also talking about energy policy with a promise to eliminate carbon from energy production and illiteracy production in the uk, focusing solely on renewable energy and nuclear by 2030, which would involve increasing vastly the capacity of offshore wind, onshore wind, solar power, hydrogen and tidal power as well. that was described this morning as an ambition by sir keir starmer. they have not set out in huge detail exactly how they would do it, but it goes further and faster than the government s own it commitment to eliminate carbon from energy production in the uk by five years after that date, 2035, is what liz truss has set out. but the focus this morning here in at liverpool on the deputy leader of the labour party angela rayner, who will speak to delicates in the hall shortly, that marks at the conference getting properly under way. last night to sir keir starmer was addressing a rally, choosing his words very carefully about the government s economic policy, and then
since the second world war. the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now
p0p those downpours. this storms tend to pop off like popcorn, difficult to predict which areas get the storms, some will mist them altogether. one in the south east, 25, 17 in edinburgh. and then on wednesday, i think the risk of heavy showers and some thunderstorms across some southern parts of the country. here is the outlook for the following couple of days. thursday and friday, towards the end of the week, the weather is generally set fair and really feeling quite pleasant. but not everybody gets the rain. back to you. thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten on monday the 15th of august. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with mark urban, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me a
our first guest, please put your hands together for ourfirst guest, sir ed davey. applause hi there. good to see you. so, sir ed davey, welcome. just to say, our rules here are pretty simple. they are the same for every leader. you won t get interrupted if you keep your questions reasonably brief and actually answer the question. myjob here is to keep you to the point. so, on that, let s have our first question from alison. the liberal democrats - are planning to spend five times as much as the labour party in extra spending. aren t you going to i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison. the answer is no. we put together a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it has got a big health and social care package at the centre, about £9 billion, and other things, for instance, helping with free school meals and the cost of living, and we have shown how we will pay for everything we have got in that. for example, we are thinking that some of the large corporates