you kind of really have anybody in a position in the democratic party like the labour party best overrulingdy, elected members, regardless of what they say after a hearing. people watcher understand what you're saying there but sir keir starmer was selected to lead the party, he would say he is leading at and set the disciplinary process does not have the confidence of thejewish community, and thatjeremy corbyn's remarks had undermined our work in restoring trust with ge jewish community. he's been keeping us under review, he's been keeping that quite clear about that. will make it clear we wa nt quite clear about that. will make it clear we want to do within the labour party. and labour leadership whether it bejeremy or keir starmer. the membership themselves, and the wider community. we want to see recommendations is limited immediately. we want to see the end of anti—semitism and harassment within the party, and within society in general. i think what we need to do is move immediately in that direction. what keir starmer is doing by making that decision that more has not given any decisi

so he simply explained that he believed the vast majority of labour party members were deeply opposed was trying to communicate at the time. it looks as though that clarification has helped them get reinstated. he was also reminded of labours values. but there will be people who believe that further sanctions should been taken against jeremy corbyn given that he presided over that period of labours history where complaints about how anti—semitism was handled in the party. a tickly controversial and that report that you mentioned from the human rights commission was described as a day of shame by the current labour leader sir keir starmer. tonight certainly the jewish labour movement who had complained to the party about his handling of anti—semitism said today's decision will simply embolden people who agree with jeremy corbyn and denounce the fact that they hadn't apologises up in the british board, the board of deputy eight deputies commented today they were talking about a lack of leadership and they said his clarification was a pathetic non—apology. sir keir starmer really wa nt t

we can discuss this with a member of the labour party.it is a strange way of rebuilding trust when jeremy corbyn was suspended, people are not sure who suspended jeremy corbyn. he was then asked by the general secretary in the national executive committee to appear before a panel, which is an independent panel within the structures of the labour party. this panel listened to presentations from jeremy corbyn, he a nswered presentations from jeremy corbyn, he answered a whole number of questions which were put before him from the general secretary of the party. this panel, theirjob general secretary of the party. this panel, their job is general secretary of the party. this panel, theirjob is to scrutinise in great detail the information they have before him and decided unanimously to reinstate jeremy corbyn back into the labour party and here we see, the following morning, i think it was kier starmer has said that he will not reinstate the whip. what does that really mean? does that mean that for the first time in labour party history we h

he was suspended when he suggested the scale of anti—semitism in the labour party had been exaggeratednt, iain watson gave us this update from westminster. i think it was inevitable, not necessarily because of the statement, but because people at the top of the party did not want this to become a kind of running sore, certainly those on the left of the party would be gearing up for a campaign to try and get jeremy corbyn reinstated, so i think discussions were held behind—the—scenes, before a disciplinary panel, members of labour's ruling national executive met this afternoon. but it's certainly possible that they could have reached a different conclusion, because some people, even on the left of the party, on mr corbyn's wing of the party, had been pressing for him to apologise for his earlier comments. he didn't do that, what he did do is issue a clarification. that clarification went along these lines. initially, he had said that the problem had been dramatically overstated by political opponents, it was that phrase which got him suspended from the labour party. so keir starmer, the

less than three weeks after he was suspended by the party, the former labour leader jeremy corbyn has had been ‘overstated‘. mr corbyn issued a statement today saying he regretted any hurt he‘d caused, and that there was no room for anti—semitism or racism of any kind in the labour party. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. i'iow iain watson is at westminster. that we have mr co statement now that we have mr corbyn's statement and he has been reinstated, is this the final chapter in this controversy? no, i think there is several pages to be written yet. in order to regain free admittance to the labour party, he had to re—clarify the comments that got him suspended in the first place. he said concerns about anti—semitism were not exaggerated, he simply meant the vast majority of labour members were deeply opposed to anti—semitism. he resisted pressure to apologise and that has reopened some of the old divisions. while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including trade union figures, have welcomed the decision to readmit him, thejewish

