The prIme MInIsters Message to Conference Labour Is buIldIng a new brItaIn. A UnIon Leaders told thIs programme that wIthout a change of course the party could lose the next electIon. So what Is the Governments Plan . Welcome to newsnIght, lIve from the Labour Party Conference In lIverpool theIr fIrst In 15 years In government. TonIght well be joIned lIve by a government mInster, well hear from the leader of the one of the bIggest unIons In the country who has a strong warnIng for labour, and In a moment well hearfrom the health secretary, wes streetIng. Your InsIght TonIght comes from mp Zarah Sultana, who lost the Labour WhIp after backIng a motIon to scrap the two chIld benefIt cap. Also, a man who had to get Into the heads of both KeIr Starmer and Tony BlaIr because he wrote some of theIr speeches, phIl collIns. And the polItIcal edItor of the DaIly MaIl, jason groves, whos been coverIng these conferences sInce the last tIme labour were In government. NIck, we heard from the chance
Borrowing from the George Osborne and David Cameron playbook. You say that things are so terrible that we will have to make really difficult decisions. Dont blame me, blame the last lot. We are trying to fix the mess. They have evidence to suggest that argument isnt completely fabricated. However, icannot emphasise enough that Making Decisions is difficult. And the government will have to choose to do certain things. And when it makes those decisions, it will face the consequences of its actions. And in that sense, yes, you can blame the last administration. Yes, you can say that there is not as much money as we hoped or thought or could have been available if the economy had been available if the economy had been managed in a different way. But you still have to take responsibility for the decisions that you are taking. So in that sense, there is no doubt this government is going to feel a lot of pressure over the next few weeks, particularly leading up to the budget at the end of oct
Rest of the country. So why all this crazy weather . The Prime Minister outlines plans to boost gas power to stop possible blackouts. Well be possible blackouts. Well be speaking to the government on this shortly. This shortly. And in the sport this morning. Carl palmer shines as chelsea beat newcastle. Emma raducanu loses it. India wells, whod have thought . And pinnacle of jump racing. The Cheltenham Festival gets underway today. Festival gets underway today. Hello there. Politics leading for us this hour. Plenty of unease on conservative benches as lee anderson takes his place as lee anderson takes his place as reform pm uks first mp. Well, in an interview with Patrick Christys on gb news last night, this is what he had to say about the defection. It was my parents who had a big part to play in this. I know there are some idiots online saying that lee anderson has done what his mums told him to do, but i think your mothers and your fathers give good advice, even get you even when yo
85 of emails from pensioners who felt left out, ignored, taken for granted. Dont forget about 75 of those of pensionable age vote for the conservative party, but they didnt feel they would be treated with respect, and the rest of the emails were about this muslim war memorial went down in extremely badly. We put that to jeremy hunt , the that to jeremy hunt, the chancellor of the exchequer. The man next to me, christopher hope, cornered him on that. He defended his position. He defended his position. But let know what you but let me know what you think. £1 million, thats an expensive signal isnt expensive virtue. Signal isnt it . Get expensive virtue. Signal isnt it. 7 get in touch. Gb views at gb news. Com lets crack on. Now its news. Com lets crack on. Now wsfime news. Com lets crack on. Now its time for your latest news headunes its time for your latest News Headlines tatiana sanchez. Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Martin. Thank you. The top stories from the gb newsroom. The Prim