political correspondent iain watson reports. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 1a years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know what i would do. i ll cut your taxes, protect your pension, and reduce immigration. last night, the party leaders faced questions not from members of parliament, but members of the public. i in the last few years, i found it. very difficult to make ends meet, and the money simply doesn t go far enough paula from huddersfield wanted to know what they d do about the cost of living. to know what they d do
development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence.
dominated the headlines for the past week. the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen. who worked for the post office are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters received criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting, over a period of around 16 years, after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison and many were made bankrupt. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over, you re the only one. that was a lie, actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence.
good morning. we got another day of sunshine and showers today. the showers will be heaviest and most frequent in the east. the could be some sunshine around as well. some drier interludes as well, but i will have more details coming up shortly. it s sunday 27 august. our main story: the prime minister faces another difficult by election after the conservative mp nadine dorries finally handed in her resignation. the former culture secretary said she was stepping down with immediate effect 11 weeks ago but stayed on to make inquiries about why she had been denied a peerage. she has accused rishi sunak of whipping up a public frenzy against her. our political correspondent iain watson reports. last year she was a cabinet minister, but now nadine dorries has said she will be leaving parliament for good. if you think you ve heard that before, well, she initially announced she d go back injune, but then decided
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