it comes to angela rayner's position.— rayner's position.tion. plenty to get your teeth _ rayner's position. plenty to get your teeth into, _ rayner's position. plenty to get your teeth into, you've - rayner's position. plenty to get| your teeth into, you've certainly done that for us. jack fenwick joining us from westminster. we'll be covering the election campaign across the to come, you can get all the information on the bbc website -- bbc the information on the bbc website —— bbc news website. it is now 7:20pm. israeli tanks have reportedly reached the centre of rafah, as it carries out its most intense bombardment of the city, since the war began. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says across the strip, dozens of people have been killed in the past 2a hours. international condemnation continues to grow over an israeli air strike on sunday, which led to a devastating fire in a camp for displaced palestinians — killing 45 people — including women and children. our correspondent lucy williamson reports. rafah was once gaza's refuge, the saf

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i have to ask you about angela rayner. — written on.een - written on. i have to ask you about angela rayner, who's been told i written on. i have to ask you about. angela rayner, who's been told today there will be no police action over there will be no police action over the sale of her council house. it's come at the beginning of the campaign. but what have you as a party learned about this episode? we've learned that conservative mps are willing to waste police time. but what about how absolutely scrupulously open about every single aspect of your life you'll need to be shortly?— aspect of your life you'll need to be shortl ? ,, , ~ ., �* be shortly? sure, but angela didn't do anything — be shortly? sure, but angela didn't do anything wrong. _ be shortly? sure, but angela didn't do anything wrong, that's - be shortly? sure, but angela didn't do anything wrong, that's what - be shortly? sure, but angela didn't do anything wrong, that's what was concluded. this was conservative mps wasting police time to score political points, and fra

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angela rayner the deputy leader. yeah. hang over labour's election campaign because there were questions around angela rayner relating to a house that she had had as a council house that she had as a council house and then under right to buy she bought it and then she went on to sell this. this was all a number of years ago and you talked about it on newscasts before, but there was this question about whether or not she's paid all the tax she should have owed on that property, but also whether or not she's registered that property correctly, where she was living at the time. and what we've had today is news from greater manchester police that they are taking no action against angela rayner because of course they were looking into this. but also the local authority says it's not taking any action against angela rayner. and also labour have told the bbc that hmrc are taking no action against angela rayner. so you can imagine you've got probably a pretty big sigh of relief echoing around the labour camp that that isn't going

according to a labour source, hmrc has told angela rayner it'll take no further action. because of privacy rules. in any case, keir starmer�*s team will likely be relieved that the police investigation has now been dropped. minimising the chances of difficult headlines later on in the campaign. for months, the party's long time attack dog has herself been under attack. perhaps now she will be unleashed. joe pike, bbc news, westminster. the economy has taken centre stage on the campaign trail today. the prime minister says he will protect pensioners from a tax hike if the conservatives win the next election. rishi sunak launched what's being called the "triple lock plus" plan which will increase pensioners' personal allowance to prevent more people paying income tax. labour says the plan is not credible. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has said that labour is the "natural party for british business". faisal islam reports. the prime minister was inspecting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives'

angela rayner the guardian.bott hasn't been treated fairly or appropriately. the veteran mp had the labour whip restored this week after a long suspension. she's accused keir starmer of culling the party's left wing sir keir says he wants the highest quality candidates and has described her as a trailblazer. meanwhile labour's election campaign continues, with the party's leader assuring voters that pledges to cut nhs waiting lists won't need any new taxes. >> well, as you would expect with this changed labour party, every proposal that we put on the table is fully costed and fully funded, and we've been really clear about not raising income tax and ni, and we've said repeatedly that nothing in our plans require us to raise tax , and that's why we've been tax, and that's why we've been able to set out our position on vat as well. and that's in stark contrast to a government that's taken the tax burden on working people to the highest level since the war. and during this campaign is showing it hasn't learnt the l

