shadow cabinet after promising to bring change to the party. the spanish prime minister sends thousands more troops and police officers to valencia as many remain candidates race across the key swing states as the campaign reaches its final days. in sport, it's heartbreak for england as a failed drop goal attempt from george ford means they're edged out by new zealand at twickenham. and good morning. it's another largely dry and mild and rather cloudy day out there. there will be some glimpses of sunshine around. i will bring you all of the details, coming up shortly. it's sunday the 3rd of november. our main story: the new conservative leader kemi badenoch has promised to win back voters and renew the party after securing an historic victory in the leadership contest. the 43—year—old former business secretary, who becomes the first black woman to lead a major uk party, beat the former immigration minister robertjenrick by 12,000 votes and will now begin forming her shadow cabinet. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports.

angela rayner was asked by shadow cabinet office minister alex burghart whether she would commit to thoseolicies. mr burghart also branded high tax and high inflation as starmer ism, as he criticised the government's approach to farmers. >> we've committed £5 billion to the farming budget over the next two years. >> that's a largest ever amount for sustainable food production in the uk, and it's alongside £60 million, mr speaker, to support those affected by extreme wet weather and over £200 million to tackle disease outbreaks. >> his party could not even get the money out the door for farmers failing to spend over £300 million on farming budgets, perhaps the right honourable lady thinks that everyone came to london yesterday to thank the government. >> let's look at the facts. a typical mid—sized 368 360 acre family farm in the constituency of my right hon. friend for thirsk and malton. they've spoken to their accountant. their new liability because of this government is half £1 million. that's 12 years worth of profit. when this generation passes away, that farm will become totally unvi

shadow cabinet office minister alex burghart has tonight demanded the pm come clean about when he firstrned of haig's historic conviction for fraud , and he conviction for fraud, and he accused sir keir of ignoring labour's own promise of running a squeaky clean government full of ethics and transparency. louise haigh admitted she reported her work phone stolen in 2013. only later to find it at home, and she described this as a genuine mistake and said she pled guilty to fraud in 2014 on the advice of her solicitor. and she claims starmer was made aware of her conviction when she was given a job on the opposition frontbench. here's what the pm needs to answer tonight, or at least over the weekend. is miss haigh correct when she says the pm knew all along and if so, if he didn't see louise hague's conviction as a disqualifying factor before her appointment to the cabinet in july, why has it suddenly become one today? this is important because in 2022, keir starmer himself told the commons that boris johnson couldn't possibly be a lawmaker and a law breaker and he had to go. >> the value

. >> despite this, shadow cabinet office minister alex burghart was critical of the government's approach telling the house it's obvious that labour had got it wrong. >> perhaps the right hon. lady thinks that everyone came to london yesterday to thank the government. it's clear the government. it's clear the government hasn't got its facts right. the central association for agricultural valuers , the for agricultural valuers, the real experts in this field, say so.the real experts in this field, say so. the nfu says so. they are shortly to publish a report showing that 75% of all commercial farms will fall above the threshold . the threshold. >> and finally, snow will continue to fall over the weekend. the met office has said between 2 and 5cm is expected widely over the coming days . widely over the coming days. whilst it could reach ten centimetres in some parts of the north—west mainland, with higher ground potentially even seeing up to 15 to 20cm. meanwhile , up to 15 to 20cm. meanwhile, over the weekend, heavy snow is expected on saturday, followed by a rapid thaw and rain on saturd

office previous prime ministers when the conservatives were in government. across the board it is not necessarily particularly conciliatory or unifying set of appointments, there are only three mps in the shadow cabinet robert jenrick. i sense some disappointment from some of right—wing conservatives mps i have spoken to although i am sure the impulse towards unity for now we'll win the day. and just worth a quick note on who is not in the shadow cabinet. rishi sunak, jeremy hunt, oliver dowden were some big names who had set in advance they did not want to serve and former leadership rival james cleverly. another leadership rival, tom tugendhat, is not there. it sounds like he was offered a job but would rather go to the backbenches. the time is almost 1:20. our top story this afternoon... america decides. after one of the most extraordinary campaigns in recent memory, election day voting is now underway to choose the next president of the united states. prince william told young conservationists in south africa they are the future ahead of tomorrow's earthshot prize, which celebrates the work of environmentalists. coming up on bbc news: xabi alonso says he will focus on the game and not the emotion