we're never going to accept mr corbyn's ideas a customs union." ught that mrs may once again is doing her high wire act, tentatively trying to tiptoe across the line, to get to the other side. but every time she ta kes a the other side. but every time she takes a step, there's that awkward wobble as she tries to regain her balance and. the senior police officer in charge of preparing for a no deal brexit has said there's a risk such an outcome would leave britain less safe. deputy assistant commissioner richard martin said some suspects could evade arrest if the uk lost access to the european arrest warrant and europol. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. brought together in one office in central london at the cost of £5.6 million, some of the uk's experts on working with overseas police forces. the unit has been set up to prepare for the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal in less than seven weeks. if that happens, in an instant, uk forces will lose access to all the joint european policing tools that have taken

mr corbyn said he was very sad at what he seems keen to emphasise as a very small number of mps leaving attempt at a show of strength, a show of solidarity, assuring of his leadership. he seemed particularly keen to emphasise addressing the comments of the dudley north mp, ian austen, the most recent of those defectors who yesterday was citing what he calls the leadership‘s complete failure to tackle anti—semitism within the party. when people, as i said, are racist towards each other, then we oppose it, in any way whatsoever. if anyone is racist towards anyone else in our party, wrong, out of court, out of order, totally and absolutely unacceptable. anti—semitism is not acceptable in any form in any way whatsoever anywhere within our society. i'm proud to lead a party, proud to lead a party that was the first ever to introduce race relations legislation and also to pass the equality act and the human rights act into the statute book. and we are going to take all these issues further forward. well, believe it or not, there was a second elephant in the room here today. there were several

and it is an awfully long way from where mr corbyn was a few weeks ago, demanding a general election,one of the letter, it talks about the need for flexibility and compromise and how he is willing to take a constructive approach and how he is looking forward to further discussions with mrs may. and in terms of the detail, yes, it restates some of labour power smack red lines, but they refer to the future declaration —— labour's red lines. in other words, the eventual exit deal in years to come, not the withdrawal agreement thatis come, not the withdrawal agreement that is in the firing line at the moment. and amongst labour remainers, it has provoked fury, they believe mr corbyn is running up they believe mr corbyn is running up the white flag. chuka umunna said, this is not opposition, it is the phyllis —— the facilitation of the deal. what do mr corbyn's supporters say? listen to barry gardiner. what we're trying to do in the letter, i think, generally, is trying to set out what we believe is needed to make a success of brexit and to move on from the present impasse. it's really try

now, ian austin has quit too, saying mr corbyn isn't fit to be prime minister. a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it nearly seriously enough, and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing with it properly, and i think he's refused to get to grips with it. mr austin says he's notjoining the new independent group set up this week by other disgruntled colleagues. he doesn't agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. mr corbyn is in spain today, holding meetings about brexit. this was his response to the latest defection. i'm sorry that he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election under a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice, and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues. when other labour mps, including luciana berger, resigned on monday,

mr corbyn said he regretted the decision. theresa may is under pressure from senior members of her own party over her approach to brexit. we'll be live in westminster with more on that, but first, this report by our chief political correspondent vicki young, which does contain some flashing images. jeremy corbyn is under pressure, struggling to keep his party together after a week of turmoil. eight of his mps walked out, accusing him of allowing a culture of bullying, anti—semitism and intimidation to take hold. now ian austin has quit too, saying mr corbyn isn't fit to be prime minister. i think underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership there's been a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it seriously enough, and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing with it properly, and i think he has refused to get to grips with it. mr austin says he's notjoining the new independent group set up this

mr corbyn was speaking at a rally in beeston, a town inside the constituency of the former conservative, in nottinghamshire. hugh casswell was there. i am sure it is no coincidence that mr corbyn was campaigning in this very marginal seat, no coincidence it is the seat of the recent tory defector, no coincidence that he had three members of the labour front bench with him. of course, there was a pretty huge elephant in the room, in the shape of nine labour defections in the course of this week. mr corbyn said he was very sad at what he seems keen to emphasise as a very small number of mps leaving the party. so, a definite attempt at a show of strength, a show of solidarity, a shoring of his leadership. he seemed particularly keen to emphasise addressing the comments of the dudley north mp, ian austen, the most recent of those defectors who yesterday was citing what he calls the leadership‘s complete failure to tackle anti—semitism within the party. when people are racist towards each other, then we oppose it in any way whatsoever. if anyone is racist towards anyone else in our party, wr

