you are here to attack the labour party!rt, some of his most ardent supporters arrived. instead of protest, argument. i'm ashamed of you and all... a clash as a religious group protests against a major political party in the 21st—century. protests against a major political party in the 21st-century. most people that call themselves socialist, those people that say they are anti—racist and fascists should be ashamed of themselves, u nless should be ashamed of themselves, unless they stand in solidarity with the jewish committee unless they stand in solidarity with thejewish committee and thejewish labour movement. why the anger? there have been worries that several years. in 20s extent, a labour mp was suspended over anti—semitic posts online, later apologising. you said that hitler supported zionism. that is ridiculous. there was fury when she was divided byjeremy corbyn's old friend ken livingstone. if you read mein kampf... he livingstone. if you read mein kampf. .. he would livingstone. if you read mein kampf... he would

well not really, i know he was a labour party member. ididn't i know he was a labour party member.ad of discipline for the labour party. he is now it, because christine shawcross has stepped down after a difficult week for herand stepped down after a difficult week for her and one does have to wonder why it took her to long. tom watson was probably one of main reasons she stood down. he made it plain she had i'io stood down. he made it plain she had no option. why jeremy stood down. he made it plain she had no option. whyjeremy corbyn hadn't put pressure. we don't know if he had a word with her. as far as i know publicly he has not. the puzzle is why has it taken so long? we have gotan is why has it taken so long? we have got an easter weekend with not much political news and they have allowed the story to go on for another day. this story also details that john mann, labourmp, who this story also details that john mann, labour mp, who said he wanted ken livingstone out of labour party is saying that again, because of what ken livingstone said on this. we have the ex—mp tristram hu

how does the labour party convince those in the wider labour movement that that is not so? people are in the labour party and are saying what they are claiming in the name ofjeremy corbyn, he should tell them to stop and renounce them, —— denounce them, and if he does that immediately, it will make a change in the atmosphere and perhaps start to restore some trust. you have spoken about your own experiences within the labour party and you have said you think anti—semitism has become stronger in labour underjeremy corbyn — why? jeremy has not recognised left—wing anti—semitism, and anti—semitism has always existed on the left as well as the right, and sincejeremy has been leader, i think that people in the party who harbour anti—semitic thoughts are felt much safer in expressing them, and other people who have not been in the labour party feel that they now have a much safer environment in which they can express anti—semitism, or act in that way, and that is very sad, completely unacceptable, and i hopejeremy will put a stop to it now. and how can you be sure this won't back

labour is an anti—racist, non—anti—semitic party. being targeted. but the labour leader is once again having to prove where he stands on this crucial issue. alex forsyth, bbc news. norman smith is in westminster. a protest is being planned at westminster tonight. how damaging is this for the labour leader? this is not just a row about anti—semitism. it isa not just a row about anti—semitism. it is a row very specifically about jeremy corbyn, his leadership and his politics, because the accusation from the british board of deputies and others is that mr corbyn is directly to blame for the rise in anti—semitism in the labour party, not just because of anti—semitism in the labour party, notjust because of his support for a version of the anti groups like his villa or hamas. notjust because he has turned a blind eye to some insta nces he has turned a blind eye to some instances of anti—semitism. but because of what they call his far left worldview, particularly his attitude towards israel, which is to view israel as an imperialist, colon

brexit is a key issue for owen smith and the labour party, wresting control of the labour party frome fact owen smith has been set, that opens up this fissure that we know is that in the labour party, which perhaps, i use the term advisedly, smoothed over a little bit, or not examined as closely publicly, but now is back front and centre of public attention. where do you think the labour party will go from here? is there a chance of some sort of split in the party? in a very real sense, nothing has changed. jeremy corbyn paws odyssey was to be members of a customs union, but not a single market. this has crystallised the decision—making for mps on the remain wing of the party. and potentially, they would rather brexit stop then have a corbyn government. that is the core calculation. it has become clear in the last of the four hours, although ina real the last of the four hours, although in a real sense, we kind of knew that already. thank you very much. an increase of 8% on five years ago, according to new official figures. the housing charity shelter said government figures also rev

