Keir starmer is not for turnIng and sets out a vision of a Country that belongs to you. Is that a vision that buy Into . That you can buy Into . Welome to newsnight live from liverpool at the Labour Party Conference with Interviews and Insight. In a few mInutes, the Environment Secretary we Talk Austerity and what he can do to stop sewage beIng dumped Into our rivers. Your panel this evenIng political editor of the Liverpool Echo, liam thorp. Labourmp, Barry GardIner. And labour peer, ayesha hazarika. Keir starmer by The Way is on En Route to New York right now for a un general Assembly MeetIng can anyone there do anythIng to stop the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah from escalatIng further . 564 people In lebanon have been killed so far In israeli strikes. Hezbollah, seen as a Terror Organisation by the british government, has vowed to fire even more missiles Into the north of israel. We have some BreakIng News from the Prime MInister on this . Prime mInister on this . We have he
Former Prime Minister tony blair warnsJeremy Corbyn it would be a mistake to go along with a general election until brexit is resolved. He can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. But he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Parts of it are already underwater. Some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. Pictures show the inside the eye of the storm, which is currently only moving at about 5mph, adding to the devastation on the ground. And, as commercial whaling begins again injapan, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The formerjustice minister david gauke has accused the government of trying to purge the tory party of rebels who oppose the leadership on brexit. It comes af
British ice are tax Free Allowance to invest in uk listed companies. British isa tax Free Allowance. Moving on to the uk economy. The Office For Budget Responsibility predicts uk economy will grow by 0. 8 this year and 1. 9 next year. The uks Inflation Rate is also forecast to fall below 2 target this year. But the underlying debt, excluding Bank Of England debt, is forecast to be 91. 7 of gdp this year rising to 92. 8 next year. The government also kept a freeze on alcohol duty, which had been due to end in august, which will now continue until february 2025. There will be a new tax on vaping products to start in october 2026, and the existing tax on tobacco will increase. The chancellor says is in order to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. 0n transport and energy, the government has frozen the fuel duty again and kept the 5p cut in fuel duty on petrol and diesel, due to end later this month for another year. A windfall tax on the profits of energy firms,
pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. the government is to help run the majority of liverpool city council, after a report found extensive errors by the authority. a commissioner is being put in place to oversee the councils finances, with four others already in control of other council operations, including planning and regeneration. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, has that story. the speed of change in liverpool has not been fast enough. for the last year, the government has helped to run some parts of the council, but the city s finances are still in such trouble, now they will also be supervised by whitehall. the city s mayor says that s not the right decision. i m not denying that we have problems, we do, and we re uncovering problems, more problems than we anticipated in t