will labour now be the party of remain quite? labour now be the party of remain —— remain? ut reform the european union. the tories campaign to remain, as well. at the last election we said we respected the result of the referendum, but the danger of a no—deal brexit pushed by borisjohnson or someone danger of a no—deal brexit pushed by boris johnson or someone else danger of a no—deal brexit pushed by borisjohnson or someone else is becoming increasingly likely. if there were for example a public vote and that public vote was between a no—deal brexit and remain, clearly the labour party could not back a no—deal brexit in such circumstances, because we believe it would be bad for the economy and living standards of people in this country. there has been no mention from jeremy corbyn orjohn mcdonnell of seeing through the result of the referendum. which does make it look like the party will become the party of remain. if we were in government today, we would try to negotiate a decent deal and tried to bring people together who voted leave and remain. we are not in government

labour party should be doing.nders for theresa may's job are split over whether to leave the eu with or without a deal — she says she still wants an orderly exit. i've always taken the view that the best option for the uk was the leave the european union with a deal. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has heard how the ring leader became radicalised. an eleventh climber has died on mount everest — we ask why this season is proving so dangerous. and how do smartphones and the exam season mix? we'll hear how some students cope the two main westminster parties are in turmoil over brexit in the wake of their poor performance in the european elections. both parties are being pulled by their core vote towards a position which might alienate the other side of the party. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under mounting pressure from senior front benchers to come out, unequivically, infavour of a second referendum. but one of his biggest union backers, unite leader len mccluskey says they are wrong and a second

, the labour party says it will cooperate fully with the investigation, it is implacably opposedg it rejects any suggestion that the party does not handle anti—semitism complaints fairly and robustly. in a completely separate development, the conservative party is increasingly facing calls over allegations of islamophobia in the party for an inquiry there. the muslim council of britain which has previously called foran britain which has previously called for an independent inquiry has written to the hrc formally requesting an investigation. they say islamophobia has been tolerated at the highest levels in the party and the complaints process isn't working. we haven't heard yet from the conservative party on this but to be clear, the conservative party facing calls for an investigation from the equality and human rights commission, the labour party an investigation is now under way. jessica, thank you. a man carrying two knives has attacked a group of schoolgirls injapan as they waited for a bus killing at least one child and one adult. 15 others were injured. the attacker also di

and i stand for a progressive labour party. and remain as you are a main party. people want decisions. that argument has been made. do you think you need to ta ke has been made. do you think you need to take it a step further. you wrote it with your feet in the european elections, is it time to vote with your feet and leave, elections, is it time to vote with yourfeet and leave, slam elections, is it time to vote with your feet and leave, slam the door behind you? well, i don't believe... i don't particularly wa nt well, i don't believe... i don't particularly want to and don't believe i shed. the problem with doing that is that the labour party which we helped to turn into a party of government, and a party that won elections, is handing over to the entire machinery, the entire party, its history and everything. to people who seem to be, i don't know whether it is deliberate or accidental, but hell—bent on losing elections. the reaction to the european election should have been to come out and say, ok, we hear what you are sayi

for failing conservatives and the labour party forfailing to deliver on conservatives and the labourty for failing to deliver on brexit. talks between the two to try to find some solution will continue next week, and this morning we heard from the health secretary about what he thinks needs to happen. i think the prime minister's deal is a better arrangement than a permanent customs union, but i think we need to be in the mood for compromise. we need to be listening to these results from these local elections, which is i say are about delivering brexit, but not about living this particular form of brexit, there was no door that i knocked on whether person opened and said, i would like a slight change to paragraph five of the agreement in this particular way. that is not the mood of the nation. it is get on, deliver brexit and then move on. the mood of the labour party, they might have expected to have a good night. that last time the seats were thought was in 2015. not as good as a result is they were expecting. they were many in the labour party who thought they would be fairly subs

who is taking legal advice after he was thrown out of the party today for voting lib dem in european elections. the telegraph reports that labours have dared jeremy corbyn to expel them from the party after they too admitted voting for other parties. the daily mail brand it labour's day of shame after a formal inquiry was launched today into allegations of anti—semitism. the financial times leads on the news that china's largest online retailer has selected hong kong rather than new york for its next fundraising round, amid an increasingly broad trade war with the us. the metro pictures formerjls singer oritse williams, who has been cleared of raping a fan, ending an ordeal his ex—bandmate described as three years of hell. the guardian suggestsjohn bercow risks the fury of hard—line eurosceptics after he said he plans to stay in his post as speaker of the house of commons. and the times claimsjeremy hunt is losing support to michael gove in the conservative leadership race because mps believe he is flip—flopping on a no—deal brexit. well, let us begin with the mirror, which we didn't have for those headlines, but the daily mirr

