welcomed the programme. countries in the european union have been voting in polls for the european parliament and it has been rather dramatic. there was a search for hard right parties, including in france, where marine le pen �*s national rally party defeat at centrists president emmanuel macron. that prompted macron to call a snap general election in france. he said he could not resign himself to the far right was lack of progress. the big winners from the european election where the mainstream centre—right, the gripping of the commission president ursula von der leyen. she said her block was an anchor of stability. lots of questions about the direction of europe as we head into the election in the uk as well. let's get all of the details in brussels with my colleague christian

fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has called that snap election in france, where the national rally took 32% of the vote, compared to his party's 14%. that is a record performance for the national rally. it left the

president, in his view, with no option but to dissolve parliament and call a snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world the normandy landing, and in a few weeks we welcome the world for the olympic and paralympic games. yes, the far right is both the result of the impoverishment of the french and the downgrading of our country. so at the end of this day, i cannot act as if nothing had happened. added to this situation is a fever which has gripped parliamentary and public debate in our country in recent years, the sort of which i know worries you, sometimes shocks you, and to which i do not intend to give in. however, today the challenges that present themselves to us, whether external dangers, climate change and the consequences, or threats to our own cohesion,

it requires clarity in our debates. ambition for the country and respect for every french person. this is why, after having carried out the consultations provided for in article 12 of our constitution, i decided to put back in your hands the choice of our parliamentary future. in a few moments, i will sign the decree convening the parliamentary elections which will take place onjune 30th for the first round, and july 7th for the second round. in party headquarters, that caused a sharp intake of breath. at marine le pen's election party, there was celebration, with many people shouting dissolution, dissolution. marine le pen took to the stage and this is what she had to say.

translation: the french have spoken and this historic election shows - that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in a0 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. i can't remember a party getting over 30% in any election in france, certainly not in recent memory. let's look at the map. this map shows the communes right across france. the brown is the national rally. you can see that bar paris and some of the metropolitan communities around france, it is almost a whitewash right across the country, which tells you what an enormous gamble all this is going to be. nick beake explained why president macron had taken the

country by surprise in calling a snap election. huge political bombshell in france. president macron last night during a tv address and said that he simply couldn't ignore the fact that so many people had voted for the far—right party, for the national rally of marine le pen. in fact, they got double the number of votes than his own centrist party. he says he is calling elections, they will take place, the first round, in three weeks' time. he is taking a massive gamble. last night, president macron said to be french is to write history, not to be governed by it. but it could well be that we find out in less than a month was not the time he has made an historic, monumental error. having said that, it could be that he is taking the best possible course of action in the circumstance in which he finds himself. in that the far right have surged in france, and maybe he is thinking that the elections for this place, the european parliament, don't

necessarily translate into votes in the french national election, and maybe there is the will and the capacity to build a coalition to keep out of the far right in france, evenif keep out of the far right in france, even if they topped the polls. certainly the far—right party in france has won the last three european elections, in terms of the vote in france. that is not new. i think the extent to which they trounced president macron�*s party yesterday was new. they will certainly be hoping they are on the crest of a wave here and can consolidate this success in the national elections. certainly marine le pen has tried to change the image of this party, to detoxify it, as some may say. it was herfather who, for many people, was seen as the unacceptable face of france, even though they were picking up votes, some 20 or 30 years ago, there was always an alliance against them. but

in the past couple of years they have used very savvy marketing and other sort of pr tools at their disposal. they have been big on tik—tok, they have a 28—year—old leader now, leading the party, and they seem to be picking up the youth vote, which has been an interesting dynamic. ratherthan vote, which has been an interesting dynamic. rather than talking about the stability of europe and geopolitical matters like emanuel mccraw has, it is clear he is somebody who likes that role that he takes on the global stage, the national rally have been talking about making life better for national rally have been talking about making life betterfor younger people, the cost of living crisis, as they call it, and all of that sort of stuff, trying to paint this positive vision of france. a few things to say about the situation in france, first of all, where he to lose that election, it is not unprecedented for a prime ministerfrom an is not unprecedented for a prime minister from an alternative party to be ruling the country alongside the president. you can think back to

lioneljospin and the socialists who was in the party whenjacques chirac was in the party whenjacques chirac was president. there are a lot of people across the country in france who do support the national rally, including the young people. but national elections are very different to european elections. if you were running to be a deputy of the national assembly in france, you need 50% of the vote in the first round. what tends to happen in different reasons to live around the country is that the mainstream starts to build an alliance for the second round. so national elections are very different to european elections. the other thing to say is that president macron might have already considered that he was going to lose a vote of confidence that might have been called by the republicans, the right—wing party in france anyway in the summer. maybe his hand had been forced by these european elections. we are still two years away from the presidency. if he loses, maybe he hopes the national rally does not perform well in government, which gives perhaps his protege, the current prime

minister, a shot at the presidency in 2020. but marine le pen's focus is the presidency that she has coveted for many years, even though she has lost in the second round to emmanuel macron. in brussels we are still waiting for an updated projection. votes are still being counted. let's talk about the future across europe, across france there was already a strong showing, not just for the hard right, but also the centre—right and the main centre—right grouping here, the ep ep, the european peoples party. that is ursula von der leyen�*s grouping. they strengthened their position as the largest party in brussels. the centre—right and christian democrats saw major wins in spain, poland and

greece. they also made significant gains in hungary. winning 30% of the vote in hungary, the far right gave victor aubin his worst result in 20 years. the centre—left social democrats alliance held as the second—largest party in spain, but there were setbacks with losses for pedro sanchez�*s ruling party. germany, one of the big stories of the night, 0laf scholz, his spd party was relegated to third after the md, party was relegated to third after the afd, performing well in eastern states in germany, head of regional elections in september. let's look at what this picture translates

into. a pretty bad night for liberals, the new grouping, but especially so the greens, outside the election party room, there were tears, particularly when the results came in from the german vote. you can see from the hemi cycle that the centre, broadly speaking, is holding. nicola schmidt came out onto stage and said we are prepared to compromise with the centre—right, as long as ursula von der leyen, she doesn't go too far to the right. if she was to reach out or giorgia meloni of italy to win a second term, she may well lose the left. why did the centre—right and the right—wing do so well last night? you have probably all seen the protests across the continent, many farmers taking to the streets over some green regulation costs they are

adhering. that was something i put last night to the president of the european parliament. this parler doesn't work with a government and opposition, it works with majorities. we can see that a constructive, pro—european centre has held and it is that centre that will be projected to build on the european project that we need to work with. it begs the question, where does the european parliament go on climate regulation? climate policy had become a wedge issue for the right right across europe. do they step back from some of the necessary changes they will need to make? they are under pressure from those parties on the right. the big question, because they are disparate groups, the parties on the right, it is whether they can coalesce around one idea, and ukraine, for instance, they are quite diverse in their views. marine le pen's party is

closer to russia than giorgia meloni's party, who is a full backer of ukraine and is sending arms to ukraine. it remains to be seen what kind of coalitions are formed on the right of european parliament. let's go back to the snap election in french. congratulations to you, your pre—election polls seem to be pretty spot what is the reaction? it is hu . e, spot what is the reaction? it is huge. the _ spot what is the reaction? it is huge. the huge _ spot what is the reaction? it 3 huge, the huge wave, a navy blue wave. the message is very clear, the message of the french people is that they want to have the return of law and order to the streets, to the borders, in government schools, in the treasury. and instead of working on these topics, emmanuel macron,

who still has three years of president, and just new prime minister, he could have worked on these topics. instead of working on these topics. instead of working on these topics, asked by the french people, he decided to overturn the table. i think it is a very risky gamble. in my view, quite unnecessary.— gamble. in my view, quite unnecessary. gamble. in my view, quite unnecessa . ., ,�* ., ., unnecessary. he doesn't have a ma'ori unnecessary. he doesn't have a majority in _ unnecessary. he doesn't have a majority in the _ unnecessary. he doesn't have a majority in the assembly, - unnecessary. he doesn't have a majority in the assembly, could unnecessary. he doesn't have a i majority in the assembly, could he have perhaps lost a vote of confidence in the summer anyway? i know the republicans were itching for a vote. i know the republicans were itching for a vote. ., �* ~ ., know the republicans were itching foravote. ~ ., , , for a vote. i don't know, because the constitution _ for a vote. i don't know, because the constitution that _ for a vote. i don't know, because the constitution that charles - for a vote. i don't know, because the constitution that charles de l the constitution that charles de gaulle left to france, even if macron has a majority, but not an absolute majority in the assembly, he can still govern with a kind of

trick which is known in france as the 49-3, that trick which is known in france as the 49—3, that article of the constitution. he can govern. it was unlikely that the front national would vote with the left. so it could have worked. but he was may be personally humiliated by this result, which is really bad, because his party has less than half of marine le pen's parties, which is really a humiliation, because he started on monday saying he will fight the far right. actually he is going to give power to the far right. but there is even something riskier, which is no majority at all of the assembly. so france would

become very difficult to govern. it's a very strange decision, especially one month before the olympics in paris. you know, emmanuel macron was not at all forced to call a snap election, he could have said we had elections two years ago, but it's a gamble. very few people in france understand emmanuel macron�*s move, and what kind of game he wants to get. goad kind of game he wants to get. good to talk to you. _ kind of game he wants to get. good to talk to you, thank _ kind of game he wants to get. good to talk to you, thank you _ kind of game he wants to get. good to talk to you, thank you for coming on this morning. it is going to be a fascinating few weeks in france, through the selection campaign. as i say, we have had incidents before where prime ministers from an opposite party have run a french

cabinet, presidents like to blame prime ministers for things that go wrong in france. the president of the national assembly is a canny political operator, and some people say he is more impressive than marine le pen. maybe he is trumping at this opportunity. certainly he will be leading the campaign for the national rally in the next few weeks. just a reminder that on our web page there are updates, continual updates here from brussels and also from paris. do take a look at that in the usual place. from here in brussels, i will hand you back to the studio. the main political parties are launching their manifestos, and key pledges for the lib dems include £9 billion to rescue the health service and social care in england, with the right to see the gp in seven days.

funding would come from increased taxes on banks, energy and water firms. we will bring you the manifesto launch live at around noon. labourwill manifesto launch live at around noon. labour will announce its manifesto later in the week. today, they have said they will create more than 3000 new nurseries in primary schools in england. and the conservatives are promising to recruit an extra 8000 neighbourhood police officers over the next three years will stop let's start with the manifesto launch from the liberal democrats. the lib dems have been floating ideas to reform the health service for some time, now ed davey says he is putting a rescue package for the nhs at the heart of the manifesto. he says the nhs is in crisis in england. he is proposing a multi billion pounds cash injection over the next four years. he says this would give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days, all within 2a hours if urgent. it would

guarantee access to an nhs dentist for everyone needing urgent or emergency care, and improve early access to mental health services. sarah davey has also been banging the drum for social care, with a junior partner in the health system. it will include a commitment to free social care for those that need it. with the conservative and labour party promising more resources for the health service, the lib dems have to be distinctive. like the other two parties, they say they will not need to put up income tax to fund health care, but other taxes are available. we to fund health care, but other taxes are available-— are available. we have identified areas where _ are available. we have identified areas where there _ are available. we have identified areas where there is _ are available. we have identified areas where there is money - areas where there is money available, which has been spent, we believe, in the wrong way. for example, the massive tax cut for banks. £4 billion is available if we reverse that. the banks. £4 billion is available if we reverse that-— reverse that. the lib dems claim the will reverse that. the lib dems claim they will be _ reverse that. the lib dems claim they will be more _ reverse that. the lib dems claim they will be more transparent - reverse that. the lib dems claim they will be more transparent on | reverse that. the lib dems claim . they will be more transparent on tax and spending than other parties, and today they will be setting out the

political direction of travel. the lib dems, a pretty big day for them. pledges on health and social care in the manifesto. talk us through what we are going to expect. it's a big week for manifestos, actually. we've had to much weeks of campaigning, but in fact we haven't seen the detail of what any of the labour, lib dems and conservatives are offering. we are going to see more about this week. expect lots of numbers, thousands more of this, billions more on that. today is the day for the lib dems, and they are putting health at the centre of that. we will probably hear details are many other things like policing, that kind thing, later on. but the trail head is a lot of emphasis on health. now, the party leader, sir ed davey, has a good personal story to tell. he has talked about caring

for his son, who is disabled, for his mother, when she was very ill with cancer. he has managed to speak with cancer. he has managed to speak with a great deal of passion about this. their pledge is to put more money, notjust into health, but also into social care in england. another 9 billion per year. sounds expensive. the lib dems used to say another penny on income tax to pay for health. they abandon that now. theyjoined the other parties by saying they are not going to put up income tax or vat. 0r national insurance, indeed. instead of doing that, instead of putting more pressure on hard—pressed families, they say that people like the big banks can cough up, that they have had tax breaks in the last few years, and what they reckon they can get another 4 billion a year from the big banks. also from oil and gas companies, water companies, closing tax loopholes, that is always a

popular one. tax loopholes, that is always a pepuiar one-— tax loopholes, that is always a popular one. that is reflective of the main parties _ popular one. that is reflective of the main parties and _ popular one. that is reflective of the main parties and how- popular one. that is reflective of the main parties and how they . popular one. that is reflective of i the main parties and how they say they're going to get the money. experts say unless there is rapid economic growth, it's hard to make pledges add up in terms of where we find the money, unless we see a cut in spending, according to economists, or raising personal taxes? ~ , ~ taxes? absolutely. whether the arties taxes? absolutely. whether the parties can _ taxes? absolutely. whether the parties can really _ taxes? absolutely. whether the parties can really do _ taxes? absolutely. whether the parties can really do that - taxes? absolutely. whether the parties can really do that magic| parties can really do that magic money tree business and actually find some money, some of the pledges are a bit more than money down the back of the sofa. they say in their manifestos it will be fully costed. where the problem comes is a great deal depends on economic growth. that has been very elusive over the last decade at least. and whether that can really boost the good

things they are promising the voters, that they hope will bring them round their party, whether that can be properly costed and properly paid for, that remains to be seen. good to talk to you, thank you. the conservatives are focusing on policing this morning, saying they would recruit thousands more neighbourhood officers. let's speak to harry farley on the road with a tory campaign. not quite on the road, on the side of the road. where are you and what has been talked about today? we are you and what has been talked about today?— about today? we have 'ust in the last few seconds _ about today? we have 'ust in the last few seconds got _ about today? we have just in the last few seconds got off - about today? we have just in the last few seconds got off the - last few seconds got off the conservative battle bus, i think you can see it behind me. we have arrived for a campaign visit in the south—east. rishi sunak looking to highlight his pledge to recruit a thousand more neighbourhood police officers. it's monday morning and he is looking to make a fresh start after what was a very difficult week. it's the first time we'll hear from the prime minister since all the criticism over his decision to

leave the d—day commemorations early. creditors are notjust from opposition parties, but from his own cabinet ministers, his own candidates to be conservative mps. i spoke to one candidate over the weekend who said those who had previously been asking the prime minister to come to their constituency to hold a campaign rally in their patch were suddenly begging him not to come. perhaps that gives an illustration ofjust how conservative candidates are feeling about the criticism and the decision to leave that d—day commemorations early. today, rishi sunak hoping to put that behind him and looking to emphasise the 8000 more neighbourhood police officers that the conservative say they will recruit if they are re—elected. as well as that, strengthening powers to seize and destroy zombie knives and machetes. if that sounds familiar, that is because it was a previous pledge that was in the criminaljustice bill, one of those bills that was in the process of going through when rishi sunak called that snap election, and so did not pass. the conservatives

reiterating the pledge that they made. labour's response, shadow home secretary yvette cooper said it was a desperate pledge and said the conservatives previously promised more police officers on the beat and failed to deliver. she makes wider points about prisons being in crisis and attacking the conservative record on crime and policing. the liberal democrats, as we have just been hearing, they make similar points, saying 6000 crimes go unresolved every day. criticism from those parties, but rishi sunak will be looking to put the difficulties of last week behind him and focus on crime and policing today. good of last week behind him and focus on crime and policing today.— crime and policing today. good to talk to you. _ crime and policing today. good to talk to you, thank _ crime and policing today. good to talk to you, thank you. _ tribute alipay to michael mosley, who was found dead on a greek island following a former day search. you went missing last wednesday and scorching temperatures while walking on holiday. —— he went missing. it was here on a rocky hillside that

michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body, which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence you can see over there, so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. it was a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday when michael mosley left the beach where he'd been with his wife clare atabouti.30pm. he was then picked up on a camera at a coffee shop here, a second one at a restaurant here, and then finally on one at a marina before he walked out of town, heading towards agia marina.

but despite an extensive search and rescue operation involving police, fire, helicopters, dogs, even members of the public, in the end, he was found by accident. it emerged a greek television crew were filming with the mayor and only noticed the body in their shot when they got back to edit their pictures. translation: when we returned here in symi and the footage - was being prepared to send to athens, we spotted the body of a man. we informed the mayor and so the coastguard was immediately mobilised with the doctors. michael mosley�*s death was confirmed by his wife, clare. she said...

