but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner.ning listening to them, talking to them about their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer, and awful in our society and has to be eradicated wherever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view. because if you want to lead, you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event,

john pienaar reporting from swindon on some of the issues concerning voters.r website, bbc. co. uk/election2018. the duke and duchess of cambridge's their top is louis arthur charles. here is our royal coloured, correspondence. “— here is our royal coloured, correspondence. —— royal correspondent. it's taken four days, twice the time it took to decide the names of george and charlie, but finally the damage baby has a new name, louis. —— george and charlotte. it is a departure from the anglo—saxon names the royals normally choose for something which is french and german in origin. so what is going on? is this a subtle message of solidarity with europe? or is it simply that william and catherine liked the name? the evidence suggests the latter. after william's birth in 1982 he was named by his parents, william arthur philip louis. it was a tribute by prince charles to his beloved great—uncle, lord louis. earl who had been murdered by the ira three years before william's birth. so the name has threaded its way through the generations. now, with the arrival of the

we have children's centres in swindon, these are being closed and ours is being closed.at a time when they are very vulnerable and they need support. let's just look at the nationalfigures. the government put in an extra £1.3 billion last year. but with pay rises and inflation, that really just amounted to a cash freeze. and now, an education body is saying we need another £2 billionjust to keep up with pupil numbers and rising costs. we are gathering messages to parties, to voters to anyone who'll listen, tell us yours? i'm proud of the results our children get in this school and the teachers are doing a fabulousjob. however, i'm going to lose teachers with the financial squeeze and now the local authority needs to step up so that we get improved services to schools and that we don't have to use our teachers as social workers. the election is also about who can best manage tight budgets and convince parents who are feeling the pinch. my main concern is the contributions that are required within schools. you know, these children need these school trips but the money isju

conservative—run swindon is one local authority facing the polls. the mood amongst voters. your turn, will you try for me? whichever way you read it... much better... ...just giving our children a decent education is costing more and getting harder. this school gets high marks from inspectors, but it's also in one of the country's poorest areas and on top of a tight school budget, it's feeling the squeeze on local council social services and childcare. though this school gets great results, those results are now in jeopardy, because we are not able to put all our teachers into teaching time, we have to provide a great deal of time to support social work. we have children's centres in swindon, these are being closed and ours is being closed. that means we're not intervening with young children at a time when they are very vulnerable and they need support. let's just look at the nationalfigures. the government put in an extra £1.3 billion last year. but with pay rises and inflation, that really just amounted to a cash freeze. and now, an education bod

from the other side, not all hope is lost with the labour party as only last week the north swindone voter id scheme for the selection of my latest parliamentary opponent. mr speaker, i think it is a lesson in doing what you say and saying what you do. chloe smith. now, the outsourcing company capita has come in for strong criticism during defence questions. the firm has a contract for army recruitment. it also operates the london congestion charge and electronic tagging for the ministry of defence. capita announced that it had made a loss of £531 million last year. a conservative former defence minister said things were not going well. capita's performance on the army recruiting contract has been distinctly sub optimal. laughter such that throughout the army they are now almost universally known by the unfortunate nickname of crapita. given the company's £500 million loss of the country this morning, and given they have debts of £1.7 billion, and given they are rumoured to be preparing a £700 million rights issue, what assurance can the minister give the house that we have a plan b

but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner.t their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated where ever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view, because if you want the lead you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore was anything but an attempt to address anti—semitism. "it is a work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the conservative party and the right wing of the labour party. it is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition", the group said. jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the major jewish groups who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week, although he has written to them, aski

what the labour leader had to say when tackled on the issue at a local election campaign visit to swindon celebration of passover. i celebrate it with a lot of young jewish people from my community and constituency. it was very interesting talking to a lot of young people about their experiences in modern britain and i learnt a lot. is that a good thing? do you believe the process of the last two weeks has changed the way the labour party and national leadership deals with anti—semitism? anti—semitism is a vile and evil thing in our society at any level, anywhere, any time and it has to be eradicated. canifinish? wherever it arises. if it arises in my party, then we have a process for dealing with it. we examine each case and if someone has committed any anti—semitic act, then they are suspended and ultimately could be expelled as a result of it. and we are very clear about that and very, very clear in the whole of our society, we cannot accept anti—semitism in any form or indeed any other form of racism in our society. communities working together achieve things together. communities div

but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner.ing to them about their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer, and awful in our society and has to be eradicated wherever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view. because if you want to lead, you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event, organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group, critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore was anything but an attempt to address anti—semitism. it is the work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the conservative party and the right wing of the labour party. it is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition, the group said. jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the majorjewish groups, who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week. this evening, he wro

another morning, another row about anti—semitism in the labour party. 0ut campaigning in swindon butrelations with the jewish community after an way, all about his relations with thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why? i'm sorry but your question, i went to a very enjoyable and interesting evening, talking tojewish enjoyable and interesting evening, talking to jewish about their life in britain and the experiences they have had about anti—semitism and has a seed is the future for our country but i think that is what political leaders should do. the event was organised by jewdas, leaders should do. the event was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream organisations. it has dismissed allegations of anti—semitism as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn's first act in the week after he declared that he would be our allies and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group which denounced the demonstrations which label

but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner.vening listening to them, talking to them about their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated wherever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view, because if you want to lead, you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore shame on you! jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the major jewish groups who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week, this evening, he wrote to them, asking for urgent discussions. it looks to us again, yet again, that his actions are not the same as his words. so we're wondering just how much reliance we can place on his word, when he says to us he's going to be an al

another morning, another row about anti—semitism in the labour party. 0ut campaigning in swindon, butons with thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why not? i'm sorry but your question... i went to a very interesting and enjoyable seder supper, talking to young jewish people about their life in britain and the experiences they have had with anti—semitism and how they see their future for our country. and i think that is what political leaders should do. the event in question was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it has previously dismissed anti—semitism allegations in the labour party as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn‘s first act in the week after he declared that he would be our ally, and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group who denounced the demonstrations and labelled us all as right—wing conspirators. we have to wonder what message he is sending us by attending this even

but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner.i—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated where ever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view, because if you want to lead, you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore was anything but an attempt to address anti—semitism. "it is a work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the conservative party and the right wing of the labour party. it is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition", the group said. jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the major jewish groups who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week, although he has written to them, asking for urgent discussions. it looks to us again, yet aga

another morning, another row about anti—semitism in the labour party. 0ut campaigning in swindon, butity after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why not? i'm sorry but your question... i went to a very interesting and enjoyable seder supper, talking to young jewish people about their life in britain and the experiences they have had with anti—semitism and how they see the future for our country. and i think that is what political leaders should do. the event in question was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it has previously dismissed anti—semitism allegations in the labour party as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn‘s first act in the week after he declared that he would be our ally, and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group who denounced the demonstrations and labelled us all as right—wing conspirators. we have to wonder what message he is sending us by attending this event. 0ne mp accused mr corbyn

that wasjeremy corbyn speaking in swindon in the last little while, responding to some criticisms levelledir parents are among the thousands killed in africa each year for their tusks. african nations have been calling on the rest of the world to halt the trade in antique ivory to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on a sales ban received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 are slaughtered every year to feed global demand for ivory. that has seen the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade. it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 1947 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stop that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners hope the uk's stance will help other eu countries to follow suit. earlier, alexander rhodes, the founder of stop ivory, told me