mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say he s delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. here s mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes. and i also want to keep tackling illegal migration. we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third, but we have got more to do and we plan to get the rwanda scheme through parliament and up and running. so i have got plenty to get on with and that is what i am focusing on doing, delivering for the british people and it is great to be talking to people here in the east midlands about our progress
success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Lets get you up to date with the headlines from the gb news room. Two people have been killed and a third injured following a series of collisions in morning. A in coventry this morning. A pedestrian a car on pedestrian struck by a car on gosford street and a cyclist on woodway lane died of their injuries. The driver then made off after colliding with a house a short distance away. A 33 year old man is being questioned by police and the government is under pressure to reveal the exact number of schools at risk of collapse due to crumbling concrete labour is planning to force a vote to compel the Prime Minister to publish a list of all schools at risk with more than 100 told to fully or partially close days before the new term begins. Expert pts are warning the problem is being complicated by the coexistence of asbestos in schools and other pubuc of asbestos in schools and other public buildings. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the
The un says its Aid Operations in gaza will start winding down tomorrow for lack of fuel. So what happens after that . Israels Prime Minister says a Ground Assault will come, but meanwhile, the brinkmanship over letting in aid versus letting out hostages carries on. We are now reducing the fuel we are using every day so we can keep the most Critical Services running for as long as possible but it is going to mean that people dont have access to drinking water. Well be talking to people who know about humanitarian operations in gaza about what happens next and whether the United Nations is taking a side. And well explore the splits in labour caused by keir starmer s statements, which hes now caveated, on israels right to blockade gaza. Also tonight, is there trouble ahead forjoe biden from within his party . Listen, there are two peoples here, palestinians and israelis. We need to show care and solidarity with the Palestinian People and these civilians who are being killed every day in
Added the government would not support an invasion of rafah unless it saw a plan to protect civilians. Is speaking at the National Cyber security centre, the foreign secretary urged fellow nato members to increase their spending on defence to 2. 5 of gdp. More than 9000 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year. Official figures show. 250 people made the journey in two small boats since monday, taking the tally to 2024 to almost 8800. However, gb news can confirm another three small boats arrived on thursday, making the current total 35 higher than at the same time last year. It comes after a home office u turn on the publication of the number of small boat migrants being prevented from making the illegal journey by french police. Labours new mp, french police. Labours new mp, Natalie Elphicke, apologised for comments she made about sexual assault. The mp for dover announced her defection from the tories to labour just moments b