never again will labour ta ke we hear you.about for granted. and i ask you, ta ke about for granted. and i ask you, take another look at labour. we are under new leadership. we love this country as you do. this is the country as you do. this is the country i grew up in. and this is the country i will grow old in. and i want it to be the country i know it can be. that, in the end, is why ido it can be. that, in the end, is why i do this. to change lives for the better. to make a difference to my country. i know the good of a labour government can do, and i'm already looking forward to it. thank you. keir starmer ending that speech. not easy to do, talking to an empty hall, no standing ovation that we are used to from conference, no rapturous applause. so we can now talk about the substance of the speech he has just left, talk about the substance of the speech he hasjust left, as has roots me. lisa nandy, the shadow foreign secretary is still here as his vicki young for the bbc, but let's get some reaction from the left and righ

labour another chance.s first annual conference speech as leader, delivered online, he told labour it was time to get serious about winning the next election and said the uk was being held back by what he called the government's ‘serial incompetence'. 0ur chief political correspondent vicky young reports. this is sir keir starmer and he really, really wants you to know that jeremy corbyn is no longer leader of the labour party. a conference speech in an almost empty room, after four election defeats, presents many challenges. but sir keir‘s message was blunt. never again will labour go into an election not being trusted on national security, with yourjob, with your community and with your money. that's what being under new leadership means. he didn't mention jeremy corbyn‘s name once but he talked about the importance of patriotism and security, seen as weak points for his predecessor. let's be brutally honest with ourselves. when you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. he didn't hold back on c

labour will set out its 3—step plan for the economy and its virtual conference saying a labour governmentrnment agrees new emergency deals with train companies to continue to cover any losses on the railways caused by low passenger numbers. us presidential candidate joe biden says it would be an abuse of power if republican senators confirm any us supreme court nominee put forward by donald trump before november's election. there is no official labour party conference this year because of coronavirus. replacing it is a series of virtual events, including key speeches, streamed out of labour hq. we will hear one of those speeches, ordip into it we will hear one of those speeches, or dip into it into a moment. let's talk to our political correspondent ellie price. who are we expecting to hear from and what will she say? this morning we will hear from the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds who will be making her virtual speech in about five minutes or so's time. she is going to talk about the three r is going to talk about the three r is asi is going to talk about the three r is as i understa

we've been labour for so long and then we voted conservative this time.'s very open—minded. to me, you vote for whoever is hopefully going to give you the best outcome for your life and your family's lives. so some hope, perhaps, for labour to win back what's been lost, but it will be a long, hard road. alex forsyth, bbc news, scunthorpe. sport, and slovenia's tadej pogacar today became the youngest tour de france champion in 116 years. the race took place two months later than usual because of coronavirus and brought the 21—year—old to the finishing line in paris as an unexpected winner. andy swiss reports. an extraordinary champion for these extraordinary times. behind the mask, tadej pogacar. few had backed him before the race, but after snatching the lead yesterday, today was his victory procession. the leader is never challenged on the final stage. there was even time to pose with a congratulations message. but other tour de france traditions were missing. covid meant no sipping champagne for the riders and no hordes of spectators. some cheered from

labour another chance.livered online, he told labour it was time to get serious about winning the next election and said the uk was being held back by what he called the government's serial incompetence. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports. this is sir keir starmer and he really, really wants you to know thatjeremy corbyn is no longer leader of the labour party. a conference speech in an almost empty room, after four election defeats, presents many challenges. but sir keir‘s message was blunt. never again will labour go into an election not being trusted on national security, with yourjob, with your community and with your money. that's what being under new leadership means. he didn't mentionjeremy corbyn‘s name once but he talked about the importance of patriotism and security, seen as weak points for his predecessor. let's be brutally honest with ourselves. when you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. he didn't hold back on criticism of the prime minister, either, comparing

