the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid i9 uk inquiry will happen in wales during february and march. module 28. and of course a budget to february and march. module 2b. and of course a budget to pass through the senedd. there will be plenty of time for political obituaries and retrospection once i ceased to be first minister. but not before. in a five year period, which has seen wales deal with astarte, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east and four different prime ministers so far, there will b
nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
spells of rain in northern ireland. temperature is about ten to 12 degrees. tomorrow, for northern scotland we have persistent rain, some brisk winds and it will be a cool day, 12 or 13 degrees. away from that, probably a dry start but it won t stay that way. showers in the west moved eastwards. some heavy with hale and thunder and our temperatures continue to be below average for the time of year, average for the time of year, average is 17 to 2ajune. the weekend, more of the same. the same area of low pressure. a few changes, eastern scotland sees heavier rain, the wind is not as strong across northern scotland and sir keir starmer says labour s manifesto is a serious plan for government. is it ambitious enough for you? and it has just finished, the latest seven way election debate on itv where labour s angela rayner attacks on all sides on tax and migration. welcome to newsnight, live with insight and interviews. let me introduce you to our panel this evening. the politica