the labour party?party front bench has shown that they aren't prepared to do this good faith. now also out and about today we have the home secretary sajid javid who is putting himself forward as a contender. his pitch seems to be he is the man who can unite the country and appeal to people perhaps who other contenders cannot reach. he also was asked the crucial no deal question and you have to say for now at least, he dodged it. i think what the public want to see is much more trust with their politicians, a much stronger, more confident relationship. i am concerned about the future and how we do that and that's why i think we need the right type of leadership. someone that can promote unity, that can bring people together. sadly, i think there are too many divides in our country today, whether someone was leave or remain, or whether the north or the south, whether they are young or old. i think we should not be exploiting any of these divisions. what we need to do is to bring people together and i do

and that this man represents the governing body of the labour party, he has no role going forward, herious about tackling anti—semitism in the party. you do have a process and the party? surely he should be put through that at least? the process which can take up at least? the process which can take up to three years as he had seen with recent cases, it tookjackie walker three years to be expelled from the labour party. this simply is not good enough but it is a much more concerned not just is not good enough but it is a much more concerned notjust about his comments but the position he holds. he is in the position of other people anti—semitic comments, the fa ct people anti—semitic comments, the fact that he is suspended simply is not good enough, he needs to be removed from immediate effect on the mec. i know he can't attend meetings while he is suspended, but that is really —— here nor there, he has been sitting and arbitrating him cases about his antigenic is in during his tenure as a mec member and will continue to do self with such a clear pattern of behaviour, he should not be

the area of swindon which was staunchly labour, the incumbent there are quit the party not so long agos an independent and up against her, labour put their parliamentary candidate for north swindon, a seat which has fallen to the party of government ever since it was created in 1997. labour have lost that state. it has been taken by the conservatives for the first time in the history of that state. very early days, only three or four results insofar, but the conservatives had a tiny majority going into the selection and they are quietly comfortable that they will stay in power and they have a reduced majority, but quietly confident, the conservatives here, they mightjust confident, the conservatives here, they might just might confident, the conservatives here, they mightjust might hold onto power, define the results of eve ryo ne power, define the results of everyone else. tell us about the nature of the campaign, what did it focus on? there are big issues in swindon not least the honda issue but there are other issues. what would you say was the main feature of the campaign? it is in

as well as the seats for the lib dems, the brexit party and labour, both gained two meps. ative party no longer has any mep in london. earlier today we spoke to people in axbridge. there has been so much delay and i think everybody is absolutely achieved with the whole thing. i think the general public have all had enough of it. i think people have voted to tell the government they are not very happy with them. they are all looking after their own and not looking after normal, everyday people. i am a big fan of borisjohnson, but everyday people. i am a big fan of boris johnson, but the everyday people. i am a big fan of borisjohnson, but the reality is, it has been a struggle to change the way forward. says all really. he did what he did but at the end of the day, he is a bit of a joke. in the west midlands, the brexit party took more than a third of the vote if we have a look at the share, the brexit party is way ahead on 38% followed by labour, lib dems, the green party look at the conservatives who have fallen to fifth place. the people in the west midlands have been giv

i think the labour party needs to genuinely decide whether they are going to be a party that backs brexit all this messing around, faffing about is a nonsense. the point is, you are saying that and dead last night we were talking to the leader of the labour group in sunderland, and he was very forthright —— and then last night. he said the talk of a second referendum is killing us, people hate it and they don't want it. they don't like the idea, the thought that labour will be associated with that. what do you say to somebody in your own party who is saying that to you? i say it's really weird that they then voted for the lib dems and greens. the idea that protest voting in sunderland about brexit went for the most remaining macro parties, notwithstanding those that voted conservative or for you cape up there, which frankly i find it phenomenal that ukip is still even seen as being slightly credible considering my own personal experience with them recently. at the other thing i think is a problem is the labour party has a problem, if you look at wider data from across this election and ot

, and charles clarke has only ever voted for the labour party likewise, and of people as this reallyinteresting question and more fundamental existential question for labour which is this being repeated in large numbers throughout the country? if it is they are in real trouble. in terms of both parties sticking together now, whatever the position ofjeremy corbyn on a second referendum, whoever ends up leading the tory party, both parties risked alienating part of their support base and there is also talk of challenges to the labour leadership, as well. that remains a possibility, but labour mps who are critics ofjeremy corbyn and would like to see him replaced are cautious about that and they saw how it went in 2016 which was very badly and the labour membership and labour vote rs and the labour membership and labour voters may have seen the european elections as a free header against jeremy corbyn to vote for another party like the lib dems or the greens in orderto party like the lib dems or the greens in order to show them what they thought about his brexit policy but does that mea

