Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. Leader Nicola Sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson quits, after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. Iam i am proud to have been the first woman to lead the liberal democrats. Iam even woman to lead the liberal democrats. I am even more proud that i will not be the last. We will go original this hour, looking at the West Midlands, where the tories had a good
after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue. the leader of the commons penny morduant has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she and her chancel
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Falls by the largest amount in over a decade, more evidence of the impact of the lockdown. They are laying off more people like myself who have got years of experience looking injob adverts every day and thinking, there is just nothing there. There is no end in sight. Obviously we want to see is a return to Economic Vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there are going to be bumpy months ahead and a long, long way to go. Back to school in scotland, as the government there sets out what its doing about thousands of pupils whove had their exam results downgraded. The uk and france meet to discuss a new plan to deter migrants from crossing the channel to the uk. We have reaffirmed our unshakeable, shared commitment to making sure this rate of crossing the channel is made on viable. This route of crossing the channel is made unviable. Russia claims to have produced the worlds first Coronavirus Vaccine and president putins daughte
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. In around half an hour, the Prime Minister will host the last of the daily downing street Coronavirus Briefings. But first the headlines. Our long hibernation is coming to an end. The words of borisjohnson, as he eases lockdown in england. Pu bs, restau ra nts a nd cafes will be allowed to reopen, with restrictions, from the 4th ofjuly with restrictions, from the 4th. Ofjuly. We can now go further and safely ease lockdown in england. At every stage, caution will remain our watchword. We will, of course, scrutinise the details of this announcement. We will study the guidance, and there are obviously a number of questions that need
to be answered. But overall, i welcome this statement. But a former chief scientific adviser is among those warning that its premature to reduce the two metre rule to one metre. In scotland, pupils will be able to return to schools full time from the 11th of august as long as the virus continues to be suppressed. And world numbe