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scottish labour party. so they are being tested for the first time in this environment. there is lots of opportunity for all the readers here to make an impact, to make an impression on the audience, who in scotland are the people who will decide this election. but there are dangers in all of this as well. if they underperform or, worse still, if there is a big gaffe, that can actually set back their election campaign. we actually set back their election cam airn. ~ , actually set back their election cam-lain,. , ,, actually set back their election camaiun.~ , ,, ., campaign. we will be speaking to you later on. campaign. we will be speaking to you later on- for— campaign. we will be speaking to you later on. for now, _ campaign. we will be speaking to you later on. for now, thank _ campaign. we will be speaking to you later on. for now, thank you - campaign. we will be speaking to you later on. for now, thank you very - later on. for now, thank you very much. let's go back to our panellists. john, if i c

even the labour party is not ready to talk about occupation. just a word occupation during the selection. they lost their way. they are not ready to lead. to present an alternative. and also they must be patient, to fight not only this election, but the next, until they get the wider population. >> gail hoffman, we have not even mentioned benny gantz. he was meant to be coming in as prime minister in the rotating prime minister ship. is a selection going to be the last we hear of him? >> i interview him on thursday. i found him to be confident and ready but frustrated with what he had been through over the previous year. he found the army to be a much more pleasant situation. he said at the army, when you kill the forces, they do not come back. but an industry politics, they do. -- but in israeli politics, they do. i want to be a little more optimistic than the other speakers here. first of all, i want to differ on the labour party. the new labor chairwoman is reviving the party. she is doing what jesus did in reviving the dead. it has been ver

party— new leader of the scottish labour party was— new leader of the scottish labour party was keen to say let's put issues — party was keen to say let's put issues in — party was keen to say let's put issues in the constitution to one side and — issues in the constitution to one side and talk instead about an economic— side and talk instead about an economic recovery plan post—covid for the _ economic recovery plan post—covid for the end — economic recovery plan post—covid for the end of the pandemic. he had a strong _ for the end of the pandemic. he had a strong moment of clash with nicola sturgeon _ a strong moment of clash with nicola sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on _ sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on the _ sturgeon around the nhs and we see the on the front of the herald there on all— the on the front of the herald there on all kinds — the on the front of the herald there on all kinds of treatment the nhs is still a _ on all kinds of treatment the nhs is still a prominent issue and the leader— still a prominent issue and the leader of—

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party is where is the grand _ the labour party is where is the grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have _ grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have said — grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have said to— grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have said to him go ba5ed grand vi5ion. if i was them i would have said to him go based on inequality, paint a picture for the public— inequality, paint a picture for the public about where you want to take this country— public about where you want to take this country rather than tactical hit5 this country rather than tactical hits which— this country rather than tactical hit5 which are not going to land because — hit5 which are not going to land because people understand the real problem _ because people understand the real problem is the government is facing everyone _ problem is the government is facing everyone has got to mock together to -et everyone has got to mock together to get through it. everyone has got to mock together to get through it-— get through it. what is interesting is that times _ get thr

— by the labour party when it granted devolution it— by the labour party when it granted devolution. it was _ by the labour party when it granted devolution. it was actually- by the labour party when it granted j devolution. it was actually designed to stop _ devolution. it was actually designed to stop any— devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party _ devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party and _ devolution. it was actually designed to stop any party and particularly i to stop any party and particularly the snp — to stop any party and particularly the snp winning _ to stop any party and particularly the snp winning an _ to stop any party and particularly the snp winning an overall- to stop any party and particularly i the snp winning an overall majority. it the snp winning an overall majority. it has _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to— the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. _ the snp winning an overall majority. it has got to votes. 0ne _ the snp winning an overall

how much is he going to go ahead and outline tax rises that many people in his own party and the labour party are opposed to? he has signalled that he will raise corporation tax, perhaps not immediately but gradually over this parliament, as a way of plugging the holes in the budget. i think he does have room to do so. the uk has the lowest corporation tax in the g7, and the us has also signalled that biden could raise corporation tax. so i think the concern from the chancellor is that there is significant fiscal scarring to the economy that will leave not just the debt overhang from the covid crisis but a permanent gap in public finances that does leave the uk exposed to interest rate rises. i think the estimate is something like 40 billion. so he has to strike this balance between trying to stimulate the economy and get it back on its feet while making sure that there is enough income coming in. it is incredibly difficult to figure out how quickly the economy will recover. the other question i have is, what kind of actual stimulus might he outline next week? eat out to help 0ut, or so

