| Monday 20 July 2009 - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO Presented by Kirsty Wark This evening James Purnell gives Newsnight his first television interview since he resigned from the cabinet urging Gordon Brown to stand down as leader. He claimed that if Mr Brown remained as prime minister it was more and not less likely that Labour would lose the next election. It was a rabbit punch that could have knocked the PM out, but in the event no contenders challenged Mr Brown, and James Purnell claims he has no desire to return to front-line politics. However, tonight he launches Open Left a three year project with the think tank Demos, to define what "being on the Left" means in the 21st century. 55,000 cases of swine flu were reported in England last week. A new system in England to deal with swine flu was announced today by the Health Secretary Andy Burnham. A pandemic telephone flu line will manage diagnosis and delivery of anti-virals and will go live at the end of the week. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not involved as yet. Andy Burnham also announced today that swine flu vaccines will be available from next month. Our Science Editor Susan Watts has been investigating if the vaccine will be safe and who will get it. Did you leave your house today? If the answer is yes it is more than likely someone somewhere was watching you. For example two small local authorities in the UK have between them more close circuit TV cameras than the entire San Francisco police department. The government is engaged in a consultation service to decide whether every CCTV camera should be registered - and the sector regulated, especially as it is debatable whether they are of value to law enforcement. Click here to read more about that story. Do join us for all that and more at 10.30pm on BBC Two. | 
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