the new labour mpfor all be looking for. the new labour mp for putney. political strategist john mcternan, who was tony blair's political secretary. who is going to replace, and who should replacejeremy corbyn, in your view? in my view, jess phillips, somebody who has not been associated with the current leadership around jeremy corbyn or the leadership around ed miliband. they have had their time and they've lost, we have now lost three elections in a row, four, if you catch 2010. i think it needs to be a new voice, a new face with new ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas in a post brexit britain. everybody is obsessed with brexit. housing challenge, social care for older people, pensions, there are all kinds of issues around us, climate change. we need new progressive ideas and a new person to be the figurehead. would jess phillips get through the party is constituted? don't the left have all the leaders, her plus the membership? that's a good question, and the member should have control of the next leader, th

when we build new labour, it was saying yes social justice but build new labour, it was saying yes socialjusticet the right for too long have held onto. if you look at the elections in denmark recently, it was interesting that there was a fear of the right getting away with it. in france, emmanuel macron is centre—right but actually i think you spoke to he spoke to a lot of people on the ce ntre—left spoke to a lot of people on the centre—left and build the coalition ina centre—left and build the coalition in a slightly different place you have to reach beyond your base and your tribe. is the labour party going to be the vehicle for that or are you thinking of a political movement in the next five years?” hope the labour party is the vehicle for that but i do not think you can ta ke for that but i do not think you can take anything for granted. a party has a next 0racle right to exist just because it has been around for a long time. labour has to move beyond its base and what i have seen in the debate since that defeat has not filled me with much hope. alastair campbell we have to and there. tha

right, now, len mccluskey says that we're all sitting here, harking to the days of new labour.never works. however, if i say to you that, if borisjohnson serves five years, which he is almost certain to do, before the next election, by the end of that firstjohnson term, it would have been half a century since any labour leader, other than tony blair, won a general election in this country. now, all i say to people like len is, yes, let's learn lessons from defeat but learn lessons too from victories in the past. and when you say, how do you do it? you have to build that coalition between, if you like, the labour part of labour, and the liberal side of politics as well. the progressive values have to be brought together under policy programmes which the majority can accept. so who? let's talk about leadership because right now, runner and riders are gathering at the starting line for a labour leadership race. the prevailing view in the party seems to be it has to be somebody from the north because of all the problems we've just discussed. most people say it has to be a woman bec

for and things like this have been allowed, you might argue to run amok in a labour sympathetic paper. is there anything newthe allegations come from i suppose. so that is the deeply damaging thing and here is in the last six days of the campaign. labour they are saying they are dealing with every case of anti—semitism and jeremy corbyn did say sorry, but how much does this remaina say sorry, but how much does this remain a problem for labour? a lot of this stems from the incredibly slow way they had to deal with it. i think there arejust slow way they had to deal with it. i think there are just in denial for a long time and i think what is damning about this from the labour movement is the explanation of the institutional element of it. that there are so many cases in the way in which they have been dealt with, they make allegations about interference from the labour office. labour would say they are referring to the situation as it was and it is no longer like that. i thinkjohn said the same thing on the radio this morning but the front page of national newspaper saying this i think to be very cynical, i

where else might we see some of that because although labour did badly and they are looking for a neweas in their manifesto were popular? yes, that is right, if you particularly look at some of labour's policy is right, if you particularly look at some of labour's policies around me rationalising —— around renationalising the railways and energy. you're not going to see a conservative government taking industries into public ownership, but you will see commitments for passengers and consumers, so that they get a fairer deal. if you like, intervention and a market economy, andi intervention and a market economy, and i think that will be a real clue as to how borisjohnson wants to operate this government, having won this brand—new coalition of voters that he talked about on friday. he is not going to forget them, and he is not going to forget them, and he is going to understand that some of the things labour talked about were really popular, theyjust had the wrong leader to talk about them. where and how might we see the hand of dominic cummings, the special adviser who has been working

