of make of it when theresa may talks of threats by the eu? well, she is clearly upset and in a way has a right to be upset, i think she is making the wrong accusation now, she has a right to be upset because she had a private dinner with jean—claude juncker, detailed account of which was leakled out by commission sources to a german newspaper in a way designed to embarrass theresa may, so she has found is not l:—:;l,sl:2 {zzz';;':: l; £5; =;' l:—:li,li:z {zzzgl-ll l; lell é can trust. negotiating partner she can trust. so she is pretty damned angry, and has a right to be but to say that the eu is, or people in the eu are trying to influence the election result is i think wrong. i was in brussels talking to some of the people at that dinner, and they certainly, are hoping she wins a big majority in parliament they zgeinxfif—w if?” '" has a zgeinfo—w if?” '" has a big and stability majority she has a big and stability majority she has a big and stability majority she will be strong enough to make the compromised and concessions is 7 ~ ffmanei; . — .

be in beina be in a stronger an m think that the atmosphere was robust is the dipia tick language that gets used. i think from having spoken to two people were there, the tone was polite and courteous but on the substance there were real problems, the eu found that the commissions... suddenly she took a harder line than expected. right. 0k. what about this 100 billion euro bill? i have seen it said that that is the amount of money eventually that we might have to hand over, but on on the other hand we would get a lot back, to you think the figures are at all credible? well, the eu has come up with a biggerfigure, it is no an officialfigure than

with a biggerfigure, it is no an official figure than it had a few months ago. this is because the poles and french have pushing the eu to ta ke poles and french have pushing the eu to take a tougher line on the money. iam not to take a tougher line on the money. i am not quite sure why they are doing it. because there is no way mrs may can accept a bill of that size. the eu is saying it is not a brexit bill, it is simply money the british owe the eu because we promised to make commitment to spend on future programmes now we are running away before the money has been spent. we don't pay that money, then the germans or somebody else might pay it or the poles won't get their regional aid. i think they will probably compromise on the figure but the worry i have it will be so difficult for her to compromise, that the talks may crash and it may be very difficult for any compromise to come about, and at the moment the two sides are very far apart on the money. what about citizen's rights. this is a very

complicated service, but where do you think the balance is lying in terms of whether europe should have a likely to still have legal sway, over europeans, from, people from other parts of europe staying in the uk? the well the eu has come up with a plan which is the british should give all eu citizens in britain all the rights they have guaranteed in perpetuity, those already here, those who come before brexit happens, the british have not produced any plan at all, but are hinting that offering making a much more modest offer that doesn't give them all the rights they currently enjoy. there is is a gap between them. one is on thejudicial enforcement. a lot of people on the eu side hope that the european court ofjustice eu side hope that the european court of justice can eu side hope that the european court ofjustice can police and enforce the right of people in britain after brexit. i think the british would find that hard to accept. one

possibly compromise could be not the european court of justice possibly compromise could be not the european court ofjustice but a new court that would be difference from the european court ofjustice, but respect its rulings, there is a president of this. he adjudicates on matters concerning the european area. it is not the ec] that never goes against it. it is made up of judges from those country, it some new court similar to that could be the compromise we will be looking at on issues like citizen's rights. very grateful to you. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. as the election campaign gets officially under way, the conservatives are trying to shift the debate onto the economy, claiming families would face a "tax and debt bombshell" if labour wins. the tories say there's a £16 billion gap between what labour is promising to spend and what it would raise in revenue. the chancellor philip hammond warned this morning of the impact a labour government could have on the economy. as the document we are publishing

this morning shows his economic policies are a recipe for chaos, instability, uncertainty and insecurity. britain simply cannot take the risk ofjeremy corbyn in downing street unleashing economic chaos on the country. just when we need strong and stable leadership for our economy and country over the next crucial five years as we negotiate our exit from the eu and chart a new course in the years beyond, jeremy corbyn offers a chaotic and high—risk gamble. shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies", and said labour's plans were fully costed. pack of lies. it's an absolute pack of lies. i don't know why the bbc or the media are giving it any room whatsoever, it's an absolute pack of lies. i'll give you an example. they have included £35 billion worth of investment money,

capital expenditure. they don't seem to know the difference between capital and revenue. all you include in your day—to—day spending on capital expenditure is the interest rates. so it's completely ludicrous, then they have invented figures, in terms of commitments that we have given, which we haven't, and then where we have given commitments, they haven't even identified where we have already said that funding will come from. it's a pack of lies. earlier my colleaguejane hill spoke to pauljohnson, the director of the institute for fiscal studies to get his assessment. for there is a very big difference between the two main party, the labour party have say it not only they would be happy to borrow to invest but they are looking to invest but they are looking to invest in an awful lot more than is currently being spent on capital and infrastructure projects, so that looks to us like they would be willing to borrow 70 billion or