he may be in tune with labour members but not in tune with labour members but not in tune with labour the north of england, he is totally at variance with most labour vote rs totally at variance with most labour voters and we need to remember, those labour voters, there are boats will be needed for as ever to be in power. it does expose, doesn't it, labour divisions and how problematic you think that will be for mr corbyn for attempts to get back into government. there are divisions in all parties. we have in the conservative party people like anna soubry, nicky morgan and kenneth clarke, arch remainers voting repeatedly against the government. in the labour party there are different views, it has always been that case when it comes to the european union. in this referendum it was and in the 11975 when we first went in. different views on europe and the eu in particular are not unusual. he is entitled to express and campaign for his views but what he is not entitled to do is acce pt but what he is not entitled to do is accept a job at the top of the labour party and then go and do his

labour's leader is facing direct criticism.is accused of failing to stamp out anti—semitism in his party. the latest row relates to an offensive mural in east london, which back in 2012, jeremy corbyn seemed to support. he later said he should have looked more closely at the disturbing image. nonetheless, in a letter, two prominentjewish groups condemned the labour leader. they wrote... i also will be asking him how he could possibly say that he didn't really look at the mural which he supported, which was grotesquely anti—semitic. i want him to explain to me how he is a member of two notably anti—semitic facebook groups and he says he didn't notice. everything withjeremy corbyn is, well i hear no evil, i see no evil, i wasn't looking, i didn't see anything. frankly, i find that strange. in his own statement, mrcorbyn said... he said he utterly condemned anti—semitism and it would not be tolerated. his comments welcomed by some. i'm pleased thatjeremy has said he will meetjewish leaders within the next few days, weeks and month

of the labour party.ooks like an attack from right wing mps and jewish groups, while westernising claims of anti—semitism in order to smear him, to scupper labour's chances of success in may's collections and ultimately to replace him as labour leader. a text says, an apology from jeremy corbyn is meaningless. he is anti—semitic and another says, false allegations of anti—semitism propagated by the media, it is all to do damage tojeremy corbyn and it is shameful. we will talk to the labourmp is shameful. we will talk to the labour mp john mann after 9:30am. is shameful. we will talk to the labour mpjohn mann after 9:30am. he says labour have to root out what he calls this cancer of anti—semitism within the party. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. jessica is here. we will talk about this absolute scandal around australia in a moment but before that, england have lost another test match in new zea

you are a labour supporter. i am definitely a labour supporter. i am definitely a labour supporter.ter. i don't see, i am saying this as living here for a long time but my feeling is i don't see that the united kingdom does that sort of thing. i see france which basically fired their two main parties, they sacked them, and made another party. italy is doing something that is different. i don't know if the united kingdom does this. i think people feel very strongly about labour, the labour party, people feel strongly about jeremy, and labour, the labour party, people feel strongly aboutjeremy, and i think the idea of another party being made, i don't think that is what, i could be wrong, but i don't think that is what this country does. we remember the gang of four, don't we? we do! it was the new sort of michael foot at the time, wasn't it? yes. didn't, didn't... it isn't in the culture, is it? at the end of the day it was subsumed into the liberal democrat party with the exception of david owen who wouldn't be subsumed into anything but it faded. i think you were right, the 2—party

it is unfair because he is a proper labour party member and he got thejob. a proper labour party membert is darkly comic that a comedian will be the national executive. i would hope, a comedian will be the national executive. iwould hope, and i think i've met him once in my life, but i would imagine that in terms of public profile, he will do the party no harm at all because he is articulate, bright, sharp, mrto all this nonsense, used to getting his message across, but they have problems because in addition to christine shawcross having resigned probably too late, they havejohn mann, according to the mail on sunday this morning saying that korman or to expel livingston for the comments he made an saying that as opposed to the 74 also complaints about anti—semitism that he is claiming that could be as many as 5000. that is going to take some time. to work through. inclusion, diversity, good news for labour on that front. the sunday mirror is a victory on child burials. it is a trauma of a parent burying a child, but the issue of the cost of funerals have been in the news because they ha