tonight angela rayner had welcomed the _ wrong.d welcomed the news, saying - welcomed the news, saying conservatives reported her to distract from their record in government. so far the tories have not commented. the row is about whether she was honest about where she lived and when. the first home is vicarage road in stockport where angela rayner bought a property in 2007, eight years before becoming an mp. in 2010 she married mark rein who owned his home around two miles away and appears to have registered all of their children at his address but on the electoral register, she continued to be listed as living at her house, creating confusion as to where she legally lived. it matters because of capital gains tax. you don't pay it when you sell your main home but married couples can only count one property as their main home. keir starmer�*s tea will likely be relieved that the police investigation has been dropped. minimising the chances of difficult headlines later in the election campaign. for months, the party's long time attac

we have asked miss rayner for comments on this. what is j rayner for comments on this., six weeks because the conservatives have returned to it again and again, and every time i made the point earlier, every time a shadow cabinet spokesman persson was interviewed they were asked about this. any sense, if this is the end of this, it will be useful in terms of the timeline for the labour party. tt well, and the fact the police are now definitively said they will be now definitively said they will be no police investigation is really helpful, coming at this stage to labour, at this stage in a campaign so early on because it does neutralise some of that attack and neutralises the line that angela rayner herself has said she would stand down if she was found to have committed any criminal offences. that is clearly not the case here, but as i said, it depends what response you get from the council and from the tax authorities, as to whether it has a complete line drawn under it or whether the conservatives will think there is a bit of mileage in this yet. if there is more rea

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and angela rayner�*s arguably decisive role in this row could give and angela rayner�*s arguably decisive the top of government to come, if labour were to win this election. if diane abbott does stand and win, she will become the longest serving labour mp, and the mother of the house. joe pike, bbc news, hackney. the conservatives unveiled plans to punish fly—tippers in england by adding points to their driving licences. they also say they want to evict disruptive tenants from social housing. the prime minister, rishi sunak was on the campaign trail in the north—west of england. he's been speaking to our political correspondentjessica parker what i'm focused on is being out and about across the country, as i am here today, talking to people about the choice at this election. and the choice is increasingly clear because we are the only party that is taking bold action, that's got a clear plan so that we can deliver a secure future for everyone. and in contrast, the labour party have nothing to offer the country, no ideas, no plans for the future. and that choice is clear. that's what i'm t

and it's clear that angela rayner is in charge of his party and not him.ters unhappy. as the first black british female mp in history, . the amount she has done - for the community and for those that don't have a voice - is something that has resonated with so many of us around here. i think it's pretty awful, really, how they've treated her. i don't particularly think she has been treated unfairly. she has said things in the past which are not on the political, not politically correct. the tussle over who will be labour's candidate in this seat is all about the age old internal battles between right and left. keir starmer�*s iron grip on the party machinery is perhaps not quite as strong as we thought. and angela rayner�*s arguably decisive role in this row could give us a taste of the dynamics at the top of government to come, if labour were to win this election. if diane abbott does stand and win, she will become the longest serving labour mp, and the mother of the house. joe pike, bbc news, hackney. and for more on diane abbott and the trump verdict, t

angela rayner believes guardian.ran mp had the labour whip restored this week after a long suspension. she's accused the keir starmer of culling the party's left wing. but sir keir starmer says he wants the highest quality candidates and described her as a trailblazer . described her as a trailblazer. the polite country party is pledging to undo the effects of brexit in wales by rejoining the single market and customs union at a campaign launch in bangor today. the party's leader, catherine appleroth , said the catherine appleroth, said the tories had left a trail of destruction, though he cautioned labour against taking welsh voters for granted . meanwhile, voters for granted. meanwhile, the leader of the liberal democrat party has pledged to improve mental health among young people and children across the country. sir ed davey is campaigning in frome today. he says his party would treble taxes for social media firms to fund a mental health professional in every primary and secondary school . a nine and secondary sc