these are not good results for the labour party. ten to our members and supporters and the public and the answer is all so we ta ke public and the answer is all so we take the fight to the tories, to end austerity in this country, to rebuild the health service and social services, to invest in good qualityjobs for the social services, to invest in good quality jobs for the future. that has to be the right way forward. the country needs to come together to face our problems together. emily thornberry last night suggested a further compromise talks are over and your party need to commit further to a second referendum and campaignfor further to a second referendum and campaign for remain. what you have from me today is a commitment that our party is listening to its members and supporters and reaching out to other parties across the house of commons. to prevent it crashing out from the eu with no deal. a commitment that the future will of course be put to a public vote, as we have already proposed in parliament and indeed, colleagues, i

party that won in 2017. laura earlier in the programme quoted from labour sources some examples of where the labour party wasnd some of the constituencies they didn't win in 2017. i'm afraid i have a list of constituencies where the conservatives were ahead on thursday, but labour were behind, bolton north east, derby north and wirral west. so given that the labour party still has to make quite a substantial advance to have any prospect of winning an overall majority, it is not the kind of result to suggest the labour party are heading in that direction. but before the conservatives get too cocky and to confirm that indeed, we have been seeing evidence of the liberal democrats reviving in some of the places where they had strength but recently fell back, i have another list of four seats where the liberal democrats came first which the conservatives had been holding hitherto, cheadle, stockport, hazel grove, portsmouth south, all of them constituencies that the liberal democrats held either until 2015 or in the case of stockport until 2017. yes, the liberal democrats always do better in local elections than

labour party. 184, 678. 260,277. green party. 343,249. labour party. 184,678. 50. david round, 2606. michael turberville, 1587. i therefore declare and once declared i invite them to join therefore declare and once declared i invite them tojoin me on stage, the following candidates have been duly elected for the south—east region. nigel for a rush, duly elected for the south—east region. nigel fora rush, the duly elected for the south—east region. nigel for a rush, the brexit party. —— nigel farage. the second seat allocated to the liberal democrats and the candidate awarded is catherine beard it. —— catherine bearder. the third seat goes to the brexit party and the candidate elected is alexandra phillips. we will stay with this list because nigel farage may say something but a very strong performance therefore the brexit party here. the lib dems again strong. once again in a strong second place absolutely and, again, the conservative party falling back appallingly in that region the last time they were in second place just behind ukip. this time, nowhere near i

the labour party as far as i'm concerned. i will a lwa ys far as i'm concerned. and i will always be labour. i suspect i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are aroundjeremy longer than some of the people who are around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the other main stories on bbc news at five... the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into the labour party over claims of anti—semitism. the london bridge inquests hear new details about how one of the attackers became radicalised. another death of a climber on everest — we talk to a mountaineer about why this season is proving so dangerous. and northern ireland's newest mep, naomi long of the alliance party, joins us at 5.45pm. it's five o'clock. our main story — the two main westminster parties are in turmoil over brexit in the wake of their poor performance in the european elections. both parties are being pulled by their core vote towards a position which might alienate the other side of the party. for labou

in plymouth we have had a good night nor the labour party. ll, we have had a good labour councilfor the last year, but weirdly in plymouth we have seen labour vote remaining strong, not only in our leave areas but in our remain areas as well. plymouth really is a tale of two cities with very different communities, in the north and south but what we have seen in both is voters in different communities all voting labour, and that is helping buck the national trend as plymouth often does. your colleague up in sunderland earlier was, the labour leader in sunderland was basically complaining about labour policy, very clearly, saying that the option of having a people's vote was incredibly unhelpful to labour party workers on the doorstep, what is your perspective on that? well, i think we need to have greater clarity in our position, that is what i want to see the option of a public vote on any single brexit deal. i think it is clear in plymouth we have seen voters move from labour to the green, the liberal democrats in the small numbers, that has

i'm still of the labour party, as far as i'm concerned. arty longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. back to ben in westminster. and the significance of a figure like alistair campbell being expelled — that's quite a moment for labour. he is labour to his toenails. by the more robust advocates of labour policy, labour values that you can find really so it is been extraordinary in the eyes of many that he has been kicked out of the party, but people closer tojeremy corbyn, as the labour support essay, the rules of the rules and he said on the election night programme, that he voted lived in and hoping to get them closer to a people's vote, you cannot vote for another party and remaina you cannot vote for another party and remain a member, so he self—destructed his membership but i feel there is some incredulity that is widespread across that for someone is widespread across that for someone like alastair campbell could run foul of those rules. and he made the point when he was talking outside of his

