waiting list at the moment. ok, andrew, thank waiting list at the moment. ok, andrew, thank you waiting list at the moment. 0k, andrew, thank you very much. lucinda, thanks to you both for updating us from your regions. here are the candidates who have been selected so far to battle it out in that constituency that andrew was talking about of norwich north. the bbc will have a full list of candidates once nominations close. here are the candidates who have been selected so far in lewes. again, the bbc will have a full list of candidates once nominations close. more now on the general election campaign. labour leader sir keir starmer will reaffirm his commitment to the uk s nuclear deterrent, describing labour as the party of national security. he says keeping britain safe should be the bedrock of any government. labour s shadow defence secretaryjohn healey was also on the today programme a little earlier. healey was pressed on david lammy voting against trident in 2016 and his mo
as a key target for labour? as a key target for labour? yeah, it s really interesting. as a key target for labour? yeah, it s really interesting. if as a key target for labour? yeah, it s really interesting. if you - as a key target for labour? yeah, it s really interesting. if you look| it s really interesting. if you look at a constituency map of east anglia, it is a sea of blue, the conservatives hold just about every seatin conservatives hold just about every seat in this region. they are just a few specs of red and one of them is norwich south, behind me and apart from a small exception where the liberal democrats hold, has always been held by labour. norwich north where i am standing is a very different ball game. it is a typical bellwether swing seat. largely residential seat. a lot of housing, which was built after the war. some pockets of deprivation. quite a bit of light manufacturing within norwich north and we got an airport which largely services the gas platforms of t
specifically by 2030. the conservatives say they will do that by shrinking the size of the civil service, saving money in that kind of area. there are questions about whether that is realistic and affordable. laboursay whether that is realistic and affordable. labour say they will only do it once the economic conditions allow. this is a clear pitch to reach to voters here in an area, greater machester and indeed across the whole of the country. there are parts of the country where the day lost seats at the last general election perhaps in part because voters have fears because jeremy corbyn, their then leader, was a bit less strong on defence and had slightly more nuanced positions and didn t necessarily come out stating quite so clearly that he was in favour of things like nuclear deterrent. you heard john healy being asked about the way that some current shadow cabinet members who could well be ministers and cabinet ministers in the next labour
and was, when vaughan gething accepted the sum of money. the conservative opposition in the welsh parliament, the senedd, has tabled a vote of no confidence in mr gething s leadership. to him, the prize of becoming first minister was too great and he was prepared to sacrifice the integrity of the office of first ministerfor the £200,000 that he took. with news that one of david neal s companies also revealed plans for a solar farm in this protected area of countryside the day before a firm he controls made a second donation to mr gething, others have questioned the new first minister s judgment. you get offered £200,000. the level of due diligence that you would expect to take place in that context would be significant. vaughan gething has not broken the ministerial code in taking the donation and he retains the full backing of labour s uk leader, with only weeks to go before the general election.