labour staffers, labour council leaders and moderate labour members of parliament. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. i can only assume the leader of the opposition hasn't read the report about northamptonshire council counted by recommend it to. i want to on different issues are worldwide, every minute millions throwaway paper coffee cups go to landfill and oranges all that we need industry consumers and governments to work together. in that spirit, a company in my constituency has developed a fully recyclable alternative cup that can be easily recyclable unlike the current option. so will my right honorable friend join me in welcoming that innovation and perhaps issues right afterwards i might be able to give one to her. [laughing] >> i'm -- [laughing] >> i'm very happy -- and very happy to say to my envelope and it is like to come along to see me afterwards i'm very happy to. [laughing] but he has an important point and as he knows we are committed to wanting to leave our environment in a better place than we found it and i like to congratulate the company and

the comedian eddie izzard will replace her on labour's national executive committee.political correspondent chris mason. there was pressure to go, she has gone, why now? i think she has concluded that the pressure simply was not going to go away. this all came about as a result of her saying that a council candidate who had been accused of anti—semitism should been accused of anti—semitism should be allowed to stand in the local elections coming up the month after next, she subsequently said she hadn't read the information about this guy sufficiently rigourously and apologised and was absolutely clear that she thought anything that was anti—semitic was utterly indefensible. but the pressure group, as you say, from these mps and peers who were saying tojeremy corbyn, 0k, she has said she will step down from this dispute panel that looks into disciplinary matters within the labour party, but what about her seat on the national executive committee, the governing body of the labour party? the line that came from senior labour figures is that she was elected to this positi

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time for the news, travel, and labour, wherever you are. “— travel, and labour, wherever you are. ——the 25—year—old planned to use guns and a packed with explosives to hit high—profile targets in the capital, including the houses of parliament. he'll be sentenced alongside two helpers later. plans to improve the safety of minicab users could see drivers taking advanced driving tests. it's one of a range of measures included in a consultation by transport for london aiming to raise standards across the industry. tfl want more robust background checks on drivers and will also consult on clearer signs in minicabs so passengers can raise complaints. the duchess of cambridge is to become a royal patron of the v&a museum in south kensington. in a series of tweets, the palace revealed it will see the duchess furthering her interest in the visual arts, photography and design. she's already patron to fourteen organisations including the national portrait gallery and the natural history museum. on the tube, bethnal green station is closed due to a staff shortage. there's a good service on all

demonstrating against labour and the labour leader, not the tories, because they do not believe they think that the hours ticking by since the letter that your leader is wasting an opportunity to do with this? —— deal with this. i cannot explain how flabbergasted i am that we should be talking about anti—semitism in the labour party and everything that has happened all the letters, now there is an opportunity to make good on the words and it is not happening. if you're a parent, one of the moments you never forget is seeing your child take their first steps. but for five—year—old felix from northumberland those steps came very late — and were completely unexpected. felix has a condition that's thought to affect only a few hundred people in the world, and has never walked unaided — until now. gerry jackson reports. his classmates witnessed it but his parents feared it might never happen. felix has ca rdio—facio—cutaneous, very rare. only a few hundred people on the planet and around 20 in the uk share this condition. he began showing the symptoms in infancy, and while his peers were b

that is a divergence from labour party policy.ld be another referendum at the end of the negotiating process with the eu. that is mother died tweet divergence from labour party policy. so he got a call from jeremy corbyn and was relieved of his duties as shadow northern ireland secretary. quite a response from a good number of labourfigures. lord response from a good number of labour figures. lord home, response from a good number of labourfigures. lord home, the former northern ireland secretary, said it was a terrible, stalinist purge. mr smith this morning has said he disagrees with those remarks and says he was merely standing up for his principles, something that jeremy corbyn has been lauded for by many who support him. so mr smith is disappointed, but perhaps not that surprised to be back on the backbenches. thanks very much. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in marches across america today, calling for tighter gun controls. the main rally — in washington — will include survivors of last month's scho

