some senior figures in the labour party saying that rachel reeves is the politician that rachel reevesr starmer is the politician that he trust the most on all issues, notjust the economy. another story has been developing over the weekend, and of course that is the conflict in israel and gaza. earlier, the shadow foreign secretary said labour actually condemns the appalling attack by hamas on israel. let condemns the appalling attack by hamas on israel.— hamas on israel. let me start by addressing _ hamas on israel. let me start by addressing the _ hamas on israel. let me start by addressing the events _ hamas on israel. let me start by addressing the events of- hamas on israel. let me start by addressing the events of the - hamas on israel. let me start by| addressing the events of the past few days. labour actually condemns hamas's appalling attack on israel. applause. there is never, never a justification for terrorism. labour stands firmly in support of israel's right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens. applause. the hostages so cruelly taken, including chi

rachel reeves is a serious economist- it is _ governor. rachel reeves is a serious economist.ious economist. it is beyond time to - governor. rachel reeves is a serious economist. it is beyond time to put i economist. it is beyond time to put her ideas and energy into action. rachel reeves has talked about financial responsibility a lot and there was a clear message for those in her party who have other ideas. i didn't come into politics to raise taxes _ didn't come into politics to raise taxes on — didn't come into politics to raise taxes on working people. indeed i want _ taxes on working people. indeed i want them — taxes on working people. indeed i want them to be lower. but the tories — want them to be lower. but the tories have piled 25 tax rises on ordinary— tories have piled 25 tax rises on ordinary working people and businesses. while allowing the wealthiest to avoid taxes, keeping loopholes open and letting government waste spiral. taxpayer's' money— government waste spiral. taxpayer's' money should be spent with the same care with _ money should be spent with the sa

rachel reeves she's no fool.vernment's already spending £110 billion a year on debt interest . the second debt interest. the second biggest item on the government's balance sheet after the nhs . she balance sheet after the nhs. she knows that uk government borrowing costs are at a 25 year high across the world and governments having to pay a lot to borrow because central banks are probably going to have to keep interest rates higher for longer than we previously expected. that pushes up government debt service costs and that's why the biggest announcement really from rachel reeves today . she said a little reeves today. she said a little bit of something on on planning reform, but she says she's going to increase the minimum wage. well, the good thing about a minimum you're minimum wage increase, if you're a is that a labour chancellor is that business for a minimum wage business pays for a minimum wage increase, not the government. >> yeah, well, that's right. it wouldn't be their responsibility. it's yeah, it's

and rachel reeves >> of course.tion, patrick, is why we are in this state. when you have ten years you years of austerity, when you keep , keep chopping, keep cutting, keep chopping, keep cutting, keep chopping, keep away, it will have keep chopping away, it will have impact. will impact. councils will go bankrupt . you have remember bankrupt. you have to remember what do . we think what councils do. we think councils just collect pain, but councils just collect pain, but councils provide the social services. what is the social care and social services looking after vulnerable in care and social services looking aftecommunitiesrable in care and social services looking aftecommunities . ble in care and social services looking aftecommunities . so in care and social services looking aftecommunities . so if in care and social services looking aftecommunities . so if you in care and social services looking aftecommunities . so if you have our communities. so if you have to ask the question , would you to ask the questio

rachel reeves she's no fool.vernment's already spending £110 billion a year on debt interest . the second debt interest. the second biggest item on the government's balance sheet after the nhs . she balance sheet after the nhs. she knows that uk government borrowing costs are at a 25 year high across the world and governments having to pay a lot to borrow because central banks are probably going to have to keep interest rates higher for longer than we previously expected. that pushes up government debt service costs and that's why the biggest announcement really from rachel reeves today . she said a little reeves today. she said a little bit of something on on planning reform, but she says she's going to increase the minimum wage. well, the good thing about a minimum you're minimum wage increase, if you're a is that a labour chancellor is that business for a minimum wage business pays for a minimum wage increase, not the government. >> yeah, well, that's right. it wouldn't be their responsibility. it's yeah, it's

