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the woman reported it to the whip‘s office twice before he was made a shadow cabinet minister. so if that is to be believed, then the whips knew about this. also eva reported it in december 2015 injune hopkins was appointed to the shadow cabinet. but he had been reprimanded by the office and the leader knew. the report to the leader s office was yes, he has been reprimanded, but the matter had been settled and the only information they knew at that stage was that he sent this text saying if only i was a0 years younger. it was only today that the further information came that he sent a text saying he wanted to meet outside the formal essex university event and crucially only today that the information came through of this very serious sexual harassment, a sexual assault, that he had rubbed himself against her and that is why the labour acted immediately. it is only after that daily telegraph produced that story that we have had that response from the labour party. so t ....
so is this an intractable problem that could scupper the whole negotiations? here s chris cook. the hardest question in the brexit talks is about northern ireland. money remains a major sticking point in the negotiations, but we know how we can fix that. there is no simple way out of the irish question. let us say britain is no longer in a customs union with the european union. that will let us strike trade deals with third countries who have no similar deal with the eu. but the eu needs to be able to stop goods from that third country flowing into northern ireland and then into the eu via the republic. further, what if we decide to divert from eu rules, so goods in our markets no longer meet all eu standards? ireland need to be able to check stuff and may be turned back before it gets into the market. so they need a border. now, everyone says they want to avoid that. a hard border would be a major economic burden, especially for farmers, and could undermine the peace p ....
over the course of this year real income growth, to use our terminology, will be negative. to use theirs, wages won t keep up with prices. three women, including a mother and daughter, appear in court charged with terrorism offences and conspiracy to murder. a marketing company is given a record fine of £400,000 for making nearly 100 million nuisance phone calls. all right, where do you want me? bouncing on my knee. where do you think i want you? and rather mixed reviews for david beckham, following his cameo role in the new film king arthur. it s 5pm. our main story is that labour s election manifesto has been formally approved by the party leadership, and is set to be formally launched within days. but some of the main parts of the manifesto have already found their way into the public domain, after a version of the document was leaked overnight. it included proposals to renationalise the railways, and to scrap university tuition fees in england. the shadow chancello ....
will the manchester terror attacks put you off going to any major events this weekend or argue determined to carry on as normal? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will give a major speech today, as election campaigning resumes after the terror attack in manchester. he s expected to link british military action abroad to terrorism in the uk, and call for a change to foreign policy. let s talk to our political guru norman smith about this. tell us a bit more about whatjeremy corbyn is going to say? mr corbyn will set out what he thinks are some of the key drivers of terrorism. he will say that he is not seeking to excuse terrorists, they are the ones who are guilty and they are the ones who are guilty and they alone are guilty for the acts they alone are guilty for the acts they carry out. but he will suggest that ....
under the paris climate agreement. president trump will make an announcement in the next few hours, but he s facing mounting pressure from the eu and china, to help the world cut greenhouse gases. the boss of british airways parent company, has defended the airline s handling of the recent computer failure, that left passengers stranded around the world. i think the team at british airways has done everything possible to get ba back flying a full schedule as quickly as possible and tickets for the manchester bombing tribute concert, sell out in just 20 minutes. it s five o clock, our top story is that the brexit debate has moved back to the heart of the election campaign, with both labour and the conservatives insisting they offer the best approach to the upcoming negotiations. in a campaign speech in north yorkshire, theresa may said britain could look forward to a brighter future outside the eu. she insisted she had a clear plan for the future unlike labour. jeremy c ....