this is what we are seeing with the labour party— we are seeing with the labour party building themselvesck up after being almost electorally wiped out before when — electorally wiped out before when they last went into government. fianna fail fina gaet— government. fianna fail fina gael not _ government. fianna fail fina gael not have enough numbers to create _ gael not have enough numbers to create a _ gael not have enough numbers to create a coalition themselves and will— create a coalition themselves and will need a smaller party and will need a smaller party and we — and will need a smaller party and we have already heard from fina gaet— and we have already heard from fina gael sources that they are looking — fina gael sources that they are looking to _ fina gael sources that they are looking to the labour party and see them — looking to the labour party and see them as sensible people they— see them as sensible people they can _ see them as sensible people they can work with. labour will of course — they can work with. labour will of course be tempted by that, to get— of course be t

yes, those on the left of the labour party don't like - the labour party don't like peter mandelson. t away from its roots. he would have argued that he made them electable again in the mid—90s. but he is a divisive figure within the labour party. but as you say, it is a political appointment. that is what is interesting, the prime minister could have chosen a serving career diplomat. this is the big job on bass and does around the world working for the uk would love to have. but keir starmer has decided to appoint peter mandelson to the role. it is the first time since 1977 when peter callaghan appointed peterjay to washington that we have seen a political appointment like this. that reflects peter mandelson's own experience as a trade minister, as an eu trade negotiator. as helen said, the issue of trade and tariffs and what the trump administration is going to do will be a crucial part of his early work in washington, but i think for president trump he really values personal relationships, sending someone to washington who is clearly very, very close to the key people in number ten

in fact, a man who arrived by small boat seemed happy that labour party were in power. that man said the conservatives want to deport us, but the labour party are making procedures easier for us. p.m. starmer: mr. speaker, i really thought she would welcome the deal. she should also welcome the german deal we did this week. many of the votes of that are finding their way -- many of the boats that are finding their way from the channel are from germany. she should spend more time researching that than her terrible jokes. she would know about it. we have taken enforcement action in germany to stop those folks from getting to the coast. that is effective action. she should welcome it. why does she think it is a bad thing? >> because the numbers are going up, mr. speaker. the prime minister has consistently backed criminals over law-abiding british people. he defended terrorists. he argued all immigration laws have a racist undercurrent. he voted against life sentences for people smugglers. he voted against more than 100 and measures to control migration. he even said it wa

peter mandelson has been a familiar face in the labour party for decades. ind the creation of new labour in the 1990s, a trusted adviser to tony blair with a reputation as a master of spin. he'd been rumoured as a potential candidate for a while, but had been cagey when asked about being the ambassador. would you be interested if you were asked? - i would be very interested, indeed, in giving advice about trade to whoever is appointed. elected as the mp for hartlepool in 1992, peter mandelson went on to serve in tony blair's cabinet, but was forced to resign twice. in the noughties, he went to brussels as the european trade commissioner before returning as business secretary under gordon brown. it's his experience of trade that is one of the reasons behind his appointment as ambassador. donald trump has talked of imposing big tariffs on imports into the us, which the prime minister yesterday told mps the uk needed to avoid. it won't come as any surprise to you that i'm not a fan of tariffs. and, therefore, we have to make sure that we avoid tariffs. we've go

in fact, a man who arrived by small boat seemed happy that labour party were in power.hat man said the conservatives want to deport us, but the labour party are making procedures easier for us. p.m. starmer: mr. speaker, i really thought she would welcome the deal. she should also welcome the german deal we did this week. many of the votes of that are finding their way -- many of the boats that are finding their way from the channel are from germany. she should spend more time researching that than her terrible jokes. she would know about it. we have taken enforcement action in germany to stop those folks from getting to the coast. that is effective action. she should welcome it. why does she think it is a bad thing? >> because the numbers are going up, mr. speaker. the prime minister has consistently backed criminals over law-abiding british people. he defended terrorists. he argued all immigration laws have a racist undercurrent. he voted against life sentences for people smugglers. he voted against more than 100 and measures to control migration. he even said it was

