. his principal rival gerard coyne who is from the west midlands, his central argument is saying that len mccluskey is obsessed by westminster politics and banging on about what is going on in westminster rather than supporting the views of the unite members. he says he is astonished by the public views which len mccluskey has delivered in a newspaper this morning and he says, it appears mr mccluskey is a test with being labour's puppet master. let's listen to what he has been saying. part of the difficulty about the position that the general secretary has adopted in relation to the labour party is that we have spent far too much time focusing on that. i'm running for the general secretary o

it is seen as a criticism on the left of the labour movement.luskey. in what makes it all the more striking. and because of all of that, a very public tit—for—tat has developed between mr mccluskey and one of the rivals for his job as leader of unite. and why is he saying this now? len mccluskey is on the hunt for votes. for the best part of the last couple of years he has been in the business of trying to attract votes forjeremy corbyn. he is currently trying to attract votes to len to attract votes to len mccluskey. there has been real criticism from his principal rival and the argument has been that for sometime he has been obsessing about westminster politics rather than prioritising the views of unite members. in the mirror, he says he is astonished at the public ultimatum forjeremy corbyn and mr mccluskey seems obsessed with being labour's puppet master. part of the difficulty about the position that the general secretary has adopted in relation to the labour party is that we have spent far too much time focusing on that. i'm running for t

about the pa rty‘s arguments in labour about the party's competence arguments in labour about the pa's competence and where the party's competence and where the party should stand. we have to refocus. campaigning against len mccluskey is gerard coin. not playing westminster power politics... he said union members brexit to mean an end to migration. the control of borders is important this them. it was one of key issues as to why they voted exit. they would feel very betrayed if that promise was not now delivered upon. len mccluskey also said labour must get it right on immigration. the contest for unite's future will have a bearing on jeremy contest for unite's future will have a bearing onjeremy corbyn too. around 60 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in brazil. the fighting broke out between rival drug gangs at the jail in manaus in the north of the country, and by the time time the authorities had regained control, dozens were dead. this report from our south america correspondent wyre davies contains some flashing images. local television showed women and family members cr

labour and labour says this will end up as a trade war.rand labour mps says this will end up as a trade war. labour and labour mps have said they will not block the triggering of article 50, even though they may well have to be a vote but people and mps, many are concerned about the type of brexit. some say they wa nt to the type of brexit. some say they want to stay in the single market, they say that is the most important thing for the british economy and they are dismayed the prime minister is putting immigration before the prosperity of the economy. she says it is clear that it was immigration bail were hoping to control. doctors say cancer operations are being cancelled because of the growing pressures on the nhs. the royal college of surgeons said they used to be protected, because of their urgent nature, but for the past couple of weeks that hasn't been the case in some uk hospitals. here's our health editor hugh pym. he got the news by e—mail and at one day's notice. andrew's operation for prostate cancer had been cancelled owing t

ghana has earned international praise for its efforts to fight child labour.s getting worse, not better. there are two government—run shelters to house trafficked children, but when i visit one, it seems deserted. there are kids here at this shelter, but i'm being told that none of them have been trafficked. there's so many children in yeji who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment, there's no—one in here. we need the government to commit resources into freeing these children. these are not hidden situation. you have an anti—human trafficking unit of ghana police service, which is great. but they don't have resource. they don't even have a boat to rescue children. so why is the government doing so little? hello, how are you? fine, thank you. thanks for having me. you're welcome. you're aware there's this trafficking that goes on in the country, but you don't have any rescue missions or operations to prevent this from taking place. the government is doing a lot. what we do is coordinate, what we do is train our district functio

that seems to be the best prospect for labour at the moment.circumstance, both in terms of the kinds of argument we had in the last election about, will labour do a deal with the snp or not... it needs to be ready for that and it certainly needs to be ready for whatever negotiations might take place after it. two months after the us elections, the us congress is back in session today. for the first time in a decade, the incoming administration will be able to rely on aim republican majority in both the house of representatives and the senate. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, jane 0'brien. the incoming president donald trump wants them to crack on with it as soon as possible?m donald trump wants them to crack on with it as soon as possible? it does mean that. they have not been sworn in yet but they are already getting the procedures in place to repeal 0bamacare, the the procedures in place to repeal 0bamaca re, the affordable the procedures in place to repeal 0bamacare, the affordable health ca re 0bamacare, the affordable health

