this is bbc news, the headlines at two. the conservatives promise to cap energy tariffs if they win the election; they say it would save money for millions of households. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people find themselves on tariffs that are above that they should be paying and that's why we are taking action. jeremy corbyn says there'll be a reckoning if labour wins the election. he promises to stand up to what he called the elite who want to hijack brexit. today, i say to tax cheats, the rip—off bosses, the greedy bankers; enough is enough. alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed for killing a taliban fighter in afghanistan, tells the bbc about his regret at his actions. exit polls in south korea's presidential election indicate that human rights lawyer moon jae—in is on course to win. two 500 year old pages

from william caxton who brought printing to england in the 15th century are found by chance, inside another book. and international ballroom champion shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing. she'll replace len goodman. good afternoon. the prime minister says britain's energy market isn't working and has vowed to end what she described as rip—off bills. theresa may has confirmed that the conservative party manifesto will propose a cap on energy prices for anyone on a standard variable tarriff.

the party says this would benefit 17 million households. our political correspondent chris mason reports. cook our lunch, making a brew, heating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. the key thing is that people are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people, find themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying and that's why we are taking action. for the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. the conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the cabinet table thought it was too crude. but we know rewind and the tories didn't like the idea. we would love to live

in a marxist universe. but he needs a basic lesson in economics. little wonder the former labour leader raises an eyebrow. no guarantee rises won't rise under tory policy, he asked the energy secretary. asking for a friend. labour's shadow energy secretary said. it is not a tory policy. it is scandalous they have stolen a labour policy. but they have not gone far enough. i asked the liberal democrats about it. it is good politics, it sounds great, because it is rubbish policy because it would harm and damage the people that it's supposed to be helping. on a visit to scotland, the snp were scathing about the conservative plan.

the record of the tories on fuel poverty has been poor so, this announcement has nothing to do with dealing with the poorest in society and everything with trying to win a general election and outflank the labour party. what is clear is the conservatives desire to be seen to be putting themselves on the side of the consumer than the energy companies. what is rather less clear is what if any difference it would make. the energy sector has always criticised any move to cap prices, saying such a policy could in fact lead to higher prices. so what could it mean for the consumer? our industry correspondentjohn moylan investigates. every three months, adam and margaret from eccles

near manchester take a trip to their local bank. they are on a standard tariff, they've been with the same energy suppliers for 30 years and when the quarterly bill arrives in the post, they like to pay it in full. i won't have direct debits, i'm not confident with online, it's a minefield, so after two hours ploughing through, i gave up and thought, the better the devil i know, get a bill, pay it at the bank. i know i've paid it, use less electric and gas, that's the only way we're going to save. they aren't alone, the two—year competition investigation found the energy market wasn't working for the two thirds of households on standard tariffs. it proposed a price cap for households in prepaid meters and consumer groups say it should go further. the energy market clearly isn't working, too many people stuck on standard variable tariffs playing up to £300 a year more than they need to for their energy. one of the things we've called for is a price cap to protect the most vulnerable,

on low incomes who can least afford to pay too much for their energy. many people choose their energy supplier using one of these, a price comparison website. there are more than 50 energy suppliers in the market offering a range of tariffs from cheaper fixed—price deals to more expensive standard tariffs and those standard variable tariffs, so—called default tariffs, which are being targeted by this energy price cap. the conservatives claimed that could save 17 million households around £100 a year. the energy companies say it could also damage competition. we've seen fantastic numbers coming through switching. last month, 14% increase, half a million, the rest of this intervention is that you destroy that confidence, that engagementjust when we are making real progress. the energy price cap will require legislation, so it's unlikely to help people like margaret and adam this winter.

it is also a major intervention in the energy market that could have ramifications for years to come. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been in manchester today. in a speech marking the formal launch of the party's election campaign, mr corbyn said labour was offering a real alternative to what he called a rigged system under the conservatives. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in manchester. it was more about the man than the policies know, wasn't it? it absolutely was. in that sense it was absolutely was. in that sense it was a very different campaign launch because normally parties put their key manifesto pledges at the heart ofa campaign key manifesto pledges at the heart of a campaign launch. that is not what we got today. we didn't really get any substantive new newslines to dominate the headlines. there was nothing substantive on brexit, the big issue of the day. instead it was all aboutjeremy

