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
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Minister faced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight better job than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be discussing how Prime Ministers questions might look under the new Prime Minister. Reminds me of the tale of the sort of rather extravagant eccentric young army recruit who is told by his Commanding Officer the men will follow you if only out of morbid curiosity to see whats
And now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up as the conservative leadership candidates contemplate leaving the eu without a deal, mps condemn the idea. Nothing short of that an act of economic vandalism. But the brexit secretary stands firm. I think no brexit is worse than no deal. Also in the Program Peers demand action on knife crime. If we dont do something about this those families, those young people will continue to pay for our inaction. The government has ruled out extending the brexit deadline beyond the 31st october. And the brexit secretary told the commons that leaving the eu without a deal would be better than staying in it. The issue of a no deal brexit has been reignited by comments from the conservative leadership candidates. Jeremy hunt has said that if we get to october without the prospect of a deal, we will leave without a deal. Borisjohnson has also repeated his pledge to get out of the eu on 31st october, but h
Half years ago, in a way it is insulting but were doing well. Lets see what happens in the end but we are doing well. The difference. And as far as china is concerned, we are where we are and we are collecting 2596 where we are and we are collecting 25 on 250 billion. And china is paying for it, as you know because as you notice our inflation hasnt gone up. President donald trump theyre speaking at a news conference. He was just concluding some comments saying that he thinks Great Strides have been made with relations with the us and north korea. But the big moment here is that he will be going to the demilitarised zone and we have been told he will be meeting the north Korean Leader, kim jong un. Told he will be meeting the north Korean Leader, kimjong un. And thatll be a moment very closely watched. We will keep you across it here on bbc news. Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business
From the eu a fake debate claiming he would deliver brexit sooner than Boris Johnson. The shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell conceded hes frustrated by labours lack of progress on its brexit position while the head of the unite union asks thatjeremy corbyn is given more time. Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Ministerfaced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight betterjob than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be d