the government is always accusing the labour party of being _ is always accusing the labour party of being private sector, bad, public sector, _ of being private sector, bad, public sector, good. actually, the public sector— sector, good. actually, the public sector can — sector, good. actually, the public sector can be very good at what it does, _ sector can be very good at what it does. can— sector can be very good at what it does, can be very organised and can deliver— does, can be very organised and can deliver a _ does, can be very organised and can deliver a national programme. what happen— deliver a national programme. what happen much earlier as the government left test and trace, even though— government left test and trace, even though it _ government left test and trace, even though it has very little to do with nhs _ though it has very little to do with nhs. , , ., though it has very little to do with nhs. ,, ., ., .. ., ., nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination programme is _ nhs. the upside of the vaccination program

jess phillips is the labour party domestic violence minister. ,., . ., ., labour party domestic violence minister. . ., ., ., minister. the police got it wrong at every single _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, not _ minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, notjust - minister. the police got it wrong at every single time, notjust the - every single time, notjust the final image that we see but all day yesterday and the day before the police did not try to find a way for a peaceful protest. not a protest, actually, but are. they did not find actually, but are. they did not find a way to work with woman who are silent and saddened to go to clapham common and the police did not think before they put the boot in and at every stage made the wrong call. the police commissioner said that the police do have to observe the covid law with people and today victoria adkins said it was the right thing to do. t adkins said it was the right thing to do. . ., ., ., adkins said it was the right thing todo. . .

the government and the labour party would argue you can in | labour party would argue you can in parallel address the north—south divide and redistribute wealth and the same time as addressing the environment. the the same time as addressing the environment.— the same time as addressing the environment. ., ,., ., , ., the same time as addressing the environment. ., ., , ., ., environment. the labour party had an internal row — environment. the labour party had an internal row about _ environment. the labour party had an internal row about corporation - environment. the labour party had an internal row about corporation tax i internal row about corporation tax rises. i do not think it is a party that wants to redistribute wealth and the conservatives do not seem keen either. we need a massive rethink the way we do economics and look at inequality and tackle social justice. we were told before the pandemic lots of things were not possible but in the face of the emergency of covid they were possible. we could bring trains into public ownership and subsidise wages. these are things we n

like to use to _ that the conservative party like to use to punch the labour routes across — use to punch the labour routes across the _ use to punch the labour routes across the red hall, where the labour— across the red hall, where the labour party is seated in a postelection frenzy. —— forensic study _ postelection frenzy. —— forensic study about their defeat. voters there _ study about their defeat. voters there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's— there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's part — there believe it's too metropolitan, so it's part of that culture war. i think— so it's part of that culture war. i think that — so it's part of that culture war. i think that might be seen from more cynical— think that might be seen from more cynical types. they they can have union flag that they want. it feels token and stick to me and in the end, i think the real sign up patriotism is what you do for people of other countries. fly the facts you want, but if the economy is creeping, if parts of the country are not improving, it means absolutely nothing. i adv

as we say, labour party leader sir keir starmer will be introducing the entirety of the labour party manifesto ahead of those may elections a little later on today. we will be talking to professor des madonna canary, the chief executive of the royal college of nursing and about ten minutes. 23 minutes past seven. today marks ten years since japan was hit by a four—storey—high tsunami, which left 18,000 people dead and countless communities devastated. it also sparked the most severe nuclear accident in 25 years, at the fukushima power plant. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been meeting some of the people whose lives were changed forever on that day. a major earthquake hit japan. .. march 11, a major earthquake hitjapan... march 11, 2011, the north—east coast ofjapan march 11, 2011, the north—east coast of japan a march 11, 2011, the north—east coast ofjapan a huge earthquake has triggered a giant tsunami. live pictures are broadcast around the world as the waves sweep through the major fishing world as the waves sweep through the majorfishing port, dest

