nuclear the vanguard submarines carrying the nuclear deterrent. he will commit to any necessary upgrades needed to keep the any necessary upgrades needed to keep the trident going, and he will commit keep the trident going, and he will commit to keep the trident going, and he will commit to it being a continuous at sea deterrent which is 24 hours a day. sea deterrent which is 24 hours a day, 350 sea deterrent which is 24 hours a day, 350 odd days per year. that, to my mind, day, 350 odd days per year. that, to my mind, fits day, 350 odd days per year. that, to my mind, fits with what we have seen from labour my mind, fits with what we have seen from labour on the campaign trail so far, from labour on the campaign trail so far. which from labour on the campaign trail so far. which is from labour on the campaign trail so far, which is then really trying to hammer far, which is then really trying to hammer home the six steps keir starmer hammer home the six steps keir st
existing nuclear sites which we have and construct new nuclear sites. they have taken a very hard line on defence, one which wouldn t typically be attribute it to labour and definitely not the last labour leadership which contained a shadow cabinet were 11 members voted against reconstructing the nuclear deterrent that keir starmer has now committed to rebuilding. over on the conservative side, i would say that they have had quite a difficult day. kemi badenoch was out today talking about wanting to rewrite the equality act and change the definition of legal sector biological six, but she hasn t quite been able to explain how that would work in practice, or how that would work, or how it would be police. tough day. i think the message they wanted to get through hasn t had any cut three. ride on the equalities act, it is interesting. lots of questions about announcing today: why now? given the equality act, introduced in 2010 by a labour government, the conservatives have had 14 years t
rishi sunak said confusion over definitions of sex and gender, could not be allowed to persist. labour has been focusing its campaigning on defence, with leader sir keir starmer reaffirming his commitment to the uk s nuclear deterrent. he said protecting the nation would be the bedrock of a future labour government. the liberal democrat deputy leader daisy cooper has been outlining plans to give rivers and coastlines protected status, to prevent sewage dumping. and snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a respectful contest ahead of the scottish leaders first television debate of the campaign, which is tonight. with more on the conservatives promising to tackle what they call the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, here s our political correspondent, lone wells. should only people who are biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are
british warship hms northumberland has been at sea for four months monitoring undeclared submarine activity and protecting the uk s nuclear deterrent. the bbc was granted exclusive access to the ship last month during its heightened state of readiness as russian troops were invading ukraine. the bbc s religion reporter, clairejones, followed the chaplain onboard to understand how the crew were connecting to their faith while at sea. the north seem. cold and unforgiving. and the home of warship hms northumberland. this is chaplain louisa pitman. she has come to meet us and take us back to the ship. her role is to look after the welfare of the 190 members of the ship s company. this ship has been at sea