that is iain watson. earlier on the bbc we heard from pat mcfadden, labour s national campaign coordinator, talking about how he says sir keir starmer is preparing for the head to head debate with the prime minister. he says he is looking forward to it, adding that mr starmer is going through all the possible subject that might come up. good homework if you are going into a head to head debate. henry zeffman is our chief political correspondent. i want to focus on what the parties are putting forward, the conservatives talking about immigration and the pressure has been on them both from labour and the reform party, to make this a keyissue and the reform party, to make this a key issue despite the fact they have had 14 years to fix it already? that is exactly the had 14 years to fix it already? that is exactly the point, had 14 years to fix it already? twat is exactly the point, this is a significant announcement from the conservatives, they say if they would win the general electi
college of nursing says the elephant in the room here is a lack of staff to man the extra beds, and labour are pointing out that since the conservatives came to power in 2010 there has been a drop in the overall number of hospital beds. the other keyissue number of hospital beds. the other key issue to resolve as we head towards the winter is industrial unrest, and we know that strikes still potentially coming to do with junior doctors, they have contributed to a record high number of people waiting for nhs treatments which the government has promised to bring down. thank you very much indeed. almost 3a,000 online grooming crimes have been recorded by uk police while children have been waiting for online safety laws to be passed, according to new figures from the nspcc. data from a2 uk police forces shows the number of online grooming offences against children recorded last year is up by 82% in the last six years. the nspcc is urging mps and lords to pass the 0nline safety bill next mo
in september and october. i think since we ve seen several meetings prime minister sunak travelling to san diego, the announcement of the aukus deal, the his recent visit to washington and the announcement of the atlantic declaration. and now it s a short trip, but it s very significant to have a us president take the time on the way to a nato summit, which is packed with very serious issues, to stop in london to meet with the prime minister and with the king. 0ne one of the key issues nato summit will be relations between turkey and the united states and in the last few moments, turkey has confirmed that president erdogan has spoken on the phone with the president biden before he boarded his flight and a keyissue before he boarded his flight and a key issue in sweden s application to join, turkey angry that sweden has
darlington, where i have been campaigning, it has been clear to me during the campaign that actually, we have been talking about the issues that really matter to voters, for example on the cost of living, and where the conservatives have just had absolutely nothing to say. but it essentially quite clear that so close to a general election, which plays as local elections, potentially, we are talking about national issues, it is not really about local elections, but about getting your ducks in a row for general elections. of general elections. of course, some people will vote on local issues, but that has come up time and time again in the conversations i have had with voters in my own constituency in sunderland and right across the country come in places like gravesham, telford, hartlepool, all of those key kinds of seats we need to win back next time. we have been talking about what matters, the cost of living, cutting crime, cutting nhs waiting list, and when it comes to the conservat
what i think government could do and trade unions could accept if everybody is looking for a reasonable way out is for the government to say to the review body, let s do your next report as quickly as you possibly can and in doing that report, take account of any new evidence you might have received after you made your recommendations last year. a sort of inherent catch up, if you like. hagar inherent catch up, if you like. how did the body inherent catch up, if you like. how did the body reaches reach its recommendations, talk me through that process? it recommendations, talk me through that process? that process? it receives written evidence from that process? it receives written evidence from everybody - that process? it receives written evidence from everybody first i that process? it receives written l evidence from everybody first and that process? it receives written i evidence from everybody first and it is notjust written evidence about affordability, although that is