labour party takes these concerns seriously— labour party takes these concerns seriously and _ labour was involved _ against anyone in our ranks who was involved in— against anyone in our ranks who was involved in wrongdoing _ against anyone in our ranks who was involved in wrongdoing of _ against anyone in our ranks who was involved in wrongdoing of any - against anyone in our ranks who was involved in wrongdoing of any kind. i involved in wrongdoing of any kind. 0ur counsellors— involved in wrongdoing of any kind. 0ur counsellors in— involved in wrongdoing of any kind. 0ur counsellors in liverpool- involved in wrongdoing of any kind. 0ur counsellors in liverpool have . 0ur counsellors in liverpool have already— 0ur counsellors in liverpool have already met _ 0ur counsellors in liverpool have already met with _ 0ur counsellors in liverpool have already met with senior - 0ur counsellors in liverpool have already met with senior labour . already met with senior labour councillors _ already met with senior labour councillors from _ already met with senior labour councillors from other-

labour party tonight.— that will be pretty similar to the labour party tonight.nd had independence and how to deal with the pandemic, would it have been equipped economically to have been equipped economically to have done so? we have been equipped economically to have done so?— have done so? we would be in a situation. _ have done so? we would be in a situation, perhaps, _ have done so? we would be in a situation, perhaps, in— have done so? we would be in a situation, perhaps, in between i have done so? we would be in a - situation, perhaps, in between where we are _ situation, perhaps, in between where we are now. — situation, perhaps, in between where we are now, which is still a part of the united — we are now, which is still a part of the united kingdom, where the economy— the united kingdom, where the economy is very governed by the weavers— economy is very governed by the weavers that are in the hands of westminster. and those of small nordic— westminster. and those of small nordic neighbours, all of whom have a far lower— nordic neighbours, all of whom ha

the labour party was in those inclined from 1977, i think they lost their vote for many years. became a very tel avivan party, if you like. it a field to -- they appealed to the middle class and upper middle classes in tel aviv and the intelligentsia. as a result, between the labour party and competing for peasants is instead of actually having the ability to reach out to the wider population you would expect they would represent. the tragedy of the left in israel is the socio-, -- economic work. netanyahu has done nothing for the working class. they see him as their representative. the lack of courage to set a real alternative when it comes to the relationship with the palestinians. even the labour party is not ready to talk about occupation. just a word occupation during the selection. they lost their way. they are not ready to lead. to present an alternative. and also they must be patient, to fight not only this election, but the next, until they get the wider population. >> gail hoffman, we have not even mentioned benny gantz. he was meant to be coming in as prime minister

, labour party and liberal democrats, the parties - benefit the tories, labour party and liberal democrats _ liberal democrats, the parties who support scotland staying _ liberal democrats, the parties who support scotland staying within - liberal democrats, the parties who support scotland staying within the uk. support scotland staying within the uk the _ support scotland staying within the uk the row — support scotland staying within the uk the row of— support scotland staying within the uk. the row of course _ support scotland staying within the uk. the row of course between - support scotland staying within thel uk. the row of course between alex salmond _ uk. the row of course between alex salmond and — uk. the row of course between alex salmond and nicola _ uk. the row of course between alex salmond and nicola sturgeon- uk. the row of course between alex salmond and nicola sturgeon was i salmond and nicola sturgeon was sparked _ salmond and nicola sturgeon was sparked by— salmond and nicola sturgeon was sparked by the _ salmond and nicola sturgeon was sparked by the scottish _ salmo

— new leader of the scottish labour party was— new leader of the scottish labour party was keen talk instead about an economic— side and talk instead about an economic recovery plan post—covid for the _ economic recovery plan post—covid for the end — economic recovery plan post—covid for the end of the pandemic. he had a strong _ for the end of the pandemic. he had a strong moment of clash with nicola sturgeon _ a strong moment of clash with nicola sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on _ sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on the _ sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on the front of the herald there on all— the on the front of the herald there on all kinds — the on the front of the herald there on all kinds of treatment the nhs is still a _ on all kinds of treatment the nhs is still a prominent issue and the leader— still a prominent issue and the leader of— still a prominent issue and the leader of the scottish conservatives douglas— leader of the scottish conservatives douglas ross has one key core message — douglas ross has one key core message which is to be the str

