The chancellor, rachel reeves, has promised to make kick starting economic growth a national mission . A key part of that is a plan to reintroduce compulsory house building targets, as our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. How do you go about building prosperity? loosening red tape to revive private investment in home building and energy infrastructure form the foundation of today s plans, aimed at underpinning a decade of renewal. It will be up to local communities to decide where the housing is built but it has to be built. If the answer is always no, we ll continue as we are and continuing as we are means living standards continuing to decline and it means public services continuing to deteriorate. The plans involve reviving mandatory house building targets, allowing development on so called grey belt, parts of the protected green belt already built on, and lifting a ban on onshore wind powered developments. She knows she may be in for a fight. How prepared are
arlene foster is to step down as leader of the democratic unionists and as northern ireland s first minister, after dozens of colleagues said they d lost confidence in her leadership. the pandemic in india hospitals overwhelmed, record infections and soaring death rates. we report on the fight against the new surge. a new study finds thatjust one dose of a covid vaccine cuts the risk of transmission by up to 50%. and an excellent night in paris puts manchester city within sight of the champions league final. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, lions coach warren gatland admits it s a big blow losing george north to a knee injury ahead of their upcoming tour to south africa. good evening. there s to be an official investigation into the funding of renovation work on borisjohnson s flat above number ten downing street. a formal inquiry will be carried out by the electoral commission, which says there s reason to believe the rules may not have been followed. mr
hello, i m kasia madera. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that
welcome to bbc news. with just over 12 hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain . beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope not fear. we ll be bringing you the last word from all the campaigns but first our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the uk s two major parties labour and the conservatives. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to bring you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in is london. talking about the conservative‘s plans to invest more in london. with security dominating the campaign, mrs mayer pledged to toughen the law
welcome to bbc news. with just a few hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain. beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope, not fear. from north, south, east to west, they re having breakfast on the go, managing to find a moment for a sit down and a cuppa. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to win you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in east london. tomorrow is the big one. yes. talking about the conservatives promise to invest billions more in housing, roads and rail. with security dominating the campaign, late last night mrs may pledged to toughen