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UK Correspondent Vincent McAviney brings us the latest on the UK local elections and from London’s fatal sword attack.  

McAviney told Mike Hosking “If things are really bad for the Prime Minister, it could see a mutiny on his back benches.”  

McAviney said Rishi Sunak is expected to lose around half of their councillors in England and Wales.  

McAviney says the only thing that might stop his party from replacing him is that the British public don't want a sixth conservative Prime Minister in fourteen years.  

In other news, a man has been charged with murder for the sword attack on a fourteen-year-old boy.  

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Is it time to review the attitudes of MPs inside parliament? 

Political commentator Brigette Morten told Mike Hosking that in a week with MP pay rises and James Shaw’s exit - it has become all about her outburst.  

“It looks like there’s been a pattern of behaviour,” Morten said. 

House Speaker Gerry Brownlee said there’s a justice process, during which Genter can make representations to the Speaker by midday Monday.  

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson told reporters that Genter was currently working from home. 

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Are kiwis uninterested in New Zealand Fashion? 

New Zealand Fashion Week has been cancelled this August and has decided to shift into a two-yearly schedule. 

Owner Feroz Ali says there weren't enough designers to commit to the weeklong event because they're focused on the survival of their businesses. 

Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking that it's not that people don't want to buy local. 

She says the biggest factor is that people don't have disposable income to spend on discretionary items. 

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There's hopes a new policy around education won't be a one-size-fits-all approach. 

The Government's committing $67 million in the upcoming Budget for teacher training and resources on what's called structured literacy. 

It aims to go 'back to basics', teaching kids how to read with sounds and phonics. 

Auckland Primary Principals' Association President Kyle Brewerton told Mike Hosking that this approach works well for underachievers but it's not helpful to those who already can read. 

He says we want to make sure we continue to extend and grow their performance. 

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Economic pain is being felt in the latest employment numbers. 

The unemployment rate is 4.3%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the December quarter. 

ANZ economist Henry Russell told Mike Hosking that we've come out of a period of intense labour shortages, with migration doing the heavy lifting. 

He says skill shortages remain and that's why we continue to import people into New Zealand. 

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Patience has run out for the authorities cracking down on student protests across the United States. 

Pro-Palestinian protests at multiple colleges have broken out into violence and property destruction.  

US correspondent Mitch McCann told Mike Hosking that police were called to clear out students in New York’s Columbia University. 

He says up to 300 people were arrested as a result. 

This morning there have been violent clashes between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators at UCLA, with reports of fireworks, projectiles, and physical violence. 

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