a medical team carefully moved michael mosley to a waiting coastguard boat then to rhodes for a postmortem. there has been a genuine sense of shock, of sadness on this quiet island over the disappearance and death of michael mosley, a man most had never met. imagine then, the pain of those who knew and loved him. joe inwood, bbc news, on the greek island of symi. rhiannon roberts commissioned just one thing for bbc radio 4. so many warm tributes. what are your memories of him? his warm tributes. what are your memories of him? , , , memories of him? his generosity, he was faultlessly _ memories of him? his generosity, he was faultlessly generous _ memories of him? his generosity, he was faultlessly generous to _ memories of him? his generosity, he was faultlessly generous to anyone i was faultlessly generous to anyone he came across, listeners who wanted to thank him for how much they had

changed their lives with the interventions and the intermittent fasting he champion. he had so much to give. he would pick and choose from scientific experiments, the later studies, and put them in front of you and encourage you. his generosity, his cheerfulness, he was incredibly curious and just a joy to work with. he really was. you incredibly curious and just a 'oy to work with. he really was. you worked with him on — work with. he really was. you worked with him on just _ work with. he really was. you worked with him on just one _ work with. he really was. you worked with him on just one thing. _ work with. he really was. you worked with him on just one thing. tell - work with. he really was. you worked with him on just one thing. tell me l with him onjust one thing. tell me what it was about and why it was so close to his heart? it what it was about and why it was so close to his heart?— close to his heart? it was the erfect close to his heart? it was the perfect vehicle _ close to his heart? it was the perfect vehicle for _ close to his heart? it was the perfect vehicle for him - close to his heart? it was the perfect vehicle for him and i close to his heart? it was the l perfect vehicle for him and lots close to his heart? it was the - perfect vehicle for him and lots of ways. it allowed him to distill one simple thing from all the learning that was out there, deliver it with clarity, through him trying it out himself. he would have a guest on he was an ordinary member of the audience, he would try it out. he would have a science expert on as well and he would put it on in front of you and you would test it, and off you go, and he would report back on how you have done. it was 40

minutes long, you could pick them up and i think that is one of the reasons why people are feeling so much loss today, because we did the just one thing and you felt connected with him. this morning i've done fourfive connected with him. this morning i've done four five because it is how i live my life now. i've done four five because it is howl live my life now.- i've done four five because it is howl live my life now. what have ou howl live my life now. what have you done? _ the thing... the cold shower? yes, that is the — the thing... the cold shower? yes, that is the thing _ the thing... the cold shower? yes, that is the thing that _ the thing... the cold shower? yes, that is the thing that he _ the thing... the cold shower? yes, that is the thing that he found - that is the thing that he found difficult. the could shower this morning and i think of michael. the could showers, green tea, getting into the early morning light, standing on one leg, trying to practice your language skills, being kind, eating beetroot — i can't do that. if you were having trouble with something, i spoke to him and said, ifind the with something, i spoke to him and said, i find the squat things, i need to get above 30. he said this what is you do. he had time for me

like the listeners. find what is you do. he had time for me like the listeners.— like the listeners. and the way he connected with _ like the listeners. and the way he connected with you, _ like the listeners. and the way he connected with you, you - like the listeners. and the way he connected with you, you felt - like the listeners. and the way he connected with you, you felt that | like the listeners. and the way he i connected with you, you felt that he was connecting with you on a personal level and made it look easy. we know it is not easy. yes. easy. we know it is not easy. yes, he was a broadcaster— easy. we know it is not easy. yes, he was a broadcaster of _ easy. we know it is not easy. yes, he was a broadcaster of such - easy. we know it is not easy. 1653 he was a broadcaster of such skill. what you saw or heard was who he was. that curiosity and bounciness, that engagement. there wasn't much between you and him you felt. especially with the podcast when you have his voice in your ear, you think that he is talking to you. that connective ps is still there. thank you for coming on and telling us of your memories of michael. the headlines, voters in parts of europe deliver a surge in support for hard right parties. there is shockin for hard right parties. there is shock in france as president macron

announces a snap parliamentary election after losing in sunday's poll to the far right. the liberal democrats prepare to launch their general election manifesto. and a woman wrongly convicted of theft as part of the the post office it scandal is posthumously cleared of wrong doing. raise we will look at the liberal democrat pledges later. as part of our election coverage, we have been looking at the key battlegrounds and talking to people across the country. this week we are in derby north. it has been held by the conservatives since 2019. the seat has swung between labour and the tories. let's speak to a political reporter at bbc radio

derby. what are the predictions this time around?— derby. what are the predictions this time around? ,., ., ., , time around? good morning. this will be hith time around? good morning. this will be hiuh u- time around? good morning. this will be high up on — time around? good morning. this will be high up on labour's _ time around? good morning. this will be high up on labour's list _ time around? good morning. this will be high up on labour's list to - time around? good morning. this will be high up on labour's list to take - be high up on labour's list to take back. there is a majority ofjust 2 2. two and after what thousand. labour had a majority in 2010 and held on. the conservatives then took it back in 2015 with a majority of 41, i think it was the smallest majority in 2015. labour took it back with two thousand votes and the tories have been in since, with a majority of two and a half thousand. if labour don't take the seat, there will be alarm bells ringing come election night definitely. what will be alarm bells ringing come election night definitely. what are the main issues _ election night definitely. what are the main issues that _ election night definitely. what are the main issues that people - election night definitely. what are the main issues that people in - election night definitely. what arej the main issues that people in the area in derby north are worried about. what will they be voting for?

i think it will follow a lot of same themes, the cost—of—living is brought up a lot. it is interesting to hear about labour's policy about child care. i have been speaking to voters who have raised the issue of the cost of child care. that will be another issue as well. there are issues around local issues around industry in the city. although the trade manufacturers alston which head the headlines before the election, there is concern within derby in terms of getting the train orders to alston, which employs hundreds, over a thousand people in the supply chain. those issues will be definitely coming up on the doorstep. it be definitely coming up on the doorste -. , , be definitely coming up on the doorste. , , , , doorstep. it is interesting, because derb shire doorstep. it is interesting, because derbyshire there _ doorstep. it is interesting, because derbyshire there are _ doorstep. it is interesting, because derbyshire there are a _ doorstep. it is interesting, because derbyshire there are a few- doorstep. it is interesting, because derbyshire there are a few bell- derbyshire there are a few bell weather constituencies, it is an area that keir starmer and rishi sunak need to get a grip on if they want to get into no 10?—

sunak need to get a grip on if they want to get into no 10? that's right i think it want to get into no 10? that's right i think it was _ want to get into no 10? that's right i think it was telling _ want to get into no 10? that's right i think it was telling that _ want to get into no 10? that's right i think it was telling that rishi - i think it was telling that rishi sunak launched his local election campaign back in may in langley mill and on the first day of the general election campaign he was in ill kiston to launch the general election campaign and followed four days after that keir starmer and rachel reeves came to derby to frame their economic vision for the country. these are quite a lot of marginals. there are some big majorities in other tory seats. the brexit party didn't stand in a couple and these are seats that have sizeable majorities for the conservative, but reform will stand there and that will siphon some votes. these seats were labour before. they were labour during 1997 and 2010 and have been conservative since. labour, even with the big

majorities the tories have, with the national mood, i think they will be confident they could cause a couple of upsets comejuly 4th. it is of upsets come july 4th. it is interesting. _ of upsets come july 4th. it is interesting, thank _ of upsets come july 4th. it is interesting, thank you, - of upsets come july 4th. it is interesting, thank you, george. back to the middle east and let's get more on america's top diplomat antony blinken�*s latest visit to the region in an effort to boost support for a ceasefire in gaza. it's antony blinken�*s eighth trip to the region since the war between israel and hamas began last october. during the three—day visit — which begins in egypt — he'll urge arab leaders to pressure hamas into accepting the draft peace deal unveiled at the end of last month by president biden. benny gantz in the israeli war cabinet has resigned. this is the moment that he confirmed that he was

standing down. moment that he confirmed that he was standing down-— standing down. translation: unfortunately _ standing down. translation: unfortunately binyamin - standing down. translation: - unfortunately binyamin netanyahu's unfortunately binyamin neta nyahu's preventing unfortunately binyamin netanyahu's preventing us from approaching true victory, which is thejustification for the pain. victory, which is thejustification forthe pain. ful victory, which is thejustification for the pain. ful price. this is why we quit the national unity government, with a heavy heart, yet we feel it is the right decision. we are now in the midst of a campaign that will impact the fate of generations ahead. this coming fall in the one year anniversary of this disaster we we should go for election and reach a new government. i call on binyamin netanyahu, set a date for elections. irate i call on binyamin netanyahu, set a date for elections.— date for elections. we can speak to our date for elections. we can speak to your correspondent _ date for elections. we can speak to

your correspondent in _ date for elections. we can speak to your correspondent in jerusalem. i your correspondent injerusalem. this doesn't mean the war cabinet will disband? trio. this doesn't mean the war cabinet will disband?— this doesn't mean the war cabinet will disband? ., ., ., , ., will disband? no, there are only two --eole in will disband? no, there are only two people in it. — will disband? no, there are only two people in it, binyamin _ will disband? no, there are only two people in it, binyamin netanyahu i will disband? no, there are only twol people in it, binyamin netanyahu and the defence minister. as you suggest, we have lost a relatively moderate voice and in particular someone with a vast amount of military experience and someone who crucially was someone the americans feel they can talk to and given that relations between binyamin netanyahu and the americans are so bad at the moment, i think that is really significant that now he is gone. specially given that we have got antony blinken arriving today. because the truth is some of the concerns of mr gantz, that there was no plan for what happens once the

fighting stops, those concerns are shared by the americans.- shared by the americans. those concerns will _ shared by the americans. those concerns will be _ shared by the americans. those concerns will be on _ shared by the americans. those concerns will be on the - shared by the americans. those concerns will be on the agenda l shared by the americans. those - concerns will be on the agenda when antony blinken arrives? yes. concerns will be on the agenda when antony blinken arrives?— antony blinken arrives? yes, as you sa , he is antony blinken arrives? yes, as you say. he is here _ antony blinken arrives? yes, as you say, he is here to _ antony blinken arrives? yes, as you say, he is here to put _ antony blinken arrives? yes, as you say, he is here to put pressure - antony blinken arrives? yes, as you say, he is here to put pressure on i say, he is here to put pressure on both sides to sign up to that deal, which is a three—phase ceasefire plan, that was launched byjoe biden a couple of weeks ago. when the american president put it forward, he said it was an israeli plan. now, prime minister binyamin netanyahu here has said he will go along with it, albeit reluctantly. he said it is not a perfect plan. i think there will be concerns that he has got to put those words into action. and the fact that now mr gantz�*s departure means more extremist elements of israeli government will have a

greater say, israeli government will have a greatersay, in israeli government will have a greater say, in particular the security minister, who said he should replace benny gantz in the war cabinet. he has said any sort of ceasefire plan at the moment is unacceptable and that he would pull out of the government if a ceasefire plan goes ahead and that would bring the government down. so binyamin netanyahu has some tough choices to make. mr netanyahu has some tough choices to make. ~ , .,, ., netanyahu has some tough choices to make. ~ , ., make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to — make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to that _ make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to that of— make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to that of the _ make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to that of the far - make. mr gantz seen as a counter balance to that of the far right - balance to that of the far right members of coalition. now that balance is gone, what comes next? well, i think that is difficult to say. obviously, this all comes when you have had one of the bloodiest weekends in gaza of this entire conflict. so there is no sense that the fighting is easing down. and you know i think the bar for victory by

binyamin netanyahu has been set really high. he has said that he wants the complete annihilation of hamas. it is hard to say you've done that when you have the two most senior hamas leaders still alive. so, whereas hamas's victory bar is to say, well, survival is enough for them. as i say, binyamin netanyahu has some difficult choices to make in the coming days.— has some difficult choices to make in the coming days. thank you. now the liberal democrats _ in the coming days. thank you. now the liberal democrats launch - in the coming days. thank you. now the liberal democrats launch their l the liberal democrats launch their manifesto and labour is is pledging to turn classrooms into school—based nurseries. let's speak to our correspondent in sal fahd. this will be a —— salford. talk us through how

labour expect this to work? this be a -- salford. talk us through how labour expect this to work?- labour expect this to work? this is the first time _ labour expect this to work? this is the first time we _ labour expect this to work? this is the first time we have _ labour expect this to work? this is the first time we have heard - the first time we have heard specific details from labour about their early years policy. they have said 100,000 new nursery spaces will be created by creating new nurseries in unused space in schools. the cost is about £140 million when they refurbish the rooms that can be used. they will use and they will i suppose get that money by one of their controversial plans, to start charging vat to private schools, which are exempt at the moment. this is part of a massive roll out of child care. at the moment we are in the middle of three phases of child care roll out that are giving extra funded hours to working parents, who need that help with child care. the

department for education says 85,000 new nursery spaces will be needed by september 2025. new nursery spaces will be needed by september2025. but new nursery spaces will be needed by september 2025. but more crucially 40,000 extra staff. that is the crunch point. teachers' unions say it is a great idea, but where will the staff come from? it is notjust attracting new staff, but also retaining those that already are there. ., ~ retaining those that already are there. . ,, ., , ., there. talk me through why labour believed that _ there. talk me through why labour believed that this _ there. talk me through why labour believed that this particular - believed that this particular element of the education policy is so important. i element of the education policy is so important-— so important. i think from their oint of so important. i think from their point of view. _ so important. i think from their point of view, they're _ so important. i think from their point of view, they're seeing i so important. i think from their i point of view, they're seeing what is happening in schools and they want the early years, which is when children get that really important high quality education from an early stage and they're able, then teachers or nursery workers can work

with them, so once they get to school and they're ready for school, they have those schools that are so important after the pandemic. the conservative party have also mentioned the idea of unused school spaces. it will be interesting if anything comes out in their manifesto. the liberal democrats have said this needs to be a universal offer, notjust for universal offer, not just for working universal offer, notjust for working parents. their proposals is for two—year—olds, all two—year—olds to receive this child care. later we may have some detail about that as well emerging. may have some detail about that as well emerging-— the dying wish of a woman wrongly accused of theft in the post office horizon scandal. she was falsely

accused of stealing money. what can i say? soulmate, she was just my soulmate, yeah. caren lorimer died in 2022, 13 years after she was convicted of embezzlement. her family found out ten days ago that conviction has now been quashed. amazing, amazing. i think the last time i spoke to you, i said it would mean the world to me, it definitely does. how are your emotions? you've been through so much. up and down, up and down. i'm really, i'm really happy and i'm really sad. ijust, i wish caren could have been here to see it because she'd have been so happy, she would have been really so happy. caren lorimer ran this post office in kilmarnock. she was convicted in 2009. when she was dying from cancer, she told her family that she wished she'd cleared her name.

while grieving, they navigated the legal system to try to quash her conviction. they were due back in court later this week but received good news sooner than expected. just finishing up at work, happened to open my mobile phone. i went straight into my emails and i could see there was an email there from the lawyers. i opened it up and it confirmed it, the judges didn't need the case to be heard, that they had quashed the conviction, and caren's name was clear. first thing i did was call david and he answered the phone and i thought, i don't even think i said hello. i think ijust said, i was like, "that's it, she's clear, she's clear." i think we were both like, goose bumps. shocked. just ecstatic. but this is bittersweet for caren's family. her daughter laura was 25 when her mum was convicted. she had to plead guilty in order to avoid prison.

and she also was sentenced to the maximum number of hours of community service. so that was humiliating for her, going every week serving community service. it wasn't fair, it wasn't right, she'd done nothing wrong. she was broken by it. broken, but like so many others, laura's mum was innocent. it's extremely important for her to be cleared. yeah, it's... i find it most upsetting that she died a convicted criminal. that can't be undone. you know, i'm happy she's exonerated, but she still died a convicted criminal. i think it's very upsetting, something that my mum hadn't done and she's taken it with her.

caren's name would likely have been cleared once blanket legislation passed by the scottish parliament comes into force. but her family had already started the process to quash her conviction through the courts, and they're pleased they did. i think she'd be delighted, yep. she knew all along she'd done nothing wrong, so did we and now it's just the proof. it's like we've made her final wish come true, which is priceless. she'd be so proud of everything we've done for her, everything we've done for her. yeah, yeah, she'll be happy, she'll be happy up there just now. narendra modi has been elected as india's prime minister. thousands of

guests attended the inauguration in delhi. our south asia correspondent reports from there. i, narendra modi... an oath that narendra modi is more than familiar with. but what follows is uncharted territory. a weakened prime minister, dependent on a coalition for the first time. there are hundreds of pictures of mr modi all over delhi today, and it's something we've gotten used to here in india over these past ten years. his picture's been on welfare schemes, on vaccine certificates, so that doesn't seem to have changed. but what has is that while this is a win, it's a victory that feels like a defeat for brand modi. the aura of invincibility that has come to surround him has been damaged. and clues to why some voters turned away can be found here in the politically crucial

state of uttar pradesh. it was considered to be a stronghold of mr modi's bjp, but it delivered the biggest shock. in a predominantly hindu village in muzaffarnagar, we met men who've traditionally supported the bjp. but not this time, says shyam singh, who has four post—graduate sons who are unemployed. translation: since fouryears, they have been searching forjobs, but there are no vacancies. the government talks about development, but we can't see it happen on the ground. price rise has gone beyond limits, it's tough to put food on the table. translation: people had blind faith in modi, but now they've opened their eyes to the reality around them. a hindu temple opened by the prime minister ahead of the election, was expected to galvanize votes like these for the ruling party. translation: temples are a matter of faith, i but to feed ourselves, we need work. just opening temples

doesn't help us. - in another part of the constituency we met people from india's muslim minority who had found themselves to be the target of an overtly divisive campaign by the bjp. translation: when the results came in, we were happy because we were worried that if they came to power with a full majority, they would make laws that would discriminate against minorities. bell ringing. a leader who's achieved an almost godlike status for his followers has been brought down to earth by the will of india's voters. for mr modi, keeping his allies together will be the test of a new skill. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. back to the shock results in the

european election that have led to the french president emmanuel macron calling an election. the french president called a snap parliamentary election after the far right parties made gains in the european elections this weekend. in france, the national rally, that is the party led by marine le pen won more than double the votes of emmanuel macron's party. then emmanuel macron's party. then emmanuel macron's party. then emmanuel macron announced a snap election, that will take place between 30th june election, that will take place between 30thjune and 7thjuly. he said, i cannot act as if nothing has happened in his address on sunday. important to underline emmanuel macron's position as president is not at stake here. he still has the presidency for a few more years. but this is parliamentary elections that

we are talking about. it has come as a shock to france, particularly because the french are gearing up to the olympics which start injuly and are running through to august. it was unexpected to say the least that emmanuel macron would at this point call an election, which takes a lot of, well, if nothing else a lot of planning and organisation and a lot of money. earlier, we spoke, we heard from a member of the french assembly for president macron's party. she was talking to my colleagues on the today programme and she said emmanuel macron took a huge risk with his decision to go to snap elections and eshe also said there is no possibility that the national rally, who won that vote, can get a majority in the parliamentary elections. of course, what she said was still the

situation it is very high risk, not only for us, but it is a risk for democracy in france. there you have it. emmanuel macron going to the french people after the heavy defeats in the european elections for his party. can we go to look at the live page on the uk elections? todayis the live page on the uk elections? today is a big day for the liberal democrats. we are expecting them to launch their manifesto later on this morning and we are going to see the nhs and social care very much in focus for the liberal democrats. they're also talking about bringing in more gps to give people the chance to book a gp more easily. all of that and what labour and the conservatives and the snp are doing is on the bbc�*s web—site, which of course you can access from the bbc�*s news app from wherever you.