, so there are huge party management issues, even if the government and the labour party leadershipome sort of compromise, getting it through their parties will not be easy. there are some who predict that even if they did reach that agreement, it might not get through parliament. there is a long way to go. meanwhile, counting continues for local elections in northern ireland where a62 seats are being contested in 11 council areas. results so far have been similar to those in england with smaller parties making gains. 0ur correspondentjohn campbell is in belfast. there is not a direct lead across, because the uk parties do not contest elections generally speaking in northern ireland, but some interesting detail, and particularly developments on dissident republicans. bearing in mind the killing of lyra mckee last month. just within the last hour or so, councillor gary donnelly, an independent republican, has retained his seat on derry city council. he topped the poll in his area as he did last time out. he is a republican who has previously been a spokesperson in militant republican

the labour party also suffered heavy loses, and there were big gains for the smaller parties and manyependents. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. now the dust has settled on the english part of the results, we still have northern ireland to go, what is the mood that has resulted? presumably no one was surprised that the conservatives were defeated. they may have been more surprised by the scale of some of the other results. yes, the scale of the conservative losses was considerably more than many thought. we had heard predictions of up to 1000, up to 1,300. ithink predictions of up to 1000, up to 1,300. i think the conservatives are bruised this morning and desperate to try and find something that avoids another kicking in the european elections which happen in just three weeks. the big question for the conservatives is now how they find a solution to the brexit impasse. that's what they are blaming for this result, that's what we heard the prime ministers say yesterday. and in some senses the labour leadership seems to have agreed that people are punishing the con

labour have lost control hartlepool and wirral. overall, the partyfar are looking at a small net loss of seats. it is not looking good. this is going to be a very difficult night for labour. we have been out and about across the borough and the message we are getting loud and clear is all about brexit. and the residents are telling us they are going to make sure there is some change because of their dissatisfaction. the tories are looking at initial net losses too. despite holding on to the battle ground of swindon, the conservatives have lost control of councils including st albans, southend and peterborough. earlier, the prime minister, polling card in hand, what does the picture mean for her? i think she needs to take a look at how many councillors we have lost overnight. wake up in the morning and think about how she thinks the conservative party needs to put its best foot forward. 50, early signs it could be some of the smaller parties, like the liberal democrats and greens, gaining ground. but there's a long way to go. this is a big set of loca

labour says the party takes all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously. political correspondent chris mason reports. peter willsman sits around an important table in politics, with a seat on labour's ruling national executive committee, or nec. politically, he is on the left of labour. the same wing as the leader, jeremy corbyn. this is the moment injanuary he was secretly recorded at a meeting with an american israeli author. one of these things about anti—semitism is that they're using that to whip people up. they use anything, any lies. it's all total lies, theyjust whip it up. you know, i imagine, i tell you this off the record, it's almost certain who is behind all this anti—semitism againstjeremy. almost certainly it was the israeli embassy. do you plan to withdraw as a candidate from the nec? it isn't the first time mr willsman has been accused of inappropriate remarks about labour and anti—semitism. last summer, he was recorded claiming jewish trump fanatics were behind the allegations. but this row about anti—semitism within labour matters because

in the yorkshire and humber region, the brexit party took three of the six seats. labour green party gaining a seat each. it means that both ukip and the conservative party lost two meps each in the region. the brexit party mep john longworth is here. what do you put your party's success down to? i think people are angry and frustrated that we haven't left the european union, that parliament and the government have an fulfilled the will of the people, despite the fa ct we the will of the people, despite the fact we had a strong result in the referendum and the two major parties had it in their manifestos that they would respect that result. isn't the difficulty with this result, as we heard a little earlier from sir difficulty with this result, as we heard a little earlierfrom sirjohn curtice, in the end all it tells us is that the uk is as polarised if not more polarised than it was at the time of the brexit debate. this is not an out and out victory for those wanting brexit nor for those opposed to brexit. isn't a problem for politicians that somehow you have got to reb

the labour party did nothing about it. it was the conservatives that banned exclusive 0 hours contracts. >> it is a huge issue because historically schools had less funding for decades compared to authorities like bryson holmes. there was a 6% increase and this your schools should be getting a 7.6% increase in people funding for 64,000 pounds of that being kept behind the council. will prime minister do what she can to ensure the funding they have been awarded? >> my honorable friend raised an important point because we have recognized we are asking schools to do more and responded with the highest level of school funding on record, we have introduced new national funding formulas to make the distribution fairer but it is still the case that local authorities are responsible for determining individual schools budget from the overall some they have received and they have a responsibility. i'm sure honorable members will look to local authorities to make sure were schools should be receiving extra money the local authorities

i don't feel i've left the labour party. i'm still in the labour party, as far as i'm concerned.e labour. and i suspect that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office, but not in power — no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. in the past hour, we have been hearing from leaders at that eu summit as it came to end in brussels. our europe editor katya adler is there. all of those leaders who were in a room with theresa may are of course well aware of the leadership contest under way for those who want her job, but when i asked her earlier, they didn't seem very keen on a new brexit negotiation after mrs may's departure. those who want to be her successor say they want to renegotiate the brexit deal. will you be open to that? no, no, no, no. no renegotiation, this is too easy. so we changed the s