and within the wider_ the labour party and within the wider movement on the left.o i think it — wider movement on the left. do i think it is — wider movement on the left. do i think it is significant? i think— i think it is significant? i think it _ i think it is significant? i think it is _ i think it is significant? i think it is fully troublesome within— think it is fully troublesome within the existing government but no — within the existing government but no more than that. no more than _ but no more than that. no more than that— but no more than that. no more than that by contrast with those _ than that by contrast with those remarkable scenes ofjoy on the — those remarkable scenes ofjoy on the streets of damascus and elsewhere. and no more than or nothing — elsewhere. and no more than or nothing hy— elsewhere. and no more than or nothing by comparison with the ambition — nothing by comparison with the ambition. ,., . ambition. the important question _ ambition. the important question is _ ambition. the important question is what - ambition. the important que

the labour party may end up with nine or ten seats. left—leaning parties to see about an alliance. mary mcdonnell once put together a government of those left—leaning parties. the vote shows that they want change in this country. it does not look as if they will be a government in place by christmas. a long journey still ahead. this journey still ahead. as accounting _ journey still ahead. as accounting continues, the negotiations will begin. thank you forjoining us from dublin. we also have a life page with the latest results there. fashion icons and celebrities are descending upon london's west end this afternoon for the gala performance of the musical the devil wears prada. the show, which has music written by eltonjohn and stars vanessa williams as miranda priestly, is based on the hit 2006 film. our culture correspondent yasmin rufo is on the red carpet now. i really am. tell me why you love the devil wears prada. lastly; love the devil wears prada. why wouldn't you — love the devil wears prada. why wouldn't you love _ love the de

some of the names from the labour party. just mention a couple from the conservatives. in with those names. the nominations for the leader of the conservative party going into the house of lords. zoe ball has described presenting radio 2's breakfast show as "an absolute privilege", as she signed off for the last time. the 54—year—old announced her departure in november, after six years behind the mic. kylie minogue and david tennant were among the stars on her final programme. here's our culture reporter noor nanji. another day, another destiny. one final show from me, zb. onlyjoking, i'm not going to sing! let's have some daft punk. and so it began, zoe ball's last radio 2 show, filled with tributes, including from her colleagues. i am going to miss waking up with you every single morning. my massive cavalier hat is doffed to you. you are an absolute gem. she also reflected on what it all meant to her. it's been such a gift to show can do this show, to follow wonderful terry and of course chris, tough acts to follow. pretty cool to be the first lass to host, and i won'

so should labour tighten up the rules on donations to british political parties? yes, it should.de union donations? well, trade unions are not commercial operations like elon musk and don't have the selfish interests of elon musk. a trade union represents its members. it's a democratic organisation. that's a completely different thing. and the politicalfund has to be voted on by the members of the union whether to have one or not. jeremy corbyn, thank you very much for talking to newsnight. you're most welcome. thank you. let's talk to our panellists. jeremy corbyn says labour will rue the day they made this decision to reject they made this decision to reject the waspi compensation. do you think he is right? i do the waspi compensation. do you think he is riuht? ., ~' the waspi compensation. do you think he is riuht? ., ~ , ., he is right? i do think it is a olitical he is right? i do think it is a political problem. _ he is right? i do think it is a political problem. you - he is right? i do think it is a political problem. you have j he is right? i do think it is a - political

it son since the labour party took ower? , ' . ., power?power? it is difficult to judge without results. i do see - without results. i do see that they are very concerned, and i do see that, but i don�*t, so far, see something... something concrete, you know, this is a new government, it should show. maybe he has more power being thatis maybe he has more power being that is that new government. exactly, in the case of the previous government, the egyptians knew it was a government going outs, they could just start for a time and then now, they should not be able to stall the stop laila soueif, 80 deals —— 80 days, are you feeling pretty weak at the moment? i am feeling weak, i am finally feeling weak, it is a miracle i lasted this long without collapsing and getting into hospital. i have told david lammy i am having a lucky break, that is not wasted. thank you for coming to the programme. laila soueif there. police have been granted the power to seize more than £2 million pounds from the controversial social media influencer, andrew tate, a

