at the post office after the chairman of the organisation stood down yesterday. henry staunton left the role following the fall out from the horizon it scandal. but there s confusion over whether it was by mutual consent as reported by the government, or whether he was asked to leave, as the post office says. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. it has been thrown out enough, that is it, i am free. it has been thrown out enough, that is it. i am free- is it, i am free. dismantled resisted is it, i am free. dismantled resisted his is it, i am free. dismantled resisted his 2006 - is it, i am free. dismantled| resisted his 2006 conviction is it, i am free. dismantled - resisted his 2006 conviction for embezzlement had been overturned, but many more former sub postmasters are waiting for their names to be cleared. the government is rushing registration through parliament to do so and now changing some of those at the top of the organisation. this weekend
the ymca told her the transgender man was following the law. we begin with the white house and no longer taking questions on the investigation into president vitamins mishandling of classified documents. instead, they re telling media to ask the doj. kevin corke live in the nation capital with more. not only is the white house not answering questions, their insistence on sending queries t the doj is obviously creating a atmosphere of suspicion. critics are not only asking mor questions, they re beginning to wonder what is this white house hiding? as for kareem the white house press secretary she said this consistently today, any specifics related to this meeting the document,. this radio this legal process i would refer you to the department of justice in any questions you may have of us. i would refer you to your colleagues at the white house counsel s office. we heard that none of the lot over the last week or so. that was not enough for some reporters who demanded that
in the nineteen nineties during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag that astronauts had planted on mars when gently informed that no human being has ever been to mars because it s very far away. lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the , quote, science committee in congress and so on . we could spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories, and it s tempting. on capitol hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congress district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston, and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average for all the usual markers of civilizational decline, high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has, quote, served in congress for nearly 30 years. but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done
and first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour s spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn t. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed. as you would expect, labour is furious. here s our political editor
have all of the reaction and analysis from the spin room following the itv programme. rajini vaidyanathan is there for us. not long to go for us now, is there? know, just half an hour. we know rishi sunak and keir starmer have arrived here in salford for the studio itv debate. now, wejust wait until they take to the state. now, debate here in the uk are relatively new as a phenomenon. they have obviously been going on in the us for many decades. the first televised debate in the uk was in 2010. they are notjust a chance for the leaders to present their policy agendas, but also they are a chance for them to present their personalities. it is a bit of a presidential sale thing even though it is of course a parliamentary thing here in the uk. we will have a look at some of that in a moment. here are of course, campaigning has continued to date. we didn t see rishi sunak out on the trail. his party was putting their immigration policy is higher on the agenda. and, sir keir starme