Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. Leader Nicola Sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson quits, after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. Iam i am proud to have been the first woman to lead the liberal democrats. Iam even woman to lead the liberal democrats. I am even more proud that i will not be the last. We will go original this hour, looking at the West Midlands, where the tories had a good
A warning of hidden waiting lists as the bbc discovers delays for thousands of Mental Health patients in england. Anthony joshua tells us that he holds no fear going into his highly anticipated rematch with andy ruinunior. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am annita mcvey. With just a week to go until the country goes to the polls, the conservatives have outlined what theyll do in their first 100 days in office. Borisjohnson has promised to bring a budget in february as soon as brexit is done, as well as protections for some of the pledges already made in the campaign so far. On the health service, theyve promsied to enshrine in law the extra £39. 9 billion a year they have promised for the nhs in england by 2023. 0n crime, theyve promised a law to end the automatic release of serious violent offenders, like the man responsib
Do you trust that promise . Well, look, boris is good at making promises and not always keeping them. But it would have been madness, i think, to stand against the government of the day if theyre effectively saying the same thing that you are. So what we will now do is target labour seats. We need to get a brexit party voice in the house of commons to hold him to those promises. And in other seats, where the conservatives are the challengers to labour, actually the labour vote we get in those constituencies will, in fact, in many ways make it easier for borisjohnson. David cameron would not have had a majority in 2015 if it hadnt been for the impact of the brexit four million votes. And when you hear National Pollsters who say, well, the brexit party take ten conservative votes for every six labour votes, that may be the national picture, but the regional differences and the seat differences are enormous. So, no, im convinced this is the right strategy. I want brexit to happen. I think
Talking therapy services. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson. Thank you, everton manager at marco silva is facing the sack this afternoon after another defeat, this time in the Merseyside Derby to liverpool. Thanksjohn, and ben rich has all the weather. As the saying goes, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning, we had some beautiful red sun rises this morning but the warning is for a lot of rain in places. It is turning milder but i will have full details just before half past. Thanks, ben. Also coming up. The christmas advert getting tens of thousands of views, and it only cost a hundred pounds to make. Hello, this is afternoon live. With one week to polling day, the Political Parties are beginning theirfinal push for votes. Boris johnson is promising to pass his brexit deal and bring a tax cutting budget within 100 days, if the conservatives win the election. Labour have outlined plans to recruit almost 20,000 extra teachers in england overfive years. Mean
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