tell us how you're feeling as a new labour mp.lent colleagues who have worked really ha rd excellent colleagues who have worked really hard standing up for their constituents who have now lost their seats. for me, personally, i'm really excited. it's my home seat, this is vauxhall representing vauxhall, it is an absolute honour for me, a black girl growing up in a council estate in the heart of brixton. i had never seen myself in parliament. i got involved in politics via the community. it's that important we have a new mix of mp5. there are a lot of people who feel that politics isn't for them or people switching away from politics. i stood to make sure people can see you can reach the highest democracy in the land that it is about putting yourself forward. many challenges in vauxhall. i'm under no illusion about the scale of challenge, but i'm ready to work on behalf of those constituents who have put their faith in me. you won indicate how we's old seat, she had stood down and she was a staunch brexit campaigner —— kate hoey‘s

let's now talk to the new labour mp for putney, fleur anderson. gain from the conservatives at this general election. congratulations, why did you manage to succeed when everyone else clearly failed ? to succeed when everyone else clearly failed? thank you very much. many other labour mps one that i am very disappointed to be the only gain. i expected to be walking into parliament next week with a lot of new labour mps beside me. this is quite sad for me. but i'm delighted to have won here in putney and we've been focusing our campaign on those things that are really important for people in putney. brexit is important. we are internationally minded. that was our main issue but also issues about the nhs and our schools cuts came up strongly. i will be going in fighting on those issues. the remain argument seems to be completely over now with this massive tory victory. shouldn't jeremy corbyn stand down immediately? why is he going to hang on? every time we have these tory leaders immediately leaving us in the lurch, that is not a good way to carry

there are other new labour mps, they might not be gains, but they are new labour mps.'s stay together. it is not as ifi what's stay together. it is not as iflam what's stay together. it is not as if i am the only newbie on the labour side. has been in a training meeting with a lot of conservatives, all cheering, not a great experience, i must say. getting to the meat of the problem, we were talking a moment ago about the difficulties for your party, somewhat itself apart this morning. you do have a job in parliament holding the government to account, how can you do that in these circumstances? we have to stay focused on that, and remember all the conversations we have just been having on the dosh were people who need it to look at the benefit system. there are things that we can do in opposition that can change the lives of people, i don't want to wait for five years and then say, right, now we can have a change. and wa nt right, now we can have a change. and want to be making a change along the waves are only to be working with other labour mps define those ways. brex

then, under new labour, average annual increases were around 6%.er the coalition government and then under the conservatives — it was below 2%. the conservative government has already promised more than 3% until 2024, with labour's campaign pledge above that, and the lib dems in between. hospital bed numbers in england have fallen steadily under successive governments, from around 300,000 in the late 1980s. in the last financial year there were fewer than 150,000. this partly reflects more patients being looked after in the community and fewer overnight stays for surgery. but the question is, has it gone too far? we are seeing the highest ever a&e attendances and we are seeing the longest wait for treatment, but this hasn't come overnight. this has built up over a period of time and what we are seeing is demand outstripping supply, so there isn't the money or the workforce to actually treat people. a key indicator is a&e performance. 83.6% of patients were treated or assessed in four hours in england in october, the lowest ever. in scotland, where

tonight, labour suggested that the process to elect a new leader could begin onjanuary 7th, as nick eardleyyn era is coming to an end, but what will that mean for the labour party? how much does it need to change after its disastrous election result? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me. let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who've lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise to all our campaigners. but that apology only goes so far. the outgoing leadership say they made mistakes, but they blame brexit, believe they were demonised by the media and insist on their radical policy agenda was popular. if there was one criticism, and this is a self—criticism, it's not having a narrative that convinced people about how this all fitted together. mr corbyn wants his successor in place by the end of march, and the process of electing his replacement could begin in early january. before that, though, on tuesday, labour mps will meet for their election postmortem,

the headlines at 8: jeremy corbyn says he wants the process of deciding how to elect a new labour leadergeneral election. it's on me, it's on me. let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster, so i apologise, i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who worked so hard. nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union against their will. you cannot sort ofjust lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. a marathon un climate summit in madrid ends in a compromise, leaving many delegates unhappy.