the shadow chancellor rachel reeves expected to set out her speech to the conference in a few momentslegates waiting for miss reeves to speak. she will also make the case for overhauling planning rules to speed up green energy and sg rules to speed up green energy and 5g projects. this year's conference could be the last ahead of general elections expected next year. we will bring you all of her speech live as soon as it gets under way shortly, but first of all let's turn to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at the conference in liverpool. rachel reeves will be talking about key issues for voters ahead of the elections which we expect to be next year. what do you think she has to do to try and convince voters across the country that labour is a party to trust when it comes to the economy?— it comes to the economy? what's really interesting _ it comes to the economy? what's really interesting is _ it comes to the economy? what's really interesting is over- it comes to the economy? what's really interesting is over the - it comes to the economy? what's really interesting is ove

rachel reeves - terrorism. i have condemned terrorism. rachel reeves isl terrorism.terrorism being _ terrorism. rachel reeves is talking about terrorism being perpetuated| about terrorism being perpetuated against israelis. you about terrorism being perpetuated against israelis.— about terrorism being perpetuated against israelis. you have 'ust said the ozilla community _ against israelis. you have 'ust said the ozilla community in _ against israelis. you have 'ust said the ozilla community in a h against israelis. you have just said the ozilla community in a north - the ozilla community in a north london, there is a jewish community in north— london, there is a jewish community in north london, not all of them agree _ in north london, not all of them agree with — in north london, not all of them agree with the actions of the israeli state —— is really community. a lot will come and will understandably feel very emotional. i understandably feel very emotional. i have _ understandably feel very emotional. i have every sympathy for those people — i have every sympathy

and certainly rachel reeves in her media rounds this morning.y still get on with the job. >> and yet we still have the bbc, who the stylebook does not refer to hamas as a terrorist organisation. how is that? >> i don't understand that because they are a proscribed organisation under the terrorism act. yeah so i'm not entirely sure why i'm sure they'll update it . it. >> i would have thought as they should have done it some time ago, someone will hopefully be editing that. >> let's look at some of the numbers. if you're just joining us. obviously horrendous this day. back very day. israel has hit back very hard gaza. death toll now hard at gaza. the death toll now over 1300 people are at least 800 israelis and 560 palestine have been killed . retaliation have been killed. retaliation has only just begun, said israel's benjamin netanyahu . but israel's benjamin netanyahu. but thousands of hamas targets have been hit, says the israeli military . the israeli air force military. the israeli air force has carried out one of the largest ever air strike

but the reality is i think can rachel reeves think we can take rachel reeves more seriously than of moreessors her predecessors, particularly her immediate chancellors and immediate shadow chancellors and you know, she has parked the tory her tanks on tory turf and wants to have a battle of the curse of with another sort of policies. and those are the policies. and those are the policies of boris johnson and liz truss. i could very easily have seen liz truss delivering a great tract of this current speech. you know, reforming the planning system, building for growth, investment, the obe investment in know, but investment, investment in infrastructure here. i mean there's very little between difference between the two parties on those levels of course, the thing that liz truss and reeves both seem to and rachel reeves both seem to be unaware is the fact that be unaware of is the fact that money is no cheap . the money is no longer cheap. the cost borrowing is very cost of borrowing is very expensive. may going expensive. today we may be going towards financial towards another financial cr

what also got in rachel reeves?t quite a big cheer as well was her announcement that a labour government would tackle covid fraud. they would appoint a covid corruption commissioner supported by a hit squad of investigators to claw back the money. she says that has been pred money. she says that has been ripped off. the taxpayer, that money being put into nhs and schools, brits often must get rebuilt , schools, brits often must get rebuilt, adding again, she attacked the government's stance on hs2 , who she said it's gone on hs2, who she said it's gone because the government couldn't get the costs under control. labour government would start an independent expert inquiry into hs2 . i will not tolerate the hs2. i will not tolerate the taxpayer money being treated with the disrespect we've seen in recent years, said rachel reeves. >> in terms of tax , she talked >> in terms of tax, she talked of this fiscal lock that any spending would be subject to agreement and forecast by the obr, which of course is what liz truss