correct me if i'm wrong, that's angela rayner. oh sorry i've got angela rayner is first. all to see. they fail once again. but i do. >> i do believe you did mention i did, i did, i did, i said that, that this whole it's the tories are completely offended and outraged by a left wing working class woman who doesn't know her. nonsense. well, that is not nonsense. they are the worst. the worst thing. the worst. the worst thing. the worst thing, patrick, is the greater manchester police , greater manchester police, basically have admitted that they've consciously intervened in politics on behalf of the conservative party. anyone could have said that. he didn't take it. a too much should be investigated for, though. no, no, no no, no one is saying that it was obvious from the very start that this statement makes perfectly clear that so many of these things that she's been accused of are outside the remit of the police that didn't need an investigation to work out. that should have been obvious at the start. oh, this is crime that she's been accused of. that's not our business.

this involves angela rayner buying her former council housein rayner buying her former council house. they have been claims that she had been living at a different address in the meantime. what that means is that when she then sold the house, it could potentially have been the case that it should have been the case that it should have been capital gains tax. we've heard from stockport council and police from stockport council and police from greater manchester that they are no longer looking to this. the conservative parties are trying to say this in octave because we have not heard from hmrc. they never comment on these things. but we have been told that hmrc �*s and no tax was owed and the investigation is over. there's a relief.— over. there's a relief. before he let ou over. there's a relief. before he let you go. _ over. there's a relief. before he let you go. just _ over. there's a relief. before he let you go, just summarise i over. there's a relief. before he let you go, just summarise yourj let you go, just summarise your thoughts on the rest it's been another day where the

and by the way, angela rayner did mention my name to that group.ating is to see an attempt by the most mainstream media to close down this debate. we should be talking about this if we have a growing band of young muslim men and women, men mostly in this country, who despise everything we stand for, i think that is a problem , nigel. >> we've got to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed for your time this evening after what i know has been a very busy day. well, we still want reaction to our central question of tonight's show, which is will the immigration debate affect your vote? will it change who your vote? will it change who you for ? vote and please get in you for? vote and please get in touch with us as ever at gb views @gbnews .co.uk, and let's give you some of that feedback now , actually, rory says, as now, actually, rory says, as a labour member, i'm very confident in kieran yvette cooper smashing the gangs and bringing control to the border. do you agree with that? we'll hear more about that welcome back to farage with me. camil

labour's deputy leader, angela rayner . she was accused of rayner.ellor rachel reeves and she spent the day telling voters that the uk economy is safest under labour, vowing to create the most pro—growth treasury in history. but the prime minister has attacked labour's plans, claiming if elected, they'd run out of money and raise taxes. as he announced his plans to boost state pensions . and after years state pensions. and after years of tirelessly campaigning and independence , councillor has independence, councillor has finally won the battle for an inquiry into oldham's grooming gang scandal. and i'll speak exclusively to councillor brian hoban, who has nobly made it his life's work to give a voice to the lancashire town's sexual abuse survivors. that's all coming up in your next hour. what's the show? it's always a pleasure to have your company, tony. day two of the general election campaign. and what a ride it already is. rishi sunak has been talking to voters in stoke, so keir starmer, rachel reeves in hertfordshire at airbus, we'll have the fu

it's also a mixed day for angela rayner.now would bring the ceasefire. i would bring the ceasefire. i would do it. i would do it. >> she's copping it for that. but then there's this. >> the labour leader has accused the conservative of using desperate tactics after greater manchester police said it will take no further action in its investigation into electoral irregularities and lib dem leader sir ed davey. >> it's finally making waves. meanwhile, rishi sunak is doing all it takes to win the pensioners . vote. nay nay. nay. pensioners. vote. nay nay. nay. >> nay. nay. nay >> nay. nay. nay >> my top team this evening are columnist esther krakow. i've got conservative commentator albie amankona and journalist and political commentator jonathan. liz. oh, and can you work out what's happening here? mark steyn for palestine tv . get mark steyn for palestine tv. get ready britain. here we go .