from the north sea to the irish sea, labour's red wall reduced to rubble. jon kay, bbc news. ales. labour, meanwhile, lost vote share in every nation and region across britain. my colleague reeta chakrabarti has been looking at the some of the key results in more detail. i want to show you the final score board, the state of the uk parties. and, as you can see, the conservatives having a very good night, gaining 47 seats. labour losing 59 seats. a bad night for them. and the snp also putting in a strong performance, gaining 13 seats. i want to show you, though, how the vote share changed, compared to the 2017 election, and what's so interesting here is the conservatives actually only put on one point in terms of vote share. the labour vote share dropped sharply by eight points. and it's the difference between the two that's allowed the conservatives to surge forward and gain all those seats. i want to show you some more detail about conservative gains from labour, and here are some really old traditional labour strongholds that have just tumbled to the conservatives. seats lik

then, under new labour, average annual increases were around 6%.der the coalition government and then under the conservatives — it was below 2%. the conservative government has already promised more than 3% until 2024, with labour's campaign pledge above that, and the lib dems in between. hospital bed numbers in england have fallen steadily under successive governments, from around 300,000 in the late 1980s. in the last financial year there were fewer than 150,000. this partly reflects more patients being looked after in the community and fewer overnight stays for surgery. but the question is, has it gone too far? we are seeing the highest ever a&e attendances and we are seeing the longest wait for treatment, but this hasn't come overnight. this has built up over a period of time and what we are seeing is demand outstripping supply, so there isn't the money or the workforce to actually treat people. a key indicator is a&e performance. 83.6% of patients were treated or assessed in four hours in england in october, the lowest ever. in scotland, where

then, under new labour, average annual increases were around 6%.ut from 2010 — first under the coalition government and then under the conservatives — it was below 2%. the conservative government has already promised more than 3% until 2024, with labour's campaign pledge above that, and the lib dems in between. hospital bed numbers in england have fallen steadily under successive governments, from around 300,000 in the late 1980s. in the last financial year there were fewer than 150,000. this partly reflects more patients being looked after in the community and fewer overnight stays for surgery. but the question is, has it gone too far? we are seeing the highest ever a&e attendances and we are seeing the longest wait for treatment, but this hasn't come overnight. this has built up over a period of time and what we are seeing is demand outstripping supply, so there isn't the money or the workforce to actually treat people. a key indicator is a&e performance. 83.6% of patients were treated or assessed in four hours in england in october, the lowest e

under new labour, average increase were around 6%.or 2010, first under the coalition government and then under the conservatives, it was below 2%. the conservatives, it was below 2%. the conservative government is already promised more than 3% until 2024 and labour's campaign pledge above that in the thames in between. hospital bed numbers in england have fallen steadily under successive governments from around 300,000 in the late 1980s and in the last financial year there were fewer than 150,000. this party reflects more patients being looked after in the community and fewer overnight stays for surgery. the question is, has it gone too far? we are seeing the highest ever a&e attendances and we are seeing the longest wait for treatment, but this hasn't come overnight. this has built over a period of time, and what we are saying is demand outstripping supply. there isn't the money in the to actually treat people. a key indicator is a&e performance. 80 3.6% were paid —— were treated in four hours, the lowest ever. in scotland, whether g

, not labour,labour but new labour. that was the slogan of tony blair. clearly looking to put a very personal stamp, which arguably could be churchhill. i mentioned tony blair. there could be many other parallels as well. one other item i would highlight from his remarks was his mention of one united kingdom leaving the european union. well, the election shows that is not quite true. the england voted overwhelmingly for the conservatives. one nation conservatives, that was their slogan. the nation in question is england and to some considerable extent also wails. england is the one nation. scottish nation has the diametrically opposite view and election result. francine: given all the money the tories have pledged also during the campaign, how different is this tory party from the previous one? or especially from the james cameron one? this is very anti-austerity party. christopher: yes, i think that the conservative party has realized that austerity is not going to be a vote winner. their previous fiscal plans to arrive at a balanced budget by 2022 were