a labour party aren't bringing out a clear position. ar, and it is no great surprise that both of those two biggest parties, at uk level a re those two biggest parties, at uk level are being punished. i don't think this is about being in government. the snp has been in government. the snp has been in government for 12 years, and although there is always stuff you can do better, we have a clear lie on brexit. —— clear line. can do better, we have a clear lie on brexit. -- clear line. what's your strategy for the european elections? it's very clear. scotland voted to remain in the european union, and we should remain. we know that there is no better deal than the one that we had at the moment, but one thing that is clear is we need to work together across the party divides. we have seen the greens do well, the liberals do well, our colleagues with whom we are working very closely at westminster along with plate camera, and even some members of the conservative party and labour party who get it, that this is damaging. plaid cymru. thank you

i have not left labour party, i am still in the labour party as far as i am concerned and i will alwaysll be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. our prime minister in office but not in power, no longer a taunt, just how it is. for theresa may at the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the question is facing whoever comes next but not a single a nswer whoever comes next but not a single answer at a defining time for british politics and the country. catcher adler, while theresa may is in brussels one of the people who wa nts to in brussels one of the people who wants to succeed her, jeremy hunt, talks about renegotiating the withdrawal deal, how is that going down? all the eu leaders gathered here are not intending to discuss brexit at all today, it's not on the official discussion agenda and they don't want to discuss it off agenda either. as the leaders were coming into this building to the meeting andi into this building to the meeting and i was calling out to them how open are you to renegotiating

tom watson the deputy leader says the labour party is now a party of remain and reform. view. so, the... let‘sjust move on. i think it is over. so you are saying you have got a labour party, a party of opposition which is not changing its position, and it feels as if the knives have been out within the party for theresa may for quite some time. with all the people you mentioned saying they are prepared to put themselves up for leadership and think they can do a betterjob. the eu has made it clear, there was no extension to the deadline beyond 0ctober clear, there was no extension to the deadline beyond october the 31st. the opposition is not compromising 01’ the opposition is not compromising or going your way. who can do any better? well, the eu have changed their date as often as we have changed our dates, and they went to 0ctober changed our dates, and they went to october 31. but it changes the dynamics. theresa may was round as leader of the tory party because andrea leadsom pulled out. that is a barbed comment. they will be endorsed by the party. the dynamics chang

but it does highlight the big issues the labour party is grappling with, those disastrous results in ions. the style of leadership that has evolved under jeremy corbyn and the direction of the party more broadly. jonathan, thank you very much for that. he saw a clip of the director—general of the cbi a few moments ago. we will be getting more on that when we talk to her at 9:15am so stay with us for that. staying with politics. the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, has announced she'll stand for the leadership to replace sir vince cable. he steps down onjuly the 23rd, and nominations to replace him close this friday. her competition so far is the former energy secretary, sir ed davey, who's also said he'll stand. welljo swinsonjoins me now. there is a huge expectation around the lib dems following the party's su ccesses the lib dems following the party's successes in the european elections and the local elections, why are you the politician to take the party forward ? the politician to take the party forward? there is a huge opportunity andi forward? there is a huge

previously, labour was the dominant party in north east lincolnshire. e full control of this grimsby based authority. this is an area heavily supportive of brexit in the 2016 referendum, almost 70% opted to leave the eu. but voters have chosen not to punish the conservatives in north east lincolnshire, but instead, labour are the biggest losers here. the liberal democrats have become the largest party on portsmouth city council following the local council elections. they have increased their seats by 150% so far, the liberal democrats. let's go through this result. the conservatives and liberal democrats went into the election both holding 17 seats, with the labour party supporting a lib dem—led administration. the lib dems gained two seats with 28% of the vote, labour gained one and the conservatives lost three, still leaving no party in overall control. the political editor for the south of england, peter henley has more. (tx here in portsmouth, it has finished with labour making gains and the liberal democrats. the conservatives, though, have not lost

party topped the poll. plaid cymru came second. labour split between parties who back leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum and, ultimately, to stay. if you were hoping this would end the brexit debate, you may well be disappointed. nick eardley, bbc news. our political correspodent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. tom, how has the political landscape changed ? people will be thinking about how this sets us up in the political landscape going forward. labour there is no doubt this was a terrible result for the two main parties, winning fewer than half the votes that they one in 2014. what voters do want, that is far from clear. yes, there was a victory for the brexit party on there no deal platform, winning more than one third of the vote, but parties that stood on a clear remain platform, the lid dams, the greens, the scottish and welsh nationalists, change uk, they won more votes. what does that mean for politics here in westminster? they have each, in their own way, been walking a line of comp