which labour endorses.t, but 0wen smith says, why not have another referendum ? that but 0wen smith says, why not have another referendum? that is also not labour party policy. so in that sense,in labour party policy. so in that sense, ina labour party policy. so in that sense, in a public forum, in a thought through peace, he has meandered several miles away from the party line. and presumably he is not arguing for something the labour party is not currently committed to, but he thinks it is a legitimate pa rt but he thinks it is a legitimate part of the debate and can‘t understand why he has been sacked for it. the curiosity is that what 0wen smith said in the guardian article isn‘t surprising to students of 0wen smith‘s politics. article isn‘t surprising to students of owen smith's politics. of which there are many(!). of which i am one, asa there are many(!). of which i am one, as a nerd! i covered the leadership race two years ago, where 0wen smith challenged jeremy corbyn for the post and owen smith i

the views that i am reflecting the views of the vast majority of labour party ‘s supporters includinghose who supported jeremy corbyn in the leadership contests. there are rallies about gun controls. also in the next hour sport relief raises more than £38 millioin for charities. it's below the record 55 million pledged two years ago, but organisers are hailing the event a huge success. and in half an hour dateline london takes a look at whether it is time for regulation of social media. good morning. welcome to bbc news. a french police officer who helped bring a terror attack to an end by swapping himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege, has died in hospital. three other people were killed and several injured in separate attacks by a gunman who claimed to be acting on behalf the islamic state group. he was later shot dead by police. lucy williamson reports. france's interior minister called it an act of heroism, but arnaud beltrame's acts also seem to have been key in ending the deadly siege at a supermarket near ca rcassonne. on entering the building, in exchange for a hostage

you're here to attack the labour party.o the criticism ofjeremy corbyn turned up too. you're not socialists! i am a socialist! tonight, mps said enough. denial is not an option. prevarication is not an option. being a bystander who turns their head the other way is not an option. the time for action is now. our commitment to you is to work with every ounce of strength to drain the cesspit of anti—semitism in the labour party, so you can come back and proudly call it your party again. (cheering and applause) we're standing together to speak out against anti—semitism and to call on our leader to act to get rid of this scourge. frustration boiled over afterjeremy corbyn was forced to apologise over an image that you might find offensive. he questioned why this mural in london, depicting well—known stereotypes of jews, was being removed. morning, mr corbyn. but since he's been leader, there have been claims he's too soft on anti—semitism. he's always said he condemns all racism. but not until the last 2a hours has he shown such

he said he now aimed to "rebuild" confidence in labour among jewish people in the uk.fter mr corbyn was criticised for sending an apparently supportive message to the creator of an allegedly anti—semitic mural in 2012. 0ur correspondent iain watson gave us the details. he came under fire he came underfire again in recent days because what was unearthed was his response about five years ago to an artist on facebook who produced clearly what looked like an anti—semitic image as a mural. he complained that they tried to take it down and thatjeremy corbyn at that point that freedom of speech, but it turned out that he subsequently released a statement saying he regretted it, that it was right to take it down. he was under a lot of pressure, especially from jewish members of the labour party and jewish mps, to do precisely that. he has been underfurther pressure to make clear his views on what the labour party ought to be doing when these kind of things occui’ doing when these kind of things occur in the future, and tonight he has done so in a more comprehensive way than be

party, very well—known in labour party, very well—known in labour party circles, someone on the leftblair when he was labour leader and a lot of what new labour stood for, and seen as somebody, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn. is there a danger people like tom watson and others who are critical of this, that actually it becomes a proxy for an argument about the left and the position of the labour party rather than specifically about the argument on anti—semitism? than specifically about the argument on anti-semitism? well, i think we have seen that played out to an extent in the last few days in this argument about in anti—semitism and whetherjeremy corbyn and party leadership have taken a tough enough sta nce leadership have taken a tough enough stance on it. there are those who are saying it is being exaggerated and used as a way to attackjeremy corbyn, and destabilise him. that is of course quite an inventory charge to make because it might suggest, to some, that some people in the labour party are not fully aware of or don't fully appreciate where anti—semitism exists and how offensi

there clearly is an issue around anti—semitism in the labour party. anti—semitic, but there's definitely, amongst a minority, and real problem here, which is not in keeping a real problem here, which is not in keeping with the values of the labour party. and the way the labour party has frankly dealt with this issue over the last couple of years, in my view, has been shameful. and i simply think that if we were dealing with a situation where we had these kind of examples of hatred and discrimination emanating in and around the labour party say with regard to black people, i would not stand for that kind of thing, and i'd be very surprised, actually, if the labour party dealt with kinds of incidents of racism like that in that way. i think it is a crying shame. and it is something that frankly is unacceptable, the way that we've been dealing with anti—semitism in our party. and we really, really must get our house in order. and to those who think, oh, well, you know, you're just saying this to have a go at the leadership — no, i'm not. and frankly that

