this labour government is going into 2025 - level in eight months. rl government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creators and workers across the country to stimulate economic growth and improve living standards for workers across the country. this is our number one mission as a government and we start from a disappointing set of economic statistics as we head into 2024, but that's why we are going to fight everyday to make sure we improve the lives of working people across this country. for mick, people across this country. for mick. who _ people across this country. for mick, who runs a pub in wimbledon, business has been pretty good in the run—up to christmas. he says that's necessary, because the new year can be tough. in necessary, because the new year can be tou~h. ,, ., necessary, because the new year can be touh. g. .,y , .,, necessary, because the new year can betou:h. ., . .. be tough. in january, people tend to tiuhten the be tough. in january, people tend to tighten the purse — be tough. in january, p

noel says the labour government.gel farage to parliament was a massive high for him. he says the lowest of the lows was reeves and starmer scrapping the winter fuel allowance. he says he doesn't know how how keir starmer sleeps. ray says the lows was that my cat went missing. oh, but the highs was that he came back one week later. yay! we do like a happy ending, ray. so we do on this programme. look donald trump, let's just finish just reflecting on him. what do you think his election will mean for the uk? >> i think it's a seismic moment. i think i mean, the implications are enormous. i think it offers us an opportunity to do something different, other than what the labour government obviously wants us to do, which is, you know, become chained to a stagnating, declining european bloc that is divided politically and unproductive economically. i think trump offers us offers us actually a genuine alternative. i think he also for many people and one of your one of your viewers, i think has just summarised that, you know

— relatively new uk labour government? certainly the expectation _ government? in _ government? certainly the expectation in europe, - government? certainly the expectation in europe, to. government? certainly the i expectation in europe, to be much more constructive in our... iagree much more constructive in our... i agree that there are also challenges relating to the security in europe. i think therefore the expectation, it should be possible to succeed in making this work. in practical _ in making this work. in practical terms, what are the options, do you think?- practical terms, what are the options, do you think? well, i thinkthat _ options, do you think? well, i think that it _ options, do you think? well, i think that it would _ options, do you think? well, i think that it would need - options, do you think? well, i think that it would need to - options, do you think? well, i think that it would need to be | think that it would need to be strategic and pragmatic. strategic in the sense that it is as close cooperation is possible on trade manners between

the new labour government found out very quickly just how incredibly difficult stopping the small boatsbe. by october, the numbers making it to uk waters since the beginning of the year passed the almost 29,500 who arrived during the whole of the previous year, but seemingly undeterred, sir keir starmer continued to insist labour's policy of smashing the criminal gangs would work. >> today, a man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boat equipment has been arrested. our approach of working with international partners to smash the people smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. >> the government announced what it said were several significant operations to arrest key people smugglers and disrupt their small boat supplies. but these supply lines are well established and robust, even though the boats themselves and safety equipment are anything but. gb news was shown back in april how people smugglers care little for the well—being of their human cargo. >> just show you an example of that. >> and that's probably not just for a child. they'll probably give that to an adult as well, s

product coverjuly to september — the months after the general election and the run—up to the labour government'sstart to 2025, as our correspondent, theo leggett reports. a bleak midwinterfor a government which has made the economy its top priority. the latest figures show zero growth between july and september. that's worse than initial estimates had suggested. and it follows last week's figures showing inflation at its highest level in eight months. this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creators and workers across the country to stimulate economic growth and improve living standards for workers across the country. this is our number one mission as a government and we start from a disappointing set of economic statistics as we head into 2024, but that's why we are going to fight every day to make sure we improve the lives of working people across this country. for mick, who runs a pub in wimbledon, business has been pretty good in the run—up to christmas. he says that's necessary, because the new year can be tough. injanuary, people tend

