nia griffith on newsnight. that was late last night. have we had a response from emily thornberry?and they insisted that there was no difference between emily thornberry and nia griffith in terms of party policy. while emily thornberry was expressing her personal view, she has many questions over the costs and viability of trident, she couldn't be clearer that this debate is over. the reality is that three weeks before a general election, and knowing that in the past, jeremy corbyn voted against the renewal in the parliamentary vote, i think voters will be left in some doubt as to what labour would do if they were in power. let's turn to the conservatives. we have this commitment that david cameron was the first to make, many years ago now, that the party would bring net migration down below 100,000, so to the tens of thousands. it's proved impossible to meet thus far. the conservatives have re—introduced it. there seems confusion among cabinet ministers about whether it's a policy commitment, a pledge, an aspiration, a nice thing to have if we can get round to it. it's not entirel

nia griffith described labours position as settled.o makes it clear that our decision is committed to trident and we will look at the real security needs of this country in other areas such as cyber security, which i think the attack last week on the nhs proved that there needs to be serious re—examination of our defences to be serious re—examination of our d efe nces of to be serious re—examination of our defences of those sort of attacks. to be clear because there was a different view from emily thornbury that perhaps the review could... it was a review so things could change. i have just was a review so things could change. i havejust made it was a review so things could change. i have just made it clear. was a review so things could change. i havejust made it clear. in our ma nifesto i havejust made it clear. in our manifesto is a commitment given by the party and me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is a position that has been held for a long time by the party.

but labour's shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. mr gauke says it's an aim and has no timetable. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent. since 2007 when tony blair was correspondent. since 2007 when tony blairwas in correspondent. since 2007 when tony blair was in charge they agreed that trident would be renewed. that has been a commitment every year. in fa ct, been a commitment every year. in fact, last year they agreed it. earlier this week they agreed it. so you would imagine it would be a simple question to the shadow foreign secretary who could be the foreign secretary who could be the foreign secretary who could be the foreign secretary in the weeks. this was put to her and it was asked that presumably we could assume that they programme would be

but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position ongham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue. the manifesto makes it clear that the labour party has made a decision, it is committed to trident and we are going to look at the real security needs of the country on other issues such as cyber security which the attack on the nhs proved, there must be a serious re—examination of our defences against those attacks. just to be clear, because there was a different view from emily thornberry saying that it was a review and things could change. i've made it clear, i've included it in the manifesto, a commitment given by the party and by me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is the position that has been held for a long time. you are committed to renewing trident? it is clear what is said in the manifesto. earlier i spoke to our parliamentary correspondent sean curran about the labour trident row. this is an issue that labour would like to see settled

nia griffith is the shadow defence secretary and she joins me now. good evening. the leaked draft manifesto, any prime minister should be extremely cautious about ordering the use of weapons of mass destruction, that disappeared from the official version. what is clear in the draft version and the final version that we are fully committed to having a trident nuclear deterrent and it is not appropriate to go into detail about how and when you might use that in the manifesto. we have it, that's deterrent is there to be used. it is there to be used. it is going to be part of a strategic defence review? is that a good idea? when we have a review coming into government, it is about how we would spend money and what we would do and in what order, what sort of timetable. it is not about questioning whether we would have a trident nuclear deterrent because we settle that last year. emily thornberry tonight suggests that it was possible that it could be scrapped as part of the defence review. and indeed, jeremy corbyn says that it is part of the strategic defence, we know

but the shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, described labour's position as "settled".on lbc radio. no, of course not. if you're going to have a review, you have a review. so it is possible thatjeremy corbyn as prime minister could drive through a policy of ditching trident? the policy is... labour party policy is that we... i know what it is. i'm asking could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly, we need to make sure that our policy is up to date and meets 21st century threats. no—one can disagree with that, surely. there was a time when we gave up on sabres or horses. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: president trump gets an extravagent welcome during his visit to saudi arabia and signs deals worth hundreds of billion of dollars. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says his re—election shows people want reform and to continue to engage with the world. in new orleans, marske city workers wearing bullet—proof vest have removed the last of four monuments to the proslavery rebellion defeated in the us civil more. the 133—year—old statue defected gen

but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position onbirmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue. the manifesto makes it clear — that our decision is committed to trident. we will look at the real security needs of this country in other areas such as cyber security, which i think the attack last week on the nhs proved that there needs to be serious re—examination of our defences of those sort of attacks. to be clear because there was a different view from emily thornbury that perhaps the review could... it was a review so things could change. i have just made it clear. in our manifesto is a commitment given by the party and me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is a position that has been held for a long time by the party. committed to renewing the full summary? it is clear what is said in the manifesto. earlier i spoke to our parliamentary correspondent sean curran about the labour trident row. this is an issue labour would like to see se

but labour's shadow defence secretary nia griffith told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleaguee conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio 4 the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nearly two—thirds in some parts of the uk since 1994, according to new research. the resolution foundation, a think tank focussing on living standards, says outer london, the north—west and parts of yorkshire were most affected. there is quite a big wedding happening today. prince george and princess charlotte will act as page boy and bridesmaid when their aunt pippa middleton marries james matthews today. the event is being dubbed the society wedding of the year. there's been speculation over whether prince harry will bring his girlfriend, the american actress meghan markle. and we will be live in the village wher

but labour's shadow defence secretary nia griffith told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleagueimetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio a, the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. iranian state television is reporting hassan rouhani has been re—elected as the country's president. more than 50 percent of the ballots have now been counted, with president rouhani reportedly securing 22.8 million votes — which would be a comfortable victory over his closest rival. polling stations were forced to remain open for longer than planned after a higher than expected turnout of around 70—percent. wikileaks founder, julian assange remains in the ecuardorian embassy in london this morning, despite sweden dropping a rape investigation against him without charge. mr assange is trying to avoid extradition to the us where he's wanted over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. scotland y

but labour's shadow defence secretary nia griffith told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio 4 the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. wikileaks founderjulian assange remains in the ecuardorian embassy in london this morning, despite sweden dropping a rape investigation against him without charge. mr assange is trying to avoid extradition to the us where he's wanted over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. scotland yard also says he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy, for failing to attend court in 2012. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nearly two—thirds in some parts of the uk since 1994, according to new research. the resolution foundation, a think tank focussing on living standards, says outer london, the north—west and parts of yorkshire were most affected. prince george and prin