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 england s regional mayors, promising a major programme of devolution. Labour is expected to announce what they call a take back control act in the king s 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 can t quite believe they re here. I feel hugely excited. I think that s probably a feeling that you re getting from a lot of the other new mps. But there i
Nation and our future together. In other news, the bbc understands prince andrew s staff do not believe legal papers from lawyers for the woman who has accused him of sexual abuse have been successfully served. Virginia giuffre launched a civil case against the prince, he denies the claims. An arson attack at a mosque in manchester is being investigated as a hate crime. Cctv footage from before the attack late on friday night has been released by didsbury mosque, nobody was hurt. 18 year old briton, emma raducanu, is preparing for her first ever grand slam final. She takes to the court at the us open in new york later today. And cristiano ronaldo scores on his return to manchester united, reaction to that and the rest of the day s action coming up in sportsday at quarter to 8 good evening. Events commemorating 20 years since the 9/11 attacks are taking place in the us. The ceremony in new york started with a minute s silence at the exact time the first plane hit the north tower of the
Making eye contact for the first time, the conjoined twins separated after rare surgery. And, wickets fall at the oval as england chase a huge total, to save the fourth test, against india. Good afternoon. Mps return to westminster today, following the summer break, with the funding of social care and the nhs at the top of the agenda. Some tory mps have expressed anger at reports of an increase in national insurance contributions to help fund social care in england, which would break a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. Labour is also opposing a rise in ni. It s expected that an extra £5. 5 billion will be announced for the nhs. Here s our political correspondent chris mason. For yea rs for years governments have not got around to sorting a new system for social care in england. It is complex, controversial and vastly expensive. Should there be a cap on the bill anyone should face? which tax should be put up to pay for it. It appears the government does want a cap and a
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geri scott, political correspondent at the press association and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the ft. starting with. .. like many of tomorrow s front pages, it leads with borisjohnson s move to plan b as more restrictions come into place in england. the i describes the move as a u turn by the prime minister as he urges the nation to work from home where possible and announces mandatory mask wearing in all indoor venues. it also features the fallout from the downing street christmas party video as adviser to the pm, allegra stratton resigns. the guardian calls it a party scandal and calls into question the prime minister s credibility. the backlash features on the front of the telegraph. tonight the prime minister told millions of people they must work from home, but said they can still go to christmas parti
following a fall of 0.1% the previous quarter. it s the third time that the uk has fallen into recession in the past 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008 that was the deepest recession for decades. the most recent was at the start of covid when much of the economy was forced to shut down. the good news is this latest recession is smaller than previous ones. the difficult issue for the prime minister is that one of his five pledges is to grow the economy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. 0n the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, they need to fill recruitment gaps. it may look like a recession, indeed it is now officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. we officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. we went to the food bank. a ve