labour's shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, pledges to �*get britain building' if the party wins the generalion. coming up in sports on bbc news... mitchell santner is in the wickets for new zealand as the netherlands struggled to keep pace with their opponents at the cricket world cup in india. good evening from jerusalem, on a night where the israeli goverment has ordered a �*complete seige�* of the gaza strip and started to amass tanks on its border. it follows the attack by hamas militants, which has so far claimed more than 800 israeli lives — many of them, ordinary citizens. israel has cut electricity, food, fuel and water supplies to gaza, it says it has hit 2,400 hamas targets. the palestinian health authority says so far, 560 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. thousands of palestinians are now fleeing for their lives, but safety is hard to find. and hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. in tonight's programme, we will be reporting from jerusalem, 0n the latest military responses. we will also be in re�*im, the city close to the gaza border where artillery and v

she's going to talk.i >> rachel reeves she's going to talk.unds like a stupid gimmick. not the first time done time a politician has done a stupid gimmick on either side of the political divide. she's talking to get back talking about a tsar to get back some of the money that was lost in fraud during the pandemic. now, we know billions went missing. how azar's going to do it. was lot of fraud it. but there was a lot of fraud of some of chancellor's very of some of the chancellor's very generous wasn't there ? generous schemes, wasn't there? >> you know, it's >> a phenomenal you know, it's incredible. i don't to incredible. i don't want to mention we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got 220 know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got 220 million. 1—1 woman that got 220 million. she's yachting around the world. how is that right? >> i know, i know. so do you think

what did you make of what rachel reeves said yesterday? . rachel reeves said yesterday?ing and thanks for having me. ithink good morning and thanks for having me. i think she wants to focus on long—term investments, as you mentioned, and she will finance it by borrowing. that's a contentious point, so usually borrowing was not subject a lot of scrutiny by the uk government as we saw, the uk government as we saw, the uk government bond yield has soared over the past few years by a combination of factors. it is going to be more costly to bar in the future so she will have to convince the financial market she can get value from all these investments that would generate growth, they would generate growth, they would pay for itself. she will also need to convince that labour will stick to its fiscal rules which means that by increasing the day—to—day spending she will have to increase taxes by a certain extent. it increase taxes by a certain extent. , . increase taxes by a certain extent. ., . extent. it is a balancing act. as ou extent. it is a balancing act. as you say. _ e

rachel reeves beacon earlier.messages tightly controlled, you can trust us if we're elected. i am wondering if there is a gap between those on the stage in the floor that think we've got a 17 point lead here, we can be more ambitious, bold in the message. i here, we can be more ambitious, bold in the message-— in the message. i think there is that aa-. in the message. i think there is that gap- it's — in the message. i think there is that gap. it's more _ in the message. i think there is that gap. it's more of _ in the message. i think there is that gap. it's more of an - in the message. i think there is | that gap. it's more of an anxiety in the message. i think there is . that gap. it's more of an anxiety at the moment. what rachel reeves set out today when out really well for the positive message about you have to investigate growth, similar to what biden has done in the us with the inflation reduction act. subsidies, investments in green technology, also acting as a boost to growth, which we desperately need i

rachel reeves >> good evening.es the shadow chancellor addressed conference today worth hearing given it's likely she'll have the keys to the treasury in a years the keys to the treasury in a year's time. here she is in action today. >> i make this commitment to you and to our country out of the wreckage of tory misrule , labour wreckage of tory misrule, labour will restore our economic credibility . we will lift our credibility. we will lift our living standards, make work pay, rebuild our public services, invest in home grown industries invest in home grown industries in every corner of our country, and together we will get britain its future back . its future back. >> well , let's start with the >> well, let's start with the positives. it won't take long. firstly she is a credible politician, a calm , coherent, politician, a calm, coherent, decent speaker compared to her boss. the cervix free leader of the opposition, keir starmer. she's winston churchill and she echoed the aforementioned churchill when she said

the hall was so packed for rachel reeves�* speech, there was a splash of grumpiness among those who werehadow chancellor claimed labour were now the party to trust with the economy. out of the wreckage of tory misrule, labour will restore our economic credibility. she said labour would speed up the time it takes to get big building programmes of national importance like battery factories up and running. there would be an inquiry into the cost of the hs2 rail line. and they'd take a look at the books of every big government project. i will not tolerate taxpayers' money being treated with the disrespect we have seen over recent years. i will not turn a blind eye to dither, delay and incompetence. throughout this speech, repeated claims she'd be super careful with taxpayers' money. we will go after those who profited from the carnival of waste during the pandemic. one of the biggest rounds of applause here came for her plan to appoint a covid corruption commissioner, in an attempt to recoup the £7 billion lost to pandemic—related fraud. that money belongs in our nhs, it belongs in our polic