is where is the grand _ the labour party is where is the grand vi5ion.i would have said to him go ba5ed grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have said to him go based on inequality, paint a picture for the public— inequality, paint a picture for the public about where you want to take this country— public about where you want to take this country rather than tactical hit5 this country rather than tactical hits which— this country rather than tactical hit5 which are not going to land because — hit5 which are not going to land because people understand the real problem _ because people understand the real problem is the government is facing everyone _ problem is the government is facing everyone has got to mock together to -et everyone has got to mock together to get through it. everyone has got to mock together to get through it-— get through it. what is interesting is that times _ get through it. what is interesting is that times pointing _ get through it. what is interesting is that times pointing out - get through it. what is interesting is that times p

i by the labour party when it granted devolution — by the labour party when it granted devolution it devolution. it was actually designed to stop any— devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party _ devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party and _ devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party and particularly i to stop any party and particularly the snp — to stop any party and particularly the snp winning _ to stop any party and particularly the snp winning an _ to stop any party and particularly the snp winning an overall- to stop any party and particularly i the snp winning an overall majority. it the snp winning an overall majority. it has _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to— the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. 0ne _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. one is— the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. one is the - it has got to votes. one is the first— it has got to v

there's pressure from new conservative mps in the north, along with the labour party, for continued supportough the pandemic and no tax rises. the hope is that economic growth and perhaps controlled inflation will do the trick. but what if it doesn't? could future low productivity, low investment or a rise in interest rates all pose dangerous risks, especialy to jobs? simon, a big week ahead for the government — setting post—pandemic strategy and the first budget after brexit — what are you expecting? i think there are two main challenges. we are coming out of the worst slump in over 300 years, and we've moved from a protect and survive mode to a support mode and then a growth mode is what we need next. if there's one thing that is the most powerful weapon to bring down debt as a percentage of your economy it is growth. if you've got this debt to gdp relationship, one of the best ways to get that down is increase the denominator, gdp, keep that going. if you have that, then you can also keep unemployment down, which will then keep the numerator of that fraction under control. so there will

the government is always accusing the labour party of being _ is always accusing the labour party ofr can — sector, good. actually, the public sector can be very good at what it does, _ sector can be very good at what it does. can— sector can be very good at what it does, can be very organised and can deliver— does, can be very organised and can deliver a _ does, can be very organised and can deliver a national programme. what happen— deliver a national programme. what happen much earlier as the government left test and trace, even though— government left test and trace, even though it _ government left test and trace, even though it has very little to do with nhs _ though it has very little to do with nhs. , , ., though it has very little to do with nhs. ,, ., ., .. ., ., nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme is _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme is that _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme is that it's _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme is that it's worked - programme is that it's worked really,

jess phillips is the labour party domestic violence minister. ,., . ., ., labour party domestic violence it wrong at every single _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, not _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, notjust - minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, notjust the - every single time, notjust the final image that we see but all day yesterday and the day before the police did not try to find a way for a peaceful protest. not a protest, actually, but are. they did not find actually, but are. they did not find a way to work with woman who are silent and saddened to go to clapham common and the police did not think before they put the boot in and at every stage made the wrong call. the police commissioner said that the police do have to observe the covid law with people and today victoria adkins said it was the right thing to do. t adkins said it was the right thing to do. . ., ., ., adkins said it was the right thing todo. . ., ., ., to do. i am not going to trespass on t

the labour party had an internal row about corporation tax i internal row about corporation tax risescs and look at inequality and tackle social justice. we were told before the pandemic lots of things were not possible but in the face of the emergency of covid they were possible. we could bring trains into public ownership and subsidise wages. these are things we need to think about long—term. wages. these are things we need to think about long-term.— wages. these are things we need to think about long-term. some people sa the think about long-term. some people say they would _ think about long-term. some people say they would like _ think about long-term. some people say they would like to _ think about long-term. some people say they would like to vote _ think about long-term. some people say they would like to vote green i say they would like to vote green but do not think they would be fiscally responsible and hear about nationalising railways. they see increasing nhs pay by 50%. haifa nationalising railways. they see increasing nhs pay by 50%. how would ou fund increasing nhs pa