labour feels that it's �*97 onwards government tony blair and gordon brown government had a record tooud of on surestart and on young children. they felt that education had improved under their under that watch, so inevitably, because of the trouble that they've been in since they took over the budget, that was hardly launched in a smooth way. sue grey went. louise haigh went. but they should be talking about doorstep issues, like what is it like in the classroom? and there's an effort here, i wondered, to try and go back to what labour's meant to do as a as a centre left party, which is to try and talk about what you do with education, how you improve the lot of inequality in schools. and that i got off him. he was trying to go back to the point of the labour party. certainly that does seem to be what keir starmer is focussed on. one of the problems, though, some might argue, is if you look at what happened in the us, some would sayjoe biden did ok with the economy and brought down inflation, but still people didn't feel it. people didn't feel it and. so they didn't give him credit f

the labour government is not a failed first—time buyers, the conservative government doubled the numberery year compared to 2010 by the means of the stamp duty discounts, help to buy, right to buy and affordable homes to purchase programmes, some of which have the secretary of state herself get onto the housing ladder. all now axed by the housing ladder. all now axed by the socialist governments, pulling up the socialist governments, pulling up the housing ladder. there going to build or offer rural areas were claiming it is greybelt land is what we delivered over1 million homes in the last parliament alone. but it is vital even more that we build on the right places with the right infrastructure. but the prime minister desserty admitted that he will bulldoze through the concerns of local communities. if labour really want homes to be built where they are neither team must think again. can i ask him how many of its 1.5 million homes will be affordable homes? what target does he expect will be to split for social rents, affordable rent and affordable homes to purchase, particularly given

this labour government is going | into 2025 with absolute resolve | to work with investors, - wealth country to stimulate economic growth and improve i living standards for workers across the country. - this is our number one mission as a government, and we start| from a disappointing set of economic statistics i as we end 2024, but that's why we're going to fight every day l to make sure we improve the lives of working - people across this country. when you talk to some people in the labour party they will say you have got to give us time, patience and politics for journalists and for everyone is important, because you cannot change things overnight. at the same time, there is concern, isn't there? including economists and saying that the language and the sense of optimism doesn't seem to be there. , ~ , , there. yes, i think this is the difficulty the _ there. yes, i think this is the difficulty the government - there. yes, i think this is the | difficulty the government has found itself in. they came into office and immediately began talking about this huge problem they had, the d

this labour government is going | into 2025 with absolute resolve | to work with investors, - wealthss the country to stimulate economic growth and improve i living standards for workers across the country. - this is our number one mission as a government, and we start| from a disappointing set of economic statistics i as we end 2024, but that's why we're going to fight every day l to make sure we improve the lives of working - people this country. now, the conservatives, unsurprisingly, have been criticising labour. shadow chancellor mel stride has said this is a problem of labour's making and urge them to ditch their policies in their budget. the budget came just after the period covered by the economic statistics. the issue for the government is that it's pinning its hopes on this promise to deliver economic growth. there are reforms it's bringing into the health service, planning a system to stimulate housing and infrastructure projects. the critical thing for the government is, can that start to deliver the growth impetus it is saying it wants to see? a disturbing story coming f

this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creatorse country to stimulate economic growth and improve living standards for workers across the country. this is our number one mission as a government and we start from a disappointing set of economic statistics as we head into 2024, but that's why we are going to fight every day to make sure we improve the lives of working people across this country. for mick, who runs a pub in wimbledon, business has been pretty good in the run—up to christmas. he says that's necessary, because the new year can be tough. injanuary, people tend to tighten the purse strings a bit. and, yeah, it's important for cafes, pubs, bars and restaurant across the country to have a good christmas. this is where we are going to get to pay our bills forjanuary, february and march, because unfortunately, the heating and lighting bill and the coal for the fire and all the things you have to do regardless of trade, those bills are still there injanuary, february and march, so we have to have a good christmas. one of the b

and i contrast that with the i mean, the pessimism of this labour government. can you believe it?the labour government have been a great disappointment even to people who voted labour. you know, many of the problems are of their own making. some of them aren't. they did inherit a black hole in the economy. we know that. and we know that there were 14 years of lack of investment in lots of things that we all rely on. but, you know, they've made problems of their own through their appalling communications, you know, to suddenly announce the winter fuel payment is going to be cut without any pre—warning and then allow it to run and have four months before the budget from the election to the budget, you know, and the other things that have happened that have been entirely their fault. you know, if somebody is going to give keir starmer a christmas present, it ought to be alastair campbell. >> yes. well, no, i mean, maybe not him, but i but but i was on question time the other week. well he thinks we are the, the but no, i mean you're right, blair had brilliant press operations. but th