labour has been raising for a long time. problems with people unable to particular problems with people u na ble to access particular problems with people unable to access testing to stop i have three mps with me — ben everitt, alex norris for labour, and then the snp's tommy sheppard. then, when the prius prime minister gets up when the prius prime minister gets up and says that we have delivered a mouse thorough testing regime in europe, there will not cut much ice with somebody constantly sitting at home logging onto your computer screen waiting for a test. that is right, there are some challenges of the testing system at the moment. it is completely out of order to say that the testing system is collapsing, as angela rayner did in pmqs. it is a solid system, we have delivered so far over 20 million test. that puts his way beyond anything in europe. 0ur testing batting average is really high, higher than germany and spain and france. we are aware of issues with an increase in demand for people who wa nt to an increase in

labour is under new leadership.s changing. it is my immense pleasure to introduce the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. ruth smeeth was a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn's handling of anti—semitism. she lost her seat in stoke at the last election and today in doncaster, keir starmer delivered his speech, literally, in front of a red wall. references to patriotism replaced detailed policies and he listed what he saw as labour's values. decency, fairness, opportunity, compassion and security. that reference to security was designed to address what was seen as a weak spot under jeremy corbyn but keir starmer had an even tougher message for his grassroots. borisjohnson didn't so much as win the last election — labour lost it. we've granted the tories a decade of power. the tories have had as many election winners in five years as we've had in 75. it's a betrayal of what we believe in to let this go on. it's time to get serious about winning. he distanced himself from the last labour leader and then from the con

what about what the labour party are saying about all of this?osition here because it wants to appear to be supporting the government in the national interest following scientific advice to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but it also wants to highlight what it perceives to be the government's failings. speaking on the andrew marr programme again this morning, the labour leader keir starmer said he was ready to support whatever measures the government felt necessary to contain the virus amid the current rise in cases. whatever measure the government takes, we will support it. we did that with lockdown, we did that with local restrictions, and i have said that whatever measures are taken. but listen, if i was the prime minister i would apologise for the fact that we are in this situation with testing. throughout the summer we were saying prepare for the autumn. instead we had the exams fiasco. i would make fixing testing the number one priority and reinstate the daily press conferences so we all know what's going on. so, a challenge there to the

rachel reeves, a labour mp who speaks for the party on brexit issues, reinforced that.o through the division lobbies this evening knowing that we are deliberately and consciously breaking international law. it's the wrong thing to do for our moral standing in the world, but it's also absolutely counter—productive in achieving what we want to achieve, and that is a free trade agreement with the european union. is any of this likely to change downing street's to change downing street's position? we know this is a government that does like to dig in. that legislation is still due to start the latest stage of its progress through parliament tomorrow, so it's unlikely that we're going to see them change course because of these. helen catt, our political correspondent. more than 30 people have been killed by wildfires that are sweeping through us west coast states, officials say. dozens of people are missing in oregon alone, with one emergency official saying the state should be preparing for a "mass fatality incident. kathryn armstrong reports. the city of portland, almost i

and from the labour party's that sat 11 o'clock. rty‘s point that sat 11 o'clock. and from the labour party's point of view, their virtual annual conference is ongoing and the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds is speaking. anneliese dodds has been talking this morning and one thing labour has been pressing in terms of the coronavirus pandemic is they want to see what they call more targeted support, some kind of extension of the furlough scheme, which the government is adamant needs to be started to be wound down. labour say certain sectors need that extra support because they can't fully reopen. we are also likely over the course of this virtual labour conference to hear these sort of attack lines in terms of what the government has been doing with regards to testing. we have talked about it a lot in the last week, huge frustration among people, there was a surge in demand that the government admitted they hadn't quite expected for tests. we saw queueing outside some test centres with lots of evidence of people saying they couldn't

warns of a second wave, more restrictions and the tracing regime is clearly struggling to cope, the labourarty says the government has lost control of events. also today, from the rule of six to the rule of law as brexit reappears in british politics. the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, admitted the new internal markets bill will break international law. this prompted criticism from all five living former prime ministers and the man who might be the next president of the us. a compromise is now in the air but was the scale of the row deliberate or wise? with me to discuss all this are polly toynbee of the guardian and portuguese writer eunice goes. and here in the studio my colleague, clive myrie. lovely to see you all, thanks very much forjoining us. it feels like another pivotal moment on the covid front. as infections rise again everyone is asking what is the government strategy and will it act fast enough this time? will tighter restrictions come in just as the furlough scheme is due to end? will the furlough scheme therefore have to be extended? a lot of questions ahead at

