affronts to everything we stand for is russia s invasion of ukraine and hughton s blockade of the ports that would otherwise be shipping food to the world s paris people. vladimir putin. at this moment, nearly 25 million tonnes of corn and wheat is piled up in silos across ukraine, held hostage by russia. britain supports the united nations plan to get that food out and we will invest over £370 million in global food security this year including £130 million for the world food programme. we want to work alongside our commonwealth friends to understand your needs, your priorities, and to deliverjoint solutions to a crisis that president putin has deliberately engineered. for now, it only remains for me to thank every commonwealth member for having given the united kingdom the chance to serve as during office and as i pass on this responsibility to the president, a close friend and partner, i know that he shares my boundless optimism about the future of the commonwealth at
this is bbc news. i m joanna gosling. the headlines at 11. crushing defeats for the prime minister and the conservative in two by elections prompting the resignation of the party chairman. but borisjohnson vows to keep going . we ve got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment and i think as a government, i ve got to listen. labour re takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election. and the lib dems overturn a huge conservative 2a,000 majority in tiverton and honiton. now we ve had this sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party.
useful context of course but each parliament has its own distinct quality. there was concern now with rising prices and inflation. that is reasonably unique in your back last couple of decades so what people are looking for is some solutions from government. if the government can provide the solutions there is every chance boris johnson provide the solutions there is every chance borisjohnson can go to the country and ask for four or five more years but if they can t then people might look for a change. our public polling shows that people trust the conservatives to grow the economy more than labour but they trust labour to deal with the cost of living crisis more than the conservatives, so that economic argument is going to be very important in the next months and years. fin important in the next months and ears. , :, years. on this, the government will oint out years. on this, the government will point out that years. on this, the government will point out that it years. on this
of higher bills and higher taxes. a country where our leaders stand for what is right and what is decent. today the liberal democrats have shown that the rule of borisjohnson and this uncaring conservative government can be ended. but today is just government can be ended. but today isjust a government can be ended. but today is just a start. so join us and let s get rid of them. thank you very much. cheering. thank you very much. thank you. you have been fantastic! have been fantastic! that s the lib dem leader have been fantastic! that s the lib dem leader ed have been fantastic! that s the lib dem leader ed davey have been fantastic! that s the lib dem leader ed davey introducing i have been fantastic! that s the lib i dem leader ed davey introducing his newest mp richard for forward. newe5t mp richard for forward. everybody knows that in by election5
they actually want? probably the aood news they actually want? probably the good news for they actually want? probably the good news for the they actually want? probably the good news for the government i they actually want? probably the i good news for the government is they actually want? probably the - good news for the government is that the proportion of people say the government isn t doing enough to combat the cost of living crisis has fully sharply, so there is recognition that the government are doing something, but the problem with that is that the public view is that there is more to be done and are looking for them to do more, not are looking for them to do more, not a question of having done enough already, there is more to combat the fact that labour are more comfortable in this position should consider the conservatives but there is time for them still to turn things around. thank you very much. become a narrow keiran pedley from ipsos. further disruption is expected