they say -- they have the conservative party saying let us tax business and the labour party saying maybe that is not a good idea. so, there are no popular measures for increasing packs -- taxes in the tory party, but he seems to have gotten the balance right. it is to balance the books in the long term and we want to do that without choking off the recovery. guy: it looks like corporations will bear the bulk of their burden. joining us now to further the discussion is the u.k. economic's secretary to the treasury, john glenn. he is responsible for british financial services. so, thank you for your time. let us start off with the big question surrounding the rise we had seen today with the rise in the corporation tax. can brexit britain be economically competitive if the chancellor is raising corporation tax in such a significant way? john: it is raising corporation tax for the largest businesses to a rate that is still making us the most competitive in the g7. so, it has got to be seen in that context and he has gone very carefully at the range of suggestions and he is also protected sma

which is kinda crazy when you got a labour party leader saying that and a conservative chancellor hoarding tax rises. what is he doing for the redwall, what is he doing for the nhs, what is he doing for this green revolution? should we not be using, this is an opportunity to rebuild in a different way. yes rishi sunak has managed to fend off criticism, he's been ignoring those redwall seats but this package of measures. when it comes to other things like the care system, the nhs and of course green measures, there wasn't any mention at all. no mention of brexit which is amazing given that we are supposed to be making our country attractive to corporations. this rise in corporation tax is going to make as the ft says, going to give us a high rate of tax on the other advanced economy. how are we meant to be encouraging all this international business to come to our shores now that we can if we are raising corporation tax? ida our shores now that we can if we are raising corporation tax?— raising corporation tax? no direct mention, raising corporation tax? no direct mention. we _ raising co

but the labour party is critical.— provided for this. but the labour party is critical. we always say yes to more funding _ party is critical. we always say yes to more funding for _ party is critical. we always say yes to more funding for street - party is critical. we always say yes to more funding for street lighting | to more funding for street lighting and we _ to more funding for street lighting and we know that in my area and every— and we know that in my area and every area — and we know that in my area and every area we have suffered huge cuts to _ every area we have suffered huge cuts to local government which mean that some _ cuts to local government which mean that some of these things fall by the wayside. cctv is incredibly important _ the wayside. cctv is incredibly important but i think it doesjust stightly— important but i think it doesjust slightly missed the point about the scale of— slightly missed the point about the scale of the crisis that we have. and some — scale of the crisis that we have. and some women's organisations and say the thre

the labour party _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in the _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk _ system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk say - system. a few more questions. the labour party in the uk say they're l labour party in the uk say they're going to vote against something called the police crime sentencing in courts bill which could give, would give police more powers to impose conditions on static protests. i know saturday was not a protests. i know saturday was not a protest it was a vigil, but what do you think of their decision to vote against the entire bill? i you think of their decision to vote against the entire bill?— against the entire bill? i think it is artl against the entire bill? i think it is partly a _ against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical— against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical one _ against the entire bill? i think it is partly a tactical one and - against the entire bill? i think it is part

party talking about concerns that have been raised by the labour party, by legal community about provisions in the bill which they say would seriously hamper the right to protest. the government says these are provisions in there to deal with things like extinction revealing a protest, we've seen people super gluing themselves to railings or to try and make a point to climb on railway carriages or trains, that sort of thing. deposition say that this could have a very serious effect on the right to protest. the government says it's about keeping up with things like roads, people public ability to go about their normal business and not have that influence which they say this legislation needs to be updated for. of course this with the backdrop of what's happened clapham. and in the wake of that the aftermath of what happened on saturday is whether the government of the _ saturday is whether the government of the prime minister and home secretary— of the prime minister and home secretary should express support and confidence _ secretary should express support and confidence for the metropoli

between the government plans and what the labour party said. but i think my secondary point without knowing too much about the specifics of this as i think it's not that surprising that the government sort of want to look tough on law and order. that's really their shtick. we have local elections coming up, but sometimes, it seems like they want to be seen doing stuff when actually it would be useful to have a slightly more considered approach and notjust always going for thinking about the costs or thinking about imprisoning people or thinking about law and order. and what i mean by that is in relation to things like sexual assault, i think there needs to be much more consideration and discussion about the wide—ranging changes we need to see in society in order for this to changes we need to see in society in orderfor this to change. changes we need to see in society in order for this to change. and changes we need to see in society in orderfor this to change. and i know that we will go into the whole specifics of the debates, but given ever

