understand what we are seeing as we wait for angela rayner to begin speaking. she is an interesting character, isn't she? big personality. what function do you think she fulfils within the labour party as we move towards an expected election? figs party as we move towards an expected election? �* , . , , election? as the elected deputy leader that _ election? as the elected deputy leader that role _ election? as the elected deputy leader that role for _ election? as the elected deputy leader that role for her - election? as the elected deputy leader that role for her is - election? as the elected deputy leader that role for her is fixed, j leader that role for her is fixed, she was selected by labour party members and are still seen as a popularfigure among members and are still seen as a popular figure among members. members and are still seen as a popularfigure among members. she has talked extensively including at a women's rally yesterday about her background, being someone who knows what it is like to kind of grow up in poverty, to have to rely on social housing and i think she may well want to bring some of her own back story into the speech today as she has done previously. as a result, she is seen by labour figures as someone who has the ability as you say to be a good communicator, someone people relate to and she can talk about what her ambitions will be in her new role as the housing, levelling up and community secretary. that role she was given in the recent labour reshuffle will be key in the next general election because housing is something labour wants to use as a dividing line between them and the conservatives. i think that's coupled with other issues like climate, net zero policies that we expect to hear from shadow ministers about this week, and these are other areas labour feel they can draw a dividing line between them and the conservative party. when it comes to angela rayner, we expect her to focus on her brief of housing but she might talk more broadly about the labour party and what it stands for. again, a challenge for the party going into this conference because they have been playing a quite cautious in recent months, not wanting to commit to big spending commitments. the criticism that has led to especially by some of the union says they are not being bold enough so i think there will be pressure on angela rayner but also keir starmer to show they can be bold and make voters a promise that people will want to vote for. you mention keir— people will want to vote for. you mention keir starmer we have heard from him this morning. he spoke to victoria derbyshire for the bbc. let's listen to what he had to say about nhs waiting list. let let's listen to what he had to say about nhs waiting list.— about nhs waiting list. let me exlain about nhs waiting list. let me exnlain why — about nhs waiting list. let me exnlain why we _ about nhs waiting list. let me explain why we are _ about nhs waiting list. let me explain why we are doing - about nhs waiting list. let me explain why we are doing this. | explain why we are doing this. because — explain why we are doing this. because economic growth has been very poor— because economic growth has been very poor for 13 years and everything you hear from labour this week will_ everything you hear from labour this week will be about the economy, raising _ week will be about the economy, raising living standards across the whole _ raising living standards across the whole of — raising living standards across the whole of the country. one of the drags— whole of the country. one of the drags on— whole of the country. one of the drags on that is the fact 7.7 million _ drags on that is the fact 7.7 million people are on a waiting list and everybody i think know someone, and everybody i think know someone, a relative _ and everybody i think know someone, a relative or— and everybody i think know someone, a relative or friend who is on a waiting — a relative or friend who is on a waiting list. a relative or friend who is on a waiting list-— a relative or friend who is on a waiting list. but what if doctors and nurses _ waiting list. but what if doctors and nurses do _ waiting list. but what if doctors and nurses do not _ waiting list. but what if doctors and nurses do not want - waiting list. but what if doctors and nurses do not want to - waiting list. but what if doctors j and nurses do not want to work waiting list. but what if doctors - and nurses do not want to work the weekend? , ., weekend? there is the health implication — weekend? there is the health implication of _ weekend? there is the health implication of that. _ weekend? there is the health implication of that. our - weekend? there is the health implication of that. our plan i weekend? there is the health | implication of that. our plan is weekend? there is the health - implication of that. our plan is for 2 million — implication of that. our plan is for 2 million appointments every year, 40.000 _ 2 million appointments every year, 40,000 perweekto 2 million appointments every year, 40,000 per week to be done out—of— hours 40,000 per week to be done out—of—hours by paying 40,000 per week to be done out—of— hours by paying staff to do that _ out—of— hours by paying staff to do that many— out—of— hours by paying staff to do that. many of those staff are willing — that. many of those staff are willing to do this, we have spoken to staffing — willing to do this, we have spoken to staffing organisations across the board _ to staffing organisations across the board trut— to staffing organisations across the board but it's a plan to actually bring _ board but it's a plan to actually bring down 2 million appointments every— bring down 2 million appointments every year— bring down 2 million appointments every year on that waiting list. and a huge _ every year on that waiting list. and a huge boost for the economy. given some doctors — a huge boost for the economy. given some doctors are _ a huge boost for the economy. given some doctors are working _ a huge boost for the economy. given some doctors are working in - a huge boost for the economy. (1: azi some doctors are working in the private sector at the weekends when you have to change their contract to make this happen. x�*t�*ou you have to change their contract to make this happen.