but the previous government wasn't exactly offering to share responsibility. laboural bind here where, you know, they've sort of announced 22% for doctors a few weeks ago, 2.8% is on the table here now. they've got to own the process. final decisions on pay are still some way off, so there won't be any new strike action soon. but there's clearly gap between the unions' expectations and the government's intentions. iain watson, bbc news. scientists say a humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded. photographs taken by whale—watchers have revealed an astonishing journey from colombia to zanibar — a distance of more than eight thousand miles. our environment correspondent helen briggs has the story. the wandering whale was first seen in the pacific ocean off colombia, popping up several years later in the indian ocean near zanzibar, an astonishing journey that has left scientists baffled. what normally happens is humpbacks learn their migration route from their mother by following her in the early years of their life, and then s

want to do is return to a policy that they were pursuing before the election, scrapped by the labour governmentto be dealt with in rwanda. that is a scheme that cost £700 million, no false returns were sent at all before the election, but chris philp, the shadow minister, this is what he says. we would resurrect a deterrent scheme, — we would resurrect a deterrent scheme, whether the rwanda scherne — scheme, whether the rwanda scheme is available in five years' _ scheme is available in five years' time we will see, but a deterrence team like that, where _ deterrence team like that, where if _ deterrence team like that, where if somebody crosses the channel. — where if somebody crosses the channel, dangerously and illegally and unnecessarily because france is safe, they will rapidly be removed somewhere else. stop issuing visas — somewhere else. stop issuing visas when the cap was reached, there _ visas when the cap was reached, there is— visas when the cap was reached, there is no— visas when the cap was reached, there is no way that can be circumvented, we would set that out in _ circumvented,

the government is recommitting to the labour manifesto pledge to deliver 30,000 additional neighbourhoode officers, police community support officers and special constables. a challenge here is the fact the police federation of england and wales�*s last survey of its members suggested around a fifth of existing offices were planning to leave the force, with many low morale. fourth, housing. labour's manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over the course of the parliament, that would equate to around 300,000 per year. the most recent data shows that only 221,000 met —— net additional dwellings were delivered in england in 2023-24, delivered in england in 2023—24, down on the previous year. many housing experts are sceptical about the feasibility of labour's target, given the lack of affordability of new housing, which has put off barriers and deterred many developers from building. there are also expected to be targets for clean power and for raising the share of children who are ready for school at the age of five by improving access to early years education. now, of these, it's

so visas that are issued and as he says, the labour government does not want to do that.al targets because it believes that those are things that have got governments into big problems over before. a woman has died and a man is fighting for his life in hospital after a shooting in north—west london. police were called to gifford road in brentjust after 9 o'clock last night, where a woman, believed to be in her 40s died at the scene. two men, both in their 30s were also injured. police have described the incident as "truly shocking" and says a team of experienced detectives are working to piece together the events and identify who is responsible. no arrests have been made. seven tourists have been taken to hospital in fiji after suspected alcohol poisoning. it s believed they were all guests at a resort on fiji's coral coast, where they drunk cocktails where they drank cocktails afterwards. it comes just a few weeks after the death of six tourists in laos because of suspected methanol poisoning. because of suspected with me is our reporter who's from fiji — vandhna bhan. w

challenge in fixing the economy after figures showed it flatlined in the first few months of the labour government ministers with inflation rising at its fastest rate for eight months. search here starmer and volodymyr zelensky have agreed on the importance of refining the uk training of ukrainian forces to bolster the country's defence. that comes after it emerged the ministry of defence was considering the possibility of sending british troops to ukraine to help train its armed forces. and for the first time in almost 20 years the monarch�*s christmas day message is not being broadcast from a royal residence. instead, king charles has chosen a former hospital chapel. the fit through the chapel in london. the traditional speech from the monarch will be broadcast at 1500 gmt on christmas day. you alive with bbc news. 202a was a big year for artificial intelligence big yearfor artificial intelligence companies and almost every field have been looking full ways to incorporate ai into their business models. in some cases just to speed up workflow and in others to find whole new ways of working. amid