it will be awkward for the labour party. in that picture, pfizer, is also on the front page of the ft. i don't know if you want to pick up on that story or do you want to go on to the main story, which is about the sanctions on china? anything you want to remark about the nicola sturgeon kate? == anything you want to remark about the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she _ the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she wants - the nicola sturgeon kate? -- case. this has been huge. she wants to l this has been huge. she wants to move on. we're weeks away from a very important election and the snp are really en route to having a huge landslide, and this has thrown a hammer into the works. it's notjust about them getting a landslide in these elections, if that landslide allows them to have more fire in their belly to ask for another independent vote. so, this is a political story —— huge p

the labour party _ it was apparently interpreted. the labour party are saying there should be an s investigation by buckingham palace into this. would you go that far? figs palace into this. would you go that far? �* , ., , , , palace into this. would you go that far? a , ~ ., far? as it happens, we know buckingham _ far? as it happens, we know buckingham palace - far? as it happens, we know buckingham palace said - far? as it happens, we know. buckingham palace said there far? as it happens, we know- buckingham palace said there would be an investigation for the bullying claims. i have no knowledge, i have not spoken to anyone inside buckingham palace. iwould not spoken to anyone inside buckingham palace. i would think it would be sensible of buckingham palace to make it clear that it does not tolerate racism, as i'm quite sure the palace does not tolerate racism. it is very, very sensitive, and that's how the institutions applies for so long. changing attitudes down the centuries have been dramatic.— attitudes down the centuri

anas sarwar is leader of the scottish labour party and explained what he made of the announcement i think, to be honest, scotland deserves better than this. i recognise what alexander allan is trying to say but the truth that this is it is about two personalities fighting amongst themselves and dividing the xmp. they risk the rating the election and changing the focus of what our national priority should be regardless of our political party. we are still in the midst of a pandemic, lives and livelihoods have been off, their at risk, and what we have seen now is they want to use this election and the next parliament to carry on those fights and those arguments rather than focus on the people's recovery and i think that is completely unacceptable. scotland deserves so much better than bass. and that is why we want to try and keep that focus on this pandemic and scott and can recover from focus on this pandemic and scott and can recoverfrom it. earlier i spoke to the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, who gave his reaction to the formation of the alba party... i think him tr

government continues to follow the consolidated guidance which by the labour party. >> mr. speaker, to make matters worse, the government decided this week to half international aid to yemen. the u.n. has said yemen faces the world has seen for decades. he the secretary general said on monday that cutting aid would be in his words a death sentence , for people of yemen. how on earth can the prime prime minister justified selling arms to saudi arabia, and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, it is under this government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and yes, it is proved that current circumstances i'm sure the , people of this country understand mean that temporarily we must reduce aid spending but that does not obscure when it comes to duty of people of yemen we continue to step up to the plate. a contribution of 214 million pounds for the financial year. there are few other countries in the world, mr. speaker that have , such a record that is setting , such an example in sending it

that's been a big labour party attack line, of course. on the furlough point, it's worth mentioning the cost of extending until october is estimated at another £10 billion. one thing we will see in the house tomorrow is mps starting to look at that time line. i think everything john said was sensible, but when you start coupling that with looming tax rises and how we will all pay for this and looking at the 21 june deadline of things we've been promised will be back to normal pretty much, it leaves a strange elephant in the room to then say that the furlough scheme will actually be extended until october — either there is something that the government is budgeting for that we don't know, or they'll face quite a lot of pressure from their own backbenchers tomorrow to say, "why aren't you going to cut this short sooner? ? the biggest battle rishi sunak will have will be his backbenchers in the 1922 committee who are saying, look, we've spent so much money already, we've spent so much money already, we need to put a lid on this. we've had

government continues to follow the consolidated guidance which by the way, was set up by the labour party. >> mr. speaker, to make matters worse, the government decided this week to halve international aid to yemen. the u.n. has said yemen faces the worst famine the world has seen for decades. he the secretary general said on monday that cutting aid would be, in his words a death , sentence for the people of yemen. how on earth can the prime prime minister justified selling arms to saudi arabia, and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, it is under this government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and yes, it is true that current circumstances, i'm sure the people of this country understand, mean that temporarily we must reduce aid spending but that does not , obscure when it comes to duty of people of yemen we continue to step up to the plate. a contribution of 214 million pounds for the financial year. there are few other countries in the world, mr. speaker, that have such a record, that is setting