labour party members. corbyn and leadership of the labour party need to do. party need to do.tical correspondent now. correspondent now. state of play inside the labour party? party? emboldened by last year ‘s election result. result. month a shadow cabinet minister has asked theirjob. asked theirjob. also case studies in a sense of public support building up again. public support building up again. policy and personnel but ended had been kept upon them. been kept upon them. membership on brexit and are angered by his sacking. by his sacking. so an awkward point onjeremy corbyn in both of these. in both of these. analytic have been searched by the uk's information commissioner. uk's information commissioner. warrant to access the database and service. service. campaigning finished in the early hours of this morning. hours of this morning. in rallies today in support of tighter gun control. tighter gun control. in florida where 17 people were killed in the gun attack last month. killed in the gun attack last month. ownership keko i think it is the question of momentum. question

joining us now is labour mp and former chair of the jewish labour movement, louise ellman.e has to act danny huston root out the anti—semitism that is within the labour party. it is just heartbreaking to see it but he has to do something about it now, words won‘t be enough. to do something about it now, words won't be enough. just reading his words, you will know him but maybe not all of you as well. he says he wa nts to not all of you as well. he says he wants to be clear he will not tolerate any form of anti—semitism thatis tolerate any form of anti—semitism that is in their movement and they must be stamped out from the party. this goes to the heart of the issue. what would you like to see him do? you say actions, but what? first, actions have to be taken many cases of anti—semitism which are waiting to be heard by the labour party and he has to stamp on those members of the labour party who keep saying that allegations of anti—semitism area that allegations of anti—semitism are a smear againstjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. even this morning i had an e—mail that says that t

anti—semitism has infected the labour party, so it's become endemic.ther he likes it or not, jeremy corbyn has a lot to answer for. he has encouraged anti—semites and he's endorsed them. in the modern world, using social media, their conspiracy theories about jews and statements about hate spread like a disease, and this virus is affecting the labour party. so lord winston is saying that anti—semitism has infected the labour party. clearly, jeremy corbyn‘s handling of the christine shawcroft case will be under the microscope, won't it? very strong words from lord winston, but it's worth saying that there are those who think this issue is being used to destabilise jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. nevertheless, jeremy corbyn has tried hard this week to show that he's taking the issue seriously, saying that he wants to take action. he's written tojewish community leaders saying that he is a militant opponent of anti—semitism. he wrote to labour mps yesterday as well, addressing tensions around the issue of israel and palestine, saying to labour mps that suppor

, saying to labour mps that support for justice saying to labour mps that support forjustice for sayinglestinian people should provide no one with the excuse to insult, harass or encourage hatred of jewish the excuse to insult, harass or encourage hatred ofjewish people. jeremy corbyn has pledged action on this issue. the bbc understands that we may see a speeding up of disciplinary procedures as a result of what has been going on. but some politicians have made it clear that when it comes to christine shawcroft, they want to see something specific happen soon. some academy schools in england are using taxpayers' money to pay excessive salaries to senior staff according to a report by mps. the public accounts committee says this is taking money away from children's education. but the department for education says it regularly scrutinises the finances of academies. marc ashdown reports. school budgets are under pressure from rising costs, but this report says more than 100 senior managers were paid a salary higher than £150,000. academies are free to decide for themselves how much to pay

party who perhapsjoined when members of the labour party who perhaps joined when he members of the labourois chakra barty. labour tightened procedures and talked about tougher more robust action in terms of disciplinary action against people who might be specifically... he came under fire people who might be specifically... he came underfire again in recent days because what was on earth was his response five years ago to an artist on facebook who had produced clearly a n artist on facebook who had produced clearly an anti—semitic image as a mural. he had complained that the council was trying to take this down, and jeremy corbyn at that time had backed freedom of speech, back it stayed up but then subsequently issued a statement saying that he had regretted that, they had not looked closely enough at the image and it was right to take it down. he was under a lot of pressure, especially from jewish members of the labour party who wanted him to do precisely that. he has been under further pressure to make clear his views on what the labour party ought to be doing when these kind of things

