The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader, sir keir starmer, promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing, and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the
and high rollers competitors from around the world take part in the annual cheesey contest in gloucestershire. good evening. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle, saying it contained not a single plan for the future. we ll have more about the prime minister in a minute, but first, here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you have ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. ., ., ., ,., answer. the leader of the labour pa , answer. the leader of the labour party. keir answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. part
there is speculation he was suffering from covid 19. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as sarah everard s killing fuels calls for justice for women. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me, but millions of women in this country don t even have that. we have to address the fundamental issue of the casual everyday sexism and apathy. also in this programme, borisjohnson s former aide returns to the political fray with a damning verdict on how covid was managed. in spring 2020, we had - a situation where department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe. and the speaker tells a welsh mp to mind her language. she speaks welsh more on that story later. but first, prime minister s questions, dominated this week by the killing of sarah everard and the issue of women s safety. sarah went missing while walking home from a friend s house earlier this month. a police officer has b
Coming up in the next half hour concerns that the brexit bill is a government power grab. What this house being asked again and again his take on trust that ministers will not abuse these powers. Ministers will not abuse these powers. A desperate call for better funding of refuges. The bare minimum is that someone someone should be no more than a phone call away, these people are at risk, they are in danger. Phone call away, these people are at risk, they are in danger. And on National Postal workers day, one mp suggests a quite radical gift. Renationalize. But first, were now three quarters of the way through the detailed deliberations of the European Union withdrawal bill. And tuesday was all about henry viii well, not so much him, but the powers he held. In 1539 the statute of proclamations was passed. This gave henry the power to legislate by proclamation. What on earth has that got to do with brexit . Well, there are henry viii powers in the eu withdrawal bill. These would enable
And our resolve will never waiver in the face of terrorism. And we meet here in the oldest of all parliaments because we know that democracy and the values it entails will always prevail. Those values, free speech, liberty, human rights, and to the rule of law, are embodied here in this place. But they are shared by free people around the world. A terrorist came to the place where people of all nationalities and cultures gather to celebrate what it means to be free. And he took out his rage indiscrimnantly against innocent men, women, and children. On free n attack people everywhere. And on behalf of the british people i would like to thank our friends and allies around the the world who have on free people made it clear that they stand with us at this time. What happened on the streets of westminster yesterday afternoon sickened us all. While there is an Ongoing Police investigation the house will understand that there are limits to what i can say. But having been updated by police an