punch the labour routes across the red hall, where the labour— across the red hall, where the labour partyn frenzy. —— forensic study about their defeat. voters there _ study about their defeat. voters there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's— there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's part — there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's part of that culture war. i think— so it's part of that culture war. i think that — so it's part of that culture war. i think that might be seen from more cynical— think that might be seen from more cynical types. they they can have union flag that they want. it feels token and stick to me and in the end, i think the real sign up patriotism is what you do for people of other countries. fly the facts you want, but if the economy is creeping, if parts of the country are not improving, it means absolutely nothing. i advised the government to spend less time on the optics and the flag and more time on actually trying to make the country better. , ., ., ., better. there is an old government minister i remember— better. there is an old government minister i

and then we have the labour party who have been arguing since this news was briefed that they should poration tax down. they say -- they have the conservative party saying let us tax business and the labour party saying maybe that is not a good idea. so, there are no popular measures for increasing packs -- taxes in the tory party, but he seems to have gotten the balance right. it is to balance the books in the long term and we want to do that without choking off the recovery. guy: it looks like corporations will bear the bulk of their burden. joining us now to further the discussion is the u.k. economic's secretary to the treasury, john glenn. he is responsible for british financial services. so, thank you for your time. let us start off with the big question surrounding the rise we had seen today with the rise in the corporation tax. can brexit britain be economically competitive if the chancellor is raising corporation tax in such a significant way? john: it is raising corporation tax for the largest businesses to a rate that is still making us the most competitive in the g7. so, i

as we say, labour party leader sir keir starmer will be introducing the entirety of the labour party march 11, a major earthquake hitjapan... march 11, 2011, the north—east coast ofjapan march 11, 2011, the north—east coast of japan a march 11, 2011, the north—east coast ofjapan a huge earthquake has triggered a giant tsunami. live pictures are broadcast around the world as the waves sweep through the major fishing world as the waves sweep through the majorfishing port, destroying everything in its path. by the end of the day one in ten of the residents are missing. among them are this man was michael family, including his wife and 14—year—old daughter. ten years on, he takes me to the places house once stood. clutched in his arms, his most precious possession, his daughter's school uniform, all that he has to remember her by. translation: , ., , translation: in the beginning i was drinkin: translation: in the beginning i was drinking heavily. _ translation: in the beginning i was drinking heavily. i— translation: in the beginning i was drinking heavily. i really _ translation: in th

but the labour party is critical.— provided for this. but the labour party is critical.al. we always say yes to more funding for street lighting | to more funding for street lighting and we _ to more funding for street lighting and we know that in my area and every— and we know that in my area and every area — and we know that in my area and every area we have suffered huge cuts to _ every area we have suffered huge cuts to local government which mean that some _ cuts to local government which mean that some of these things fall by the wayside. cctv is incredibly important _ the wayside. cctv is incredibly important but i think it doesjust stightly— important but i think it doesjust slightly missed the point about the scale of— slightly missed the point about the scale of the crisis that we have. and some — scale of the crisis that we have. and some women's organisations and say the threatened women face on the streets particularly at night is not being focused on enough. male violence against _ being focused on enough. male violence against women - being focused on enou

the labour party insists the new strategy will do nothing to reverse previous cuts.e want to see people getting back on buses as soon as it is safe to do so after the pandemic. this strategy really feels like a sticking plaster rather than the radical transformative policy that would shape public transport in our country for decades to come. the liberal democrats said local authorities should be given the power to run their own bus services rather than being shackled to often unpopular private companies. the green party welcomed what it called a turnaround by the government but said the plan wouldn't work unless the freeze on fuel duty, which cut the cost of driving, was also dropped. buses may not be glamorous but for many people they are a lifeline and the government has made it clear it wants many more of us to get on board. theo leggett, bbc news. chocolate shop chain thorntons is to shut all its 61 stores putting six hundred and three jobs at risk. the retailer said it has been hit hard by the pandemic, which meant many of its stores had shut for key periods aro

the labour party _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in _ system.in the _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk say - system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk say they're l labour party in the uk say they're going to vote against something called the police crime sentencing in courts bill which could give, would give police more powers to impose conditions on static protests. i know saturday was not a protests. i know saturday was not a protest it was a vigil, but what do you think of their decision to vote against the entire bill? i you think of their decision to vote against the entire bill?— against the entire bill? i think it is artl against the entire bill? i think it is partly a _ against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical— against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical one _ against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical one and - against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical one and they| is partly a tact

