six means biological six. now, labour like to talk the country down. they want to pretend that everything would be great if they have never left office and pretend that somehow we have not achieved anything, but that is just simply not right. remember the note that said there is no money left, when labour left office in 2010, unemployment was higher than when they came into government. public and private debt was accumulating, the banking system is broken, the deficit was ballooning, and even labour accepted that after years of spending, significant cuts in expenditure were required. they went into the 2010 election admitting they would have to make cuts. labour left britain on the brink of bankruptcy. and worse, the money that labour had put into public service had not been accompanied by sufficient reform. labour s welfare system was more about disguising how many people are out of work than actually getting people back into employment, and for all the money that labour had
it does feel for you, doesn t it, rather like it s not stopped raining since the day you walked out of downing street to announce this election? well, what i d say is, i ve been out and about every day since this election campaign started, talking to people about the choice, as you said, at this election, because it s an important moment for our country. we ve been through a tough few years and i do believe, at this point, we have turned a corner and now is the chance for us to build on the progress that we ve made. and i want to deliver a more secure future for everyone in our country, and i believe i m the right person to do that. because we ve got a plan that is clearly working on the economy although, of course, there s more to go and i m prepared to take the bold action that s necessary to do that. and that s what i m energised to talk to people about. we ll talk about the plan, we ll talk about the policy. first of all, though, and you know that this is what people
to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your are going so badly, your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? i m energised about the vision we re putting forward for the country. this campaign is only.not even halfway through yet. for the last few weeks now, the party leaders have been dashing around the country. now, they don t go to places by accident or on a whim in election campaigns. most of the time, they are going to places that they think are on the front line, where a visit from them might just make a difference. here is a look at the geography of rishi sunak s scampering around the uk. now, nearly all of these places on the map here are places that elected a conservative mp last time in other words, he is on the defensive. now, that isn t that much of a surprise given the tories won big time last time. but he s also been popping up in a f
hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. israeli forces have rescued four of the hostages who were captured by hamas last october, and who are believed to have been held in gaza since then. the three men and one woman have been taken to hospital they re said to be in good health, and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel these are pictures of israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and treatment. but the military operation which israel says was based on intelligence it had received was hard fought. israel s military says it suffered some casualties. hamas says that more than 200 palestinians were killed during the raid in central gaza. and in the last hour, a hamas spokesperson said some hostages were also killed during the clash. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. four hostages captured by hamas, and taken into gaza, but finally back in israel