that labour people in labour hq wouldjump up think that labour people in labour hq would jump up andk to what some of what tom was saying _ coming back to what some of what tom was saying about an anti—politics mood _ was saying about an anti—politics mood in— was saying about an anti—politics mood in the country, the risk is that— mood in the country, the risk is that people see these polls with labour — that people see these polls with labour 20 points ahead and they think— labour 20 points ahead and they think labour are going to walk this, don't _ think labour are going to walk this, don't need — think labour are going to walk this, don't need to bother voting, or i can go— don't need to bother voting, or i can go out— don't need to bother voting, or i can go out and vote as i did in the local— can go out and vote as i did in the local election, so i don't need to vote _ local election, so i don't need to vote tactically in a westminster two horse _ vote tactically in a westminster two horse race, — vote tactically in a westminster two horse race, so labour are very, very worried

what will be going inside labour hq was _ point.x—week campaign. they would have been expecting the campaign to start when it did —— not expecting it to start when it did all the evidence so far is there pretty well prepared for it. they had a campaign video ready to go, they had a decent first day i think. but they will be trying to work out how are they going to grid the next six weeks in terms of what announcement they make, what visits are made. there we shadow cabinet ministers trying to get good photo ops, good speeches, remind people of the policies they have got. the whole point of the tory attack on them that they don't have a plan means they do have to demonstrate that they have a plan. there is a huge amount of policy they've got, to be fair, that they want to talk about again. and part of the next six weeks will be trying to dramatise that, get that across to the public and introduce keir starmer to the public. even though he has been in forfour years, so people know who is, frankly people haven't paid attention to in th

this result has hardened labour hq. -- the mood. this result has hardened labour hq. -— hearten., another area that has been conservatives for years. not any more. this the percentage of votes the parties have got, labour on a8, conservatives 37. there is the change in those percentages. labour up 16%, conservatives down 17%. that will worry rishi sunak this lunchtime. not all good news for labour. one trend that is not the biggest story of the night but is an important one is something we saw in oldham in greater manchester, labour have controlled this for years but do not any more. this is why. the number of independents has stopped labour getting a majority. labour lost five seats and the independence won seven. there's five seats, it lost the people who stood against the party's platform on gaza, the war in gaza and said, we do not agree with your policy and would do it differently and they are five of those seven independents. if you are labour trying to work out if your community might be affected by the war in gaza, this will make you nervous. it's not the biggest problem

outside labour hq, catherine, you heard our questions to the shadow home secretary there, putting theougher when it comes to border control under a labour government. but again, not telling us what an acceptable level of immigration is. >> yes, exactly . saying we want >> yes, exactly. saying we want the numbers to come down. well, the numbers to come down. well, the government is saying they want the numbers to come down, but under the government, you know, net migration was three quarters of a million in the previous year. and now until december , we learn that it was december, we learn that it was 685,000. so down 10, but still about three times the level that about three times the level that a net migration was when boris johnson was elected . and of johnson was elected. and of course, the conservatives spent many, many years telling us they were going to get net migration down to the tens of thousands. now perhaps that's one of the reasons why yvette cooper absolutely refuses to name a number. but i do think many people around the country will look and think, well, everybody is s

this this morning, no official response from labour hq.— from labour hq.weight back, readmitted to the parliamentary labour party at this time during an election campaign, a messy time for everybody, but it has been an outstanding issue hanging over labour since she wrote that letter to the newspaper in which he was accused of being anti—semitic, talking aboutjewish, irish and travelling people not facing racism all their lives but may have experienced prejudice. she did apologise for that and there was an investigation into what she said. that investigation was running into months and it was now it has come to light that the investigation into her was completed back in december. that does seem to contradict some recent comments we have heard from the labour leader that the investigation was ongoing, whenever he has been asked about that in recent months, that was a position he took. it is an investigation that is being carried out by their party machinery and you might see the labour national executive council, the relevant body involved in this. but this

do even more to overshadow labour's election campaign and that's the thing that will really worry labour hqere is a big row over internalfactions of this campaign, there is a big row over internal factions in the of this campaign, there is a big row over internalfactions in the labour party which is causing a lot of concern right up to the top of the .a . . ~' concern right up to the top of the also deceiving the former labour leader, jeremy corbyn is expected to launch his own campaign in islington north and he will be standing as an independent and therefore almost certainly running against a candidate from his former party. not all of the candidates will be standing in islington north for mr corbin plans to contest the seat have been confirmed yet. these are the declared candidates so far and we will be updating that list once all candidates are confirmed and we will make it available on our website. junior doctors in england will begin a strikejust a junior doctors in england will begin a strike just a week before millions of people go to the polls. the five—day walk—out will start the