big issue of the day. instead it was all about jeremy corbyn the big issue of the day. instead it was all aboutjeremy corbyn the man. and an attempt to presentjeremy corbyn as authentic corbyn core corbyn unvarnished, corbynjust as authentic corbyn core corbyn unvarnished, corbyn just telling as authentic corbyn core corbyn unvarnished, corbynjust telling it as he sees it. and that means asupposing views which mr corbyn's held for many years, committed radical socialist policies which many other labour mps tend to tone down, not so mr corbyn today in the belief that beneath the sort of radar of media and westminster cynicism, a politician setting out his views honestly will have cut through and the people will respond to his convictions and his sincerity. they may love him, but what about the wider electorate? team corbyn remain convinced the labour leader is a vote winnerfor them. people, they believe, just need to see more of the realjeremy corbyn. and just listen to some of the rousing support for the labour leader. whenjeremy corbyn became leader

of the party 18 months ago, i can honestly say that in my adult life i had never felt as excited and exhilarated by party politics. so today and for the rest of the campaign, mr corbyn's beliefs, his views, his character are going to be centrestage. the economy is still rigged in favour of the rich and powerful. when labour wins, there will be a reckoning for those who thought they could get away with asset stripping our economy, and ripping off workers and consumers. many labour mps would shy away from such language, but jeremy corbyn's supporters believe the electorate are tire tired of politics as usual.

don't want to hear people giving out catch phrases, i want something different. that resonates to me and you know jeremy corbyn is a kind man and he is a decent and principled man. jeremy corbyn also sought to clarify his party's position on brexit, a subject the labour leader has little about and where labour have struggled to explain where they stand. the question now is what sort of brexit we want and what sort of country do we want britain to be after that. labour wants a jobs first brexit. a brexit that safeguards the future of britain's vital industries. many labour mps however fear from being the answer to labour's difficulties, mr corbyn is the problem. the fear while he may energise his supporters, he fails to connect with the wider electorate. whenjeremy

when jeremy corbyn whenjeremy corbyn uses language like that, reckoning and words like that. what do people think? they believe events like brexit and donald trump's victory in the united states signal a mood of anger amongst many voters that global forces if you like are pressing down on their incomes, on theirjob prospects, that the politicians no longer listen to them and that there is an appetite for radical change which they can tap into. in part, it seems they have no appetite, mr corbyn is being true to himself and we re corbyn is being true to himself and were they to come out with much more moderated language and refined policies, i think many would think he was just not being himself. it's

an almighty gamble. it suggests the decent man mr corbyn may be, but his language and his views simply do not chime with many voters. they may galvanise those in the hall, committed labour supporters, it may energise them but there is no evidence so far that it's cut through with the electorate. the real risk is that team corbyn are basically banking everything on him now. but if they've called this wrong and mr corbyn, farfrom being a vote winner is a vote loser, then you have to think that this campaign could do much more damage to labour's prospects than they believe. but you couldn't accuse him of lacking passion? no. i mean, i've heard jeremy corbyn for many, many yea rs, heard jeremy corbyn for many, many years, he remains absolutely committed to certain fundamental beliefs about society, about equality, straight down the line

conventional socialist beliefs which he's held really since the 19705 and i don't think he's much changed them. he believes tho5e i don't think he's much changed them. he believes those sorts of views will now get a hearing because society, attitude towards politicians, towards the establishment, all that is in flux, he believes, and people are looking for a radical alternative. all of which said, when you talk to many labourmps, which said, when you talk to many labour mp5, they think frankly this i5 delusional and that mr corbyn's ina bubble i5 delusional and that mr corbyn's in a bubble where his supporters cheer him on and demand selfie5 and eve ryo ne cheer him on and demand selfie5 and everyone thinks it's fantastic and that creates the impression that out there in the wider world, everyone similarly i5 there in the wider world, everyone similarly is sort of rallying around him when they say on the doorstep again and again they come up with mr corbyn a5 again and again they come up with mr corbyn as an issue. many of them frankly don't want him to campaign in their constituencies, they don't wa nt to in their constituencies, they don't want to put him on their leaflet5 because they think he's a

significant blow to labour pro5pect5. so you have two diametrically opposed views. team corbyn who believe mr corbyn i5 diametrically opposed views. team corbyn who believe mr corbyn is the salvation and then you have the vast bulk of labour candidates who think mr corbyn i5 bulk of labour candidates who think mr corbyn is the problem. norman for now, thank you very much. the liberal democrat leader tim farron has been campaigning in the south west. mr farron warned that a conservative government with a large majority would take people for granted. the liberal democrats have promised a second referendum on any brexit deal. the nhs is the focus of the green party today as they continue their campaign on the isle of wight. the party's co— leader caroline luca5 has accused the government of putting the our nhs through a cruel form of shock therapy. her party have pledged to give the health system a cash injection. alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed

for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan, has given bbc news his first television interview since he was released, following an appeal. the former sergeant who's been dismissed from the marines was interviewed with his wife claire, who organised the campaign to free him. they've been speaking to our correspondent clinton rogers. don't know why exactly i did it. still, a moment of madness is the best description i can give. not exactly the proudest moment of my life. in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing.

