it s james in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster too. so, the reason you were speaking to the labour leader, sir keir starmer, chris, was because he has made a big u turn today. yes. so this is on what he calls his green prosperity plan. this is the idea of throwing quite a lot of public money into kind of turbo charging what he thinks are the kind of industries of the future that might have a kind of green tinge to them. but they re also about, he hopes, providing the well paid jobs of the future, the industries of the future. two and a half years ago, he said labour would spend in government £28 billion a year on that. that was diluted in the summer of last year to £28 billion a year by the second half of a first labour term. so that would be sort of mid 2027, if they were to win the election and only if they thought it was affordable relative to their economic rules. last few weeks, quite frankly, they ve been in a complete mess about it and not rea
madrid into the champions league positions with victory. almeria are rock bottom with just six points so far this season and are 1a points from safety. and juventus could close the gap to leaders inter in serie a by taking all three points against udinese. currently 1 0 udinese there. juventus looking to bounce back from defeat to the league leaders inter last week. udinese could do with a win. they re just a place above the bottom three. going well for them at the moment in that match there. three weeks ago, a shock 4 0 defeat to equatorial guinea left the hosts ivory coast on the brink of an early exit from the africa cup of nations. they even sacked their manager mid tournament. on sunday, though, they were crowned champions after beating nigeria 2 1 in the final. and this is the reaction in abijan on monday. tens of thousands taking to the streets to celebrate ivory coast s first afcon title since 2015 and third in total. they re the first tournament hosts to win the nati
try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. misses are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure sort out its debts. we need to make sure that sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames - sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water sort out its debts. we need to i make sure that thames water is an entity survives. there is a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewerage. up until now the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, there is a lot of infrastructure work that needs to take place. privatised in 1989, analysts say thames water should be a simple moneymaker. after all, should be a simple moneymaker.
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