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Results from india s general election show an alliance led by the prime minister, narendra modi, has won enough seats to form the next government. but his bjp party has failed to secure a majority on its own winning far fewer seats than at the previous election. the results are a personal blow to mr modi, who has dominated the country s politics for a decade. more than 640 million people voted in a marathon seven week election. the first minister of wales, labour s vaughan gething, will face a vote of no confidence in the senedd this evening. opposition parties have raised a number of concerns, including why mr gething accepted a donation from a millionaire who had convictions for illegally dumping waste. the first minister says he is confident of winning the vote. the family of rob burrow have visited headingley stadium to read tributes left to the leeds rhinos legend. rob s wife lindsey and the couple s
It s wednesday, the 5th ofjune. our main story. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living in theirfirst general election debate, on itv. the labour leader challenged the prime minister over hospital waiting lists, whilst rishi sunak took aim at labour s spending plans. political correspondent iain watson reports. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know what i would do. i ll cut your taxes, protect your pension, and reduce immigration.
The labour manifesto was launched three weeks before polling day, the conservatives followed three days later. right now, we re just over four weeks away from polling day. now, francisco in tyne and wear highlights the unexpected timing of this election and asked, are parties ready to publish their manifestos? now, of course, rishi sunak knew about this election before everyone else, and already several conservative manifesto announcements have been made. labour has also unveiled a pledge card with six key policies that will be in its manifesto. and the liberal democrats, the snp and other parties have made policy announcements, too. so work on the manifestos is well under way. now, this next question is coming up a lot, too. well, those promises won t be legally binding we can t be sure they ll happen but politically they do matter. as the institute for government points out, parties will frequently refer to their manifesto commitments or mandate while working to deliver polic
Political correspondent iain watson reports. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 1a years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know what i would do. i ll cut your taxes, protect your pension, and reduce immigration. last night, the party leaders faced questions not from members of parliament, but members of the public. i in the last few years, i found it. very difficult to make ends meet, and the money simply doesn t go far enough paula from huddersfield wanted to know what they d do about the cost of living. to know what they d do