Up had a Labour Chancellor Stand Up and set out their party for government in ia years. They have been in opposition. They have been in opposition. They have felt the frustration of not being able to enact the policies they want to, now it is the chance for labour and the chancellor to set out their vision for the country. When it comes to anything in politics, and there is a recognition of this in the party, they are talking about what they have donein talking about what they have done in government so far, but the thing that really matters is whether or not i makes a difference. Can they deliver on the promises they made during the promises they made during the election campaign, some of which are likely to hear repeated now. Will that make a difference to the pout in their pocket. Ican hear i can hear the music booming. I think that is the video introducing the Chancellor Rachel reeves he was going to take to the podium in the next three years she is going to give a speech that we h
workers he was changing. one of the ways they can do that was improving their house which we heard was in a pretty poor state and covid meant home visits were restricted, the social worker did not come to the house and instead shannon marsden sent him photos and they were photos of a sparkling house, very tidy, the flooring had changed, the garden tidied up, a very different picture to that which had prompted a social workers to act to take finley into care in the first place. covid again worked to some degree to help the couple hide what was really going on, because when lockdown eased in the summer, they could see finley again, it was under close supervision but those contact sessions were quite short and in those sessions they convinced social workers monitoring them that they had the capacity to be loving parents. covid really worked in favour of the couple. it also worked in favour, in their favour in this way, that the independent guardian from the children and family c
have improved touch. but making ends meet still the biggest for families and firms. i can t give them the things you would like to give them, like the new books. i can t afford to do it any more. with a new promise from labour to help keep a lid on bills, we have one big question this morning is rishi sunak keeping his promise to run a professional government for us all? to answer that, james cleverly, the foreign secretary. the woman who d be your chancellor if labour win the next election rachel reeves is here. and the latest of our leaders interviews for 2023 we ll hearfrom nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister. with me at the desk to help make sense of what that lot of have to say, the chair of tesco and imperial college, john allan, the lbc presenter and journalist, racheljohnson, and iain duncan smith tory mp who used to lead his party. good morning, thanks for being with us. it s not been a great week for the government, with a feeling that rishi sunak ca
actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. voting in the second bone of the conservative leadership contest has endedin conservative leadership contest has ended in the past 30 minutes and we expect the result to be announced in one hour. six candidates at left today whoever finishes last will be knocked out. today one of the contenders, foreign secretary liz trust formally launched her campaign promising tax cuts and reversing the national insurance increase. yesterday she finished in third place behind former chancellor rishi sunak who won the first round of 88 votes and trade minister penny more than two at 67. liz truss was back about 50 mps of kemi badenoc