so, while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including important trade unionish groups, in particular the jewish labour movement, for example, have denounced his swift return to the fold. and i think what is interesting about this is although he has now been brought back as a rank and file labour party member, he hasn't yet been readmitted to the parliamentary labour party here at westminster. so, some mps opposed to him, along with the board of deputies of british jews, are putting pressure on labour leader keir starmer tonight not to readmit jeremy corbyn as a labour mp. i'm told that no decision is going to be taken tonight at least, but i think it's very, very clear that though sir keir starmer says he's going to introduce a new complaints procedure to deal with anti—semitism from next year, nonetheless, drawing a line under the anti—semitism row. it's far easier said than done. a private spaceship built and operated by spacex has docked at the international space station. it's the first time that a private craft has carried astronauts from earth to the st

in years gone by, that would have been massive, to withdraw funding from the labour party. help him. asjeffrey and ned have both said, there's time. there's time for keir starmer to unite. people in the party want to look forward, they want to take on the conservatives, and this might help him. jo coburn, ned temko, jeffrey kofman, thank you all very much indeed forjoining us today on dateline london. we are back next week at the same time, when we might, of course, know the name of the next president of the united states. hello, there. yesterday afternoon we did some sunshine break through although it was quite breezy and today a lot more cloud around, outbreaks of rain and widespread gales scattered very windy across the north—west of scotland later on, close to the centre of a new area of low pressure. further south will bring all the rain, large portions of england and wales, central and southern scotland. gusts pretty widely in excess of 50 mph, 70 mph in the north—west of scotland. wind moves in the north—west of scotland. wind m oves a cross in the north—west of scotl

in years gone by, that would have been massive, to withdraw funding from the labour party. ffrey and ned have both said, there's time. there's time for keir starmer to unite. people in the party want to look forward, they want to take on the conservatives, and this might help him. jo coburn, ned temko, jeffrey kofman — thank you all very much indeed forjoining us today on dateline london. we are back next week at the same time, when we might, of course, know the name of the next president of the united states. bye for now. hello. storm aiden brought torrential rain and gales to a large swathe of the uk on saturday. those strong winds really whipping up the waves, particularly across southern and western coasts. but as the rain eased and the skies cleared, it's been an opportunity through the night for many to see the blue moon — a second full moon this month — but it's only a brief respite from the rain. there's more to come overnight and into sunday. still a number of met office warnings in place for both the rain and the wind, and all the details are on our website. so thi

in years gone by, that would have been massive, to withdraw funding from the labour party. aving. it might help him. asjeffrey and ned have both said, there's time. there's time for keir starmer to unite. people in the party want to look forward, they want to take on the conservatives, and this might help him. jo coburn, ned temko, jeffrey kofman, thank you all very much indeed forjoining us today on dateline london. we are back next week at the same time, when we might, of course, know the name of the next president of the united states. bye for now. hello. some rough seas in western areas later, another day in which the winds will strengthen across the country. especially across parts of north and west scotland and west wales. for all of us, more rain around, some more than others. we have one approaching weather system which will affect us later, all linking into this area of low pressure which brought rain through the night. remnants of hurricane seated between us and ireland, pushing by the north—west of scotland with strengthening winds through the afternoon. a little

in years gone by, that would have been massive, to withdraw funding from the labour party. t help him. asjeffrey and ned have both said, there's time. there's time for keir starmer to unite. people in the party want to look forward, they want to take on the conservatives, and this might help him. jo coburn, ned temko, jeffrey kofman, thank you all very much indeed forjoining us today on dateline london. we are back next week at the same time, when we might, of course, know the name of the next president of the united states. bye for now. hello. there's some drier, colder weather to come in the week ahead. but before then, still some rain in the forecast courtesy of this frontal system continuing on itsjourney south and eastwards through the early hours of monday morning. ahead of this, still some very mild air — so temperatures not much lower than 15—16 celsius across south east england, and the cloud and rain will clear from here through the morning. behind that, we will all see some spells of sunshine, but also plenty of showers — these most frequent across southern scotla