mr corbyn said he was "disappointed" that the group had felt "unable to work together" on labour policiese border force intercepts a boat carrying betwen 20 to 30 migrants off the coast of dover. shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises for joining the islamic state group in syria, but still expresses sympathy for them. and train companies propose an overhaul of ticketing, with tap—in, tap—out payments and better value for passengers. it's five o'clock.

is mr corbyn listening to the likes of deputy leader tom watson?esterday was a very sad day both for other mps who are still within westminster but also right across the membership. we had a gi’oup across the membership. we had a group of mps who felt they could not stand on our policy platform, and a ma nifesto stand on our policy platform, and a manifesto set out in the 2017 general election which offered an agenda for transformation and hope and they all had various reasons as to why they could not do that. i know it was an agonising decision for many of them but i do not think it was right at a time when many communities are facing horrific policies like universal credit, rising crime, poverty on levels that even the un has called out as apparent. it was right for us to unify as a party, have discussions and disagreements behind closed doors, and we would expectjeremy to listen to that as our leader, and he does, but to make sure that for the rest of the world and the country that we put on a unified front and deliver the force for change that

mr corbyn is in spain today, holding meetings about brexit.efection. i'm sorry that he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election under a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice, and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues. when other labour mps, including luciana berger, resigned on monday, they partly blamed mr corbyn‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism. their message struck a chord with ian austin, whose jewish adoptive father was forced to flee the nazis. he must have had a bit of a morning... he told his former colleague jess phillips that leaving labour had been a painful decision. i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months, for a long time. but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her. yeah, and do you think more will go now as well? i don't know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign o

you get the sense she is trying to reach out in the hope, i think, not necessarily that mr corbyn willd but those labour mps in leave supporting constituencies, who might be inclined to vote for or abstain from mrs may's deal, will feel they have more licence to do that. and listening to the prisons minister this morning, he was clear about it that mrs may is seeking common ground with mr corbyn. what is happening is not a shifting of red lines, the prime minister remains clear the nature of the economy like the united kingdom need the freedom to make its own trade deals. she is disagreeing with jeremy corbyn's suggestion we enter a permanent customs union. but she is saying we have a lot more common ground that perhaps people are acknowledged on things like environmental protections, workers' rights, making sure we get investment into areas of the countries that haven't done as well in the last few years as other areas. it is a positive step and it is trying to help both labour and conservatives that there isn't as much that divides us as was suggested. mrs may cannot give jeremy corb

are now saying they are considering whether they can stay in the labour party because they suggest mr corbynroach and a pragmatic approach, about further discussions with mrs may to try and reach a sensible brexit. but in detail they are unhappy, there is no mention of a possible second referendum, and the red lines that are reiterated by mr corbyn such as staying in a customs union, strong single market ties, retaining eu employment rights, they all relate to the next stage in negotiations, the political declaration. they do not relate to the current argument over the withdrawal treaty. there is a fear that mr corbyn is edging away from opposition to mrs may's brexit deal, this morning the shadow international trade secretary barry gardiner strongly defended mr corbyn's letter. what we are trying to do in the letter and i think he is trying to set out what we believe is trying to set out what we believe is needed to make a success of brexit and to move on from the present impasse. it is really trying to set clarity about our future relationship with the european union. is it different from