has made _ choices the labour government has made and _ choices the labour government has made and it'sas gone down to —32%. the public— rating has gone down to —32%. the public think— rating has gone down to —32%. the public think that as well. canl rating has gone down to -32%. the public think that as well.— public think that as well. can i ask ou to public think that as well. can i ask you to put — public think that as well. can i ask you to put your— public think that as well. can i ask you to put your constructive i public think that as well. can i ask you to put your constructive hat i public think that as well. can i ask| you to put your constructive hat on and tell me specific to policing, i know you were the policing minister, what number of police officers is needed? i think what you are saying they are lying about what they are planning to do anyway but what would work? ~ ., .., planning to do anyway but what would work? ~ . .. ., ~ planning to do anyway but what would work? ~ . ., ,, ., planning to do anyway but what would work? . ., ,, ., , ., work? what i can talk about i

very grateful, we are still quite early in the labour government, and everybody knows how challengingence in the hospice sector.— think a big vote of confidence in the hospice sector. tell me how much ressure the hospice sector. tell me how much pressure the — the hospice sector. tell me how much pressure the sector— the hospice sector. tell me how much pressure the sector is _ the hospice sector. tell me how much pressure the sector is under— pressure the sector is under financially.— pressure the sector is under financially. pressure the sector is under financiall. , . , ., , financially. the services have been cuttin: financially. the services have been cutting almost _ financially. the services have been cutting almost by _ financially. the services have been cutting almost by the _ financially. the services have been cutting almost by the week, - financially. the services have been cutting almost by the week, it - financially. the services have been cutting almost by the week, it has| cutting almost by the week, it has been a very difficult situation. two years of rapidly rising

so every mention will be better off under labour government. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will support the delivery of nearly 2,000 new homes, 1 and a half million square feet of employment lands. the previous government drags their feet putting jobs and investments at risk. mr. speaker, we are supporting the season of good will. can the prime minister give my constituents early christmas present over vital infrastructure project? >> have waited years for certainty but currently going for assessment, i will make sure that we get meeting with the roads to discuss that. >> major gp practice groups have written to me detailing their precarious finances, they are considering reductions and the health sector promised increase funding allocation but yet to say when we will know how much this will be. will the prime minister release the funding information and meet with me in the gp's to hear the precious firsthand? >> mr. speaker, he's right to raise the report that commission made clear that the nhs was broken by the previous government. that's why we provided 22 billion pounds

so every mention will be better off under labour government. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will support the delivery of nearly 2,000 new homes, 1 and a half million square feet of employment lands. the previous government drags their feet putting jobs and investments at risk. mr. speaker, we are supporting the season of good will. can the prime minister give my constituents early christmas present over vital infrastructure project? >> have waited years for certainty but currently going for assessment, i will make sure that we get meeting with the roads to discuss that. >> major gp practice groups have written to me detailing their precarious finances, they are considering reductions and the health sector promised increase funding allocation but yet to say when we will know how much this will be. will the prime minister release the funding information and meet with me in the gp's to hear the precious firsthand? >> mr. speaker, he's right to raise the report that commission made clear that the nhs was broken by the previous government. that's why we provided 22 billion pounds

says she wants a more normal trading arrangement with the eu, from that which the still newish labour governmentn the conservative party. to that end, she is right now addressing that meeting of european finance ministers and it is very warm words, we are hearing, we have continually heard warm words and what they call a reset of the economic relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. and i think the act of this happening, the goodwill they are trying to engender, that is the point of the day's discussion. but the question arises, and it arises quite quickly given we are expecting a summit in brussels between the prime minister and the european commission as early as february, what does this reset actually mean, how ambitious will that be, with a cut across uk relations with a potential trump administration in the us injanuary? we have had the eu finance ministers talking about this uk relationship for the first time in years as an important issue, i spoke to the german finance minister, said he was worried that the intensity of trade relations between germany and the uk has gone down,