rachel reeves, we have _ standards for working people.anything on the international stage as jake has done, winning a gold medal, it is impressive but it is the nature of the success and the difficulty of the routine he executed, winning gold in the world volta final, which is something that is impressive. it is volta final, which is something that is impressive-— is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is, as is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is. as we'll _ is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is, as we'll see. _ is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is, as we'll see. not _ is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is, as we'll see. not we - is impressive. it is scary to watch. it is, as we'll see. not we fancy i it is, as we'll see. not we fancy doing. morning. it was a leap that catapualts jake jarman into the history books ensuring great britain didn't leave antwerp empty handed. on the final day of competition he was the only gymnast to attempt this high—difficulty twisting vault, one he landed perfectly to put up a huge ope

. economy will be from rachel reeves . y, psychonomics reeves. yesterday, psychonomics was the phrase that she introduced to us. yes, but then we've got the imf today saying, well, know, forecasts for well, you know, forecasts for next year down from nought point six from 1, halving the estimate on growth if they do get into power, they've got a lot in the in—tray . in —tray. >> in—tray. >> yeah, that's right. it's not like in 97 when of course ken clarke's careful stewardship of the economy arguably left a massive bounty for labour government coming in. completely different big choices to be made . and that's why you're not seeing the labour team here committing to hs2. if they get into power, they're going to say wait and see what's under the bonnet in. but bonnet when they get in. but i think rachel reeves was think the rachel reeves was massively helped by that intervention, very rare intervention, very rare intervention the political intervention on the political stage former bank of stage from former bank of england m

what are we going to hear from rachel reeves? >> thank you, kay. -- it is her pitch to the country to show that the labour party can be trusted with the uk's finances and the government economy, but also, what is really important -- this is a chance, really, for the labour party in general to try and win over what they call floating voters. floating voters are those voters who have not quite decided if they can move from one party to the other. the labour party needs to find a way to win voting voters, and persuade them to move to labor or move back to labour in -- so rachel reeves, today is, going to say in the -- focus on making sure that critical national infrastructure is accelerated when it comes to those building projects. so, talking about updating all national policy statements, prioritizing growth in the economy, specifically battery factories, laboratories and 5g infrastructure, ensuring local communities get something back in incentivizing local communities. for instance, they could get cheaper energy bills if they all

today it's rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor , reeves, the shadow chancellor, and tomorrow it's keirt the top of the labour party setting each out their stalls. but the watchword today might well be energy , infrastructure well be energy, infrastructure and other critical national infrastructure. the plan from rachel reeves, we hear, is to make it much, much easier to build that sort of infrastructure in the united kingdom, wiping away some of the red tape, particularly some of the environmental red tape that gets in the way of business building things. now that might upset some community groups , upset some community groups, some local communities, but it will delight business. and in some ways it sounds pretty free market. this morning, the shadow chancellor is being compared to liz truss in some of her suppues liz truss in some of her supplies side reform agenda as the economists might call it. but perhaps one word that isn't being discussed today may loom large over this conference. and the word that studiously is being avoided by all of these senior labour politicians so far at

so this is shadow chancellor rachel reeves , who chancellor rachel reeves, who was slammed by jeremynd a whole host of other people for not mentioning the single biggest economic issue in her major conference speech . major conference speech. >> and that is the thorny issue of inflation. >> the single biggest issue which the tories have created. yes, exactly. that's the whole thing. but it's just it's ping pong. all the time, isn't it? you know, you did it or you know, a big kid did it or all that kind of stuff. so basically what hunt is saying is that in order for labour fund order for labour to fund everything, because i think they believe going believe that they're going to resolve economy all the resolve the economy with all the non—dom status reversals and all that of stuff. want to that kind of stuff. they want to overhaul universal credit, child benefit kind benefit and all this kind of stuff, will it will be stuff, but it will it will be them borrowing £28 billion in which to fund all these new things. so you can get a perfectly good track and trace app perfectly good track a