labour demands assurances.in university and when they graduate they could be facing long—term unemployment. it is important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university and they are going to university and paying the fees accordingly. cardiff and swansea — wales' two biggest cities — preparing to go into tighter lockdown restrictions fom 6pm this evening with neath—port talbot,

so is the stuff you might expect from a labour leader at theirfirst you might expect from a labour leadererence beach apart from this conference does not like a normal conference because it would just be keir starmer talking to a camera and not an audience. difficult first big step each speech and having to deliver it to a camera on your own is not easy. let's go on to the front page of the times now and hopefully a story to brightness up. 0n the right—hand side there it says on the bright side let's say goodbye to winter blues. what is it saying, eve ? to winter blues. what is it saying, eve? apparently if you feel happy and you can feel happy in the middle of winter, those dark nights, you will be ok. i did not quite understand how we were all going to feel so happy because let's be honest, it's dark, it's cold, you cannot go out to the pub really and you have to be home by 10pm or 10:30pm anyway. it's trying to cheer us 10:30pm anyway. it's trying to cheer us up because i think it saying that actually the brits are used to the cold and the long dark nights and if you think happy though

a dozen labour politicians occupied this office, but stayed there. latest hopeful so eager for a fresh start, the office even smells of paint. yesterday, you told the public and your party that labour had deserved to lose the election. did your half a million members, who pounded the streets in the dark, cold, and rain, did they deserve to lose? they did an incrediblejob campaigning for the labour party and we are really lucky to have members and supporters who work so hard for the party. but the message i was getting across yesterday was, if you lose an election in a democracy, you don't turn to the electorate and say, "what were you thinking?" you look at yourself. some people, particularly on the left of the party, may well feel you're doing exactly what they suspected, which is, when you were running to become leader, you were very careful not to criticise anything jeremy corbyn did and yet, once you're comfortable in the perch as leader, actually you are rejecting that legacy. the labour party's historic mission was to represent working people i

never again will labour ta ke we hear you.er again will labour take you all the things you care about for granted. more than 150 countries sign up to an agreement to distribute future covid—19 vaccines fairly — china and the us decline tojoin. a fierce debate erupts over donald trump's choice for the us supreme court. the president says he wants to see his selection in place before the election. and coming up this hour... more signs of global warming — this year's arctic sea ice melts to the second smallest area since records began. hello. all pubs, bars, restaurants in england must close at 10pm from thursday to help stop the spread of coronavirus. it comes as the uk's covid—19 alert level moved to four, meaning transmission is "high or rising exponentially". prime minister boris johnson will make a statement to mps this lunchtime before addressing the nation on tv at eight o'clock this evening london time. does not negatively impact businesses, a change to the guidance. —— ministers have encouraged people to work from home w

and i ask you, take another look at labour.de a break with the past, but many former labour voters in leave seats will still see him as the arch remainer who fought brexit tooth and nail. the policy details will come later. today was all about laying out his personal values and trying to rebuild labour's brand after so many election defeats. the speech was dismissed as a mixture of slogans and platitudes by the left—wing group momentum, but sir keir starmer thinks he has plenty of time to explain his plan to voters. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has been hearing from the family and friends of the youngest victim — eight year—old saffie—rose roussos. the emotional tributes culminated with her mother, lisa, telling of the moment she woke from a coma to be told saffie had died and pleaded with her husband to let her die too. judith moritz reports from manchester. it's not a normal day without saffie. a normal day with saffie would be crazy. but, now, a normal day to us is just ca