government. let's take a look at the figures. official figures show that more than 20,000 people have crossed the english channel in small boats since labouret migration hit a record high of more than 906,000, and immigration has been cited as a factor driving some recent defections from the tories to nigel farage's reform uk party. back to our panel then. immigration so important as a political issue both in the us and uk. isuppose political issue both in the us and uk. i suppose the syrian crisis in fact over the years has highlighted that. absolutely. and i was actually at that speech that starmer gave last week when he set out the targets for government, the milestones, and none of them including any target on migration. and 70 or 80% of the questions he got from the audience and from the media were about why it was that he had not included a target for migration, and a lot of analysts say that that was a big misstep and it leaves a vacuum there for parties like reform uk to step in and say that the public care about this and it's something that consistently ranks in the top three things that the public are most concerned about. and th

the baseline for this is the fact that the newish government, the labour government in the uk, feels the conservative government was too hard a brexit, too clean a break, and that the uk economy, which has suffered from sluggish growth over the past few years, could do with the boost of not having to deal with many of the trade barriers. the non—tariff barriers, as they're called. the extra red tape that leaving the single market and the customs union inevitably entailed. now they're not going to reverse those headline strategic moves by the conservative government. they don't want to rejoin the single market or the customs union, or do anything that would lead to freedom of movement coming again. that was clear in the labour manifesto last summer, but it strikes me that a lot is up for grabs within that if you accept those red lines. indeed, i put very precisely to the chancellor that, "was everything else on the table?" because if everything else conceivably is on the table, then there could be some degree of ambition in the amount of these trade barriers that you could take down, p

the baseline for this is the fact that the newish labour government in the uk news that the deal inheriteds too hard a brexit, to clean a break, and the uk economy, which has suffered from slowish growth over the past few years, could do with the boost of not having to deal with many of the trade barriers, nontariff barriers as they are called, extra red tape, that leaving the single market and customs union inevitably entails. they are not going to reverse those headline strategic moves, by the conservative government. they don't want to rejoin the single market or customs union or do anything that would lead to freedom of movement coming again. that was clear in the labour manifesto last summer. but it strikes me that a lot is “p but it strikes me that a lot is up for grabs within that, if you accept those red lines. with everything else on the table, if everything else conceivably is on the table then there could be some degree of ambition in the amount of these trade barriers you could take down, particularly in the food and farming sector, where a veterinary agreement could span anyth

with the hope that we were going to get something from this new labour government, they're all feelinge spoken to one or two of the ladies that are in my group. the age is to claim a state pension had been 60 for women, and 65 for men. from 2010, the state pension age for women was due to gradually increase to 65 over the following decade. but then it was announced that process would happen by 2018, two years sooner than originally announced. this march, the parliamentary ombudsman said the change had been unfair and women should be compensated. but the government has decided not to. this was maladministration. we accept that we and we are sorry. but we don't agree to what the ombudsman concluded on injustice and on remedy. even if we had sent those letters out, we provided research which showed it wouldn't have made the difference the ombudsman said. and for that reason, we aren't providing compensation. for this cohort of women, it's a second, unexpected blow within four months, as many of them have also had their winter fuel payment removed. these are women who have had the rug pull

but already some of the lowest paid are already feeling the benefits of a labour government through what budget. for more on this we're joined now by our business correspondent marc ashdown. joined now by our business it joined now by our business is the end of the year, �* are it is the end of the year, we are trying to work out where we are trying to work out where we are individually and in the wider economy. we had interest rates being held yesterday and a lot of economic data out at the minute. borrowing is something we take the temperature of to look at the temperature of to look at the national finances. generally, water gets the nationalfinances. generally, water gets in, the national finances. generally, water gets in, the government, doesn't cover what it has to spend, so it has to borrow money. in november edits borrowed £ii.8 borrow money. in november edits borrowed £11.8 billion. that figure was down from the 17.4 billion in october and the lowest octoberfigure billion in october and the lowest october figure for three years, and to bring in less than was forecast. the reaso