in the labour party. of anti—semitism, around issues of not targeting individuals. labour is an anti—racist, non—anti—semitic party. and it's not the case to suggest that any group is being targeted. but the labour leader is once again having to prove where he stands on this crucial issue. alex forsyth, bbc news. to bring you more breaking news on the ongoing diplomatic row following the ongoing diplomatic row following the poisoning, the attempted murder of sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury, firstly we are hearing from the united states that donald trump has ordered the expulsion of 60 russians from the united states, and the closure of the russian consulate in seattle over the uk nerve agent poisoning. this is coming from senior administration officials. they also say russian intelligence activities in the united states have been increasingly aggressive in recent months. that is coming from the reuters news agency. that is the united states reaction. germany says it will expel four russian di

the labour party take that view.e all accepted that owen's remarks were unacceptable and work contrary and in contravention of collective responsibility and on that basis jeromy had no choice it seems to me. he has now been replaced by an excellent new shadow minister who i am sure will do a greatjob and i am sure owen willjoin me on the backbenches and continued to make his argument in the way that he has been constrained by doing when he was in the shadow cabinet. the politicians made the decision to hand this choice about brexit to the public rather than parliament to decide whether or not we stay in the european union and the public gave their decision and we are eyed democracy said the majority, regardless of being big or small have one and that is what we are doing. do you think that is the end of it now? regardless of the deal the government comes back with, would you like to see the deal somehow endorsed in a public way by the public or is it something the public should leave to mps? the public should leave t

you're here to attack the labour party. to the criticism ofjeremy corbyn turned up, too. you're not socialists! lama i am a socialist! tonight, mps said enough. denial is not an option. prevarication is not an option. being a bystander who turns their head the other way is not an option. the time for action is now. our commitment to you is to work with every ounce of strength to drain the cesspit of anti—semitism in the labour party, so you can come back and proudly call it your party again. we're standing together to speak out against anti—semitism and to call on our leader to act to get rid of this scourge. frustration boiled over afterjeremy corbyn was forced to apologise over an image that you might find offensive. he questioned why this mural in london, depicting well—known stereotypes of jews, was being removed. but since he's been leader, there have been claims he's too soft on anti—semitism. he's always said he condemns all racism. but not until the last 2a hours has he shown such a specific level of regret. refusin

labour leader.th. owen smith wrote an article that was against the labour party settled position in relation to brexit, and on that basis, if you will speak against the collective view of the shadow cabinet, then i'm afraid you have to go on to the backbenches. i stepped down from the front bench myself a couple of months ago because i wanted to speak on a wider range of issues. i wasn't able to do that whilst being on the front bench, and so i decided to be an out rider, if you like, on the backbenches, and that is what owen can now do for the peak and speak up for the things he feels passionately about. when you take a front bench role, you have to accept collective responsibility. that was chris williamson, the labour mp for derby north. a reminder that this coming thursday, it marks one year to go before the uk leave the eu. throughout the week, we will put your questions to a range of experts. it is for 15 pm. the headlines: hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are attending rallies across th

she said: labour's shadow chancellor admits the controversy could hurt labour's chances of winning poweround it. it will not exist within the labour party. the question is, is he brave enough to ta ke question is, is he brave enough to take on his own allies because they are the people causing this problem and get rid of some of them. that's never easy, taking on people who claim they are close to you and who are using your name but he has to do that. he has to deliver if he's going to be believed. mr corbyn's new devoted followers are his strength, he wants to show unity, but today in an e—mail to members he's had to promise zero tolerance of anti—semitism. some are blaming among others far left members and factions, vociferous supporters of palestine, fierce opponent of israel who came into the party fold when jeremy corbyn took the leadership against all the odds. they may be loyal supporters of their leader but they are also hurting him and his party. the queen has marked maundy thursday by taking part in the ancient ceremony of distributing commemorative coins to pensioners. it took