labour. also tonight... in new zealand, six people are now confirmed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption. among the injured are two british women. i can only imagine what it was like for the people that were there at the time and had nowhere to go. it's an absolutely terrible experience for them. aung san suu kyi defends her country, myanmar, at the international court ofjustice over charges of genocide against rohingya muslims. more alarming news on climate change as scientists say greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s. difficult angle. he's scored! and in football, liverpool qualify for the last 16 of the champions league with victory over salzburg. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — mo salah scores a sensational goal as defending champions liverpool beat salzburg to reach the last 16 of the champions league. good evening. the labour party was forced onto the defensive today after damning comments by the shadow health secretary. it was revealed he'd been secretly recorded critici

in the days of new labour, he had a majority of 20,000 here. now, all change. at the end of her night shift. she stuck with labour, and thought others would in this old mining community. how big a shift is this, that sedgefield is now conservative? it's unbelievable. it'sjust totally, 100%, mad. it's the biggest change i've ever seen in my life. are you going to change the colour of your car? no. he laughs. but derek has changed the way he votes. a retired pit worker, he's been labourfor 70 years. how did you feel voting conservative for the first time? i didn't feel anything. i thought it was the right thing to do. and that's why i did it. and do you now consider yourself to be a conservative? no. no, i don't. i voted againstjeremy corbyn. that's what i voted against. it was a vote against labour, not necessarily for conservatives? no. we heard that a lot today. as we headed west, through newly—blue bishop auckland, former labour voters saying they just hadn't trusted jeremy corbyn on brexit, security, or the economy. 0urfinalstop, cumbria... bringing together

one of the very first results, blyth valley in northumberland, labour since 1950, turned tory. the newverwhelmed by the scale of that change. and i would like to thank boris. and through the night, labour's roots appeared to shrivel, whether in yorkshire, the midlands... i'm just sorry we have let people down. or the north—east — seat after seat flipped red to blue. jeremy corbyn‘s hopes came crashing down. in a fateful moment, just as he took to the stage in islington, sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, held by labour for all time, broke for borisjohnson too. the foundations of labour victories past crumbling before our eyes, the party falling more heavily where people had voted leave. have you lost your seat, ms swinson? the lib dems had a crushing night too. just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be prime minister. in the middle of the night, though, she even lost her own place in parliament. she closed the day neither an mp nor a party leader. all of us who share an alternative vision for society have a responsibility to learn from this result and find new answers. the

the labour department is predicted to announce 180 new —— 180,000 labour department is predicted to announce announce 180 new ——180,000 newjobs were added outside of the agricultural sector. economists are seeing it as a sign the economy is expanding with high employment and increasing wages generally resulting in stronger consumer spending. however, carl remains over manufacturing where 13 million americans are employed. it's still dealing with uncertainty caused by the trader. figures released on monday showed manufacturing contracting in america for the fourth consecutive month. vivienne nunis there. president trump says trade negotiations are moving right along. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. there you are, sorry, too many screens around me. it's been a to psy—tu rvy screens around me. it's been a topsy—turvy week with this because it seemed as though there was fading hopes of a deal, renewed hopes of a deal, where we are well, you're right. to be fair his assurance, those stray talks were moving along, it is actually helping push asian ma

labour party. meaning that there's quite a bit of change going on. absolutely. and of the five liverpool constituencies, there will be three newarty and stood down. and stephen twigg is standing down as well. and the selection battles behind the scenes in the labour party to choose the new candidates have been as interesting, i think, as the election itself will be. so there will certainly be new faces in liverpool regardless of who wins. and, of course, birkenhead — over the water in the wirral — frank field, 40 years he was labour's mp in birkenhead, he also has left the labour party. this is following the long—running row over anti—semitism and he claims that there's a left—wing campaign within the party that didn't want him there any more. so it will be interesting to see because i think people will have voted, could have voted for him for 40 years. are they going to stick with him or are they going to choose another party? you were saying a second ago, claire, about the whole business about new labour faces coming up, and obviously the battles you get within local parties about who their candidate is and the role of the n