, i live again and thatis council, to read, i live again and that is a result that would hearten labour hqe was one westminster seat up for grabs last night, blackpool south. in 2019 had voted conservative but a thumping win for labour last night. have a look at this. the conservatives onlyjust beat the reform party into second place and this is one of the most striking graphics of the day, the swing from the conservatives to labour in blackpool south. 26%. that is the third biggest swing of its kind since world war ii and that will leave a lot of conservative mps rather nervous. so, some consolation for the tories in tees valley where ben houchen was re—elected mayor for a third term. but labour have won all the other mayoral counts today. danny savage is in norton, in stockton on tees. clive, this is one of ben houchen's leaflets that his supporters put three doors in the days before the vote. if you looked at it you would probably guess it was for the conservatives but there is no mention of the conservatives until you get to the very small print on the back page, which is all a bit of

the conservatives down 11, labour down 16, green party up. if you are in conservative hqabour hq. one result might illustrate this, oldham in greater manchester. this has been labourfor years. down the bottom, all of the red shows the cancer was controlled by the labour party. not any more. —— the council. labour still by far the biggest party but they came short of majority for the 31 seats they need and this is why, the increase in the number of independents. look at that, labour have lost five seats, the independents have added seven. five of them stood on a specific platform that was criticising labour and criticising the war in gaza. it does seem to be tangible evidence that in certain parts of the country, like oldham, the labour vote is taking a hit because of its policy on the war in gaza. . ,. . hit because of its policy on the war in gaza. ., ,. ., ., ~ i. let's speak to ali milani, chair of of labour's muslim network. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you very much for having me. what do you make of those numbers? it

how concerned is labour hq about that?— labour hq about that?them. on the whole the seats tend to be in areas where labour and parliamentary terms performs very well and therefore the scope for them to lose voters is significant. on a very live, hugely contentious topic that for some people is very important as to how they might vote, let's see as the night goes on if the likes of that result that we have just seen in newcastle plays out around the country. it newcastle plays out around the count . , , , , country. it is interesting because traditionally _ country. it is interesting because traditionally there _ country. it is interesting because traditionally there have - country. it is interesting because traditionally there have been - country. it is interesting because l traditionally there have been some moments where it has made a very big difference, traditionally a foreign policy is not often something that shifts a significant numbers of votes in the uk.— shifts a significant numbers of votes in the uk. ,, �* , votes in the uk. quite. a

and i'm a bit worried that somebody in labour hq watched our documentary from about 18 months ago called. and they've got look, chaos, chaos. i'm thinking, well, it's nothing to do with me. if it's possible to blame you, i think it will happen. but i think in general terms, what we've you know, that's absolutely but absolutely right. that's absolutely but absolutely right. we're a few days in. and we've seen beware events. don't go out in the rain, have a fish thrown at you and pose under an exit sign in the titanic. everyone should watch for events, including local parties. including journalists. then also some themes. labour says we're going to do this and we're the party that also did that before. remember tony blair and gordon brown? they're going to link to that. and also they're going to change some names and they're going to lower the voting age, those labour. and we still don't know, though, if this will actually be in the manifesto. so as this happened in scotland, labour has previously said that in general elections they'd like to see 16 and 17 year olds given the vote. if you'

can't be certain that that is what is going to happen, but what i am certain about is that people in labour hq plugged into the data they are getting from the west midlands are getting from the west midlands are calling this. they are saying they have won the west midlands may or election. bill they have won the west midlands may or election. �* w' ., ~ or election. all right, nick, thank ou for or election. all right, nick, thank you for that- _ or election. all right, nick, thank you for that. we _ or election. all right, nick, thank you for that. we will— or election. all right, nick, thank you for that. we will go - or election. all right, nick, thank you for that. we will go back - or election. all right, nick, thank you for that. we will go back to l you for that. we will go back to rajini as soon as we have more information. she is in birmingham for us. there are also more updates from rajini and our colleague nick eardley on the website, on our app. that is a live shot in the west midlands result, and as you can see, thatis midlands result, and as you can see, that is an empty podium.