does labour have a russia problem?s the worry of a significant number of labour backbenchers. that yesterday's commons performance from jeremy corbyn was insufficiently robust, too willing to criticise the british government, not prepared to lay the blame squarely on russia. this is the early day motion then? yeah. john woodcock is a long—term labour critic of mr corbyn and he's getting labour mps to sign a commons motion to signal support for the government response. what i think the public can be reassured on is that the vast majority of mp5 from all sides of the house back this approach that the government has set out and we will stand firm together against the threat that russia poses. why do you think your leader has a problem being as clear as you would like him to be, it appears? i don't know and i'm sure he will come on to newsnight to tell you why himself, or maybe his spokesman will. there is obviously, around jeremy, for many years, been people who have had strong links to former soviet russia and the curren

many other labour mps piling in, saying this was a bad mood.ple who are critical of jeremy corbyn and in favour of remain. so you would expect them to do so. the trouble is that owen smith was making his views on brexit clear from his seat on the front bench as part ofjeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet. it was clear as far as the labour leadership was concerned, this was showing disrespect to colleagues and to the principle of collective response will see. some said he was behaving more like a backbencher than a frontbencher. —— collective responsibility. jeremy corbyn has been able to make this move without prompting open mutiny. diane abbott was asked for her response to the sacking on radio for a little earlier. owen smith was a valued colleague. he wanted to make a contribution to the debate and he will be able to do so. what he cannot do is sit on our front bench and advance a position which is not labour party policy. but no one is saying that he can't have his own opinion. but we are clear, we want a meaningful vote on the final deal in parl

ordinary people who pay the price of labour. [shouting] >> hear, hear. >> last weeks launch on aspects of domestic violence will be widely welcome across the country. will the prime minister who has done so much on these issues confirmed today that the government intends to increase spending, bad privations and were necessary women's refugees so that those who have survived get the health and safety haven that they deserve? >> my honorable friend is raise a very important issue and this is an issue which i've not only obvious a given considerable attention to what my right honorable friend home secretary continues to follow that. it's a very important point. we are entirely committed to developing a sustainable funding model for refugees. i can guarantee funding for refugees will continue at the same level today because another difficult this support is to the public view at time of crisis. we will resend the funding for short-term housing overall including refugees for the long-term indefinitely. that means no refuge should wor

and a group of labour peers and mps wrote a letter la st labour peers and mps wrote a letter last week be. and to date no movement from the leadership but this story keeps on running. but every day something else is coming up. and to be clear she supported a councillor who had been forced to resign who had supported something on facebook and then she said she had not seen it. but still she is being asked to step down. it all comes back to social media. the guardian, their front page is looking at what it calls the scale of the public sector gender pay gap. some interesting figures, 59p it says was what women we re figures, 59p it says was what women were paid for every £1 that men received at one hospital trust. what is interesting, many things interesting about this, pressley and scale of the data collection that is being undertaken. public sector organisations had a deadline to provide information on the gender pay gail provide information on the gender pay gap. public sector organisations, around 16% of the workforce they employ and findings are not good. in the university said that

the message that she should be suspended from the labour party and removed from the labour pa rty‘s partythe labour party's ruling national executive committee. interestingly, in a facebook post this afternoon from christine shawcroft, she has reiterated that she did not see the posts that led to this council candidate's suspension, and she said that the thought of holocaust denial sickens her. she says she has already announced she will be standing down from the nec this summer. standing down from the nec this summer. in an earlier facebook post which now appear to have been deleted, she also wrote, this whole i’ow deleted, she also wrote, this whole row is being stirred up tojeremy. —— attacked jeremy. that's likely to antagonise those people who are calling for her to go. speaking to the labour party today, they say there are procedures in place for this sort of thing when it comes to suspending people in the labour party, it's not an arbitrary decision that the jeremy corbyn party, it's not an arbitrary decision that thejeremy corbyn can take. 0ne decision that thejeremy corbyn can ta