he said i am standing to be the new labour party deputy leader and here is my tribune article where heormational policies estate and jeremy corbyn and the manifesto should not shoulder the responsibilities. he says it was the brexit election and because of that they couldn't deliver their ma nifesto. they couldn't deliver their manifesto. he wants to keep labour party commitments to anaesthetic and return rail and mail and water to public ownership. he is part of a crowded field. we are expecting angela rayner to put a name forward. she has been endorsed by rebecca along bailey. ——long—bailey. we also have other candidates standing including don butler. —— dawn. the timetable for the race should be announced on monday of tuesday next week and we expected to run until march. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of militiamen protesting at the us embassy in baghdad. crowds of demonstrators attacked the american embassy in baghdad during a protest against us air strikes on an iraqi militia group. the national living wage is to rise by more than four times the rate of inf

they are going to have a new labour leader and by march.n acute period of reflection after what happened. seemingly a lot of the candidates touted for the top job do appear to be corbyn supporters. rebecca long—bailey, the anointed one from jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell. richard berghan, the shadowjustice secretary and other candidates like jess phillips and lisa nandy. if you go down the road of corbyn policy, they will be out of power for more yea rs. they will be out of power for more years. that manifesto has been roundly rejected by the electorate. it will be down to the members. lucy powell, the labour mp, said there needs to be no infighting, do not rush to judgment about what happened because if you look at some of the seats that were lost, it is complicated in different areas, what is happening, the collapse of the labour vote in some places, but in other places, the split of the remain vote which meant the tories one. she is saying, take some time to assess what is happen, do not throw everything out, we think about the climate

jess phillips, saying there are too many people in labour more interested in the party then getting new saying that labour has lost touch with ordinary voters and their day—to—day experiences. i expect the apology will beg more questions than it answers. and we are hearing more about boris johnson is it answers. and we are hearing more about borisjohnson is plans for government? we have mps coming into london today and tomorrow, a big day on thursday. another queen speech, a big moment for the new government. we already have an idea of the kinds of things we want to expect. this is the cabinet office minister michael gove speaking minutes ago. well, i think what we can expect is a recognition that the national health service is the number one focus of this government, when it comes to domestic policy. we need to make sure the national health service is properly funded and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that there is an nhs funding guarantee. that's the first and most important thing. and then alongside that, we also need to tackle an economic problem that this country

will be the last time, probably, thatjeremy corbyn will be doing that, because there should be a new labource, certainly by much. with all of that in mind, let'sjoin our chief political correspondent... vicki young is inside the houses of parliament. for the conservatives, absolutely jubilant here in much larger numbers than many expected and much larger numbers than i have had for a very long time. so borisjohnson, able to look at that queen's speech and know that this time, unlike a few weeks ago, he will be able to enact everything that is putting it. at the centre of it, that desire to deliver the withdrawal agreement bill and for the uk to leave the european union at the end of january. mrjohnson actually headed a golden age and it really feels as if he is planning, notjust forfive yea rs if he is planning, notjust forfive years in government, but maybe ten yea rs. years in government, but maybe ten years. he said that he did not take for granted any years. he said that he did not take for gra nted a ny votes years. he said that he did not take for granted any votes that have been moun

corbyn, there was no real profound soul—searching about what is the labour party for and what is it trying to achieve. it is easy to plonk a newat will sort it. most in labour will now concede they are facing very fundamental questions about how they re—engage with their traditional supporters while still hanging on to their new supporters, younger supporters, metropolitan supporters, and i think there is a question about what is the labour party four, who will it address itself to and where does it look to find space to be a potential government. they are profound questions that will not be sorted out ina questions that will not be sorted out in a three—month leadership campaign. it's a long of rebirth. looking at it from the point of view of people like you, your life in westminster will get in some ways, when this bed is in, a little less interesting, because the labour party, one of the things they are for is to be her majesty's loyal opposition, but with an at majority for the government, there will be less of the cut and thrust of day—to—day division and shifting of tides within parliament. day—to—day division and shifti