political opponents had overstated the scale of anti—semitism which got him suspended from the labour partyre part of the problem, but the disciplinary panel has met this afternoon and concluded thatjeremy corbyn should be reinstated to party membership. that happened because jeremy reinstated to party membership. that happened becausejeremy corbyn clarified his comments and said he was not saying that concerns about anti—semitism were being exaggerated or not trying to exaggerate the concerns but said that the vast majority of labour party members we re majority of labour party members were deeply opposed to anti—semitism and it looks as though that has brought him back into the labour party but it has been criticised by the british board ofjewish people who said that his clarification is a pathetic, non—apology. a private space craft — built and operated by spacex — has docked at the international space station. it's the first time that a fully operational private craft has transported astronauts from earth to the station. the four astronauts — three from the us and one from japan — will

so, while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including important trade union welcomed the decision to readmit him, jewish groups, in particular the jewish labour movement, for example, have denounced his swift return to the fold. and i think what is interesting about this is although he has now been brought back as a rank and file labour party member, he hasn't yet been readmitted to the parliamentary labour party here at westminster. so, some mps opposed to him, along with the board of deputies of britishjews, are putting pressure on labour leader keir starmer tonight not to readmitjeremy corbyn asa labourmp. i'm told that no decision is going to be taken tonight at least, but i think it's very, very clear that though sir keir starmer says he's going to introduce a new complaints procedure to deal with anti—semitism from next year, nonetheless, drawing a line under the anti—semitism row. it's far easier said than done. now on bbc news, our north america correspondent, michelle fleury, chronicled the story of her neighbourhood in brooklyn, new york, as the cor

so, boris johnson because the labour party supports in.se the labour party supports in. so, boris johnson will be able to get them through parliament, but you won't want to be in a position where he is relying on the labour party to see him through. so, he will be trying to twist a lot of arms before the vote this coming week on of the new regulation. there is an awful lot on the papers, we don't yet know exactly what the government is proposing, we are going to hearfrom government is proposing, we are going to hear from the government is proposing, we are going to hearfrom the prime minister tomorrow. some, picking up on that guardian story, pm promises mass testing. some indication appears to beat you might have to put up with restrictions between now and christmas, and then at some point in the new year, it will all be fine because we will be able to get tests that give us results in two hours, and providing you test a couple of times and the week, you will be given almost a travel pass to move freely and do what you want. is it to move

well, huw, none of our viewers will need reminding of how much angst there was in the labour party aboutty about allegations of racism towardsjewish people during the period in whichjeremy corbyn was in charge, and three weeks ago an official independent legal report from the equalities commission spelt out what was going on and actually said that the party had breached equalities law in how they had handled all of that. now, jeremy corbyn, at the time, in a post on facebook and so when speaking to cameras, seemed to claim that it had somehow been exaggerated. now, that provoked a howl of outrage, he was suspended from the party, he was chucked out of the parliamentary party too, but yesterday, after an independent panel at party hq had discussed the matter, they let him into the wider labour party. but no surprise, after everything that has happened, there was realfury surprise, after everything that has happened, there was real fury and real upset across most of the jewish community and among many mps too, and the decision therefore was paul sir keir starmer to decide, should he be all

the labour party are now saying that the full report must be published.ning street has never committed to fully publishing the report, just the findings of that report. of course, as laura was saying, it's ultimately up as laura was saying, it's ultimately up to the prime minister is the arbiter of this process to decide what to do next. priti patel does have support, particularly amongst the conservative backbenchers, conservative party grassroots, she seen as conservative party grassroots, she seen as a conservative party grassroots, she seen as a pretty popular figure. i've spoken to tory mps before who say that when she comes to speak at local events, a grassroot tory members are always sort of sharing herfrom members are always sort of sharing her from the rooftops. members are always sort of sharing herfrom the rooftops. so members are always sort of sharing her from the rooftops. so she's a prominent figure, and one senior conservative mp tweeted his support this evening for her saying she is hard—working, determined, this evening for her saying sh

he can't return to the labour party in parliament. work in restoring trust and confidence in its ability to tackle anti—semitism. this has caused uproar amongst mr corbyn's supporters. they say it will continue the divisions in the party but sir keir starmer is very keen to show that his tough words have been followed by tough action and he wants to make it clear things have changed under his leadership. neil coyle is the labour mp for bermondsey and old southwark and we can speak to him now. have things just got easier or —— are easier or harderfor have things just got easier or —— are easier or harder for sir have things just got easier or —— are easier or harderfor sir keir starmer? sir keir starmer has been doing a fantasticjob of the new leader of the labour party, and was put ina leader of the labour party, and was put in a horrendous position yesterday by a party process that should not have been under way. the equalities and human rights commission obliges, it is not optional, it obliges the labour party to introduce a new inde

