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Of their policies. Despite all their promises, that is exactly what this queens speech shows. On the nhs in england, there was a committment that extra funding would be enshrined in law. And theres increased spending on thousands of schools in england. And promises of safer streets, with more Police Officers and tougher action against the most dangerous criminals. The debate on the speech has already started, well be taking a closer look at the range of measures being proposed and asking how realistic they are, so stay with us on bbc news at 5. Its 5pm, were live at westminster, where the queen has opened a new session of parliament, for the second time in the space of two months. But this time, there was less pageantry and far more politics, following the conservative victory in last weeks election. Some 30 bills were announced in the speech, billed as an Ambitious Program ....
and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005 2016, the proportion of 2534 year olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeownership just ahead of france and just ahead of germany. and it is true that we are building more as fast as we can after a sustained decline in home ownership rates in the labour government, which is now starting to go back up thanks to our support forfirst time starting to go back up thanks to our support for first time buyers and also building more homes. last year, there were 400,001st time buyers of property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 firs ....
the fbi says it is investigating the sale of hundreds of treasures that could have been stolen from the british museum. hello, i m geeta guru murthy, welcome to bbc news now. three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, as the first full week of campaigning gets under way ahead of the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he s been telling undecided voters in west sussex on the south coast of england that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100 day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir said m years of conservative chaos had damaged trust in politics and british institutions. and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country . i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. ....