focused and other big metropolitan areas, the temptation may be to pick somebody represents a sort of new labourose a northern woman to be its next leader. there are woman to be its next leader. there a re two woman to be its next leader. there are two to watch in this context. one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite of john one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite ofjohn mcdonnell. anyone who has been too critical of the de lima corbyn is going to be in trouble when it comes to this election. i think the bigger chance for labour is all these people, i can't see any of them having a chance of getting borisjohnson next time. if you look at where labour is now, it is in a worse position than it was after its defeat in 1983. it took the party 14 years to get back into power after that. four years as a long time in politics. these days it is. labour could be... it would be huge if they came to an election victory after the defeat... they are talking about being out of power for a good decade. if you look at that electoral map that you have there, nearly the whole of england is conservative. the o

in the days of new labour, he had a majority of 20,000 here. now, all changed. rvative. never. i don't believe it. we meet care worker andrea at the end of her night shift. she stuck with labour, and thought others would in this old mining community. how big a shift is this? that sedgefield is now conservative. it's unbelievable. it's just totally 100% mad. it's the biggest change i've everseen in my life. are you going to change the colour of your car? no. but derek has changed the way he votes. a retired pit worker, he's been labourfor 70 years. how did you feel voting conservative for the first time? i didn't feel anything. i thought it was the right thing to do. and that's why i did it. and do you now consider yourself to be a conservative? no. no, i don't. i voted againstjeremy corbyn, that's what i voted against. it was a vote against labour, not necessarily for conservatives. no. we heard that a lot today. as we headed west through newly blue bishop auckland, former labour voters saying they just hadn't trusted jeremy corbyn on brexit, security, or the eco

rachel, given labour's painful experience in the election and the fact you will soon the election and the fact you will soon be looking for a new will be the response labour can credibly offer to the queen's speech today given that it is by definition now ina today given that it is by definition now in a position of weakness in the house of commons? we have 203 mps ready to hold the government to account. it is one thing having a sound bite but drilling into the detail is the job of parliament and we will fulfil our responsibilities in parliament, and just saying get brexit done, we know from two parliaments ago, we still have the agriculture bill, trade bill and fisheries bill and so much more. while you have set out a programme, it's about the delivery of the programme that we will be scrutinising and there are already inconsistencies, how do you deliver no trade tariffs when the government has ruled out the option of remaining ina has ruled out the option of remaining in a customs union? that's the level of scrutiny we will bring to this government in the next five years. we will pick up on some of those points and chat abou

it will be important to see who the new labour leader will be, whether he continues the policies of jeremy corbyn. labour party may have to take why they lost so significantly. i think it doesn't change a great deal from the conservative perspective. they may look outside of the box. this will perhaps have an impact on u.k. rishaad: you that to announce a trade deal in washington. they will do this friday. this is the other big news that we have had this friday the 13th. is it a relief? is that why we are getting this relief rally for equities and some of the weakness for the dollar as well? what is your take? >> it is a relief. i would have argued a lot is in the price. you can see a lot of nervousness, nailbiting. sunday is the day that these tariffs would have been implement it. it would have had a negative impact on markets, for sure. i think it is good news and that is why we are saying and upside. the question is how long it will last. it is a phase one deal. real issue is what will happen in phase two and phase three? be monetaryg to mechanisms as well. i do not think we will see ta

let's take a look at some of today's other election news labour has pledged to make england's entireroject would be funded by four billion pounds over ten years from the party's green transformation fund. liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has been campaigning in the party's target seat of st albans. the lib dems announced plans to scrap business rates to help small firms. snp leader nicola sturgeon has been campaigning ‘on ice' — with a message to voters that there are "five days to stop brexit". she predicted that results in scotland would be pivotal to denying the conservatives a commons majority. there's fresh warning that climate change and nutrient pollution are dimnishing oxygen levels in our oceans. that's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by the group the international union for the conservation of nauture. while nutrient run—off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse and is having an impact on certain species of fish. earlier we spoke to minna epps is the director of the iucn's global marin