the first was to reassure britishjews that the labour party we re britishjews that the labour party wererty united, what will the fallout be from this? it will reignite labour‘s internal conflicts not just over the issue reignite labour‘s internal conflicts notjust over the issue of how it tackles anti—semitism in the ranks but its overall political direction. keir starmer is someone who is seen as being from the middle of the party and this will very much mean that those on the left will no longer think that they can work constructively with him and will become much more oppositional. it will be a great number of unhelpful political interventions. last week, we had some allies ofjeremy corbyn saying that keir starmer needs to apologise for labour‘s brexit position in 2019. keir starmer wants to move on from that, he doesn't wa nt to move on from that, he doesn't want anybody talking about it, let alone apologise it or bring it up in any way. so there will be more of that kind of thing i think. just a reaction from margaret hodge. she had indicated that she might resign the party whip if

does he support vital members and membership of the labour party. what is the answer to that question? >> the fact that prime minister's questions, not the leader of the opposition. >> thankfully -- we don't want to lose it. >> the difference is i am tackling issues in my parties. i take it from his answer that he has no idea who is leaking from his government so that is in the no call him. the most serious of the problems of the code, no misuse of taxpayers money. for weeks i raise concern about the government spraying taxpayer money on contracts that don't deliver. the cabinet office response he just the government purchase not 50 million unusable items, but $180 million and a new report by the office identifies the farthest set of 215 million pounds of faith marks in the us that it can't use. will the prime minister come theme? how many hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer money has been wasted on equipment that can't be used? >> prime minister. >> 99.5% of the question answered directly instead of 32 billion items this country has secured

none whatsoever, because the labour party will support what the labour party will support what the governments not a good look for a tory prime minister to be relying on labour votes. it is not a good vote there at luke —— it is not a good look for a tory pm to see the headline he is in retreat. not a great look for number ten, really. it speaks to an ongoing problem throughout this pandemic for this administration, which are leased perceived lack of leadership and i think probably that is a perception because there is a lack of strong leadership, if they can't convince their own mps of the merits to switch to tears from the middle of the week, how on earth can they hope to persuade the general public to go along with it. it is a real problem for number ten, i think. he has promised a sunset clause, meaning there is an end date of february the 3rd, katherine, how much of a treat is that, really? the likelihood is february where they may well though to extend the restrictions into much, he has also given away in that he is saying now come december, 19th, people will be moved potentially down f

that led the labour party to suspend him.bour leader finds himself in a bit above pickle, to be honest, because this made the decision to letjeremy corbyn back in. keir starmer still has some options. you could re—withdraw the whip, but ultimately, it's not a situation where i think he wanted a lot of credit but he risk losing that. in terms of being loyal to jeremy corbyn, i don't think you should —— they‘ re jeremy corbyn, i don't think you should —— they're going to be grateful. david, it just should —— they're going to be grateful. david, itjust shows the divide within the labour party. it seems that members of unite, some reports that baroness chakra body it is the least —— it is only three weeks since he was suspended. within the labour party, there are still a remarkable number of people, perhaps even a majority, who not long ago we re even a majority, who not long ago were chanting, there's only one jeremy corbyn. that is what sir keir starmer has inherited. now, how he deals with this is nothing new about labour lead

but those are the ones who have been in the the labour party, it can be frustrating, and mr starmer hasnity. he was elected on this podium of saying he will push for unity, because the party really does need to focus on what the opposition should be doing, which is looking forensically at what the tories are up to. clearly there are lots of problems at the heart of government, and we can't afford to have our own factional rattles. sorry i couldn't give you less comment on that, michael, but we've run out of time, it's flown by. always nice to see you, and lovely working with you for the first time. thank you very much indeed, thank you. and thank you very much for watching from the team here, a very good night, and we will see you shortly. bye. hello, i'm katherine downes at the bbc sport centre with your latest sports news. it's been a busy day at the masters, with players finishing off their first round after yesterday's rain delay, and then heading out onto the course to play their second rounds. much better conditions today, and it's made for a very congested leaderboard. andy swiss