even mentioning now the prospect of another referendum, and some of his anti—brexit mps fear that mr corbyn mrs may's deal to get through parliament, and some suggest they are even toying with the idea of quitting the labour party. now, my sense is they are not quite there yet but it looks like both mrs may and mr corbyn peak brexit mangle moment. —— are both approaching peak brexit mangle moment. thank you, norman. the bank of england says it expects growth this year to be the lowest since 2009, when the economy was in recession. it has slashed its growth forecast to i.2%, down from the previous i.7%. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. why so gloomy? we should be clear, retail, it is still predicting growth, not any kind of shrinkage for the moment but the main reason is there has been a global slowdown. there is less potential for growth from the rest of the world and from exporting goods to the rest of the world, and also the domestic economy slowed down significantly at the end of 2018. so that paints a slightly gloomier picture for 2019, 1.2%, as you mention, rather than

he has been one of mr corbyn's fiercest critics, saying he's not fit to be prime minister. aying he's not fit to be prime ministerlj think he's not fit to be prime minister.” think underjeremy corbyn's leadership there has been a culture of extremism and intolerance that has been allowed to develop, as well as anti—semitism that has flourished. jeremy corbyn is not taking it seriously enough and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing it properly and i think he has failed to get to grips with it. ian austin says he will not join the new independent group set up this week by other disgruntled collea g u es this week by other disgruntled colleagues and does not agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. jeremy corbyn was in spain today talking about brexit. this was his response to the defection. i am sorry he has taken that course of action. he was elected like me in 2017 under a ma nifesto elected like me in 2017 under a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice and in britain. that's how we were elected and i think we should campaig

good morning, mr corbyn, expecting any more resignations today?ions today? what now for labour? after seven mps quit the party there are warnings that could be more to come. good morning to you all. good morning to you all and goodbye to you all. he wasn't giving much away but some in the party have real concerns that these mps could be joined soon party have real concerns that these mps could bejoined soon by party have real concerns that these mps could be joined soon by others, frustrated at the party's stance on brexit, angry at its handling of anti—semitism claims. brexit, angry at its handling of anti-semitism claims. i'm really disappointed, i don't understand why they've gone, i still can't understand it, all the issues that they have raised we are addressing andi they have raised we are addressing and i would rather they stayed with us and i would rather they stayed with us and helped us sort those problems out and walk away, and i'm hoping we will maintain some form of dialogue. we need to start listening and that's what we will do, we n

good morning, mr corbyn, are you expecting any more resignations? more resignations? the labour leader says he regrets seven mps quitting the party, but defends his policies. new figures show a record number of people are in work in the uk, and average wages are at their highest level for eight years. a teenager accused of murdering the six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute has told a court he never met her. and, influential and revered. karl lagerfeld, a giant of the fashion world, has died. he was 85. just my inner voice is telling me that i'm thejoan of arc of design. and coming up on bbc news, a big game forjurgen klopp‘s liverpool tonight at anfield, as they welcome bayern munich in the champions league last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it was an announcement they were dreading. the official news to workers at honda's swindon plant, that the car maker was moving production back to japan, with the loss of 3,500 jobs. the firm says global changes in the car industry, including a shift to electric vehicles, are to blame, and not br

what's mr corbyn been saying this afternoon?yn was my first real response to the decision that seven of his mps did yesterday to quit the party who put out a statement briefly after the news of his that he wasn't disappointed. but speaking this afternoon at a business confidence, he says that he regretted their decision. in listening what he had to say, it is worth noting the contrast between this and what the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said. although he thought the mps were wrong to do what they did, that the party needed to engage in a massive listening exercise. the deputy leader, tom watson, said this was a moment of regret and reflection. a bit of a contrast to jeremy corbyn‘s words. i regret that seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work. i hope they recognise they were elected to parliament on a manifesto that was based around investment in the future. it was based around a more equal and fairer society. it was based around socialjustice. and it is that pro