which is kinda crazy when you got a labour party leader saying that and a conservative chancellor hoardingsunak has managed to fend off criticism, he's been ignoring those redwall seats but this package of measures. when it comes to other things like the care system, the nhs and of course green measures, there wasn't any mention at all. no mention of brexit which is amazing given that we are supposed to be making our country attractive to corporations. this rise in corporation tax is going to make as the ft says, going to give us a high rate of tax on the other advanced economy. how are we meant to be encouraging all this international business to come to our shores now that we can if we are raising corporation tax? ida our shores now that we can if we are raising corporation tax?— raising corporation tax? no direct mention, raising corporation tax? no direct mention. we _ raising corporation tax? no direct mention, we talk— raising corporation tax? no direct mention, we talk about _ raising corporation tax? no direct mention, we talk about the - raising corporation tax? no direct mention,

about this is that we would need to see the details, i believe i'm not wrong in saying that the labour partyen the government plans and what the labour party said. but i think my secondary point without knowing too much about the specifics of this as i think it's not that surprising that the government sort of want to look tough on law and order. that's really their shtick. we have local elections coming up, but sometimes, it seems like they want to be seen doing stuff when actually it would be useful to have a slightly more considered approach and notjust always going for thinking about the costs or thinking about imprisoning people or thinking about law and order. and what i mean by that is in relation to things like sexual assault, i think there needs to be much more consideration and discussion about the wide—ranging changes we need to see in society in order for this to changes we need to see in society in orderfor this to change. changes we need to see in society in order for this to change. and changes we need to see in society in orderfor this to change. and i know that we will go in

the labour party _ it was apparently interpreted.investigation by buckingham palace into this. would you go that far? figs palace into this. would you go that far? �* , ., , , , palace into this. would you go that far? a , ~ ., far? as it happens, we know buckingham _ far? as it happens, we know buckingham palace - far? as it happens, we know buckingham palace said - far? as it happens, we know. buckingham palace said there far? as it happens, we know- buckingham palace said there would be an investigation for the bullying claims. i have no knowledge, i have not spoken to anyone inside buckingham palace. iwould not spoken to anyone inside buckingham palace. i would think it would be sensible of buckingham palace to make it clear that it does not tolerate racism, as i'm quite sure the palace does not tolerate racism. it is very, very sensitive, and that's how the institutions applies for so long. changing attitudes down the centuries have been dramatic.— attitudes down the centuries have been dramatic. standing back with a little bit o

it will be awkward for the labour party.is also on the front page of the ft. i don't know if you want to pick up on that story or do you want to go on to the main story, which is about the sanctions on china? anything you want to remark about the nicola sturgeon kate? == anything you want to remark about the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she wants - the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she wants to l this has been huge. she wants to move on. we're weeks away from a very important election and the snp are really en route to having a huge landslide, and this has thrown a hammer into the works. it's notjust about them getting a landslide in these elections, if that landslide allows them to have more fire in their belly to ask for another independent vote. so, this is a political story —— huge political story. but of course,

anas sarwar is leader of the scottish labour party and explained what he made of the announcement i thinkst, scotland deserves better than this. i recognise what alexander allan is trying to say but the truth that this is it is about two personalities fighting amongst themselves and dividing the xmp. they risk the rating the election and changing the focus of what our national priority should be regardless of our political party. we are still in the midst of a pandemic, lives and livelihoods have been off, their at risk, and what we have seen now is they want to use this election and the next parliament to carry on those fights and those arguments rather than focus on the people's recovery and i think that is completely unacceptable. scotland deserves so much better than bass. and that is why we want to try and keep that focus on this pandemic and scott and can recover from focus on this pandemic and scott and can recoverfrom it. earlier i spoke to the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, who gave his reaction to the formation of the alba party... i think him trying to make

