in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas
standing at the general election and standing as the next prime minister. in the conservative party was unrecognizable than the party he joined a decade ago. amid continuing confusion in the fate of of one of labor is longest serving mps, diane abbott. she said she is being banned standing and keir starmer said no decision has been taken. but angela rayner says she sees no reason why she should not be allowed to stand again after chris mason has this report. today, he says he is voting labor and isjoining the party too. yellow back when i looked back to 1997 when labor came to the fore and they said things can only get better. i they said things can only get better. ~ . , ,., ., ., better. i think at this point again in british politics better. i think at this point again in british politics and better. i think at this point again in british politics and history. . better. i think at this point again | in british politics and history. and thatis in british politics and hi
start of that paragraph. you say, it was difficult to get the right kind of engagement from the hsc or the nhs. there was an in built reluctance to accept it was possible to get to a point where the nhs was overwhelmed and to acknowledge this would be something number 10 and the prime minister would need to be across. you referenced that concern from the cabinet office might not be helpful and you say you kept being told the nhs capacity was elastic. later on, a couple of lines down, you say it was only much later i realised what was meant by nhs capacity being elastic was the capacity being elastic was the capacity of people working in the nhs to work themselves into the ground to keep people alive. where you are in fact ever able to get to the bottom of this question of what we mean by the overwhelming of the nhs? , , ., ., nhs? this is in the following winter. this nhs? this is in the following winter. this is nhs? this is in the following winter. this is the nhs? th
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youngsters are actually some of the most economically active in the developed world. waving goodbye to the french open for what is likely to be the last time. the record 1a time champion in paris rafael nadal is knocked out in the opening round. good morning. rain is coming in from the south west pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine but some scattered showers. all of the details later. it s tuesday, the 28th of may. the conservatives have promised to raise the tax free pension allowance if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by 2030. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, has the details. what do you love about it? there s one particular reason politicians like to present t