next prime minister, this was a chance to hear a bit more from the labour leader. as you said, very early on in the programme he was asked about his position on strikes. that has been a source of tension within the labour party within recent weeks is whether or not labour should be standing full square behind strikers joining picket lines and saying, this is right, we back striking workers. on theissue right, we back striking workers. on the issue on whether or not to join picket lines, sir keirjoined the party stands that they don t do that, but he defended it by saying the leader of the opposition has a different role to the leader of trade unions, it is up to the leader of opposition to try to get the labour party into government. that, i think, is also the way that we should look at everything we have heard in the last 45 minutes. if you think about where sir keir starmer is trying to position the party, so we know for example on things like the cost of living, single big
another encore for serena williams. she showed she s got no intention of ending her singles career without a fight as she advanced to the third round of the us open, this time beating one of the top seeds. and we look at glasgow s chances of becoming the host city for the eurovision 2023. good morning. it s not of country this morning started off on a cool note with some dense fog patches but for many of us today, it is going to be largely dry. there will be some sunshine but there will also be some showers and some of those could be heavy and potentially thundery. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday 1st september. the prime minister is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk today. it s part of the government s long term strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build and a final go ahead will have to wait for mrjohnson s successor. jon donnison reports. is
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