The competence of national governments to do with visas, length of stay, for instance, where certain things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require a negotiation with the European Union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the Germans Today but The Big Picture is a European Picture and that Trade Agreement that borisjohnson signed with the European Union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the European Union, is that what the Labour Government want to do, or is this just a softly softly approach and just a realignment of what was a rather turbulent relationship when the conservatives were in power . To be honest, i dont know any more than you do about what they intend to do. Its clear they want to improve bilateral levers with key european statesmen. Today in germany with olaf scholz. Keir starmer will be visiting Emmanuel Macron
The Prime Minister has warned that the budget this october will be painful, in his first major speech from no 10 since becoming Prime Minister. Speaking in the rose garden, he said his government had inherited a black hole in the public finances, of £22 billion. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heaviest burden, he cautioned, but he also said there would be big asks of everyone. The conservatives responded by saying the speech was an indication that labour had been planning tax rises all along. Vicki young has our top story. Blue skies and sunshine, but the Prime Minister didnt come here to paint a rosy picture. He has accused the conservatives of wrecking the economy, leaving him to put it right. There is a budget coming in october. And it is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation that we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden. I will have to turn to the country, and make big asks of you as well. Its already
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into northern and western scotland. under clearskies, quite into northern and western scotland. under clear skies, quite cool, single figures in some rural spots. where we have the cloud, 10 13. this ridge of high pressure continues to bring fairly dry weather as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow doesn t look too bad to start with. there will be some early sunshine, some cloud in spots of rain across eastern england. that should tend to clear away. there will be some showers pushing into scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north west england in the afternoon. england and wales, the book should stay dry, variable cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16-20 cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16 20 again, below par. tomorrow, better chance of staying dry, could see some bright spells. wednesday looks more unsettled with low pressure pushing in. i think there could be more disruption to play on wednesday. here it is, a rather cloudy picture, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern and weste
to make their leader the pm. we re also going to take a close look at the top three things that you ve told us are most important to young people when thinking about who you want to run the country. yes, we ll explain what happens when you vote, what exactly you can expect when you turn up at the polling station in your area that s listed on your polling card. and we really want to hear from you. it s your voice, your vote. jonelle from the bbc reliable source podcast is here with us and she s keeping across your questions. hi, yes, thanks, guys. we re live so get in touch with us with your questions. you can head to the bbc news account on tiktok. we ll try and answer as many as we can tonight. so, this live stream is all about reflecting the issues and questions of first time voters as we head towards election day. how do we know what s on your mind? well, for almost three weeks, my colleague jordan from newsbeat has been speaking to a lot of you on a race across the uk. wh