you want to be in the army, but the story we're going to talk about is police passing on rayner houseetails to hmrc, not just the address, they can go and knock on the doom they can go and knock on the door, basically hmrc have been urged to say whether they will sanction angela rayner. so greater manchester police have concluded their investigation and have decided they'll be. they'll be taking no further action after the investigation into labour's deputy leader revealed that she's, a close friend of andy burnham who oversees greater manchester police. now, amid that bit up . police. now, amid that bit up. yeah, you know, i don't know if i was being investigated by the police, i'd want that police force to be overseen by my best friend. you know, it can't hurt. >> but i do feel we're lagging behind the americans in the lawfare , kind of scheme, aren't lawfare, kind of scheme, aren't we? >> you know what i mean, steve? there should be the. some of the tourists should be. yeah. this is this sexy? yeah yeah, it's £1,500 worth of tax kind of deals. >> like that. there was never there's

angela rayner�*s comments he agreed with.idates haven't been finalised. so at this point, he can say that. he hasn't endorsed her, though. he hasn't said that he thinks she should be able to stand if she wants to. he talks generally yesterday about wanting the highest possible quality of candidates to stand in the labour party. but if you think about it, labour candidates are the future of the labour pulmonary party. all i have heard from sir keir starmer is that the labour party has changed his city is unrecognisable from the party that fought the last election. so if you're thinking about the future of the labour party, where better to start in terms of their candidates? we know there have been many candidates are loyal to sir keir starmer and his vision for the labour party. they have been selected in quick succession. so it is a visible manifestation of what keir starmer is trying to convey to people, that the labour party has changed. i think diane abbott is a special case in terms of her standing within the labour party

that is what angela rayner has been saying. be back to here sir keir�*s speech but we already have a special live page “p we already have a special live page up and running on the bbc news website and that has some of the highlights from the speeches already given along with analysis from our team of experts, including chris mason who is in essex. you can find that on the bbc website. 0ron the 0r on the bbc news app. we will be back live as soon as sir keir takes to the stage for this breakfast. but first — junior doctors in england have entered mediation talks with the government — aimed at ending their long—running dispute over pay and conditions. there have been no formal discussions between the parties since negotiations collapsed in december. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! it's been a bitter and prolonged pay dispute with ten rounds of strikes by junior doctors. adding together all the walk—outs by health unions in england, more than 1.4 million hospital appointments

and by the way, angela rayner did mention my name to that group.ting is to see an attempt by the most mainstream media to close down this debate. we should be talking about this if we have a growing band of young muslim men and women, men mostly in this country, who despise everything we stand for, i think that is a problem , nigel. >> we've got to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed for your time this evening after what i know has been a very busy day. well, we still want reaction to our central question of tonight's show, which is will the immigration debate affect your vote? will it change who your vote? will it change who you for ? vote and please get in you for? vote and please get in touch with us as ever at gb views @gbnews .co.uk, and let's give you some of that feedback now , actually, rory says, as now, actually, rory says, as a labour member, i'm very confident in kieran yvette cooper smashing the gangs and bringing control to the border. do you agree with that? we'll hear more about that welcome back to farage with me. camill

so i think as we speak tonight, angela rayner is in the clear.l those weeks of speculating about whether she owed a small amount of tax in cgt, well, there you go. >> interesting times for sure christopher hope, thank you very much for that. now one of the stories that was dominating the headunes stories that was dominating the headlines today, this whole row about whether or not there should be vat applied to private schools or not, we've been going round in circles that debate for quite some time. but now apparently there's a new report out that says that actually, if vat is indeed applied to those private schools, we're going to see an exodus of about 40% of those pupils going into state school. long story short, that suggestion there is basically the maths, therefore don't add up and theatre . what do you make up and theatre. what do you make to this idea anyway of vat being appued to this idea anyway of vat being applied to private school fees? >> i think it's absolutely ridiculous that parents who send their children to private school are o

