Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. And karaoke singing. 0k, singing. So, its been a great week here in liverpool. Yes, first Labour Conference in government for 15 years. Its hot Lemon And Honey in front of you. And i dont think were breaking any great secret to reveal that you were singing karaoke at the daily Mirror Party in the early hours of last night, or the early hours of this morning. And people call me the Fun Police. I do not understand. Why do you accept that . Its been a somewhat curious atmosphere here. Yes, definitely. Celebration. Ive seen lots of people, big smiles on their faces, thinking were in government again at last, but also a kind of unease. Well, i think we always knew that we would be in a period of post euphoria. Of post euphoria. Of post euphoria, pre delivery because Real Change takes time. And yes, im proud of some of the things ive done in my first weeks in office, whether thats the Junk
A budget that will define the next Half Decade under labour begins to take shape with more investment in big projects, more borrowing, and perhaps less of a Tax Rise than expected. And devastating israeli strikes on beirut actively targeting hezbollah s leadership, as Benjamin Netanyahu dashes back from the Un And Tehran holds emergency meetings. Where will this escalation take the region and the world . Good evening. This is newsnight, home to Insight And Analysis from home and abroad. Well discuss the emerging situation in the Middle East a little later, matters could develop as we are on air. Breaking news is that they hezbollah it senior leadership is unreachable following the israel strikes on the Beirut Southern Suburbs on thursday. We will discuss that later. But first a domestic Mid Conference political and economic stock take with our top panel. Anushka asthana, Itv News deputy political editor, author of taken as red, an Insider Account of Labours Ascent to power, zing tseng,
In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t