germany where voters will elect a new chancellor to replace angela merkel tomorrow. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will have tomorrow. nigel nelson is here, and also the political commentatorjo phillips. a few technical problems have been affecting us today so we have a small selection of different pages. we begin with the sunday telegraph. borisjohnson is urging haulage firms to raise pay for drivers, and the mail on sunday is blaming the boss of the road haulage association. it is the labour party conference this week, the sunday mirror has a pledge from sir keir starmer that he will tax private schools in order to help poorer children. let s turn to our next paper. do you know what? lets get on with our chat. that will give us more time. jo and nigel, glad you are laughing along with me. not at me! we are aware that the telegraph. nigel, johnson demanding a pay rise for trekkers. why? to nigel, johnson demanding a pay rise for trekkers. why? for tr
it s james in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster too. so, the reason you were speaking to the labour leader, sir keir starmer, chris, was because he has made a big u turn today. yes. so this is on what he calls his green prosperity plan. this is the idea of throwing quite a lot of public money into kind of turbo charging what he thinks are the kind of industries of the future that might have a kind of green tinge to them. but they re also about, he hopes, providing the well paid jobs of the future, the industries of the future. two and a half years ago, he said labour would spend in government £28 billion a year on that. that was diluted in the summer of last year to £28 billion a year by the second half of a first labour term. so that would be sort of mid 2027, if they were to win the election and only if they thought it was affordable relative to their economic rules. last few weeks, quite frankly, they ve been in a complete mess about it and not rea
dozen ges of conservative mps now joined by one of the biggest tory beasts of all. housing secretary michael gove. handshakes and hugs in parliament tonight, as more and more mps bid farewell, and andrea leadsom the latest big beast to go. we hearfrom our election panel. and live from a sunak loyalist who is standing. labour s ahead in the polls but is there danger from the left, asjeremy corbyn says he ll stand against the party he led? we talk to a member of the shadow cabinet. also tonight. with policing being stretched now more than ever, could live facial recognition help? and what impact could it have on people who get misidentified? i m just focussed on, you know, getting through. and then all of a sudden that s when i felt the nudge on the shoulder, saying, oh, at that time i m wanted. you could call it the big goodbye, the great resignation perhaps a giant surrender even. tonight, as parliament is prorogued, the number of conservative mps standing down continues to
we ve all got a big decision to make about who leads the country for the next five years, about who has power and influence in westminster. you get the opportunity to have your say in the election on july the fourth. on monday, we heard from the prime minister rishi sunak and during this campaign we re talking to other party leaders. tonight, it s the turn of the leader of the opposition, labour leader sir keir starmer. sir keir, welcome. thank you very much for having me on. my promise at the start of this interview is that what you say in the next half hour or so will be broadcast in full. i want to give you the chance to make your case, and want you to answer some questions, so if you would do your best to do that. one thing we should also make clear is you don t know what the questions are in advance. thank you. three weeks from today, you could be spending your first night in downing street as our new prime minister. are you ready? yes, i know that we ve got to earn ever