military occupation at some point in the past. so the treatment of prisoners and the fact that they are all palestinians will view palestinians held in israeli dissension asked political prisoners. two israelis, they are security prisoners into israelis they include some of the most security threat, some of the serious, people who have carried out attacks. there is a a range as well. for example teenage boys accused of throwing stones. and what human rights groups will say is that is really settlers in the same territory of the west bank who carry out those offences, that israel regards as a terrorist offence, they argue that they are not treated in the same way. so the issues of prisoners is very, very important to palestinians. that is why you see among palestinian factions the idea of who has the greatest leverage to get prisoners out is important. in the bitter and often bloodied rivalry between palestinian political groups, that has long been something that they have tri
and our political correspondent jack fenwick. another busy day of campaigning, what stood out for you today? there s quite a bit to choose from. it certainly has been another busy day. once again, a theme we ve seen so far in this election is that the economy is really front and centre. we ve heard in the last few minutes how labour have had this letter signed by various business leaders saying they think labour is the way to go in the selection, we ve heard rachel reeves has been out talking about the economy as well. this is all part of labour trying to say they are a changed party since 2019 when jeremy corbyn they are a changed party since 2019 whenjeremy corbyn led the party into that particular election. keir starmer and rachel reeves, and the rest of the labour party think that voters want to be reassured that they will be a safe pair of hands, if you like, if they are in charge of the economy. but there s also a note of caution darrenjones covid labour s shadow chie
Election accusing them of forgetting the fact that they were only there because john the fact that they were only there becausejohn major had won the majority against the office. i think my colleague clive miry spent most of the guys in bristol city council house searching for missing bows because tory majority seat had fallen to just 21, the final count was up there is an argument for saying that the male has a point people should have a bit more nerve, politics is a rough old game. there is another argument which - politics is a rough old game. there is another argument which is we don t vote is another argument which is we don t vote for prime minister in this country, we don t have a presidential system, with over mps, our representatives, local representatives and those red while mps are representatives and those red while mps are aware of their duties to listen mps are aware of their duties to listen to mps are aware of their duties to listen to what their constituents are
That people judge the government not by short term difficulties, but by long term vision. iain watson, bbc news, manchester. chris mason is that the conservative party conference. rishi sunak raised tax for the first time since 1974, he has raised taxes, the highest level for nearly 30 years. is he still the darling of the party? that s a good question, clive, because of so many ministers here say this is the low tax party, and yet that tax burden is higher than it s been for a generation. as far as popularity, there is no doubt plenty people here see him as a potential future prime minister, plenty people here see him as a potentialfuture prime minister, and probably politically, the going will get tough because he has been splurging money during the pandemic. he said that was sensible with
This is bbc news. i m clive miry. our top stories. the chancellor announces half a billion pounds to help get people back to work after the pandemic, and says he ll only consider cutting taxes when the economy is back on track. i have to be blunt with you, our recovery comes with a cost. our national debt is almost a 100% of gdp, so we need to fix our public finances. a 100% of gdp, so we need the a 100% of gdp, so we need military is called in to i distribute the military is called in to help distribute fuel. more revolutions from the leaked pandora papers. the russian whose businesses have backed 3a conservative mps was involved in a