— you have to change their contract to make this happen. you do not need to chance make this happen. you do not need to chan . e the make this happen. you do not need to change the contract _ make this happen. you do not need to change the contract for _ make this happen. you do not need to change the contract for this _ make this happen. you do not need to change the contract for this because i change the contract for this because people _ change the contract for this because people pay at the proper rate for out—of— hours? people pay at the proper rate for out-of-hours?_ people pay at the proper rate for out-of-hours? a, ., , _ out-of-hours? more than they pay in the rivate out-of-hours? more than they pay in the private sector? _ out-of-hours? more than they pay in the private sector? this _ out-of-hours? more than they pay in the private sector? this is _ out-of-hours? more than they pay in the private sector? this is to - out-of-hours? more than they pay in the private sector? this is to pay - the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours- — the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours. so _ the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours. so is _ the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours. so is it _ the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours. so is it more - the private sector? this is to pay out-of-hours. so is it more than j out-of-hours. so is it more than the net out-of-hours. so is it more than they get in _ out-of-hours. so is it more than they get in the — out-of-hours. so is it more than they get in the private _ out-of-hours. so is it more than they get in the private sector? i out-of-hours. so is it more than i they get in the private sector? they will probably _ they get in the private sector? they will probably get — they get in the private sector? they will probably get more in the private — will probably get more in the private sector. 30 will probably get more in the private sector.— will probably get more in the rivate sector. , ., , private sector. so why would they switch? it private sector. so why would they switch? it is _ private sector. so why would they switch? it is a _ private sector. so why would they switch? it is a plan _ private sector. so why would they switch? it is a plan to _ private sector. so why would they switch? it is a plan to get - private sector. so why would they switch? it is a plan to get rid - private sector. so why would they switch? it is a plan to get rid of. switch? it is a plan to get rid of the non-dom _ switch? it is a plan to get rid of the non-dom tax _ switch? it is a plan to get rid of the non-dom tax status - switch? it is a plan to get rid of the non-dom tax status that i switch? it is a plan to get rid of- the non-dom tax status that allows the non—dom tax status that allows very rich _ the non—dom tax status that allows very rich people to avoid paying tax in this— very rich people to avoid paying tax in this country and to use the money to pay— in this country and to use the money to pay for— in this country and to use the money to pay for extra hours to bring down the waiting — to pay for extra hours to bring down the waiting list. you to pay for extra hours to bring down the waiting list.— the waiting list. you have acknowledged _ the waiting list. you have acknowledged they - the waiting list. you have acknowledged they get i the waiting list. you have i acknowledged they get paid the waiting list. you have - acknowledged they get paid more the waiting list. you have _ acknowledged they get paid more in the private sector and i am asking you white then we had a doctor or nurse switch from that higher pay to work for less at the weekend in the nhs to help you bring down the waiting list?— nhs to help you bring down the waitin: list? �* , , ., ., waiting list? because they want to brina down waiting list? because they want to bring down the — waiting list? because they want to bring down the waiting _ waiting list? because they want to bring down the waiting list - waiting list? because they want to bring down the waiting list as - waiting list? because they want to | bring down the waiting list as well. but they— bring down the waiting list as well. but they want to pay their bills. my wife works in the nhs, i get a daily insight _ wife works in the nhs, i get a daily insight into— wife works in the nhs, i get a daily insight into the morale in our hospitals _ insight into the morale in our hospitals in this particular one in london — hospitals in this particular one in london and they want to bring down the waiting — london and they want to bring down the waiting lists and that is why we had talked — the waiting lists and that is why we had talked to them, this is a voluntary— had talked to them, this is a voluntary scheme. they are up for this and _ voluntary scheme. they are up for this and they are up for this because _ this and they are up for this because they know to bring down waiting _ because they know to bring down waiting lists will reduce the pressure on them in the long run. we need _ pressure on them in the long run. we need to— pressure on them in the long run. we need to do— pressure on them in the long run. we need to do this, we cannot have, this is— need to do this, we cannot have, this is unprecedented. 7.7 million people _ this is unprecedented. 7.7 million people on— this is unprecedented. 