the been firm on that. the manifestos will tell us where they stand. they'll be hastily written as we write scripts for this programme tonight. there is a short space of time to get the policies out. theresa may is being pushed around, mostly by the media and the telegraph. .7% is a terrible waste of money abroad when schools are collapsing in britain. the counterargument is .7% is a minuscule amount to spend abroad. is something britain used to do so well. we might find ourselves who do get a bit raw hard power. at least theresa may has come out and said it sticks. sun readers earn quite a bit less than the average wage will stop it has no, no, no. the sunnis against any increase in vat, getting

rid of the pension law. the sun is against. the triple lock might not disappear entirely. they might get rid of one of the locks. the triple lock is average earnings. it is 2.596, lock is average earnings. it is 2.5%, or the rate of inflation, whichever is the high. letters not forget, there is a cohort of women who are in the late sos, forget, there is a cohort of women who are in the late 505, early 605, who are in the late 505, early 605, who have already been slapped either government. this is causing hardship for our mothers, our auntie ‘s, government. this is causing hardship for our mothers, our auntie '5, our grandmas. it is the whole idea that pension in itself should not be touched. it is already being chipped away at the edges, who is receiving it and whether it is guaranteed in certain forms. eye—macro i am

talking to my fellow near pensioner here. speak for yourself. i will be working for a few years yet. we will face a demographic time bomb. there'll be no such thing as a lock because there will no door. pensions have a triple lock. they are the biggest group that votes but also the group that has been best off in the group that has been best off in the last eight years. pensioners, on the last eight years. pensioners, on the whole, have seen their lot improved. with the announcement they are making, given foreign aid is unpopular with some voters and the pension lock is popular, how much of these small details we have got so far isa these small details we have got so far is a function of the fact the conservatives, in the opinion polls have such a big lead they feel they can have such a big lead they feel they ca n afford have such a big lead they feel they can afford to take that chance? is it confidence or arrogance? six weeks to go. a lock can happen. 0k,

the tories of 48—21; in the polls. people say he has no chance to win. the first round has been 0k. they said he could not win the leadership. he turned the polls around quite sharply. he is so far behind in the polls. 48—21; in the polls. i'm the guy who is 200—1 against being the next labour leader. the fears of hammond tax bombshell. theresa may hints at axing the pension triple lock. philip hammond must remember he tried to raise national insurance rates, didn't he? that have to be turned around very quickly. it's about who takes austerities? is it the people who are there and can

withstand the attack, as it were, on the public purse? 0n the other end you have the nhs crumbling, the idea of social care being in complete meltdown. we do not change in the next five years will be in serious trouble. then we have the immigration issue. you both mentioned nhs and social care. social care is getting a boost of more money. the nhs has had more money and overall spending has increased. the number of people using it has also gone up. it is not going to be about white van man, it is about where is my gran. which hospital will they be in and are they safe? we do not look at certain demographics. they will affect the elderly and the young who leave university and cannot afford homes

because they have too much student debt. all we can say for certain is after the election we will all be paying more tax. whoever is in government will need to raise funds. by government will need to raise funds. by mac or they are not going to be too upfront about that. you cannot go into an election and hope to win. all the subjects we were talking about have not been brexit, have they? brexit this, brexit that. it felt lame and tired. it is like the visit to the dentist. now, suddenly, the election is coming alive on a whole lot of issues. there will be a whole lot of issues. there will be a whole lot of issues. there will be a whole lot more. don't you think it would be that the liberal democrats will try to talk about the idea of a softening brexit. the lib dems would

talk about the idea of getting back into europe with a second referendum. they see a market for their policy. the lib dems have nine mp5. 56 the last time. let's have a look at the times. a different story. president trumper ‘s times. a different story. president trumper '5 eu ahead of britain in trade 0. merkel lands brexit victory for brussels. didn't donald trump say that brexit was great for britain. president 0bama put us at the back of the queue. the warning from the president 0bama administration, we love you guys. countries like to deal with the eu asa countries like to deal with the eu as a bloc. it took seven years for canada to negotiate a deal with the

eu. the whole idea, if we are sophisticated enough, what will we do? sailaround on sophisticated enough, what will we do? sail around on the yacht britannia and try and individually knock on doors to ensure that we are trading with countries of the world. in the times they are going on a different line. knocking on doors is what we have been doing. boris says we're going to get a deal. in washington, they held hands and it looked good for a while. now, back of the queue again. angela merkel has whispered into the year of donald trump at this transatlantic trade partnership which was giving us trade partnership which was giving us all last year. she said, it is not going to be that complicated. donald trump likes the deal and he likes a deal is simple. what will

