Newsroom. The number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has hit a record high of 7. 68 million. Its the highest number since records began in august two thousand and seven. Earlier, the government announced the nhs will receive. £200 million to will receive. £200 million to help the service in the coming winter. Labour says the monies are sticking plaster, but the Prime Minister says the government is trying to improve waiting times. Waiting times. Well winter is always a challenging time for the nhs and this year we started planning for winter earlier than ever before. Today were announcing before. Today were announcing £200 million, which will go to the nhs to help build extra capacity and resilience for this winter season, making sure that patients can care that patients can get the care that they need. Earlier this year, we also announced the long term workforce plan , making sure that workforce plan, making sure that for the first time we train more doctors and dentists doctors and nurses and dentists here in the uk, but also the work were doing to improve nhs performance , which results performance, which the results today is delivering for today show is delivering for patients big improvements patients with big improvements in ambulance times and a e times since the winter. Since the winter. Sir keir starmer says he will seek an eu wide returns agreement for those who cross the channel and come to the uk illegally. The labour leader says the deal may involve a quid pro quo of accepting migrants from the bloc. Sir keir and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper are in eus at an eus policing body. Reunion europol in the hague. Shadow cabinet minister Nick Thomas Symonds told gb news labour wants to bnng told gb news labour wants to bring net migration down there are countries now where the government could be fast tracking people through the asylum system so that they can be deported. They can be doing that now instead , we have a backlog in instead, we have a backlog in the asylum system of over 170,000 people that that is a lack of control. Thats what lack of control. Thats what this government is presiding oven this government is presiding over. And frankly, after 13 years, they ought to be sorting it out. It out. The Health Secretary, Steve Barclay , has accused sir keir of barclay, has accused sir keir of giving up control. Were taking tougher action. We want to also, through our rwanda policy, have a very clear deterrent there. And thats before the courts and what keir starmer again wants to do is give up control of immigration, sign up to quotas that are decided by the eu and remove the deterrent that rwanda would provide alongside the return agreements that we put in place i three met Police Officers will face a Misconduct Hearing for their role in the strip search of child. Q the incident took place at a school in hackney in december 2020. Its alleged the three officers didnt follow procedure for and that they discriminated against child. Q due to her race and genden child. Q due to her race and gender, the met says the incident should never have happened. Incident should never have happened. But the met police has happened. But the met police has paid damages to two women arrested at a london vigil for Sarah Everard , Patsy StevensonSarah Everard, Patsy Stevenson and Dania Al Obeid took legal action against the force over their arrests at a protest dunng their arrests at a protest during covid restrictions as hundreds of people attended the vigil in march 2021 to pay their respects to ms everard, who was kidnapped , raped and murdered by kidnapped, raped and murdered by a Police Officer , Wayne Couzens. A Police Officer, Wayne Couzens. He was sentenced to a whole life term. The uk governments to term. The uk governments to introduce marthas rule in hospitals across england, allowing patients to seek a Second Opinion if their concerns are ignored. Its named after a 13 year old girl, martha, who tragically died due to a missed diagnosis. She passed away in 2021 from sepsis. A coroner has 2021 from sepsis. A coroner has ruled she might have survived with earlier intervention action. 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Thank you and welcome back to the live desk where labours leader, sir keir starmer, is in the hague seeking a provisional security arrangement with the eu, which he says would allow a Labour Government to smash the people smuggling gangs. He says they should be treated on a par with terrorists, but the home secretary, Suella Braverman, says any future deal with the eu would allow the uk to become what she says a dumping ground for migrants. Lets speak to our home and security editor, mark white. Hi to you, mark. Lets lets analyse this a little bit more. Is keir starmer trying to put a big dividing line now then between him and what the tories want to do . Thats exactly what hes trying to do. He wants to ensure that whatever and however effective it might be by the labour policy , is different to