no paper. has caused more headaches for angela rayner— has caused more headaches for angela rayner and things that they have let — daily mail, the things that they have let on. to come out on this on the front— have let on. to come out on this on the front page on the first day of the front page on the first day of the election campaign. labour are going _ the election campaign. labour are going to _ the election campaign. labour are going to be celebrating and the tories — going to be celebrating and the tories are asking how they can run these _ tories are asking how they can run these front— tories are asking how they can run these front pages. is it tories are asking how they can run these front pages.— these front pages. is it true that labour are _ these front pages. is it true that labour are making _ these front pages. is it true that labour are making gains - these front pages. is it true that labour are making gains with i these front pages. is it true that| labour are making gains with the older voters too, which we have considered an axiom of british voting that they are go

changed his rayner, that he's changed his mind or clarified his position.shing keir starmer around under pressure. he's showing he's a weak leader who's losing control of the labour party . labour party. >> well, until literally the last few days, sir keir starmer has managed to keep a pretty tight lid on divisions within the labour party, hasn't he? we've got very used over the last months and couple of years really , to be busy talking all really, to be busy talking all the time about divisions within the time about divisions within the conservative party, the infighting there. but what this has done is really expose that there are still divisions within there are still divisions within the labour party. of course there are. he's kept a lid on it. but what's happened in the last few days with diane abbott and then also the suspension of corbynite , a lloyd corbynite, a lloyd russell—moyle, faiza shaheen, who was thought she was standing in chingford to challenge sir iain duncan smith and she was already out campaigning six weeks after having a baby. she h

angela rayner and keir l though. angela rayner and keir starmer where _ though.keir starmer where they're just - though. angela rayner and keir starmer where they're just a . though. angela rayner and keir - starmer where they're just a couple of days ago, and keir starmer says we need to win in places like harlow if we are to form... we need to win in places like harlow if we are to form. . ._ if we are to form... they are winning _ if we are to form... they are winning in — if we are to form... they are winning in hartlepool- if we are to form... they are winning in hartlepool and i if we are to form... they are - winning in hartlepool and thurrock, and that is spread across the country. you were a key player, andrea, in the brexit campaign, part of that, formulating an historic alliance with former labour hotlines like the ones i have mentioned, in the north—west and north—east, and parts of borisjohnson's cabinet. do you accept that alliance is broken? if you have lost councils in thurrock, hartlepool, yes, you won the by—election in 2021, it is gone. it's be

miss rayner has said she's confident the rules have been followed at all times .eanwhile, sir keir all times. meanwhile, sir keir starmer may be coming under renewed pressure over claims new labour mp natalie elphicke tried to lobby the justice secretary over her then husband sexual offences trial, her spokesperson says claims she asked sir robert buckland to influence charlie elphick's case in 2020 are nonsense. however, a number of labour mps have raised concerns about miss elphicke and her continued support for her ex—husband after his conviction for sexual assault , and sir keir for sexual assault, and sir keir starmer is now facing calls to investigate kate. the most recent allegations the uk says it would support palestine gaining full member status in the united nations when the time is right. the comments from the deputy foreign secretary, andrew mitchell, came as fierce fighting has taken place across much of the gaza strip today , much of the gaza strip today, with reports of renewed air strikes in the north as israeli forces try to prevent hamas from re

we cameron, or whether they want keir starmer and angela rayner.- starmer and angela rayner.for the eurovision song contest in sweden's third city, malmo. festivities kick—off this weekend. around 100,000 visitors are expected to visit the south—west coast for the world's largest live music event. security is being tightened with large demonstrations planned to coincide with the event. police and organisers say they're well—prepared. the annual pop concert this year is shrouded by complaints from some critics over israel's participation due to the conflict in gaza. let's speak now to pauljordan. he's an expert and media commentator on the eurovision song contest. he's also known as dr eurovision, due to his phd in the contest. thanks very much for being with us. so one week to go, what can we expect this time around?- expect this time around? good afternoon. _ expect this time around? good afternoon. i — expect this time around? good afternoon, i think— expect this time around? good afternoon, i think we _ expect this time around? good afternoon, i think we can i expect this

