the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, says membership of the customs union should be one of theent's negotiating team. mr starmer criticised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has only alienated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent susan mendonca and asked her if mr hammond's comments today opens up a division within the conservative government on how to negotiate brexit. we have heard time and again theresa may talking about no deal being better than a bad deal and here we have the chancellor talking about how a no deal would be a bad outcome for britain. that is not what we hear from for britain. that is not what we hearfrom some of for britain. that is not what we hear from some of the other members of

the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, says membership of the customs union should be one of thecised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. i think the prime minister has got us i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has only dated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. let‘s talk to our political correspondent susana mendonsa, whojoins me live now from wesminster. intriguing cracks appearing to be visible in government position, makes it hard for david davis and his team when they go off for the talks tomorrow if not everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. certainly. we have heard time and again theresa may talking about no deal being better than a bad deal and here we have the chancellor saying no deal would be a bad outcome for britain. that is not what we hear from some of the other memb

the shadow brexit secretary, labour's sir keir starmer, says membership of the customs union should bem. sir keir criticised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and the negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. well our political correspondent susana mendonca has been following today's political developments and earlier i asked her what this meant for the brexit secretrary david davis, as he heads off to meet eu negotiators. i think what it shows is that the government is not singing from the same hymn sheet. we have had theresa may has say time and again that no deal is better than a bad deal. now the chancellor, philip hammond, says that no deal would be a very bad outcome. he is clearly of a different opinion, he says there needs to be a transitional st

keir starmer try to give some kind of clarity on that, talking about what labour would want would bel that would mean we still had the kind of access that we currently have, but not formally inside the actual single market. he was very clear that he thinks that, considering the election we have just had, and the situation the government is in at the moment, and the approach it has taken with the eu, he thinks it has been quite negative, and that means britain sta rts negative, and that means britain starts easily go she asians on the back foot. i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here, and she has got no authority abroad and she has got no authority abroad and the negotiations start tomorrow. her approach so far has alienated oui’ her approach so far has alienated our allies, weakened our position in the eu, and it has got us into the worst possible starting position. that was keir starmer‘s view on the brexit negotiations. of course, we have had that general election, it is the first and we have heard from philip hammond. of course, you

joining me is labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer.or being with us. first of all, jeremy corbyn today said that the conservatives believe no deal is better than a bad deal, and that's wrong. does that suggest you lot would be willing to settle for a bad deal? not at all. i am confident that if labour is elected into power next week, we would negotiate a good dealfor britain. we next week, we would negotiate a good deal for britain. we would next week, we would negotiate a good dealfor britain. we would do next week, we would negotiate a good deal for britain. we would do that by resetting the tone, abandoning the belligerent extremist approach, sitting down, as you would in the 21st—century, to professionally negotiate a new relationship with the eu, not membership of course, but partnership. i'm absolutely confident we can achieve that. isn't it much more about more than tone. eu says there won't be no access to the single market unless there is free movement of people. labour have made it clear that you are willing to get rid of the

kia starmer, barry gardiner and emily thornberry. -- kier starmer.liam fox. no, no. i don‘t do personal attacks. so let me just say that in labour‘s brexit team there is nobody who has fibbed to the british people about spending annex of 350 million about spending annex of 350 million a week on the nhs because of brexit. —— an extra 350 million. and nobody who has promised to use brexit to slash workers‘ rights or tax for corporations in continental race to the bottom, are peddled illusions about the difficulties ahead. we in understand that getting the right deal, one that secures our country‘s future for the long term, will be challenging. a matter of serious planning and negotiation, not hectoring and threats. labour is ready, ready to deliver a deal that gives british business and british society the chance to thrive in a post—brexit world. a deal that will allow us to upgrade our economy through public investment in infrastructure and high skilled jobs. a deal that will make britain a centre for science, technology and research, attracting the b