joining me now is labour's shadow education secretary. thank you for being with us.ancock was saying earlier this week, he does not like to rule anything out in this crisis. surely that is a sensible position. i understand we do not know what will happen with this pandemic that we have also heard already the effect on students mental health and well—being, of being in isolation in lockdown. and iam very being in isolation in lockdown. and i am very concerned about the situation and how they will be feeling if they think they will not be able to get back home to be with family and friends at christmas. that is why we are calling on the government to make sure testing is in place, is available, so they can go back home safely. nobody is saying public health should be... if someone tests positive, of course it is important that they are isolated and they won't be able to travel. much, much more can be done to put testing in place so more students can hope to get back over christmas. we cannot predict the future in december, surely. if a student is in the middle of a hug

brexit is what got him elected and it is where he won seats of labour, it is where he won seats of labourbour, it is his trump card and i think he is trying to pretend that to the news and cover up is trying to pretend that to the news and cover up covid, but it is just multiplied the mess the government is in. certainly, clive, it has caused some consternation and upset even amongst the conservative benchis upset even amongst the conservative bench is politically, people asking about boris johnson‘s focus, the focus of the government, that judgment had a time where everybody wa nts to judgment had a time where everybody wants to be focused on getting brexit done and sorting out the pandemic challenges. how damaging to the field to you when you havejoe biden tweeting about uk government policy? that is something that has to be remembered, one of the important points that the brexiteers put forward about the case for leaving the eu was that we will be able to get all these great trade deals outside and one of them, one of the most important, would be with the united states, and it is the h

he accused the labour leader of undermining confidence in the system.eds of miles and they can't get a test. that is undermining confidence. ijust want it fixed. we don't need to have an argument. tell us what the solution is. we will all muck in and try to make it make it better and tell our constituents. but the prime minister said growing demand was a result of the success of test and trace. it is hard work. it's hard work. it's a big job and they're doing a fantasticjob. and i really think what they would like to hear is some praise and encouragement and support from the right honourable gentlemen. mr speaker, why can't we just hear from the prime minister an honest answer? if he stood at the despatch box and said "i know something has gone wrong in the last couple of weeks. we've been getting hundreds of examples of people being sent all over the place, or being told there is no test. i have looked into it and worked out what the problem is, here's my plan", then people might be reassured. but as ever, he pretends the problem isn't there. borisjohn

you heard labour calling for it there.mittee, the conservative mp robert halfon has tweeted he would like to hear a statement as well from the government as to what will happen next. it's worth pointing out it is a devolved issue. so, as well, people might want to hear from respective ministers in scotland, wales and northern ireland. but here is what the culture secretary, oliver dowden, had to say this morning. well, clearly, the experience is not as it would be, given this crisis. but we are doing that in order to reduce the spread of the disease and enable them to go back at all. and i think it's important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university. and they are going to university, and paying the fees accordingly. i think to what extent this issue becomes even more highly charged will depend on whether we keep seeing more and more students heading to university, having to self—isolate, questioning, in some cases, whether they are getting value for money. so, i think this issue

when i was in labour it seemed fine and then i was glued late into the emergency room.he support and to be part of that and not left out of the process. —— blue lit. hundreds of thousands of students are due to arrive at england's universities in the coming weeks, where they face a different experience than usual due to coroanvirus. but one student's journey to university has been harder than the majority of his peers. ahmad nawaz was ia when he was shot by a taliban gunman during a terror attack at his school in pakistan. he now lives in birmingham, where he is an anti—radicalisation campaigner. attack at his school in pakistan. he now lives in birmingham, where he is an anti—radicalisation campaigner. he's won a place at oxford university, and hejoins me now. tell us about your journey to a place at oxford university which is usually priced. thank you very much for inviting me on the show. i think for inviting me on the show. i think for many people the journey has been quite interesting, especially the past two years of a—levels. i did the international baccalaureate

but labour says ministers have lagged behind what's needed.'ve called for the introduction of a system of targeted wage support 40 times. also on this programme: tighter restrictions are announced after a spike in coronavirus cases. the government's accused of letting down transgender people. and there's a row over a law aimed at protecting service personnel from vexatious legal claims. 0pposition mps reckon it creates an unequal system. it does away with the idea of equality before the criminal law. but first: the chancellor came to the commons to announce a newjobs support scheme. under the plan, an employee would work one third of their normal hours and get paid for them. the government, and the employer will then pay a proportion of the lost hours, so that, in total, around 78% of the full wage is covered. the scheme replaces the job retention furlough scheme. many businesses are operating safely and viably, but they now face uncertainty and reduced demand over the winter months. what those businesses need is support to bring people back t