— labour party, the social democrats? ., ~ labour party, the social democrats? . ~ democrats?mocrats? yeah, i think if you look at the way the _ democrats? yeah, i think if you look at the way the numbers . look at the way the numbers might shake out for the likes of fianna fail and fine gael, fianna fail are very confident that they're somewhere around a5 it 50 says, fine gael probably accepting they're somewhere shorter at 35, 37. put them together, you're up around 82. you want your dail majority to be way above, you want it to be as big as possible. 88 is the bare minimum. it's not really workable because you're going to lose a td overboard on some vote at some point. if £31 to lose a td overboard on some vote at some point. if— vote at some point. if of got labour, if — vote at some point. if of got labour, if they _ vote at some point. if of got labour, if they come - vote at some point. if of got labour, if they come back i vote at some point. if of got l labour, if they come back with 10 seats, — labour, if they come back with 10 seats, you're _ labour, if they come ba

of england will change substantially. - then you've got the twist of look at the parliamentary labour partyincluding in lots of rural, rural seats. fast forward those couple of years and they can see the election on the horizon, notjust those, in rural seats everywhere. and they're getting a bit of grief locally from their local authorities, from potential constituents. you know, you have a particular project that might be sitting there for, you know, 300 new houses, whatever it might be, and a huge local campaign in opposition. what do you do? and, of course, keir starmer as a constituency mp, opposed hs2 because it goes through. there are many examples of where mps have opposed local house building or other projects, and then again stood but what comes with that, - which is fascinating and people might be more entertained, is what does this look- like geographically, new towns, what's going to happen? i we're going to let cambridge and oxford grow hugely- because that's an engine of growth that's - been restrained. they are building, - i think, a fast train line between those two cities.

the last five months have been disappointing particularly for members of the labour party.ming across people who say they were delighted to get riof the house government and the resulting election showed us that. but we haven't had any sense that anything has changed. it was known as post euphoria predelivery. people want to know that something is happening. they want to feel that there is a change going on and that hasn't quite happened yet. ben: did labor get this really wrong? not just on the messaging, in the early days the msaging was little to pessimistic. but one might imagine that with years in opposition they might've been a little more organized in determining what the first six or 12 months of a new government might look like, not having to do it five months on. julia: there's a lot of inexperience there. of course keir starmer is a lawyer by training rather than a politician. he himself has referred to the fact that he's not of the tribe of politicians and that certainly showed to start with. the party's inexperience, it's been out of office for 14 years. two ge

the labour party say they are confident that the transfers from paschal donohue will go to the labours, you will have to wait and see. thank you very much. things are going to change into next week. there will be a wide spread farce and a few wintry showers. the next few days it will remain mild. there will be some brighter skies behind this cold front that is pushing says ease. that milder air will be scooped up by quite a brisk south easterly breeze. the sharpest of the showers out towards the north and west. some brighter skies here too. temperatures between 13 and 15 celsius. just a shade below where we were yesterday. tonight, in turn is a bit interesting to add to west. the word is set to turn more northerly in the showers will be wintry over the higher ground of scotland. it is turning much colder in the north of scotland and northern ireland. could be ten celsius further south. ireland. could be ten celsius furthersouth. but ireland. could be ten celsius further south. but that colder air is coming for all of us. you can see that clearly on the chart. the milder air will be sq

in recent years the labour party was not saying that it would pay this conversation —— it would not payour politicians had said that they supported the waspi campaign. there is the sense that even if it has taken place over several years rather than happening yesterday, there is the sense that the labour party has changed its tune on this waspi campaign. changed its tune on this waspi cam aiun. , ., , changed its tune on this waspi campaign-— campaign. henry, as always, thank you — campaign. henry, as always, thank you for _ campaign. henry, as always, thank you for bringing - campaign. henry, as always, thank you for bringing us - thank you for bringing us up—to—date. henry's ferman, our political correspondent. much more on the live page on our website as well. syria is not stable enough for a large—scale return of refugees, according to a warning by the head of the un's international organisation for migration. speaking after a visit to damascus, amy pope said about 100,000 people had already returned. let's speak to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab who's in damascus. you ar

