and us regulators were informed of and us regulators were informed of an international stately drive to manipulate interest rates in the 2008 financial crisis but they cover it up. this morning the times newspaper on the bbc have published quotes from a secretive interview with barclays treasurer who gave evidence. artificially push down benchmark interest rates. that evidence was withheld from parliament and from jurors in the criminal trials of traders for manipulating interest rates. regulators, though, say they have met their disclosure obligations. what is going on, economics correspondent andy verity led the investigation and told me about the significance of holding them at lowering those rates. when you hear about interest rates whether on your mortgage or your personal loan actually they are not based on those central bank interest rate that is business hacks obsess about. they are actually based on how much it cost banks to borrow cash and international money market
right hand doesn t know what the far right hand doesn t know what the far right hand is doing. so the home secretary, i would ask her if she can confirm is she still committed to the 2019 conservative manifesto pledge of bringing net migration below 226,000? and if so, does she think the prime minister agrees with her? ~ ~ ,,, ., ~ think the prime minister agrees with her? . ~ ,,, ., ~ ~ think the prime minister agrees with her? . ~ her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely clear, her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely clear, this - let s be absolutely clear, this party wants to bring net migration down. i have no idea what the party opposite wants to do. we have heard in the last few days a succession of shadow ministers confused on this issue. the conservative government believes in controlled migration. we only have to look back to the legacy of the last labour government to see that
in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas
upon housing, access to public services and as he says, to community cohesion and integration. that is absolutely the approach of the government and the home secretary and i am considering the challenge. ending the small boat crossings is of course one way of reducing immigration and labour has a five point plan to do just that. but asylum seekers are only a fraction of the net migration title. the reason that net migration is so high in scotland and across the uk and the reason that businesses are overreliant on migrant labour is the 13 years at the party opposite has failed to train up our home grown talent. they have slashed the schools budget, they have failed to get people off record high nhs waiting lists and back to work. labour has set out plans to do each of these things because we want and expect immigration to come down. and yet the prime minister and home secretary are clearly at loggerheads on this issue. it appears that the right hand doesn t know what the far
as he says, to services and as he says, to community cohesion and integration. that is absolutely the approach of the government and the home secretary and i am considering the challenge. ending the small boat crossings is of course one way of reducing immigration and labour has a five point plan to do just that. but asylum seekers are only a fraction of the net migration title. the reason that net migration is so high in scotland and across the uk and the reason that businesses are overreliant on migrant labour is the 13 years at the party opposite has failed to train up our home grown talent. they have slashed the schools budget, they have failed to get people off record high nhs waiting lists and back to work. labour has set out plans to do each of these things because we want and expect immigration to come down. and yet the prime minister and home secretary are clearly at loggerheads on this issue. it appears that the right hand doesn t know what the far