the labour government says they're skint.pi women, as they describe them, are actually taxpayers also, and they're people that have made an enormous contribution to our lives and society. they, i believe, have been unjustly treated. and i think the idea that you should sort of set them up as people that don't merit recognition for the injustice they've suffered. i think it's wrong. and i think the government will come to rue the day they've made this decision. it's interesting that you say the government will come to rue the day. what do you mean by that? because sharon graham of the unite union has said the government needs to turn back because voters will not forgive them. what do you mean? well, i agree with sharon's analysis there. the point is that a message was given by keir starmer and liz kendall pretty clear that we will do something to help the waspi women. they were given the opportunity through the 0mbudsman�*s report. the payments required, which they've estimated at up to 10 billion, would not all have been paid

the minority labour government in wales has published its spending plans for next year with healthcareckle record high waiting times. all departments will see an increase in revenue between 3.5 and 12%. the budget will need support from at least one opposition member to pass. and the former england rugby player is believed to have died after apparently trying to cross a flood swollen river in his car. northumbria police said the 43—year—old is suspected to have gone into the river. which was hit by heavy rain during the storm. 0fficers was hit by heavy rain during the storm. officers have recovered his vehicle and searches continue down the river. you are live with bbc news. the man accused of killing a healthcare executive in new york has appeared in court in pennsylvania. an angry alp burst the 26—year—old luigi mangione shouted at reporters were being escorted aside. he has been charged with the murder of brian thompson after he was arrested yesterday at a mcdonald's in pennsylvania in possession of a gun. he had been on the run for days. jessica parker has the very latest. as luigi

alastair campbell, the former communications director at number ten under the last labour governmentscalculation delaying get. do you think these figures back that up? there is a degree to which that is a fair point. it was certainly the case that the damaging uncertainty ahead of the budget, which was to do with the quantity of rumours swirling in the media, had a damaging effect on business confidence. fora damaging effect on business confidence. for a very lengthy period of time, and we saw this in our own data, we saw four months of declining confidence amongst our membership. so this is a reasonable point to make. i do understand why they did want to take their time, they wanted to be seen and indeed do a thoroughjob in addressing the original black hole in the public finances. and to really set themselves up as sort of the competent government that was going to do the right thing. 0n the economy. and then it did not want to be seen to be things, but it doesn't in retrospect feel like that struck quite right for them. if you were looking for evidence that it had unnerved consume

this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve i to work with investors, - wealth creators economic growth and improve i living standards for workers across the country. - this is our number one mission as a government, and we start| from a disappointing set of economic statistics i as we end 2024, but that's why we're going to fight every day l to make sure we improve the lives of working - people this country. now, the conservatives, unsurprisingly, have been criticising labour. shadow chancellor mel stride has said this is— chancellor mel stride has said this is a — chancellor mel stride has said this is a problem of labour's making _ this is a problem of labour's making and urge them to ditch the policy in the budget. the budget— the policy in the budget. the budget came just after the period _ budget came just after the period covered by the economic statistics — period covered by the economic statistics. the issue for the government is that it is pihhihg _ government is that it is pinning its hopes on this promise _ pinning its hopes on this promise to deliver economi

party _ back into government? the labour party leader - back into government? liance which is something sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald is keen to put together. absolutely. we know that fianna fail are — absolutely. we know that fianna fail are likely to come back with— fail are likely to come back with the _ fail are likely to come back with the most seats and are keen— with the most seats and are keen to _ with the most seats and are keen to go back into government with a _ keen to go back into government with a fina — keen to go back into government with a fina gael but fianna fail— with a fina gael but fianna fail have _ with a fina gael but fianna fail have ruled out a coalition with— fail have ruled out a coalition with sinn— fail have ruled out a coalition with sinn fein and there is still— with sinn fein and there is still a _ with sinn fein and there is still a path to government for sinn — still a path to government for sinn fein— still a path to government for sinn fein but it would be smaller— sinn fein but it would be smaller and a rainbow coalit