but mr corbyn also suggested he will continue pushing for other available options including a generalt strategy, but only after a series of concessions. 0ur assisted political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. how are mp3 gripping today after the business last night as they look forward to the 12th of march, the meaningful as many as are of the opinion say "aye", to the contrary "no".. to be honest, a mixed bag of results last night, . "no".. to be honest, a mixed bag of results last night,. —— the meaningful vote two. there were around 100 or so tory mps who refused to support her on the key vote, which was due back the proposal that mps should be allowed to extend article 50 if a deal gets voted down next month. but when you look at that rebellion, if you want to call it that, there were about 20 tory brexiteer to voted against the nation and around 80 abstained. and i suspect number ten will view that with a little bit of hope that maybe some of the brexiteers are beginning to soften and their ranks are beginning to splinter a bit. and number 10 will hope that will give mrs

joan ryan says mr corbyn is presiding over a culture of anti—semitism. honda confirmed it was closing its plant in swindon. the japanese firm says up to 7,000 jobs are at risk. no avoiding brexit, i'm afraid, especially on a day when theresa may returns to brussels for talks. bloomberg says the prime minister is making a last—ditch attempt to rescue her deal. finally, we take a look at french newspaper le figaro. on its front cover is a picture of fashion designer karl lagerfeld who's died following a short illness. the paper describes him as the ‘last emperor'. with me is razia khan from standard chartered. let's start with the guardian story, and basically we are talking about shamima begum. her citizenship is to be revoked by the uk government. there is a feeling among some that this is not fair, others that it is the right move. it has certainly been the subject of a great deal of debate, some making the point that citizenship isn't necessarily something that can be taken away, what are the grounds for this, it raises all sorts of issues around belon

mr corbyn said he regretted his departure — adding that he remained committed to tackling injustice andix—year—old alesha macphail, can now be identified —

interesting, mr corbyn following on not quite so conclusively as mr mcdonald this morning, but thankingir work. saying he regretted their decision, but not going out of his way to demean them or castigate them in any way. knottingley had been elected on a labour manifesto. interesting mr corbyn acknowledging he had to take people with him, although he held back on what tom watson suggested, that he ought to reshape his shadow cabinet to encompass more of the different strands of opinion in his parliamentary party. the one other thing i noticed was in answer to the brexit referendum question, i think his answer actually will fuel the continuing jitters in large tranches of the parliamentary labour party, but mr corbyn has absolutely no intention of embracing a fresh referendum. his priority is to get a no—deal outcome off the table and negotiate intelligently with the eu. in other words, negotiate intelligently with the eu. in otherwords, mr negotiate intelligently with the eu. in other words, mr corbyn's approach is to stop no—deal and then negotiate. the next key moment is really when

now, people would think mr corbyn, you're serious.ect to his other views, this guy did not do that. he did not grasp it and say, i'm going to really deal with this. then you get a situation here, where jeremy corbyn has not been anti—semitic in what he's done this time, but what he has done is tolerate a gesture of tolerance. i find that amazing about somebody who wants to say he's not anti—semitic. somebody who wants to say he's not anti-semitic. rachel briefly corbyn is hateful new low, because it claims that he tried to save chris williamson from being suspended, i don't know the truth of that. i mean, how many times doesjeremy corbyn have to say i'm not anti—semitic, and i don't support anti—semitism. to it to actually have an impact. nobody believes him. why don't they believe himmy cow next to the first thing to say is, i'm very critical of the handling of anti—semitism i'm very critical of the handling of anti-semitism but the first thing is to say that the party has half a million members, so as much as i would like it to be p

mr corbyn's at you typifies chaos and confusion of the brexit. ent of no deal it means other supplies can reach the uk. what do my panel make of it all, i'm going by a liberal democrat, a labour party member and a conservative member. looking at it from the outside, you have to say it looks a bit of a horlicks? you have to understand procurement and i was a human manager for to understand procurement and i was a human managerforten to understand procurement and i was a human manager for ten years. 90% of the supply was done with big companies and it took a chance with 10% on this new entrance that is kind of almost like a broker and service and it was clear milestones in the contract. again that is as normal so they have security supply but they were trying to encourage a start—up as well. the milestones meant there was things they had to pass, a test and some gates but they didn't get through that and the contract was cancelled. this is normal in procurement terms. if you do not understand how it works perhaps it does look like chaos but you do h