but she came up through the democratic or more labour party in minnesota and that's how she got her political start. she served in the minnesota house of representatives and had a very promising political career. in 1954 she decides to run for the u.s. house seat. and she goes against the wishes of democratic farmer labor leaders who are not happy with the fact that she does not want to stay in the state house of representatives, so she has to fund her own political campaign and she does so. she wins election. her husband, andy, this was a strained marriage to begin with. he grows jealous of her political success. and so quite a nude sin though in the house has a very successful career. she gets on the agricultural committee. it's a very promising career. one of the things that he does is because of her background as a teacher she wants to push for the federal student loan program and she manages after the sputnik crisis to slip in a provision amendments to the national defense education act in 1958 that establishes federal student loans. so she knows the legislative ropes and really pushes h

, the dutch labour party and overwhelming vote of confidence, and it is humbling. it is also forcing us to do everything we can to make a success out of it, not everything has gone well in the last ten years, take the child benefit issue, which we have to solve, the earthquakes, but of course come to the main issue also on the table for the next year is how to rebuild the country going forward after coronavirus. a rare species of bird in australia has become so endangered it's forgetting how to sing its own song. there are only about 300 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and because they rarely hear each other, some have started imitating the songs of other species. victoria gill reports. only 300 left in the wild, the striking regent honeyeater and its own disappearing from their native south—eastern australia. researchers had set out to find and monitor the remaining birds, when they noticed that some honeyeater is no longer saying the right tune, songbirds around the world like these familiar uk species learn to sing in very much the same way that humans le

, the dutch labour party an overwhelming vote of confidence, and it is humbling. it is also forcing us to do everything we can to make a success out of it, not everything has gone well in the last ten years, take the child benefit issue, which we have to solve, the earthquakes, but of course the main issue also on the table for the next year is how to rebuild the country going forward after corona. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a leading charity says many thousands of children in syria could lose access to education if britain cuts its foreign aid. today, we have closed the book on apartheid, and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was - on a pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand - now that the search for it has i become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as q

they are and i think we'lll hear more over the next few days. 0pposition parties especially labour have been calling for tougher action. 0ne have been calling for tougher action. one thing the government have said already is that it is reopening a call for evidence on how people think that the issue of violence against women should be dealt with. the government was already looking into this. a consultation had ended and it was reopened yesterday and the home secretary priti patel said tonight that within 2a hours they had had an additional 20,000 responses, which she said was unprecedented. it's something they will be looking at over the next few days. but i think the government is under quite significant pressure now to come up with some answers on this and to potentially look—up it further into what can be done. find potentially look-up it further into what can be done.— potentially look-up it further into what can be done. �* , ., what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, _ what can be done. and this movement, reclaim the streets, which _ what can be done. and

the uk labour party have accused the chancellor of "sneaking out" an announcement on nhs pay a day after the budget because labour says he was "too cowardly�* to announce it on the day. cowardly" to announce it on the day. the government have proposed a 1% pay increase for nhs workers in england next year. well, for more on this we're joined by our political correspondent, jessica parker. this is a huge row about nurses's pat’- this is a huge row about nurses's -a . this is a huge row about nurses's .a _ , this is a huge row about nurses's -a . , ., , this is a huge row about nurses's a. , ~ , pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government — pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying _ pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying it _ pay. the budget was on wednesday and the government saying it was _ the government saying it was submitting a recommendation, and it isjust a recommendation submitting a recommendation, and it is just a recommendation at the moment, for a 1% pay rise for nhs workers. there was quite a backlash from unions and, actual

