Ever take back control of our borders . Thats all coming in the next action packed hour. The next action packed hour. Welcome to the well to show theres something in the air in downing street. Theres fizzing rumours of a snap early general election. Well have all of the analysis. Weve got reporters in westminster , at downing street, westminster, at downing street, in the studio. The brilliant analysis. You come to expect from us. Brace yourselves. Weve got one heck of a show coming up. Get stuck in. Is it the right thing to do . Send your views gbnews. Com yoursay. Should the tories go to the poll, get over and done with . Do they have a sniff of a chance of even winning, or will they be doomed if they go early . Let me know your thoughts. But before all that, its your headlines and its sam francis. Its sam francis. Martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. Its 3 02. The top story this afternoon. The Prime Minister afternoon. The Prime Minister has hailed a fall in inflat
Everyone watching and also, of course, for himself. Yeah. Course, for himself. Yeah. He spoke about how many rules were broken when not normally allowed to have clapping in the house of commons, mps are supposed to wear jackets and of course, smart shoes. Now he couldnt fit a jacket on over his new hands and he couldnt put his normal shoes on. So he was wearing trainers. But he explained it all in what was a very moving contribution in dunng very moving contribution in during Prime Ministers questions. Lets take a listen. Questions. Lets take a listen. Thank you, mr speaker. Thank you, mr speaker. This is this is an emotional day for me. And if you would indulge me to say a few thanks, because there are a few are due and one of those, of course. Well, an apology actually, that ive caused the breaking of so many rules today. Clapping ive got trainers on because my shoes wouldnt go over the plastic feet and my jacket wouldnt go over the, bionic arm. So apologies for that, but i want to g
Downing street today, rishi sunak made the surprise announcement and urged the nafion announcement and urged the nation to stick with him over sir keir starmer addressing tory Party Supporters and his cabinet at Londons Excel Centre a short while ago, he took aim at the labour leader on the 5th of july. Either keir starmer or i will be Prime Minister and he has shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power. If he was happy to abandon all the promises that he made to become labour leader once he got the job, how can you know that he wouldnt do exactly the same thing if he were to become Prime Minister . We conservatives have got a clear plan with bold action to secure our future board. So lets take that message and that vision of a secure future to every corner of our United Kingdom. And lets show labour that the british people will never be taken for granted. Granted. Meanwhile, the labour leader, keir starmer, responded to the announcement,
Now confirmed a general election for the 4th of july. But now, in other news, uk inflation has fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years in april, dnven nearly three years in april, driven by lower gas and electricity prices. The latest figures show. Inflation dropped to 2. 3 last month, but people in birmingham say theyre still struggling to make ends meet. I think its propaganda to go in the shops and that the prices that theyre either going up or youre getting less for your money. So im not seeing where the inflation is actually hitting. We can do a lot better, hitting. We can do a lot better, cant we. 7 cant we . As as people, we are feeling the pinch at the moment, arent we . We all are. I think the prices have increased so much over the past 24 months. The fact that theyre coming, theyre slowing down is a good thing. But ultimately, peoples disposable income just isnt there. Isnt there. And some breaking news in the last hour, one person has died in a mudslide on the edge
Will bring you that live from central london. Thats all coming up after the latest headunes coming up after the latest headlines with sophia wenzler. Tom. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom and as youve been hearing, the Prime Minister has announced a 4th of july general election. In a statement outside downing street, rishi sunak said he had met with the king to request the dissolution of parliament. The royal family has postponed engagements which may appear to divert attention or distract from the Election Campaign. Mr sunak made the surprise announcement after a day of speculation and urged the nafion day of speculation and urged the nation to stick with him over sir keir starmer. And we will have a general election on the 4th of july. This election will take place at a time. When the world is more a time. When the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the cold war. Meanwhile, the labour leader, keir starmer, responded to the announce