Sir Keir Starmer iS Set to Speak hiS firSt wordS at the DeSpatch Box aS Prime MiniSter and mpS are electing a Speaker to referee all the debateS. In a buSy day, Sir Keir Starmer will hold a Cabinet Meeting, hiS Second Since the election. Metro mayorS had been meeting at Downing Street. ThiS report now from harry farley. Political CareerS End in removal vanS. The furniture and the reSidentS of number 10 are changing. ThiS morning, Sir Keir Starmer will meet with englandS regional mayorS, promiSing a major programme of devolution. Labour iS expected to announce what they call a take back Control Act in the KingS Speech to give mayorS new powerS over thingS like tranSport and houSing. ThiS iS what a Labour Majority lookS like. Today, the HouSe Of CommonS SitS for The FirSt Time Since the election to chooSe a Speaker, and Some new MpS Cant quite believe theyre here. I feel hugely excited. I think thatS probably a feeling that youre getting from a lot of the other new mpS. But there iS a lo
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And campaigning for things, but not very experienced at winning. So it was a real shock when we found out that the council had listened to us, because it shows that with passion and persistence, you can change the world. People power the council had planned to build a brand New Theatre half the size of this one, and it wouldnt put on its own productions. Finally got a job. Julies husband, the writer ian kershaw, was born in oldham and some of his earliest work was performed at the theatre. Youve written tomorrow nights coronation street. Ive written tomorrow nights coronation street, yes. Would you have been able to do that without this place . No, no, iwouldnt, because without this building and without theatres, we wouldnt. There would be no tv writers. This is where save Oldham Coliseum had their meetings. Every two weeks, Theatre Lovers gathered above an Italian Restaurant to formulate a plan, and they are overjoyed at todays news. Ive just had a massive smile on my face ever since
Polls are open in france as people across the country cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. These are live pictures of a Polling Station in paris. Final Opinion Polls suggest Marine Le Pen s far right National Rally will secure the most votes, but its thought its unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration National Rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old Leaderjordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Joining me now our Correspondent M
Unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old leaderJordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pens hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Which is going to show some live shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with shots from france, because President Macron isjust leaving with his shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with his wife after voting there. He called the Snap Election that had a lot of discussion about wheth