we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this country s economic woes but we have had a statement from his office and it doesn t look like it is very clear exactly what he is planning to do. i have got the statement here. effectively he doesn t resign in this statement and he says that he is transferring the presidency to ranil wickremesinghe who is currently the prime minister, while he is out of the country, so this is a man who promised he would resign but he hasn t done that yet, and this is now leaving even more uncertainty, we are reading to the stat
good afternoon. the government will set out its plans for cutting legal migration this afternoon. latest figures showed it hit a record high last year, with almost three quarters of a million more people arriving in the uk than leaving. the prime minister rishi sunak has been under pressure over the issue and today in the commons, his new home secretary james cleverley is expected to announce the minimum salary for skilled workers coming from overseas will be significantly increased. our political correspondent ione wells reports. the population grew by about 1% last year, the fastest rate since the 19605 year, the fastest rate since the 1960s baby boom. this time it was driven by international migration, which ministers have pledged to reduce. , . ., ., reduce. i m very clear that the levels of reduce. i m very clear that the levels of net reduce. i m very clear that the levels of net migration - reduce. i m very clear that the levels of net migration are - reduce. i m
down and manage expectations that labour would suddenly be able to change that in a matter of weeks. there is a concern among some in labour that the excitement from some would quickly turn to disappointment when that realisation hits. i think what we know from what labour have said about the speech is keir starmer will say the uk faces huge constraints on public spending. and that anyone expecting a labour government to quickly turn on the spending tops will be disappointed. and hanging heavy in the air here in westminster is that election next year, is the prospect of that. and knowing the economy will be central to it, the debate around the economy and who is trusted most to govern the public finance will be a central part of that election, and really keir starmer in the speech this afternoon is trying to pitch himself and the labour party as the party of economic credibility. he will also say, make and point taxes are higher than at any point since the war. he will be lay
morning, morning. let s start by looking at the papers. the sunday times front page likely to please labour, their promise not to raise some key taxes will be in the manifesto. the observer goes on the party s pledge to set up specialist courts for rape cases. nigel farage claims to the express that reform, his party, are the real opposition now. many of the papers carry the worrying story about rescue teams search for the missing tv presenter dr michael mosley, who disappeared while on a greek island on wednesday and there will be coverage of that across the bbc through the day but let s with you three, welcome, turn to the election. it s been a busy weekend, john, you ve been watching on for some time, you gave money to the conservatives that backed boris johnson, you seem keir starmer who has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? his. has been trying to get your support, have you made up your mind? no, not at all, the have you made up your mind? no,
The full report. Well hearfrom usain bolt, who is looking ahead to his final races as a professional athlete. Lots of ways you could have described monday in the white house. Trump took to twitter to tell us it was a great day. One way of putting it. Another is it was the day where the new director of Communications Left ten days after being hired, several days before he actually had taken up the job formally. The New York Post put it this way, drawing comparisons with the Survivor Television programme. Making the general point that this perhaps is a chaotic situation. We can speak to a conservative political commentator from dallas, host on the Digital Tv Network the blaze. Great to have you on the programme. Thank you for having me. When you look at what happened yesterday in the white house and over the last week, is that what you voted for . Difficult to say. Part of me wants to trust what trump says over twitter. When he said it was a great day in the white house. Part of me also