but he does have had good people on his team, such as starmer, a professional man who knows about the. but i think we are in such a different political landscape, this man was written off even two weeks ago and we're not talking that any more about him. but he isa talking that any more about him. but he is a politician and politicians like power. the guardian. donald trump delaying his state visit over protest fears. downing street said it still going ahead but mr trump wa nts it still going ahead but mr trump wants us to like him. he does not wa nt wants us to like him. he does not want people protesting so we must not go on protest. would you? of course i will be. i have special protest shoes that i where! —— that i wear. why shouldn't he have a state visit? here's the elected head of one of our biggest allies. yes. but the majority of the people in this country do not want this to happen. we live in a democracy where the will of the people matters and i think it will come from quite visit that if he wants to sit in a golden carriage! you remember the chinese visit when prince charl

labour's keir starmer tells us what brexit he wants and his alternative to free movement of people.s more news. i've learned more details today on the turmoil inside number 10. and... we are on standby for a major incident. there is a major police operation now under way. as terror strikes again, we see how it was dealt with by behind—the—scenes ina was dealt with by behind—the—scenes in a hospital coping with the aftermath of the westminster bridge attack in march. another attack so similar to what we have seen, this one used a vehicle asa have seen, this one used a vehicle as a weapon but this time the vehicles weren't random, selected for their religion. the police, prime minister and mayor of london have gone out of their way to make clear they draw those restriction between the atrocities of islamist mad men and eight case like this, it wasn't just a hate mad men and eight case like this, it wasn'tjust a hate crime, it was also terrorism —— draw no restriction. it came after midnight in the mixed area of finsbury park ata time in the mixed area of finsbury park at a time when r

keir starmer, thank you very much. thank you.saying. day one of the negotiation is done. let's take stock with our political editor, nick watt. everybody is asking, is theresa may's weakened position going to affect this, is she even going to make the running for the 18 months of negotiation. what's the thinking? the numbers in parliament have moved in a mildly soft brexit direction. the prime minister is weakened after that general election result. i have to say, i do not detect a love for theresa may in the tory party. cabinet ministers are saying they think she's had a loss of nerve over the election setback and also over her response to the tower fire. one cabinet minister, who's a loyalist said to me, "she can stay, if she wants to." i sense that some grandees are warming up to say to theresa may, have your queen's speech on wednesday, get the vote through next week, then maybe you should think about going, because if you don't, you will face a veil of tears although it is important to say that the leading brexiteers are det

the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer said the government had swept options off the table, beforetions had even started. the leader of the dup, arlene foster will meet with the prime minister tomorrow, to finalise the agreement between the two parties to allow the tories to form a government. the leader of the democratic unionists said the talks were a tremendous opportunity for northern ireland, rejecting claims from sinn fein that any deal would undermine a return to power—sharing arrangements in stormont. the band plays on. in theresa may's backyard. strangely, business as usual at the back gates. hello, chief whip. can the prime minister stay on, do you think? does she have the confidence of her party? of course she has. but at the front, event at number ten are less regimented. do you have confidence in theresa may's leadership, secretary of state? do you have confidence in the prime minister, do you think she can survive this? do you have confidence in the prime minister? arriving for the first cabinet since the election, not all ministers are ready publicly to say yes. do y

keir starmer, thank you for your time. time for a look at the weather.his was the scene from one weather watcher in county down one weather watcher in county down on the coast. some cloud around but plenty of sunshine. yesterday we saw temperatures as high as 32 degrees in parts of the south—east. today could be a degree or so warmer. always fresher in the north. a weak cold front shifting slowly across the south across scotland and northern ireland. that will produce fresher conditions in the far north. further south we have almost wall to wall sunshine, hot and dry across much of england and wales. one or two showers potentially cropping up late this afternoon through the east midlands and east anglia. the vast majority of us will avoid any showers with highs of 31 or perhaps 32 towards the south—east. 22—29 across england and wales. fresher as we work across scotland and northern ireland with the odd shower possible. temperatures around 19 or 20, fresher in the far north of scotland. moving through this evening and overnight, showers fade away so thin