does he really need those backbenchers if he has a labour party? no, he doesn't.nt to has a labour party? no, he doesn't. want to be their bark is worse than their bite. the particular extra dimension that the yorkshire post is alluding to is a constant feeling among council leaders, mayors and mps and voters in the north that somehow the lockdown, the restrictions were hardest on them. the economic bailout, but at the mayor of manchester had to fight. 65% in terms of recompense forjobs lost. as soon as it became a national want which was basically when the r number in london went out of control, it was back up to 80%. there is this constant. whether it's perception or reality is moot. but there is this constant feeling in there is this constant feeling in the north that it is underserved. we are going to look at the metro now. crony virus without i've onlyjust set it out loud. i understand there's a pond there which i didn't see when it was written down. boris johnson has been warned of a crony virus at the heart of downing street. do you agree? i think there are

, the difference is that the labour party x—ray has a blueprint for that policy.icy. johnson has just wave x—ray has a blueprint for that policy. johnson hasjust wave some money around which turns out is insubstantial, especially when compared to the tens of billions that a country such as france and germany has spent, but it is also ill targeted. just recently, tuc research showed that proper spend on green investment could produce 1.2 million good jobs by 2022, good sta ble million good jobs by 2022, good stable secure jobs. so this is really about the kind of rewiring of an economic system, deep change. i just don't see that this government has the capability or the necessary understanding to produce. in a way, it is quite good you guys are remote today, because i think there will be fisticuffs in the studio if you are both here! thanks to this dreadful virus, we should do all of us remotely. let's leave that one side, go to the daily mail, because a p pa re ntly go to the daily mail, because apparently christmas is back on but, tim, ata apparently christmas is

here in the uk, borisjohnson's conservative party is five points behind in one poll, and jeremy corbyn, labour'sonventional politics and duller virtues of competence and compassion rather than the swagger and promise of the populist? after the 2008 financial crisis, angela merkel in germany survived whilst other incumbent governments fell. is that a template for how politics will settle after covid—19? joining me this week ned temko from christian science monitor and jeffrey kofman, the north american writer and broadcaster, and here in the studio, jo coburn, presenter of the bbc‘s politics live. thank you all very much forjoining me to day, and we're going to begin with the seismic event of the week. the us election is this tuesday november 3rd, but has much of it already happened? over 80 million people have already voted. more have already cast their ballot in texas than did overall in 2016, and we still have polling day to come. if there is a very high turnout, what does that mean?

we have the senedd because of a labour party — and this labour party will continue to make sure thatf persuasion, the powers that we have to intervene, not at this point to make a counterproposal but to work with the company on the proposals that it will want to bring forward. mark drakeford. the government's faced accusations of "bumbling incompetence" in the way it's striking trade deals. the uk is in the process of replicating dozens of trade deals it was party to when it was a member of the european union. the government calls it the continuity trade agreement programme. in under two years, the uk government has signed or agreed in principle trade agreements with 52 countries that account for £142 billion of uk bilateral trade. this accounts for 74% of the value of trade with non—eu countries that we set out to secure agreements with at the start of the trade continuity programme. since the transition period began, we have expanded the ambition of our programme above and beyond this original scope. in november, we signed an enhanced deal with japan, accounting for £30 billion of

he has got a mountain to climb, but the labour party needs a degree of control, and he very quietly ise to interrupt you and bring henry in. you have about 30 seconds, henry, then i can give celia 30 seconds as well. the story we should be keeping an eye on? the world's attention a year ago was on ethopia because its prime minister won the nobel peace prize for the reforms he wanted to put in. the attention should still be there because of what is happening in tigray in the north, where it looks like possible civil war could break out and the destabilisation along the horn of africa would be something that the world needs to actually really be keeping its eye on. indeed, reports of a massacre there emerged overnight, friday to saturday. celia? i'm going to bring you a story from my native canada, where everyone's been talking this week about the fate of the two michaels, michael kovrig and michael spavor, this week marked 700 days since they were both put in detention in china, and charged subsequently with espionage. there is a little bit of hope, then, some people hope that may be be