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i think he should take it up with his friends in the labour party who want to abolish universal credit. >> last week we celebrated the chancellor's announcement and it is clear to the people that this government is determined not to neglect the pounds like the labour predecessors. would the prime minister outline how people can take advantage of the new lifetime skills guarantee he is launching next month? pm johnson: the fantastic thing about the lifetime skills guarantee is that in very tough circumstances with many people having to seek new jobs to find new ways of retraining will happen in a changing economy. it offers everybody, adults over 23 the opportunity, 3000 pounds on a level equivalent qualification, i think will be instrumental in helping young people beyond school-age to retrain and get the jobs they need. the lifetime skills guarantee, the first time it has been done. speaker: claire? >> thank you, mr. speaker. it takes 16,000 dedicated nurses to staff northern ireland's health services. it costs less than 2% of the u.k. fields for just one internet giant, amazon, whose

as does the labour party. does the secretary of state encouragingly accept the deal was not fit for purpose? but the dup said it was the government's green policies. it's now clear that the policy of phasing out the production of petrol and diesel cars is going to have an impact on employment and some of the areas of the united kingdom have higher than average unemployment. the business secretary replied that the prime minister's ten—point plan for tackling climate change had been well—received. the equalities minister has told mps that the second wave of the pandemic has had "a much greater impact" on people from some south asian backgrounds. kemi badenoch came under pressure to do more to increase vaccine uptake as she presented her latest quarterly report on the pandemic. she said the most recent data showed very different outcomes for different ethnic groups. in the first wave for instance, black african men were 11.5 times more likely to die from covid—19 than white british men of the same age. but

party to accuse the government of being too slow to introduce their hotel quarantine policy and calling for measures at the borders to be tightened up. borisjohnson defending the regime, saying it is tough and saying they brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. 0ne brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. one thing i would point to is remember england's road map out of lockdown. there are four tests the government they need to be met before they proceed from step two steps. 0ne met before they proceed from step two steps. one is this, our assessment of the risk is not fundamentally changed by variants of concern. it was known of course this could be an issue and there will be hopes to try and contain this variant of the virus that in order to do that, in order to have confidence they can do that, they will want to find this missing case. thank you very much. the health secretary matt hancock will be leading the downing street briefing this evening. we'll have full coverage from 4:30 on bbc one and the bbc news channel. with his budgetjust two days away — chancel

we face a labour party that has done nothing more during the pandemic then weave like a bunch of wobbly weather—vanes, backing the government one week and bashing us the next. they are spending most of their time wondering which public statues to tear down or whether herewood the wake should now be known as herewood the woke. so, let's not be put off our stride. let's remember that across the country, it is conservatives — conservative councils and councillors, that develop better value for money and let's take a great one—nation message to the people of a strong and dynamic conservative government that fosters a vast and creative private sector and jab byjab, job byjob, we will be on the road to national recovery. see you on the campaign trail, i hope even in person, and have a great easter. borisjohnson launching the conservative party's campaign for the english local elections in may. you may recall that an bbc news we had kits, launching a's campaigns is that we will launch the campaigns and bring them to you hit on the bbc news channel from the coming weeks. borisjohnson has

but as it stands, the labour party is saying that three out of four nhs workers affected by the government's i% pay offer our women, and this is familiar. it was often minority and women affected by the last 12 months, but obviously, you got a lot of workers within the nhs, a lot of nurses within the nhs. we don'tjust mean nurses. labour go on to say that women have been disproportionately impacted by covid. they are more likely to work in low—paid or in shutdown sectors, and they often take on more additional care responsibility, so this is a story that has been developing over the last few days. there are lots of questions about whether or not there is going to be a u—turn by the government. boris johnson of course saying there is a lot of financial pressure, rishi sunak also a lot of pressure sunak also saying a lot of pressure on the government's finances. some of the public sector have had a pay freeze, but they've managed to find some money for the nhs workers. unions aren't happy, those workers aren't happy. hopefully we'll discuss that further. but we managed to establish connect

i think the labour party in particular has been asking a lot of questions about the way that the political machine, so the home secretary and the home office, has been interacting with the policing machine, where the pressure has been put on the met to increase some of its presence at demonstrations we have seen over the last few months. but ultimately, i think the next thing we are waiting to hear now is an explanation from the commissioner, cressida dick. she has given that to be mayor at the home secretary, but so far we have not heard anything publicly from her about what went wrong last night. 0k. about what went wrong last night. ok. several hundred people, an estimate, there outside new scotland yard. i am told it is sisters uncut. that is the group that has organised this protest outside scotland yard. these pictures come begin life to us now. let's go from new scotland yard just across the river to come and gone because we can speak to a report there, emily unia, whojoins us from there now. we caught up a couple of hours ago and quite a number of people continuing that the jewel w