that has been criticised as the labour party having a relaunch, rebranding whatever you want to callstreet they have been failing to get a message through to being in control of the narrative. they have had a rather bumpy start. she may want to point that out. along with perhaps what we have seen this week which is a chancellor talking about an ongoing public spending review over the next six months. that is basically going to set out the budget and spending for the government over the next three to five years. and within that, the government has been talking about the need to direct all spending and make sure all spending and make sure all spending is directed towards its core priorities, and therefore to try and eliminate some areas that they think don't address that. but that is going to point to some very difficult decisions

including some which help fund the labour party.ge challenge going into this winter, with the quad—demic on the horizon, and the huge challenge to try and bring down those unacceptable waiting lists. pay is really key to that. the biggest worry at the moment is this news will drive more people to leave, and that will make the situation even worse. for many public—sector workers, ministers are recommending a pay rise of 2.8% for next year. that's just above inflation, which is expected to rise to 2.6%. the government has already upset farmers over inheritance tax, and some pensioners over cuts in winter fuel payments. and now they could be on a collision course with the unions. the government's proposed 2.8% increase will now be put to independent pay review bodies to consider. they have to take into account the need to retain and recruit staff. that could lead to them to recommending a higher increase. but there's a sting in the tail because the government's saying that anything above 2.8% would have to come from existing department

peter mandelson has been a familiar face in the peter mandelson has been a familiarface in the labour party90s. the creation of new labour in the 19905. a the creation of new labour in the 1990s. a trusted advisor to tony blair with a reputation as a master of spin. he had been rumoured as a potential candidate for a while, but had been cagey when asked about being the ambassador.- been cagey when asked about being the ambassador. would you being the ambassador. would you be interested _ being the ambassador. would you be interested if _ being the ambassador. would you be interested if you _ being the ambassador. would you be interested if you were - be interested if you were asked?

it has to be the labour party that does it. that's very difficult within the labour party rules.m united have confirmed that the player, michail antonio, is in a stable condition following a road traffic accident this afternoon. the essex area in the essex area. now, the club have said he is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central london hospital. so just in case you were worried about him, there you go. we've got an update there. so it sounds it sounds like he may be okay, but we all we all wish him well. we will continue to. yeah, we'll wish you well and we'll continue to bnng you well and we'll continue to bring you information on that as and when it happens . right. and when it happens. right. well, stay with us. 46 minutes after 5:00. if you've just tuned in. welcome. you're here towards the end of the show, so i will forgive you this, but next time, tune in at 3:00 tomorrow. coming up, my quick fire quiz, i test the panel on some of the that caught their this week. don't go anywhere . welcome . this is gb news is fast welcome. this

he is a crucialfigure, of course, in the labour party, seen by many as the architect of new labour underson. 20 more political reaction in the hours ahead. —— plenty more there's growing concern about the increase in the number of islamic councils in the uk. these are informal bodies that issue religious rulings on marriages and divorces — many of which aren't recognised in the uk. an estimated 85 islamic councils could be operating in britain. they have conducted around 100,000 marriages, many not officially registered. some claim these courts allow men to "normalise" polygamy, give daughters half as much inheritance as sons, and end their marriages by saying "divorce" three times. let's speak to baroness shaista gohir, ceo of the muslim women's network uk. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the ”roramme. ,., ., ., ~ programme. good evening. thank ou for programme. good evening. thank you for having _ programme. good evening. thank you for having me _ programme. good evening. thank you for having me on. _ programme. goo

