to the labour party. mark logan who until parliament was disolved last night represented the key marginal seat of bolton north east said things would only get better under labour. but for the labour party itself today things have only got messier when it comes to the confusion over one of their longest serving mps diane abbott. can she stand for the party injuly? we ll try to work out the very latest. we re also on verdict watch we ll have an update from the courtroom in new york as the jury in the trump trial continues deliberating after asking to hear key evidence again. in any general election campaign, there s the agenda the politicians want to stick to. but then there s the unexpected the events which throw the carefully planned programme off track. the events which throw the carefully todays there s been more of that. the events which throw the carefully while rishi sunak was out and about pushing his party s economic plans, one of his candidates who until last
if they win the election. he is promising a review of licensing laws and planning rules, to cut red tape, within the first 100 days of a new conservative government. it s been great to be talking to representatives from bars, clubs, restaurants and our night time economy. they do an enormous amount to enrich our communities, but also providejobs for young people, giving them skills and opportunities. it s right that they get the support they need. they ve been let down by labour, whether that s here in london where those types of venues are closing at a rapid rate with multiple job losses, or indeed in wales where labour is hiking up their taxes. a conservative government will support all those venues to make sure that they can continue creating jobs and drive our economy forward and continue providing an enormous amount of enjoyment in our local communities. nigel farage has been criticised for comments he s made when he said that the west provoked vladimir putin before the
the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to align himself with putin. he s become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastwards, and the sooner we realise this, the closer we will be to ending the war and del
familiar music, but no panel tonight. one leader, one after another, facing a live audience for half an hour each. and first, the prime minister asked about the story we brought you throughout the day. aren t the emerging allegations about betting on the election date the absolute epitome of the lack of ethics that we have had to tolerate from the conservative party for years and years. like you, i was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it is a really serious matter. it is right they are being investigated properly but you are happy not to suspend them, to let them carry on and go on in the election? obviously, they have not admitted anything, no one is saying a decision has been taken about their guilt or innocence, but you are happy for them to go into the election and represent you and the conservative party? fiona, as you said, these investigations are ongoing, but what i can tell you, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only wi