today, labour said, peter willsman has been suspended from the labour party pending investigation. ave a jot of feeling about the concerns in thejewish community, pete willsman can‘tjust be suspended, and it left to be blown over, and let back in at some point in the future, he needs to be expelled from the nec, be expelled from the party, for now and for good. and this seniorfigure in the party agrees. if this is not dealt with incredibly effectively, and quickly, and i'm saying 14 days should be the time limit, then is the institution capable of being effectively anti—anti—semitic, or is the institution so sclerotic, in some way, that it might itself be institutionally anti—semitic? the party now has to decide what to do about peter willsman. let him stay, or kick him out. let‘s get more analysis on this now from our political correspondent jess parker, whojoins us from westminster. labour must be under excruciating pressure now to act and act quickly when it comes to anti—semitism in the party? act quickly when it comes to anti-semitism in the party? yes and, lo, the labour party

but many labour mps are arguing the exact opposite. the partydum and ultimately, staying in the eu. they point to huge gains at the local elections for the greens and the big winners, the liberal democrats. i think there we re liberal democrats. i think there were some local factors but there is no doubt the big nationalfactor was theissue no doubt the big nationalfactor was the issue of brexit. the liberal democrats have been against brexit and campaigning against it, campaigning fora and campaigning against it, campaigning for a final say for the british people for the last nearly three years. i think people have heard that now from the liberal democrats, that we are the stop brexit party. these elections have caused a big questions for a government struggling to deliver brexit. answering them won't necessarily be easy. the cross—community alliance party has made significant gains in northern ireland's local government election. the dup and sinn fein remain the largest parties, each taking around 25% of first preference votes. however, allianc

more signs of the division in the uk's labour party today. was kicked out of the party after revealing he voted for liberal democrats in the eu election. today, more senior members have also admitted to voting for other parties. labour's former home secretary charles clarke and ex—mp fiona mactaggart confirmed they voted lib dem. while defence secretary bob ainsworth said he voted green. labour's deputy leader has called mr campbell's expulsion "spiteful" saying the party should be "listening rather than punishing". mr campbell has said: "remains to be seen whether all who have said they did not vote labour will now be expelled." ben wright is in westminster. how much of a problem is this becoming for the labour party? it's really interesting. i think the way alastair campbell was kicked out so way alastair campbell was kicked out so abruptly has crystallised a lot of questions facing the labour party and labour leadership right now about the nature of its control over the party, about how it resolves the dilemma around another referendum and

it seems strange that the labour party would go towards these talks openhanded and say yes, this wouldolutely help bring in a tory brexit. for as many labour voters that voted to leave back in the referendum in 2016, there has to be almost as many if not more who voted to remain and have expressed a preference for a second referendum which we know the conservative party simply don't want. this article quotes the shadow business secretary who confirms that the negotiations are not going well and the fingers pointed at the conservative party. the fact that they will not move on the so—called redlines. 0ne the fact that they will not move on the so—called redlines. one of them is no movement the so—called redlines. one of them is no movement was a the so—called redlines. one of them is no movement was a customs union, labour on more in favour of the idea of the uk remaining in a relationship with the eu than we have now. it's a very similar relationship but that is not palatable to many in the tory party. it's a bit of a halfway house for trade between the uk and the eu and therefore the

surprise, majority of papers lead to the same story the devastating loss for conservative and labour parties focus on labour, jeremy corbyn lost more than 60 seats, election results proved a huge impetus on them to get it get it back it is —— mexico done. the telegraph, though any other way focusing on conservatives saying tory suffered there west licence 95 after losing 1200 council seats. focusing on conservatives is the kindest reports in your conservative politicians are set to countries teresa make the she must quit as leader and another political story also featured on the front page, it's a story about the health secretary is as anti—backs campaigners have blood on their hands as he considers making child vaccinations compulsory. in other news, daily mary says detectives in pa rt news, daily mary says detectives in part are investigating a new suspect, a report that the investigators are close to cracking the case. after british authorities tipped them off about a known paedophile who is in the same resort when the toddler vanished in 2087. so that's how some of the front pages like —

for members who did not support the party at the european elections. labourg to be my last term in parliament and i stood in 2019 specifically because of the brexit situation and specifically to fight for remain, and i‘m pretty sad at the position alistair campbell has ta ken and i‘m pretty sad at the position alistair campbell has taken because he really hasn‘t engaged with the labour group he really hasn‘t engaged with the labourgroup in the he really hasn‘t engaged with the labour group in the european parliament, he doesn‘t know what we‘ve been fighting for, but he doesn‘t know what the liberals stand for in the european parliament. in fa ct, for in the european parliament. in fact, they have always been part of the centre—right majority. which he claims not to support. do you think your anger should be aimed atjeremy corbyn rather than alastair campbell. you will be aware of the allegations of fence sitting directed atjeremy corbyn. allegations of fence sitting directed at jeremy corbyn. before the campaign and during the campaign and since the end of th