peter mandelson has been a familiar face in the labour party for decades. e driving forces behind the creation of new labour in the 1990s. a trusted adviser to tony blair with a reputation as a master of spin. he'd been rumoured as a potential candidate for a while, but had been cagey when asked about being the ambassador. would you be interested if you were asked? i would be very interested indeed in giving advice about trade to whoever is appointed. elected as the mp for hartlepool in 1992, peter mandelson went on to serve in tony blair's cabinet, but was forced to resign twice. in the noughties, he went to brussels as the european trade commissioner before returning as business secretary under gordon brown. it's his experience of trade that's one of the reasons behind his appointment as ambassador. donald trump has talked of imposing big tariffs on imports into the us, which the prime minister yesterday told mps the uk needed to avoid. it won't come as any surprise to you that i'm not a fan of tariffs. and therefore we have to make sure that we avoid tari

because of that is able to say, yes this has come from a region that is known to have scottish labour party is it is forcing those countries to bring in the human rights that we would expect to be in our sip ply chains, so what we are doing by being black—and—white about what we will ant won't accept we are raising everybody�*s both wages but also living and human rights up round the world and we haven't seenin round the world and we haven't seen in those countries an increase in costs as a consequence of that so i am afraid i am not buying that. does the government needs to put more money into checks and controls to help companies do the job you are wanting them to do? i the 'ob you are wanting them to do? . �* the 'ob you are wanting them to do? ., �* ., ., do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been _ do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the _ do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case - do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case in - do? i haven't, i mean that he hasn't been the case in the i hasn't been the case in the countries i have cited. it becomes a responsibil

because that's what he believes — of a relationship, and a strong one, with the trade unions and the labour partyrty that, . for decades, was on the fringes of politics to the heart of - power, changing the political- landscape of the united kingdom and delivering a referendum on independence. _ for scotland, the campaign continues, and the dream shall never die. # 0aria raio # 0ba, oba, oba. watch zagallo, the outside left. and straight through the goalkeeper's legs for goal number four. inside to beckenbauer. and this is the third one. oh, what a magnificent. beckenbauer and his style of play, - perhaps one of the phenomenons of the '705~ — does he make it? cruyff, number i4. ball is deflected — neeskens! good save, and then in again! it's that man again. schillaci has done it once more! luke, you do not yet realise your importance. i love being a part of that whole cult, especially when their kids want their posters signed. you can't say no to that. if you only knew the power of the dark side. he wanted to use orson welles, but he thought 0rson might be too recognisable. so, he picks a guy who

obviously he didn't like the fact that the labour party sent people to lobby in the democrat campaigne kind of person who can get beyond that. he will forge relationships. 5ir will forge relationships. sir simon fraser, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. with less than a week to go until christmas, the shops will be full of frenzied shoppers trying to secure last—minute gifts for loved ones, but luxury goods might not be at the top of consumers�* wish lists this year, with many high—end brands reporting a difficult year with falling revenues, but it's a mixed picture, with some labels bucking the trend. let's speak to maliha shoaib, a reporterfor vogue business who joins us now from glasgow our people bang more or less on the luxury goods front if they can afford that? i the luxury goods front if they can afford that?— can afford that? i think the ke art can afford that? i think the key part of— can afford that? i think the key part of that _ can afford that? i think the key part of that question . can afford that? i think the key part of that question is that they can afford i

this is not the version of labour goal progressive labour party members coming to power.ised by the united states and uk as a terrorist group. abu mohammed al—jolani himself has a bounty of 10 million on his head from the united states. these people have the potential to cause a threat to the entire of the western world. it is in everyone's interest that these weapons do not fall into the hands. if we find ourselves in a situation after libya fell in the so—called arab spring, we will see issues with terrorist groups around this entire region. we are preventing that from happening by taking the strategic weapons of the table so that nobody can get their hands on them.— so that nobody can get their hands on them. this group, hts are t in: hands on them. this group, hts are trying to _ hands on them. this group, hts are trying to create _ hands on them. this group, hts are trying to create a _ are trying to create a transitional government, they are making arguably what the un is saying the right noises to try and bring some form of stability to syria so we don't have the c

