Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. Leader Nicola Sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson quits, after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. Iam i am proud to have been the first woman to lead the liberal democrats. Iam even woman to lead the liberal democrats. I am even more proud that i will not be the last. We will go original this hour, looking at the West Midlands, where the tories had a good
Have all the details later. On. That assisted dying story in many of the newspapers today. So if youve got a view on it, we want to hear from you today. This is how you get in touch. Esther rantzen. Dame Esther Rantzen saying no ones going to force a Health Care Professional to bump me off, but i dont want to bump me off, but i dont want to be forced to live longer than i want to. Your views. Get in touch, let us know and well debate that throughout the programme. Our top story though this morning the government has accused the eu of double standards following irelands pledge to send Asylum Seekers back to the uk. Well, tensions rose after ministers in era threatened to draft emergency laws amid concerns the rwanda plan could increase asylum numbers entering the republic. The republic. Well, lets speak to the immigration lawyer ivan sampson, who joins to us talk about this this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks forjoining us so e
Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
To communicate online. So im happy to be in my neighbourhood. Im still now hyper conscious of how great it is to be here. So, gloria, were sitting here, its 2023, almost 50 years after you founded the womens action alliance, which was a group that helped women fight sexism in the us. How do you feel about where the Feminist Movement is today . I feel proud of the amount of invention and rebellion and humourand. She chuckles. Community among us. At the same time, im living in a country where a female human being has never been president , when that could and should have happened long ago. So i feel proud of the movement but aware of how much it takes for a Movement Really to succeed, whether its the civil Rights Movement, the gay and lesbian and transgender movement, the womens movement, i mean, and all these movements are connected. When you want to measure progress, when it comes to womens rights, what are the key markers that you look for to say, ok, weve moved forward, not backward