labour policy, is different to the conservative policies. So its clear that the route he wants to go through , as you wants to go through, as you know, if labour get into power, is to try to encourage the National Crime agency and other investigative agencies to go after the people smugglers. So on the Law Enforcement side of things and he also wants to strengthen cooperation with the European Union with a view to trying to get some kind of a returns agreement. Yeah, which downing street in the last few moments has said that it was open to a returns deal with the eu but would not accept a quota of migrants in exchange. Farage. Exchange. Farage. I dont even know what that means because theres no way that you would get a returns agreement with the European Union accepting a quota union without accepting a quota of migrants in return. What is in it for the European Union . He says he wants to put all this on on the same footing as terrorism , and hes gone to terrorism, and hes gone to speak to this outfit called europol. What is europol . Because we normally are familiar with interpol in terms of policing on the ground. I mean, is there this crack team to actually go after the migrant gangs . Gangs . Not quite right. Its not a Law Enforcement agency in the sort of how you would normally understand it in terms of investigating and being able to sort of arrest people. It has no executive powers , has no powers executive powers, has no powers of arrest or investigation. So its backroom bureaucrats. It is its intelligence sharing i its about bringing greater levels of cooperation between Law Enforcement agencies. Right across europe and beyond. And in across europe and beyond. And in that it across europe and beyond. And in thatitis across europe and beyond. And in that it is effective. It helps that it is effective. It helps share some very Important Information on ongoing investigations. So it is of use investigations. So it is of use in that sense , but also what in that sense, but also what appears to be significant from what sir Keir Starmers plan is, is that this rwanda plan would be buried. Yes. I mean , he said be buried. Yes. I mean, he said that for a while, that the Labour Government it if that is what we see at the end of the day would scrap a rwanda deal because they feel that its cruel and inhumane gain. So you wouldnt get a rwanda deal. Cruel and inhumane gain. So you wouldnt get a rwanda deal. And wouldnt get a rwanda deal. And so its only the conservative evs that are pushing ahead with the rwanda deal, which is absolutely pivotal to the way in which the conservatives see their policy of trying to deal with the small boat crisis. Its with the small boat crisis. Its all about declaring those that come across the channel as illegal immigrants, denying the vast majority of them the right to claim asylum and those that cant be returned to their home country because we dont have a returns agreement with them that could afghanistan , could be iran or afghanistan, syria and the like. They would be sent to rwanda. That is the plan. If they ever get it off the ground. Yeah. The Prime Minister has been speaking on this today. I mean, they are sticking to line, they are sticking to this line, stop boats. Whereas is stop the boats. Whereas is clearly starmer is going, you know, the gangs. How know, stop the gangs. How different that approach would be on the ground. On the ground. Well, i im not sure that it would be massively different because the National Crime agency anyway, is very significantly involved in the fight against people smuggling gangs on the other side of the channel gangs on the other side of the channel, there have been 700 and uh, arrests in the last couple of years related to people smuggling operations. So so yeah, there might be a bit more money, there might be, you know, a political onus on to concentrate even more on that fight. They have got other priorities as well, such as deaung priorities as well, such as dealing with International Drug dealing. So they would need to be more in the way of resources for the National Crime agency. And i think that would be coming from a Labour Government. We have see the Prime Minister have to see the Prime Minister has to what has been responding to what labour has said today. Has been responding to what labour has said today. Rishi labour has said today. Rishi sunak speaking in north devon. This is what he said. Keir starmer spent all of this year voting against our stop the boats bill, the toughest legislation that any government has passed to tackle illegal migration in. I think he spent most of last year voting against a previous which against a previous bill which has led to almost 700 has since then led to almost 700 arrests related to organised immigration crime. So i dont immigration crime. So i dont think its credible that he really wants to grip this problem his plans today seem problem and his plans today seem to to saying we to amount to saying that we might day accept a 100,000 might one day accept a 100,000 