she's beenin the return of angela rayner. latest episode of newscast and it is on bbc sounds. —— what we'll be hearing. plenty more here in the coming minutes but let's turn to some of the really important stories of the day because a nine—year—old girl is in a critical consists tagamet condition after a shooting in northeast london —— critical condition. there been speaking to the the last few hours. it saddens me deeply to say about him at 920 last night, on kingsland high street in hackney, three men and a nine—year—old girl were shocked when a firearm was discharged from a motorbike. i know the local people will be extremely concerned by this incident and we share that concern. an urgent investigation is been launched identify and apprehend those responsible. three men, aged 26, 37 and 42 were sitting outside of a restaurant were ta ken to and 42 were sitting outside of a restaurant were taken to hospital for treatment for gunshot wounds. their conditions are stable but when potentially face life—changing injuries. in nin

angela rayner what was that whole spiel that angela rayner said?gynistic, banana republic etonian and what was it, racist scum? this is ? if it, racist scum? this is? if i use that language on my twitter feed about anyone, i would be fired. i think i'd be fired, wouldn't you? >> you know they wouldn't be cancelled. >> yeah , they'd be talking to me >> yeah, they'd be talking to me seriously about those sort of wordings. i don't get why these labour mps in particular are just getting away with anything. i think one day. >> angela rayner sorry james, i think, i think angela rayner was severely criticised and i think was quite chastened, and she will not be repeating that again. that's for sure. i think that was very ill judged remark and i pretty sure that she deeply regrets it now, but it will obviously be be brought up again, no doubt, during the election campaign. i dare say it's not. it's not the type of language that we want to see in our political debate . our political debate. >> but that's only because they got caught out there. that's becaus

anas sarwar, standing beside you, says he agrees with angela rayner.you agree with them or are you sticking to the line that no decision has been taken? well, no decision has been taken, so that's the factual position. no decision to bar diane. this afternoon, that changed. she's free to go forward as a labour candidate. the whip is back with her. it's been restored. senior labour insiders concede this week's events have been a distraction. chanting: we stand with diane! including wednesday's rally on diane abbott's home turf of hackney. theyjust want me excluded from parliament. tonight, the veteran left—winger has told me whilst keir starmer�*s intervention is "positive", she doesn't want to speak on camera until after her candidacy is rubber—stamped next week. and we still don't know if she'll definitely stand. it just reconfirms what we know about keir starmer, and that's. that he constantly changes his mind. and it's clear that angela rayner's in charge of his party and not him. in hackney north, this row has left some voters unhappy. as the first

and then, angela rayner complained. anas sarwar complained.s that that softened sir keir starmer, since he's done another u—turn . since he's done another u—turn. i put it to you. if sir keir starmer can't stand up to angela raynen starmer can't stand up to angela rayner, diane abbott, anas sarwar and the union chiefs how on earth can he be expected to stand up to vladimir putin or kim jong un? >> right? well, that's a nice tory line that you've got, martin. >> let's get the facts right. >> let's get the facts right. >> no, it's a it's a serious question. >> i am i am being really serious and i just don't think you are. >> let's get the facts right. >> let's get the facts right. >> diane abbott apologised as soon as there was a fuss about that letter. right. she then did. and there was then an investigation into it. she was asked to do a two hour anti—semitism training course. she did that and from then on, well, that's fine if you're not allowed in two hours, you're suddenly not anti—semitic . i suddenly not anti—semitic. i don't think i do n