is the labour party going to swing in behind boris johnson on this? the labour party were proposing a two—week circuit breaker, as they called it, a similar national lockdown, a couple weeks ago. they wanted it to start last week, so as far as they are concerned this is too late and in wales, which is labour run, they are in the middle of a circuit breaker, which actually they will come out of on the 9th of november as england goes in, it is all quite confusing. so in principle they are absolutely backing this, even though they think it has come too late. on that idea of, well, should it be a finite four—week timetable? well, again there is room for manoeuvre on that. interestingly, the one thing the labour leader did swing behind borisjohnson on this morning was this idea that schools should stay open. this is the major difference between the lockdown we saw in the spring and what england will be going into on thursday, is that schools and colleges and universities will be staying open. some of the teaching unions have been saying, well, schools need

yes, insofar as the labour party we re yes, insofar as the labour party were proposing a two—week circuity called it, similar national lockdown a couple of weeks ago, they wanted to start last week so as ago, they wanted to start last week so as far as they are concerned this is too late so in wales, which is labour run, they are in the middle ofa labour run, they are in the middle of a circuit breaker which they will come out of on the 9th of november, as england goes on, it's all quite confusing! in principle, they are absolutely backing this although they think it has come to light but on the idea, should it be a finite, four—week timetable? again, room for manoeuvre. interestingly, the one thing the labour leader swung behind borisjohnson on this morning was the idea schools should stay open, the idea schools should stay open, the major difference between the spring lockdown and what england will go into on thursday, schools and colleges and universities will stay open. some of the teaching unions have said schools need to be made safer if this is going to be the outcome of this. sir

specifically people who have joined the labour party, attend their meetings and want to make progressically focused on religion? i think we are saying this is a form of racism. the definition of british muslims in parliament came up two years ago. it says this is a form of racism and this is how we look at it. it is intertwined, this relationship. what are you now how sir keir starmer, under new leadership, new management, what do you want him to do, and can he bring about change?” think the response from the leadership, the party i believe has been positive. they have also accepted our recommendations. what we are hoping is, like today we will be meeting with the top leadership, how this can be implemented. there has to be increased awareness within the party and we need to be looking at reaching out to the wider community in this sense as well. and also to make sure we have procedures which are transparent which people have confidence in. do you think the labour party treats islamophobia in the same way it treats anti—semitism? the same way it treats anti-semitism? as far as i'm con

the head of the unite union, a big, big donor to the labour party, issued a series of pretty angry tweetswent on to say... and in a third and final tweet, he accused the labour leader of capitulating to external pressure and risking destroying the unity and integrity of the party. he said he urged sir keir starmer in the strongest terms to pull back from the brink. so there was always going to bea the brink. so there was always going to be a fight coming — as soon as jeremy corbyn said what he said, as soon as the party took the decision to suspend him, there was always a fight likely. there's been an uneasy truce over the last few weeks, but now sir keir starmer has had to pick a side — and given his strong words on becoming party leader about making the party a safer, welcoming place forjewish people once again, there wasn't really any other site he could've picked in this. strong reaction there. and while we have you, there's been a couple votes over the house of lords over the government's internal market bill. that god? this is that controversial bill you might from a few weeks ago,

predictably, jeremy corbyn's reinstatement to the labour party has divided the crowd, as his suspensionnts and this is good for party unity but critics in the party, including jewish groups and jewish mps, i say that this is now an illustration of white labour‘s complaints process needs to be overhauled and that he should have apologised and say how can labour claim to have zero tolerance on anti—semitism ifjeremy corbyn is backin anti—semitism ifjeremy corbyn is back in the party. it's worth stressing that the process that jeremy corbyn was subject to was independent of the labour leader, sir keir starmer, although he did backjeremy corbyn's suspension, a decision taken by the general secretary. but keir starmer now has a difficult decision to make himself, which is whether to restore jeremy corbyn as a labour mp. there has been some internal party debate going on this morning about whether that should be an automatic right because he's been brought back into the party as a member he should automatically be sitting as a labour mp once again, but certainly the labour party, officially,

