to on a regular basis. and we find that when we do live events, a lot of the audience comes up to our hosts and treats them like friends, like they already know them. and we have to sort of remind ourtalent, our hosts, that, you know, to expect this. and it sjust one of those quirks that, in part, i think it s the nature of the way you listen to the shows. here s a quote to start us off. it s from an annual report on digital news from the reuters institute for the study ofjournalism. it came out on monday and describes news podcasting as, a bright spot for publishers, which attracts younger, well educated listeners. given that there aren t so many bright spots for many news organisations at the moment, that is something to hold on to and i wanted to open up to everyone first. lewis, you re here. you ve covered many an election over your very young life. you make me sound so old. yeah, not that old. but you ve managed to get in on a few elections. but could you have ever see
nigel farage, the leader of reform uk, has told the bbc that europe and nato provoked russia s invasion of ukraine. he also said that, while he disliked him as a person , he admires vladimir putin as a political operator because he s managed to take control of running russia. the interview comes as the latest bbc poll of polls suggests reform uk has continued to gain support. the party now sits at i7% on our tracker, which takes into account a wide range of polling data. that is just four points behind the conservative party on 21%. labour still well in front with 41%. there have been more calls for rishi sunak to suspend two conservative candidates who are being investigated for alleged bets on when the general election would be held. this morning, the prime minister wouldn t be drawn on whether he was aware of other candidates or party officials who had placed a bet. labour has accused rishi sunak of a total lack of leadership . the latest donation figures have been rel
obviously, therefore, it s a kind of punishment for this gap between the two groups of people. i would remind you that these people were very well treated, respected and never humiliated. that s why i m so shocked by this ruling. the bbc s anbarasan ethirajan gave me this analysis on the case. what we know is that three employees, former employees of the hinduja family, this is regarding their employment with them, and according to the court documents, they were paid only $8 a day, more than 90% less than what the swiss average or minimum wage is in that country. now, the court ruled, they ve given them various jail sentences. at the same time, they were cleared of these very serious charges of human trafficking because they were accused of withholding the passports of their employees. now, the interesting thing is the prosecutors pursued the case even though there was an out of court settlement with the employees we don t know how much amount it was paid but according to
labour s campaign is captured in one word and so far it is a pitch keeping sir keir starmer s party miles ahead in the opinion polls. yesterday, the labour leader pledged to change football governance rules to prevent any super league style breakaways by english clubs. today, the party is highlighting plans to create 350 new banking hubs in britain s towns a move the party claims would bring cash to high streets and help to keep pubs and other shops open. rishi sunak warned voters yesterday not to give labour a blank cheque on polling day. the prime minister knows the situation looks bleak for the tories but said he believes he can win. his tactic is to relentlessly criticise and question labour s tax plans. council tax is the latest focus and the tories say labour should rule out scrapping referenda on council tax hikes an attack labour described as hysterical and desperate. 3, 2, 1. while the two main parties slug it out, the liberal democrat leader ed davey seems to be