hi everybody. so, rishi sunak is still fighting for votes and he is still fighting for hisjob, because it is not over yet and rule number one of journalism is, never assume. but he was on with us this morning and it was quite a big moment, ithink. i think it was maybe the last big moment that he will have during this election campaign and that s what makes it so big. because, look, there s lots of polls day by day you can t move for polls, and publicly, rishi sunak says, he said to you, in fact, he still thinks he will be prime minister on friday after the general election. privately, i can tell you, the conservative campaign believe the polls and the labour campaign believe the polls. and, so, they need rishi sunak needs something to change and this was perhaps his big last opportunity to speak to the public about why he thinks things need to change. i was struck by the fact that he has faced a much smaller electorate before when he stood as conservative leader and los
how much of a threat is nigel farage to the conservatives and labour? in to the conservatives and labour? in the last couple of minutes the conservatives have announced an annual cap on visas to try to bring net migration down. it s a promise they ve made and broken before. welcome to newnsight, live each weeknight with interviews and insight. let me introduce our political panel tonight: dehenna davison was the conservative mp for bishop auckland. elected in 2019, she was the constituency s first ever tory mp. it was one of those red wall seats, wasn t it, that turned blue, back when borisjohnson was the prime minster. and mhairi black is here. she was an snp mp. she was their deputy leader at westminster. she still holds the record for the youngest mp ever to be elected. you were 20. so long ago! that was back in 2015. both women are standing down. and nick s here as is polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. let s start by showing you the times nigel farage has previously
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we ll hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. throughout the programme we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. our top story today. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for student nurses if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1%. labour said the policies would help address staffing shortages in england that had become a threat to patients . our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. hi norman, good morning. so, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff? well, labour are saying they wa nt staff? well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. so that means goi