corbyn because he has clarified his comments but not to do so might ignite a civil war in the labour partyinite suspension from the labour party would be the start of some kind of purge against the left. but equally, given it's a himself has said he supported the suspension, they can't letjeremy corbyn off without some form of action. perhaps they will be some kind of reprimand orfollowed bya some kind of reprimand orfollowed by a further statement but i would expect by the end of the dayjeremy corbyn will be back into the full mate —— labour party membership but at the same time they might be criticism of the way he acted after the report. he can say the scale of this problem was exaggerated by opponents and that was seen to be the wrong tone on a day that the current labour party leader was calling a day of shame, labour's mishandling of anti—semitism allegations. we are talking about someone allegations. we are talking about someone who led the party for five yea rs someone who led the party for five years and he is still an mp. he is and as he points out he has been a labour party memb

party. but that is not the same as being allowed again to sit, called a labour mp. happen because he was worried that jeremy corbyn had been trying to undermine the party's attempts to move on from this whole sorry mess, butjeremy corbyn has still got a band of very noisy supporters in the labour party, some union leaders, a couple of dozen mps who speak out on this, and many members who think this, and many members who think this is outrageous. they think this isa this is outrageous. they think this is a mistake, they question why was he let back into the party, but isn't then allowed to sit on the green benches again and has to now sit as an independent. but i think that, given keir starmer‘s main message to the public has always been that he will clear up anti—semitism before he does anything else, i'm not sure that he had very much a political choice here. perhaps the theory was it is better to tear off the plaster, rather than let the wound fester, and it is another step on his journey to try to show the public that labour is changing since that defeat in the el

we have heard what the labour party want.e government listening to that and doing what they want?” government listening to that and doing what they want? i think the government thinks it has gone far enough with his agreement with the tech companies to make sure nobody profits from misinformation and work with public health authorities in the uk. there are some draft legislation in the works, the on line harms white paper which addresses some of the information about misinformation online. labour wa nt about misinformation online. labour want the government to go further now and say emergency legislation is needed before a vaccine is approved for use in the uk and if anyone stops themselves been vaccinated as a result of reading false claims online about the damage it might do to your health, that is one too many. the government is confident that even though this vaccine, if and when it is approved, and there are still hurdles to go through, the take—up for the vast majority of people will choose to have the vaccine even thou

the labour party should remain in receipt of funding, taking steps to dissociate themselves, i find it astonishing. >> happy anniversary. the chair of the health select committee said contact tracing will always be less effective. given the track and trace was ahead by local authorities, 1700 times ahead. when will the prime minister introduce a more effective track and trace system driven by local authorities? >> i'm not going to pretend every aspect of test and trace his work to the way i wanted but it has achieved very considerable things that work it is done throughout the pandemic, has worked with local authorities and local people and what we will be doing now as we rollout the mass testing >> every day we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we are getting your reaction to election results. join the conversation all morning with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. watch live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. >>

the labour party should remain in receipt of funding, taking steps to dissociate themselves, i find it astonishing. >> happy anniversary. the chair of the health select committee said contact tracing will always be less effective. given the track and trace was ahead by local authorities, 1700 times ahead. when will the prime minister introduce a more effective track and trace system driven by local authorities? >> i'm not going to pretend every aspect of test and trace his work to the way i wanted but it has achieved very considerable things that work it is done throughout the pandemic, has worked with local authorities and local people and what we will be doing now as we rollout the mass testing >> the next question time is this wednesday and you can see it on c-span 2. at nine sunday night p.m. eastern on c-span. go to c-span.org for video of past prime ministers questions and other british programs. this week, the u.s. house is out of session, but they will gavel in briefly tomorrow for a pro forma session. they are scheduled to return for legislative business monday, the 16th. the

explain whether or why the right honourable gentleman for islington north is still a member of the labour partyontinued, the right honourable member for islington north's continued membership of the labour party, yes or no? why does he not answer that question? i think i willjust answer the question that actually it's prime minister's questions, not leader of the opposition's questions. keir starmer. it's a reasonable question, mr speaker. i think earl made the decision, prime minister. and i think thankfully we have the link, let's use it. keir starmer. it was your end last time, by the way. thank you, mr speaker. the difference of that i'm tackling the issues in my party. he's running away from the issues is his. and i take it... itake it... the snp's westminster leader turned to the cut in international aid. does the prime minister agree with me that keeping the commitment at 0.7% is not only the right thing to do morally, but the sensible thing to do in helping with the eradication of covid—19? borisjohnson said the uk had led the world in developing vaccines and making them available aroun