but rachel reeves insists the government's economic plans will deliver long—term, sustainable growth. the conservatives say the economy has "tanked" under laboura government that's made the economy its top priority. the latest figures show zero growth between july and september. businesses say they're losing confidence and prices are rising. this is how the economy's been performing over the past three years. as you can see, there was a fairly steady decline throughout 2022 and into 2023 and, at the end of the last year, it went into recession, then a rally in the first half of 2024, but no growth, we now know, between july and september. and then there's inflation — a steep rise, peaking at more than 11% in late 2022, but then falling steadily. but now it seems to be ticking up once again. the government insists the future is bright. this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creators and workers across the country to stimulate economic growth and improve living standards for workers across the country. businesses say changes to national insurance and the minimum wage introduced in the budge

gdp — coverjuly to september — the months after the general election and the run—up to the labour government'sget. and there are warnings too for chancellor rachel reeves from the influential business groups — the british retail consortium and the confederation of british industry. they predict a difficult economic start to 2025 with data suggesting concerns that the tax—raising autumn budget could affect sales. the government insists it's delivering stability for companies and encouraging long—term investment. our business correspondent theo leggett explained the significance of the ons decision. the first estimate of growth was of 0.1% and it has now been resides downwards to static zero growth. it is not a huge revision but a psychologically significant one. what lies behind is it is that smaller businesses, businesses in the service sector have performed more poorly than expected. that is why we are seeing these figures today. the understanding is there has been no growth. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas told us more about the significance of these new figures and what the

that target was met under the last labour government.t was not meant once in the 14 years they were in power. >> greg mcanally. >> mr. speaker, in october 2003 my can received a shattering news that 43 he had a neuron disease. since then he has done incredible work to raise awareness of the condition. mark will speak to mps later. lead limit into recognizing mark and the work of his foundation and commit the government to do all we can to support efforts to find a cure for this devastating disease? p.m. starmer: i think my honorable friend for raising this. he mentioned it to me that i pay tribute to mark in the gallery and the work of his foundation. this diagnosis can so obviously be absolutely devastating. it is a testament to his bravery and compassion that he is raising awareness of the condition. i think many of us would question whether we are capable of doing what he is doing given the diagnosis he has had. i pay tribute to the inspirational cabins winfield -- kevin swinfield. >> ron cornelius has been detained in dubai for 17 ye

rail nationalisation was a key part of labour's election manifesto. the governments cheaper. the conservative leader in the welsh parliament, andrew rt davies, has resigned — despite narrowly surviving a vote of confidence of his party colleagues. he said a substantial minority of his party opposed his continued leadership, which made it untenable. you're live with bbc news. georgia's constitutional court rejected an opposition lawsuit, seeking to overturn the result of parliamentary elections in october. the vote saw the georgian dream party return to power. let's take you live now to tbilisi, a warning there may be some flashing images coming up. thousands of people are back on the streets of the georgian capital for a sixth night of protests. demonstrators say the government is making georgia more authoritarian and returning it to russia's orbit. they are also angered by the prime minister saying he would delay talks on joining the eu until 2028. police again used water canon to clear the streets outside parliament. nearly 300 people have been arrested over the p

the fact is that the starmer labour government is completely at odds with everything that donald trumpw. >> adam to the sunday telegraph and angela rayner has plans for your second home. and she's someone who knows what to do with the second home. >> i mean, they've all got to remember. yeah. so yeah, this is from the telegraph. how labour could soon force you to rent out your empty home. but there'll be no heating if you're a pensioner. labour is considering considering plans to give councils the power to take over and let houses that are left empty for six months in a blow to property owners. so the current rules are if a property is left out or empty for two years, you have. that's when you're sort of you'll start having people saying you need to start renting this out. they've got to think about reducing that to six months. it's interesting because it's not what the story isn't, what how you initially might think it is. it's not just like perfectly good houses. some of these houses are not fit for renters, which is why there's, there's apparently 25, up to £25,000 in government gra