a dozen labour politicians occupied this office, but stayed there.est hopeful so eager for a fresh start, the office even smells of paint. yesterday, you told the public and your party that labour had deserved to lose the election. did your half million members who pounded the streets in the dark, cold, and rain — did they deserve to lose? they did an incrediblejob campaigning for the labour party and we are really lucky to have members and supporters who work so hard for the party. but the message i was getting across yesterday was, if you lose an election in a democracy, you don't turn to the electorate and say, "what were you thinking?" you look at yourself. some people on the left of the party may well feel you're doing exactly what they suspected, which is, when you were running to become leader, you were very careful not to criticise anything jeremy corbyn did and yet once you're comfortable in the perch as a leader, actually you are projecting that legacy. the labour pa rty‘s historic mission was to represent working people in parliament and t

if is that the labour position? like germany and italy some of the countries in asia, they are avoiding a second wave so there is something that is not going right here reading us to where we are and i think if you listen to the prime minister paused my own once he described test and trace as a game changer and all the scientific advice has been that a properly functioning test and trace system was necessary to the and lockdown measures so the fact we are talking about tightening up again can only be down to the fact that test and trace is such a shambles, the private company have not contacted enough people, the companies doing the testing and not letting people get tests and people are waiting far too long for tests, all of those things need to be fixed otherwise it looks like we'll be talking about more restrictions will stop we have had about the problems and the testing system. boris johnson has admitted that there are challenges but you mentioned other countries that are not seeing a second wave, borisjohnson

he will have to make it clear whether labour party stand.we will have with brexit and the problems with northern ireland between now and the end of the year so it is possible he can persuade them but they have got their own troubles in the red wall area. a lot of them will lose jobs and a lot are worried about the pandemics are whether this is the right moment to catch their attention, i do not know and of course probably nobody has been to see them. i think boris went up been to see them. i think boris went up after the election but you cannot travel around the country at the moment and

you had the labour party calling for it.ttee has tweeted that he would like to hear a statement from the government as to what will happen next. worth pointing out it is a devolved issue. as well people might want to hear from respective ministers in scotland, wales and northern ireland. here is what the culture secretary said this morning. the experience is not what it should be, given this crisis. we are giving back given the spread of the disease to enable them to go back at all. it is important for students not to have to give appear of their life by not going to university. they are going to university and paying the fees accordingly. —— give up a year of their life. this will depend whether we see more and more students going to university, having to isolate, questioning whether they are getting value for money. this issue could run on for the next few weeks. civilians have been killed and injured during heavy fighting between armenian and azerbaijani forces in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. armenia's defence mi

labour agrees. the government is to stop reigniting old i’ows government is to stop reigniting old rows and just get on with it. there isa rows and just get on with it. there is a deal there to be done, and it is a deal there to be done, and it is the responsibility of the british government to do that deal. the differences that remain on state aid and fisheries, deals can be done on those things. good negotiators would be getting round the table rather than posturing, and that is what i'm urging the government to do. with the legislation due before parliament tomorrow, the chorus of concern is growing. at the moment, it looks unlikely that these will be the voices that persuade downing street it needs to change course. the government has written to care home providers in england to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus infections within the sector. the letter acknowledges that infections are "mainly affecting the workforce, but clearly there is a risk the virus will spread to care home residents".