are not the headlines a labour leader should want. of commuters in the south of england have struggled to get to work today because of the latest strike by southern rail train drivers. the dispute — which has been going on for nearly 10 months — is about taking away guards and having driver only trains. our transport correspondent richard westcott is at east croydon station — how much of a service has there been today? how much of a service has there been today, richard? it has been quite limited. it's a bit calmer. you can see behind me. in rush hour this was a huge, snaking queue going hundreds of meters down the side of the station. no southern services today so station. no southern services today so people were cramming on the services there were. this has been rumbling on now for ten months and it's not just rumbling on now for ten months and it's notjust the strike days that are bad, it's everyday. drivers aren't working overtime, which is essential to running a railway line. cancellations, delays, every day. someone has got to

first, we look at children who have been trafficked into forced labour in ghana. biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of forced labour. given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. many face violence, and some even die on the job. he's a child, but he's no longer a child. he's been through things us as adults haven't been through. the government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. there's so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment there's no—one in here. with the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves? yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. around 35,000 people live here and the main source of income is fishing. it's one of ghana's biggest industries, but the trade relies on an army of children — some as young as four or five. dampson was ten when he was brought to work on the lake. his mother

joining me now from the whittington hospital in north london is the labour leaderjeremy corbyn.you very much forjoining us this afternoon on bbc news. you are welcome. every winter we see more people becoming ill and needing treatment. why is this year any worse, in your view? it's worse this winter compared to last and it's got worse over the last few years and it's a combination of underfunding of the national health service, terrible pressure placed on a&e departments, lack of beds to move people on to and, of course, part of the problem is the backup caused by the problem is the backup caused by the lack of social care provided by local authorities so many cannot leave hospital when they should have been discharged in order to be cared for at home. how much though of a responsibility do we, as the public, bear in that we turn up sometimes at a&e with anything that we feel might need urgent treatment but it's not actually a proper emergency?” urgent treatment but it's not actually a proper emergency? i think it's the wrong emphasis to start blaming the public for this. the is

battle over the direction of the labour party.said that if the opinion polls in a couple of years' time still, in his words, awful, the truth is everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn, and he adds that he is not an egomaniac desperate to cling to power. now, mr coyne has said that len mccluskey‘s problem is that he is too interested in party politics, rather than representing unite members. so what has he said this morning? he has said he is astonished by what he has heard from len mccluskey, effectively issuing an ultimatum overjeremy corbyn's leadership of the labour party, and the problem, as he sees it, is not that he has backed the wrong person to be leader of the labour party, but he sees his job as being labour's puppet master. he says millions of people are facing job insecurity, and it should not be the focus of len mccluskey to worry aboutjeremy focus of len mccluskey to worry about jeremy corbyn's job insecurity. so that is the background and reaction from within the union, but what about the wi

the labour mpjo cox is killed in her west yorkshire constituency.ox was murdered in a street in her constituency. her killer idolised the nazis and would later be sentenced to life in prison. the referendum gave way to reflection. campaigning resumed a few days later, and there was this final plea from the prime minister. so, as you take this decision whether to remain or leave, do think about the hopes and dreams of your children and grandchildren. the big finish, the bbc‘s great debate at wembley arena. that's the enormous audience, we have a massive stage which has six lecterns on it, shall we have a debate about the eu? are you all ready? come on! the closing arguments went like this. the economists, the scientists, the business leaders, trade unions, health professionals, they all agree that britain is better off in. you are better off in. if we vote leave and take back control, i believe that this thursday can be our country's independence day. 0njune 23rd the uk decided its future. and we all know how that went. the british people have spoken

