You are watchIng bbc news. Lets return to events on the fInal day of the Labour Party Conference In liverpool. In the last 30 mInutes, Health Secretary Wes StreetIng addressed the delegates. He has Insisted he wouldnt Back Down from his claim that The Nhs is broken, despite the bbc reportIng growIng unease about the government passed s messagIng. Lets take a listen to what he said. Governments messagIng. What he said. Governments messi people now expect charges for In ten people now expect charges for nhs care to be Introduced. Ive said it before, ill Say it agaIn, over my dead body. Applause we will always defend our nhs as a public service free at The PoInt of use, so that whenever you fall ill, you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , , you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , ,. , bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself and bill. Wes streetIn
SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
At the right time and how much money is being paid to one of those special advisers, Sue Gray. It is not the backdrop that would have been wanted for this conference. Mi that would have been wanted for this conference. This conference. All of the questions. This conference. All of the questions, the this conference. All of the questions, the criticism i this conference. All of the i questions, the Criticism And Concern over freebies and donations, and ministers in the Tv Studios and newspapers, and the first couple of days of the conference itself, having to field questions about that, questions about hospitality and gifts and donations, and as you say, there have been those briefings about Sue Gray the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, about her salary, and both supporters and detractors of Sue Gray have had a bit of a row at the top of number ten playing out in public, so i think the parties have been keen to grab the narrative and put it firmly back on the turf they want to be t
Good afternoon. Israel has carried out fresh attacks on hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon after its Airstrikes Yesterday that killed 558 people, according to the latest figures from the lebanese government. It was the deadliest day in lebanon since the Civil War which ended in 1990, and its prompted a Mass Exodus of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. Meanwhile, hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets towards Northern Israel this morning. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega sent this report from beirut. The journey in search of safety. Thousands are still on the move, fleeing Southern Lebanon and Israels Air strikes that show no sign of easing. Its conflict with hezbollah now being felt all across the country. In beirut, this school is one of dozens now turned into shelters for the displaced. 6,000 are here without knowing when or if they will be able to go back home again. 65 year old maryam travelled all night with i2 relatives in just one car. They ha
At the moment the uk spends about 2. 3 on defence so it will be interesting to see if John Healy the defence actually makes any mention of that at all, particularly given the wide economic context. We had from the Chancellor Rachel reeves this morning about public finances and the central labour we had in the Run Up to the election about them wanting to sustain fiscal discipline. There is escalating tension in the Middle East. Give us an idea of where the government is on this and what messages they are trying to put a cross on both lebanon and israel. We heard from both lebanon and israel. Heard from the foreign Secretary Yesterday in a pretty wide ranging speech when again he touched upon ukraine and continued support for ukraine. He said the escalating tension was worrying and i had to be an immediate ceasefire and the information the government released to citizens in lebanon telling them to leave now. I think we can go no to the Conference Stage. I have a feed in front of me. It i