the labour party insists the new strategy will do nothing to reverse previous cuts. bus strategy will do nothing to reverse previous cuts-— previous cuts. bus is one of the chea est previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and — previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and greenest - previous cuts. bus is one of the cheapest and greenest forms i previous cuts. bus is one of the j cheapest and greenest forms of travel and we want to see people getting back on buses as soon as it is safe to do so after the pandemic. this strategy really feels like a sticking plaster rather than the radical transformative policy that would shape public transport in our country for decades to come. the liberal democrats said local authority should be given the power to run their own bus services rather than being shackled too often unpopular private companies. the green party welcomed what it called a turnaround by the government but said the plan wouldn't work unless the freeze on fuel duty which cut the freeze on fuel duty which cut the cost of driving buddle to be dropped. buses

party. so doesn't matter how many tory mps make noises about it. my view is, and a thing most mps would agree with me that the government as being more cautious than it was in terms of releasing us from lockdown, but the key has to be that schools go back, because the whole structure of people's lives, if you are a parent, the structure of your working day is in many ways tied to the fact that your children are at school for most of the day. so if we are ever going to get the economy back into, you know, some sort of semblance of normality, then it has to start with schools. ., , , ., schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story- _ schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story. the _ schools. ok, two papers dealing with the same story. the royals, - the same story. the royals, commonwealth a, comments made on commonwealth a, comments made on commonwealth day, and of course come of that interview. we will start off with a male, duty means everything, caroline? , ., ,, caroline? y

and false claims made by the labour party last night on social media about the police crime sentencing and course bill are misleading and certainly not helpful? >> well, mr. speaker, i think it was certainly a mistake and a regrettable mistake for anybody to suggest that rate had been decriminalized in this country. because we must do everything we can to reassure victims of rape and sexual violence and get them to come forward and that is what we -- i i also think would bea good thing if together we could vote for somebody tougher sentences that we put forward in this bill. i like the collegiate spirit we had earlier on. i hope he can be extended to voting for the tougher sentences that we put forward. >> thank you very much, mr. spe. today the welsh government announced a special bonus payment for nhs and social care staff in wales. the welsh government -- national insurance pays that most people receive around 500 pounds. will the prime minister to join me in welcoming this news in recognition of dedication and commitment for nhs and social care staff? >> i thank him and i do recogn

the labour party have said they will not now support it. keir starmersaid have said they will not now support it. keir starmer said today that's because the bill contains a lot about statues and effectively changing the sentencing possible for those who deface things like war memorials and statues. but it says nothing at all about women and violence against women. on that the government and borisjohnson saying there will be tougher sentences for rapists, no early release for violent offenders and things like that. the other reason the labour party say they will not support it is this issue about curbing the right to protest, they say. quite a lot of legal figures have raise that question as well. the government says it is not about that, it is about dealing with protests that cause serious disruption, things we have seen like extinction rebellion protests, people gluing themselves to railing and climbing on board trains, things that might disrupt large numbers of commuters, commercial activity, but it is the wording of the bill that is caus

party today calling for more widespread use of hotel quarantined to keep the nutrients out. small steps towards freedom today but a giant leap, we will have to wait quite a bit longerfor giant leap, we will have to wait quite a bit longer for that. iain, thank you. our health editor hugh pym is with me now. we were talking about the third wave in europe. that is what is fuelling concern for ministers?— in europe. that is what is fuelling concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will be _ concern for ministers? yes, health officials in the uk will be studying | officials in the uk will be studying very carefully what happens in european countries. particularly whether the south african variant is spreading fast. because there is a little bit of concern about how effective vaccines might be against that's south african variant, it has been seen in certain communities in the uk but the spread

but again one of the criticism that we heard from the labour party today is that it doesn't do enough around the sentencing for crimes against women. i think it will be a particularly heated debate, it was always going to be fairly heated, but it is more heated now. but i suspect the government will be asked over the next few days is whether it's prepared to take further action in the weight of everything that is happening in the last few days. we talked a bit on bbc news this evening about the position of the met commissioner but stepping back from that, there's a more general kind of tension here isn't there between having independent policing which we have, the police are statutorily independent but they are supposed to be accountable and any place like london which has national responsibility as a counter terrorism, the home office has a lot of interest in what the police do in london and you have the mayor and police authority who ultimately commissions this it is quite explosive politically.- commissions this it is quite explosive politically. commissions this it is quite exlosi