7.7 million people on the waiting list. that was the labour leader _ people on the waiting list. that was the labour leader sir _ people on the waiting list. that was the labour leader sir keir— people on the waiting list. that was the labour leader sir keir starmer l the labour leader sir keir starmer speaking with victoria derbyshire earlier. really hinging on a key issue. that faces the labour party as they head into an election, the pressure to improve public services and the twin pressure to find the money to improve those services? that is right. when it comes to their plans for the nhs, labour say they will fund this through scrapping the so—called non—dom tax status in the uk, a tax policy that means people who earn money outside of the uk but are residing here not permanently, can essentially not pay tax on some of those foreign earnings, something which labour said for a long time it will scrap. they previously said this will be used to fund other things but labour says that will be used to fund their... . , . their... please let me inter'ect, an . ela their... please let me inter'ect, angela rayner is i their... please let me interject, angela rayner is beginning - their... please let me interject, angela rayner is beginning to l their... please let me interject, - angela rayner is beginning to speak. so let's listen in. applause. good morning, liverpool and welcome! i love a good standing order, it brings me back to my union days. this years conference comes at a momentous time for our party. a pivotal moment for our country, just days after the labour huge win in rutherglen! cheering. anas sarwar, my friend, we are proud of the positive campaign you and michael ran, years of hard work led to the people of rutherglen putting their faith to the people of rutherglen putting theirfaith in labour this week, a watershed moment. now conference, no offence, but i hope this is the last speech you will hear from me. on this podium before a general election. becausejust like this podium before a general election. because just like you, this podium before a general election. becausejust like you, i am sick of being in opposition. when you elected me 3.5 years ago, it was the honour of my life but you did not elect me to be deputy leader of the opposition. you elected me to be deputy prime minister of a labour government! cheering. a labour government that will transform people's lives like the last labour government changed my own. now we have a great week in store. but it comes after one where we saw the chaotic face of the tory party today. they have had quite a year since we last met. the leader who lost to a lettuce, the chancellor who forgot his own tax return and forgot to declare it, gavin williamson forced to resign because he turned out to be a bully, who knew? dominic raab, also forced to resign as a bully, i think everyone knew that one except the prime minister apparently and there's the home secretary, sacked as a threat to national security, the same home secretary reappointed next week, i think they call that time served! laughter. apparently she believes in the rehabilitation of offenders after all! laughter. applause. and now we have a prime minister refusing to hand over his whatsapp messages, i assumejacob rees—mogg has also refused to hand over his carrier pigeon! conference, throughout all of it, the prime minister simply cannot stand up for the country against his party. he is apparently planning another reshuffle, maybe that is why he thinks we are offering him seven different beans for seven different kinds of rubbish! and of course at their conference, liz truss was back but one thing did become clearer last week, we all know that he is just cayenne in her barbie world. what a contrast we are come up with keir starmer at the helm the shadow cabinet is hungry for change and i might be a little bit biased but i think my team are shining stars. i lead a formidable front bench with mark, sarah, flo, paula, sharon, sue and justin and many many others leading on a new deal for working people! at conference i also want to pay tribute to the woman who paved the way for the labour polled housing and levelling up vision with grit and determination, lisa nandy! cheering. the reality is that labour is already delivering in powerfrom our elected mayors to our local authority leaders or the labour government in wales. our movement has never been so unified, so focused around one aim, to give britain its future back. but the tories also have one singular focus. tories also have one singular focus. to desperately cling onto power. that is why the tories are levelling project was dead on arrival. you cannot level up from the top down. the tories only know how to centralise power and untold wealth where it benefits them. and it is under their watch the places that once built britain have been abandoned. community is crumbling, high streets empty, rising crime. streets that were once bursting with pride, shutdown, boarded up, denied a brighterfuture, rents a brighter future, rents skyrocketing, a brighterfuture, rents skyrocketing, mortgages soaring for work does not pay. it is that lingering sense that britain is broken, collateral damage from the swing of the tories wrecking ball. for the conservatives, growth is not for everyone. it means it isjobs for everyone. it means it isjobs for the boys, a free ride for vested interests, the super rich, the non—dom is, water bosses but our proud united kingdom that once spearheaded the industrial world was not a trickle—down nation, it was a country where innovation and growth rose up from the ports, factories, warehouses in hartlepool, humber and teesside. in my lifetime, growth used to be in the hands of the workers and communities that built britain, and from their craft came wealth. today, working people are crafting white ministers in their ivory tower in whitehall, the truth is and i am not afraid to say it, it is and i am not afraid to say it, it is and i am not afraid to say it, it is a responsible government that recognises their role in providing stability in people's lives. but stability in people's lives. but stability has been smashed at the hands of this prime minister. who in his conference speech spent an hour rallying against plots and