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borisjohnson has lost boris johnson has lost the confidence of the british people. borisjohnson has got to go. we will have reaction to the by election defeat. the biggest vote last in numerical terms of any by election ever. labour re takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election with the party s leader also insisting that it s time for a new non conservative government. now we ve had the sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government, but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party and i m so proud. prince charles opens at the summit in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot ex - ress legacy of the slave trade. i cannot exwess the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of my - legacy
affronts to everything we stand for is russia s invasion of ukraine and hughton s blockade of the ports that would otherwise be shipping food to the world s paris people. vladimir putin. at this moment, nearly 25 million tonnes of corn and wheat is piled up in silos across ukraine, held hostage by russia. britain supports the united nations plan to get that food out and we will invest over £370 million in global food security this year including £130 million for the world food programme. we want to work alongside our commonwealth friends to understand your needs, your priorities, and to deliverjoint solutions to a crisis that president putin has deliberately engineered. for now, it only remains for me to thank every commonwealth member for having given the united kingdom the chance to serve as during office and as i pass on this responsibility to the president, a close friend and partner, i know that he shares my boundless optimism about the future of the commonwealth at
this is bbc news. i m joanna gosling. the headlines at 11. crushing defeats for the prime minister and the conservative in two by elections prompting the resignation of the party chairman. but borisjohnson vows to keep going . we ve got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment and i think as a government, i ve got to listen. labour re takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election. and the lib dems overturn a huge conservative 2a,000 majority in tiverton and honiton. now we ve had this sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party.
by election defeat a british government has suffered. that majority of 6144 for richard foord, the new lib dem mp, there are only 30 of borisjohnson s colleagues who have a majority bigger than 25,000, there are a lot of nervous people in there are a lot of nervous people in the conservative party. labour s focus was on the west yorkshire constituency of weak field, that is easy to use to hold, lost in 2019, one of the reasons they lost was boris johnson s one of the reasons they lost was borisjohnson s popularity back one of the reasons they lost was boris johnson s popularity back then and what had previously been a safe labour seat. and what had previously been a safe labourseat. here and what had previously been a safe labour seat. here starmer, the leader of the labour party, celebrating his party s success in wakefield. this is what he had to say. now we have had the sort of swing that puts on track notjust for a labour government but for a majority labour government. so this is