party, mr. speaker, for consistently historically hilarious about the falklands, mr. speaker. consistently, consistently week on protecting this country. as you heard it, and was most visible last week, mr. speaker, during the debate on the integrated review when it was played at the shadow front bench couldn't even agree to maintain britain's nuclear deterrent. absolutely true, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, what is weaker, the making of a promised her armed forces just before the election and then breaking it and not being prepared, not having the courage to admit it? mr. speaker, he promised the nhs that they would have quote whatever they need. now they're getting a pay cut. he promised attacks guarantee. now he's putting taxes up for families. he promised he wouldn't cut the armed forces. now he's done just that. so if the prime minister so determined to push it, why does he at least have the courage to put this cut in the armed forces to a vote in this house? >> mr. speaker, i am proud of wh

but the labour party is critical. we�*ll always say yes to more funding for street lighting and we know that, you know, in my area, every area we�*ve suffered huge cuts to local government which mean that some of these things fall by the wayside. cctv is incredibly important. but i think it does just slightly missed the point about the scale of the crisis that we have. and some women�*s organisations say the threat women face on the streets, particularly at night, is not being focused on enough. male violence against women and girls is not a priority for us as a society, for our parliament, in our laws, in ourfunding, you know? i think that this is the time to draw a line under that and say we cannot continue to excuse male violence. 17—year—old ellie gould was stabbed and killed by her ex—boyfriend in wiltshire. her friends are now shocked by the murder of sarah everard. hearing that it happened to someone else is so... is so sad and i hope that people can step back and think, you know, it could be me, it

so all of that is in place but what we don't know is still many things and the labour party today, therefore calling for this inquiry, you heard sir keir starmer saying lessons need to be learned and they have criticised the government for being slow at points. remember, we have one of the highest cumulative death tolls in the world, one of the highest per capita death tolls, one of the deepest economic downturns. the government says it has learned and now is not the time to look into things and it is now considering new measures so things like whether there should be compulsory vaccinations for all of those working in care homes. there will be a consultation on that. care homes are calling for it. care home staff, there is a concern about forcing them to do it. remember, a quarter of them have not been vaccinated but there have been tens of thousands of deaths in care homes. more things we are not clear about exactly, you heard travel, when will foreign holidays happen? not before the 17th of may. we know the government is cautious on that and the continued supply of vaccines, everything de

the unions and the labour party are saying this could represent a real term cut. the other problem is that the independent body will report in may and they will need to look at what kind of pay would be necessary to encourage the retention and recruitment of nhs staff, which unions a manager says a problem. it's more than likely they will come back and say it needs to be more than i%. then the government will have a dilemma, to the advice or do they cut spending elsewhere to meet a larger increase. so this acute pain today for the government to —— could turn into something more chronic. to -- could turn into something more chronic. ., . ., ., ~' , ., the duke of edinburgh has been moved back to a private hospital in central london after a successful heart procedure earlier this week. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. what do we know? an encouraging sin, i what do we know? an encouraging sign. ithink- _ what do we know? an encouraging sign. i think. he — what do we know? an encouraging sign, ithink. he is— what do we know? an encouraging si

party, mr. speaker, who are historically, consistently, hilariously, consistently weak on protecting this country. as you heard it, and was most visible last week, mr. speaker, during the debate on the integrated review when it was played, and the shadow front bench couldn't even agree to maintain britain's nuclear deterrent. absolutely true, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, what is weaker, the making of a promised her armed forces just before the election and then breaking it and not being prepared, not having the courage to admit it? there is a pattern here, mr. speaker, he promised the nhs that they would have, quote, whatever they need. now they're getting a pay cut. he promised eight tax -- attacks -- a tax guarantee. now he's putting taxes up for families. he promised he wouldn't cut the armed forces. now he's done just that. so if the prime minister so determined to push it, why does he at least have the courage to put this cut in the armed forces to a vote in this house? p.m. johnson: mr. sp