what the labour do?we said the six tests are fundamental to what we are all about. jeremy corbyn made that point and keir starmer i brexit spokesperson has been absolutely clear. those in six tests are not impossible to meet but the government has got to... let me suggest they are because one of them is that the eu should enjoy exactly the same benefits that we currently enjoying the customs union and single market. we leaving! the important thing to say is that as david davidson ‘s words. that is the commitment made by the government that they would honour exactly the same terms and conditions of the customs union and single market. that is really important because what we want is brexit forjobs, brexit for our economy. what we can see one year on but not a cure to go the vote in parliament by which time we have got to know what this government is doing will take place ina lot government is doing will take place in a lot less than a year. and we're nowhere near there yet. that should worry the public. w

labour's approach would increase the debt. would mean less money for our schools and hospitals and it would mean higher taxes for ordinary working people because what we know about the labour party is it's always ordinary people who pay the price of labour. [shouting] launch of a consultation on all aspects of domestic violence will be widely welcomed across the country, so will the prime minister who has done so much on these issues, say that the government intends to increase spending and where necessary women's refuges so that those who survived get the self and safe haven they deserve? >> my friend has raised a very important issue. that is an issue which i have not only give an obvious attention to, but my right honorable friend continues to follow that. it is a very important point. i know how critical this support is two people at the time of crisis, and we will raise funding for short-term housing overall, including refuges. refuge should worry about closing or have any doubts about our commitments to ensure we provide

labour members have been speaking out strongly.n at conference last year that was, frankly, exactly the same as what i said in my article. and members across the country have been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe. the vast majority of labour members support us taking a much tougher stance against brexit, and that's what i think jeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. the information commissioner's office says it will assess material gathered after its staff searched the headquarters of cambridge analytica — the company accused of taking data from facebook users without their consent. the commissioner is investigating claims that personal information was used for political purposes. cambridge analytica denies any wrongdoing. ben ando reports. after a week of waiting for a warrant, last night, the inspectors called. theirjob — to search the offices of cambridge analytica for evidence that data gathered via a facebook personality test from around 50 million americ

one labour peer did not think much of that idea.primary schools and the low rate of numeracy amongst ii—year—olds which really affects their subsequent education, does the noble lord not agree with me that it would be far better to concentrate on the essentials of a good education and not expose our children to unnecessary danger doing foolish things which are not really part of the curriculum? the uk's relationship with moscow has been under the spotlight since the poisoning of the former russian double agent and his daughter in salisbury earlier this month. a complicating factor is of course that russia is hosting the world cup this summer. borisjohnson was asked about the tournament when he appeared in front of the foreign affairs committee. one labour mp was not exactly relishing the prospect of the russian leader playing host. putin is going to use it the way that hitler used the 1936 olympics. the idea of putin handing over the world cup to the captain of the winning team fills me with... well, yes, i think the comparison with

the labour party is making any argument like this extremely well, the labour party is making any argumentore this. there are many reasons to be very worried about british foreign policy and about british foreign policy in the past. i was among many people who marched against the war in iraq, afghanistan, but jeremy corbyn is now saying he will reassess the membership of nato... that is corbyn's policy. he might not ever want to use a nuclear deterrent. you can't have somebody coming in to say per minute recess, ——to be pm who says 'i may not want to use the ultimate sanction'. i want to give rachel the last word. when you look at moments like this, do you think they show our country at its best or do they show it at its worst? theresa may performed well and prime ministerially, and i thought she struck the right note. and i think that, unlike, there has been terrible banter from the defence secretary. and the foreign secretary! the russian embassy's command of the english language is superior to that of our defence secretary, and in that sense we are on the back foot. government of the cl

he began with an attack on labour.ect the party opposite‘s doom and gloom about the state of the nation. every year since 2010, we've had to listen to the right honourable member for hayes and harlington predict a recession, none of which has actually happened. if there are any eeyores in the chamber, they're over there. i, meanwhile, i met my most positively tigger—like today as i come amid the country which bases the future with unique strengths. since autumn, i have committed to £60 billion of new spending. shared between long—term investment and support for our public services. with almost £9 billion extra per hour nhs and our social care system. £4 billion going into the nhs in 2018—2019 alone. more to come, if management and unions reach agreement on pay modernisation deal for our nation's nurses and agenda for change staff. who have worked in very challenging circumstances to provide nhs care that we all value so highly. £2.2 billion more on education and skills. taking public investment in our schools, hospital