thank you. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the women life freedom protests in iran, we have a special report with defiant voices inside the country as the morality police double down on the repression of women. so how should the uk calibrate relations with iran? we ll be joined by a iranian american human rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the bank of england hike the interest rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now? two senior economists argue it out. the upcoming ruthergen and hamilton west by election expected to be a major snp labour battle could be a bellwe
and ainsty. big swing to the lib dems in somerton and frome. with an interesting, friendly acknowledgement by the lib dem candidate and winner of tactical voting, big part of the story. and uxbridge and ruislip, dominated by ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez a couple of weeks ago. the tories hung on by theirfingertips. who really won the spoils here. a mixed picture, or is actually a very clear picture, there is a bit of blurring on the edge by a local issue, kicking for khan and a bruising for sunak. or is there, for the tories, just a scintilla of hope? contact michael on the phones, 85058 on the texts, get in touch. 08085 909693 on the phones. here is deena campbell with the news. the conservatives have suffered two heavy defeats in yesterday s by elections. labour overturned a majority of more than 20,000 votes in the north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty. the lib dems took the somerset seat of somerton and frome, overturni
looks like low pressure will return. more rain, it will stay cool, no sign of any real heat even as we head into next week. thanks, ben. that s it. newsnight with victoria derbyshire is just getting under way on bbc two. now on bbc one, it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. a row has erupted within labour after sir keir starmer confirmed a future labour government would keep the conservatives two child benefits cap. three years ago, the labour leader said he wanted to scrap it. he now says he won t, much to the dismay of many of his members and plenty of mps. what s changed 7 we ll speak to the north of tyne mayor, who today resigned from labour, jamie driscoll, and former adviser to tony blairjohn mcternan. also tonight. a disturbing report on how ai is being used to create child sexual abuse imagery. it is really realistic. it is quite realistic it is really realistic. it is quite realistic. if it is reall
campaigning in wales today, but his efforts to promote the conservative s welsh manifesto were overshadowed by questions about tory insiders allegedly gambling on the date of the election. the prime minister insisted multiple independent investigations were under way and that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. lets take a listen: there are full investigations that are currently happening. it s right that those investigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent. they are necessarily confidential, as you will appreciate. there s also a criminal investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those. you ll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there s not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, i will ensure that they are booted out of t