And to bring inflation down. Only the conservatives have the resolution to resist easy answers, avoid empty pledges and make the right decisions for the long term. Whether its resisting inflation busting pay demands in the Public Sector or tackling the loonies who stop hard Working Families get to work, orfacing down the stop hard Working Families get to work, or facing down the faint hearts who say we shouldnt try to control our borders or taking on the enemies of promise in education, only the conservatives are up for the fight. We are the party that fought in the past to bring positive change. That fought to clear slums over a century ago. That fought to lay the foundations of the Welfare State 90 years ago, that for fascism, communism and tyranny through the 20th century. Which fought the culture of bureaucratic slot that held us back in the 70s. The party that fought for home ownership, no attacks on personal freedom that fought for home ownership, no attacks on personalfreedom in
Good evening. The go ahead has been given to develop the uks largest untapped Oil And Gas Field in the north sea at rosebank. Its expected to produce the equivalent of 300 Million Barrels of oil during its lifetime. The companies behind it, and the government, say it will create Hundreds Ofjobs and raise billions of pounds. But environmental campaigners are furious, calling the decision reckless and inconsistent with the uks 2050 net zero target. The oilfield is here, 80 miles west of the shetland isands. Our business editor, simonjack, reports for simon jack, reports over 50 for simonjack, reports over 50 years, the waters arol the for over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and Carbon Emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas but the owners of the punitive element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Is element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Good day for the uk. Is an investment goo
hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. britain and rwanda have signed a new treaty aimed at getting the uk government s flagship asylum policy operational following a series of legal challenges. the planned policy first announced back enable 2022 would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda to claim asylum they are. the plan has hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the supreme court. after signing the agreement during a visit, the home secretary james cleverley said he believed the new treaty addressed all the concerns raised by the sabine court. the treaty that will sign today builds on thatjoint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display, and allies it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure that we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. live now to our west africa correspondent mayeni jones who s in kigali. a united front between
in the country s faltering property sector. that means that china s credit rating is at risk of a downgrade. the government in beijing is rumoured to be considering providing more financial support for property developers including evergrande and country garden which are both billions of dollars in debt. earlier i spoke to janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. i asked her whether this suggests things are getting worse for the world s second largest economy? this is a reminder of what investors already know which is a slowing economy and a downturn in the property sector, and the government is going back to the old way, they want to reduce debt in this estimate but it is proving to be very difficult, so the stimulus measures are what is worrying moody s. they think it will raise the debt level in the economy. so, it isjust a reminder. it does not change too much what investors already think about china. a lot of people said beijing should have done more
israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in southern gaza, with witnesses there saying israeli tanks and troops are building up around the south. the world health organization says the amount of medical aid getting into gaza is was way too little and the situation there is was getting worse by the hour the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza, within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. the us state department says it s too early to say for sure, whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza