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place on ajuly. today, party leaders have hit the campaign trail, delivering their message to voters across the uk as the countdown to polling day begins. the prime minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives can offer security and economic stability, while the labour leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. and he promised to rebuild the country. we ll be live on the campaign trail in a moment or two, will talk to the people political 30s as well. meanwhile, nigel farage said he won t be standing for reform uk let s get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. back to speak to where we are with the polling in the past two weeks. the most recent poll during the month of may, we are looking at labour on 44%, 21 points ahead of the conservatives on 23%, so very substantial lead. this is the biggest lead that we ve had at the beginning of our election sincejohn major went to the countr ....
decline and chaos under the governing conservatives or rebuilding the country under his party. the liberal democrats and the snp have also been setting out their stall. our political editor chris mason has been tracking them all day. you applause. placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting lower league football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, they find it s like wading through treacle. red cards aren t usually welcome for folk on a football pitch but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labour s core message. we have had 14 years of going around and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. chaos and division, feeding chaos and division. if you want to change you have to vote for it, and if you vote labour it s a vote to stop the ....
sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. nigel farage said he won t be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. it has been a busy day. let s get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. i want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. earlier he had an admission he d promised deportation flights to rwanda. now he says they will happen if he is elected. we have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. all of that work is already ongoing and the choice of this election is clear, because if i m reelected as prime minister on t ....
i fully accept now that the post office, excuse me. former chief executive of the post office paula vennells breaks down in tears while giving evidence to the inquiry into the horizon it scandal, and admits she made mistakes tributes are paid to the former british olympic swimming champion david wilkie, who s died at the age of 70. a number of flood warnings are starting to rise after relentless rain, more to come for some today but something a bit brighter across the south. will that become more extensive as we head towards the bank holiday weekend? it s thursday 23rd may. our main story. the uk will go to the polls six weeks today after the prime minister announced there will be a general election on the 4th ofjuly. on the steps of downing streetjust over 12 hours ago rishi sunak vowed to fight for every vote while labour leader sir keir starmer said it was time for change . our political editor chris mason has this report on how the surprise events unfolded. the lecte ....
permanently disabled. a taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. translation: my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. after seven days they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound but it didn t work. afterwards they took me to a public hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. neither israel s army nor health ministry has responded to these allegations. there is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. cast as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the state imam military base. one senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. they are the army, not me, they create the patient to be ....