i have to say, talking about the conference itself, rachel reeves made , what's rachel reeves made, what'sspeech? i think on the tuesday of conference that's been well received. she's proposing no increase in wealth taxes. so there's no £0.45 tax, which is what ed miliband was proposing in 2015. she's not going to increase income tax as well. so they've been very fiscally concerned . lviv and we fiscally concerned. lviv and we do see the two parties now really fighting over very similar territory. this is the blair playbook, isn't it? >> you copy the tory economic policy, but there's all this talk of growth without any plan of how you create growth. the only person who ever had a plan for growth was liz truss. >> yeah, fair point. i mean , >> yeah, fair point. i mean, what, what starmer did say dunng what, what starmer did say during his speech to conference was that he'll build 1.5 million houses now that will stimulate the economy . if i'm not sure how the economy. if i'm not sure how easy it will be to build 1.5 million houses, but that will stimulate the economy. that sort of activity.

so we know what's going come rachel reeves going to come rachel reeves is very going to come rachel reevesr starmer has not promised >> keir starmer has not promised any thing like a miracle. >> he hasn't promised anything. >> he hasn't promised anything. >> no, he has said that it's going to take ten years to undo the mess that it is now, except that the labour sponsored public sector will be expecting a bumper pay rise. so they won't. they won't. >> and if they don't get it, there will be a civil war within there will be a civil war within the labour party. >> there will be. >> there will be. >> there will be. >> there has been a civil war and keir starmer has won in. no, he has no he has no he has brilliant. he has cosmetic. the you say it's cosmetic. >> i'm sorry. i'm just jumping >> i'm sorry. i'm justjumping in just a moment. but mike perry, don't worry. chloe is ready to drop the mike wants to hear from you. know, but look, hear from you. i know, but look, the reason why railway the reason why the railway workers doctors workers and the doctors are considered not settling is because

that rachel reeves on the stand. that was biggest cheer was for was the biggest cheer was for that. ple politics away example of politics away from the snoring rachel the boring snoring rachel reeves oh politics. people oh yeah, actual politics. people feel, my cockney feel, yeah. excuse my cockney ism people feel done over ism right? people feel done over by what happened in covid and the of our money. and if the waste of our money. and if you're make ends you're struggling to make ends meet food prices going up, meet with food prices going up, utility going through utility bills going through the roof, utility bills going through the roof , these numbers matter. and roof, these numbers matter. and that's tapped that's what rachel's tapped into. think it into. and i think it is important i do have faith in important and i do have faith in her. if they claw back a fraction , let's say 10 billion fraction, let's say 10 billion or whatever has gone missing, then that's going to be, you know, departmental the know, a departmental budget. the home office money home office put the money b

host: rachel reeves speaking to bloomberg from labor's annual conference in liverpool. us is lizzy burden. what where did we learned yesterday about how labor would run the economy? lizzy: labor riding high on their 20 point lead into the national polls and sticking to the big picture. in a sense what is happening in israel has spared keir starmer from having to get into the details of the specifics of what they would do if they were in government which perhaps they don't want to do even that we could be 15 months from the general election. i spoke with three shadow ministers yesterday who refused to tell me where they plan to get the fastest growth in the g7 even though this is their top mission. it is how they plan to fund public spending. i also spoke with rachel reeves about her plans to borrow and invest -- her plans to borrow to invest. i asked her how she could be sure how markets would react. given that debt is already 99% of gdp but she seemed to channel our grid thatcher and give us words of caution. but it seems to be working. the hall was packed when she gav

keir starmer rachel reeves , myself, johnny reynolds. reeves, myself, johnny reynolds.know, we are we want this to be a good country to invest in. it's not been an attractive enough investment destination in recent years, partly because of political chaos . no sense of a political chaos. no sense of a plan . so keir will be setting plan. so keir will be setting out a long term plan today. plan. so keir will be setting out a long term plan today . for out a long term plan today. for how we want to build the economy , how we want to generate that wealth, because frankly, that's the only way we're going to be able to fund the public services that need the future. that we need in the future. >> also a big fan of trying >> he's also a big fan of trying to increase devolution around the uk, but we've seen how plans to build on green belt or expand areas are often blocked at a local level . do the two things local level. do the two things work together? this idea of these new towns, these new developments and turbo charging growth, this way with increased devolution . in i thi