government continues to follow the consolidated guidance which by the labour party. >> mr. speaker, to make matters worse, the government decided this week to half international aid to yemen. the u.n. has said yemen faces the world has seen for decades. he the secretary general said on monday that cutting aid would be in his words a death sentence , for people of yemen. how on earth can the prime prime minister justified selling arms to saudi arabia, and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, it is under this government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and yes, it is proved that current circumstances i'm sure the , people of this country understand mean that temporarily we must reduce aid spending but that does not obscure when it comes to duty of people of yemen we continue to step up to the plate. a contribution of 214 million pounds for the financial year. there are few other countries in the world, mr. speaker that have , such a record that is setting , such an example in sending it

that's been a big labour party attack line, of course. will see in the house tomorrow is mps starting to look at that time line. i think everything john said was sensible, but when you start coupling that with looming tax rises and how we will all pay for this and looking at the 21 june deadline of things we've been promised will be back to normal pretty much, it leaves a strange elephant in the room to then say that the furlough scheme will actually be extended until october — either there is something that the government is budgeting for that we don't know, or they'll face quite a lot of pressure from their own backbenchers tomorrow to say, "why aren't you going to cut this short sooner? ? the biggest battle rishi sunak will have will be his backbenchers in the 1922 committee who are saying, look, we've spent so much money already, we've spent so much money already, we need to put a lid on this. we've had the former chancellor hammond and william hague, and ken clark saying something similar, as well. there is two things going on right

but she came up through the democratic or more labour party in minnesota and that's how she got her political start. she served in the minnesota house of representatives and had a very promising political career. in 1954 she decides to run for the u.s. house seat. and she goes against the wishes of democratic farmer labor leaders who are not happy with the fact that she does not want to stay in the state house of representatives, so she has to fund her own political campaign and she does so. she wins election. her husband, andy, this was a strained marriage to begin with. he grows jealous of her political success. and so quite a nude sin though in the house has a very successful career. she gets on the agricultural committee. it's a very promising career. one of the things that he does is because of her background as a teacher she wants to push for the federal student loan program and she manages after the sputnik crisis to slip in a provision amendments to the national defense education act in 1958 that establishes federal student loans. so she knows the legislative ropes and really pushes h

the results of this election is that the folks in the netherlands have given my party, the dutch labour party us to do everything we can to make a success out of it, not everything has gone well in the last ten years, take the child benefit issue, which we have to solve, the earthquakes, but of course come to the main issue also on the table for the next year is how to rebuild the country going forward after coronavirus. a rare species of bird in australia has become so endangered it's forgetting how to sing its own song. there are only about 300 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and because they rarely hear each other, some have started imitating the songs of other species. victoria gill reports. only 300 left in the wild, the striking regent honeyeater and its own disappearing from their native south—eastern australia. researchers had set out to find and monitor the remaining birds, when they noticed that some honeyeater is no longer saying the right tune, songbirds around the world like these familiar uk species learn to sing in very much the same way that humans learn to speak, they li

the results of this election is that the folks in the netherlands have given my party, the dutch labour party and it is humbling. it is also forcing us to do everything we can to make a success out of it, not everything has gone well in the last ten years, take the child benefit issue, which we have to solve, the earthquakes, but of course the main issue also on the table for the next year is how to rebuild the country going forward after corona. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a leading charity says many thousands of children in syria could lose access to education if britain cuts its foreign aid. today, we have closed the book on apartheid, and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was - on a pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand - now that the search for it has i become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offerin

they are and i think we'lll hear more over the next few days. 0pposition parties especially labour have said already is that it is reopening a call for evidence on how people think that the issue of violence against women should be dealt with. the government was already looking into this. a consultation had ended and it was reopened yesterday and the home secretary priti patel said tonight that within 2a hours they had had an additional 20,000 responses, which she said was unprecedented. it's something they will be looking at over the next few days. but i think the government is under quite significant pressure now to come up with some answers on this and to potentially look—up it further into what can be done. find potentially look-up it further into what can be done.— potentially look-up it further into what can be done. �* , ., what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, _ what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, which _ what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, which has - what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, which h

the uk labour party have accused the chancellor of "sneaking out" an announcement on nhs pay a day aftere day. cowardly" to announce it on the day. the government have proposed a 1% pay increase for nhs workers in england next year. well, for more on this we're joined by our political correspondent, jessica parker. this is a huge row about nurses's pat’- this is a huge row about nurses's -a . this is a huge row about nurses's .a _ , this is a huge row about nurses's -a . , ., , this is a huge row about nurses's a. , ~ , pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government — pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying _ pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying it _ pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying it was _ the government saying it was submitting a recommendation, and it isjust a recommendation submitting a recommendation, and it is just a recommendation at the moment, for a 1% pay rise for nhs workers. there was quite a backlash from unions and, actually, from nhs providers. they represent health trusts in england. they said there

