Sir Keir Starmer iS Set to Speak hiS firSt wordS at the DeSpatch Box aS Prime MiniSter and mpS are electing a Speaker to referee all the debateS. In a buSy day, Sir Keir Starmer will hold a Cabinet Meeting, hiS Second Since the election. Metro mayorS had been meeting at Downing Street. ThiS report now from harry farley. Political CareerS End in removal vanS. The furniture and the reSidentS of number 10 are changing. ThiS morning, Sir Keir Starmer will meet with englandS regional mayorS, promiSing a major programme of devolution. Labour iS expected to announce what they call a take back Control Act in the KingS Speech to give mayorS new powerS over thingS like tranSport and houSing. ThiS iS what a Labour Majority lookS like. Today, the HouSe Of CommonS SitS for The FirSt Time Since the election to chooSe a Speaker, and Some new MpS Cant quite believe theyre here. I feel hugely excited. I think thatS probably a feeling that youre getting from a lot of the other new mpS. But there iS a lo
His promise to people in the Uk Government can get things done. Yesterday he made his first speech as Prime Minister emphasising the high moral standards of the cabinet and promising to rebuild Britain Brick by brick and saying that his government can get things done. As the new government embarks on its mission to get britain working, the new Business And Trade secretary has been talking to Laura Kuenssberg about his plans to negotiate a deal with Tata Steel to protectjobs. We with Tata Steel to protect obs. We have with Tata Steel to protectjobs. Have seen this as a major priority. I have already spoken to Tata Steel about it, as has the new Prime Minister. I will be talking to them again today and asking representatives of the workforce and the Community And Gmb to talk to me next week about it. It is not about underwriting, loss making, and business in the way we may have thought about industrial policy in the past. Its about being a partner for investment in the future. There is m
Unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old leaderJordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pens hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Which is going to show some live shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with shots from france, because President Macron isjust leaving with his shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with his wife after voting there. He called the Snap Election that had a lot of discussion about wheth
Lets take you to france because President Emmanuel Macron is going to cast his vote in the short we saw, just a few moments ago. He is there with the saw, just a few moments ago. He is there with the President Ial there with the President Ial entourage of course and this is the decisive second round in an election that has been called very quickly, surprising the whole country and the french political class, it seems, by Emmanuel Macron. It is the first time that the anti immigration national rally of Marine Le Pen has a chance. Of running the government had taken control of the National Assembly although current projection seems to suggest they will not win an outright majority. We will not know until all the votes are cast. The other possibility is a split vote, a hung parliament, it is not clear what that would mean in terms of the functioning of the government, of the parliament, with Emmanuel Macron still remaining president. He is there and we are hearing also that Voter Turnout
Cast theIr ballots In the second round of parlIamentary electIons. These are lIve pIctures of a PollIng StatIon In parIs. FInal OpInIon Polls suggest marIne Le Pen s far rIght natIonal rally wIll secure the most votes, but Its thought Its unlIkely to wIn an outrIght majorIty In the natIonal assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country Into a chaotIc hung parlIament, severely dentIng the authorIty of presIdent Emmanuel Macron. The antI ImmIgratIon natIonal rally scored hIstorIc gaIns In last sundays fIrst round vote, gIvIng Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old Leaderjordan Bardella theIr fIrst realIstIc chance of runnIng the government and takIng control of the natIonal assembly. However, after hundreds of rIval candIdates from centrIst and leftIst partIes dropped out to gIve theIr allIes a better chance of defeatIng the far rIght, Le Pen s hopes of wInnIng an absolute majorIty seem less certaIn. Our Correspondent Mark Lowen has been talkIng to voters In parIs. It could be seIsmIc fo