eu migrants every year. That doesnt seem like a credible plan to me to stop the boats. Plan to me to stop the boats. Meanwhile, we are getting on and delivering. For the first time delivering. For the First Time Ever this year, the number of small arrivals is down by small boat arrivals is down by almost fifth. The number of almost a fifth. The number of Illegal Migrants crossing from albania down by 90. Weve got albania is down by 90. Weve got a plan. The plan is delivering. A plan. The plan is delivering. And im determined to stop the boats. Boats. When we talk about starmer with this phrase smash the gangs. What is our intelligence about 7. What is our intelligence about . How many gangs, how many people are involved and how sophisticated they are . Well they are they have become much more sophisticated. Tends to be controlled and it tends to be controlled by kurdish gangs at the moment in cooperation for most of the time with other criminal networks. So theyre the kind of networks. So theyre the kind of facilitators that do the actual organised thing around the camps, get the boats, get people into them, but they work in conjunction with other organised crime groups in various countries. And yeah, theyre countries. And yeah, theyre very well established and the problem is its a bit like the fight against International Drug running. You know, its running. You know, its a massive, massive issue that countries all around the world have grappled with for generations now and have never really made any significant impact. And they have successes impact. And they have successes from time to time. Big, major drugs, busts. From time to time. Big, major drugs, busts. But of from time to time. Big, major drugs, busts. But of course, you drugs, busts. But of course, you know, the drug dealers build that into their model anyway. They accept a certain number of losses. And of course , you take losses. And of course, you take one big gang out, another goes in, and theyre making more money from people smuggling. They are from drug smuggling. They are from drug smuggling. Very, very they are. Its a very, very lucrative so quick lucrative business. So quick calculation in from ukip, if you get about 60 on a boat as theyre averaging at the moment, £3,000 per head is. 180,000. £3,000 per head is. 180,000. There you go, 180,000. Thats just one boat trip. It costs about maybe £10,000 to get the boat , the outboard engine, the boat, the outboard engine, the boat, the outboard engine, the boat itself, and to transport it and then keep it deals, arent they , these two for one deals they, these two for one deals they, these two for one deals they often. Well, yeah. I mean its not necessarily 3000 for them all. Some get a reduced rate if they go and work for the gangs when they get to the uk. Gangs when they get to the uk. But yeah , its very, very but yeah, its very, very lucrative because thats, as you say, 180,000 potentially for one boat. Well, you can get a easily, you know, 5 to 10 boats in a day. In a day. Mark, thank you for that. Mark, thank you for that. Lets just update you, sir keir starmer describing the governments response to his plans to seek closer cooperation with eu as nonsense, while with the eu as nonsense, while sir also preparing to sir keir also preparing to travel montreal. Were being travel to montreal. Were being told, then to meet told, and then paris to meet what has described what labour has described as progressive World Leaders. So is he preparing for his moment on the world stage . Lets speak to our correspondent our Political Correspondent olivia utley olivier. Being olivia utley olivier. Hes being seen be addressing all these seen to be addressing all these issues. At the same time. It issues. At the same time. It seems. Yeah yes, he is. And in particular, this trip to paris to visit Emmanuel Macron is a huge pr coup for the leader of the opposition. The french president has never before met an Opposition Leader unless that Opposition Leader comes from a very similar sort of centrist persuasion as macron himself. Of centrist persuasion as macron himself. Now, its not surprising that keir starmer asked for this meeting with Emmanuel Macron of course, he wants to be seen as going out and meeting all our allies on and meeting all of our allies on the world stage. It makes him seem like statesman and like a seem like a statesman and like a leader waiting. But the fact leader in waiting. But the fact that macron agreed to it is really quite significant. It suggests that perhaps Emmanuel Macron and maybe other eu leaders who are gearing up for a Labour Government in the uk, the conservatives are hoping that any sort of gain that keir starmer gets from this visit to paris , any sort of electoral paris, any sort of electoral feeling at home that keir starmer is now the Prime Minister in waiting, will be mitigated by the fact that keir starmer wants to introduce this new immigration deal which conservatives argue would essentially mean handing handing immigration poli