more, more than the conservative party would be willing to borrow, if they are willing to borrow that much, then the degree of tax rises they are likely to need in addition maybe more limited, though they have clearly said that capital gains tax and corporation tax would rise under them relative to the conservatives. a the top level there is is a big choice here. yes, so it is so for a voter it is about do you feel co mforta ble, voter it is about do you feel comfortable, do you want tax rises to fund public service or whatever that tax money is going to be spend on. that is the key debate. i suppose we look at the core rate of income tax, but perhaps we forget that actually you can raise taxes in many other ways and you can secret pockets of money in other areas. exactly. in the end it is overall tax burden that matters. it sounds like corporation tax is paid by corporation, but in the end it has to be paid by customers or employees or shareholders, people who have

money in pensions and so on, so there is no victimless tax, if taxes go there is no victimless tax, if taxes 9° up there is no victimless tax, if taxes go up someone ends up paying, so certainly there is an issue about the level of tax and i guess guess we will find out more about additional places they may want to raise tax. is a question of borrowing, there is no question that the level of borrowing under labour that would be under the conservatives but on the flip site side you get more money spent on scourge security, public services, roads and railways. that was paul johnson. speaking to my colleague jane hill. is hello and welcome to one hundred days plus. the british prime minister accuses brussels of interfering in the uk election. it comes after eu estimates that the brexit divorce bill will be much higher than predicted. it's the most high profile arts prize in britain,

and for years its been the preserve of young british artists. this year, for the first time since 1991, the turner prize has scrapped its age limit, and two artists over 50 have made it to the short list. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. you certainly did not expect this? no, not at all. not at all. not at all! i mean it does make me laugh. it has been a strange day for lubaina himid. she has painted for more than 35 years and today at the age of 62 she is on the turner prize short list. her paintings bring black lives and faces too often very white art galleries. this is perhaps the signature work, 1001ife—size portraits made when... you were 50. i was. did you think that national recognition was probably passed you by then? probably. and now? i hadn't thought about the turner prize in terms of nominations or short listing for a couple of decades. born in zanzibar she has lived and taught here

in preston for over 25 years. when she's not alone. the other nominees, anderson, butler, and rosalind, or all of mature years. this jury of the turner prize has perhaps look back at certain artists unfairly overlooked and decided to open it up to those who deserve a second chance or will flourish later in life. it has certainly been a year of flourishing for lubaina himid and her life's ambition. i'm making a space where other black audiences can feel at home. where they can look at these cutouts and think, looks a bit like my aunty all that's kind of got the demeanour i've got, or, it's like being at home, it's like being amongst people you know. it's about making a space in an art gallery where you are not the only person of colour. david sillitoe, bbc news, preston. ocial security, public services,

roads and railways. that was paul johnson. speaking to my colleague jane hill. is now what about the weather? the latest forecast from nick. not a day for cloud spotting in northern ireland, barely a cloud in the sky for most of us, it was just blue sky from dawn to dusk with the temperature edging towards the high teen, very different view coming in from suffolk, for many in east anglia, not just cloudy from suffolk, for many in east anglia, notjust cloudy but breezing, damp in places too, and quite cold with that temperature just round nine sells you but at high as 20 in western scotland. now overnight we keep some cloud across parts of england and wales, so here the temperature, where you have the cloud not going down too far, maybe the odd passing shower, a few spots of rain but within the cloud most places are looking dry, some clear spells for parts of wales, northern england, so turning chilly, in rural areas and a few pockets of frost in scotland, going into the morning. there is is a bit more cloud though, filtering in across scotland. so not the clear blue sky tomorrow but good

sunny spells and into northern ireland, and for many of us in northern england. as we head further south we are into cloudier sky, a few brighter breaks but from the click -- few brighter breaks but from the click —— thicker cloud into the midlands, east anglia, south—east england the chance for catching a shower and we still have this cool north—easterly breeze, if anything, more noticeable where ever you have in the uk tomorrow, getting a bit stronger during the day, gusty as well. we keep the chance for a shower into southern england as we go into the afternoon but a few brighter breaks are possible but more especially parts of wales, northern england, you will see some sunshine at time, temperatures are held down along north sea coasts by the breeze so the higher temperatures are to the west, where some spots reach the high teens so not as warm as has been for the past dumb of day, variable cloud and sunny spells on friday and the chance for the odd shower in the south, going into the weekend, there isa south, going into the weekend, there is a lot of uncertainty about this weather system coming up which may

bring outbreaks of rain to southern england into the channel islands but it is farfrom england into the channel islands but it is far from certain at this stage, so keep checking the forecast. it may not look like this, elsewhere, perhaps a shower that m ost pla ces elsewhere, perhaps a shower that most places are looking dry, the breeze easing a bit during the day, in fact by sunday the wind is going to be much lighter, west is best for any sunshine on sunday, cloudy to the east and most plaices are going to be ending the weekend dry. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. an unparalleled attack by the prime minister on eu officials and politicians, accusing them of making threats to try to influence the outcome of the general election. threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election. we won't threaten europe on the way into brexit. and, above all, we'll put forward a proposal and a plan for britain. an eu source dismisses theresa may's

claims as pure fantasy — the eu chief negotiator denies planning to punish britain for brexit. there is no punishment, there is no brexit bill, the financial settlement is only about settling the accounts.