it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there you don't know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. it's hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don't get to give a lot of good news to people when you're out there. someone's died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you're giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but he's going to live.

blackman's conviction for murder led to protests, his wife clare leading the campaign for his release but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away from their marriage. i said, if she didn't want to stick around and part company, at that point, or at any point through the process, it's something i would understand and i would wish her well for the rest of her life. you were basically offering her the chance to walk away? yes. never crossed my mind, never once. wouldn't have done anything differently. i know sometimes people said to me, how are you doing this, how do you keep going? i don't really have an answer. it wasn't an option to do anything else. it's only 11 days since he was released from prison. now they both say that they need time to readjust to life as a couple. in seven years of marriage, they've been apart more

than they've been together. clinton rogers, bbc news, somerset. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may says too many ordinary working families are paying too much for their energy bills and promises a price cap if the conservatives win the election. jeremy corbyn says a labour government would give people the chance to "take wealth back" from tax cheats and rip—off bosses, as he formally launches the party's general election campaign. alexander blackman — the former royal marine jailed for killing a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan — describes what he did as ‘a moment of madness'. in sport, maria sharapova will be offered a wild card to play on the grass court in birmingham next month. she's been criticised by fellow players for receiving so many wild cards on her return after a

doping ban. chris froome's escaped injury after being knocked off his bike. he said he was deliberately rammed near his home by a car in monaco. jamie roberts may have missed out on a lions tour but he's going to captain wales for the next test against tonga and samoa. a full update in 15 minutes. exit polls in south korea's presidential election indicate that human rights lawyer moon jae—in is on course to win. he is expected to change course on north korea and increase contact with the rogue regime, despite recent missile tests there. steve evans reports from seoul. polls have closed in the last rallies before the big events. the election hype, nearly over, the 13 candidates trying to become the leader of south korea.

this is one of a clutch of candidates trailing the leader in the pre—election opinion polls. and so to the day of decision. the issues for these voters, the economy, of course. young people are worried aboutjobs and whether to confront or talk to north korea. as a person who's going to the military in a few years i don't want to live in a country where it is at risk of breaking out in a war or me actually having to go into the war with north korea. i think i'm not that much different from most people, for me, national security is the main point of concern. when the main presidential candidate says he wants to resume talks with the north, that is a concern to a lot of us. all the indications are that turnout is very high in the election, people have been galvanised by politics with the sacking of the previous president. and the issues are so big. this is not a country

that is fed up with democracy. voting has now finished. a short time ago the exit polls projected that this man will win. moonjae—in. he wants to talk to north korea and he doesn't like the new american anti—missile system on south korean soil. his softer approach might not please washington. stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. meanwhile the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall have arrived in northern ireland at the start of a four—day visit to both parts of the island. this morning the royal couple toured a visitor centre dedicated to the memory of late nobel laureate poet seamus heaney. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has been following the story for us. what have they seen so far, chris? today, it's been all about the

prince and the poet. this village where i am now is the place in northern ireland which more than anywhere else is associated with seamus hurrica ny, anywhere else is associated with seamus hurricany, the leading irish poet, possibly the leading irish writer of his generation —— seamus heaney. he's buried a mile from where i am now and grew up in the area. the landscape inspired some of his most famous works, poems like digging and mid term break. prince charles met seamus heaney a number of times and was a real fan of his work, so much so that on national poetry day last year, the prince read one of his poems, called the shipping forecast on bbc radio four. so he and the duchess of cornwall arrived here at seamus heaney home place an hour ago. well—wishers were here ready to greet them and they took time to walk around and shake a few hands. also local school