jeremy corbyn said mr flynn was a "credit" to the party.he customer, who's from bristol, wanted a loan to pay for a nutrition diploma. the bank said the outburst by a member of staff, which came after the customer told him she was a vegan — was "wholly inappropriate". one of the world's most successful track athletes, caster semenya, is challenging controversial plans to limit testosterone levels in female athletes. the sport's governing body wants athletes with a higher—than—normal level of male hormones to take medication before they compete, to ensure races are fair. it's a case which will have a huge impact on both semenya's career, and the whole sport. our correspondent richard conway is at the hearing in switzerland. on one level, this case is about caster semenya and her future. on one level, this case is about caster semenya and herfuture. will she be able to continue to run without taking medication to suppress her naturally high levels of testosterone. it is also about the future direction of sport. lots of governing bodies lookin

emerged that the party will back a further referendum on brexit if the house of commons rejects mr corbyn's for a so—called people's vote on brexit — joins us now from our westminster studio. jeremy corbyn had said it was broadly labour policy to back a referendum at some stage. it is a big step forward today. the whole country will have seen the mess we are in, and i think it is right that labour get to put its plan to the commons and i suspect on wednesday that will not be successful. the way through this logjam, theresa may wa nts through this logjam, theresa may wants her deal to be on the table, with labour votes, is to have her deal but also to have the option to put this back to the british people and for those millions of people up and for those millions of people up and down the country who have looked at what has happened and want the option to remain, they get the opportunity to do that, and then we can bring this sorry saga to an end. isn't this labour just can bring this sorry saga to an end. isn't this labourjust enabling a tory brexit? it is not enabling a tory brexit? it is

wing of the party and accused mr corbyn of creating a culture of extremism and intolerance.essed this regret about his decision and said he should resign his seat and face a by—election in his constituency. but this resignation is further pressure onjeremy corbyn, having lost nine mps this week and facing growing calls to bag another break that referendum or risk revolt. ben, notjust problems forjeremy corbyn, but theresa may being warned she could face a mass revolt of normally loyal conservative mps — if it looks like the country is heading for a no—deal brexit? that's right. breaks at putting huge pressure on both the main parties, putting various factions in various directions and we are in the endgame, the prime minister desperately trying to make changes to the withdrawal agreement that she hopes to get through parliament at some point in the next few weeks because the clock is running down. but a good number of her own tory mps are anxious we could be heading towards a new deal at the end of march. they have made it clear in a letter to the tory party chief whip copyi

mr corbyn said he was "disappointed" that the group had felt "unable to work together" on labour policiesrder force intercepts a boat carrying betwen 20 to 30 migrants off the coast of dover. shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises for joining the islamic state group in syria, but still expresses sympathy for them. and train companies propose an overhaul of ticketing, with tap—in, tap—out payments and better value for passengers. it's five o'clock. our top story tonight, the japanese car—maker honda is set to announce its plant in swindon in wiltshire will close. the move could put up to 3,500 jobs at risk. company sources have not denied reports emerging this afternoon that the plant will close in 2022. but an official statement from the firm is expected to be made tomorrow. our business correspondent, jonty bloom, reports. the civic has been a hugely successful car for honda and it employs almost 3500 workers at its factory in swindon producing it. many more are dependent on the plant's survival. there are huge supply chains which provide them with the millions of pounds of component

morning, mr corbyn, are you expecting any more resignations today? seven mps lost, now what?on quit. and jeremy corbyn‘s thoughts? good morning to you all, and goodbye to you all. he was not keen to talk but at a business conference in london, what about the mps who quit? it was because of anti—semitism and brexit. what are you saying that there are a larger number who said those complaints are justified ? i regret that seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work. i want our party to be strong, i want that party to be united around the policies that we put forward. i recognise that leading the party means you have got to take people with you and i am determined to do that. not quite an olive branch to unhappy labourmps, but his closest senior ally went further. we need a mammoth listening exercise and address some of those criticisms that have been made. i think we need to find a way forward. it is too late to stop the seven who quit already, but more may follow them. maybe not many, but enough to make this new independe