french guiana has become the first french overseas territory to welcome the olympic torch ahead of paris games at the end ofjuly. in all, about 11,000 torch bearers will take part in the relay, which began a month ago in marseille. the torch will travel to territories including new caledonia in the south pacific before ending with the lighting of the olympic cauldron in paris. despite the political turmoil, the olympic torch is well and truly on its way to paris. the olympics will start at the end of next month. great excitement always. let's take you from the excitement of olympics to the excitement of what the weather holds. the search for summer continues this week. a chilly northerly wind keeps temperature below average. a mixture of sunshine and showers for many, but some could stay dry and sunny, but there will

be more widespread rain later in the position. the rain came from this system that is now departing, but helping to bring in that northerly airflow. after some sunshine showers develop. some int airflow. after some sunshine showers develop. some in t south and west may avoid the cloud. a good four or five degrees below average for some this afternoon. tonight many will see any showers fade. some continuing to the north of scotland and in eastern districts and some through northern ireland and wales and the midlands. where you're sheltered from the breeze, particularly in central scotland, a cold night with a touch of frost to take us into tuesday. a lot of bright weather on tuesday. more

sunshine more widely than today. but the showers will build up. showers lighter in number and fewer in number than today. the heaviest of the showers likely to eastern areas. some in the west staying dry. after that chilly start, temperatures could be lower than today. another cold night, taking us into wednesday. the best of the sunshine first thing and last thing in the day. the cloud will build after that sunny start with a few light showers. more staying dry through wednesday and temperatures start to nudge up. they will nudge up further later this is week, but at a price, this low pressure, fronts will, bring strengthening winds. not straightaway on thursday. but clouding over from the west and across ireland, wales and south—west england rain will set through in the afternoon. that rain spreading across the rest of the country

through thursday night and into friday.

howl live my life now. what have you done? _ this is bbc news. the liberal democrats prepare to launch their general election manifesto, promising billions of extra investment in the nhs and social care. voters in parts of europe deliver a surge in support for the hard right parties, with the centre ground leaders insisting their supporters holding. shock in france as president macron announces a snap parliamentary election after losing to far right parties in sunday's poll. tributes to michael mosley after his body is found on a greek island.

we'll get the first detailed look at the main political parties' election pledges later when the liberal democrats launch their manifesto. key pledges include 9 billion pounds to "rescue the health service" and social care in england, with a right to see a gp within seven days. funding would come from increased taxes on banks, energy and water firms. we'll bring you the manifesto launch live at noon. labour will announce its manifesto later in the week. today they've said they'll create more than three thousand new nurseries in primary schools in england. and the conservatives are promising to recruit an extra 8,000 neighbourhood police officers over the next three years. let's start with that manifesto launch from the liberal democrats — and this report from our political correspondent iain watson reports. the lib dems have been floating some ideas for reforming the health

service for some time. but now their leader, sir ed davey, really wants to make a splash by putting what he calls a rescue package for the nhs at the heart of the party's manifesto. he says the nhs is in crisis in england. he's proposing a multi—billion pound cash injection over the next four years. he says this would give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days or within 24 hours if urgent, guarantee access to an nhs dentist for everyone needing urgent and emergency care, and improve early access to mental health services. sir ed davey has also been banging the drum for social care, often the junior partner in the health system. his manifesto will devote a whole chapter to it and will include the commitment to free social care for those who need it in their own homes. with both the conservatives and labour parties promising more resources for the health service, the lib dems have to be distinctive. they, like the other two parties, say they won't need to put up income tax to fund health care. but other taxes are available.

we have identified areas where there is money available which has been spent we believe in the wrong way. for example, the massive tax cut for banks. £4 billion is available if we reverse that. the lib dems claim they're being more transparent on tax and spending than other parties and today they'll be setting out their political direction of travel. iain watson, bbc news. the pressure on public services is a keyissue the pressure on public services is a key issue in this election. in an effort to understand the challenges they are under, we've been exploring some of those key issues in specific sectors, from education to social care. this morning we are focusing on criminaljustice. michael buchanan has been to telford, which currently has some of buchanan has been to telford, which currently has some of the buchanan has been to telford, which currently has some of the longest court delays in england.

he pleaded not guilty, and the struggling justices and took over. i've had two children since that case. it i've had two children since that case. ., , , i've had two children since that case, ., , , ., case. it was listed on three separate — case. it was listed on three separate occasions, - case. it was listed on three separate occasions, and i case. it was listed on three separate occasions, and ifl case. it was listed on three - separate occasions, and if convicted he could face five years in prison. i have been saying to my kids, just in case i get sent down or whatever, i prepared them a few times now. and it has just got put back and got back. barristers have failed to turn up back. barristers have failed to turn up for some. my co—defendant�*s solicitor, they failed to turn up, solicitor, they failed to turn up, so they could not go ahead with the trial. in so they could not go ahead with the trial. �* , so they could not go ahead with the trial. . , , ., , ., trial. in april, five years after he was charged. — trial. in april, five years after he was charged, the _ trial. in april, five years after he was charged, the case _ trial. in april, five years after he was charged, the case against i trial. in april, five years after he i was charged, the case against ryan was charged, the case against ryan was dropped after the witnesses failed to turn up. it’s was dropped after the witnesses failed to turn up.— failed to turn up. it's all over now, failed to turn up. it's all over now. it's _ failed to turn up. it's all over now. it's a — failed to turn up. it's all over now, it's a big _ failed to turn up. it's all over now, it's a big relief. - failed to turn up. it's all over now, it's a big relief. i - failed to turn up. it's all over now, it's a big relief. i can i failed to turn up. it's all over. now, it's a big relief. i can start moving on with my life now. nothing hanging over me. moving on with my life now. nothing hanging over me— hanging over me. over several days in this temporary — hanging over me. over several days in this temporary crown _ hanging over me. over several days in this temporary crown court, - hanging over me. over several days in this temporary crown court, the l in this temporary crown court, the multiple problems in england was not

a criminaljustice system became clear to me. one trial stretched back to 2019, so witnesses often say they couldn't remember the details. the court in telford was officially listed as part of shrewsbury crown court, leading to people going to the wrong town for their cases. when a prosecuting barristerfailed to appear in one case, another barrister agreed to step in, but told thejudge, i literally barrister agreed to step in, but told the judge, i literally have barrister agreed to step in, but told thejudge, i literally have no idea what this case is about. justice is scandalous at the moment. there is no swiftjustice at all. i don't believe there are enough judges, i don't believe there is enough court rooms. i think a lot of magistrates courts were being closed for a number of years. there's a lot of people leaving the profession will stop they will not stay, the pressure is too high. it is cost—cutting, in my opinion. the cost-cutting, in my opinion. the west mersea — cost—cutting, in my opinion. the west mersea area which covers telford has some of the longest court delays in england. it takes over 17 months for a case to go through the courts, seven months longer than before the pandemic.

adding to the problem is, the roof on the courthouse in hereford collapsed four years ago. cases that should be tried here now have to be heard across west murcia. this charity provide support to victims of rape and sexual assault. they say such cases usually take between four and five years to get to court. it leads to some survivors dropping the charges. lt’s leads to some survivors dropping the charaes. fl ., leads to some survivors dropping the charaes. h ., , leads to some survivors dropping the charaes. v ., , ., charges. it's not 'ust the mental preparation. — charges. it's not 'ust the mental preparation. rr_ charges. it's notjust the mental preparation, it is _ charges. it's notjust the mental preparation, it is also _ charges. it's notjust the mental preparation, it is also childcare, | preparation, it is also childcare, taking time off work, transport and all of these other things. to go through that once and at the last minute you are told, no, it's not going ahead, it will be adjourned for another year, you feel like, i haven't got enough in me to keep going through that. ipirate haven't got enough in me to keep going through that.— haven't got enough in me to keep going through that. we were waiting for a lonr going through that. we were waiting for a long time _ going through that. we were waiting for a long time for— going through that. we were waiting for a long time for the _ going through that. we were waiting for a long time for the original - for a long time for the original court — for a long time for the original court case _ for a long time for the original court case-— for a long time for the original court case. ., ., ., ., court case. emma, not her real name, re aorted court case. emma, not her real name, reported an — court case. emma, not her real name, reported an allegation _ court case. emma, not her real name, reported an allegation of— court case. emma, not her real name, reported an allegation of sexual - reported an allegation of sexual abuse in 2019. in 2023, the case went to court, but it was adjourned on the first day after a scheduling

error meant thejudge on the first day after a scheduling error meant the judge was not available to hear the entire case. awful, i can't even explain how many emotions you are dealing with at that time. the realisation that you are potentially going to profoundly impact summery�*s life, for that to be just impact summery�*s life, for that to bejust taken impact summery�*s life, for that to be just taken away without even any explanation, no clear communication, it was horrendous.— it was horrendous. emma's case has been rescheduled _ it was horrendous. emma's case has been rescheduled for _ it was horrendous. emma's case has been rescheduled for next _ it was horrendous. emma's case has been rescheduled for next year, i it was horrendous. emma's case has been rescheduled for next year, six | been rescheduled for next year, six years after she reported the assault. the ministry ofjustice says the number of sitting days at crown courts in england hit a record high last year. but in telford, as elsewhere, it is too often a case of justice denied, due to justice delayed. let's talk about the conservative party, focusing on police this morning. they say they will create thousands more neighbourhood officers. earlier, ispoke

thousands more neighbourhood officers. earlier, i spoke to harry farley, on the road with the tory campaign. ipirate farley, on the road with the tory campaign-— farley, on the road with the tory cam-rain. . . ., ., campaign. we have arrived at the cam arain campaign. we have arrived at the campaign visit — campaign. we have arrived at the campaign visit in the _ campaign. we have arrived at the campaign visit in the south-east. | campaign. we have arrived at the i campaign visit in the south-east. as campaign visit in the south—east. as you say, rishi sunak is looking to highlight his pledge to recruit 8000 more neighbourhood police officers. it is monday morning and he is looking to make a fresh start after what was a very difficult week. it's the first time we will hear from the prime minister since all that criticism over his decision to leave the d—day commemorations early. criticism notjust from opposition parties were from his own cabinet ministers, his own candidates to be conservative mps. i was speaking to one candidate over the weekend he said that those who have been previously asking the prime minister to come to their constituency to hold a campaign rally in their patch were suddenly begging him not to come. perhaps that gives you an illustration ofjust how illustration of just how conservative illustration ofjust how conservative candidates are feeling about that criticism, and the decision to leave that d—day commemorations early. today, rishi sunak is hoping to put that behind him, looking to emphasise the 8000

more neighbourhood police officers that the conservatives say they will recruit if they are re—elected. as well as that, strengthening powers to seize and destroy zombie knives and machetes. if that sounds familiar, it is because it was a previous pledge in a criminal justice bill, one of the bills in the process of going through when rishi sunak called the snap election, and so it didn't pass. the conservatives reiterating that pledge that they made. labour's response, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper described it as a desperate pledge and said the conservatives previously promised more police officers on the beat and fails to deliver. she makes wider points about prisons being in crisis and attacking the conservatives record on crime and policing. the liberal democrats, as you have just been hearing, they make similar points, saying 6000 crimes go unresolved everyday. criticism from those parties, but rishi sunak will

be looking to put the of last week behind him and focus on crime and policing today. behind him and focus on crime and policing today-— behind him and focus on crime and policing today. some fascinating and dramatic results _ policing today. some fascinating and dramatic results from _ policing today. some fascinating and dramatic results from the _ policing today. some fascinating and dramatic results from the european l dramatic results from the european election. there was a surge in support for the hard right in france, where marine le pen's national rally party defeated the centrists of president emmanuel macron. it's prompted monsieur macron to call a snap general election. he said he could not resign himself to the right�*s progress. overall, support for the european centre—right has held firm — that's the grouping of the commission president ursula von der leyen. she said her bloc was an anchor of stability. so, lots of questions about the direction of europe as we head in to an election here in the uk. let'sjoin my colleague in brussels christian fraser in brussels. no question what the story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard

right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well, it should be said, in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has called a snap election in france, where the national rally took 32% of the vote, compared to his party's14%. that is a record performance for the national rally. it left the president, in his view, with no option but to dissolve parliament and call a snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. yes, the far right is both the result of the impoverishment of the french and the downgrading of our country. so at the end of this day, i cannot act as if nothing had happened. added to this situation is a fever which has gripped parliamentary and public debate in our country in recent years, the sort of which i know worries you, sometimes shocks you, and to which i do not

intend to give in. however, today the challenges that present themselves to us, whether external dangers, climate change and its consequences, or threats to our own cohesion, it requires clarity in our debates. ambition for the country and respect for every french person. this is why, after having carried out the consultations provided for in article 12 of our constitution, i decided to put back in your hands the choice of our parliamentary future. at party headquarters in paris, that drew a sharp intake of breath, with cries of oh, no, from some of his supporters. at marine le pen's election party, there was a celebration, with many people

shouting dissolution, dissolution. marine le pen took to the stage after that. translation: the french have spoken and this historic election shows - that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in 40 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. i can't quite remember a party getting over 30% in any election in france are certainly not in recent memory. let's look at the map. this shows you the communes across france, brown is the national rally. you can see that apart from paris and some of the metropolitan communities around france, it is almost a whitewash right across the country, which tells you what an enormous gamble this is going to be.

nick beake explained why president macron had taken the whole country by surprise in calling this snap election. huge political bombshell in france. president macron last night during a tv address and said that he simply couldn't ignore the fact that so many people had voted for the far—right party, for the national rally of marine le pen. in fact, they got double the number of votes than his own centrist party. he says he is calling elections, they will take place, the first round, in three weeks' time. he is taking a massive gamble. last night, president macron said to be french is to write history, not to be governed by it. but it could well be that we find out in less than a month was not the time he has made an historic, monumental error. having said that, it could be that he is taking the best possible course of action in the circumstance in which he finds himself. in that the far right have surged in france, and maybe he is thinking that the elections for this place, the european parliament, don't necessarily translate

into votes in the french national election, and maybe there is the will and the capacity to build a coalition to keep out the far right in france, even if they topped the polls. certainly the far—right party in france has won the last three european elections, in terms of the vote in france. that is not new. i think the extent to which they trounced president macron's party yesterday was new. they will certainly be hoping they are on the crest of a wave here and can consolidate this success in the national elections. certainly marine le pen has tried to change the image of this party, to detoxify it, as some may say. it was her father who, for many people, was seen as the unacceptable face of france, even though they were picking up votes some 20 or 30 years ago, there was always an alliance against them.

but in the past couple of years they have used very savvy marketing and other sort of pr tools at their disposal. they have been big on tiktok, they have a 28—year—old leader now, leading the party, and they seem to be picking up the youth vote, which has been an interesting dynamic. rather than talking about the stability of europe and geopolitical matters like emanuel macron has, it is clear he is somebody who likes that role that he takes on the global stage, the national rally have been talking about making life betterfor younger people, the cost of living crisis, as they call it, and all of that sort of stuff, trying to paint this positive vision of france. thanks to my colleague christian fraser in brussels covering the elections. let's return to uk elections. let's return to uk election coverage. the liberal democrats will unveil their manifesto as political parties begin another week on that campaign trail. someone else who is beginning

another week is henry zeffman, it is there for us. i dare to think what ed davey has up his sleeve this week. ~ ., , , ed davey has up his sleeve this week. ~ . , , , week. well, there has been his election campaign, _ week. well, there has been his election campaign, hasn't - week. well, there has been his election campaign, hasn't it? i week. well, there has been his i election campaign, hasn't it? it's been a campaign of stunts. it began with him falling off a paddle board in the lake district, and then he was drumming on an exercise ball, all sorts of other things. there was all sorts of other things. there was a large django blog, i'm racking my brains to remember all of them. you are forgetting _ brains to remember all of them. you are forgetting the tennis. of course, of course, take an interview while playing tennis, i couldn't have done that, i'm rubbish at tennis. the thing ed davey has managed to do is use the stunts to illustrate a broader picture, i think, about his personality. despite having been around in pel billy mckay politics for more than 25 years, elected as an mp in 1997, despite having been the liberal democrat leader since 2020, i think a lot of people will not know much about him. what he's trying to do via these stances introduce himself

to the public, earn a hearing and then stop talking about things that matter to him. he's talked a lot about his own personal experience of being a carer. as he unveiled his manifesto, he will major on care and health, which the liberal democrats think the main oil parties are not talking about enough. and that all costs money, and many people are asking where this money is going to come from, to all of the main parties. nobody wants to put their hands up and say that we might have to look at personal taxes. instead they are talking about getting the money from other areas. where are the lib dems thinking they are going to get the money from? they say they would spend £9 billion more per year in england on health and social care by 2028, if they were to win the general election and have their policies and prevented. they say that they would get that from tax increases, firstly an increase to the rate of capital gains tax, they have been completely specific about how. secondly,

increasing the levy is charged on banks. what is striking about that is twofold. firstly, they are actually talking about tax increases in a way that the main two parties are pretty desperate not to do. but they are not the big ticket personal taxes, they are joining with labour on the conservatives and saying they would not increase income tax, national insurance or vat. too many economic experts, that is almost a conspiracy of silence, it's a point we have made before, but it can't be repeated often enough, if you talk to economists, they think unless there is booming growth of the sort thatis there is booming growth of the sort that is not currently forecast over the next few years, there is a howl at the heart of every party for the lack of tax—and—spend plans, because they say either on britain's current trajectory it'll have to have spending cuts, more so than is necessarily appreciated by many members of the public, or increases in taxes. let members of the public, or increases in taxes. ., ., ., , in taxes. let move on from the lib