children met them to perform some musician and then the royal couple went on a tour of the centre here along with members of the late poefs along with members of the late poet's family, including his wife marie and their three children. it's a symbolic day, the fact that there was a personal link between the prince of wales and seamus heaney is something this community are very thankfulfor and something this community are very thankful for and proud of something this community are very thankfulfor and proud of as something this community are very thankful for and proud of as they look to promote the new centre which has only been open a few months. it's the start of a four—day tour of the island of ireland which the prince and the duchess will be taking on. from here, they'll go on to another series of engagements around northern ireland, today and tomorrow, and then they'll cross the border to the republic of ireland and spend the rest of the week there. and the sun came out as well! looks fantastic. thank you very much. the duke of edinburgh hasjoined the queen on a visit to a school near reading,

to mark its centenary. it's his first appearance since announcing he is stepping down from royal duties. later, the royal couple will watch a parade and the queen will present a new military flag, or colour, to the college. the sun columnist, and former editor, kelvin mackenzie is leaving the paper — because of controversial remarks he made about the everton footballer, ross barkley. kelvin mackenzie was suspended last month after comparing the player to a gorilla. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports. kelvin mackenzie is a giant of british tabloids. a brash and brutal editor editor who was a close confidant of his patron, rupert murdoch. but this time he went too far. a column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorilla. mackenzie claimed not to know about the heritage but his column, published on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster that he so notoriously misrepresented, prompted everton to ban the sun from its stadium. newspaper columnists are meant to provoke strong feelings and over nearly five decades in fleet street, kelvin mackenzie certainly did that.

but this time was different for two reasons. first because his column threatened to further alienate the sun's readers in the north—west and second because there's a huge scandal is erupting at rupert murdoch's fox news over in new york. what rupert murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. you are about to enter the no spin zone. murdoch's bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, 0fcom. there is concern within murdoch's company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the phone hacking scandal derailed their last bid for sky. i was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that no one took a closer look at the column. i can't believe that kelvin's column is so sacrosanct that lawyers and editors, it was good friday, so the top tier team may not have been there, but even so it seems to be a systemic failure, not just

involving kelvin mackenzie. it remains to be seen if mackenzie has cut ties with murdoch's company completely. amal rajan, bbc news. theresa may has just begun speaking in the am pain trail. let's listen ...to to create that better future for everybody. brexit, leaving the european union, will bring us opportunities. we have got to work through that process, we've got to get that deal, that negotiation right with the european union, but there are other opportunities as well for us. and it's important i think that we have the right government and the right leadership to be able to do that, to be able to ensure that we can notjust get a good dealfrom brexit but ensure that we can notjust get a good deal from brexit but actually good deal from brexit but actually go beyond that for a better future as well. as i say, it starts with

the negotiations with the european union. it's also about what we can do here at home for ordinary working families. that's why i and my team and party have got a plan for a stronger britain. that's about building a stronger economy, about creating jobs, it's great to hear about the success of this company in creating jobs and we want to ensure we get the right deals for the economy for the future so that businesses like this can continue to grow and businesses across the uk can continue to grow, providing secure jobs can continue to grow, providing securejobs for can continue to grow, providing secure jobs for people. it's also about ensuring that we provide opportunities for all as well, that every youngster has the right start in life with a good school place, that we are building more affordable homes to buy or rent so that people have that opportunity of a home of their own. that we have that strong economy i've just mention sod we can afford to fund a first class

national health service system and social care system and of course that we are looking after people's standards of living and put ourselves at the service of ordinary working families. that's why i believe that we should be doing something to curb rip—off energy bills. i suspect many here get fed up bills. i suspect many here get fed up with the way that energy prices keep rising yet the energy companies seem to make more and more profits. that's why if elected on 8thjune we'd introduce a cap on energy price rises so that you couldn't see those, we'd be protecting 17 million people, particularly vulnerable people, particularly vulnerable people, from being exploited from those significant and sudden increases that often people feel and see and that hits them hard. sometimes people say to me that doesn't sound conservative but my response so that is that when it comes to looking at supporting

working people, what matters is not an ideal ideaology but something that you believe to be right and that you believe to be right and that could make a difference to people and their lives. in order to do that, you need the right strong and stable government in place with the leadership to be able to deliver those sorts of policies and that's why i think this election is so important. i'm going to be going out and about, as andrea will be here, but i'll be out and about around the whole of the uk as i have been talking to people about the sort of leadership i think the country needs and the sort of future i think we can have. i believe that i and my tea m can have. i believe that i and my team can provide that leadership, that stability and strength for the future to go into the brexit negotiations, but also take us beyond the negotiations. i'm taking nothing for granted, i'm out and about around the whole of the uk, meeting people, talking to them about their concerns and putting forward my view of what this country needs to be able to go forward. i think there's a clear choice at the