controversies that do not exist. worshipping at the altar of liz truss, a government that has gone off the rails quite literally in the north. the speech from the prime minister did not even mention housing once. no doubt, that is because his housing policy is the same as the new smoking policy, increase the prices year on year so eventually no one can buy! applause. cheering. the truth is, looking down from his privatejet, rishi sunak cannot understand why young people cannot understand why young people cannot get on the housing ladder. do not forget, this is the man who boasted about snatching taxpayers money from deprived areas and funnelling it into wealthy ones, he tells working people they are just lacking aspiration, they are not working hard enough. all the while, people are kept up at night by the pit in their stomach, whether their paycheque will cover the bills or be enough to keep a roof over their heads. orfurthertheir enough to keep a roof over their heads. orfurther their children will ever earn enough to be free from the same anxiety which keeps them up at night. that is because rishi sunak and his party had taken a sledgehammer to the foundations on which a good life can be built. and now the simple things in life are crumbling, a decentjob, a secure, affordable home and a strong community. simple things this government have snatched away from working people. and conference, we cannot go on like this any longer. the tories are not only talking britain down, they have dragged us down and they are holding us back and this is why labour is first and most important mission in government is to grow the economy. growth under a labour government will be in all places for all people, growth in the hands of the communities and people that built britain. to once again provide a decent work secure home and strong community. to truly level “p and strong community. to truly level up our country. building a strong community doesn't mean making every furt look the same, it means real choices, putting people's hands, giving powers to elected local leaders, the people who know their communities best. new devolved powers on skills, employment support, transport and of course new housing. this is how labour will give local people control of their future. and we know this can and will work. because the march to devolution of the last labour government has been an almighty success. our mayors continue to champion locally controlled transport, delivering cheaper tickets at a time when everything else is more expensive. mark drakeford or first minister of wales has shown the power of devolved leadership on skills with bold action to ensure young people across wales have access to work, education and training. conference, we seek power... applause. we seek power so we can hand it back to the people. that is the labour way. it belongs to them, not us. but that also means recognising who is in the engine room of the britain day british economy. labour has a long and proud history of being the party of working people and for working people. we believe everyone deserves a third day �*s pay for fair work and to have enough spare at the end of the month to enjoy the fruits of their labour. for bread and yes roses too but under the conservatives, too often work does not pay. the tories low wage economy, stagnant productivity and tumbling business investment, everything about this is bad for workers, bad for businesses and bad for our economy. now conference... i am proud that the last labour government created the national minimum wage. back then the tories hated it, they said it would crash the economy, how wrong they were! so much of the labour progress has since been reversed. young adult workers are getting a raw deal. and their bills are as high as everyone else, there is no doubt we need to raise the floor on wages and build lasting change but it's only the labour party that can make that work. applause. with a genuine living wage that working people can actually live on, we will change the low pay commission remit so that the minimum wage will for the first time take account of the cost of living. conference, i have heard some rumours that we will be watering down our new deal for working people! be in no doubt, not with keir starmer and i at the helm, we will ban zero—hours contracts, and fire and rehire, give workers' rights from day one, further and faster close a gender pay gap, make family friendly and tackle sexual harassment and we will not stop there! cheering. we will ensure that unions can stand up we will ensure that unions can stand up for their members, boost collective bargaining to improve workers pay, terms and conditions and make no mistake, this is an agenda that will deliver hand in hand with a trade union movement as we will work with businesses to because they know a good modern labour market is good for growth. conference, the new dealfor working people is our plan to boost wages, make work more secure and support working people to thrive. this is how labour will make work pay. and this is what keir starmer as i are doing at this work has already started. it can only be completed with labour in power. and as deputy prime minister, i will personally table the legislation implementing our new deal with than 100 days of taking office! cheering. let there be no doubt about my determination. and i have no fear of winning that argument in an election either. last week, the people of rutherglen and hamilton west voted to make work pay. let's give the people of our whole country the same chance to do the same. but conference, good wages and protections are not enough, if every penny go simply on keeping a roof over your head. if you live in damp, cramped housing or have no home at all. safe, secure, affordable housing is no longer the foundation on which people can rely, that foundation of a good life, decent wages, strong communities and affordable homes crumbled in tory britain. too many people are stuck paying unaffordable