i don't feel i have left the labour party. i'm still in the labour party as far as i'm concerned.ways be labour. and i will always be labour. and i suspect that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office but not in power. no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. well, in the past hour we've been hearing from leaders at that eu summit. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us tonight. clive, the summit ended a few moments ago and then his closing statement donald tusk the president of the european council described brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. brexit as the best vaccine, he said, againstanti—eu propaganda. he brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. he was referring to the victory, the majority won by pro—eu groups in the recen

the labour party?rty front bench has shown they are not prepared to do this in good faith. mention of the labour party, we are also seeing real pressure this morning onjeremy corbyn to become a good deal clearer about the party's position on another referendum. yesterday we saw him coming out with words and a letter to labour mps suggesting he would back a public vote if he could not get a general election. a public vote on some or other brexit deal. at this morning we had from his close colleague, the shadow home secretary diane abbott, being pretty unequivocal that if mr corbyn should not get a general election than they should back a people's vote in all circumstances. ideally we would want a general election, that remains our position. but as the clock ticks down, if we are not going to have a general election we would support a people's vote. let me say this, there is no inherent contradiction between respecting the result of the referendum and having a people's vote, necklace because it is still

party, just one. it's that they want to leave the european union without a deal. labourems of its own — some members want the party to be more clear about backing a second referendum like the greens, the snp, plaid cymru and the liberal democrats. if you can attach a peoples vote to the brexit deal we will be able to get that through the houses of parliament because there is enough support for making sure that a deal goes back to the people. that's the obvious way out of this mess. conservatives are trying to play down the significance of these european elections are still clinging to the hope that meps elected later this month might never take their seats but that depends on the government being able to break the deadlock here at westminster and finally deliver brexit. if they can't, tory mps fear the party will continue to be punished by voters. theresa may found time for a kickabout this weekend, but if support for the conservatives slumped badly it could be her mps putting the boot in in two weeks‘ time. for more on this we can now speak to professor of politics at s

talks between the labour party and the conservative party ongoing behind closed doors.we will get more details. the queen in the royal family delighted to announce the birth of the royal baby. let's bring in our senior executive editor to give us an idea of what is going on. i'm slightly joking about this, but it all serious a good provider little bit of political cover for theresa may. what will happen of the next 24 hours, apart for the fact that britain will be baby of assessed? -- baby obsessed? >> a bit of cover will they continue the talks between the labour party and conservatives. markets take a negative view of those talks. not talking about any deal struck between the government, just the royal baby. the reality is those talks are difficult. we had john mcdonald on the bbc yesterday pouring cold water on the idea of a deal. he does not trust the prime minister anymore, saying she is acting in bad faith. they're are supposed to be coming to an agreement tomorrow. that is the next deadline. is it going to happen? if not, than the prime minister says she will go

the i features fresh criticism from labour about cross—party brexit talks. imsjeremy corbyn won't be able to get enough labour mps to back a deal without a second referendum. the daily mail says three quarters of maternity units have no consultants on duty at night. so that was a quick flavour of some of the front pages. let's dive in. we will start with brexit. and that has been covered... i did say it with a smile. tony, kick us off? everything is in a mess with brexit. there was some hope last week that maybe this week would either week that had a breakthrough. government negotiations with labour would bear fruit and we could move forward and find a centre ground. the prime minister has managed to upset the labour party by breaking confidentiality of the negotiations. she was saying let's do a deal, jeremy corbyn. the shadow chancellor was on the bbc this morning accusing the prime minister of bad faith and warning her that labour mps will insist upon a second referendum before they agree to any deal. that isa before they agree to any deal. that is a signi

there will be ramifications for the labour party, too. gone through ——to the liberal democrats. and leave supporters are going to the brexit party. the action is in the conservative party. something is to break in this process , we something is to break in this process, we keep doing the same thing over and over again, it is basically the same deal that has gone before parliament three times, it will become four times, no—one is willing to accept a general election of seven —— second referendum. both conservative mps have completed what needs to change is the prime minister. they will still face great challenges, but it is impossible to see how the process gets anywhere while mrs may is still in downing street. carolyn, the daily mail, traditionally a paper that was a little bit positive towards theresa may. yes. and in particular her brexit deal. which has been interesting. there has been a change of leadership in the paper and it has gone pretty and he theresa may to much more supportive under their new editor. it is interesting to see t