dems for a — in taxes. let move on from the lib dems for a bit. — in taxes. let move on from the lib dems for a bit, because _ in taxes. let move on from the lib dems for a bit, because we - in taxes. let move on from the lib dems for a bit, because we have i in taxes. let move on from the lib i dems for a bit, because we have had news elsewhere from the scottish conservatives. douglas ross has announced he will resign as leader of the scottish conservatives. it's never a good look for a party leader to announce a resignation in the middle of an election campaign. what has happened here? you middle of an election campaign. what has happened here?— has happened here? you say it is never a good _ has happened here? you say it is never a good look, _ has happened here? you say it is never a good look, i _ has happened here? you say it is never a good look, i think- has happened here? you say it is never a good look, i think it - has happened here? you say it is never a good look, i think it is i never a good look, i think it is extremely rare. i'm not sure there are many precedents for a party leader to announce their resignation during a general election campaign. of during a general election campaign. of course, he is the leader of the scottish conservatives, so it is a step down from a national party leader, but nevertheless, it is significant. douglas ross made a very surprising announcement at the end of last winter, just before nominations closed for getting on the ballot paper in all of the 650 constituencies being contested in the uk that he was going to stand for election in a new constituency. he had previously, when he became

leader of the scottish conservatives, successfully sought election to the scottish parliament, working as a member of the scottish parliament and as an mp. the expectation have been that he would stand down from the westerns to parliament and focus on the scottish parliament. injust a parliament and focus on the scottish parliament. in just a few days, he has flip that on its head and it looks like he wants to stand down from the scottish parliament, if he is successful in relation to westminster, and focus on the house of commons. one thing that tells us is that he is not wildly optimistic about the scottish conservatives prospects in the holyrood elections, scottish parliament elections, which we are expecting in 2026. at the moment, he has quite a prominent role in hollywood parliament, scrutinising the snp government led byjohn swinney. but he clearly thinks that there will be more interesting for him to do in westminster in the coming years. let's go back to manifestos. the lib dems today, we had the conservatives and labour party later this week. what have the tories and labour been saying about their policies? what are they focusing on? ipirate

saying about their policies? what are they focusing on?— saying about their policies? what are they focusing on? we do have all ofthe are they focusing on? we do have all of the main — are they focusing on? we do have all of the main party _ are they focusing on? we do have all of the main party manifestos - are they focusing on? we do have all of the main party manifestos this i of the main party manifestos this week, as you say. before we get the full picture from both parties, they are still rolling the pitch with fairly significant policy announcements today. the conservatives are talking about getting more police on the beat. they say that their plans will amount to an extra neighbourhood police officer in every ward in england and wales, should they win real action. they say it would be funded by increasing by 25% of the fees that people pay if they want to come to the uk and apply for a visa. expect a bit of argy—bargy between them and the labour party, who also say they would significantly increase the number of bobbies on the beat, to use that phrase. both of them insist on the other party's plans don't quite add up. let's see how that plays out. labour meanwhile are talking about childcare today. sir keir starmer has been visiting a nursery. what labour saying is that

they would like to use spare capacity in primary schools, physical capacity, empty classrooms, basically, turn them into nurseries. they say because of the falling birth rates in some parts of the country, there are significant access capacity in primary schools, and they say that by using the proceeds of their plan, they're somewhat controversial plan, fiercely opposed by the conservatives, to levy fees on private school fees for the first time, they would be able to put those into nurseries. the private care sector says the main concern is overall funding of the childcare sector, in particularfixing a staffing crisis, and that is an issue that the conservatives have grappled with and labour would have to grapple with if they win the election too. todayis today is manifesto day for the liberal democrats. but what goes

into a manifesto? how hard is it to write one and how difficult is it to get it completely right? let's cross live and speak to lord william wallace, a liberal democrat peer, who helped write the party's1997 manifesto. good to talk to you. thanks forjoining us. tell me a little bit about what makes the perfect manifesto in your book, if such a thing exists.— such a thing exists. such a thing does not exist. _ such a thing exists. such a thing does not exist. i _ such a thing exists. such a thing does not exist. i also _ such a thing exists. such a thing does not exist. i also wrote i such a thing exists. such a thing does not exist. i also wrote 279 | such a thing exists. such a thing i does not exist. i also wrote 279 the manifesto, so i go back a long way. it was quite a matter then. in 1997 we went through a very long process with the policy committee and so on, and i remember thinking after my third visit with paddy ashdown that it was good to have a party leader who was so interested in it. after my 15th visit with party, i began to think i wish the party leader didn't take such a detailed view. it was a lot of work. do take such a detailed view. it was a lot of work-— lot of work. do you think party leader should _ lot of work. do you think party leader should take _ lot of work. do you think party leader should take an - lot of work. do you think party leader should take an interest| lot of work. do you think party i leader should take an interest in these things? do you think they do these things? do you think they do

these days, or are they far too busy? these days, or are they far too bus ? ~ , ,., , , these days, or are they far too bus ? ~ , , , ., these days, or are they far too busy? absolutely, they have to do. you have your _ busy? absolutely, they have to do. you have your mps, _ busy? absolutely, they have to do. you have your mps, your— busy? absolutely, they have to do. i you have your mps, your spokesman, i am the constitutional spokesman of the lords, so i have seen quite a lot of the political reform section. and it has to have the confidence of the party, the party leader has to be sure he or she knows it well, and can defend it in the various confrontations that take place on television and elsewhere.- confrontations that take place on television and elsewhere. that's the thinr , television and elsewhere. that's the thing. manifest _ television and elsewhere. that's the thing, manifest is _ television and elsewhere. that's the thing, manifest is also _ television and elsewhere. that's the thing, manifest is also important i thing, manifest is also important because they come back to haunt you. absolutely. as you know, in this election where the conservatives are determined to push everyone on can you afford it, the question of how to cross their manifesto is going to be very bitter. to cross their manifesto is going to be very bitter-— be very bitter. absolutely, the costin r be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of— be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of a — be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of a lot _ be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of a lot of _ be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of a lot of what - be very bitter. absolutely, the costing of a lot of what the i be very bitter. absolutely, the i costing of a lot of what the parties are talking about is very much and focus now. it seems that nowadays it is the trend not to bring in personal taxes. is the trend not to bring in personaltaxes. it is the trend not to bring in personal taxes. it seems parties are

worried about that. in personal taxes. it seems parties are worried about that.— worried about that. in 1997, we do to rut in worried about that. in 1997, we do to put in the _ worried about that. in 1997, we do to put in the liberal— worried about that. in 1997, we do to put in the liberal democrat i to put in the liberal democrat manifesto that we would add a penny to income tax for education. i remember a labour contact saying that we must be entirely mad to suggest we're going to any taxes whatsoever. labour is promising, as they are now, not to raise any of they are now, not to raise any of the major taxes. i think it's fairly clear that tax cuts under current conditions are impossible, and will lead to appalling cuts in public services, so everyone is dancing and “p services, so everyone is dancing and up in arms about how taxes are raised. we are talking about a fair deal and i think tax reform will be a major item for whoever wins the election and for the opposition parties to take part in. ipirate election and for the opposition parties to take part in.- parties to take part in. we are rrettin a parties to take part in. we are getting a clear _ parties to take part in. we are getting a clear idea _ parties to take part in. we are getting a clear idea of- parties to take part in. we are getting a clear idea of what i parties to take part in. we are | getting a clear idea of what the liberal democrats are all about in 2024. what are you expecting in the manifesto, and what you think about their focus on the nhs and social

care? is it the right thing to do? absolutely. social care, after all, has been a major issue in several previous election campaigns, with the conservatives promising to do it and then failing. performing social care would do a whole host of things, including reducing the number of people on long—term sick leave, and lessening the pressure is on the nhs. so it really is a very important part of any reforming package. important part of any reforming arackae. ., . ., . ., package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute — package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute pleasure _ package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute pleasure to _ package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute pleasure to talk - package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute pleasure to talk to i package. ok, lord william wallace, an absolute pleasure to talk to you | an absolute pleasure to talk to you want to get your insights, and a little bit of a window into history, how things worked before. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. time for a look at the weather manifesto. the search for summer continues, temperatures well below average for the time of year. an extra sunshine and showers for many. it means some of you could stay dry and reasonably

sunny for the next few days. more persistent and widespread rain later in the week. the persistent rain today came from this weather system which is now departing into the knee kontinen. helping to bring in the north of the airflow. after sunshine elsewhere, shower clouds will develop. the last of the persistent rain clears away from east anglia, that stays pretty windy throughout the day. that breeze will bring frequent showers. some in the south and west may avoid the showers and stay dry. more cloud and sunshine between showers in scotland. for all, the northerly wind knocking back the temperatures. four, five or 6 degrees below average for some of you this afternoon. into this evening and overnight, while many of you will see any remaining showers fade, there will be some continuing in the north of scotland, with the breeze, and then some through northern ireland into parts of the midlands. where you are sheltered from that breeze, particularly across parts of central scotland from a cold night. there could be a touch of frost to take is on tuesday

morning. a lot of bright weather around tuesday. may be a bit more sunshine more widely than we had today. the shower clouds will build up. showers lighter in number and fewer in number than we have seen through today. the heaviest of the showers are likely towards eastern areas, some in the last day and fewer in number than we have seen through today. the heaviest of the showers are likely towards eastern areas, some in the west end completely dry altogether. after the chilly start, temperatures could be a degree also lower than today's values. another cold night will follow to take us into wednesday. the best of the sunshine first thing and last thing in the day. the club will build up after the sunny star. it could produce if few light showers. more of you will stay dry throughout wednesday and temperatures just started to nudge up temperatures just started to nudge up again by a degree or so. they will nudge up a little bit further later this week, but at a price. this area of low pressure pushing off the atlantic, where fronts with will bring strengthening southerly wind. not straightaway on thursday. i think many will start dry and bright with some sunshine. quickly clouding overfrom the bright with some sunshine. quickly clouding over from the west. across ireland, wales, south—west england, rain will set in as we go into the afternoon. the afternoon. the rain

spreading its way across the rest of the country due thursday night and into friday. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines: the liberal democrats prepare to launch their general election manifesto. voters in parts of europe deliver a surge in support for hard right parties. in france, president macron calls a snap parliamentary election after losing to the far right in sunday's poll. a woman wrongly convicted theft as part of the it post office scandal is cleared of wrong doing.

raise tributes have been paid to michael mosley who died in greece. we arejoined by michael mosley who died in greece. we are joined by a guest who is a friend and a presenter of trust me i'm a doctor. tell me about your memories of michael.— i'm a doctor. tell me about your memories of michael. michael was down-to-earth. _ memories of michael. michael was down-to-earth. he _ memories of michael. michael was down-to-earth. he was _ memories of michael. michael was down-to-earth. he was kind, i down—to—earth. he was kind, generous. and he was for me when i began at bbc science, like a mentor. i did my audition tape with him for trust me i'm a doctor. and i was a bit... star struck like many people

would be meeting an icon. but he put me at ease and i was able to crack on with thejob me at ease and i was able to crack on with the job in hand. me at ease and i was able to crack on with thejob in hand. iforgot totally that we were being filmed with all the lights and cameras and we had a really interesting and animating conversation about health. and had a bit of a joke as well. he was, you know the way that he is on screen is how he is in real life. really, really kind, really, really humble i felt. and just very real. it felt to me at least, as someone who obviously watched and listened to him, he made science and medicine so easy to understand. that is one of the things that was remarkable about him? ~ ,,., , of the things that was remarkable about him?— of the things that was remarkable about him? ~ ,,., , ., ., about him? absolutely. i learned a lot by watching _ about him? absolutely. i learned a lot by watching michael _ about him? absolutely. i learned a lot by watching michael at - about him? absolutely. i learned a lot by watching michael at work. i l lot by watching michael at work. i feel privileged to have had that

opportunity now that i have been reflecting on those years of working with him on the projects that we did. ijust feel that, he had this skill of breaking down the complex and science is complicated, it can be only, you know the journals that we... read, the scientific research papers can be dense and complex and hard for even people within science to understand. he had an ability to break it down and bring to it a wider public, being able to bring science into our lives. it was a talent and i don't think there is anyone else like him that can do him. ., ~ anyone else like him that can do him. . «r , ., anyone else like him that can do him. . «r i. ., anyone else like him that can do him. . ~' i., ., _, ., him. thank you for coming on the programme _ him. thank you for coming on the programme and _ him. thank you for coming on the programme and sharing _ him. thank you for coming on the programme and sharing your i him. thank you for coming on the i programme and sharing your memories of michael mosley with us. thank ou.

the bbc�*s nick robin son will be interviewing all the leaders of the major party. nickjoins me now. this is great, this what is we want, ahead of an election. tell me what viewers can expect? it is ahead of an election. tell me what viewers can expect?— viewers can expect? it is good of ou to viewers can expect? it is good of you to say _ viewers can expect? it is good of you to say that — viewers can expect? it is good of you to say that your _ viewers can expect? it is good of you to say that your excited. i viewers can expect? it is good of i you to say that your excited. some will be saying, not another interview, not more evasive answers from politicians. ithink interview, not more evasive answers from politicians. i think what i hope will make these interviews different is instead of a quick clip on the road, instead of a clip from a debate where people are knocking seven bells out of each other, it is around half an hour, one—on—one, seven bells out of each other, it is around halfan hour, one—on—one, no autocue, no notes being shoved in front of politicians, no access to mobile phone where, can i take them

through the questions that people are telling the bbc they want answered. the policy choices that people are having to consider n that sense, it is a good old fashioned set piece election interview. the sort i used to watch when i was growing up with people like robin day. i'm delighted to have the chance to do it.— day. i'm delighted to have the chance to do it. how do you you approach _ chance to do it. how do you you approach these _ chance to do it. how do you you approach these interviews. i chance to do it. how do you you approach these interviews. you| chance to do it. how do you you i approach these interviews. you have to think of what _ approach these interviews. you have to think of what is _ approach these interviews. you have to think of what is the _ approach these interviews. you have to think of what is the essence - approach these interviews. you have to think of what is the essence of. to think of what is the essence of the election and what do people think about the individual and should they have your vote and what are the key policy areas. 50 we will take over the seven interviews about the big subjects and the economy and immigration and health and climate change to some, but maybe not to all, but education. we can't do everything in half an hour, but we

can do more than the average interview. that is my dayjob. often i get ten minutes with a politician, often less. this is a longer, more considered interview. and let's be clear. it is not about a gotcha, a moment that we can clip out and put on social media to embarrass a mission. they have their —— a politician. they have their right to get their message across and i have a duty on behalf of viewers and listeners and people who read what is on bbc web—sites, to say, hold on, are you sure, can you justify that? is it true? what do you say to those who raise this problem? that is the challenge. i think that is the advantage of an interview and on a day after we are learning of these extraordinary election results in europe in which voters are angry and looking for new choices and voting for parties they wouldn't have

dreamed voting for 20 years ago, it is a remind hear the politics matters. if you think the election is done and dusted and you know who is done and dusted and you know who is going to win, first you don't, because nobody�*s voted, second it is the balance of forces within parliament, regardless of who wins, that will matter, as well as the person who gets the keys to treat. were lucky enough to live in a country that people do agree to step into a studio for half an hour to face questioning. i hope that is something we should value. thank you for that. nick's _ something we should value. thank you for that. nick's interview _ something we should value. thank you for that. nick's interview with - for that. nick's interview with rishi sunak will be broadcast tonight on panorama at 8 o'clock. you can catch it there at any point after then or live at 8 o'clock. i am excited and i will be tuning in.

one of big story is emmanuel macron calling a snap election in france between 30th june calling a snap election in france between 30thjune and 7thjuly. the olympics are happening injuly. we have had a line from the paris mayor said the elections are unsettling. we will have more on that throughout the day here on bbc news. now to what labour have been saying, because in the past hour keir starmer has been speaking on a visit to warwickshire. here is what he said about child care and primary schools. figs said about child care and primary schools. �* , . , said about child care and primary schools. �* , ., , _, schools. as any parent with young children will— schools. as any parent with young children will tell _ schools. as any parent with young children will tell you, _ schools. as any parent with young children will tell you, child - schools. as any parent with young children will tell you, child care i children will tell you, child care and nursery places are essential. they're so good for children in their development and making sure when they arrive at primary school

they have the skills they need. good for parents and carers, they can get back into the labour market and also good for if economy. our scheme is fully funded and costed and planned, so it is wrapped around primary schools and talking to parents here who have other children in the school, it will be a game—changer for them. school, it will be a game-changer for them. ~ .,, , school, it will be a game-changer forthem. ~ , ., , , ., for them. was emily thornberry wrong to sa our for them. was emily thornberry wrong to say your vat _ for them. was emily thornberry wrong to say your vat policy _ for them. was emily thornberry wrong to say your vat policy would _ for them. was emily thornberry wrong to say your vat policy would make - to say your vat policy would make class sizes bigger?— to say your vat policy would make class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis — class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis by _ class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis by the _ class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis by the ifs _ class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis by the ifs on _ class sizes bigger? yes. we have had the analysis by the ifs on this, - the analysis by the ifs on this, which says that there will be a negligible impact. the which says that there will be a negligible impact.— negligible impact. the liberal democrats — negligible impact. the liberal democrats today _ negligible impact. the liberal democrats today have - negligible impact. the liberal democrats today have said i negligible impact. the liberal. democrats today have said they negligible impact. the liberal- democrats today have said they will increase capital gains tax and tax on big banks, would you consider doing the same and if not, are you being honest with the public about how many cuts or potential tax rises might be needed to fund your pledges? we might be needed to fund your ledaes? ~ ., ., ., ., . .,

pledges? we are going to launch our manifesto later _ pledges? we are going to launch our manifesto later this _ pledges? we are going to launch our manifesto later this week. _ pledges? we are going to launch our manifesto later this week. there - manifesto later this week. there will be no tax surprises. we are not going to increase tax on working people and that means no increases in income tax, national insurance and vat. and all of our plans are fully costed and funded and they don't require tax rises over and above those we have set out. there won't be any surprises when the manifesto is unveiled on thursday. that is the labour leader keir starmer there. we that is the labour leader keir starmer there.— that is the labour leader keir starmer there. ~ ., , starmer there. we have been looking at some of the _ starmer there. we have been looking at some of the key _ starmer there. we have been looking at some of the key battleground - at some of the key battleground constituencies and talking to people about what matters to them there. we are in derby north. it is a bell weather seat that has been held by the conservatives since 2019. it has swung between labour and the tories and this time, well, it is all to play for. our political reporter at bbc derby spoke about the area. it will be high up on labour's list to