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as does the labour party.ept the deal was not fit for purpose? but the dup said it was the government's green policies. it's now clear that the policy of phasing out the production of petrol and diesel cars is going to have an impact on employment and some of the areas of the united kingdom have higher than average unemployment. the business secretary replied that the prime minister's ten—point plan for tackling climate change had been well—received. the equalities minister has told mps that the second wave of the pandemic has had "a much greater impact" on people from some south asian backgrounds. kemi badenoch came under pressure to do more to increase vaccine uptake as she presented her latest quarterly report on the pandemic. she said the most recent data showed very different outcomes for different ethnic groups. in the first wave for instance, black african men were 11.5 times more likely to die from covid—19 than white british men of the same age. but in the early part of the second wave, the risk of de

known to be linked to international travel from brazil, a red list country, and that has led the labour partylow to introduce their hotel quarantine policy and calling for measures at the borders to be tightened up. borisjohnson defending the regime, saying it is tough and saying they brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. 0ne brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. one thing i would point to is remember england's road map out of lockdown. there are four tests the government they need to be met before they proceed from step two steps. 0ne met before they proceed from step two steps. one is this, our assessment of the risk is not fundamentally changed by variants of concern. it was known of course this could be an issue and there will be hopes to try and contain this variant of the virus that in order to do that, in order to have confidence they can do that, they will want to find this missing case. thank you very much. the health secretary matt hancock will be leading the downing street briefing this evening. we'll have full coverage from 4:30 on bbc one and the bbc n

i think he should take it up with his friends in the labour party who want to abolish universal credit. >> last week we celebrated the chancellor's announcement and it is clear to the people that this government is determined not to neglect the pounds like the labour predecessors. would the prime minister outline how people can take advantage of the new lifetime skills guarantee he is launching next month? pm johnson: the fantastic thing about the lifetime skills guarantee is that in very tough circumstances with many people having to seek new jobs to find new ways of retraining will happen in a changing economy. it offers everybody, adults over 23 the opportunity, 3000 pounds on a level equivalent qualification, i think will be instrumental in helping young people beyond school-age to retrain and get the jobs they need. the lifetime skills guarantee, the first time it has been done. speaker: claire? >> thank you, mr. speaker. it takes 16,000 dedicated nurses to staff northern ireland's health services. it costs less than 2% of the u.k. fields for just one internet giant, amazon, whose

but as it stands, the labour party is saying that three out of four nhs workers affected by the government'swomen, and this is familiar. it was often minority and women affected by the last 12 months, but obviously, you got a lot of workers within the nhs, a lot of nurses within the nhs. we don'tjust mean nurses. labour go on to say that women have been disproportionately impacted by covid. they are more likely to work in low—paid or in shutdown sectors, and they often take on more additional care responsibility, so this is a story that has been developing over the last few days. there are lots of questions about whether or not there is going to be a u—turn by the government. boris johnson of course saying there is a lot of financial pressure, rishi sunak also a lot of pressure sunak also saying a lot of pressure on the government's finances. some of the public sector have had a pay freeze, but they've managed to find some money for the nhs workers. unions aren't happy, those workers aren't happy. hopefully we'll discuss that further. but we managed to establish connection with tony and caro

we face a labour party that has done nothing more during the pandemic then weave like a bunch of wobblyt of their time wondering which public statues to tear down or whether herewood the wake should now be known as herewood the woke. so, let's not be put off our stride. let's remember that across the country, it is conservatives — conservative councils and councillors, that develop better value for money and let's take a great one—nation message to the people of a strong and dynamic conservative government that fosters a vast and creative private sector and jab byjab, job byjob, we will be on the road to national recovery. see you on the campaign trail, i hope even in person, and have a great easter. borisjohnson launching the conservative party's campaign for the english local elections in may. you may recall that an bbc news we had kits, launching a's campaigns is that we will launch the campaigns and bring them to you hit on the bbc news channel from the coming weeks. borisjohnson has described as "disgraceful" attacks on the police in bristol on friday night. ten people were arreste