if keir starmer and the labour party...rmer particularly has been more cautious than boris, i supposed boris would have beat him to it. the other thing he has to be concerned about is if the amount of the virus out here is higher than it needs to be,... as normal, very little social distancing, people will be climbing onto trains, gathering at home, moving between household, then we can pay an awful price in january. the lockdown will not be enough if we have a couple of thousand deaths. it's a sobering thought. before you continue, let's bring in the sun. we're going to be out of time soon. 1 we're going to be out of time soon. i millionjobs a day we're going to be out of time soon. i million jobs a day and whatever you think about what will happen in the next few weeks, one thing we can say is the work that the scientists are doing to get these vaccines through at such high speed is just incredible —— i millionjabs. britain is one of the great homes of research. we are one of the top two or three in the world, and it's gr

his response for that was was that the labour party has serious misgivings with what the government isy, it would let the coronavirus spread unabated across england and further across the uk and that would be an outcome that the labour party and indeed nobody else wants to see but it does as you highlight what their question but the labour party in a bit of a tight spot because it will undoubtedly face criticism from the conservatives as it already has done this evening. downing street put out a statement accusing the labour party are playing politics with this issue, some might say they are sitting on the fence. what it does do is asi sitting on the fence. what it does do is as i say highlight the infighting within the conservative party as well, but people could well look to keir starmer and say are you for the use or are you against them, but in fact they have chosen to abstain and in doing that set the stage for the restrictions to almost certainly pass in the house of commons. for the moment thank you very much. which tier you are in really matters if your anterior to it means you

rail fares should be suspended over christmas in the uk to avoid travel "chaos", according to the labour partyve prowse, the british actor who found international fame as the man behind the mask of darth vader in the original star wars trilogy, has died. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the uk prime minister, boris johnson, is attempting to head off a rebellion by his own mps over his new tiers of coronavirus restrictions, by promising them another vote at the end of january. the tier system takes over when the england—wide lockdown comes to an end on wednesday. in a letter to his mps, the prime minister said these measures in turn could be eased for some areas during december, and promised a second vote in the new year. in his letter he said that the tier system in england would come to an end on the 3rd february — what he calls a "sunset" expiry date. tiers will be reviewed every two weeks, with areas being able to move down the tiers from december 16th. the prime minsiter also committed to publish the circumstances that need to change for an area to move down a tier. here's our political cor

the labour party should remain in receipt of funding, taking steps to dissociate themselves, i find it astonishing. >> happy anniversary. the chair of the health select committee said contact tracing will always be less effective. given the track and trace was ahead by local authorities, 1700 times ahead. when will the prime minister introduce a more effective track and trace system driven by local authorities? >> i'm not going to pretend every aspect of test and trace his work to the way i wanted but it has achieved very considerable things that work it is done throughout the pandemic, has worked with local authorities and local people and what we will be doing now as we rollout the mass testing in liverpool and elsewhere will be led by local people and we are working with local authority to deliver those programs. >> mister speaker. i seek guidance to summon witnesses to answer questions on their businesses involvement in uk matters because there's a public concern about disney who made the film mulan at the labor camp that implicated a massive human rights abuse by the chinese state

decision today and decided thatjeremy corbyn has to sit as an independent mp and cannot return to the labour partyndermined and set back the party's work in restoring trust and confidence in his ability to tackle anti—semitism and this has caused uproar amongst his supporters, saying it will continue the divisions in the party but keir starmer very keen to show that his tough words have been followed by tough action and wants to make it things —— clear things have changed under his leadership. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, in which 21 people were murdered. west midlands police said the suspect was held by counter—terrorism officers at his home in belfast this morning. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. what do we know? in three days' time it will be the 46th anniversary of what was in terms of the death toll, the worst terrorist attack carried out in great britain linked to the northern ireland conflict. in november 1974, bombs exploded into pubs in birmingham killing 21 people and injuring 220 others. in the last few year