that's the sort of result the labour hq are looking at and thinking that it's encouraging for a generalhen there's this one — redditch has gone from tory blue to labour red. this is, you can see it here, 21 seats labour won. that's a pretty comfortable majority for them. both of those seats, redditch and milton keynes, both those councils, i should say, are seen as bellwethers. the country often votes the same way as milton keynes and redditch, so both of those are seen as good results by labour. here's a caveat — 0ldham and greater manchester labour did comptroller and they don't anymore. it's no under, no overall control. this is why you can see and hear here in pink. the independents who've won seats, they took a lot of those seats from labour. labour had lost five and the five that they lost were won by independents who were criticising labour's policy on gaza. so that is a potential issue for the labour party, that in some parts of the country, particularly parts of the country with a high muslim population, they are seeing their vote drop and in some cases they're losing to indepe

given the ulez issue there, how do you think this is going down in labour hq?w how will they feel they performed last? >> i think they'll be they'll be really happy with this. obviously, no. complacency is the mantra of people like morgan mcsweeney in labour hq, but they will be particularly keen to note the fact that they're doing really well in those marginal areas. so it's all about vote dispersal. and under first past the post, they're putting the votes exactly where they need to win a big majority, unlike 2019, where they did pretty badly at that, can we talk about the lib dems in all of this lib dems have a reputation for being pretty good when it comes to local elections. they're good campaigners. street to street, i mean they're up slightly . was it mean they're up slightly. was it 1214 seats up so far . mean they're up slightly. was it 1214 seats up so far. but should they have been doing better in they have been doing better in the run up to a general election ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think we'll see that later today. and when the wokingh

katherine forster is outside labour party hq.re all fanning out across they're all fanning out across the country already. >> yes they are. and good morning, andrew and bev, sir keir starmer of course, in kent this morning surrounded by people holding placards that simply say one word change. that is labour's key pitch, they're saying in the speech yesterday where sir keir starmer was very warm and dry, wasn't he? compared to the prime minister stop the chaos, time for change. and then build a better britain. now i'm here in southwark, outside labour hq this morning. i've seen sue gray and sir keir starmer's chief of staff come in. a very controversial appointment. wasn't it's that last year, of course, she'd led the partygate investigation . the partygate investigation. also talking to some members of starmer's team that i know that came over for a chat a bit earlier on, they are as shocked as anybody else in the whole of westminster, to be honest, that this is happening now. they were not expecting it either. but that said, and

like at labour hq .been preparing for a long time for this election , a long time for this election, and we were pleased that rishi sunak decided to get on with it soonen sunak decided to get on with it sooner. rather than later. and we're out across the country. keir has been touring the nafions keir has been touring the nations and regions. all of our candidates are out launching their campaigns and knocking on doors, and we're excited for the six weeks ahead. >> yeah, but what's interesting is through all of this, you've got to win over people. what your weakest on in terms of pubuc your weakest on in terms of public opinion. traditionally at least, is, is do you trust labour with the economy now that tide may be turning and what you've kept telling us is that everything is fully costed and it's fully a lot of it's costed on, non—dom. the non—dom tax loophole being closed and on putting vat on private schools. and yet you don't even agree with that, do you? you've you've said you don't think it's the r

absolutely, and i am i worried somebody in labour hq watched our documentary a couple of months ago called i think that is absolutely right. it is nothing to do with you. i - think that is absolutely right. we are few think that is absolutely right. - are few days in we have seen beware of events, don't go out in the rain and have a fish thrown at you and pose at an exit sign on the titanic. if you are asking me... everyone should watch for events, including local parties, including journalists, who can be wrong, as i was. , journalists, who can be wrong, as i was-- then _ journalists, who can be wrong, as i was.- then there _ journalists, who can be wrong, as i was. yes. then there are some themes and labour was. yes. then there are some themes and labour says— was. yes. then there are some themes and labour says we are going to do this and we are the party that did that before. labour gordon brown and they will link to that. we are going to lower the voting age. we they will link to that. we are going to lower the voting age.— to lower the voting age. we still don't know _ to lower the v

