So who could be Prime Minister, sir keir starmer has transformed labours fortune since the partys historic defeat in 2019. He has also transformed what he and his party say that they stand for which has left a few puzzled as to who the real keir starmer is. One thing is clear, though, he has gone from being the man who could not win the next election to the man who, many say, cannot lose. Keir starmer, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you for having me back, my third time. It is what a change since last time you were here in 2021, does that phrase, cannot lose the election, bristle . I do. There is a long way to go. A lot can change until however long it is until the next election and we have to keep utterly focused on what we need to do. Is it one of those things where you lie awake at night . What i do, i always remind myself that, to get the worst result since 1935, to even a 1 2 Seat Labour Majority is a bigger swing than the swing in 1997 and that is always sobering. The
Coast in the early hours leading to the deaths of five of those attempting the crossing, including a child. It happened just hours after mps passed the governments Rwanda Bill Which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of Wimereux Filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. Theyd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. Well, we can join andrew now. Good evening. The smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a Big Beautiful Beach close to a french golf resort. Shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants
In the past decade, ten us states have given parents an option on school choice. If they choose to they can opt to send their children to Private Schools and in return they will get some tax relief to help offset those fees. That gives countless families says jo, particularly those who live in inner cities with underperforming schools the chance to attend a Private School. Makes it more affordable. But this side of the pond, the opposition wants to go the other way. Labour say they will add vat to Private School fees and wont strip schools of their charitable status, which would deny them the 80 relief they got on business rates. That Change Say Labour would generate up to £1. 5 billion in additional revenue. The daily mail says today that will unfairly punish the smaller independent schools. Good one for this for one panel. Joe supports it. And since leaving parliamentjustine has campaigned for social mobility, equality of opportunity. So lets see how they view this. Why is offering
The bbc witnessed migrants on several beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. These are some of the pictures from another attempt just after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants, inluding young children, ashore. Of thought there could be around of thought there could be around 300 people. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. Lets take a look at what he witnessed as that ill fated crossing began. Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. Theyre letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. Theyre trying to stop them from getting to the water. Lets go ahead and see what we can see. You can see the smugglers here. Some of them have sticks. Theyre trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. Lets cross live very briefly to new york, because this is the