take back. there is a majority of just two and a half thousand. it has been a bell weather since 2005 it called every election. but it has been a to me to you constituency. labour had a majority in 2010 despite the conservatives taking power. the conservatives took it backin power. the conservatives took it back in 2014 with the majority of 41. labourtook back in 2014 with the majority of 41. labour took it back again with 2,000 votes and the tories have been in power since with a majority of do and a half thousand. if labour don't take the seat with the current poll lead, there will be alarm bells ringing in labour hq come election night. ringing in labour hq come election niuht. ~ ., ., ringing in labour hq come election niuht. ~ . . ., ringing in labour hq come election niuht.~ . . ., ,, , ringing in labour hq come election niuht. . . ., ,, , ., night. what are the main issues that eo - le in night. what are the main issues that peeple in the — night. what are the main issues that people in the area _ night. what are the main issues that people in the area in _ night. what are the main issues that people in the area in derby - night. what are the main issues that people in the area in derby north . people in the area in derby north are worried about? what are they going to be voting for? i are worried about? what are they going to be voting for?— going to be voting for? i think it will follow _ going to be voting for? i think it will follow a _ going to be voting for? i think it will follow a lot _ going to be voting for? i think it will follow a lot of _ going to be voting for? i think it will follow a lot of the _ going to be voting for? i think it will follow a lot of the same - going to be voting for? i think it - will follow a lot of the same themes up will follow a lot of the same themes up and down the country, the cost—of—living is brought up a lot. it is interesting to hear about

labour's policy about child care. i have been speaking to voters who have been speaking to voters who have raised the issue of the cost of child care. that will be another issue as well. there are issues around more local issues around industry in the city as well. even though the train manufacturers alston who hit the headlines before the election, there is concern within derby north and across derby in terms of getting those train orders to alston, which employs hundreds and over a thousand people in the supply chain and those issues will be definitely coming up on the doorstep. will be definitely coming up on the doorste. , ,, will be definitely coming up on the doorste. , ., ., doorstep. derbyshire, there are a few real well _ doorstep. derbyshire, there are a few real well weather _ doorstep. derbyshire, there are a i few real well weather constituencies there, it is an area that both keir starmer and rishi sunak need to get a grip on to get into no 10? that’s a grip on to get into no 10? that's riuht. i a grip on to get into no 10? that's right- i think— a grip on to get into no 10? that's right. | think it — a grip on to get into no 10? that's right. i think it was _ a grip on to get into no 10? that's right. i think it was telling - a grip on to get into no 10? that's right. i think it was telling that i right. i think it was telling that rishi sunak launched his local election campaign back in may in langley mill and on the first day of

the campaign he was in ilkeston to launch the general election campaign and then followed four days after that keir starmer and rachel reeves came to derby to frame their economic vision for the country. these are a lot of marginals. there are some big majorities in some tory seats. butt brexit party didn't stand in a couple and they have sizeable conservative majority, but reform are now standing in those seats. these seats have been labour before, they were labour during 1997 and 2010, they have been conservatives since. and labour even with the big majorities the tories have with the national mood and the polls at the minute, i think they will be confident they can cause a

couple of upsets. the dying wish of a woman, wrongly convicted of theft as part of the post office it scandal has been realised, after she was posthumously cleared of any wrongdoing. caren lorimer, who died two years ago, managed a branch in kilmarnock when she was falsely accused of stealing money. herfamily have been campaigning to clear her name ever since. our scotland correspondent katie hunter reports. what can i say? soulmate, she was just my soulmate, yeah. caren lorimer died in 2022, 13 years after she was convicted of embezzlement. her family found out ten days ago that conviction has now been quashed. amazing, amazing. i think the last time i spoke to you, i said it would mean the world to me, it definitely does. how are your emotions? you've been through so much. up and down, up and down. i'm really, i'm really

happy and i'm really sad. ijust, i wish caren could have been here to see it because she'd have been so happy, she would have been really so happy. caren lorimer ran this post office in kilmarnock. she was convicted in 2009. when she was dying from cancer, she told her family that she wished she'd cleared her name. while grieving, they navigated the legal system to try to quash her conviction. they were due back in court later this week but received good news sooner than expected. just finishing up at work, happened to open my mobile phone. i went straight into my emails and i could see there was an email there from the lawyers. i opened it up and it confirmed it, the judges didn't need the case to be heard, that they had quashed the conviction, and caren's name was clear. first thing i did was call david and he answered the phone and i thought, i don't even think i said hello.

i think ijust said, i was like, "that's it, she's clear, she's clear." i think we were both like, goose bumps. shocked. just ecstatic. but this is bittersweet for caren's family. her daughter laura was 25 when her mum was convicted. she had to plead guiltyl in order to avoid prison. and she also was sentenced i to the maximum number of hours of community service. so that was humiliating i for her, going every week serving community service. it wasn't fair, it wasn't right, she'd done nothing wrong. . she was broken by it. broken, but like so many others, laura's mum was innocent. it's extremely important for her to be cleared. i yeah, it's... i find it most upsetting _ that she died a convicted criminal.

that can't be undone. you know, i'm happy she's. exonerated, but she still died a convicted criminal. i think it's very upsetting, i something that my mum hadn't done and she's taken it with her. caren's name would likely have been cleared once blanket legislation passed by the scottish parliament comes into force. but her family had already started the process to quash her conviction through the courts, and they're pleased they did. i think she'd be delighted, yep. she knew all along she'd done i nothing wrong, so did we and now it'sjust the proof. it's like we've made her final wish come true, which is priceless. she'd be so proud of everything we've done for her, everything we've done for her. yeah, yeah, she'll be happy,

she'll be happy up there just now. you can read more about the post office scandal on the bbc web—site. in the wake of this weekend's freeing of four israeli hostages, the us secretary of state is embarking on another tour of the middle east, in an effort to boost support for a ceasefire in gaza. it's antony blinken's eighth trip to the region since the war between israel and hamas began last october. during the three—day visit — which begins in egypt — he'll urge arab leaders to pressure hamas into accepting the draft peace deal unveiled at the end of last month by president biden. meanwhile benny gantz — one of the most senior members of the israeli war cabinet,

which was set up after the hamas attack last october — has resigned. he had threatened to stand down, unless he felt there was a post—war plan for gaza — with a deadline set for yesterday. this is the moment he confirmed he was standing down. translation: unfortunately, netanyahu is preventing us i from approaching true victory, which is the justification for the painful, ongoing crisis. and this is why we quit the national unity government today with a heavy heart. yet we feel that it is the right decision. we are now in the midst of a campaign that will impact the fate of israel generations ahead. in order to guarantee true victory, this coming fall, when it will be the one—year anniversary of this disaster, we should go for elections and reach a new government. i call on netanyahu to set a date for elections. let's get more from jerusalem — jon donnison is there. i asked him about the impact of this resignation on the war cabinet. there's only two people in it.

there's only benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, and also the defence minister, yoav gallant. so, and as you suggest, we have lost a relatively moderate voice and in particular someone with a vast amount of military experience and someone who, crucially i think, was someone the americans feel they can talk to. and given that relations between prime minister netanyahu and the americans is so bad at the moment, i think that is really significant that now he is gone, especially given that we've got anthony blinken, the us secretary of state, arriving today. because the truth is some of the concerns of mr gantz — that there was no real strategic plan in place for what happens in gaza once the fighting stops — those concerns are shared by the americans. and, of course, those concerns will be on the agenda when mr blinken arrives? yeah, they will, as you say,

he is here to put pressure on both sides to sign up to that deal, which is a three phase ceasefire plan that was launched byjoe biden a couple of weeks ago. and when the american president put it forward, he said it was an israeli plan. now, prime minister netanyahu here has said he will go along with it, albeit reluctantly. he says it's not a perfect plan, but i do think there will be concerns that he's got to put those words into action. and the fact that now mr gantz�*s departure means that perhaps more extremist elements of the israeli government will have a greater say. i'm thinking in particular of the security minister, itamar ben—gvir, who said he should actually replace benny gantz in the war cabinet. well, he is someone who has said any sort of cease fire plan

at the moment is unacceptable. and he has said he would pull out of the government if a cease fire plan goes ahead and that would bring the government down. so prime minister netanyahu has some tough choices to make. and you mentioned there, of course, mr gantz�*s influence in the government was widely seen as a counterbalance to that of the far right members of the coalition. now that counterbalance has gone, what comes next? well, i think that's difficult to say. and, obviously, this all comes at a time when you've had one of the bloodiest weekends in gaza of this entire conflict. so there's certainly no sense that the fighting is easing down. and, you know, i think that the bar for victory by prime minister netanyahu has been set really pretty high. he has said he wants the complete annihilation of hamas. and it's pretty hard to say you've

done that when you've got the two most senior hamas leaders in gaza, yahya sinwar and mohammed deif, are still alive. so whereas hamas's victory bar is probably to say, well, survival is enough for them. so as i say, mr netanyahu has some difficult choices to make in the coming days. we are bringing you live pictures from cairo. that is the us secretary of state, america's top diplomat, who has arrived in egypt. he is going to be embarking on another tour of the middle east and try to boost efforts to support a ceasefire in gaza. it is antony blinken's eighth trip to the region since the war began between israel and hamas last october. as i mentioned before,

the trip is going to start in egypt. he will then move on to other countries. but he will be urging to a large degree arab leaders to pressure hamas into accepting that draft peace deal that was unveiled at the end of last month by president biden. that is antony blinken's plane, which has taxied and has stopped at the airport in cairo and we are awaiting for him to come out of the plane and to step on the tarmac and start his tour of the region, talking about israel and hamas. now to the olympics. ahead of olympics it is an exciting time for the olympic torch that makes its way around key areas. french guiana is

welcoming the torch. in all around 11,000 torch bearers will take part in the relay, which of course began a month ago in marseille. now the torch will travel to different places, far flung torch will travel to different places, farflung places, in particular we are going to see it travelling to new caledonia in the south pacific, before ending with the lighting of calderon in paris. now antony blinken has come out of the plane and is greeting representatives from egypt. he has arrived in cairo ahead of his eighth trip to the region. antony blinken will be talking to arab states, trying to get support in this middle east tour to get people to at the least support the ceasefire deal put

forward of course, unveiled last month by president biden. we are going to leave those live pictures now. you can get the latest on everything that you have been watching on the bbc�*s web—site. there is no shortage of politics here in the uk and of course this week's election campaigning dominated by manifestos. all the latest details will be on the web—site. we will be carrying the announcement from the liberal democrats live here on bbc news. plenty to come from our correspondents on the campaign trails up and down the country. now time for a look at the weather. the search for summer continues, a chilly northerly wind during the first half of week keeps temperatures below average. a mixture of sunshine and showers for many. but some of you could stay dry and sunny for the next few days. but more widespread rain later in the

week. this rain came from this system that is now departing. but helping to bring in that northerly airflow. the last of the rain clears from east anglia. stays windy here throughout the day. and that breeze will bring frequent showers, some in the south and west may avoid the showers. more cloud between the sunshine for scotland. a northerly wind knocking back the temperatures. a good four or five degrees below average for some. tonight many of you will see the showers fade. some continuing in the north of scotland and through the east of scotland. and some in northern ireland and parts of midlands. where you're sheltered from the breeze, particularly in central strand a cold night with a touch of frost. a lot of bright weather for tuesday. maybe more sunshine than today. but

the shower clouds will build up. showers later in number than we have seen today. the heaviest of the showers likely to eastern areas. after that chilly start, temperatures could be lower than today's values. another cold night following into wednesday. there will be the best of the sunshine first and last thing. the cloud will build up and last thing. the cloud will build up a of the sunny start with some showers. more will stay dry on wednesday and temperatures just start to nudge up again by a degree orso start to nudge up again by a degree or so s and they will nudge up further later in the week. but at a price. this area of low pressure pushing in, fronts will bring strengthening southerly winds. many will start try and bright, but clouding over and across ireland, wales and south—west england rain sets in. that rain spreading across the rest of the country thursday into friday. take care.

live from london. this is bbc news. liberal democrats launched their election manifesto. labour pledges to create 100,000 new child care places. conservatives promised to recruit extra police officers over the next three years if they are re—elected. tributes to television presenter macro man after his body is found on a greek island.

live to that liberal democrat manifesto launch. we are seeing pictures of liberal democrat representatives. the launch itself is happening shortly, in one hour or so, when we will be hearing from sir ed davey about what the liberal democrat plans are. i havejust democrat plans are. i have just been told that is the next few minutes. sir ed davey will get up in front of all these people and tell is exactly what is in that manifesto. a lot of political parties are gearing up for this week, a big week in terms of manifestos, but the key thing here is that we haven't had any visual stance yet from ed davey. he is well known for having a bit of fun. he has been playing tennis, what

else has he done? jenga. he has been part leaderfor about four years and has been very well known for his unique style, but one of the things he is also well known for is the amount he cares about social care. it is for him very close to his heart because of things that happened in his personal life in the past. let us leave that now, and talk a little bit more about the main political parties election pledges, because of course liberal democrats will launch their manifesto and around ten minutes' time, but there are also other elements that we are going to bring you. in fact, elements that we are going to bring you. infact, we elements that we are going to bring you. in fact, we are going to bring you. in fact, we are going to bring you more detail on the key pledges from the lib dems. they include, £9 million to rescue the health service, and social care. the right to see a gp within seven days. lib dems say that funding would come

from increased taxes on banks, energy and water firms. meanwhile, energy and waterfirms. meanwhile, labour, who energy and water firms. meanwhile, labour, who launched their manifesto later this week, say they will include a pledge to create more than 3000 new nurses in primary schools in england. meanwhile the conservatives are promising to recruit an extra 8000 neighbourhood police officers over the next three years. let's just cross live, if we can, and talk to henry if we can. we talk to him earlier about the lib dems. it has been a campaign of stance. it began with him falling off a paddle board in the lake district. then he was drumming on an exercise ball and all sorts of other things. there was all sorts of other things. there was a large jenga all sorts of other things. there was a largejenga block. i am racking my a largejenga block. iam racking my brains to remember. tennis? of course. taking an

interview while playing tennis, i could not have done that. but the thing that ed davey has managed to do is use the stance to illustrate a broader picture, i think, about his personality. despite having been around in politics for more than 25 years, he was like that as an mp in 1987, and despite having been liberal democrat either since 2020, i think a lot of people won't know a lot about him. what a rightly via these stunts is introduce herself to the public, earn a hearing, and then start talking about things that matter to him. he has talked a lot about his own personal expense of being a carer, and today as he unveils manifesto, he is going to major on care. ca re. let care. let as ca re. let as cross care. let as cross live now to listen to what ed davey is saying about the lib dem manifesto. i am so proud to call you a colleague and a friend. thank you.

and thank you all for coming here today to help me unveil the liberal democrat manifesto. it has been an intense couple of weeks, finalising this 114 page document, packed full of detailed policies, all of them carefully costed. 0f costed. of course, i have needed the occasional break. but when i asked my campaign team to find the odd activity to help me unwind, i had no idea what i was letting myself in for. it has been quite something to be told by my team that i had become a bit of a meme on social media. and can i say to those who suggested my next campaign slot should be wrestling a crocodile, please stop giving my campaign team these ideas,

they do not need any encouragement. what has been truly overwhelming over the past week or so has been the incredible messages i have received from people who have heard me talking about my experiences, caring for my mum when i was a teenager. handling messages from people across the political spectrum, and outside of politics all together. welcoming our focus on care and carers. and the most touching messages of all have come from other carers. people looking after their loved ones, who have got in touch to say, thatis ones, who have got in touch to say, that is my story also. to see how refreshing it is after so long feeling forgotten and ignored by people in power to heal a politician talking about these issues from personal experience. your messages mean so much to me. that is exactly why i have been telling my caring story for story

because it is notjust my story. it is the story of millions of people across our united kingdom. looking after loved ones. making sacrifices. find it exhausting sometimes. also, full of love. gearing has been in the shadows for far too long, and i am proud at as a party we have brought it into the light. like so many people, my caring story started young. i was nine when my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. my dad had died when i was four, taken from asjust a few had died when i was four, taken from as just a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. it was just my mum, my two brothers. she battled the cancer four years. when i was 12 it spread to her bones. the doctors told her it was incurable. the last 18 months or so her pain was excruciating. she was

confides to her bed. caring for her became my life. before school, and after school. giving her a morphine for the pain. helping her after school. giving her a morphine forthe pain. helping her on after school. giving her a morphine for the pain. helping her on and off the toilet. sitting on her bed for hours, just talking to her, trying to make the most of every minute. i was 15 when it finally took. visiting her in a totally unsuitable dementia ward in my school uniform when she died. i never called myself a young carer, i never thought of myself that way. i was just looking after my mum. she needed it, and because i loved her. and then these last few years i have been privileged to meet many young carers from all over the country, and i hear the same thing from them. all of the stories are very different, yet in so many ways they are also

the same. whether it was the young woman who told me how hard it had been to concentrate at school after a spent looking after her dad, or the girl who said she sometimes feels like nothing but a carer, i know how that can feel. and similarly when i speak to parents looking after disabled children, or people caring for appearance, ora children, or people caring for appearance, or a partner who is ill orfail, i hear echoes of my appearance, or a partner who is ill or fail, i hear echoes of my own experiences. how close it makes you. what a special bond you share. but also how relentless it can feel. physical challenges. lack of a break. all the paperwork, the appointments, the phone calls, how often it can feel like no one understands stop and how much of a difference just a little extra support can make.

and these are the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows, because the truth is that unless we properly value care, and this we properly value care, and this we properly support carers we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track. and that is why i am so proud that the liberal democrats have put health and care at the heart of our campaign in this general election. and at the heart of our manifesto also. because there is no doubt, both the nhs and care are in crisis. more than 6 million people stuck on hospital waiting lists. people are waiting hours in pain for an and wants to arrive, or weeks to see a gp or an nhs dentist, if they can even find one. tens of thousands of cancer patients are waiting months to start urgent treatment. months.

