We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power from former leader richard tice, and tomorrow will formally announce he is running to be mp for clacton on sea. A seat the conservatives won in 2019 with 72 of the vote. Here he is making the announcement this afternoon. What i intend to lead is a political revolt. Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs against the political status quo. It does not work. Nothing in this country works any more. The Health Service doesnt work. The roads dont work. None of our public services are up to scratch. Im join
the conservatives say they want to update equality laws to define sex as someone s biological sex. they say current confusion over definitions cannot be allowed to continue, and updating the law would make biological sex a protected characteristic. that means it would be easier to create protected spaces for women and girls. labour say they wouldn t amend the law, and accuse the conservatives of stoking a culture war. here s alex forsyth. flanked by young footballers, the prime minister claimed today he was tackling an issue to improve the safety of women and girls. the conservatives want to change the equality act so sex would mean biological sex. they say that would make it clearer that single sex spaces, from public toilets to refuges, can be for biological women and girls only, not those born male, even they have legally changed their sex on their birth certificate. the equalities minister claims this is necessary because there has been confusion and legal challenges over
he also predicted labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer, than the conservatives. lucy manning has all the details. mr farage, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says i have? iyou said ten days ago you are notl going to stand, so why the change? do you ever change your mind about anything ever? he said he wouldn t, but now he will. a major u turn, a change of heart thrust nigel farage into the heart of the general election campaign. i can t let down those millions of people. i simply can t do it! it would be wrong. so i have decided. i ve changed my mind. it s allowed, you know! it s not always a sign of weakness. it could potentially be a sign of strength. so i am going to stand in this election. margaret thatcher famously said she wasn t for turning. you are obviously for turning. why the massive u turn all of a sudden? this is
to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch