The list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent harry farley who is in the West Midlands now. With keir starmer, i imagine. What is he up to and what will be the focus . ,. ,. , focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat at focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of s
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For Palestinian Prisoners. Unconfirmed reports in us media say israel has given hamas a week to agree to the current proposal or it will begin its long threatened offensive in rafah. But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent, anna foster is injerusalem. I asked her about the increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yeah. Were at the same stage samantha where an israeli deal has been put on the table. It was described at the start of the week by the us secretary of state, antony blinken, as extraordinarily generous. And it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal, there had been some movement in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. Now, from israels point of view, of course, its priority at the moment is trying to ensure the release of all the remaining hostages that are being held in gaza. One of hamas s key priorities is to try and get s
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