the way in which the government has handled this, most significant bully has the support of the labour partyfrom lockdown, but the key has to be that schools go back, because the whole structure of people's lives, if you are a parent, the structure of your working day is in many ways tied to the fact that your children are at school for most of the day. so if we are ever going to get the economy back into, you know, some sort of semblance of normality, then it has to start with schools. ., , , ., schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story- _ schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story. the _ schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story. the royals, - the same story. the royals, commonwealth a, comments made on commonwealth a, comments made on commonwealth day, and of course come of that interview. we will start off with a male, duty means everything, caroline? , ., ,, caroline? yes, for the queen, it alwa s caroline? yes, for the queen, it always has- _ caroline? yes, for the queen, it always has. this _ caroline? yes, for the queen, it always has. this is _ caroline?

the labour party insists the new strategy will do nothing to reverse previous cuts.e of the chea est previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and — previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and greenest - previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and greenest forms i previous cuts. bus is one of the j cheapest and greenest forms of travel and we want to see people getting back on buses as soon as it is safe to do so after the pandemic. this strategy really feels like a sticking plaster rather than the radical transformative policy that would shape public transport in our country for decades to come. the liberal democrats said local authority should be given the power to run their own bus services rather than being shackled too often unpopular private companies. the green party welcomed what it called a turnaround by the government but said the plan wouldn't work unless the freeze on fuel duty which cut the freeze on fuel duty which cut the cost of driving buddle to be dropped. buses may not be glamorous but for many people they are a lifeline and the government has

i think the labour party in particular has been asking a lot of questions about the way that the politicaland the home office, has been interacting with the policing machine, where the pressure has been put on the met to increase some of its presence at demonstrations we have seen over the last few months. but ultimately, i think the next thing we are waiting to hear now is an explanation from the commissioner, cressida dick. she has given that to be mayor at the home secretary, but so far we have not heard anything publicly from her about what went wrong last night. 0k. about what went wrong last night. ok. several hundred people, an estimate, there outside new scotland yard. i am told it is sisters uncut. that is the group that has organised this protest outside scotland yard. these pictures come begin life to us now. let's go from new scotland yard just across the river to come and gone because we can speak to a report there, emily unia, whojoins us from there now. we caught up a couple of hours ago and quite a number of people continuing that the jewel where you are, which presumably i

and false claims made by the labour party last night on social media about the police crime sentencing and course bill are misleading and certainly not helpful? >> well, mr. speaker, i think it was certainly a mistake and a regrettable mistake for anybody to suggest that rate had been decriminalized in this country. because we must do everything we can to reassure victims of rape and sexual violence and get them to come forward and that is what we -- i i also think would bea good thing if together we could vote for somebody tougher sentences that we put forward in this bill. i like the collegiate spirit we had earlier on. i hope he can be extended to voting for the tougher sentences that we put forward. >> thank you very much, mr. spe. today the welsh government announced a special bonus payment for nhs and social care staff in wales. the welsh government -- national insurance pays that most people receive around 500 pounds. will the prime minister to join me in welcoming this news in recognition of dedication and commitment for nhs and social care staff? >> i thank him and i do recogn

the labour party have said they will not now support it.d have said they will not now support it. keir starmer said today that's because the bill contains a lot about statues and effectively changing the sentencing possible for those who deface things like war memorials and statues. but it says nothing at all about women and violence against women. on that the government and borisjohnson saying there will be tougher sentences for rapists, no early release for violent offenders and things like that. the other reason the labour party say they will not support it is this issue about curbing the right to protest, they say. quite a lot of legal figures have raise that question as well. the government says it is not about that, it is about dealing with protests that cause serious disruption, things we have seen like extinction rebellion protests, people gluing themselves to railing and climbing on board trains, things that might disrupt large numbers of commuters, commercial activity, but it is the wording of the bill that is causing a lot of con

wave on the continent, lapping up third wave on the continent, lapping up on our shores and the labour partyteps towards freedom today but a giant leap, we will have to wait quite a bit longerfor giant leap, we will have to wait quite a bit longer for that. iain, thank you. our health editor hugh pym is with me now. we were talking about the third wave in europe. that is what is fuelling concern for ministers?— in europe. that is what is fuelling concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will be _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will be studying | officials in the uk will be studying very carefully what happens in european countries. particularly whether the south african variant is spreading fast. because there is a little bit of concern about how effective vaccines might be against that's south african variant, it has been seen in certain communities in the uk but the spread seems to