and now, angela rayner has stood up and taken down abbott's side. abbott, angela rayner has said, well, she's cracked the whip and keir starmer is cowering in the corner . and the interesting corner. and the interesting thing is, though, he's managed to block everybody else. he can't do this to angela rayner because as deputy she is voted by the members so much as he would love to sideline her as he's done. he can't. and so we've now set up, i think we have just given what we are going to be seeing in the next four years. >> that's the fear. the conservatives, john, are running today with the attack line that this is angela rayners labour party, not really keir starmer. she's the one calling the shots. that's what the tories are going at now offers. >> no. well they're right to do that. i mean it's you won't get the labour party to exist without there being a left and right. i mean, that is just so much in the dna of the labour party. you're not going to eradicate that, however hard you might be. it's a question of how strong are the left, how stron

the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said ms rayner had been vindicated.rshire earlier, rishi sunak said pensioners would be better off to the sum of nearly £100 in the next financial year. what i believe is that if you work hard all your life, you should have dignity in retirement. that�*s why we�*ve protected the trip lock, which is going up by £900 this year for pensioners, but what we�*ve announced today is the rrr plus. we will increase the personal allowance for pensioners delivering a tax cut for millions of pensioners, demonstrated our commitment to deliver a secure future. the labour party oppose that policy which means they will be paying tax under a future labour government, not the clear choice on offer at this election. stick with us and our plan that is worth thing. —— working. notjust to cut plan that is worth thing. —— working. not just to cut taxes, but to protect the triple lock and deliver new tax cuts for millions liberal democrats leader ed davey was campaigning in windemere today. he fell off a few times from the paddleboard — some we

anyway, the point is, this kind of rayner versus, reeves. reeves wants to be more responsible.d, you know , she's the new and, you know, she's the new thatcher, whereas rayner wants to keep the core of this mad lefty union stuff. that was my take on it . take on it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the, the and they've given it a rubbish name as well . a new a rubbish name as well. a new deal for working people has become labour's plan to make work pay. it's just sort of ridiculous really on the nose. >> just, just call it give people money. >> yeah. it's very starmer. this is labour's plan to give you money in your pocket if you want. as long as you work you might get more money. >> yeah. but that's the thing. if you work you'll get paid. so why do they even have to set it up as a thing? >> i but the thing that some of these things seem sensible to me, this thing about unfair dismissal, and sick pay. but in terms of day one rights. but they've dropped the maternity paternity leave. and i think that as we have talked a few times on the show about the looming , times on the show about the l

in the statement, greater manchester police said any allegations that rayner should have paid capitalnot be taking the matter any further. here's our political correspondentjoe pike. i don't know if you got response to that today, but positive news for angela rayner, that that investigation has gone away. tim, can you hear me?— investigation has gone away. tim, can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is— can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something _ can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i _ can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i think- can you hear me? yes, absolutely. i mean this is something i think that l mean this is something i think that labour —— at labour are going to drawa labour —— at labour are going to draw a huge sigh over. it's not something that rishi sunak has raised about, it's interesting to note how he reacts to this news in the coming days and it does reflect the coming days and it does reflect the fact, doesn't it, that already and this is an overlap from the pre—election period, already that kind of

angela rayner says you will. angela rayner says you will. six union bosses say she will. weak leadership here? >> i think what he's doing is following due process. so there has been a disciplinary process that's now concluded. diane has the whip back, he said there is no decision to bar diane abbott, but there is. it's for the nec to make the decision on who our candidates are . and of course, candidates are. and of course, there's no decision from the nec yet on my part. i have agreed with angela rayner to say that diane is a trailblazer in the labour party, someone with a proud history of delivery, both for our party and her local community, and someone who made history by being elected as the first woman, first black woman mp, which is , of course, making mp, which is, of course, making history in itself. so what we're focused on what's really on offer here, which is the choice and the change, and let's deliver that change by getting rid of this rotten tory government and by voting scottish labour in this election on the 4th of july. >> anas sarwar joana jarjue gb news

