But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
With 7 Million People stuck on nhs Waiting Lists, we cannot grow the economy with 2. 5 Million People shut out of the Labour Market by long term physical and mental illness. When people are not supported to recover from long covid, wait weeks for a gp appointment, cant get basic help so they can get back to work my feed their families they can get back to work my Feed Theirfamilies and get they can get back to work my feed their families and get on in they can get back to work my Feed Theirfamilies and get on in life. A healthy economy needs a healthy population and a healthy nhs. And i have been so proud that we Liberal Democrats have consistently led the way in highlighting the crises in the nhs and proposing solutions. Reversing cuts to gp numbers and guaranteeing an appointment when you need one. Tackling life threatening Ambulance Delays and improving access to nhs dentists. There is so many parts of our nhs plan that will both treat People Better and boost our economy. And today
Truss. We are probably going to hear a pretty unapologetic difference truss. We are probably going to hear a pretty unapologetic difference of. A pretty unapologetic difference of her record in government, a shorter term in government, little more than 1. 5 months. A year ago. Thank you very much. It is great to be hit thank you very much. It is great to be hit at thank you very much. It is great to be hit at the thank you very much. It is great to be hit at the institute of government today. I am having a rather government today. I am having a rather more relaxing september than i did last rather more relaxing september than i did last year, and you might well ask, why i did last year, and you might well ask, why am i back talking about the same ask, why am i back talking about the same topic . Ask, why am i back talking about the same topic . It is one year ago that i launched same topic . It is one year ago that i launched my government and our economic i launched my government and
our panel tonight from edinburgh, the bbc political correspondent rob watson, and from plymouth, our south west s political editor martyn oates. later in the programme, vladimir putin has just arrived in north korea for a two day summit with kimjong un. and we are watching events at the white house tonight joe biden about to sign an executive order that will grant an amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who are married to us citizens. a very warm welcome to the programme. the british billionaire entrepreneur and businessmanjohn caudwell, who gave the conservatives half a million pounds before the last general election, has told the bbc he will vote labour for the first time in his life next month. the founder of the phones au buisness invited our political editor chris mason to his house this afternoon and told him he thought rishi sunak was an absolute dud and that the labour leader sir keir starmer is, for him, hitting all the right notes. no, i ve no id