For the Prime Minister it is continuity, the risk he says of Swapping Leader in the midst, of what he believes, is the beginning of an economic recovery. For keir starmer it is change, and an end he says to the tory chaos. We will hear plenty of that in the weeks ahead. And we will hear it in every corner of the country. The Prime Minister has already been to events in england, wales and scotland today. The labour leader travelled to kent. The Liberal Democrats and the snp out and about and competing in the key, swing seats. Our political editor, chris mason has been tracking them all day. Applause. Placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on
It is the privilege of my life, and i look forward to dedicating my future to serving the people of scotland as i have done so for so many years, and to do that as First Minister. What are your priorities for government . My overriding priority will be to work to eradicate Child Poverty in scotland. Cameras click. The formalities over, the focus has now shifted here to bute house, the official residence of the First Minister, Wherejohn Swinney is appointing his cabinet. The big change last years snp leadership contender kate forbes is back in government as deputy First Minister is back in government. It is an enormous privilege and i look forward to supporting the First Minister as he pursues the priorities of the Scottish People eradicating poverty, ensuring Economic Growth and ultimately uniting the country behind the great opportunities of our day. It all brings back memories for this man, labours jack mcconnell, now in the house of lords. So, what advice does the third First Minist
Waiting to get into gaza. The un has accused israel of not allowing aid into the area and any delay would put their gaza operation in its grave. There was a Brief Glimmer of hope yesterday. These were the scenes outside the al aqsa hospital as palestinians celebrated news that hamas had accepted a ceasefire deal. But this was rejected by israel as far from meeting its core demands. Instead, the countrys war cabinet voted to continue operations in rafah. Talks are resuming in cairo and israel is sending a delegation to the talks. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the lastest. Rolling into rafah. Israeli tanks have now taken control of gazas key crossing into egypt. The Israeli Army Says it has killed what it calls 20 Hamas Terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. But palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. Muhammad has his family lined up in body bags. Translation my wife, my brother, my
Hamas. The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was in saudi arabia today, to discuss gaza and the post war plans. We will get the thoughts of two us diplomats who served in the region. Good evening. Scotlands beleaguered First Minister, humza yousaf, is stepping down from the job after it became clear to him this morning he had run out of road. On wednesday, mr yousaf walked away from a Coalition Agreement with the scottish greens, having only recently ditched their agreed targets on climate change. Soon after, the greens had their revenge, agreeing to side in an Unlikely Alliance with the scottish conservatives and their vote of no confidence. Scottish labour had gone further promising a vote of no confidence in the entire scottish government. And so in an extraordinary twist of fate, it meant the First Minister would have needed the vote of his nemesis and one Time Leadership rival, ash regan, who defected to the alaba Party Last Year a politician he once described as no great los
He did resign from the party because of sir keir starmer post match stance on palestine. You of sir keir starmer postmatch stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and stance on palestine. You mentioned other candidates, and particularly i other candidates, and particularly interested in the conservative candidates and how they are dealing with being with associated with the government on a national level. That is interesting government on a national level. Twat is interesting because last year we saw in Milton Keynes that the conservatives were all granting themselves as local conservatives. It didnt really help them, they lost five of the seats in Milton Keynes last year, but they are having a go with that again this year, defending nine seats this time and we are in a situation in Milton Keynes it is looking very likely that Milton Keynes will become a fully run Labour Council after 18 years of there being no overall c