Governments agenda. Welcome to this bbc news special of the state opening of parliament. Im simon mccoy. The queen has laid out the conservative governments agenda for the year, following last weeks election win. There are around 30 bills. Lets have a look at some of them. Front and centre is delivering brexit by bringing the eu Withdrawal Agreement bill back to parliament to ratify the brexit deal agreed by the government in october. There will also be legislation on immigration. The government says it will End Free Movement of people and pave the way for a points based immigration system. On the nhs, there is a funding bill to enshrine in law the governments commitment to spend an extra 3a billion in cash per year by 2023 24. On education, there will be increased levels of pupil funding in england. And on social care, there is not much detail, but a pledge that no one will have to sell their house. And the government will seek Cross Party Consensus for further reform. On justice, the
Up in the desert anthonyjoshua is looking to win back his world titles, Labour Government. Were going to and he wont underestimate Step Investments up. Andy ruinunior this time. A jury in california has acquitted the tech entrepreneur and tesla founder, elon musk, of defaming a british caver good morning. A window we can store who he called pedo guy on twitter. Vernon unsworth, who especially tomorrow. Widespread helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand chaos but not particularly cold at last year, had been seeking almost £150 million in damages. Wet weather to come at times. More his legal team have told the bbc theyre now considering filing for a re trial. Coming up. Its feared a giant bushfire thats burning out of control its saturday near sydney may take the seventh of december. Weeks to put out. Our top story in recent days, several fires have combined to form what Emergency Services are calling there are calls for an . Independent a mega bla
Clearing him of breaking any laws in ukraine and calls forjoe biden to testify. Plus, from cancel culture to climate strike which one has been crowned 2019s word of the year . Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in leeds. Michelle fleury is in washington. This may be the most divisive election for a long time, and the starkest choice. But today, for one day at least, the main parties have much in common. They have both decided to spend more on infrastructure, and to dedicate a big chunk of that to the north of england which, by the way, is where youll find many of the contested seats. Today was definitely the day for people to leave westminister and go north. Borisjohnson was visiting a tea factory in stockton, wearing a blue boiler suit and talking to workers about, well, teabags. Amongst other things. Chancellor savid javid was in manchester, and John Mcdonnell was in liverpool with labours plan. The beady eyed amongst you may have noticed that i wasnt on the programme last night.
All sanctions imposed on turkey over its offensive in kurdish held areas in Northern Syria will be lifted. We are going to go and see if we can get inside. Republican lawmakers in the us have disrupted the democrat led trump impeachment inquiry, as a Senior Pentagon specialist was about to testify behind closed doors. A good night for english teams in the Champions League as chelsea and liverpool both win away. And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with laura hughes from the Financial Times and broadcaster eve pollard. Good evening. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex in an incident described by police as an absolute tragedy. The container is thought to have crossed the English Channel from zeebrugge in belgium. A 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say that identifying the victims is the first priority, but they say its likely to be a lengthy process. Ed thomas reports. Just before 1.
Hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. David cameron accuses borisjohnson of only backing leave, in order to further his own political career. But the brexit secretary insists thats not the case. Remain would have been the easier career choice so borisjohnson led the campaign, he did so because he believes in brexit and is committed to delivering it. Former conservative minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats, after he lost the tory whip, for rebelling over brexit. The liberal democrat leader jo swinson will be taking questions from Party Members at their conference, at ten past two this afternoon well have live coverage, on the bbc news channel. The former International Rugby star, Gareth Thomas, reveals he is hiv positive saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. Iran dismisses accusations made by the us, that it was responsible for two drone attacks, that have crippled saudi oil production. Protestors are gathering outside the british consulate in