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. b
his promise to people in the uk government can get things done. yesterday he made his first speech as prime minister emphasising the high moral standards of the cabinet and promising to rebuild britain brick by brick and saying that his government can get things done. as the new government embarks on its mission to get britain working, the new business and trade secretary has been talking to laura kuenssberg about his plans to negotiate a deal with tata steel to protectjobs. we with tata steel to protect “obs. we have with tata steel to protectjobs. - have seen this as a major priority. i have already spoken to tata steel about it, as has the new prime minister. i will be talking to them again today and asking representatives of the workforce and the community and gmb to talk to me next week about it. it is not about underwriting, loss making, and business in the way we may have thought about industrial policy in the past. it s about being a partner for investment in the
lets take you to france because president emmanuel macron is going to cast his vote in the short we saw, just a few moments ago. he is there with the saw, just a few moments ago. he is there with the presidential - there with the presidential entourage of course and this is the decisive second round in an election that has been called very quickly, surprising the whole country and the french political class, it seems, by emmanuel macron. it is the first time that the anti immigration national rally of marine le pen has a chance. of running the government had taken control of the national assembly although current projection seems to suggest they will not win an outright majority. we will not know until all the votes are cast. the other possibility is a split vote, a hung parliament, it is not clear what that would mean in terms of the functioning of the government, of the parliament, with emmanuel macron still remaining president. he is there and we are hearing also that vo
we see this as a major priority. i have already spoken to tata steel about it, as has the new prime minister made time for that conversation. i will be talking to them again today, asking representatives of the workforce, sharon and unite, but also community and gmb, to talk to me next week about that. it is not about underwriting loss making businesses in perhaps a way we might have thought of industrial policy in the past. it is about being a partner for investment in the future. there is more money available for the steel industry under our plans for government. but that is about making sure we meet this transition with the private sector together and recognise i think sharon used the phrase it is a good example of how we have to make sure that decarbonisation is not deindustrialisation, and we ve got to do that together. but there is a better deal for port talbot and the steel industry as a whole, i am sure of that. meanwhile, the tata steel uk ceo rajesh nair said in