katherine forster there for us at labour party hq and olivia utley in downing street. h indeed. >> right. let's get the view then of former labour defence minister ivan kaplan who joins us now. good to see you this morning. i mean, there is an issue actually about clear blue water, isn't there, between the two parties that the that keir starmer is going to have to deal with and one of the key ones actually is defence spending . actually is defence spending. he's got to get himself in line with what the country clearly wants, doesn't he? if he's going to win this election . to win this election. >> i don't think there's any doubt, stephen, that labour will want to at least have the 2.5 that, both, keir has already said and that the prime minister has said in relation to what happens, over the next five or so years, i think the issue for the labour party in this situation, one that that i can remember very well all those years ago in 96, 97, is that in opposition? you can't really go full blame with everything going early on. so there will be moments when on the very thin

i suspect it is, and i think that this is actually the kind of unholy alliance right now between labour hqno complacency , nothing for complacency, nothing for granted. they want to put the scare the bejesus out of their voters and to suggesting how to turn out and vote labour to stop the tories getting in. of course tory hq wants to keep, you know, sunak as leader, so they want to play sunak as leader, so they want to play down the chances of him, you know, losing in a landslide. i think the reality is, of course, is that, you know, at the national elections you're not going to see, for instance, residents associations turning up. you're not going to have the greens winning dozens of seats. it's a very different lines. the local elections to the general election. and i think i points to all signs that the tories are in a really bad place right now. there is some analysis by michael thrasher, who was on sky news talking about this, and obviously this has been seized on by sunak, who suggested a hung parliament, but reality is, i think that if you look at every by—election we've had, you lo

i mean labour hq is going to kill me for saying that labour will have a massive majority because i'm, make sure you vote. don't forget to bring your id, don't be complacent. but, but, but really , realistically, he's probably going to have a very big majority. do you think he's going to give in to corbynistas who who are we stella. like momentum is going to fall apart. >> how are we to know? because there is an incontrovertible fact that rishi sunak continually points to . back in continually points to. back in 2019, keir starmer called jeremy corbyn his friend. >> he stood to survive. he had to survive . to survive. >> so he was lying because. and he's telling the truth now because keir starmer is ruthless. >> he's a political operator. that's what you need to do to survive in politics, in the same way that so many pro remain conservative party politicians did. the u—turn after the brexit vote said, okay, i'm going to support brexit now, like liz truss for example, and so many other conservative party politicians in the same way. this is what it means to be a politician. this is wha

i mean, there were some reports that in labour hq people jumped for joy the day boris johnson resignedi want to get rid of any tory prime minister because they failed our country. as natalie elphicke was just telling us, they failed on housing. we've got a housing crisis. i've got constituents that spend over 50% of their income on housing, and it's not even good quality housing, and they failed on the small boats. they're coming across in record numbers since their latest gimmick , rwanda, their latest gimmick, rwanda, which is an expensive con trick, 2500 more people have come across. so it's clearly not a deterrent. now when you've got a government that is failing on everything, it's time for a general election. and i think from last week's local elections, people were coming out and they were voting in their millions for change because they want that election to come. we want this country to turn the page and start writing a new chapter in our national story. because this chaos cannot go on. >> patricia has written in to say that robert jenrick, she would vote for robert jenrick if

what. they have managed to do from their perspective is pull out a sort of good news card from labour hq'se minister. this is a guy who backed rishi sunak in the leadership race in october 22 and was a conservative mp this week. he's now saying he'sjoining conservative mp this week. he's now saying he's joining the conservative mp this week. he's now saying he'sjoining the labour party, he wants keir starmer to become prime minister and i think we can play a little clip. the become prime minister and i think we can play a little clip.— can play a little clip. the time has come to bring _ can play a little clip. the time has come to bring back _ can play a little clip. the time has come to bring back optimism i can play a little clip. the time has i come to bring back optimism within my couldn't — come to bring back optimism within my couldn't tell— come to bring back optimism within my couldn't tell my _ come to bring back optimism within my couldn't tell my constituency. ii my couldn't tell my constituency. i think— my couldn't tell my constituency. i think for— my couldn't tell my consti

stephen in labour hq what do you think the best stance is now for the labour party?cy is dangerous at this stage of the game. but is their best strength right now that they are just simply not the tories? >> well, there's a certain amount of that. i mean , amount of that. i mean, famously, you know, people say, you know, politicians don't win elections , the other lot lose elections, the other lot lose them. there's a certain extent of that, which is why i think you'll now see. look, here's the conundrum, everybody says, where's your policy? you know, let's let's see them on the table . let's see what we're table. let's see what we're going to vote for. but the reality is you don't actually say what you're going to do until pretty close to the election. however, now a days in this sort of retail politics world where people actually want to see the menu before they order the meal, the labour party is having to actually flesh out its policies, particularly the reverse, onto public ownership of utilities like like water, now that those are real clear blue water between