yes, i think the tory party will come third behind the brexit party and labour. fifth behind change uk or the greens. that is the party and government coming fifth in a national election. can it survive coming fifth in a national election? does anyone disagree with that analysis of the potential catastrophe for the government? no, but changing the leader will not change the problems with the withdrawal agreement. if the tories come fourth or fifth in the european election, replacing theresa may with anyone else is not going to actually change the problem that they have with getting that withdrawal agreement through the house. and i think she stays in no matter what because there is no mechanism to remove her. i think she stays in no matter what. the other big name party, the labour party, did not do so great. hence the walking in the middle—of—the—road comment. are they going to ditch constructive ambiguity or do you see them doing a deal when theresa may because both of them have an interest in getting to a deal? i don't think they have a mutual interest. and i

adopt a four day working week. —— labour party. day working week. -- labour party. to female toilets for every male wanted it you a lwa ys toilets for every male wanted it you always find a toilet whenever you need one? outside britain it is easier. inside written posterity has meant councils have cut a lot of public toilets. but it is true. whenever i am with a lady it is a lwa ys whenever i am with a lady it is always more difficult for a woman to find a toilet than a man because the queues are always there.” find a toilet than a man because the queues are always there. ijust a lwa ys queues are always there. ijust alwaysjump queues are always there. ijust always jump into the queues are always there. ijust alwaysjump into the men's queues are always there. ijust always jump into the men's toilets. i will look out for that. thank you very much, jonathan. stay with us here on bbc news, plenty more to come. the next couple of days are looking fairly dry for most of us, with some warm spells of sunshine, but things are turning more u

also this lunchtime: labour suspends a member of its ruling body, following his comments about the party'si—semitism row. gp surgery closures are at an all time high across the uk, suggests new research, affecting half a million patients. the lawyer for shamima begum's family accuses the authorities of failing to protect her from being groomed by islamic state. and, we're with the fans who've travelled to madrid for tomorrow's champions league final. and coming up on bbc news... the cricket world cup continues. pakistan have had a nightmare start after being sent into bat by west indies. we'll have the latest from trent bridge. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump has announced a new tactic to try to pressurise mexico into reducing the number of migrants crossing its border into the us. a trade tariff of 5% will be imposed on all goods from mexico from next month and the tax will be increased every month until it reaches 25%, unless the president considers the flow of people has been stemmed. financial markets have fallen in response to the move. mexico's pres

that seems to be something the labour party can work with. not want to call that because that would be a train members of her party -- that would be betraying members of her party. they are continuing to talk, and jeremy corbyn is giving signals that these are the kinds of discussions they could live with. david: we are coming up to three years on the referendum. where are we on a second one, and might that be a point where theresa may and jimmy corbyn can agree? jodi: there is some agreement there. jami corbyn is resisting attempts from his party to say any agreement with the prime minister on the customs union must be predicated on having a second referendum. he is so far holding back on that. she is opposed to a second referendum, saying that cannot occur. she would be more willing to have a customs union than a second referendum. they are both resisting that second about. -- that second the vote. david: the otc. rishaad: battle of the charts, this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: a bit of a mixed bag. any sort ofto make direction. not a lot of vo

are not prepared to do so. is having a party and labour party are not prepared to do som is havingare not prepared to do so. if she cannot find a compromise, who can you think if there is a new leader in the next few weeks, that they'll be able to deliver brexit before 0ctober be able to deliver brexit before october 31 i will be you can leave without a deal. that's the million—dollar question and across christ we met recently with michael gove and boris johnson christ we met recently with michael gove and borisjohnson other contenders for the leadership of the leadership withjeremy contenders for the leadership of the leadership with jeremy hunt. contenders for the leadership of the leadership withjeremy hunt. we had been to our constituencies, and none of them can actually at this moment in time explain the two most critical things, how do you change the arithmetic in the house of commons when milton a little —— look a party has a majority, you can't, how are you gonna go back to the european union and renegotiate something the premise as negotiated for two and half years. they c

absolutely, it is the lack of clarity, especially with the labour party, the conservative party, seeminglyaking no headway with their own discussions and negotiations. it seems to be going round and round in circles. and we are getting very dizzy. let's have a look at the front page of the guardian, and some of the implications of all of this. this is a poll that the guardian has seen done by an organisation that their statistics, their research, shows that actually racism has risen since the referendum in 2016, which is something we have all felt. we all feel this is a very toxic time. i think we feel it is very divisive, very polarised, and i think they polled 1000 people. there is divisive rhetoric, and people... racists, apparently, i feeling increasingly confident to make state m e nts increasingly confident to make statements or to articulate their views, which would not have happened before. so i think this is sort of... i've... in the context of everybody being so divided and against each other, people feel they have a license to say really pretty unacceptable things. and it quotes