people will still be asking the question mr corbyn is he serious about dealing with this? labour party, mps, decided to leave to join the independent group and some of them cited anti—semitism in the party as pa rt cited anti—semitism in the party as part of the reason. there were labour mps part of the reason. there were labourmpsi part of the reason. there were labour mps i spoke to who were concerned that if mr corbyn did not act more robust leader more would follow and depart from the party. he has now acted but others will say he was too slow to do so when he was simply helping a friend. just one more, if i may. it is to do with the pressure today. there was pressure before today for the leadership to ta ke before today for the leadership to take action. when they say they have looked at the sequence of the events and patterns of behaviour, did they only realise that today? what is the timing of the inquiry? that question must be answered. all sorts of questions are being put to a labour party spokesman at lunchtime today. they were talking about a pattern of behaviou

mr corbyn said he regretted his departure, adding that he remained committed to tackling injustice andbrexit strategy. also on the programme: aaron campbell, the teenager who raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail, can now be identified after a judge lifted the ban on him being named.

mr corbyn's party says that a fresh vote is needed to prevent a damaging brexit. pressure to extend that. however, labour aren't giving any details yet on what question they'd ask in their referendum. lots more on that on our website. lots more on that on our websitelj wa nt lots more on that on our website.” wa nt to ta ke lots more on that on our website.” want to take you back to the live shotin want to take you back to the live shot in dong dang where we are expecting kim jong—un to get off that train imminently. it is the train that has taken him on a two—day journey to hanoi, train that has taken him on a two—dayjourney to hanoi, through china and down to the vietnamese border. lots of dignitaries. the full red carpet, lots of flags, as you can see, and what we are expecting it to the north korean leader to make his way to hanoi for that summit which will take place in a few days. with resident donald trump. the second summit. the first summit was heavily criticised in terms that nothing much was done in terms that nothing much was done in terms of denuclear

presumably, mr corbyn or would back his version of wrecks that but is presumably got at compare it tobrexit. —— brexit. minutes oran hour conservative brexit. —— brexit. minutes or an hour after this new policy was announced, the details we re policy was announced, the details were not clear. eyebrows will be raised at the nationaljeremy corbyn potentially campaigning to remain in the eu because a lot of his mps criticised in the not campaigning enough during the original brexit referendum for remain. so much on brexit but theresa may did make a statement, speculation about whether she will rule out no deal at some point. threats of cabinet resignations if she does not rule out no deal. she will meet her cabinet tomorrow morning. all eyes and is on what she will have to say afterwards. will she give in to the huge amount of pressure she is facing, from her mps and from the eu as well. we have seen that in the last day or so. whether she is willing to have some kind of the late be on the end of march it varies no deal in time and whether she will rule out or allow parliament to rule ou

ofjeremy corbyn, and many labourmps are supporters ofjeremy corbyn, and many labour mps are saying, if mr corbyning a grip of anti—semitism he has did demonstrate he is ready to take action against chris williamson. although he has already apologised and the party has already apologised and the party has already reprimanded him for his offensive and inappropriate remarks, there are now calls including from there are now calls including from the party's deputy leader tom watson, for chris williamson to be suspended from the labour party. but first, have a look at what he actually said at that rally and make your own mind actually said at that rally and make yourown mind up. the party that's done more to stand up to racism is now being demonised as a racist, bigoted party. i've got to say, i think our party's response has been partly responsible for that. because in my opinion — i never have, i've got to say — we've backed off far too much, we've given too much ground, we've been too apologetic. this matters not just this matters notjust because it is seen as a test forjeremy corbyn but of course

very strong warning from tom watson after a difficult week for the labour party, he says mr corbyn hasurgently? yes, quite an extraordinary interview really on the andrew marr programme this morning, at the end of a torrid week for labour, when nine mps have quit the party and many of them on the issue of anti—semitism, explaining that in their viewjeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle that problem within the party. and in the wa ke problem within the party. and in the wake of those resignations it was very interesting to hear slightly different responses from senior figures in the party, whilejeremy corbyn only really spoke briefly about it, saying he regretted the resignations and was disappointed in those mps and called on them to stand for by—elections in their constituencies, tom watson, the deputy leader, struck a much more reflective tone and said that this was a moment for the party to reflect a nd was a moment for the party to reflect and it was a moment of regret and he's gone further than that this morning, saying that this is as you say a crisis of the soul of the lab