news at 5. divisions deepen in labour, with senior labour frontbencher emily thornberry threatning legal action colleague. in belfast, new talks are under way, to try to restore the devolved government, in northern ireland. postmasters who say their lives were ruined by a flawed computer system, have won a high court victory. and later in the hour, around £50 million worth ofjewellery is stolen from the home of the formula one heiress tamara ecclestone. it's 5 o'clock — we're live at westminster where the mps elected last thursday have been gathering all day — at the start of a week which will include a queen's speech — and the passage of borisjohnson‘s brexit deal. the prime minister will address his parliamentary colleagues this evening — 109 of them new members — many from areas traditionally held by labour. meanwhile the fallout from labour's defeat continues — with party officials saying they are expected to meet early in the new year to agree the timetable for replacing jeremy corbyn as leader. more on that shortly. but first, this report from our political correspondent helen catt report

let's take a look at some of today's election news. labouril travel for under 16s if it wins the general election. the proposal is part of broader plans to nationalise the network. sinn fein have launched their election manifesto. speaking at the event in londonderry, the party's president mary lou mcdonald explained why she believes this election is the most important for years. brexit has changed everything for all of us. it has had the effect of uniting improbable allies in the face of real threats to people's livelihoods. as general election campaigning continues, more focus is being put on some of the seats that could determine the outcome. in 2017, the result in many constituencies was very close. so if a relatively small number of people change their vote in those constituencies this time, the seats could change hands. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young has been assessing some of these key marginals. there are ten days to go and if you are one of the many yet to make up your mind, it's time to start thinking about who you mi

let's take a look at some of today's other election news. labourdged to make england's entire bus fleet electric by 2030. the project would be funded by 4 billion pounds over 10 years from the party's green transformation fund. liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, has been campaigning in the party's target seat of st albans. the lib dems announced plans to scrap business rates to help small firms. snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has been campaigning "on ice" with a message to voters that there are "5 days to stop brexit". she predicted that results in scotland would be pivotal to denying the conservatives a commons majority. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, the political editor of the sunday people and sunday mirror, and jo phillips, political commentator, who was an adviser to the former liberal democrat leader, paddy ashdown. president donald trump has thanked iran, for what he called, "very fair" neg

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. labourny seats in its traditional heartlands yesterday, and the small mining town of leigh in greater manchester had been a labour seat for decades, but on thursday night it turned from red to blue. in a night that saw political allegiences switch across the country, the town elected their first ever conservative mp. james grundy said he'd "expected to lose with dignity", but are his constituents as shocked as he was? jayne mccubbin has been to find out. if you want to see how the blue wave crashed through the red wall, come here to leigh market and chat to people like john. i'm the son of a miner. my dad was called a tunnel rat. that's what he did. he helped put up steels in t‘tunnel. people would say he would turn in his grave voting tory, but i'm so glad i voted forjames grundy and not joanne platt. let's give them a chance. let's give grundy a chance. the north's political map, perhaps political soul, changed yesterday with 2a constituencies voting tory for the first time in decades. whe

one of the very first results of blyth valley in northumberland, labour since 1950, turned tory. the new by the scale of that change. and i would like to thank boris. and through the night, labour's routes appeared to 5hrivel, whether in yorkshire, the midlands... i'm just whether in yorkshire, the midlands... i'mjust sorry whether in yorkshire, the midlands... i'm just sorry we have let people down. or the north-east, seat after seat flipped red to blue. jeremy corbyn‘s hopes came crashing down. in a jeremy corbyn's hopes came crashing down. in a fateful moment, ju5t jeremy corbyn's hopes came crashing down. in a fateful moment, just as he took to the stage in islington, sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, held by labour for all time, sedgefield, the seat of tony blair, held by labourfor all time, broke for borisjohnson too. the foundations of labour‘s victories pa55 crumbling before our eyes, the party falling more heavily where people voted lee. the lib dems had a crushing night too. just a few weeks ago,jo crushing night too. just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be prim

news. the headlines. jeremy corbyn apologises for his part in labour's performance at the general election — as wigan mp,isa nandy — becomes one of those hoping to succeed him as party leader. the reason i'm thinking about it is because we've just had the most shattering defeat where you really felt in towns like mine that the earth was quaking, and we've watched the entire labour base just crumble beneath our feet. as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. the national health service is the number one focus of this government when it comes to domestic policy. nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union — against their will. you cannot sort ofjust lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. a marathon un climate summit in madrid ends in a compromise — leaving many delegates unhappy. there are millions of people all around the world who are already suffering from the impacts of