. >> this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creatorsrs across the country to stimulate economic growth and improve living standards for workers across the country. this is our number one mission as a government. >> businesses say changes to national insurance and the minimum wage introduced in the budget are pushing up their costs. the confederation of british industry says many are tightening their belts. >> what firms expect over the next quarter is to have falling output to reduce employment, and also, we are going to have pressure on prices increasing as well. >> the british retail consortium says consumers are also losing confidence. these shoppers in manchester today were certainly feeling the pinch. >> i think i am asking people, buying what they want them and the things that they want are affordable because everyone understands it is a very tight year. >> it is quite expensive this year. everything has gone up. >> things are definitely getting more expensive. >> the conservatives said today warning lights were flashing on the u.

at pmqs today, the waspi women and rejection of compensation by the labour government came up again andre does that go? it c c dominate the discussion in the corridors of westminster. there is a growing expectation that in the new year, there will be a debate and vote in the house of commons on this. the government are not going to do that. it looks like and conservatives won't do that because kemi badenoch only mentioned it briefly in passing at prime minister's questions today. the feeling is it will be to the liberal democrats to devote one of their opposition days to this in the house of commons. the view amongst the liberal democrats at the moment is the government should be doing this and it is their big decision or not decision. they should have a vote. the government won't do that and the thinking is the liberal democrats will find it irresistible to avoid exposing those labour divisions and they were on display today. diane had that question to keir starmer at pmqs. i have to say all those labour mps sitting behind diane, they were silent and they had long faces. they were not

that target was met under the last labour government.t was not meant once in the 14 years they were in power. >> greg mcanally. >> mr. speaker, in october 2003 my can received a shattering news that 43 he had a neuron disease. since then he has done incredible work to raise awareness of the condition. mark will speak to mps later. lead limit into recognizing mark and the work of his foundation and commit the government to do all we can to support efforts to find a cure for this devastating disease? p.m. starmer: i think my honorable friend for raising this. he mentioned it to me that i pay tribute to mark in the gallery and the work of his foundation. this diagnosis can so obviously be absolutely devastating. it is a testament to his bravery and compassion that he is raising awareness of the condition. i think many of us would question whether we are capable of doing what he is doing given the diagnosis he has had. i pay tribute to the inspirational cabins winfield -- kevin swinfield. >> ron cornelius has been detained in dubai for 17 ye

services, south western railway, is set to be the first train operator nationalised under the labour governmentublic ownership in may. our business correspondent ben king is at waterloo station. labour's stated aim is to nationalise all the train operators eventually — just remind us why? that's right. here at waterloo, south western railway runs its services through the commuter belt and across southern england as far as devon. it is currently owned by first group and when their contract expires in may, the railway will be run by the public operator of last resort, a government company that will be rolled into a new organisation, great british railways which is designed to act as a guiding line for the whole of the british railway network. this news comes days after the passage through parliament of the passenger railway services public ownership act which gives the government power to take over railway franchises from private companies as and when they expire as the government believes this will be more efficient and cheaper. the aim is for the whole of the uk rail network to be in public own

released figures saying that the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats since the labour governmentave more on this story and about half—an—hour. also here in the uk, masterchef presenter gregg wallace, has been criticised for saying the complaints about his alleged misconduct have come from a "handful of middle—class women of a certain age". gregg wallace stepped aside from presenting the cooking programme last week after a bbc news investigation revealed gregg wallace stepped aside from presenting the cooking allegations of inappropriate sexual comments and behaviour, which he denies. noor nanji reports. in the newspaper, i can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle—class women of a certain age, just from celebrity masterchef. this isn't right. gregg wallace in an instagram video yesterday, hitting back at his critics. the presenter has been under pressure after bbc news revealed a string of misconduct allegations against him. we spoke to gemma — not her real name — who worked with wallace. she says he made her and her colleagues feel uneasy. working with gregg was tri