election between strong and stable leadership under me and my team or a party of chaos withjeremy corbyn propped up by others in a coalition. this is an opportunity for all of you to ask me questions. so who would like to start? inaudible well, you raised a really important point. i think we need a schools system that is diverse and has different sorts of schools so that children are going to the school that best suits them and their abilities and their needs. what we wa nt to abilities and their needs. what we want to do, you're right i want to remove the legislation that bans new grammar schools from being set—up, but i want to ensure that grammar schools are providing opportunities for children from poorer backgrounds. we have selection in

our education system, but it is selection by house price very often or the parents who can afford to pay the private tutor to tutor their child to try to get into a grammar school. we need to ensure that there are real opportunities for children from all backgrounds and it should be based on what i want to see is something that's based on the individual‘s talents, the merits of the child, and their willingness to work and not on where they come from or what their parents earn or what sort of house they live in. would that lady like some water? there is some water here. during your speech you made mention that you're going to leave the european union and since one of the eu nationals living here, on behalf of eu nationals living here, iwhich here, on behalf of eu nationals living here, i which we would like to see our future, what have you planned for us? are we going to have

a right to reside in this country or maybe in the future, you're going to send us back to our home country? first of all, thank you for the contribution that you've made being in the uk. but what i want to do and what i expect to do and intend to do is to be able to guarantee eu citizens who are living here their rights and status, but i'm sure you'll understand as the uk prime minister, i also want to think about uk citizens who are living in other european countries. so i want that to bea european countries. so i want that to be a reciprocal arrangement between us and the remaining 27 eu countries and i've said i want to sort this at an early stage of the negotiations. the eu have said it wa nts to negotiations. the eu have said it wants to sort it at an early stage of the negotiations so i'm hoping we will be, it will be quite a complex issue because it's notjust a simple thing of can you stay in the country, there is the issues around welfare rights and access to various things, but i want to be able to give people a reassurance at an early stage and i think there is

goodwill on both sides. do you think it is fair that a couple earning £99,000 evenly don't have to repay childcare benefit and a single pa re nt childcare benefit and a single parent earning £60,000 or above has to repay some? i know it's a difficult issue and when the change was introduced, there was a lot of concern from people about this sort of situation. and i think, i think it's right that we have looked at the system and said that we needed to bring some changes, some changes into it. i haven't, i haven't got plans to make further changes to that system. there is a hand over there. how do you think a hard brexit will affect our business? well, i'm not talking about a hard brexit. i don't accept

the terms of hard and soft brexit. what we want to do is negotiate a comprehensive free trade agreement with the european union. i want to see, we'd like to see tariff—free trade and frictionless borders. we wa nt to trade and frictionless borders. we want to work to the best possible deal that we can for the uk and its relationship with the eu for the future and of course, we start at a different place from other countries in the sense that we're a member of the eu and we're operating on the same basis to the same regulation so i think it should take us less time. we've got two years, but it should be easierfor us to we've got two years, but it should be easier for us to negotiate that deal because we start at that same basis than perhaps it has for countries that haven't been members of the eu, but what i want to see is not just a of the eu, but what i want to see is notjust a dealfrom brexit, but also opportunities around the rest of the world that will help to support businesses like this. and so it's about getting that trade arrangement with the eu and i was hearing earlier about the imports you have for example from european countries, but i want to see a good

trade relationship with the eu, but i also want to develop trade agreements with other countries around the rest of the world and expand markets. so that businesses can look to other markets as well in a perhaps more freer and better environment in terms of trade agreements than they have done in the past. being the first apprentice here i'm wondering what leaving — what leaving brexit have on future young people in the working world and their education, furthermore, if you were to win the election what do you were to win the election what do you plan on doing to give young people opportunities both in education and the workplace? well, first of all, it's good to hear from an apprentice because i think apprenticeships are hugely important and in terms of looking at the future for young people, i mean i think, as i'vejust been saying, i wa nt to think, as i'vejust been saying, i

want to see, i want to see a truly global britain. i want us to be around the world taking our place around the world taking our place around the world and having those arrangements which give us opportunities of trading with and working with countries outside the european union in a way that perhaps we haven't been able to as members of the european union, but i think it's hugely important that we get education right for young people here in the uk. that's partly about making sure we've got a good school place for every child so every youngster has the right start in life. it's also about making sure that we've got the right routes through education for youngsters, depending on their talents and abilities and interests and i think one of the challenges we've had for a long time here in the uk is has been a push to university, but that's not right for everybody, for some, it's right to get into the workplace and learn in the workplace through an apprenticeship. so we're looking to increase the number of apprenticeships, but also what we've announced in the budget is £500

