need is yet another consultation, what we actually need is more teachers right now. children s education, if you want to inspire children and make them feel like maths is something that they can enjoy, we need good maths teachers, we are short of teachers, short of maths teachers. if rishi sunak really wants to transform our education, he could pick up labour s plan right now, polish the tax status, charitable tax status private schools enjoy and use that to fund the recruitment of extra teachers, including maths teachers. it also showed each what they do and it also showed each what they do and i have to say, that it is in my own patch, when they talk to me they say they don t feel that this government is the back at all. and that is what we really need and that is what a labour government would bring. what i do said there were tax cuts that could found six and i ve thousand teachers, could that be enough, would be not have to make deeper cuts elsewhere, nothing comes for fr
But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
The hurricane that is coming. Our Homeland Security editor mark white is at a major source of the influx and has a special report from the italian island of lampedusa to the Prime Minister will be making his own speech later in manchester. And our Political Correspondent Catherine Forster will be telling us what to expect. Expect. Yes , its rishi sunaks big yes, its rishi sunaks big moment in manchester this lunchtime with his speech where we do expect him to say that the leg of hs2 from birmingham to manchester has been axed. We expect him also to say that the political system feels broken to many people and that he is the change candidate. And alex burkill will have your latest forecast. Your latest forecast. Whilst there will be a lot of dry weather across southern parts, its a wetter picture further north with some heavy rain for parts of scotland. Ill have more shortly. Have more shortly. Sport the cant get it right in var var paul coyte here to get it right with Everything Else.
challenges for customers to earn bonus points could be pushing people to spend more than they can afford. that s the warning from consumer groups. i ll be taking a look. in sport it s the start of a new adventure for emma hayes. we hear how she s settling in to her new manager role in the united states as she prepares to lead them into the olympics this summer. to lead them into the quite to lead them into the a cloudy start this morning. some quite a cloudy start this morning. some outbreaks of rain out there, but things should brighten up. a bit of sunshine developing in the afternoon. all of the details shortly. it s thursday 30th may. our main story. the conservatives and labour have both ruled out increasing vat if they are elected in five weeks time. the promises have raised questions about how the parties will fund their spending plans, and deliver on their commitments if they win the elction. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has this report. midnight