but a labour mp was less than impressed.e overcrowding in our prisons, little time for rehabilitation, prisoners dumped out of prison with no housing to go to, the probation service — due to a failed privatisation — being left to a phone call every fortnight, if you're lucky. and that's led to a massive rate of reoffending. that's the legacy of this government. there are many fine words here in this statement by the lord chancellor, but where's the resources that's going to turn around that record of failure? well, the honourable gentleman will be glad to know that we secured, within a month of me taking office, £2.5 billion for the biggest prison building project in years. and indeed, last year, the department obtained a near 5% increase in its revenue budget, which was the biggest single increase in years. we have just secured one of the biggest single injections into prison maintenance budgets in years. whilst i do not pretend that i can claim to be as rich as croesus when it comes to justice budgets, we are definitely in

he will have to make it clear whether labour party stand.have all the trouble we will have with brexit and the problems with northern ireland between now and the end of the year so between now and the end of the year so it is possible he can persuade them but they have got their own troubles in the red wall area. a lot of them will lose jobs and a lot are worried about the pandemics are whether this is the right moment to catch their attention, i do not know and of course probably nobody has been to see them. i think boris went up been to see them. i think boris went up after the election but you cannot travel around the country at the moment and have meetings. you cannot have a visit in that way but good luck to him. what do you make of the challenges in a speech for kier starmer? this speech is taking place in doncaster, a place where labour lost seats to the conservatives so he is going up there and making the case directly although he had to move the speech to earlier in the morning because he has to come back to london to do when borisj

in doncaster — that labour deserved to lose the last general election.u lose an election ina yesterday is if you lose an election in a democracy, you don't turn and say, "what were you thinking?" you look at yourself and you ask what we re look at yourself and you ask what were you doing respect because if we don't get that lesson we will not go to the next general election understanding the scale at the task at what we have got to do to win back trust. but you said more than that yesterday. your message and blazoned on your left turn and slogan at the conference this year was under new leadership. you said the party was such on security, not trusting on brexit, on anti—semitism. you lead to serious charges at the jeremy corbyn project, did you not? we are a party under new leadership and that does mean recognising the scale of the loss. it does mean making it clear that never again will the labour party go into an election not being trusted on national security, not being trusted on the economy, not being trusted on the economy, not being trusted on com

resignations raised by labour atjustice questions at the start of the day.t no other member of the cabinet is required to make. he said, "i do swear that in the office of lord high chancellor of great britain, i will respect the rule of law." lord keen, the advocate generalfor scotland, and jonathan jones, head of the government‘s legal department, resigned because the government‘s internal markets bill does not respect the rule of law. can i ask the lord chancellor whether he thinks lord keen and jonathan jones got it wrong, and if so, how? if not, can i ask him how he can turn up in this house with a straight face after voting to betray his oath and break the law? secretary buckland. mr speaker, that is a very serious allegation to make. i took that oath in english and welsh. i took it twice, and i believe in it in both languages and indeed any language. and i'm sorry that he takes that view. i have done everything i possibly can consistent with that oath to make sure that this government acts in a way that is consistent with the rule of law — that is what

two former prime ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry.ve joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a year ago. writing in the sunday times, sirjohn and mr blair said the government's actions were irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. they said it raises questions that go far beyond the impact on ireland, the peace process and negotiations for a trade deal, crucial that they are. it questions the very integrity of our nation. the government has defended the plan, "it is an unprecedented situation," it says, and the powers it will give itself will probably never be used. this is all about insurance planning. is it sabre rattling and bluster? no, it's a break the glass in emergency provision if we need it. but if the uk were to break international law, where would that leave individual lawmakers? is that the moment that robert buckland resigns from the government, if we break intern

labour said the government's test and trace system was "near collapse". 0ur political correspondent,an blake, reports. rules and restrictions are everywhere to see, but there is concern too many people are ignoring the advice and coronavirus cases are rising as a result. now, ministers believe it is time to get tougher. the health secretary, matt hancock, warned the country is at a tipping point. if everybody follows the rules, then we can avoid further national lockdowns, but we, of course, have to be prepared to take action, if that's what is necessary. so we might be facing a further national lockdown if people don't obey the rules? that's exactly right. i don't rule it out, i don't want to see it. in england, anyone who tests positive for covid—19, or is found to have had close contact with someone who has, will be legally required to self—isolate. a £500 payment will be available for those on benefits, and fines of up to £10,000 for those who break the rules. we have all got a responsibility really, to make sure we don't spread the virus. and if people are going out of their way