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rachel reeves shadow chancellor. put your trust in me. ordinary families . spending. power of ordinary families. i'll be looking spending. power of ordinary families . i'll be looking after families. i'll be looking after 9 to 11 tomorrow and tuesday , 9 to 11 tomorrow and tuesday, and i'll be responding to rachel reeves keynote speech at conference tomorrow and keir starmer on tuesday say you won't want to miss it. still starmer on tuesday say you won't want to miss it . still with me, want to miss it. still with me, my top pundits, sean woodward, annunziata rees—mogg and neil wallace . and let's get your wallace. and let's get your nominations for headline heroes and back page zero. so who's caught your eye today, sir? >> sean well, my zero, i'm afraid, remains for this week . afraid, remains for this week. the prime minister, rishi sunak , for going to manchester and announcing in manchester that he'd be ending the high speed rail link to manchester. i thought that was an incredible piece of zero timing. my hero is this week at the lon

is, they have not a rachel reeves is.but i mean like i say before, blair had good policies. he had great politicians him because politicians behind him because just that just drop into that slot. i mean, got all mean, starmer's got nothing. all he's himself. i mean, he's got is himself. i mean, look lammy. i mean, he's look at lammy. i mean, he's a laughing stock, you know, you knock doors and. david lammy knock on doors and. david lammy is an absolute laughing. why? well, mean, he comes well, he is. i mean, is he comes across as anti british. he won't let the brexit finish. let the brexit argument finish. he the eu every he wants to rejoin the eu every single word mutters lately is single word he mutters lately is about rejoining the eu. i mean, people in ashfield in the red wall are furious about can you call him anti—british? >> i mean, he's a proud londoner. i think he's a spurs fan, you what i mean? he's fan, you know what i mean? he's he's hardly anti—british. well i say anti—brexit. he's hardly anti—british. well i

rachel reeves shadow chancellor. put your trust in me.wer of ordinary families . spending. power of ordinary families. i'll be looking spending. power of ordinary families . i'll be looking after families. i'll be looking after 9 to 11 tomorrow and tuesday , 9 to 11 tomorrow and tuesday, and i'll be responding to rachel reeves keynote speech at conference tomorrow and keir starmer on tuesday say you won't want to miss it. still starmer on tuesday say you won't want to miss it . still with me, want to miss it. still with me, my top pundits, sean woodward, annunziata rees—mogg and neil wallace . and let's get your wallace. and let's get your nominations for headline heroes and back page zero. so who's caught your eye today, sir? >> sean well, my zero, i'm afraid, remains for this week . afraid, remains for this week. the prime minister, rishi sunak , for going to manchester and announcing in manchester that he'd be ending the high speed rail link to manchester. i thought that was an incredible piece of zero timing. my hero is this week at t

rachel reeves -- so many people murdered, slaughtered, in cold blood on saturday morning.lestinian ambassador saying it was coming their way. is it in any way appropriate that your would be foreign secretary sharing a stage with him. >> i don't know what david's schedule is for a conference. i have not heard those remarks. but they are totally unacceptable, and we disagree with them entirely. >> would you implore david not to share the stage with him? >> look, i don't know what david's schedule is and i don't know whether this man is at our conference, but david has been very clear, and unequivocal, about labor's support for israel, for the people of israel, the right to defend themselves, their right to protect civilians and the right to get hostages back. we have been absolutely categorical about that. >> what about your own mp, espanna bergum, pictured -- was that appropriate? >> about having support for the right israel to defend itself. if britain was attacked by terrorists, everyone would agree that we have the right to defend ourselves against terry's tax. israel is

and a rallying cry from rachel reeves.our's bigwigs were impressed by the shadow chancellor. that was an absolutely outstanding speech. a serious plan to get britain's economy growing again, to rebuild our public services, and, crucially, to help family finances in this cost of living crisis. enough dazzle? goose bumps. i've still got them. nick, was that a chancellor in the making? oh, yes. a very, very good and effective future chancellor, assuming we're elected, of course, next time. that's up to the voters. now, you were there. you were one of the architects of new labour 25, 26 years ago. has it got that atmosphere? i think it certainly had that atmosphere in the hall today. but, you know, the key point about this is, and rachel's absolutely right, you know, in 1997, you know, we had a struggling but a growing economy and we had to put our feet down on the accelerator. we're not in that position now. i think it does have the excitement of tony blair, and that's what you saw today and that's where the public are going.