this do for the argument that we should retain membership of the single market if it is going to be more difficult to negotiate trade deals from outside? the analogy is, ifi deals from outside? the analogy is, if i want to go and get all of my shopping in one place, i'm not going to walk down the high street to the fishmongers, the greengrocers, and the butchers. i want to go to one place to collect it all. the way the market forces have been moving over the past with industrialisation, the whole idea that the trade body will come together and deal with it. we cannot expect in this day and age that we are like japan or singapore. we britain. we have to be part of the market. you're beginning to sound like a remoaner. the british

argument is two things. the way our trade has adjusted from industrial times to today is how we have industrialised as a nation. we have links already with the commonwealth. the commonwealth has always found it good to use us as an entry point to the eu. the whole issue now, if we're proud of that, —— out of it, what influence to rehab? we are just the outside. let us have a look at the outside. let us have a look at the i. you are sniggering in my ear! i'm just going through the sport process. the i is eye—catching. history made, it says, green

campaigners celebrate as britain plus manpower stations did not burn a single lump of coal yesterday. exactly. this is what i am saying. the whole idea of dual referendum was based upon... which one? the scottish one. the oil price. now it has collapsed a few years later. who would have predicted that, even five yea rs would have predicted that, even five years ago, that we would no longer be relying on our old friends, the fossil fuels, to power be relying on our old friends, the fossilfuels, to power this industrialised nation? things are changing quickly. if we do not keep a hold of it, we're going to get out of it. coal fuelled the industrial revolution and everything that came with it. here we are saying goodbye to coal. we said goodbye to coal. we

have learned tonnes of it to keep the lights on. we may be moving to imported nuclear to keep our lights oi'i imported nuclear to keep our lights on in britain until we build our own nuclear power stations. that is why we included it. it is interesting. that is it. time for a look at the weather. good evening. some cooler weather this weekend but it will be much colder next week. despite being cooler this weekend it looks as if most of us will have a lot of dry and bright weather with spells of sunshine. the sun is really becoming strong. it is as strong as it is at the beginning of august. it will make it feel quite warm in the sunshine. through the day, we have

cloud building up. this is how the satellite picture looked. we initially had sunshine in the south. the cloud bank outwards. it was not anywhere near as warm as it was yesterday. 8 degrees down. it will be colder overnight because we have that cool air filtering southwards. there is a ground frost across the northern part of the country. in the south of the chilean ruler areas. we are likely to see a bit of mist and fog which will clear in no time at all. some beautiful sunshine in the north. the remnants of the weather front in the south. essentially it isa dry front in the south. essentially it is a dry picture. into the afternoon a bit more detail. in the sunshine the south west of england, south wales, we could get into the mid teens. i'm hoping we will get some sunshine coming out of the south east. the weather front is lingering close to northern ireland. perhaps brightness initially. then showers

for the north of scotland. wintry over for the north of scotland. wintry over the hills. that will make it feel a bit on the chilly side. through the night the cold air will sink further southwards. tomorrow night will be further still —— colder still. not as cold as it was earlier this week but that will change. if you are heading off for the london marathon, we could well see some sunshine into the afternoon which make it feel pretty warm. some decent weather around for most of us. decent weather around for most of us. temperatures will recover in the sunshine, even when we have the colder air. we will still see lows of 12 and 13 is. later in the day low pressure brings the risk of heavy rain and gale to scotland. when the weather front goes southwards that as the arctic blast i'm talking about. heavy showers of hailand i'm talking about. heavy showers of hail and thunder, sleet and snow, and at low levels. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm:

the prime minister declines to say whether she will continue with the tories' policy of pension increases, while the chancellor, philip hammond, hints that the conservatives may leave open the possibility of tax rises. all chancellors would prefer to have more flexibility in how they manage the economy and how they manage the overall tax burden down than having to have their hands constrained. as france goes to the polls for the first round of voting, prosecutors say the gunman who shot dead a policeman in paris was a convicted criminal. a report into the deaths of three soldiers during an sas exercise in the brecon beacons has concluded it could happen again. and at 11:30pm we'll take a second look at