labour supported the bill but wanted changes.or dirty diesel engines and we need better science to inform better quota decisions to protect fish stocks and jobs. fishing needs a strategy to widen employment, to make fishing a career of choice for more young people in our coastal communities, new methods and quota allocation to encourage new entrants and a firm focus on viability and sustainability. eu vessels benefit by a ratio of six to one under the common fisheries policy, so it is time to put this right. we need to rebalance this and reduce eu vessel access to a more sustainable level. of course, eu vessels will need to have their access, but not in the same level as they have under the cfp, and we do need to get british fishing rights back. but the snp is opposing the bill, fearing the impact if no trade deal is reached with the eu. if there is no deal, then the very important seafood fisheries will be denied access to their most important market, the eu. and given that those fisheries represent a substantial part of the emp

we will discuss what happened this afternoon very shortly, with stephen doughty for the labour partyand pete wishart from the snp. it's interesting, because sir keir starmer picked boris johnson up on a series of government u—turns over the summer and, as they we re u—turns over the summer and, as they were discussing that, a further u—turn dropped in our inbox, regarding restrictions that were being eased in bolton and trafford, the plan to ease those restrictions was reversed. we heard that during prime minister's questions. let's get reaction from andrew parry from the conservative party. a u—turn dropping while the prime minister was being grilled on the issue of u—turns, not a great look, is it? well, i think people out there are sensible enough to understand, when the medical and scientific advice changes, the couple tapped out accordingly, and that is what we are doing, putting people's health first, and that is why the governor decided not to ease the restrictions which were planned. it's essential, and we have to remember we are still living through a global pandemic, someth

there was no big auditorium and no standing ovation from labour members.ere. anneliese dodds went on and started by accusing the government of wasting that's amount of government money. she gave the example of testing kits and ppe that can be used. she said again that the test, trace and isolate system wasn't working properly. it was an interesting line of attack, i think, and one that the conservatives usually level at labour, this idea of being cavalier with public money. instead she said labour would offer a responsible approach to national finances and would do it in a way that would boost their green credentials. as chancellor, i would ensure that public money was always spent wisely. targeted where it's needed most, not splurged where it isn't. new leadership with proper oversight on government contracts so they deliver value for money every time. testing every single budget line against the goal of net zero carbon emissions. because the evidence is crystal clear, investment that favours our climate also favours jobs in the short and long term. the s

joining me is is the labour leader of sunderland city council graeme miller.tin gannon — the labour leader of gateshead council. on the prime minister is confused about these restrictions, guidelines, laws and how they differ. it's difficult for other people. are you clear in your mind now? very clear, the rule says you can have six people in your house, your friends and family unit, but your friends and family unit, but you cannot have six anywhere else. if you do, you're either breaking the law or you're breaking the government wishes to do so. you can have your social bubble support if you need them to look after your children and you've got childcare covered by that and social care, but other than that, you cannot muted each of these houses, you cannot meet and each of these houses, you cannot meet and each other‘s gardens, you can bump into each other in a public rest room, are not socialist together —— restaurant. but you cannot socialise together. and people are just confused. guidelines, can they be enforced? if people are breaking the spirit of the gu

actually, i think that was not in the spirit of what labour claim to wa nt the spirit of what labourrnment. this isa constructively with government. this is a testing regime which is testing half a million people a week, getting results for people 80% of the time the next day, tracing more and more people in the capacity is increasing every week, so for him to describe it as on the brink of collapse i think is not responsible opposition. then let's go to the opposition. then let's go to the opposition. let's go to bill esterton. keir starmer has gone on about the testing regime, but does he have any figures or evidence that this is a widespread problem? how many people cannot get a test within ten miles of their own home? good afternoon. the prime minister did not have a clue in answering the question as to why people cannot get a test. i found question as to why people cannot get a test. ifound out question as to why people cannot get a test. i found out in question as to why people cannot get a test. ifound out in my constituency that no one in my constituency that no one in my con