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also this hour, how climate change is transforming the british garden. they will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. and looking for love online one rhino‘s search for a partner on the dating app tinder. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour party has switched its election campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins the general election. labour says it would scrap tuition fees and restore bursaries for student nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. the party says it would end the current 1% cap on wage increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, overworked and underpaid by the government. labour says. and it says its policies would be paid for by reversing corporation tax cuts. the party says a labour government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that staffing levels in hospitals are safe. the shadow health secretary, jon ashwort ....
world news, it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this will become law is a very different matter, as it still faces a steep hurdle in the senate. he is our north america editorjon sopel the momentjust after 2pm in washington this afternoon when trumpcare washington this afternoon when trumpca re became a washington this afternoon when trumpcare became a thing. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame! outside, a rather different tune as protesters giant shame. this fight isn t o ....
president trump has finally notched up a major legislative victory, the first stage in repealing barack obama s signature achievement, the affordable care act. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed the republican replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law, whether it does at all, is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here s our north america editorjon sopel. the moment at just after two o clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, shame. this fight isn t over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today s debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health cos ....
we speak. and in wales they ve lost overall control of bridgend and merthyr tydfil, two councils in their south wales heartland. although they have held on to the capital city, cardiff. also newport and swansea. and it has been a bad night for ukip overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. coming up, we ll be live in glasgow. the snp are trying to take the city council from labour. the scottish counting has onlyjust started, so those results are all to come. labour have had decades of controlling glasgow city council. we ll be covering the results from scotland as they come in. to say the least, there is plenty to talk about! here in the studio we re joined by our political editor laura kuenssberg. the home office minister brandon lewis for the conservatives. the shadow foreign secretary l ....
details on that. labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. strong challenge from the snp. in wales they ve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. in england they ve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. they ve won the male role contest in the liverpool city region. lost the liverpool city region. lost the mayoral contest. and it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. in scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotland s biggest city for themselves. we re still waiting for most of the results in scotland. we ll kee ....