alix: that was rachel reeves speaking earlier at the labour party conference in manchester.ty holding a double-digit lead over rishi sunak's conservative party. we are joined by someone who has been covering this all day. the backdrop to this is a very difficult weekend within israel-hamas war. i am wondering what the conversation was on the ground. lizzie: we have had -- lizzy: we have had a strong condemnation from keir starmer echoing rishi sunak, calling the attack by hamas appalling. it is in contrast to the former labour leader jeremy corbyn. for he became the leader, he checked platforms with supporters of hamas and hezbollah. on friday, he posted on twitter, on x i should say. he did not condemn the attacks. he emphasized the impact of israel's occupation. you will remember that after losing the 2019 election to boris johnson, jeremy corbyn was suspended from his labour party membership in october of 2020 for saying the antisemitism found in the party had been overplayed for political reasons , and he was not restored after that. it is against that historical backdro

shadow chancellor rachel reeves has promised to "get britain building" if the party wins the next generalion. in a speech at labour's conference in liverpool, she said the party would speed up the planning process by fast—tracking priority decisions on infrastructure and appointing 300 new planning officers. our political correspondnat nick eardley is in liverpool. it has been about an hour since she spoke, how is her speech playing out of the party conference? i spoke, how is her speech playing out of the party conference?— of the party conference? i think it is one of the party conference? i think it is gone down _ of the party conference? i think it is gone down pretty _ of the party conference? i think it is gone down pretty well- of the party conference? i think it is gone down pretty well here, i is gone down pretty well here, catherine. chatting to some labour people in the last hour or so, they seem pretty pleased with that speech, pretty excited by it, actually. we had liz kendall on the bbc about an hour ago and she seemed actually enthused by it and confident that it was a mess

>> rachel reeve should have said. and please say it.t now. >> well, that's all you will look you will look into it. >> and there's 3 million votes that could get labour over the line. say as line. and can i just say as well, just want to say this, well, i just want to say this, all the mps, all the mps, they gave lip service and they gave a speeches and he stood up in the house of commons. one mp, one mp and absolutely stood shoulder to shoulder with us. she was she was fantastic. she spoke in the house of commons. she spoke at committees. she she we had a we had a rally in london. it was pounng had a rally in london. it was pouring with rain. she came and stood next to next to me in the rain. she organised conferences and zooms all sorts. she tried to campaign to get money back from the super markets and that was a lady called esther mcvey. i don't know whatever happened to it . i heard she got married to it. i heard she got married and went off the boiler . and went off the boiler. >> went off the rails. >> went off the rails. >> you

just like with rachel reeves other we rachel reeves the other day, we saw plenty of standing ovationsre a of energy in the there was a lot of energy in the room. as for the substance of the speech, i mean, there wasn't a amount information a huge amount of new information there. he was covering quite a lot of old ground. and the message was very, very much what we have from keir starmer we have seen from keir starmer and of the labour and from the whole of the labour frontbench for weeks and weeks now. frontbench for weeks and weeks nov it's really frontbench for weeks and weeks novit's really ideological. frontbench for weeks and weeks novit's aboutally ideological. frontbench for weeks and weeks novit's about clearinglogical. frontbench for weeks and weeks novit's about clearing upical. frontbench for weeks and weeks novit's about clearing up the >> it's about clearing up the mess that the tories have created. as rachel reeves kept saying her speech the other saying in her speech the other day, how have your family benefited from years of benefited from 13 years of conservative ? th

the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to outline how labour would overhaul britain's planninge built. economic growth and net zero emissions targets would be considered with planning applications for things like battery factories and 5g being fast—tracked. the uk's supreme court will today begin hearing the government's challenge to a ruling which said that the policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. under the plan, which was blocked by the court of appeal, asylum seekers would be sent to the african country, where their cases would be determined. an inquiry into claims that british special forces carried out unlawful killings in afghanistan gets underway later today. the probe will focus on events between 2010 and 2013. you're live with bbc news. let's take a look now at some of the international reaction to the fighting in israel and gaza. there have been shows of support for israel from traditional allies such as the uk — here, you can see the israeli flag being projected onto the front of 10 downing street. prime minister rishi sunak said the attack la