when every day could make all the difference. hospital rooms are literally crumbling and the conservatives have broken their promise to build 14 new ones. talk to anyone in the nhs and they will tell you a major cause of the crisis in our health service as the crisis in our health service as the crisis in social care. right now there are thousands of people stuck in hospital beds well enough to be discharged, but unable to leave, because the care they need at home or in a care home simply isn't there. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous. so our manifesto does not shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold and ambitious and fully costed plan to tackle their health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a

manifesto to save the nhs. applause giving everyone the right to see a gp within seven days, or 24 hours if it is urgent. recruiting the extra doctors needed to make it happen. improving access to dentists and pharmacists also, because we understand, that if more people can get the early care they need locally, few people will end up in hospital in the first place. giving cancer patients the care they deserve with a cast—iron guarantee they would start treatment within two months. investing in radiotherapy machines, in more cancer nurses, in cancer research to find the next breakthrough treatments. finally, treating mental health on

an equal footing with physical health. with new mental health helps for young people, regular mental health checkups and people need them, and a dedicated qualified mental health professional in every school. investing in public health, because we know it is far better and far cheaper to prevent illness than it is to treat it. and on care, we have an equally bold plan to make sure that everyone gets the support they need. people who need care, the amazing care workers who provide it, and the unpaid family carers who provide it also. we will introduce free personal care, embodying the same principles that underpin our nhs. we care is provided based on need, not on to pgy- provided based on need, not on to pay. we will value care workers properly and help to fill the more than 150,000 vacancies in social

care by introducing a new higher minimum wage especially for care workers. and setting up a new royal couege workers. and setting up a new royal college of care workers. and we will give family carers a fair deal stop starting by overhauling the broken carer�*s starting by overhauling the broken ca rer�*s allowance system, starting by overhauling the broken carer�*s allowance system, so that it provides real financial support to those who need it. just imagine what this would mean for people across our country. instead of being stuck in overcrowded hospital ward, thousands of people could come home to be cared for by their family, with both the professional carers and the financial support they need to make it work. we could transform cancer care and boost survival rates to among the best in the world. we could help people live more years of their life in good health, and all the benefits that that brings with it. we can ensure everyone can see a dr or a

dentist locally when they need one, ending these appallingly long waiting times, taking the pressure off the rest of the nhs. we can get people off waiting lists and into work, getting our economy growing strongly again, too. you can save our nhs, fix the care crisis, we can give people a fair deal. now, i know when you look at the state of the nhs and care today, this might all seem a long way off. and there is no doubt it will take a lot of time and a lot of hard work to repair the terrible damage the conservatives have done over so many years. but our manifesto sets out how it can be achieved stop and liberal democrat candidates across the country are ready and able to work tirelessly to achieve it stop every vote for the liberal democrats

at this election is a vote to elect at this election is a vote to elect a strong local champion who will fight every day for the nhs and care. applause iam i am truly proud of the focus our manifesto puts on these issues. as a carer for most of my life, this is personalfor me, and having met so many wonderful carers as i travel across the united kingdom, i know it is personalfor millions across the united kingdom, i know it is personal for millions of people. let mejust mention is personal for millions of people. let me just mention one other policy in our manifesto that means a lot to me personally. restoring proper bereavement support for parents whose partners have died. i have a how important that widows pension was for my man after

my dad had died i remember going for a walk with her and our dog every fortnight to collect it. we weren't especially hard up, but it made a difference, it meant something. so you can imagine how angry i was when the conservatives cut that support backin the conservatives cut that support back in 2017. knowing that other families like mine with only get a fraction of the support. it was the first thing i asked borisjohnson about at b80 when i became leader. and i am proud that in this manifesto we can commit to reversing those cats and bringing proper support payments to parents like my mum. there is so much more i am proud of in my manifesto.

our clear plan to end the scandal of raw sewage being dumped onto our beaches, to hold the water companies to account for the damage they have done. our policies to solve the cost of crisis for the long—term stop from an emergency home energy upgrade programme, to catch peoples energy bills, to a nationalfood strategy, including free school meals. our commitment to restoring proper community policing and guarantee that every burglary will be attended by the police and investigated. so that everyone can feel safe in their own homes and walking down their own streets. fixing our broken relationship with europe. rebuilding the ties of trade and friendship. boosting our economy. restoring britain's role on the world stage.

all these and more are crucial for delivering the fear deal for british people deserve. and they are what every liberal democrat mp elected on the 4th ofjuly will be fighting for in the next parliament. but if we are truly to tackle the big challenges facing our country, from health to the environment, crime to the cost of living, there is one more part of our manifesto thatis is one more part of our manifesto that is absolutely critical. our policy is to transform the nature of british politics itself. ending first past the post and replacing it with fair votes through proportional representation.

getting big money out of politics with a cap on donations to political parties. shifting power out of the centre so local decisions are made ljy centre so local decisions are made by and for the people and communities the effect. leaving power in peoples hands and holding the over powerful properly to account. because the selection has to be more than just a change of government we had to get the conservatives out, essential that is, we must transform a politics for good, so politicians have to respond to peoples dreams and desires, because that is the only way we will bring their real change our country needs. it is the only way we will deliver a fear deal. ifear deal, it is the only way we will deliver a

fear deal. i fear deal, where everyone can afford a decent home, somewhere safe and clean, the comfortable retirement when the time comes. every child can go to a good school, have real opportunities to fulfil their potential. where everyone can get the high quality health care they need to, when they need it, and where they need it. that is the fair deal that run throughout our manifesto and that liberal democrats are fighting for at the selection. every vote for the liberal democrats is a vote to make that fair deal happen. thank you. cheering applause

i think there might be questions coming up. there was liberal democrat leader ed davey unveiling his manifesto, he said of his policies were carefully costed. he also talked about personal matters, about his mum, and about how he helped care for her when he was younger, and hence the big focus of the liberal democrats on the world of social care. let us go back. grabbing attention by throwing yourself down water slides is one thing, but when things get serious after the election, what infants can do liberal democrats realistically expect to have on government policy? thank you for that question. either i do believe that politicians shouldn't take themselves too seriously. what we should do is take

the interests of the british people seriously. at this manifesto, and the liberal democrats, do that. and if you vote for liberal democrat mps in the next parliament, we can have a strong liberal voice pushing for these policies. and in my experience in parliament, if you get lots of great liberal democrat mps, you can make a huge difference. you can make a huge difference for your community, electing a local champion who is going to campaign for your community, not to forget whether voters are. liberal democrats are the proud record of being great local champions. and if we elect many more, there will be so many more local champion in parliament. but also, affecting the big issues of the day. if you have lots of liberal democrat mps, we will start running those debates. but i'm so proud of this manifesto, which is fully costed, i think it is already

influencing the debate in this election campaign, and i know with lots of liberal democrat mps elected, we will affect the debate in the next parliament and change the course of our country and get the course of our country and get the change our country desperately needs. the last time the liberal democrats wants to manifesto, stopping brexit was front and centre. it does not even mention dismantle page 112, where you see it as one of your party's objectives to rejoin the eu. can you clarify for voters whether thatis can you clarify for voters whether that is something you would seek to do in the next parliament? we have made clear, time and again, that we are a pro—european party. who believe that our country's interests are best served by working with other countries in mutual

benefits. as we see on that page, we believe in the long term that we need to be back at the heart of europe. that we are being really clear that we are not going to pretend that it's going to be easy. regrettably, the conservative party have so poisoned britain's relationship with our nearest neighbours, ourallies, if neighbours, our allies, if undermined neighbours, ourallies, if undermined trust, and when i speak to european politicians, regrettably they don't trust the united kingdom any more, and how is that? so we have talked to people across the uk, listen to them on this issue, we have talked to people across europe, two key politicians about what is achievable, and it is clear we are going to have to have a step—by—step approach to rebuild that trust and that relationship. but i believe quite quickly you can get a much better trade dealfrom quite quickly you can get a much better trade deal from the dreadful trade deal that borisjohnson got. that would really help our economy, it would help small business

exports, help farmers, fishermen, i think ultimately it would reduce prices in the shops. getting a really good trade deal would be an absent priority. then allowing young people to be more mobile across europe. there are lots of things set out in the manifesto about how we could begin to rebuild that relationship, all going and i really clear direction. but it is going to take time, regrettably, because the conservatives have done such damage. you talked about care and your experience with care, but indications are that we are heading towards _ indications are that we are heading towards a — indications are that we are heading towards a big labour majority. what knicks_ towards a big labour majority. what knicks you _ towards a big labour majority. what knicks you think that the ideas in this manifesto will have any impact on the _ this manifesto will have any impact on the next — this manifesto will have any impact on the next five years? —— what makes — on the next five years? —— what makes you _ on the next five years? —— what makes you think.

success is lots of liberal democrat mps getting elected. and i hope you don't mind, i want the british people to take a chance on as. right? and i want them to see that we have got great ideas, great candidates, and the more of as they vote for, the more we can get real change. because we are the party really offering change, on political system, on health and care. we have the most precious health and care package of any party. what i'd say to anyone in any other party, just look at this. look at how we are paying for it, how we have costed it, look at the detail. and talk to people in the health service and in care. that's what i have done. they really like these ideas. they think they are that anything they would make a difference, whether it is investing in primary care, gps, community pharmacists, so people don't have to go to hospital, on investing in care, whether it is formal social

care, whether it is formal social care or family care, care, whether it is formal social care orfamily care, so people can be to foster more quickly, or don't end up going to hospital so much. this is away but could transform. the reason why i think others will look at this idea seriously is because it is right. it is well thought through. i am hoping someone is going to ask about costings in a minute. i have gone to the detail. we are really cautious, because in these costings we haven't done what some of the experts and advisors who do, which is to include the savings you get. three personal care by the end of the decade would be reaping up end of the decade would be reaping up to possibly £3 billion per year in savings to the nhs. we haven't included that of the costings because we have been cautious, but what it does show to the next parliament, mps of all parties, that you take this approach, and we can save our nhs. that is so important. i am sick and tired of tory mps saying they have sorted it out, and

then meeting people across the country who can't get a gp appointment, who have waited four hours for an ambulance, who can't find an nhs dentist. there is nhs dentist in my constituency in chessington who told me when i went to visit then that they had had to look after a pregnant woman from cornwall, couldn't find an nhs dentist except in chessington. this is a state of our nhs end the tories. we are going to reform it and we have the ideas. an election should be about ideas. and we have got the best ones. just waiting for the applause to calm down. you are the leader of a party that wants a grocer relationship with europe. share party that wants a grocer relationship with europe. are you worried you _ relationship with europe. are you worried you are _ relationship with europe. are you worried you are fighting - relationship with europe. are you worried you are fighting for i relationship with europe. are you | worried you are fighting for further integration with europe in which voters _ integration with europe in which voters over the weekend have given a clear message they want the opposite?

' 7 oppos|te. i- opposite? i don't know how you opposite? — i don't know how you interpret results. the way i interpret the results. the way i interpret the results is people across europe and across the country are unhappy. they want change. we want change because we are unhappy. we think the conservatives have made a mess of the economy and health service and people want change. but in this country people have a party called the liberal democrats who have serious, sensible costed policies that will bring that change. in terms of getting a better relationship with europe, whatever the make—up of the european parliament, just makes sense. i have spoken to businesspeople who say they cannot afford to export any more because of the conservatives' trade deal. they have given up. how sad is that? it has undermined our growth. i spoke to pharmacists who can't get medicine people want of problems with trade on

pharmaceuticals. i think it is clear now the tories' deal with europe has been a disaster for our country. now the tories' deal with europe has been a disasterfor our country. i am a tough negotiator. i would negotiate for our country, for the best for our country, our people, but i know what the conservatives delivered is the worst for our people. applause peter walker from applause peter walkerfrom the applause peter walker from the guardian newspaper. the policy that came out overnight about _ the policy that came out overnight about the — the policy that came out overnight about the idea _ the policy that came out overnight about the idea of _ the policy that came out overnight about the idea of capital _ the policy that came out overnight about the idea of capital gains i the policy that came out overnightj about the idea of capital gains tax, the question— about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is— about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is in— about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is in two— about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is in two parts. - about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is in two parts. is- about the idea of capital gains tax, the question is in two parts. is it i the question is in two parts. is it a challenge _ the question is in two parts. is it a challenge to _ the question is in two parts. is it a challenge to other— the question is in two parts. is it a challenge to other parties i the question is in two parts. is it a challenge to other parties to i the question is in two parts. is it i a challenge to other parties to have tax plans _ a challenge to other parties to have tax plans that — a challenge to other parties to have tax plans that you _ a challenge to other parties to have tax plans that you think _ a challenge to other parties to have tax plans that you think would i a challenge to other parties to havei tax plans that you think would work. essentially— tax plans that you think would work. essentially because _ tax plans that you think would work. essentially because it _ tax plans that you think would work. essentially because it targets - essentially because it targets mainly— essentially because it targets mainly wealthy _ essentially because it targets mainly wealthy people, i essentially because it targets mainly wealthy people, it i essentially because it targets mainly wealthy people, it is i essentially because it targets i mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth— mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax. — mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax, is _ mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax, is that _ mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax, is that a _ mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax, is that a challenge i mainly wealthy people, it is almost a wealth tax, is that a challenge to| a wealth tax, is that a challenge to labour— a wealth tax, is that a challenge to labour to— a wealth tax, is that a challenge to labour to potentially _ a wealth tax, is that a challenge to labour to potentially do _

a wealth tax, is that a challenge toj labour to potentially do something on that— labour to potentially do something on that also? — labour to potentially do something on that also?— labour to potentially do something on that also? thank you. the whole manifesto is — on that also? thank you. the whole manifesto is a _ on that also? thank you. the whole manifesto is a challenge _ on that also? thank you. the whole manifesto is a challenge to - on that also? thank you. the whole manifesto is a challenge to other. manifesto is a challenge to other parties. whether on health care, tax, making numbers stand up. one reason why we have costed this really carefully and show where we can get the money, because i think voters are disillusioned. i think they do not trust politicians and political parties any more and part of our attempt over the last few years, listening to people, trying to understand and making sure they know we will represent their community as local champions is all about rebuilding the trust. one reason we want to reform the broken political system is to rebuild that trust. a costed manifesto is about that. the capital gains tax issue, it is only right the wealthiest in our country pay more tax. the cgt system at the moment is unfair for some people who pay it. our reforms

would reduce the capital gains tax bill paid by most people who pay it at the moment. bringing in a higher allowance. crucially, an inflation indexation allowance. small business relief. a lot of people who currently pay k and stacks under the tories would not pay it under these proposals. —— pay capital gains tax. but the right level of cgt, people who are really wealthy, billionaires, multi—multimillionaires. they are paying a lower rate of tax in capital gains than many people they employ pay in income tax which is unfair. when public services cry out for money. health service, schools. we have to find money from somewhere. the conservatives increase taxes on ordinary people.

so much. to record levels. the tories are the party of tax rises. they have increased taxes so much that in a cost—of—living crisis we are not going to do that. 0.1% of people who would pay this higher tax. if you get over £100,000 a year in capital gains, you pay 45% on those capital gains. i think they should. other people who are earning income above that pay that rate. just because they are billionaires why are they excluded from paying their fair share of tax? why are they excluded from paying theirfair share of tax? it is why are they excluded from paying their fair share of tax? it is the right thing to do. i am happy to take people through the details. i have started doing that. it is a reform desperately needed.

applause kate mccann from times radio. let's talk about some specifics. i had a _ let's talk about some specifics. i had a flick— let's talk about some specifics. i had a flick through _ let's talk about some specifics. i had a flick through the _ let's talk about some specifics. i i had a flick through the manifesto. you want — had a flick through the manifesto. you want to— had a flick through the manifesto. you want to end _ had a flick through the manifesto. you want to end the _ had a flick through the manifesto. you want to end the two - had a flick through the manifesto. you want to end the two child i you want to end the two child benefit — you want to end the two child benefit limit, _ you want to end the two child benefit limit, how— you want to end the two child benefit limit, how would i you want to end the two child benefit limit, how would you i you want to end the two child i benefit limit, how would you pay you want to end the two child - benefit limit, how would you pay for that? _ benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and _ benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and on — benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and on maternity— benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and on maternity pay, - benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and on maternity pay, £350 . benefit limit, how would you pay for that? and on maternity pay, £350 a| that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, _ that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, how— that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, how would _ that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, how would you _ that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, how would you pay? - that? and on maternity pay, £350 a week, how would you pay? how- that? and on maternity pay, £350 a . week, how would you pay? how would you pay— week, how would you pay? how would you pay compensation _ week, how would you pay? how would you pay compensation to _ week, how would you pay? how would you pay compensation to women - week, how would you pay? how would you pay compensation to women overl you pay compensation to women over pensions? _ you pay compensation to women over pensions? what — you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do _ you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do you _ you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do you say— you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do you say to - you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do you say to the - you pay compensation to women over pensions? what do you say to the ifsi pensions? what do you say to the ifs when _ pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they— pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say — pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say you _ pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say you will _ pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say you will not _ pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say you will not be - pensions? what do you say to the ifs when they say you will not be able i when they say you will not be able to raise _ when they say you will not be able to raise some _ when they say you will not be able to raise some of— when they say you will not be able to raise some of the _ when they say you will not be able to raise some of the money- when they say you will not be able to raise some of the money you i when they say you will not be able i to raise some of the money you say you will, _ to raise some of the money you say you will, that — to raise some of the money you say you will, that it— to raise some of the money you say you will, that it is— to raise some of the money you say you will, that it is unrealistic? - to raise some of the money you say you will, that it is unrealistic? [- you will, that it is unrealistic? [ am you will, that it is unrealistic? am happy to take everyone you will, that it is unrealistic?_ am happy to take everyone through this. we have worked on these some time using the best sources for figures we possibly could, including the ifs in places and i am happy to meet them and take them through

them. if you look at the costings document which is now available. you can see the figures and answers to your questions. what we are doing is raising taxes mainly on big banks, oil and gas companies, social media giants like amazon. no.1% wealthiest people ijust talked about. all that tax revenue is set out. we are spending it wisely. often in areas that would save money in the longer term which is good housekeeping. we have not seen that for many years. hopefully when you see the document all your questions will be answered and if not, come back, because we want to make it a big part of the election. we think parties out there are really not telling the truth about how they fund policies. ithink telling the truth about how they fund policies. i think we need to