, comments made from labour hq, labour has predominantly had a stronghold in london, always becausethink because of the wonderful characters that live in london, the beautiful differences that we have living in london. and i think in order to work together, they've always voted labour. i am not a sadiq khan, supporter at all. >> do you think things getting less beautiful? >> absolutely it is. and it's getting more violent and it's getting more violent and it's getting increasing difficult to getting increasing difficult to get around to live . and you get around to live. and you know, we've got ulez, we've got people who can't drive. we've got people, people, key workers. and i'm talking about plumbers, electricians and people who care for people not being able to get to work without £12.50, fines being imposed on them. and then all that's done with the introduction of the ltns as well, which is in sadiq khan's back garden as well. that was him who started that and all he has done is displaced the traffic to arterial routes and it's ridiculous . it's ridiculous. >> could i come back

i know from speaking to people in labour hq they're up for it.2015, i was one of those negotiating debates with the tories when david cameron wouldn't debate, take his opponents. so as long as the rules are fair, which i'm sure agreement can be reached, you know, bring it on and i look forward to it. i mean, let's remember, as you say, sean, all these mps are leaving because this has just been sprung on this. we're having a general election on july the 4th, when, remember when it's insulting to scotland because the scottish schools are on holiday. we're having it. >> why is that insulting? >> why is that insulting? >> because it's always. it's always. you never have elections dunng always. you never have elections during school holidays. why? >> because they're independent. >> because they're independent. >> because they're not independent. well, they certainly weren't. well, no majority voted to stay in including campaigned for by your party. and of course, all this is about is because rishi sunak knows he's going to lose and he wants to have hi

i mean, it's a horrible thing to say, but this will i mean, there'll be a sigh of relief in labour hqages, but certainly the news bulletins will all be leading on, i wonder trump and not on diane abbott. i wonder what this means from a from a. >> so these these are some of the supporters of trump outside i think. yeah. never surrender. never surrender trump. it's almost like a religious icon isn't it. and that's my next point. does this actually move the dial? everyone who liked trump well, i don't want to say everyone. i would imagine most people had already made their minds up about whether or not they thought that trump was guilty or whether this was a stitch up and a witch hunt. suzanne. >> yeah, this is the way it works, isn't it? i mean, everybody said the same about bill clinton, the various allegations of sexual abuse that were levelled against him . you were levelled against him. you know, democrats didn't back down. his own wife leapt to his defence. it's so polarised. and the same thing is going to happen here as well, you've got you can see you've got plenty of women there

i was listening to what he's saying because of this bedlam back at labour hq around diane abbott witharty haunted by its length, i'll be joined by trevor kavanagh, the legendary political columnist from the sun, shortly to say is this the same old problems for the labour party in another election? what can be done about it, and what do you think to the election campaign so far? have you seen anything to convince you seen anything to convince you to change your vote? are you convinced by rishi's enthusiasm? are you up for sir keir starmers change, or was your eye caught by the reform party this morning when they said they would introduce a new immigration employers tax? get in touch. use your waze gbnews.com/yoursay but before all of that is your news headunes before all of that is your news headlines and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the newsroom tonight is that the prime minister is warning that labour's net zero policies will hurt britain's economy. touring a factory in buckinghamshire today , rishi bucki

when i was in labour hq in the 2015 election, all the documents like that. why they've come out fighting so quickly, because i think, you know, you don't do a document like that overnight or document like that overnight or do a scale, a launch on the scale we saw yesterday overnight. can i ask you i mean, we've got six more months of it, martin. yeah. >> well, it's great for us, but the nation will be burying their heads under a pillow. on a serious point, the people's poll that we conducted has thrown some interesting points, which i think labour might need to have a good think about. politics is about competence and trust. isn't it all the all the party competent and can we trust them? it's quite concerned for the labour party. i would say, where only 5% of people polled. now bearin only 5% of people polled. now bear in mind gb news viewers aren't against the labour party. the last poll, in fact, showed that over 30% of them are prepared. absolutely. for the labour party. this is not a skew poll. only 5% of the public have a great deal of trust in labour d