private rent or living the nightmare of a whole rack of inflammable cladding while leaseholders linger in a system left over from the middle ages. dream leaseholders linger in a system left overfrom the middle ages. dream of home ownership slipping away. as more than1 million home ownership slipping away. as more than 1 million families wait for social housing. over the last 13 years, tory ministers sold or demolished more than double the number of social homes that they delivered. families who need a council house are often stuck in cramped, temporary accommodation or at the mercy of private landlords and this summer, michael gove handed back almost £2 billion destined for affordable housing to the treasury because he could not spend it! a labour government would right this wrong. we know a secure home is like a securejob. it is a game changer and crucialfoundation a securejob. it is a game changer and crucial foundation for a a securejob. it is a game changer and crucialfoundation for a good life. that is why we will get social homes built, brick by brick, building notjust homes but also communities and i will get my hard hat and hi vis vest on if i have to! i pledged today keir starmer and i will deliver affordable housing for a generation and conference, that includes council housing! cheering. conference, the tories look down on people living in social housing and i say let's stare right back and never be ashamed. a council house changed my life and so here is what labour is going to do. we will start by salvaging the system that the tories have taken a sledgehammer to. the tories have snatched billions from affordable housing, labour will unlock government grants to deliver new homes by making the affordable homes programme more flexible so that every penny gets out the door towards the building of the homes that people need and by working with local leaders who know their area best, we will use these funds more effectively. secondly, we will strengthen the rules to prevent developers from wriggling out of their responsibilities and we will speed up the building of new social and affordable housing! we will do this by reforming the planning system. elected local leaders will be given the powers they need to stand up to vested interests in building new developments through a specialist government take back control unit that will work with them to rebalance the scales and conference, we will provide stability and certainty for the affordable and social housing markets so their confidence is there to invest. affordable and social council houses are notjust affordable and social council houses are not just a affordable and social council houses are notjust a nice add they are fundamental to securing decent homes for all. a hammer to smash the glass ceiling and a linchpin of the economy. they are quicker to occupy and build and to get the growth that we need and create the liable, well paid and highly skilled jobs in the process. that is not all. labour will achieve rental reform for the tories have failed for 4.5 years. finishing thejob by banning no—fault evictions. cheering. and we will give first—time buyers first dibs on new developments in their communities with a comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme for those who do not have access to the bank of mum and dad and we will end the medieval leasehold system with root and branch reforms. we will deliver planning reform to build the houses the next generation desperately needs. it is the labour party that is the party of homeownership. because we understand what it means to make your home, to start a family, and to get on in life. and i know the difference, a decent wage and secure home can make, it was a labour government that introduced the minimum wage and improve my income, a labour government that built the council houses, i got the keys to my first home to security, a labour government that introduced equal pay and i started to save money. the labour government that took me from a council estate to the parliamentary estate! and conference, that is where it might labour party values come from and my confidence to succeed. ever since those days, to all the people who have underestimated me throughout my life, i have always said, watch this space. so i say to anyone who feels written off and looked down on, i have got your back... studio: we will pull out of that speech by the deputy leader leaner angela rayner, a speech to kick off the start of the labour party conference in liverpool and you can see the qr code on screen, please click to that if you want to follow with a speech in the conference, thatis with a speech in the conference, that is on the bbc news website page. stay with us. live from london. this is bbc news. as israel strikes back against hamas, its military says residents near gaza will be evacuated within the next 24 hours as it intensifies its response to yesterday's attack. hundreds of palestinian gunmen have been killed in the fighting, and many more have been arrested. we speak to one eyewitness who fled for her life when the attack by hamas fighters began. they were going three by three and shooting — pa—pow, pa—pow, pa—pow — everywhere from two sides and i saw many people were dying, like, allaround. the pope calls for an end to the violence, and the un security council will meet later to discuss the crisis. hello. the total number of dead from the conflict between israel and the palestinians has risen to more than 1,000, a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. the israeli military says the country is "still at war in its efforts to take full control of israeli territory and communities from hamas". here are the key developments this hour. in israel, 300 civilians are known to have died, with palestinian health officials saying at least 313 people have died in israeli airstrikes on gaza. the israeli army also says more than 400 palestinian militants have been killed after 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