but the labour party is critical.y area we�*ve suffered huge cuts to local government which mean that some of these things fall by the wayside. cctv is incredibly important. but i think it does just slightly missed the point about the scale of the crisis that we have. and some women�*s organisations say the threat women face on the streets, particularly at night, is not being focused on enough. male violence against women and girls is not a priority for us as a society, for our parliament, in our laws, in ourfunding, you know? i think that this is the time to draw a line under that and say we cannot continue to excuse male violence. 17—year—old ellie gould was stabbed and killed by her ex—boyfriend in wiltshire. her friends are now shocked by the murder of sarah everard. hearing that it happened to someone else is so... is so sad and i hope that people can step back and think, you know, it could be me, it could be my mum, it could be my sister, it could be anyone. it has obviously been devastating 'ust it has obviousl

believe in our defenses there we believe they should be more than merely symbolic and it's at the labour party, mr. speaker, for consistently historically hilarious about the falklands, mr. speaker. consistently, consistently week on protecting this country. as you heard it, and was most visible last week, mr. speaker, during the debate on the integrated review when it was played at the shadow front bench couldn't even agree to maintain britain's nuclear deterrent. absolutely true, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, what is weaker, the making of a promised her armed forces just before the election and then breaking it and not being prepared, not having the courage to admit it? mr. speaker, he promised the nhs that they would have quote whatever they need. now they're getting a pay cut. he promised attacks guarantee. now he's putting taxes up for families. he promised he wouldn't cut the armed forces. now he's done just that. so if the prime minister so determined to push it, why does he at least have the courage to put this cut in the armed forces to a vote in this house? >> mr. speaker, i am proud

but again one of the criticism that we heard from the labour party today is that it doesn't do enough crimes against women. i think it will be a particularly heated debate, it was always going to be fairly heated, but it is more heated now. but i suspect the government will be asked over the next few days is whether it's prepared to take further action in the weight of everything that is happening in the last few days. we talked a bit on bbc news this evening about the position of the met commissioner but stepping back from that, there's a more general kind of tension here isn't there between having independent policing which we have, the police are statutorily independent but they are supposed to be accountable and any place like london which has national responsibility as a counter terrorism, the home office has a lot of interest in what the police do in london and you have the mayor and police authority who ultimately commissions this it is quite explosive politically.- commissions this it is quite explosive politically. commissions this it is quite exlosive oliticall . ~ . . explo

the unions and the labour party are saying this could represent a real term cut.report in may and they will need to look at what kind of pay would be necessary to encourage the retention and recruitment of nhs staff, which unions a manager says a problem. it's more than likely they will come back and say it needs to be more than i%. then the government will have a dilemma, to the advice or do they cut spending elsewhere to meet a larger increase. so this acute pain today for the government to —— could turn into something more chronic. to -- could turn into something more chronic. ., . ., ., ~' , ., the duke of edinburgh has been moved back to a private hospital in central london after a successful heart procedure earlier this week. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. what do we know? an encouraging sin, i what do we know? an encouraging sign. ithink- _ what do we know? an encouraging sign. i think. he — what do we know? an encouraging sign, ithink. he is— what do we know? an encouraging sign, i think. he is clearly- what do we know? an encouraging s

so all of that is in place but what we don't know is still many things and the labour party today, therefore saying lessons need to be learned and they have criticised the government for being slow at points. remember, we have one of the highest cumulative death tolls in the world, one of the highest per capita death tolls, one of the deepest economic downturns. the government says it has learned and now is not the time to look into things and it is now considering new measures so things like whether there should be compulsory vaccinations for all of those working in care homes. there will be a consultation on that. care homes are calling for it. care home staff, there is a concern about forcing them to do it. remember, a quarter of them have not been vaccinated but there have been tens of thousands of deaths in care homes. more things we are not clear about exactly, you heard travel, when will foreign holidays happen? not before the 17th of may. we know the government is cautious on that and the continued supply of vaccines, everything depends on that which is why the government is busy try