they're talking about what's happening back at labour party hq.using a huge headache. civil war over diane abbott . diane abbott. >> well, as you can obviously see, i've pulled my hair out long, long ago , but let's let's long, long ago, but let's let's get get this in perspective, there are, there are at least a dozen labour mps sitting labour. sorry prospective parliamentary candidates for the labour party, who would certainly be described as on the far left. and we're not just talking about people like zarah sultana and apsana begum, john mcdonnell, you know, there's any number of them. they're being allowed to stand. you know, we're that big, a broad church. but look, the fact that you've been an mp for 37 years doesn't give you the god given right to be an mp forever. and i think we need to get this in a little bit of perspective. i think that people people seem to be deifying , diane abbott, i to be deifying, diane abbott, i mean, some of the things she said about redheads suffering just the same way as jews from prejudice, it was downright

what on earth is going on at labour hq?d also rishi sunak has declared war on mickey mouse degrees. why should taxpayers care about what students spend their money on? all of that's coming up in your next hour? want to hear from you? of course! get in touch to use your way and that's gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get kicked off. it's your headlines. it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. labour has not taken any decision to bar diane abbott from standing for the labour party. the mp reportedly told media that she'd been blocked from running with the party. but sir keir starmer said this afternoon those reports were not true . she had the whip withdrawn true. she had the whip withdrawn in april last year following comments she made about racism. she later apologised and an investigation concluded in december. she was a close ally of former leader jeremy corbyn and served as his shadow home secretary. it's unclear whether she'll contest her seat

could be a danger that these people get selected for local council, even for parliament, unless labour party's hq'sand it was found wanting at rochdale. and i don't know how the labour party nana listen, he's got so many people that he's trying to satisfy , which is why he's got satisfy, which is why he's got the nickname flip flop. >> i mean, first of all, he's got all the unions that he needs to satisfy. then of course, he's trying to satisfy the muslim vote. then of course, there was the whole thing with the anti—semitism within the labour party. so he's trying to satisfy them and then even the net zero lobby. so he's trying to get the green thing because that's why he wants to do net zero. look this this man literally just sits on the fence and the sort of tips to one side depending on which side he thinks he's going to, where the balance of power might be. >> do you know what, nana. that's really not fair. he's he's been he's been utterly ruthless since he's been leader of the labour party. he's been utterly ruthless about moving the labour party forward, rooting out anti—semitism , flip rooti

time and i really quickly want to ask you about another story that's making headlines coming out of labour hqis the biggest drop in over a decade, and this is believed to be as a result of reticence, fear ahead of this huge 20% increase in fees that you would be levying on private school pupils, do you think that this could become a policy that you come to regret if you do indeed implement it? because all the word that we're getting from the independent sector is that use hugely underestimated the number of children that will then have to return into the state sector, as schools are unable to sustain the low level of pupils that can still afford those extortionate fees . fees. >> no, i don't, and i think if you look at private school fees over the last ten years, they've risen very substantially indeed. it's up to the independent schools themselves , by the way, schools themselves, by the way, whether they want to pass on all of this to parents or not. but the independent institute for fiscal studies has looked at this policy, looked at the fact it will raise around about £13 billion. and wha

if you are in labour hq this morning, you will be thinking about— this morning, you will be thinkingnservative councillor or mayor or police _ conservative councillor or mayor or police commissioner because we know how hard _ police commissioner because we know how hard they work for their communities. we are coming off a difficult _ communities. we are coming off a difficult backdrop of when these were _ difficult backdrop of when these were last fought, and everybody will understand that the last years have been very— understand that the last years have been very difficult. we have had to make _ been very difficult. we have had to make some — been very difficult. we have had to make some really hard decisions that no conservative loves doing. the geopolitical situation, a pandemic, what is _ geopolitical situation, a pandemic, what is happening over in ukraine with russia's war, all of that set for a _ with russia's war, all of that set for a difficult backdrop. that is not to— for a difficult backdrop. that is not to take away from the fact these are a _ not to take away from the