stories of this weekend have been the smaller left—leaning parties — the social democrats and the labour partyhelp them build a coalition, or indeed they may look to the support of a number of independents. now, on the other hand, sinn fein also has had a successful weekend and the leader, mary lou mcdonald, has pledged herself to build a left coalition government. she'll also be courting those smaller parties and, indeed, the independents. however, the maths make it a much more difficult route to government for her than for fianna fail and fine gael. and the other point to note is there had been an expectation — perhaps there could have been a rise infar—right or anti—immigrant sentiment, but the candidates that ran on those platforms have had an unsuccessful time of things. now, the one thing all parties do agree on is that the next stage, the horse trading, the discussions to try and build a government — well, that's not going to happen any time soon, and it's unlikely that there will be a government in place this side of christmas. that was the latest on the irish general election. tomato

andy burnham, at the beginning of that clip, was talking about the risk to labour from the reform partygenerally about the promises that were made to people by brexiteers. the fact, however, is that labour is trying this approach. they can't be sure that it's going to work significantly. going to be effective in the way that they want it to be. and the home office is very happy to highlight figures that they say show things going in the right direction today, but they do not have a guarantee that they're going to be able to show persuasive differences in the levels of illegal immigration and the small boat crossings. of course they want to, but they can't be sure that it's going to happen, not least because it's dependent on lots of other bits of what's happening around the world, and also whether or not other countries are really ready to do the kind of cooperation that they want. and giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, has said she wants more action from the other eu countries. so she's already making that point. there's a great profile of her, given that we sometimes try and

injeremy corbyn was in charge of the labour party there were talks about membership increasing but thatted at the general election. . , , , election. it matters because many analysts _ election. it matters because many analysts so _ election. it matters because many analysts so the - election. it matters because| many analysts so the reform party is posing an existential threat to the conservative party, one of the oldest parties in the world. and now you've got elon musk, the richest man in the world, talking to reform uk and the speculation he might make some huge financial donations to them? i huge financial donations to them? ~ ., �* , huge financial donations to them? ~ ., v , huge financial donations to them? ~ i, . them? i think that's why since them? i think that's why since the general — them? i think that's why since the general election _ them? i think that's why since the general election we - them? i think that's why since the general election we have l them? i think that's why since | the general election we have a new dynamic in the parliament and in british politics, ref

around a variety of policy areas, but the toughest questions were ongoing and the commands the labour partyn campaign, namely the pledge to restore growth. let's speak to the labor mp for voxel and camo green. thank you for being with us. i did watch some of it today i can't yo-- caught your question. you asked about the housing crisis and why the government had frozen the local housing alliance. that is a means-tested benefit intended to help people of low income pay for their commission. you satisfied with the answer you got? >> we were waiting to hear from the prime minister in terms of the 1.5 million pounds. what we were keen to hear from the prime minister was the situation facing so many of your listeners and people in my constituency and right across the country now who are feeling the sharp and of really high rent and being forced into temporary accommodation, because we can't build our way out of the situation. there are 1.5 million people on the housing waiting list across the u.k.. in my borough alone there are 3000 people. christian: he has rejected the claim -- she has frozen

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but i said before the election, labour would be elected and be the first party to be elected with a landslideenthusiasm. and i think that's part of the problem that labour is grappling with in government. >> and when you say huge landslide, i know there'll be many people will be watching this in their christmas festive attire and they'll be shouting and going, well, hang on a second. yes, technically it was a landslide, but of course many people will say only 20% of the electorate there or thereabouts voted in this government. >> and that's true. but you know, you play by the rules and labour did get a landslide, but it wasn't with enthusiasm. and that's the challenge that it is facing. but it does have a significant mandate. now, i'm the first to admit that the first five months of not being brilliant, i don't agree with understatement of the century. i don't agree with you, matt, that 2024 is a seismic election that will lead to the inexorable rise of reform, because i think reform has got a ceiling of about 25% of the vote, because for every one voter that farage inspires, he repels two. a