expose that. i am happy to take the ifs through it. they are ambitious. ifs through it. they are ambitious. i think we can achieve them and that is because in every area, such as capital gains tax, if you looked at numbers of what experts say we would raise from policies, they are higher than in our costings because we have taken account of behavioural change and in some areas we have done that to be cautious on costings. i will challenge anyone, particularly in other parties, about whether they had the cautious approach we have taken. gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is _ gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is the — gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is the point _ gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is the point of _ gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is the point of voting - gb news. it is a detailed manifesto. what is the point of voting for- what is the point of voting for liberat— what is the point of voting for liberal democrats _ what is the point of voting for liberal democrats when - what is the point of voting for liberal democrats when you l what is the point of voting for. liberal democrats when you are what is the point of voting for- liberal democrats when you are not going _ liberal democrats when you are not going to _ liberal democrats when you are not going to win? — liberal democrats when you are not going to win? the— liberal democrats when you are not going to win? the best _ liberal democrats when you are not going to win? the best get - liberal democrats when you are not going to win? the best get is - liberal democrats when you are not going to win? the best get is 50 - going to win? the best get is 50 mps _

going to win? the best get is 50 mps brexit. _ going to win? the best get is 50 mps. brexit, the _ going to win? the best get is 50 mps. brexit, the goal— going to win? the best get is 50 mps. brexit, the goal is - going to win? the best get is 50 mps. brexit, the goal is single l mps. brexit, the goal is single market. — mps. brexit, the goal is single market, rejoining _ mps. brexit, the goal is single market, rejoining the - mps. brexit, the goal is single market, rejoining the act. - mps. brexit, the goal is single i market, rejoining the act. when would _ market, rejoining the act. when woutd that— market, rejoining the act. when would that happen _ market, rejoining the act. when would that happen by— market, rejoining the act. when would that happen by and - market, rejoining the act. when would that happen by and is - market, rejoining the act. when would that happen by and is thej would that happen by and is the ultimate — would that happen by and is the ultimate goat— would that happen by and is the ultimate goal rejoining - would that happen by and is the ultimate goal rejoining the - ultimate goal rejoining the european union? _ union? if- union? if you i union? i if you vote union? — if you vote liberal democrat you get lots of local liberal democrat champions as your mp. applause i hope the country votes for these wonderful people and if we did we transform politics. you seem to know the outcome of the election. i am you seem to know the outcome of the election. lam impressed. i don't. it is up for grabs. i am realistic about the unfair voting system. i have said throughout that there are many parts of the country where only a vote for the liberal democrats can beat the conservatives, across the blue wall in the home counties. hampshire, hertfordshire, surrey and

sussex, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire. the blue wall, we will smash that down and take seats from the conservatives. in the west country where we have been strong. we are coming back in the west country. parts of greater manchester, rural mid wales, parts of scotland, parts of yorkshire. we are the only ones who can beat the conservatives in so many seats. what has been exciting about this campaign is when people have heard from us, i really hope they hear about these policies, particularly plans to rescue the nhs. when they see our great champions, they will come and back us. if you back the liberal democrats on the 4th ofjuly, you get a local champion and people who will go to parliament to fight for change. to sort out the sewage scandal. the liberal democrats were the first to raise that. we want to

sort out the sewage scandal, if you want to, vote liberal democrat. i will come to the europe bit in a minute. there are a lot of things in the manifesto that are distinctive. if you want an ambitious programme of change, you have to vote liberal democrat. you will not get it from anyone else. we could not be clear on europe. i am happy to answer this again. we are the most pro—european party. we believe serious government works with your neighbours. trade, international trafficking gangs, climate change, all of these issues are international and you should work with your partners. the fact the conservatives will not is a betrayal of our country. i am proud of our country. i am a patriot. some

in the conservative party have undermined my country, our country. i get angry about that. that is wrong. they have misled people. that is being frank with you. you have to rebuild that relationship. it is going to take time. unfortunately. it will take time but we will take the british people with us. emilio from politico. evidence shows a bi- emilio from politico. evidence shows a big thenie — emilio from politico. evidence shows a big theme for— emilio from politico. evidence shows a big theme for voters _ emilio from politico. evidence shows a big theme for voters is _ a big theme for voters is disillusionment- a big theme for voters is disillusionment and - a big theme for voters is disillusionment and lack| a big theme for voters is . disillusionment and lack of a big theme for voters is - disillusionment and lack of trust and sick— disillusionment and lack of trust and sick of— disillusionment and lack of trust and sick of politicians _ disillusionment and lack of trust and sick of politicians and - disillusionment and lack of trust and sick of politicians and whati and sick of politicians and what they— and sick of politicians and what they say— and sick of politicians and what they say at _ and sick of politicians and what they say at elections _ and sick of politicians and what they say at elections versus . and sick of politicians and what . they say at elections versus what they say at elections versus what they do — they say at elections versus what they do how— they say at elections versus what they do. how much _ they say at elections versus whatj they do. how much responsibility they say at elections versus what i they do. how much responsibility do lib dems _ they do. how much responsibility do lib dems need — they do. how much responsibility do lib dems need to— they do. how much responsibility do lib dems need to take _ they do. how much responsibility do lib dems need to take for— they do. how much responsibility do lib dems need to take for that- lib dems need to take for that considering _ lib dems need to take for that considering the _ lib dems need to take for that considering the coalition -

lib dems need to take for that considering the coalition and l lib dems need to take for that. considering the coalition and the bil considering the coalition and the big thing — considering the coalition and the big thing being _ considering the coalition and the big thing being student- considering the coalition and the big thing being student fees- considering the coalition and the i big thing being student fees then. to what— big thing being student fees then. to what extent _ big thing being student fees then. to what extent have _ big thing being student fees then. to what extent have you - big thing being student fees then. to what extent have you kept - big thing being student fees then. to what extent have you kept that big thing being student fees then. i to what extent have you kept that in mind white _ to what extent have you kept that in mind while writing _ to what extent have you kept that in mind while writing this _ to what extent have you kept that in mind while writing this manifesto . to what extent have you kept that in mind while writing this manifesto so| mind while writing this manifesto so you do— mind while writing this manifesto so you do not— mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end _ mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end up _ mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end up in _ mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end up in the _ mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end up in the position. mind while writing this manifesto so you do not end up in the position if. you do not end up in the position if you do not end up in the position if you accidentally _ you do not end up in the position if you accidentally end _ you do not end up in the position if you accidentally end up _ you do not end up in the position if you accidentally end up in- you accidentally end up in government— you accidentally end up in government in— you accidentally end up in government in a - you accidentally end up in| government in a coalition, you accidentally end up in- government in a coalition, you have to ditch _ government in a coalition, you have to ditch big — government in a coalition, you have to ditch big things _ government in a coalition, you have to ditch big things you _ government in a coalition, you have to ditch big things you promised - government in a coalition, you have| to ditch big things you promised and disappoint _ to ditch big things you promised and disappoint peopte — to ditch big things you promised and disappoint people again? _ disappoint people again? let me _ disappoint people again? let me take _ disappoint people again? let me take that - disappoint people again? let me take that straight| disappoint people again? - let me take that straight on. we thought the conservatives every day and we did not win everything and we paid a price for that. we have had bad election results. people want to punish us for that. when i became leader, i said we needed to wake up and smell the coffee, to listen to people. to go into communities and hear what concerns were and make sure anything we promise is realistic and could be delivered. there has been an iron discipline imposed on the party. the party has

willingly taken. because we have seen the disaster. the conservatives wanted to —— we have had a disaster with the conservatives. we wanted to make sure. it is a long time since i took over. we have been working hard. it is the costings to make sure people realise we have made the sums add up. whether it is core policies in this election. i say to people, i understand why you are disillusioned in politics. one reason i talked about being a carer, i meet millions of people who feel forgotten. they are disillusioned. i want to tell them i get it. we have crafted policies based on the real lives of people, not on a think—tank, but real lives. if you

look at what we are saying, i think they will see their lives reflected in their priorities and hopefully we can bridge that gap. pa. you have spoken about tax and there _ pa. you have spoken about tax and there is— pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a _ pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a tot — pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a lot in _ pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a lot in there. _ pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a lot in there. you - pa. you have spoken about tax and there is a lot in there. you are - there is a lot in there. you are targeting _ there is a lot in there. you are targeting voters— there is a lot in there. you are targeting voters in _ there is a lot in there. you are targeting voters in the - there is a lot in there. you are targeting voters in the blue i there is a lot in there. you are i targeting voters in the blue wall who might — targeting voters in the blue wall who might work _ targeting voters in the blue wall who might work in _ targeting voters in the blue wall who might work in the - targeting voters in the blue wall who might work in the city. - targeting voters in the blue wall who might work in the city. willj who might work in the city. will this harni — who might work in the city. will this harm that— who might work in the city. will this harm that vote? _ who might work in the city. will this harm that vote? the - who might work in the city. will this harm that vote? the ma'ority who -a this harm that vote? the ma'ority who pay “pitalfi this harm that vote? the ma'ority who pay capital gains * this harm that vote? the ma'ority who pay capital gains tax _ this harm that vote? the majority who pay capital gains tax will - this harm that vote? the majority who pay capital gains tax will get| this harm that vote? the majority| who pay capital gains tax will get a tax cut. it is not that i take leaves from the conservative book because we had our properly costed. but it is a tax cut for the vast majority of them. when they read the detail, i am sure everyone will set out all the detail, the fact we have

an increased allowance, we have small business relief, that we are introducing an inflation allowance to take away the capital gain for most people because a lot of it is inflation. if you take it away, it means huge numbers who currently pay it will not. 0.9% of people pay capital gains at the moment. 99. i% who do, not .9% who do, most of them will get a tax cut. i am happy to take you through the figures. we have thought about it and taken advice from people and we think it is the fairway to raise money we need for public services. i am worried about voters in the blue wall and want to make sure they know they are getting a cgt tax cut through people like you. laughter.

nick what, bbc newsnight. can i take you back— nick what, bbc newsnight. can i take you back to— nick what, bbc newsnight. can i take you back to your— nick what, bbc newsnight. can i take you back to your favourite _ nick what, bbc newsnight. can i take you back to your favourite subject, i you back to your favourite subject, the european _ you back to your favourite subject, the european union? _ you back to your favourite subject, the european union? you - you back to your favourite subject, the european union? you are - you back to your favourite subject, . the european union? you are talking about— the european union? you are talking about a _ the european union? you are talking about a journey _ the european union? you are talking about a journey. phase _ the european union? you are talking about a journey. phase one - the european union? you are talking about a journey. phase one a - the european union? you are talking about a journey. phase one a more l about a journey. phase one a more constructive — about a journey. phase one a more constructive relationship, - about a journey. phase one a more constructive relationship, single i constructive relationship, single niarket— constructive relationship, single market relationship— constructive relationship, single market relationship and - constructive relationship, single market relationship and then i market relationship and then eventually— market relationship and then eventually we _ market relationship and then eventually we could - market relationship and then eventually we could rejoin. . market relationship and then eventually we could rejoin. it market relationship and then - eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest— eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you — eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you take _ eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you take us _ eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you take us to _ eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you take us to the - eventually we could rejoin. it seems to suggest you take us to the single| to suggest you take us to the single niari

into the single market and that could take time. i don't know how long that will be. it will start not with a trade deal based on the single market but based on what the eu and ourselves can agree, which will be way better than the disastrous dealjohnson agreed to. we can get benefit to start off with. on your point as rule taker, we are a rule taken now. the conservatives try to make out they somehow got out of that. they have not. not for once they have not quite told the whole truth. i think our approach would give more influence than the conservatives have had. the conservatives have no influence. we would be more influential. we would take it in a thoughtful way because i think matt

is the only way to build back trust. you mention free movement. we are keen with the proposal discussed about 18 to 30—year—olds. young people should have freedom. that is set out in their manifestos as a step to building back the relationship. lam i am getting that sign that tells me i am getting that sign that tells me i have to get moving. what i would say to you is thank you, thank you for coming and for your questions. come back to us and follow us. i am keen to answer your questions. i have been told the election is a roller—coaster. so i am going to go on a roller—coaster. thank you. cheering

studio: do we think he is literally heading to a roller—coaster and if so which one? alton towers, chessington to name a few. we can put it to henry, our chief political correspondent. and we have our chief economics correspondent. henry. 116 pages of manifesto and i am sure you have been poring over it. what are the highlights? what do the lib dems want us to focus on? i the highlights? what do the lib dems want us to focus on?— want us to focus on? i have it here. the first manifesto _ want us to focus on? i have it here. the first manifesto of— want us to focus on? i have it here. the first manifesto of this - the first manifesto of this manifesto read in the election campaign because we will get the conservative and labour and green nianifestos — conservative and labour and green manifestos before the week is out. what _ manifestos before the week is out. what is _ manifestos before the week is out. what is striking about ed davey's focused, — what is striking about ed davey's focused, quite short speech, was he retained _ focused, quite short speech, was he retained the key focus of his campaign so farand retained the key focus of his campaign so far and by that i do not

niean— campaign so far and by that i do not mean elaborate stunts. it was that he focused — mean elaborate stunts. it was that he focused on care and his personal experience — he focused on care and his personal experience of being a carer for his niother— experience of being a carer for his mother when he was a child, and now for his— mother when he was a child, and now for his own _ mother when he was a child, and now for his own son. also more generally about— for his own son. also more generally about the _ for his own son. also more generally about the liberal democrat policies on care _ about the liberal democrat policies on care and — about the liberal democrat policies on care and health and he said it was a _ on care and health and he said it was a manifesto to save the health service _ was a manifesto to save the health service it — was a manifesto to save the health service it is— was a manifesto to save the health service. it is striking that was a speech— service. it is striking that was a speech and _ service. it is striking that was a speech and question and answer session— speech and question and answer session laser targeted on the conservatives. you might think that natural— conservatives. you might think that natural because they have been in government for 14 years although five government for14 years although five of— government for 14 years although five of those in coalition with the liberat— five of those in coalition with the liberal democrats. something important has happened to the lib dems— important has happened to the lib dems since the last election. they have become an anti—conservative party~ _ have become an anti—conservative party. they — have become an anti—conservative party. they are not contesting any seats _ party. they are not contesting any seats directly with labour. there

are no— seats directly with labour. there are no labour liberal democrat niarginats — are no labour liberal democrat marginals any more. it was focused on the _ marginals any more. it was focused on the conservatives' record on health— on the conservatives' record on health and _ on the conservatives' record on health and social care and this is an election — health and social care and this is an election campaign focused on that issue _ an election campaign focused on that issue |_ an election campaign focused on that issue. , ., ., , , , issue. i will give you a penny every time ou issue. i will give you a penny every time you say _ issue. i will give you a penny every time you say there _ issue. i will give you a penny every time you say there were _ issue. i will give you a penny every time you say there were manifesto j time you say there were manifesto between now and friday. you will become a rich man! let's talk about issues ed davey spoke about. he asked about the european union. did you feel he wanted to talk about it or kick that down the road? i you feel he wanted to talk about it or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to _ or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to talk _ or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to talk about _ or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to talk about it - or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to talk about it but - or kick that down the road? i think he wanted to talk about it but not| he wanted to talk about it but not as much— he wanted to talk about it but not as much as — he wanted to talk about it but not as much as the lib dems did at the last election. the cover of the nianifesto _ last election. the cover of the manifesto last time said the words "stop— manifesto last time said the words "stop brexit". that was their lib dems— "stop brexit". that was their lib dems policy then. the policy was to rescind _ dems policy then. the policy was to rescind the — dems policy then. the policy was to rescind the article rather than a second — rescind the article rather than a second referendum as the labour party— second referendum as the labour party then — second referendum as the labour party then promised. i do not want

to traumatise people by taking them back to _ to traumatise people by taking them back to those debates but now the lib dems — back to those debates but now the lib dems are proposing something less dramatic, wanting the uk to rejoin— less dramatic, wanting the uk to rejoin the — less dramatic, wanting the uk to rejoin the single market in the short—term, but i think the phrase in the _ short—term, but i think the phrase in the manifesto is a long—term aspiration — in the manifesto is a long—term aspiration to rejoin the european union _ aspiration to rejoin the european union the — aspiration to rejoin the european union. the commitment is there but when _ union. the commitment is there but when even _ union. the commitment is there but when even a — union. the commitment is there but when even a party not forming a government is describing it as a long-term — government is describing it as a long—term aspiration, you know they do not _ long—term aspiration, you know they do not want — long—term aspiration, you know they do not want to put it front and centre — do not want to put it front and centre but— do not want to put it front and centre but in introducing this manifesto, after the long passage on health— manifesto, after the long passage on health and _ manifesto, after the long passage on health and social care, ed davey tatked _ health and social care, ed davey talked about europe. he said a priority— talked about europe. he said a priority was to fix the uk's broken relationship with the european union as he _ relationship with the european union as he called it. and then he mentioned the long—standing liberal deniocrat_ mentioned the long—standing liberal democrat central core mission which was about— democrat central core mission which was about political reform, proportional representation. people expect— proportional representation. people expect that from the lib dems. it is

there _ expect that from the lib dems. it is there but— expect that from the lib dems. it is there but not in the foreground. in there but not in the foreground. in the foreground is health and social care _ the foreground is health and social care. ., ~ the foreground is health and social care. . . .,., care. thanks. we can cross to our chief economics _ care. thanks. we can cross to our chief economics correspondent i care. thanks. we can cross to our. chief economics correspondent who has been analysing the numbers. lib dems saying their plans have been costed. costed properly. is that what your analysis showed? irate costed. costed properly. is that what your analysis showed? we were talkin? what your analysis showed? we were talking about — what your analysis showed? we were talking about roller-coaster - what your analysis showed? we were talking about roller-coaster is. - what your analysis showed? we were talking about roller-coaster is. i - talking about roller—coaster is. i keep thinking of the song title toddler life as a roller—coaster. . so our public finances and the lib dems are looking at a similar set of rules. that public finances would be tight if in government. that means people are looking at all manifestos through this lens, how pledges would be funded. priorities on health and social care. defence, schools. they add up to around 27 billion a year

by 2029. how would they find the money? they have detailed plans such as higher taxes on banking profits and those of the oil and gas industry. some of those are uncertain when it comes to how much you would raise. and plans to look at capital gains tax that would affect the wealthiest 0.1% of the population but how much you raise there depends on how those people behave. tens of thousands of people and what they do. we are told more money will come from... and this will be familiar refrain, cracking down on tax avoidance. they say they would get in more money than the conservatives because they would invest in the tax office on those —— clamping down on those trying to avoid tax bills. what you have to recognise as with all of these plans, when they talk about pledges to make as better off in public