i wasjust going to say that i think i was just going to say that i think in labour hq, the feeling wille on an election footing for some weeks and months now. and it's believed that some of the rumours about an early general election originated from labour itself, where you have election chiefs basically warning shadow cabinet members, it could come at any point, you need to be ready. so i think labour wanted the election to be sooner rather than later. so if it does turn out it's on the ltth ofjuly, there will be a feeling of delight. 5ir ofjuly, there will be a feeling of deliuht. . ofjuly, there will be a feeling of deliuht. ,, ,, ., ., delight. sir keir starmer, of course, made _ delight. sir keir starmer, of course, made what - delight. sir keir starmer, of course, made what felt i delight. sir keir starmer, of course, made what felt like | delight. sir keir starmer, of i course, made what felt like the beginning of an election campaign appearance a few days ago? yes. beginning of an election campaign appearance a few days ago? yes, last week it felt like _ appearance a few days ag

labour up three, the conservatives down three. this is the thing that will be looked up closely in party hq, the change in vote share from 2021. ng tories trying to figure out what it means for the general election. pretty good for labour, up 5%. some questions about whether it could have been a bit more, but the message from labour, they think the 5% increase is in areas where they needed to win a general election. looking more at what some of the specific results might tell us. this is the overnight result... actually, let me give you a broader view of interesting ones. some of the places where labour won, redditch taken from the conservatives, rushmore taken from the conservatives, hartlepool and thurrock, they were hung councils, no overall control, no labour. if you are a tory waking up no labour. if you are a tory waking up this morning, is there any light at the end of the tunnel? maybe a bit in places like harlow. in harlow, labour might have done well and taken that on a really good night. and another one in the lib dem sites on a good night. alden is interesting, labour loss control, i would explain why —— oldham. mor

now, putting the hq in scotland is telling, as it is the centre of both the offshore wind and the oil and gas industry. the snp said labour'sile the conservatives put the number at 200,000 across the whole uk and say it's foolish to import more than we have to. labour dismissed those numbers, saying that existing licences mean oil and gas production will continue for many years, whilst thousands of newjobs will be created in renewable industries. labour originally planned to spend £28 billion per year on green projects and the greens and scottish greens say whittling that back to £8.3 billion for the parliament lacks ambition and urgency. labour says its investment plans have had to be scaled back thanks to the worsening public finances they will inherit if they are elected. remember, 75% of our total energy needs still come from fossil fuels. all the main parties want a greener future, but how and how fast to get there is one of the clearest dividing lines between them. simonjack there. and chrisjoins me now. end of first full week of campaigning, chris — how's it gone? i think ithink in i think in the last couple of days

putting the hq in scotland is telling as it is the centre of both the offshore wind and the oil and gas industry. the snp say labour's200,000 across the whole uk, and say it's foolish to import more than we have to. labour dismiss these numbers, saying that existing licences mean oil and gas production will continue for many years while thousands of newjobs would be created in renewable industries. labour originally planned to spend £28 billion per year on green projects and the greens and scottish greens say whittling that down to £8.3 billion for the parliament lacks ambition and urgency. labour says its investment plans have been scaled back thanks to the worsening public finances they will inherit if they are elected. and remember, 75% of our total energy needs still come from fossil fuels. all the main parties want a greener future but how and how fast to get there is one of the clearest dividing lines between them. simonjack, our simon jack, our business simonjack, our business editor. the time is 18:17. our top story this evening... donald trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction, venting against the judic

now, putting the hq in scotland is telling as it's the centre of both the offshore wind and the oil and gas industry. and the snp say labour'sbour dismisses these numbers, saying that existing licences will mean oil and gas production will continue for many years, while thousands of newjobs would be created in renewable industries. now, labour originally planned to spend £28 billion per year on green projects, and the greens and the scottish greens say whittling that down to £8.3 billion for the parliament lacks ambition and urgency. labour says its investment plans have had to have been scaled back thanks to the worsening public finances they will inherit if they are elected. and remember, 75% of our total energy needs still come from fossil fuels. all the main parties want a greener future, but how and how fast to get there is one of the clearest dividing lines between them. joining me now is laurie macfarlane, an edinburgh—based economist and the co—director of future economy scotland. you carry out research on how to get to just transition, which you carry out research on how to get tojust transition, which is you carry