Particular. Labour focus some changes to planning in particular. Labourfocus on it because they think there are blockages in the system. Too much time taken to make decisions which are holding the whole thing up. Theyve been clear they want to change the Planning System to overcome some of those blockages. They have reintroduced mandatory House Building targets. Local authorities will have a target for the homes they need to get built and will have to meet it. That was scrapped under the last government. While there is an accepted about when and where and how it is built might not be popular with local communities, so it has been in focus. I think we will hear Angela Rayner talk about that today, not just increasing the number of houses built overall, but she has also made a point of saying she wants more social and affordable housing as well, and another element of her speech we were expecting today is going to Focus On Standards in housing. We have seen the reports that have come to
Martha welcome i am Sandra Smith in for Neil Cavuto and this is your world. Its the day after neils exclusive interview with the Teamsters President Sean Obrien and the reverberations from sandra the Unions Lack of endorsement in the president ial race being felt across the country today. We did a lot of pulling as you know and it leaned heavily towards former President Trumpets. Very heavily. Neil and im just wondering do you look disconnected from remembers . No, deftly not disconnected from our members because look, we did extensive pulling that was important. Our goal as leaders as Union Leaders is to provide the ability for people to have a voice and provide credible information. We cannot dictate to our members, our members are sophisticated they will make their own decisions. But this is a bigger problem. You know, the democrats always taken for granted that theyll get our our vote no matter what and the republicans fancy themselves as the working party working peopleS Party. I
The Labour Leader said the government will not risk ecOnomic stability when negotiating public Sector Pay deals. The warning On the government s fiscal positiOn came ahead of a cOntroversial vote in the commOns On its policy to remove the Winter Fuel Allowance from some pensiOners. Sir Keir Starmer said he understood the Pressure Families faced. I said he understood the Pressure Families faced. Families faced. I see the nurses. Families faced. I see the nurses, the families faced. I see the nurses, the teaching nurses, the teaching assistants, the carers, who cant afford to get their boiler fixed. cant afford to get their boilerfixed. or buy cant afford to get their boiler fixed. or buy their kids a new school uniform. I see them. I see the Public Sector demoralised, burnt out in some places. Ripped by a Recruitment And RetentiOn crisis that holds back your ability to do what we all believe in. The service of Working People. Isee believe in. The service of Working People. I see all of
Meanwhile Red Bull Team principal Christian Horner, has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour, after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Horner was cleared on wednesday, after an internal investigation looked into his behaviour towards a female colleague. An anonymous email, with a link to messages, purporting to involve horner, was sent to formula 1 personnel and media yesterday. Horner said i wont comment on anonymous speculation, but, to reiterate, i have always denied the allegations. Tim jotischky is a Reputation Management expert. Clearly he has repeatedly said he has been an exonerated and he has nothing to answer for what it can be difficult to do that because the weight of events, the fact that you are the centre of the story, it becomes impossible to focus on what you are therefore, which is the win races. A mean sometimes you dont think your position is sustainable, there might be someone in business who does, its something you might see it happen, but it
And coming up on bbc news the world indoors are underway in glasgow and home favourite jemma reekie is safely through to the semi finals of the 800m after winning her heat. Good afternoon. He was Vladimir Putins arch enemy the kremlin s most prominent opponent. The kremlin s most almost two weeks ago Alexei Navalny died in mysterious circumstances in the arcticjail where hed been imprisoned. Well, today, in a gesture of mass defiance, thousands of mr navalny s supporters attended his funeral in moscow. They knew they were risking arrest, but they chanted that they were not afraid. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports and some viewers may find some of the images in this report distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny. As his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So, this funeral was a show of defiance too. By those who queu