Gnaana. Gnaana. Thank you and good afternoon. The top stories this hour , the top stories this hour, Shadow Health secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect from the tory party to the labour party. Mr streeting has defended doctor paups streeting has defended doctor pauls decision, saying it shows only sir keir starmer can be trusted with the nhs. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter said hed sit on the labour benches until the general election and then stand down. The decision comes just days before local elections across england and wales on the 2nd of may. The Prime Minister has again this morning refused to rule out a general election in july, amid speculation a disastrous set of local Election Results for the tories could force his hand. Wes streeting says doctor poulter isnt defecting to save his seat. Rather hes defecting to save the nhs. The nhs. There have been millions of people disaffected conservative voters like dan poulter out
Good evening, im ray addison in the gb newsroom. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect from the tory party to labour. Mr streeting is defending doctor poulters decision, saying it shows that only sir keir starmer can be trusted with the nhs. Doctor. Poulter says hell sit on the labour benches until the next general election and then stand down. He comes just days before local elections across england and wales , where former england and wales, where former immigration minister Robert Jenrick is calling for a cap on net migration, saying its the only way to restore voters trust. Jenrick says he wants a far more restrictive system, allowing less than 100,000 people a year. Writing in the sunday telegraph , he said the sunday telegraph, he said the governments recently passed rwanda bill will join the graveyard of policies that failed to tackle illegal migration, and the alba party has been placed on an election footing as m
Is different. It isnt connected to the conservative party. It is a direct pledge from me to my constituents in rossendale and dannen and to the british people that i will not vote to put taxes up. Its for keeps. It is a pledge that i will stick to as long as i am a member of parliament. Well, the Prime Minister, meanwhile, says hes slamming the brakes on the war on motorists. Rishi sunak has arrived in manchester ahead of the party conference, which gets under and hes under way tomorrow and hes expected address the issue expected to address the issue this week. He told sun this week. He told the sun harebrained schemes like low traffic neighbourhoods and 20mph zones are being forced on drivers. The department for transport says guidance will be reviewed to prevent their blanket use in england. Is it blanket use in england. Is it time to cut taxes . Meanwhile, time to cut taxes . Meanwhile, the government says todays train drivers strike is clearly political and planned to coincide with
Sees him or knows his whereabouts to contact them. Whereabouts to contact them. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up , along those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers. The promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains us tax rises. Putting further pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative party conference, jeremy hunts told the times he wants to stop the vicious circle of ever rising taxes, but has ruled out cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, who organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word. All too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised. That is why this tax pledge is different. It isnt connected
A look at geo engineering and asking what caused those considerable floods in dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Plus the United Arab Emirates. Plus plenty of discussion about the affairs of the day with my panellist and friend, the chair of republicans overseas uk, greg swenson. But first, an update on the latest news headlines. The latest news headlines. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler for your top story this houn wenzler for your top story this hour. Mark menzies has announced his resignation from the tory party, saying he wont be standing at the next election. The fylde mp was suspended following claims he used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off bad people who had locked him in a flat. He disputes the allegations , though. Following allegations, though. Following an investigation, the conservative party says it cant conclude there was a misuse of funds, but said there was a pattern of behaviour that falls below the standards expected of mps. The mayor of lond