it's been a weekend four of the social democrats and the labour party. e two bigger parties in terms of making a government. at those parties have said they are not prepared to go into government with fianna fail and fine gael unless their policies on their platform agendas are given adequate credence. now, on the other side of things, the sinn fein leader said she intends to form a left—leaning alliance government as well, so she will be courting those same parties as well as those independents with the intention of forming a government. we have to fill out the seats, first, of course. ther are many challenges awaiting them domestically, whoever ends up in government. there is a housing crisis and a cost—of—living crisis here. 0n the international front, president—elect donald trump has said ireland firmly in its sights when it comes to tariffs and corporate taxation and when it comes to the location of many american multi—nationals who contribute so much to the economy of this country. i spoke to the deputy leader of fianna fail, jack chambers, who is a

i have to say i am so disappointed in this current labour party because they lead us up the garden pathhey signed our pledges, showed interest, and at the end of the day, when i heard that commencement yesterday came out of the blue, i was absolutely flabbergasted. winners and losers. the post office scandal, the infected blood scandal, victims of both are getting compensation. but for millions of women born in the 19505, nothing. to india now where a major operation is under way to rescue passengers from a ferry which capsized off mumbai after being hit by a navy speedboat. at least 13 people have been killed. here you can see the moment where the crew of the speedboat apparently loses control. they then crash into the theory which had been taking passengers to ella fontana island a popular tourist site. at least 99 people have been rescued. janhavee moole from bbc marathi explained more about the collision. the navy has said that their craft, the smaller boat that you see in pictures, was undergoing some engine trials and there were a naval personnel that was on board, as well as some

when you talk to some people in the labour party they will say you have got to give us time, patienced for everyone is important, because you cannot change things overnight. at the same time, there is concern, isn't there? including economists and saying that the language and the sense of optimism doesn't seem to be there. , ~ , , there. yes, i think this is the difficulty the _ there. yes, i think this is the difficulty the government - there. yes, i think this is the | difficulty the government has found itself in. they came into office and immediately began talking about this huge problem they had, the difficult inheritance. that was politically designed to set up the framework for things they felt they would have to do any budget, but was taken by many as talking things down and talking things down perhaps too much. that was followed by decisions in the budget including big tax raising decisions from which we have heard businesses particularly, many of them, feeling it has dented their confidence. raising taxes on businesses and employers, so businesses looking ahead. i think the

he was trying to go back to the point of the labour party.inly that does seem to be what keir starmer is focussed on. one of the problems, though, some might argue, is if you look at what happened in the us, some would sayjoe biden did ok with the economy and brought down inflation, but still people didn't feel it. people didn't feel it and. so they didn't give him credit for it. well, you were in the states, vic. economic factors was clearly a big part of a lot of swing voters voting for donald trump again. so it may not work even if things improve in the next five years. but if he if the labour government brings down hospital waiting lists in a measurable way within 12 months, that's a big win for the new government. so as well as talking about the milestones with pat mcfadden, we both talked about the resignation of the transport secretary, louise haigh, and asked, you know, why did she have to resign when keir starmer knew that she had this previous conviction? she'd pleaded guilty to a fraud offence before she became an mp a decade ago,

. - earlier tonight, i spoke to the chair of the labour party and cabinet office minister ellie reeveser keir starmer was deliberately making an explicit criticism of the civil service in his comments today. it's about getting out of that sort of siloed way of working, speaking to people across the country, and look, you know, being as efficient as we possibly can as well, particularly in the current fiscal circumstances. so it is a different way of working, and it's an ambitious way of working. i think that's reflected in the ambitious milestones that we set out today. we'll talk about them in a second. but dave penman, who's the general secretary of the civil servants union, the fda, he posted on x tonight saying that civil servants are tired of chaotic political leadership and sick of being scapegoated for the failures of ministers. how can you reassure dave penman tonight that you're not attacking his members? well, i've worked with some fantastic civil servants over the last few months, particularly on mission delivery. but i think it is right that there is a challenge. you know,