lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of dangernisters are planning for harper's law to come into force next year. june kelly, bbc news. sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of breaking promises about the social care system, accusing borisjohnson of devising a "working class dementia tax". the prime minister defended the changes, saying the government was fixing the system labour hadn't. speaking at prime minister's questions, the labour leader also brought up borisjohnson�*s performance at this week's cbi conference. it follows a difficult period for the prime minister, who has been criticised for a u—turn on standards reform and the cancellation of part of h52. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. are your mps behind you, prime minister? have you lost the support of your backbenchers, prime minister?— of your backbenchers, prime minister? ., , ., , minister? uncomfortable questions after an uncomfortable _ minister? uncomfortable questions after an uncomfortable few - minister? uncomfortable question

lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of dangerlet's talk to simon spence qc, red lion chambers. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you very much for being with us. as a barrister, are there areas about the slot and application that because you concern7 application that because you concern? ., ., application that because you concern? . ~ ., , concern? there are. i think what is imortant concern? there are. i think what is important to _ concern? there are. i think what is important to bear— concern? there are. i think what is important to bear in _ concern? there are. i think what is important to bear in mind - concern? there are. i think what is important to bear in mind is - concern? there are. i think what is important to bear in mind is that l concern? there are. i think what is| important to bear in mind is that we are not talking about people convicted of murder, because people who commit murder, whether it's a police officer, emergency worker or anybody else can make it's a mandatory life sentence command that

lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of dangernisters are planning for harper's law to come into force next year. june kelly, bbc news. police are questioning two men on suspicion of murder, following the death of an 18 year old woman from plymouth. officers searching for bobbi—anne mcleod say they found a woman's body six miles from the city centre yesterday. she had been reported missing after failing to meet friends on saturday. andrew plant is in plymouth. just 300 metres, that is how far bobbi—anne mcleod had walked from herfamily home on bobbi—anne mcleod had walked from her family home on saturday night to get to this bus stop. then she completely vanished. the huge search to find her ended like yesterday evening and police said they had found a body. bobbi—anne mcleod had left home for a night out in plymouth. but the 18—year—old never arrived. today at the bus stop where it's thought she disappeared, people have been laying flowers. everyone here had been following the search for bobbi—anne, everyone hoping she would be f

harper was killed. and since his killers were convicted, his widow lissie and his family have been campaigning for harper'sported by the police federation of england and wales, which represents rank—and—file officers. last year, lissie harper spoke about the campaign. if a person should go out to commit a crime, and as a result of that crime, a police officer, nurse, doctor, paramedic, or police... sorry, prison officer, should be killed as a result of that crime, then this person should spend their life in prison. the campaign has taken lissie harper to the heart of government. and ministers have now announced there will be a mandatory life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker while committing a crime. it's not just it's notjust the individual case but it's also the fact that in the last year 10,000 convictions for assaults on emergency workers have taken place. so it's notjust individual cases, it's the scale of it. we think as we come through this pandemic and build back stronger, fairer, in all sorts of ways, we should increase the sentences for those attacks or murders, or unla

that is a change that lissie harper wanted. it is a change i agree _ lissie harper wanted. it is a change that seems _ they would like to see. certainly it is a change that seems to - they would like to see. certainly it is a change that seems to have . is a change that seems to have public backing. what lissie harper was calling for this over two years ago. why has it taken so long to get to this stage?— to this stage? well, i have only been in this _ to this stage? well, i have only been in this role _ to this stage? well, i have only been in this role for— to this stage? well, i have only been in this role for a _ to this stage? well, i have only been in this role for a few - to this stage? well, i have only . been in this role for a few months, but i _ been in this role for a few months, but i know— been in this role for a few months, but i know that a lot of care and attention — but i know that a lot of care and attention and work had gone into it. and, _ attention and work had gone into it. and. of— attention and work had gone into it. and, of course, you need a legis

lissie harper spoke of her relief at the changes. needed to do this. and it started with a sense of a feeling of injustice, a feeling of anger and this isn't right, and something needs to change. and throughout this process, i received an immense amount of support from the public and, you know, those close to me, but also strangers who want something different for our country, and i think we want to look at our laws and to be proud of it and to be able to say, yeah, that's, you know, that's what should be happening. about this time tomorrow, millions of families up and down the united states will be sitting down to a thanksgiving dinner. a more expensive dinner than it was last year. with inflation at a 30—year high, this thanksgiving is predicted to be the most expensive in history. most of the ingredients on the dinner plate will be 5% more expensive than they were last year and that has real consequences for a large number of american families. let's bring in priya fielding—singh, assistant professor of family and consumer studies