has the pm met your demands, mr corbyn?y corbyn and the government moving any closer together? with huge numbers of tory mps disgruntled at the prime minister's deal, any sign from labour that they are willing to talk counts. which direction is the prime minister heading in? is she, firstly, simply trying to get her own team back on board to put her deal yet again with some supposed changes? that is what it looks like she is doing. or is she genuinely looking to see whether there is a majority for labour's proposal? remember, theresa may's deal was comprehensively booted out by parliament last month so she is desperate for votes. last week, jeremy corbyn wrote to theresa may, outlining what could get his party over the line. last night, she wrote back to him, dangling some labour friendly promises of protections for workers and the environment, cash for labour constituencies. she is, though, a million miles from getting the opposition officially on board, even though some labour mps are tempted to move. after months of whis

ms begum has had her uk citizenship revoked by the home secretary sajid javid, a move mr corbyn saysls can only be stripped of their citizenship if they have dual nationality. two former government ministers are warning they will quit the conservative party if the uk leaves the european union without a deal, a day after three tory backbenchers left the party to join the newly formed independent group, now made up of former members of labour and the conservatives. the 11 defectors say they expect more to join them in the coming days. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, has more. there is a new team at westminster, and speculation that some more signings could be on the way. brexit is part of the reason mps have broken away from their own side to join an independent group in parliament. one former conservative cabinet minister said she could not stay in her party if there is a no—deal brexit. stay in her party if there is a no-deal brexit. we are becoming a single issue party that's consumed by brexit. that's not a recipe for success. by brexit. that's not a recipe for succ

mr corbyn will be joined by members of the shadow cabinet and labour s prospective parliamentary candidateo bbc nottingham's political reporter hugh casswell who's in broxtowe in nottinghamshire for us. if you trying to tell us something by choosing to come here? —— is he. i think this is close to the top of labour's list of target seats since 2017 and anna soubry was elected here. a lot have changed and sent with her being one of the three conservative defectors earlier this week so i suppose it is an obvious target seat and an obvious place to come and hold a rally but also i think this will be an attempt by jeremy corbyn at show of strength. it has been a dismal week for labour, they had lost nine mps are many people are wondering will be next so i think he will want to shore up his leadership at the moment, usually with these sort of campaign visits you are lucky to get one big name politician with the local candidate, but we are expecting at least three members of the labour front bench joining jeremy corbyn today. when the line—up announced there were some scattered speculation local

has the pm met your demands, mr corbyn?emy corbyn and the government moving any closer together? with huge numbers of tory mps disgruntled at the prime minister's deal, any sign from labour that they are willing to talk counts. which direction is the prime minister heading in? is she, firstly, simply trying to get her own team back on board to put her deal yet again with some supposed changes? that is what it looks like she is doing. or is she genuinely looking to see whether there is a majority for labour's proposal? remember, theresa may's deal was comprehensively booted out by parliament last month so she is desperate for votes. last week, jeremy corbyn wrote to theresa may, outlining what could get his party over the line. last night, she wrote back to him, dangling some labour friendly promises of protections for workers and the environment, cash for labour constituencies. she is, though, a million miles from getting the opposition officially on board, even though some labour mps are tempted to move. after months of wh

in a letter to mr corbyn, theresa may says she wa nts to to mr corbyn, theresa may says she wants to the sticking point is whether to join a customs union. number 10 says it can't agree and ministers are dismissive of labours idea. it's very clear from the eu that non—eu members do not have a say in eu trade policy, so to pretend that we could do so is a dangerous delusion. much of what jeremy corbyn has put forward has a tinge of un—realism about it. i think the prime minister's letter will flush him out on some of those issues. labour says there is a basis for discussion but once the government to move further. now it looks like they could be some progress, but also she has to guarantee a permanent customs union and is not obvious she is prepared to go down that line yet. there isn't a sudden outbreak of agreement on brexit, there are still real differences, not least on that idea of joining differences, not least on that idea ofjoining a customs union. jeremy corbyn is not about to sign on the dotted line and back at the prime minister's plans. theresa may needs as many votes as s