million into develop better technical education particularly at fe colleges so more hours and specific number of hours for people to be workplace training as well while they're doing their course and streamlining technical qualifications so that they're easierfor employers to qualifications so that they're easier for employers to understand, easier for employers to understand, easierfor young easier for employers to understand, easier for young people to access and we make sure we are giving people the right skills, the real challenge about what the jobs of the future are going to be and i want to make sure that the education system at every level ensures that we're equipping young people to be able to ta ke equipping young people to be able to take those jobs on. you have got a pen in your hand. are you a journalist? i'm going to take the workplace first and then i'll take some media questions. leeds city council spent £90 million on cycle lanes. the roads are a disgrace. i wonder what your view on the matter is? cycling is a healthy way to get

around. across the country there is around. across the country there is a real push to improve cycle lanes so we give opportunities to cyclists, for people to be able to do that, but from the nature of your question, you think the roads are in a bad condition and they should have been spending more money on the roads? other stuff. it's a decision for leeds city council as to how they spend their moneyment one of they spend their moneyment one of the things we've done as a government to make some money available for councils for doing things like dealing with potholes, repairing hot holes, but we have been putting money in for big infrastructure projects on roads and railand infrastructure projects on roads and rail and certainly across the north of england there is significant amounts have been and will continue to be put into that, but for local roads and the condition of local roads, it will be for the council to determine where the balance of its spending will be, but we have made some money available to councils for dealing with issues like potholes so they can look at the condition of their local roads. anybody else?

when you say you're going to cut bills, can you guarantee bills won't go bills, can you guarantee bills won't 9° up bills, can you guarantee bills won't go up for people next year. a cap suggests a maximum amount that can be charged not that bills will go 7 be charged not that bills will go up? what we want to make sure that this is, a, in relation to energy, it will be determined by an independent regulate rand we will be making sure that aren't the sudden and unexpected and significant hikes in prices and they will be looking at the prices set to more clearly reflect what is appropriate in terms of a competitive market. if i give you the overall figure, the independent at £1.1sz — — more they 51-4- ,, ,, more they £1.42 in — — more they £1.42 in a more

why, i 455313; 7??? trailsafffll we need to do "52:3 about = think, we need to do something about rip off energy bills. how come the uk's pmping billions of pounds a year into foreign aid when our nhs is on its knees and the police service? how come the money is not going towards them to help at home before others? first of all, on the nhs, we are putting more money into the nhs. the overall figure between 2015 and 2020 is £10 billion more going into the nhs and we asked the nhs themselves to come up with their plan for the future which they are putting into place. we put more money in the budget into supporting those plans, but also particularly into helping hospitals deal with a&e. so that they can adapt their facilities so they can better, as you know, there was a great pressure on a&e particularly over christmas and the new year. in terms of policing, obviously, the home

secretary, i was the previous home secretary, i was the previous home secretary for six years, i was responsible for the police and i'm pleased to say that what we have seen is crime coming down to record low levels while the police have adapted and they‘ re low levels while the police have adapted and they're having to adapt and we are putting money into them adapting for the future because crime is changing. so you see more digital crime and more cybercrime. so we have put £4.6 million into enhancing police capabilities and areas like that. on the foreign aid issue, first of all, i think there issue, first of all, i think there is an issue about us as, still the fifth largest economy in the world and what we do to help people in other parts of the world who are poorer and less well off. but it's also about the work that we can do to help to stabilise countries to ensure that they have good governance, that young people are getting educated, that there are job opportunities and that has an impact ona opportunities and that has an impact on a whole variety of other things as well. it actually has an impact on our security, if we're ensuring

there aren't spaces created where there aren't spaces created where the terrorists can thrive and operate. it has an impact on migration if we're able to help to ensure there arejob migration if we're able to help to ensure there are job opportunities for people in their own countries, rather than feeling that they need to travel to europe to take up job opportunities. so i think it has, there is a number of reasons for doing it, but! there is a number of reasons for doing it, but i think if you get the economy right, if you get a strong economy, then you can do that and you can ensure your funding economy, then you can do that and you can ensure yourfunding a economy, then you can do that and you can ensure your funding a first class nhs system. do you have plans to help the maternity and the paternity pay of full—time working parents? maternity and the paternity pay of full-time working parents? well, i'm pleased to say that the situation, one of the key changes that has taken place already, which we, as it happens, a policy i developed