services, the trade—off is higher taxes. tax burden set to be the highest since the last war. these plans and many others this week would add to that. the question is what does it mean public services? henry, before you go, the general feeling from ed davey, he felt upbeat and that he believed what he was saying. did you get that feeling? ! was saying. did you get that feelin? ? ., , was saying. did you get that feelin? ? ,, , feeling? i think he is en'oying himself. it i feeling? i think he is en'oying himself. it is i feeling? i think he is en'oying himself. it is fair * feeling? i think he is en'oying himself. it is fair to _ feeling? i think he is en'oying himself. it is fair to sayh feeling? i think he is enjoying himself. it is fair to say we i feeling? i think he is enjoying - himself. it is fair to say we cannot say that— himself. it is fair to say we cannot say that for— himself. it is fair to say we cannot say that for every leader on the campaign — say that for every leader on the campaign trail. for all we laugh at the stunts. — campaign trail. for all we laugh at the stunts, it is a politician enjoying _ the stunts, it is a politician enjoying taking his message to the public _ enjoying taking his message to the public ed — enjoying taking his message to the public. ed davey is not a new political— public. ed davey is not a new political figure, public. ed davey is not a new politicalfigure, he public. ed davey is not a new political figure, he was elected first in— political figure, he was elected first in 1997 and has been in the commons — first in 1997 and has been in the commons without interruption except a two _ commons without interruption except a two year _ commons without interruption except

a two year break since then. the reality— a two year break since then. the reality of— a two year break since then. the reality of the lib dems plays is he is introducing himself to the public, _ is introducing himself to the public, for many members of the voting _ public, for many members of the voting public for the first time. you can— voting public for the first time. you can tell he is enjoying the extra — you can tell he is enjoying the extra curricular activities of the campaign — extra curricular activities of the campaign trail but also using it as an opportunity to talk about his experience of care. he said he was moved _ experience of care. he said he was moved from — experience of care. he said he was moved from messages of other carers about— moved from messages of other carers about his _ moved from messages of other carers about his focus on that. i think that— about his focus on that. i think that is— about his focus on that. i think that is an _ about his focus on that. i think that is an important message for him to get— that is an important message for him to get across as ed davey, but he sees _ to get across as ed davey, but he sees it— to get across as ed davey, but he sees it as — to get across as ed davey, but he sees it as a — to get across as ed davey, but he sees it as a clear way of differentiating himself on the other main parties because that is the challenge — main parties because that is the challenge for a party like the lib dems _ challenge for a party like the lib dems. how do you persuade voters to vote for— dems. how do you persuade voters to vote for a _ dems. how do you persuade voters to vote for a party they know will not provide _ vote for a party they know will not provide the country with the prime minister— provide the country with the prime minister when the election is over? he showed — minister when the election is over? he showed today he thinks he has his answer _

he showed today he thinks he has his answer. �* , ., ~' he showed today he thinks he has his answer. �* , ., , ., he showed today he thinks he has his answer. 2 ., , ., ., ., ., answer. let's talk now about tax and send. answer. let's talk now about tax and spend- the — answer. let's talk now about tax and spend- the lfs _ answer. let's talk now about tax and spend. the ifs said _ answer. let's talk now about tax and spend. the ifs said the _ answer. let's talk now about tax and spend. the ifs said the major - spend. the ifs said the major parties in their words have a conspiracy of silence over the challenges on tax and spending. what challenges on tax and spending. what the mean challenges on tax and spending. what they mean is — challenges on tax and spending. what they mean is if— challenges on tax and spending. what they mean is if you _ challenges on tax and spending. if?"isgt they mean is if you look challenges on tax and spending. “if?"isgt they mean is if you look at where we are, underthe they mean is if you look at where we are, under the fiscal rules the government currently drew up but we know that labour and lib dems will look at something similar, you have a constrained nature. you have tax rises because of the freezing of thresholds. different rates of taxes of income apply. looking at the plans from the lib dems, they say it is an ambition to increase the personal allowance but at the moment, because public finances will not let them do that, so they acknowledge the elephant in the room. part of that is the fact that in training also our figures after

the election currently which point to some cuts for some public services. these plans from the lib dems address those with more money for higher education. but other areas could face cuts potentially. that underscores the tight position politicians are up against. henry spoke about this is a party that does not realistically think it will be in government, so why does it have detailed plans? we know from the past that sometimes the lib dems bring forward some plans, particularly on taxes. some of those have sometimes been adopted in some form by other parties in government. they will be hoping to shake the debate when it comes to tax and spend. debate when it comes to tax and send, , ., ., debate when it comes to tax and send, , ., debate when it comes to tax and send. , ., ., ,, debate when it comes to tax and send. ., ., ,, ., ., ,, spend. good to talk to you. thank ou. and spend. good to talk to you. thank you- and a — spend. good to talk to you. thank you. and a remote _ spend. good to talk to you. thank you. and a remote thanks - spend. good to talk to you. thank you. and a remote thanks to - spend. good to talk to you. thank| you. and a remote thanks to henry who had to go. that is what the lib dems have been saying. we can look at the other parties. rishi sunak

dismissed rumours he would quit before the general election. as criticism about his early departure from the d—day commemoration continues. he has visited a pub in west sussex and this is how he answered the question. flit west sussex and this is how he answered the question. of course not. i am energised _ answered the question. of course not. i am energised about - answered the question. of course not. i am energised about the - answered the question. of course i not. i am energised about the vision we are putting forward. this campaign is not even halfway through and i am finding an enormous amount of support for the policies, whether a modern form of national service, the triple lock plus, new apprenticeships, cutting taxes. these are things people want to see and i believe i have the right plan for the country and we are the only party willing to take bold action and that is how we deliver a secure future and i will take that message to as many people as possible. your mps are despairing. _ to as many people as possible. your mps are despairing. leaving d—day early will be an historic mistake. you cannot pretend things are going well. the last thing i wanted to do

was cause any hurt or upset, which is why i apologised for the mistake i made. i hope veterans and others can find it in their hearts to forgive me and also consider my record when it comes to supporting the armed forces with historic increase in investment, also making sure we have a minister on the cabinet table focused on veterans“ affairs with more support than we have ever had to this the best country in a world to be a veteran but i did not intend to cause hurt or offence which is why i apologised unreservedly and i hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me. ., , find it in their hearts to forgive me. douglas ross said he will stand down as leader _ me. douglas ross said he will stand down as leader of _ me. douglas ross said he will stand down as leader of the _ me. douglas ross said he will stand down as leader of the scottish - down as leader of the scottish tories. there are questions about his handling of seat selection. is it evidence of more chaos? i respect his decision, it has been

a pleasure to work with them. standing up to the snp“s misguided gender recognition reforms, and the only party with a track record on energy. swell ella braverman says that nigel farage should be welcomed into the conservative party. it is the best way to ask nigel farage into the party? ! way to ask nigel farage into the .a ? ., ., ., ., party? i am not going to get involved in _ party? i am not going to get involved in that, _ party? i am not going to get involved in that, it _ party? i am not going to get involved in that, it is - party? i am not going to get involved in that, it is not - party? i am not going to get i involved in that, it is not good party? i am not going to get - involved in that, it is not good for our politics or our country. only one or two people will be prime minister onjuly the 5th. keir starmer or i. a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate makes it more likely that keir starmer as prime minister. if you are someone who believes in bringing

down migration wanting taxes cut, protecting pensions, increasing investment in our defence, adopting and pragmatic approach to net zero which will save people money, i am the person that will deliver that, keir starmer will not, that is the choice for people onjuly four. choice for people on july four. you choice for people onjuly four. you are promising 8000 new neighbourhood police officers. yet you record in office as backlogs in the courts, letting prisoners out hourly, record on law and order is looking better. i believe in a country where everyone can have confidence in your communities and safe places to live, particularly as a dad with two young girls that have something important to me. we have succeeded in bringing crime down but that is more to go. we have done that by putting 20,000 more police officers on the street, we want to build on that. today's announced it means it will be 8000 more neighbourhood police officers in communities, crucially we will also give them the powers that they need to confiscate things at knives, tick them off our streets, tapping

up tick them off our streets, tapping up sentencing for knife —related crimes, and expand our very successful hotspot policing pilots which have reduced anti—social behaviour by up to 50% where they have been trialled. now we will spread those across the country. our record that speaks for itself. we are bringing crime down, i want to build on that and make sure that everyone can feel safe in the community. today's announcement again demonstrates that we are the party that can deliver a more secure future for britain. let us cross live and speak to our political correspondent, who is travelling backwards on the tory campaign bus. i always get sick going backwards, i campaign bus. i always get sick going backwards, lam in all of campaign bus. i always get sick going backwards, i am in all of any correspondent who does not get travel sick like i do. harry, you heard what rishi sunak said. dismissing those rumours but also focusing on what the party stands for moving forward. yes, that is right. very difficult week for rishi last week. if he had any hopes of moving on from that this week, this is the

first and we have heard from him since he apologised fully and that the day ceremony, if he had hopes of moving on, they were misplaced, having to answer questions on whether he would consider resigning even before the election. of course not, he said. also, questions on his decision to leave early, he said last week he apologised, today he said he hoped people could find it in their hearts to forgive him, then pointed to his track record of defence spending and also appointing a cabinet minister to focus on military veterans. the question is very much focused on that, on that decision last week to leave that d—day ceremony early. but also nigel farage, who said that that decision should rishi sunak didn't understand our culture. rishi sunak responding to that, saying he didn't want to get involved, because it wasn't good for our politics or indeed our country, he said. a bit of a rebuke

there to reform leader. today, wanting to focus on conservative announcement which is on the promise to recruit 8000 more neighbourhood police officers, on top of the 20,000 that the conservatives did in the last government. labour see the government has repeatedly promised to increase policing and have failed to do so. rishi sunak hoping i supposed to get this campaign back on track after that difficult week that he had last week. this week is a different week. a week is a long time in politics and all that jazz. week is a long time in politics and all thatjazz. it is manifesto week. we are hearing but it's already about what is going to happen, but how important is it for the conservative party to put forward a really clear message that is going to hit home for many voters? that is exactly right. rishi sunak

will be hoping to draw a line under the d—day story, and the criticism notjust the d—day story, and the criticism not just from the d—day story, and the criticism notjust from opposition parties, but also from his own cabinet ministers and candidates as well. you are right, we are expecting the conservative manifesto in the coming days, later on this week. what we understand is there will be a focus on tax cuts. rishi sunak looking to make that a key dividing line between his party and labour, focusing on extending the stamp duty cut, allowing first—time buyers to increase the amount that they can purchase a home for without having to pay stamp duty. and we are expecting potentially other tax cuts as well, and that will be the key message for the conservatives in their manifesto launch which we are expecting later this week. labour, for their part, say they will not increase taxes on working people, reporting suggesting they

will not increase what they call the triple lock on the three key taxes of national insurance, income tax, and vat, labour ruling out any increases on those for their part. we had liberal democrats earlier, expecting the conservatives and labour later on this week. thank you. harry up and down those winding roads of west sussex following the conservative campaign trail. breaking news regarding michael moseley, who of course was found deadin moseley, who of course was found dead in greece yesterday, the coroner in a has completed an autopsy on the body of the british drand autopsy on the body of the british dr and tv presenter, sources have said on monday he or she has found no injuries consistent with the possible criminal acts. we know that the body was found on sunday after

that search which lasted several days. no injuries consistent with the possible criminal acts. that presenter“s remains were found on that beach. the cause of death so far hasn't yet been determined, according to this source, because of the body's advanced state of decay. more on that as we get it. back to the uk politics scene, the election campaign trail continues. labour leader sir keir starmer has been speaking on a visit to warwickshire. here is what he had to see about labour's main pledged today on child care and primary schools. as any parent with children will tell you childcare and nursery are essential, crucialfor tell you childcare and nursery are essential, crucial for children tell you childcare and nursery are essential, crucialfor children in their development, making sure when they arrive at primary school they have the skills that they need. good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market.

very good also for the economy. our scheme is fully funded and costed but also fully planned, it would be wrapped around primary school. talking to parents here who have other children in the school, to be a game changerfor them. this has been positively received. was emily thornbury wrong to see your vat policy would make class sizes in the state sector bigger? yes. we have had 155 analysis on this which shows there would be a negligible impact. irate this which shows there would be a negligible impact.— this which shows there would be a negligible impact. we are, that on that. the liberal democrats today have said they will increase capital gains tax and tax on big banks to try and find some of their policies. would you consider doing the same and if not are you being honest with the public about how many cats or potential tax rises might be needed to fund some of your pledges? irate potential tax rises might be needed to fund some of your pledges? we are iioin to to fund some of your pledges? we are going to launch _ to fund some of your pledges? we are going to launch a _ to fund some of your pledges? we are going to launch a manifesto _ to fund some of your pledges? we are going to launch a manifesto later- going to launch a manifesto later this week, there will be no tax surprises in there, we are not going to increase tax on working people, that means no increases in income

tax, national insurance, and vat. all of our plans are fully costed and fully funded, they don't require tax rises over and above those that we have already set out. there will be any surprises when the manifesto is unveiled on thursday. let us cross live now to our political correspondent who is on the labour bass, facing forwards, good to see. good to talk to you. let us talk first of all before we talk about the personal tax issue, let us talk about the childcare, the schools, the nurseries. fully costed, fully planned. this is an important thing for labour to put forward the fact it is thinking very hard about early years and how important they are. that is right. all parties are keen to try and make a pitch for appearance, for people who want to start a family, and keir starmer was quite keen to stress when we talk to earlier at this visit to a nursery, this is notjust about trying to make sure there are

enough places for people and for children to have a spot at nursery, but also to make sure that parents can go back to work. he has made an economic argument as well for the policy that is being announced. at the core of this policy is the idea that they could make 100,000 new nursery places in what they describe as potentially more than 3000 new nursery is opening an existing primary schools, and the sea that lots of primary schools up and down the uk have space in them at the moment, because of a declining birth rate meaning there are less primary school children enrolling in schools and more classroom spaces. but the idea is that these nurseries would be either run by the primary schools themselves, or by existing voluntary or private nursery providers outsider in the local area who would then run them in these three classroom spaces and they say this would be funded by the preannounced policy to add vat to private school fees. that is now finding a couple

of education pledges that they have made, including recruiting thousands of new teachers, free breakfast and primary schools, also this new policy around nursery school places as well. they say all of this would be funded by that plan to introduce vat on private school fees. that has been heavily criticised for the conservatives who have argued this with damage aspiration for parents who want to send their children to private school. the conservatives have also warned that this could mean children are leaving the private sector are putting more pressure on the state sector. that has been the main criticism from the conservative party to this labour pledge. thank you very much indeed for that. naomi on the labour bus. we will bring you more on the labour campaign at the tory campaign. but it is that you on what we know so far. ultimately today is a big day for the lib dems. if you want to read more about what the lib dems have been saying, as always, go to

our live page. the manifesto pledge by sir ed davey, it took about 20 minutes or so of talking, ended with him telling viewers and people in the room, that he was heading off to a roller—coaster. i have been told by our producer that the roller—coaster in question is in thorpe park. you can always go there if you want to see what sir ed davey is doing. the main headline, the main takeaway is, the fact that lib dems are very much people to focus on social care and reform within the nhs. he also talked about the fact that he believes that seeing a gp within seven days or within a few hours if it is urgent is a key pledge that the lib dems want to make. he also talked about his own life and how it has influenced him throughout his political career, in particular caring for his ill man while he was a teenager. that is part of his big pledge to tackle health and care crisis, top to bottom. there is a lot of analysis

of the bbc website, including from our health editor who analyses all those promises on nhs care. you are watching bbc news. plenty more on the election campaign on this channel and throughout the day. now, a little bit more on what is happening in the election. the pressure on public services is a key election issue, and in an effort to understand the challenges they are understand the challenges they are under we have been exploring some of theissues under we have been exploring some of the issues within specific sectors, from education to social care. let us focus for a moment on criminal justice. oursocial us focus for a moment on criminal justice. our social affairs correspondent has been to telford. why? it currently has some of the longest court delays in england.

since i was charging 2019i since i was charging 2019! had two children. his case was full to trial on three separate occasions, if convicted he was facing up to five years in prison. i spoke to all my kids, just in case i spoke to all my kids, just in case i get sent down or whatever. it is just kept getting put back. barristers turn up for some. my co—defendant solicitor, they failed to turn up, so they could not go ahead with the trial, witnesses failed to turn up. five years after he was charged the case against ryan was dropped after the witnesses failed to turn up. it is all over now. is the witnesses failed to turn up. it is all over now.— it is all over now. is that a release? _ it is all over now. is that a release? big _ it is all over now. is that a release? big relief. - it is all over now. is that a release? big relief. i- it is all over now. is that a release? big relief. i can i it is all over now. is that a - release? big relief. i can start moving on with my life. nothing hanging over me. over several days in this temporary crown court multiple problems of english criminaljustice court multiple problems of english criminal justice system court multiple problems of english criminaljustice system became clear to me. one trial dates back to 2019,

witnesses often said they couldn't remember the details. the court in telford was officially listed as part of shrewsbury crown court, leading to people going to the wrong town for their cases. when a prosecuting barristerfailed to appear in one case, another barrister agreed to step in, and told thejudge, i literally barrister agreed to step in, and told the judge, i literally have barrister agreed to step in, and told thejudge, i literally have no idea what this case is about. justice in this area at the moment is scandalous. there is no swifter justice at all. i don't believe there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there is enough judges, there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there is enoughjudges, i don't believe there's enough courtrooms. a lot of the magistrates courts were being closed for a number of years. there is lot of people leaving the profession, they will not stay. the pressure is too high. it will not stay. the pressure is too hiih. , will not stay. the pressure is too hih, , . ., , , . will not stay. the pressure is too hiih. , high. it is crosscutting, in my opinion- _ opinion. the west murcia area which covers telford has some of the longest court delays in england, takes over 70 months for a case to go through the courts, seven months longer than before the pandemic. the roof on the courthouse in hereford collapsed four years ago,

adding to the problems. cases that