some people will already have had a postal vote. the slight complication was when he was asked again, what are you going to do about these candidates, would you encourage people still to vote for them what are you going to do? and they said, we would encourage them to vote for the party in these areas because by voting for these people, it is all about the share of the vote that reform uk gets and that is important. so they are saying they have dropped the candidates but still want people to vote for reform so that is the slightly unusual position. even the party accepts that this is not ideal. that this is not ideal. what has also not been that this is not ideal. what has also not been ideal that this is not ideal. what has also not been ideal other - also not been ideal other revelations in a channel 4 revelations in a channel a documentary, allegations made about a reform uk canvasser but there is a dispute over that between reform uk on channel 4. this dispute over th
be allowed to persist. labour has been focused on defence with keir starmer reaffirming his commitment to the uk nuclear deterrent. he said protecting the nation would be the bedrock of a future labour government. the lib dems deputy daisy group has outlined the snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a respectful contest ahead of the scottish leader s first television debate of the campaign that gets under way tonight. here is our political correspondent. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise that sex, in the law, means biological sex. it always has done but th
perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the
tens of thousands of supporters descended on the german city of gelsenkirshen to watch the three lions opening match. dan roan reports. commentator: england s golden boy! he d been billed as england s main man, and jude bellingham duly delivered, his goal proving the difference as his side managed a nervy opening win against serbia in gelsenkirchen. i think a win in the first game is massive. that s all that matters. exactly. we ve got the three points, no injuries, nothing. - jude s got his goal. it doesn t matter about how you play so long as you win, get out the group and then see what happens from there. among england s stars, none shines brighter than bellingham. and after a dream season with real madrid, he carried on where he d left off, timing his run to perfection to give his team a flying start, the manager unable to contain his excitement. england seemed in control, but serbia have threats of their own. alexander mitrovic proved a handful during his time in the pr