starmer was that we are energized enough. i think he is saying -- from mr. stiver was that we are energized enough. they have candidates like survive,ssa who did after a difficult election, by only about 6400 votes. it will be interesting to see how some of these folks, who may be did not have or have not recentough races in years, people like the appropriations chairman from new jersey, who has coasted election after election. these will be people who are likely going to face a strong challenger for the first time in many many cycles. that is where democrats think they have a real pickup opportunity and a shot to take back the house. along those lines, it is interesting to hear what onirman stivers is focused right now. he is focused on fundraising, trying to find candidates to run in those democratic held districts, and he also talked about donald trump winning some districts in 2016 that republicans didn't. basically not trying to worry too much about the overall feeling of the environment, because that is an best there was not much an individual member o

keir starmer, your european spokesman said it was a open question to let you stay inside the common marketdamentally, it is this protecting jobs and remaining. in britain. could you stay inside the single market? that isa stay inside the single market? that is a requirement of the eu membership and since we aren't eu membership and since we aren't eu members we would have to make an arrangement. we are leaving the eu you are where? yes. we want a tariff free access to the european market, and to maintain a very important university and research collaboration. there is a whole host of european agencies, security and environment, which we are part. we will absolutely remain part of the european convention on human rights and the european court on human rights. we are not walking away from those vital post—war agreements that we re those vital post—war agreements that were made. as we've been hearing, there has been speculation among conservatives about the prime minister's future. earlier today, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to the former conservative party leader lord howard. he said he

from brussels, we are delighted to welcome keir starmer.r giving us a little bit of your time. what do you make of the single market? is single market membership completely off the table and can we only have access at this point? [no audio] francine: i think we have had a little bit of technical difficulties. we were trying to understand, tom, after that opinion piece which was one of the main focal point of this tension between the labour party and the conservative party is exactly what they would do if they were in charge. we will get back to keir starmer in brussels. i want to get back to something me. really struck you were talking about the fact there is wishful thinking about how we deal with brexit. what role does the labour party half? ,hey don't have the majority but they did much better than expected. is it kind of checks and balances on the conservatives or at some point can they come into power? richard: if there is any kind of sharing it has to be a check and balance. the conservative party approach believes in free markets and

kia starmer, europe european spokesman, said —— your european spokesman, said —— your european spokesmans union? the single market is a requirement of eu membership, and since we won't be members, there will have to be an arrangement made. we are leaving? absolutely. we want tariff free access to the european market. we also want to maintain very important university and research collaborations. there is a host of european agencies we wish to be part of. we will absolutely remain part of the european convention of human rights and the european court of human rights. we are not walking away from those vital post—war agreements that were made. do you intend to support the government's so—called great repeal bill? i suspect it has probably now become history. i suspect we will have something different coming in a couple of weeks. we will put for the position where we negotiate tariff free access. you could come close to dominating the house of commons in numbers as well if you could persuade sinn fein to take their seats. has it crossed your mind? persuade sinn fein to take their seats. has

jeremy corbyn, notjeremy corbyn, keir starmer, was talking about the situation we are in.iations, and he feels that the prime minister has got us into a situation where we are going in on the back foot. the prime minister has got us into a mess. she has no mandate here and no authority abroad, and negotiations start tomorrow. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, weakened our position with the eu, and got us into the worst possible starting position. these brexit negotiations were supposed to be happening after what theresa may thought would be a great election victory in the election last week. she now has a minority government. we heard from philip hammond, the chancellor, who we didn't see much of during the election. today, he certainly said that it was not the role he wanted to have. he wanted to be out there talking about britain's economy. he said that if the conservatives had spent the time talking about the positive things they had done for the economy, the outcome might have been different. many thanks. a fall in the number of people who own the

keir starmer said that membership of the customs union should be one of the options considered by thee criticised the prime minister said leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. the prime minister has got us into a mess. she has no mandate here and no authority abroad, and negotiations start tomorrow. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, weakened our position with the eu, and got us into the worst possible starting position. french voters go to the polls today for the second round of the country's parliamentary elections. president macron‘s en marche party is predicted to win up to 80% of seats, as our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports. president macron is within an ace of pulling off the second part of his quiet revolution. if all goes as expected, he is about to secure the biggest makeover in decades in france's parliament, the national assembly. it's notjust that his en marche! party looks set for a crushing majority, the actual candidates are very different from what went before. half are totally new to politics. half a

