For you on the ground. And the big question around mp safety. So the government have announced £31 billion of package to improve the safety, 31 million, 31 million. Did i say billion . Billion . I think i maybe, maybe, maybe my that would be the cost of hs2. So far. Um, no, not 31 billion. Thank you for Fact Checking me now im mixing myself as to whether or not no, £31 million. Its quite a lot of money. Nonetheless, its quite a lot of money and something quite cunous money and something quite curious came from the mouth of Harriet Harman. She seemed to suggest that a kind of covid style hybrid working practice for mps. So if working practice for mps. So if youre feeling a bit vulnerable as an mp, perhaps youve had a few threats through your door. Perhaps youve been challenged onune perhaps youve been challenged online and received awful abuse , online and received awful abuse, perhaps on the streets even you could just decide to. That actually , im going to vote from actually, im goi
Labour to promise full Public Ownership of the railways in the next parliament, as keir starmer gambles on renationalisation. Newsnight has the first details of the oppositions plan for our creaking railways, to be revealed tomorrow, taking every major Train Operating Company into public hands, should labour win the election. Werejoined by a rail expert with links to the party. Also tonight. Catch and kill. With the trump trial over hush money restarting tomorrow in manhattan, in a british tv exclusive, the former Executive Editor at the National Enquirer, joins us live to explain who paid what to whom, and why it could matter a lot. And housing is the new political battleground, with big reforms promised and debated in the Commons Today Over Rental Rights and Leasehold Reform. But rents are rising at record rate and Home Building has slumped, and many young voters are deeply unhappy. We discuss in the studio with a renter and a landlord. It looks like nationalisation, it smells like n
The uk representative to the eu will hand over that letter from theresa may signalling the start of two years of negotiations on leaving. Well bring you all the latest news and reaction throughout the day, from across the uk and European Union. Good morning. Im outside the Houses Of Parliament on College Green ahead of the triggering of article 50 which marks the start of the formal process for the uk to leave the eu. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has just left number ten downing st. She is on her way to parliament. She will be addressing mps this lunchtime after Prime Ministers questions. She will be telling mps that today marks the time for the country to come together as it embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We embarks on what she describes as a momentousjourney. We know that embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We know that the Prime Minister has already signed that letter giving official notice under article 50 of the lisbon treaty. That lett
This is bbc news. The headlines. The death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56. Officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a grave situation. As the United States announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the Foreign Office is urging britons to leave the province where the outbreak began and advising against further travel there. A member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower blocks deadly cladding. More than 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. More than 1,600 are injured. Three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain
leaves the european union. Harry maguires first goal for Manchester United sets them on their way in the fa cup against tranmere, as they win 6 0. That and rest of the days sport in half an hour. The government has said it is looking at all options to help britons leave areas of china, where t
Leaves the european union. Harry maguires first goal for Manchester United sets them on their way in the fa cup against tranmere, as they win 6 0. That and rest of the days sport in half an hour. The government has said it is looking at all options to help britons leave areas of china, where the coronavirus has killed 56 people and infected at least 2,000 more. The United States is flying its consular staff out of wuhan, where the virus first emerged. China has stepped up travel restrictions and banned the sale of wildlife, as it attempts to control the spread of the disease. 0ur correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has sent this report. 0n the outskirts of wuhan, the race is on to beat the coronavirus. Every bulldozer and excavator that can be found is being used to clear land for a 1,000 bed isolation hospital. It must be finished in two weeks. The trouble is, its needed now. Chinese officials today admitted the virus is spreading faster and that it can be passed on by people who sho