We are opposing them on that. We are opposing them on that. We are worried that in the nhs debate, they are talking about reform before investment, when we think there needs to be reform and investment. So, we will hold them to account. But we will be different from the conservatives, because being constructive means you dont do the kind of politics which people are sick of, and you also put your alternatives Forward. At the Prime Ministers questions just last week, when i was opposing the Governments Withdrawal of Winter Fuel payments, we were saying, yes, there is a financial deficit left by the tories, we agree with you on that, but there are other ways to deal with that problem, and we put them Forward. We to deal with that problem, and we put them Forward. To deal with that problem, and we put them Forward. We can go live to brighten we put them Forward. We can go live to brighten out we put them Forward. We can go live to brighten out to we put them Forward. We can go live to bri
this man does the sums that tell the government how much money they have to spend. but why do they sometimes get it wrong? we ll ask the boss of indepent organisation the obr, richard hughes. it s michael gove s job to make sure the chance of a good life is spread fairly across the land, but can he level the country up when living standards are going down? labour s lucy powell has big plans for the bbc what s the problem she s trying to fix? and remember this act of courage? marina ovsyannikova famously interrupted live tv in russia to protest against the war in ukraine. she ll tell us about her astonishing escape. translation: i was thinking it was better for me translation: i was thinking it was better for me to translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to - translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to russia, | bet
with ukraine s president zelensky and turkey s recep tayyip erdogan. leeds university has expressed dismay after one of its phd students was jailed for 3h years after tweets criticising the regime. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. around 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements the overall pass rate is 92%. our education corres
Its the sport hes always been passionate about we hearfrom Prince Phillip one week after announcing hes stepping down from public life. And coming up in the sport on bbc news hes the most expensive footballer in the world, but paul pogbas record transfer to Manchester United is now the subject of a fifa inquiry. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at 6pm. Washington is awash with rumour and speculation tonight, after president Donald Trumps Shock Dismissal of james comey the director of the fbi. In the president s words, mr comey was not doing a good job. Theres been widespread criticism of the move political opponents have raised the suspicion that mr comeys dismissal was linked to his investigation into allegations that members of the trump Election Team colluded with moscow during last years president ial election. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey this is a fox news alert. Fbi director james comey has this is a fox ne
And Samuel Ljackson Stars in the latest king kong movie. Well get mark kerdmodes take on that and more in the film review at 5 45. Good evening and welcome to bbc news at five. The Education Secretary Justine Greening has been heckled by headteachers after she defended Government Plans for more Grammar Schools in england. She was addressing the conference of the association of school and College Leaders. She insisted that Grammar Schools help disadvantaged children, but the unions General Secretary said there was no evidence that they raise standards or improve social mobility. 0ur Education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it and partly because it saves money for the shcool. The only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year, if the government stick to their pledges with the cash flow and budget, we will be making cuts o