keir starmer said it was an open question as to whether you would stay inside the single market and theve a clear position on that? it is all about protecting jobs and industry in britain and maintaining that trading relationship. my question has come you stay inside the single market and the customs union? the single market is a requirement of eu membership but since we have no more membership but since we have no more membership they will have to be changes. but to be clear, that you are clear that we are leaving the eu? yes, we need a tariff free access to the eu and we need important university and research collaboration in europe and there is a whole host of european agencies in which he doesn't want to be part of. we will absolutely remain part of the european convention onjune and the european convention onjune and the european convention onjune and the european court of human rights, we are not walking away from those vital post—war agreements that were made. jeremy corbyn speaking to andrew marr. a short time ago i spoke to the former conservative party leader lord howard. he s

keir starmer is one of the leading lawyers of this country.than some other people who are undertaking those negotiations. plagues plus 0n question time last night your international trade secretary said that britain would absolutely, absolutely, was his autonomy would be poorer after leaving the eu, do agree with that? i don't necessarily think we would be poorer. i hope that we will retrain as i said, the trade access. i hope also we will have a labour government that will be investing in a growing economy in this country and challenging the terrible levels of inequalities that exist in this country at the same time. you, sir. david cameron went to the eu and asked for a few concessions, he got nothing because they knew that it would stay — he would want to stay in the eu. if the eu understands your position, that no deal is a bad deal, then you've got no chance. applause i've made it very clear we accept the results of the referendum. i think it's important to go from that point. i've made the point also about the need for trade access to th

market, so out of the single market, out of the customs union and controlling our borders but keir starmerill have to make up their mind what they will do. i would to make up their mind what they will do. iwould highly to make up their mind what they will do. i would highly advise them, not that they want my advice, to put the national interest ahead and deliver a good brexit, which theresa may is 110w a good brexit, which theresa may is now determined to do, she said she called the election and took full responsibility and now has to deliver a good brexit. can i underline a point you made there because i think it's being lost and politicians and the media are to blame, can we be clear that both parties will have to leave the single market? it does seem, as you said, if labourare single market? it does seem, as you said, if labour are suggesting we can stay in it somehow, we are talking about access to the single market, not staying in it. that's right and it's worth many of your collea g u es right and it's worth many of your colleagues asking that question of the labour party because if

and even keir starmer said this is not hard brexit. services where we start.he area of argument will be about what happens when we don't get a deal. under those circumstances we have to be willing to walk away. it is not the central aim, it is simply what we do if it does not work out. what we do if it does not work out. what we will be doing, as i have through the last ten months, is listening to all contributors and saying if you have better ideas, tell me. for those of you thinking last thursday feels weeks ago and have been hiding under the duvet sets, this monday morning reality kicks in. let's bring you up—to—date with where we are with westminster politics. back at the heart of government, michael gove's last regular appearances on the street were before theresa may became pm. she sacked her old opponent after the bruising eu referendum campaign. he will now sit alongside boris johnson. the two men spectacularly fell out over the tory leadership contest last yea r. fell out over the tory leadership contest last year. the foreign secretary has denied hav

that staying in the customs union is going to be a very important part of that and indeed, sir keir starmersame long—term arrangement remains to be seen, but to have something that allows for frictionless or impediment free trade to make sure that there isn't this workload of paperwork that's going to be a cost to us as well, to make sure that businesses can plan for how they're going to be trading, how people are going to be trading, how people are going to be working, where they're going to be working, where they're going to be employed. those are all fundamentals that need to be addressed as a matter of urgency. but today's move by the chancellor, one that puts him at odds with the prime minister and others in his cabinet, has been an important step forward and indeed line with the recommendations that the select committee made. thank you. a teenage boy has drowned in a reservoir in rochdale in greater manchester. he was reportedly swimming with friends at the greenbooth reservoir at around six o'clock last night. a police spokesman said there are not thought to be any suspicious circums

we'll have the latest from the campaigns, and speak to labour's keir starmer.

