Row over the future of high speed rail dominating the gathering in manchester so far, this lunchtime, the Prime Ministers moment to try to inspire. Introduced on stage by his wife, he said his mission was to fundamentally change the country. Weve had 30 years of political system. 30 years of rhetorical ambition which achieves a little more than a short term headline. And why . Because our political system is to focus on short term advantage not long success. Politicians spent a long success. Politicians spent a long time campaigning for change than actually delivering it. It doesnt have to be this way. Than actually delivering it. It doesnt have to be this way. And finall , doesnt have to be this way. And finally. An doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end to doesnt have to be this way. And finally, an end to the spec elation over the new high speed rail link between manchester and birmingham. Hsz between manchester and birmingham
But an opportunity at this conservative Party Conference for the Prime Minister to present himself as an agent of change. As was widely trailed, he announced he will be scrapping the northern leg of h52, every penny of the savings, he said, would be invested instead in transport projects across Northern England and the midlands. Hes promised fundamental reform to the way britain is run and to how the rest of us live. One eye catching announcement, was a new and progressive age related ban on smoking. There will be a new qualification the advance British Standard which will combine a levels and t levels into one single qualification for school leavers. With the reaction from Manchester Our Political Editor chris mason. Manchester this lunchtime, and the Prime Ministers warm up act his wife. Rishi and i are each others best friends, and i couldnt imagine being anywhere else to show my support to him. Rishi sunak began by thanking her, his daughters, his parents as he drew a link between
Proud you make our girls in me every single day. Every single day. Conference. Thank you for letting me gatecrash to tell you, to tell you a little bit more about the rishi that i know and the rishi that i hope most people will come to understand. People will come to understand. Now. It gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful, wonderful father , my wonderful, wonderful father, my best friend and your Prime Minister, rishi sunak. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Conference. Thank thank you. Conference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Thank you. Thank you for that introduction. And thank you for always being there for me. My wife, truly the best long term decision for a Brighter Future i ever made. Ive been future i ever made. Ive been blessed in my life. I have a wonderful wife and two daughters who make me proud every single day. And i was also lucky enough to grow up in the most loving of homes
talented as her, can teach the party opposite anything when it comes to constantly changing from one contorted position to another. my honourable friend also mentioned, taking advice and inspiration from a certain parliamentary sketch writer, and if she is hoping that one day he might make her the target of a his acerbic wit, be careful what you wish for, because i ve been called many things in my time but i m not sure i will everforget many things in my time but i m not sure i will ever forget being branded the titch in vacuum packed underpants. but on a serious note, she has only made a huge impact in her short time in this place and nowhere more than in herfantastic campaign to improve childcare provision inspiring the chancellor to announce 30 hours of free childcare a week for under fours in the march budget which is a landmark policy which will make an enormous difference to families around the country and she should be very proud of her part in making that happen. she
To agreement. The uks highest paid University Vice chancellor is to retire, following a long running controversy about her salary. And why vital satellites are being threatened by all the junk in space. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news three wins from three for englands women, as they win their world cup qualifier against kazakhstan, 5 0. Good evening. Pope francis has defended the rights of ethnic groups on a visit to myanmar but he notably failed to refer to the Muslim Rohingya minority by name. Myanmar has been accused of ethnic cleansing, with more than 600,000 rohingya fleeing the country in recent months. The pope held talks with myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, repeatedly to speak out against the treatment of the rohingya, many of whom are now living in refugeee camps in neighbouring bangladesh. My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti is in kutupalong camp, some 20 miles from the port city of coxs bazar. We canjoin we can join reeta we canjoin reeta now. Huw, people here do look