i rayner's maximum tax evasion.sed was 3500 van—tam. >> he did not mention her tax affairs anywhere in his book. he did not. >> he mentioned he he mentioned the electoral issue directly. >> that's what he said. >> that's what he said. >> so let's just let's talk . >> so let's just let's talk. he's a tory donor. he's a not for not for 15 years. and was a was a deputy, a deputy chair of the party written this book accused of using tax havens. currently current tory tory donor the bamfords accused of avoiding 500 million. and these are just accusations 500 million robert jenrick admit fitted to a parliamentary committee that while in government, he helped a tory donor avoid 45 million worth of tax. now the fact that the government has sort of come down so hard and made so much hay over angela rayner , while at hay over angela rayner, while at the same time not just taking money from tax people accused of avoiding tax, but actually facilitating avoiding tax itself is, i just think, stunning hypocrisy. >> okay, we've got

angela rayner is newsroom.ngela rayner is expected to be interviewed under caution as part of a council tax investigation. the deputy labour leader is understood to have been contacted by manchester police concerning the sale of her house in 2015, amid claims she might not have paid the right amount of tax and that she may have made a false declaration about her primary residence on the electoral register. reports in a number of newspapers say she'll be invited to attend a police station voluntarily, rather than being arrested . ms rayner has said arrested. ms rayner has said she's confident the rules have been followed at all times. the uk says it would support palestine gaining full member status in the united nations when the time is right. the comments by the deputy foreign secretary come as israel has launched fresh attacks on northern gaza in an effort to prevent hamas from regrouping. it's three months since the idf claimed it had taken control of the area. meanwhile, tens of thousands of palestinians co

oh >> well, we've got angela rayner. yeah.e of the, of what happened on october the 7th. >> you know what he actually said. he says we all know october 7th happened and the hamas thing. hamas thing. yeah. >> it's so insulting. he says he's going to speak out about this. >> he says this is look which part of impartiality does gary lineker not understand ? has he lineker not understand? has he looked at his payslip recently? he's paid by the bbc. he needs. that's actually yeah by us which is by the bbc. although someone will say he's not paid by the part of the taxpayer. i don't care, he's paid by the bbc, which is our money, and he doesn't understand clear breach of impartiality. again gary lineker getting bit and they must be scared of him. >> yeah i don't know why. i mean , i think it's just if i was running to be. absolutely. if i was running the bbc, no person is bigger than the organisation. and the problem is they've made him they've allowed him free rein using the excuse that he's a freelancer, that he's not on the staff

have, at leadership level — by which we mean keir starmer, because of course we heard what angela raynerrday, the deputy leader, where she said that she'd like diane abbott to be able to stand — keir starmer has indicated that that is now his view and that the party's national executive committee will not stand in the way of diane abbott being the labour candidate in that part of east london that she has represented for so, so long. and of course there'll be a full list of candidates, in the fullness of time, for that seat in hackney on the bbc website. so it would appear, as we record atjust gone 2pm on friday afternoon, that labourafter, i mean, how long has it been, quite a while — a wall of noise and public disagreement and awkwardness — have managed to shuffle their way to a solution where they will hope in keir starmer�*s office that this means the whole thing can die down, because it was becoming yet another kind of cause celebre for the left... is that how you say that word? i don't know. yeah. i should stick with english. is that the first time you've ever said it? ithink... i'v

angela rayner has a majority of just around 4000 or so.what angela rhiannon was there saying, i think was something that the labour party has been trying to get across, which is that actually, you know, may have come late to a ceasefire, but we will support it within parliament. and i think it really shows the concern that labour has around traditional labour has around traditional labour voters who are muslim, who might have deserted the party post 7th of october. yeah. >> i wonder, though, carol, when you look at that, whether or not that's a little indication of what we might get under labour, which is, you know, the total appeasement of the quote unquote muslim vote. >> well, you know, angela rayner is all self—interest here because george galloway said he was going to put a candidate up against her that he had he had a candidate ready to go against her. so in her case, it's self—preservation. but, you know, you can't. we can't pretend, you know, ben alluded to that. we can't pretend there isn't a problem in this country with a sizeabl