on monday, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to announce an anti—corruption commissioner pandemic. parts of scotland remain at risk of flooding despite the rain easing off. river levels are continuing to rise and the ground is saturated, which is what's causing that increase in risk. a met office yellow warning of rain was in place until 7pm on sunday, and a further yellow warning has been issued for parts of western scotland for tuesday. the back of a historic building in cumbria has collapsed into a river. the grade ii—listed old courthouse in cockermouth, which sits on the river cocker, was damaged at about 5am on sunday morning. the environment agency said although the collapse happened you're live with bbc news. let's get an update on another big story. over 1,000 people are reported to have been killed in afghanistan after a powerful earthquake hit the country yesterday. it devastated at least 12 villages near the city of herat, in the west, close to the iranian border with a magnitude of 6.3. thousands are now without shelter in an area already grappling with extre

labour's shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, pledges to �*get britain building' if the party wins the generaltherlands struggled to keep pace with their opponents at the cricket world cup in india.

that is what we have heard time and time again from the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, that is whatday from keir starmer. but you make a really important observation. forsome but you make a really important observation. for some people in the labour party, that is not that exciting. it's not the bold vision they want to hear, and i suspect so will want to hear a bit more from keir starmer this afternoon about how he is going to grab the public attention. . ~ how he is going to grab the public attention. ., ~ , ., , how he is going to grab the public attention. . ~' , ., , . attention. thank you very much indeed. the covid—19 inquiry has heard that the government failed to consider the government failed to consider the needs of disabled people, who were more likely to live in care homes, exposing them to the virus on top of having physical vulnerabilities. we can speak to ellie price. what have we been hearing today?— ellie price. what have we been hearing today? ellie price. what have we been hearin: toda ? , ., ., hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing — hearing today? t

and final word, rachel reeves.f a fair, she's been a bit of a silent assassin, bringing the silent assassin, bringing up the rear, adding some competence to the operation, the city loves her. there's a lot loves her. right? there's a lot loves her. right? there's a lot loves her. curious. her. this is curious. >> there's a line last week, though. there's a line last week from to the from rishi sunak to the bloomberg he said, beware bloomberg lunch. he said, beware laboun bloomberg lunch. he said, beware labour. tolerate labour. they will tolerate you, but you and that's what but we love you and that's what the tories, that's the tories said. tolerate said. so labour tolerate business. it's not a love thing. >> i did a dinner >> i did. i did. i did a dinner in the city a week ago and it was, it was room which had £1 was, it was a room which had £1 trillion of underinvestment and they were all clear labour is they were all clear labour is the next government and they and they trust, they trust rachel for her stable m

one thing for sure is rachel reeves put out a message of financial stability and frugality with the localomy purse strings. she was saying that the uk consumer can trust them. the labour party with the economy with fiscal discipline. one local labour member said we will fight the next election on the economy. i guess it is the economy, stupid, as they say, as the primary cause of concern. so are the taxing with the labour party is keen on lower taxes, but cannot promise that considering the state of affairs that the uk economy sits in currently. they will look at other ways. i've gotten to speak to the shadow secretary for business who was speaking about hs2. the conservative party has done away with it and they are looking for other ways to spend that money. i asked jonathon reynolds what he would have done with the 36 billion pounds that the conservative party decided to take away from hs2 and other infrastructure around rail. this is what he had to say regarding that. >> we know it is not 36 billion pounds. the area where i live with the project put forward which was finished in 2014.

yes rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor and the mess she's gotten herself into . herself into. >> sot enough credit out for get nearly enough credit out for their work, true . but their work, which is true. but it like she hasn't been it seems like she hasn't been giving their giving people credit for their work actually in the work because actually in the book, financial times has book, the financial times has found that there are more than 20 of whole passages as 20 examples of whole passages as passages from other passages lifted from other sources, other books, wikipedia in some cases, and rachel reeves is basically not really apologising for it. she's saying that i had researchers do this. you know, i didn't fact check it properly, but it's not me who did the you know, it's fundamentally embarrassing for her. so a rising star in the labour party, someone who might be our future. >> they haven't on her behalf lifted, copied and pasted things and attributed to and then attributed it to somebody they've it somebody else. they've just it looks though it's her writing i >> -- >> it's