mr corbyn says he's disappointed by their decision, and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, calledo stand down and face by—elections. just a warning the following report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg has some flashing images. finally, after a frenzy of rumour... ..labour mps with decades of experience between them, making their way into a stifling, cramped london room. where, after months of struggle to make their presence felt, they announced they would be labour mps no more, whether because of anti—semitism. .. the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly failed to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. or ideas — a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see... offering to actually enable this government's brexit, constantly holding back from allowing the public a final say. maybe they believe brexit‘s broken our politi

they thought that mr corbyn, who has long held eurosceptic of views had pulled a fast one and had basicallybour mps that caused a row today. a lot of labourmps are that caused a row today. a lot of labour mps are talking about quitting the party. it forced labour to rush out a clarification, really, jeremy corbyn set out an e—mail saying no, the policy has not changed, we are still living is that didn't referendum option on the table. it shows how lukewarm he is about this. kier starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, he is supposed to have had involvement in this letter that was sent to theresa may coming into the same time it seems like a massive oversight not to mention the fa ct massive oversight not to mention the fact that labour's policy set out their conference is to consider a second referendum. jeremy corbyn is never explicit about it. and that is why it riles up members and mps. you can see both parties ending up splitting over this. huge fractures. that is definitely a possibility. the ft, plans hatched in secret about project after. this is being drawn up by the cabinet office. p

briefly, henry, before we go onto something else, is it curious that you have two leaders in may and mr corbyne are has been a crisis in leadership when dealing with the brexit conundrum and yet they are as safe as houses in their positions, respective positions? it is curious and it is even more curious because the only reason theresa may is safe as houses is because so many other mps dislike which sounds weird but it is because under the mechanism for getting rid of the tory leader, which some tory mps tried towards the end of last year, if you win the confidence vote, which she did, then you can't be challenged again for a year, so theresa may as you set correctly can't be challenged as tory leader. she can only decide to quit, that is the only way she can be tory leader before december 2019. jeremy corbyn at least has a mandate from the labour party membership, conservative members haven't voted since david cameron in 2005. yes, it is. it is notjust about leaders. there is a much more profound wide—ranging frustration in the country that where both political, major political parties are an

mr corbyn says he's disappointed they're leaving the party, and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnellhe seven should do the "honourable thing" and resign their seats to fight by—elections. our first report tonight on the labour defections, is from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a warning that it contains some flashing images. finally, after a frenzy of rumour... ..labour mps with decades of experience between them, making their way into a stifling, cramped london room. where, after months of struggle to make their presence felt, they announced they would be labour mps no more, whether because of anti—semitism... the leadership has wilfully and repeatedly failed to address hatred against jewish people within its ranks. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. 0r ideas — a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. this has not been an easy decision for any of us. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see: offering to actually enable this government's brexit, constantly hol

mr corbyn, you know —— i know you said it was that when you planning to invoke your policy and call forndum? one more? that one there. that lady there. british engineering and manufacturing has been one of the uk's manufacturing has been one of the uk's success stories of the last 100 years, employing 2.7 million people around the uk. what will labour do to ensure that the parliament reaches a deal before the 29th of march so that we don't see the job losses, reduction and investment and higher prices to consumers? 0k. thank you. the first one, thank you very much from the bbc. i regret that seven mps decided they would no longer remain part of the labour party. i thank them for their work, i hope they recognise they were elected to parliament on a manifesto that was based around investment in the future, was based around a more equal and fairer society, was based around social justice. and equal and fairer society, was based around socialjustice. and it is that programme i believe we will be able to put to the electorate in the future that does have enormous support. they were elected