it s james in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster too. so, the reason you were speaking to the labour leader, sir keir starmer, chris, was because he has made a big u turn today. yes. so this is on what he calls his green prosperity plan. this is the idea of throwing quite a lot of public money into kind of turbo charging what he thinks are the kind of industries of the future that might have a kind of green tinge to them. but they re also about, he hopes, providing the well paid jobs of the future, the industries of the future. two and a half years ago, he said labour would spend in government £28 billion a year on that. that was diluted in the summer of last year to £28 billion a year by the second half of a first labour term. so that would be sort of mid 2027, if they were to win the election and only if they thought it was affordable relative to their economic rules. last few weeks, quite frankly, they ve been in a complete mess about it and not rea
we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
good evening. on the eve of a crucial vote for the prime minister on his plan to send illegal migrants to rwanda various factions of conservative mps have been meeting and giving their opinions on whether the plan will work and by extension whether they are likely to vote for it. and in an indication of how divided the party is over the issue, the opinions vary widely. some have given it their backing as long as it doesn t change others say it has to change or be junked altogether. others say it has to change or be junked altogether. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. this plan is something that rishi sunak has made central to his premiership but he s struggling to get his party to back it. he really is. that s the reality tonight. there are few more awkward places for a prime minister to find themselves than one where they are transparently and very publicly at the mercy of their own mps. clumps of conservatives who have been meeting throughout the
that situation reversed. and he will hope to hear concrete commitments from him to work on that problem. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on the talks. mr yoav gallant is here for the second time in washington, dc. last time he was here in march, he is meeting his counterpart, the defence secretary lloyd austin and you mentioned the secretary of state antony blinken as well as the head of the cia and he will be discussing the next phase of the war in gaza, but also those increasing tensions on the lebanese border, which is of huge concern for the americans because of concern about what that might open up in the middle east. the prosecutor for the international criminal court has requested an arrester for yoav gallant, alleging he is responsible for war crimes in gaza and crimes against humanity but the us has rejected that, and they see yoav gallant as a crucial voice and a crucial ally, especially since mr vote once a day voice and a crucial ally, espec