they were also talking aboutjeremy labour's. they were also talking about jeremy corbyn, labour's.oth involved in this tussle for the unite leadership and we will have to look at that. be that as it may, these words are hardly helpful forjeremy corbyn? it's important to interpret them as anything other than unhelpful for jeremy corbyn. diane abbott made comments before christmas, a corbyn loyalist for a ken livingstone, former mayor of london, is also very loyal. they publicly floated the idea that opinion polls would have to look up forjeremy corbyn within a year or questions would be asked. it is stronger than their language before christmas but these are three people who are big beasts on the left of the labour party, close to jeremy corbyn and his politics, all now publicly egging the question as to whether or not he would lead labour into the general election, if thatis labour into the general election, if that is in 2020. fascinating, thank you. the first 14 areas in england to be selected for so—called "garden villages" have been announced, in a bid to create tens of thousan

a good number of labour mps will not have a pressing excuse to do something else. abstain. others will vote against figures guest at tonight ranging from 30 upwards, with some thinking they cannot endorse something they never advocated in the first place. the snp and liberal democrats will also reject the government's advice on what it wants to see happen. this will happen. the parliamentary stages of this has been managed by the supreme court and will be done so the supreme court and will be done so in the supreme court and will be done soina the supreme court and will be done so in a week. several more weeks to go before it clears all its hurdles, giving theresa may the power to trigger article 50 before the end of march. indeed. having said all that, it will go through in the vote tomorrow more than likely. the snp will put forward amendments and so will put forward amendments and so will labour. there is a sense that while the vote may be lost, these mps, they can still weak this legislation to a form more in keeping with their constituents. —— twea k keeping w

values into the debate, and he said that frankly labour voters need a new labour leader.whether he can hold onto this seat. it is an urban working—class eat. ukip edged into second place, they will fancy chances here. the question for jeremy corbyn is whether he can hold onto this traditional seat and restore his party ‘s fortunes. our top story this lunchtime. nhs figures show nearly half the hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of this year. and still to come, how the evolution of killer whales may hold the key to understanding the development of human beings. coming up in sport, while number one andy murray draws in the australian open as he heads into his first grand slam as top seed. a ito—year study by british scientists has revealed clues as to why some species stop having babies half—way through life. human beings and killer whales are two of only three species where the female goes through the menopause. researchers say they have a much clearer idea of the crucial role older females play among the killer whale population and how that coul

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do you know what labour's position is on immigration?e said repeatedly that the british public, by a voted for change to the freedom of movement situation that we have got. in my mind there is no doubt about that, and jeremy has begun to speak about that. i would like to see him go further. this is a debate happening within the labour party as we all try to make sense of brexit but i am quite clear that my constituents voted on a change to free movement and we know must respond to that. jacob, very briefly. theresa may, appearing before the liaison committee before christmas, pretty much dozed down the idea that any vote for mps on final deal, but we know the parliament is going to get a vote in europe, surely it is unacceptable that mps he will not get one? parliament has thoughts on everything and many opportunities to have votes. the final deal almost certainly go to the european scrutiny committee who will deal with that in the normal way it deals with that in the normal way it deals with european documents. is not an outrage mps hav

he probably thinks that labour is going nowhere and he is so young.just said in his resignation was nothing to do with jeremy corbyn. jamie reid is going to work in the nuclear industry and justin hunt is going to work and art. he was on the list of the selection targets when the boundary changes coming. stoke—on—trent central, his seat, is under threat. he's probably thinking he should jump before he has to. they only had a majority of 5000. he was opposed to many of his constituents because he bolted to remain. this by-election will be very indicative of the voting post brexit. it could be richmond in reverse. in 2015 ukip were second in the constituency and there is speculation that poll not will stand in the seat. i think it was one the highest brexit boats in the referendum. this is ukip central. it is northern and brexit. it is working class. i'm from there, actually. it is where they had been taking boats of labours of them i think they have a good chance there, but this would people tonight...m has been a labour seat since it has been created,