and keir starmer, his shadow brexit secretary, has to whether they are going to deliver what they saidesto which is, we come out of the single market membership but we get the best access to the single market and that we control our borders. in the campaign they were saying one thing to the audiences but then saying something different to others who, they thought, you know, may be softer on wanting to leave the eu and deliver on the referendum outcome of last year. if they make that decision in the national interest, we could end up in a good place for this country, good for business and for citizens of the uk, as well as for the europeans who work and pay taxes in the uk. thank you very much. the brexit secretary, david davis, has insisted that talks on leaving the european union will begin next week despite the uncertainty surrounding theresa may's government. it comes as meps and european commissioners head for meetings at the eu parliament in strasbourg to discuss the way forward. a warning that this report from our political correspondent eleanor garnier contains some flash photog

keir starmer said thatis party was divided.and therefore we represent written. laughter —— represent britain. laughter -- represent britain. we are expecting the prime minister to emerge at 1230 to go from downing street over to buckingham palace. we can go to downing street. we can get the latest on what is being said behind—the—scenes over the prime minister‘s position. behind—the—scenes over the prime minister's position. before i tell you that, i must remind you that exactly this time in 2015, we were talking about nigel farage being the vicky pollard of resignations, yeah, but no, but it sounds like we might get another year. enough of my bad metaphor. talking to tories outside, privately, from outside downing street this morning, it seems that theresa may has shored up her position at least for now. so what seemed a couple of hours ago very very uncertain, would she be able to get through the day? it seems now the sentiment of the horror of the prospect of another election seems to have allowed the party has settled its c

keir starmer said he could see britain staying part of the customs union.g part of the customs union is a protectionist racket which puts prices up and stops us dealing with the us and china. we have a trade deficit with the eu, a trade surplus with the rest of the world. we need to help develop countries, being more sustainable with trade. the customs union punishing developing countries who wa nt punishing developing countries who want to trade into the eu customs. how much trade do you believe there is? we are buying more than we sell from the eu and have a deficit of £71 billion. contrast that with the re st of £71 billion. contrast that with the rest of the world where we are selling more than we buy. the potential market for britain for our manufacturers, financial services, it's with the rest of the world... joanna, the answer to your question is this — the eu is our biggest customer so all the new economies, merging economies we want to get on to, we want to sell more into them, but they do not compare to the amount of trade we do with the people in

i have every confidence injeremy corbyn and keir starmer leading our negotiations with the european unions our european partners, which is not serving as well as a nation. thank you forjoining us on breakfast. good morning carol. we are in camberley street natural park. we are in the centre of london, just a stone's throw from king's cross and saint pancras station. lovely day in london at the moment. if you are just stepping out and you have an allergy to grass pollen, the levels are high across most of england and wales except northern england and wales except northern england where they are moderate and they are low across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will continue to rise quickly. the mist and fog we have will live by eight or nine and there will be a fair bit of sunshine. exception is in the west where we have a band of rain and it will be heavy crossing northern ireland and it will make its way into western scotland. by 4pm this afternoon we will have the rain ensconced across western scotla nd rain ensconced across western scotland moving through central part as well

keir starmer was re—elected by the way. here is the plymouth sutton. oliver newton colville 17806.iel michael sheath, the green party, 540. the number of rejected ballot papers was 83. and i therefore declare... labour oust the conservative from plymouth sutton and devon port seat. david owen had it, alan clarke, it has been liberal, it has been labour, now it is back in labour's hand. the conservatives took it in 2000 so, so the second time round he has taken it. we arejoining i hope ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservative party. you are looking very cheerful if i might say so, no surprise there, in view of the results you have had. what do you make of, well let us deal with scotla nd make of, well let us deal with scotland first of all, the inroads in scotland. this is a historic night for the scottish conservatives, we haven't taken multiple seats here for 20 year, the first election i voted in was in 1987. i had to watch the results as a student union that had been hired out because i didn't own a telly. i had to watch every conservative seat fall surrounded by 2