launch a criminal investigation into the deaths of up to 13 people after a volcano erupted in new zealand. labour'sst of our leadership interviews ahead of thursday's general election. good morning. who is cashing in on christmas? i am at chester zoo finding out why it is notjust the shops that are busy at this time of a long—awaited victory for arsenal. they beat west ham for their first win in ten games, and relief

democrats or the labour party or any new ce ntre—left party, democrats or the labour party or any newally only one charismatic leader away from electoral success, logically? it is difficult to see how your conservative vote can really hold sway for years?” how your conservative vote can really hold sway for years? i do not agree with that and the reason i do not agree is that the communities that have voted conservative have been frankly forgotten about and allowed to decline under successive governments. they do not have a massive amount of trust for political parties and politicians in general. the reason that people have plenty prime minister therefore it is because of getting brexit delivered but also an idea of, come on, we will give you an opportunity to make things better. if the conservatives are complacent and do not take that opportunity, we will have lost their trust and we will deserve to lose their void but with a huge amount of care and attention has gone in this direction, understand what is motivating people in the areas gone blue, to find out what they care about and

story this lunchtime: a new wall of blue — many of the 109 new mps arriving in westminster won their seats in areas traditionally held by labourill by £50 over the next five years. coming up on bbc news... both manchester city and arsenal are refusing to comment after senior figures from arsenal were pictured outside the home of mikel arteta. the city coach is one of the favourites to become the new arsenal manager. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has appealed for calm after more viole nt protests over a controversial new citizenship law. there's been anger because the legislation allows non—muslims from bangladesh, pakistan and afghanistan, who entered india illegally, to become citizens. some critics say the law is anti—muslim, while others — especially in border regions — fear large—scale migration. yesterday police broke into the campus of a delhi university to break up a demonstation. they have been accused of using excessive force. anbarasan ethirajan reports from delhi. police in northern india firing tear gas to break up a student rally at the aligarh muslim university. the students were holding a demonstration

news. jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labour's worst general election defeat since the 1930s.er the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps who'd lost their seats. but in a letter to the sunday mirror. he said... the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell also apologised for the loss — but also blamed the media portrayal of the mr corbyn. portrayal ——of mr corbyn. it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin, i own this disaster, so i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who have worked so hard, i apologise to all our campaigners, but most of all i apologise to those people who desperately need a labour government. and, yes, if anyone is to blame, it is me — full stop. we have to recognise... i think it was brexit that did it. we were in this horns of a dilemma, we couldn't move either way, or if we did and we tried to compromise, it didn't work. that is the first thing. the second — we have to recognise that, look, the media did a number onjeremy for four years solid every day. let me just finish this. every attack, every s

news. jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell have apologised over labour's defeat in thursday's election, which sawhem lose 59 seats. mr corbyn said he was sorry that they "came up short", while mr mcdonnell told the bbc he "owns this disaster". speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn offered an apology. we have suffered a heavy defeat and i take my responsibility for it. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. i'm proud, he says, that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and on the climate emergency, we have won the argument and rewritten the terms of political debate. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make

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budget is labour, at 60% and i was concerned at the beginning of the year and wanted to monitor our new labour contracts to make sure that we weren't needing to do anything supplemental or overspend or labour budget and so far, we're close to and like last year, our projection is to be within it and we're not exceeding it knew. we don'now.we don't have to como ask for more money. that could change. we are always hiring and we would like the labour spending go up which would indicate we're doing well and filling positions. but at least -- but anyway, we'll give you that update as to where we are now. this, again, is just a reminder slide. i wasn't expecting to go into detail but when we talk about our budget, i want to remind people that we have a major capitol program. when we're talking about 1.3 billion, we have a two-year approved capital budget within a five-year capital improvement program. that five-year program is $3 billion, 266 projects and you've had presentations before on this and this will be updated in tandem with the operating budget as we go through the rest of the year and the