it isn't healthy. when you else. it isn't healthy. when you look at legal — else. it isn't healthy. when you look at legal and _ else. it isn't healthy. when you look at legal and illegal - else. it isn't healthy. when you i look at legal and illegal migration in terms of the figures to this country from last year, there were 30,000 people came across on votes, the government gave 1.41; million visas illegally to people which shows he's a different even though so much attention is on illegal arrivals, what do you think, joe johnson, about the promise of prime minister made to stop the boats? l minister made to stop the boats? i think it was misconceived or misjudged to make a promise to do something which he couldn't control. he raised the issue to which he didn't have a proper answer and he is paying a very heavy price for it because hero and a policy hasn't proved to be a deterrent as everybody said would be the case. that was boris johnson everybody said would be the case. that was borisjohnson pulls my cancer, it was his policy? the

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challenge and there are migrants travelling around europe that - challenge and there are migrants travelling around europe that he| travelling around europe that he might— travelling around europe that he might well— travelling around europe that he might well find _ travelling around europe that he might well find that _ travelling around europe that he might well find that yes, - travelling around europe that he might well find that yes, he - travelling around europe that he might well find that yes, he is l travelling around europe that he i might well find that yes, he is not using _ might well find that yes, he is not using the — might well find that yes, he is not using the dramatic— might well find that yes, he is not using the dramatic language - might well find that yes, he is not using the dramatic language of. might well find that yes, he is not. using the dramatic language of priti patel and _ using the dramatic language of priti patel and suella _ using the dramatic language of priti patel and suella braverman - 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may find it will be as challenging. also that dramatic language that| may find it will be as challenging. i also that dramatic language that has been getting used is the other reason — been getting used is the other reason why i find it so depressing because — reason why i find it so depressing because it — reason why i find it so depressing because it tacitly encourages and certainly — because it tacitly encourages and certainly condones a lot of dog whistle — certainly condones a lot of dog whistle racist politics. to see that taking _ whistle racist politics. to see that taking hold throughout the uk in the last three _ taking hold throughout the uk in the last three years is depressing at best and — last three years is depressing at best and horrifying at worst. and

ou know best and horrifying at worst. and you know there _ best and horrifying at worst. fich you know there are politicians who would say to talk about illegal immigration is not a racist issue. you accept it or not? tt immigration is not a racist issue. you accept it or not?— immigration is not a racist issue. you accept it or not? if you want to have a serious _ you accept it or not? if you want to have a serious conversation, - you accept it or not? if you want to have a serious conversation, yes, | have a serious conversation, yes, but you _ have a serious conversation, yes, but you also— have a serious conversation, yes, but you also can't then ignore the fact that — but you also can't then ignore the fact that undoubtedly plays a massive _ fact that undoubtedly plays a massive role in how people perceive this problem and who people perceive the problem to be. well, earlier i spoke to labour's shadow cabinet minister, their shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth, about the small boat crossing deterents and also tax. this is what he said. announced plans on vat, on private schools fees. we know that's a tough decision, but we think that we could raise money in order to put that money into state schools to recruit more teachers. we've said we want to close the non—dom tax loophole fully so we can fund more appointments in our nhs and help bring waiting lists down. we've said we want to put a proper windfall tax on the big gas and oil companies and that will allow us

to invest in renewable energy sources and create 650,000 good, well—paid jobs and cut energy bills. we're not increasing income tax, we're not increasing vat. we're not increasing national insurance or corporation tax. do you trust the institute for fiscal studies? i do. i do trust the institute for fiscal studies. are you an honest politician? yeah, i think i am. but that's up to the voters to judge. well, the ifs today showed that total taxes as a share of gdp under a potential labour government will rise to 37.1i%. so as you trust the ifs and as you say you're an honest politician, then you can say to newsnight viewers, yes, undera labour government, taxes will be going up. but where i disagree with the ifs and they're right to raise the state of the public finances, they have been wrecked under iii years of the conservatives. but where i part company from the ifs is i am more ambitious for growth. and i think we can grow our economy by our industrial strategy, our energy policy, our planning reforms, our welfare reforms.

why can't you just say it? so the ifs today says under a labour government, the tax take will rise to 37.4% as a share of gdp. it's under 37% at the moment. so it's going up. that's the trajectory. why can't you just say it out loud? because on this point, i disagree with them and respecting them and being honest does not contradict disagreeing respectfully with an organisation. so they're taking a snapshot of where the public finances are, given what they expect a potential labour government to inherit. but they are not making the projections on what we think we can do on economic growth, because we're going to reform planning to get things built in this country, we're going to reform welfare to get people back to work. actually, fixing the nhs helps people because those who are people who are out of work for the sickness can go back to work. so we've got a set of policies that we believe will grow the economy. that means the state of the public finances... let's turn it around the other way.

so is the tax take going to come down as a share of gdp under a potential labour government? if you improve growth, that improves the state of the public finances. and rachel reeves has said her instincts is she does want to see tax come down on working people. but i'm not going to offer false promises on taxation. so you can't say, you can't... because i'm an honest politician. so you say. that's why i'm giving you an honest answer. i'm not going to give false promises. you're not being straight. i am being straight when i say i'm not going to give false promises. usually you get politicians giving false promises. i'm saying i'm not doing that. you won't say the tax take will go up, which is what the ifs says. and you won't say the tax take will have to come down. no, no, no, no, no. hang on. as you said, i'm an honest politician. we've said we're going to put vat on school fees, that we're going to do a windfall tax on gas and oil. we're going to close the non—dom. so they are taxation changes. we're being honest with the british public on that. but if you improve growth, you improve the state of the public finances as well. keir starmer tonight seemed to struggle with the question

what would a labour government's deterrent to stop people getting in boats be? well, the rwanda scheme is not a deterrent. what would your deterrent be? well, we're going to send people back. we're going to process people's claims and we're going to get on with processing people's claims. and those people who shouldn't be here when they come from countries like bangladesh or wherever, we're going to send them back. but why would that stop people getting into boats? because at the moment, they come over here. they know rwanda only deals with i%. the rest stay in a hotel for the rest of their lives. that's a big flashing incentive to come here. whereas we're saying it, rather than sending flights to rwanda, we're going to be sending flights to all the countries that these people came from by sending people back. well, most asylum seekers, according to official figures, come from afghanistan and iran. you're not suggesting to voters that you'll get a return agreement with the taliban and with the iranian refugees? we're talking about people, we've got to be looking at from albania, from india, from bangladesh. you just literally ignored the two countries where most asylum seekers come from.

you're not going to get a return... a big proportion is india, bangladesh, albania, you are still ignoring afghanistan and iran. are you saying you're going to get returns, agreements with those two countries? well, you look at each one on its merits, obviously, at the moment. the answer is no. i thought you were an honest politician. i am an honest politician. so i'm giving you an answer. are you saying you're going to get a return agreement with the taliban? well, that's a difference, the taliban and afghanistan is a different set of... correct. and i'm asking you, are you going to get a returns agreement? and i'm giving you practical examples of where we believe we can deal with these problems, because at the moment, people coming here from the indian sub continent do not get returned. they get put up in hotels and they can stay in these hotels for the rest of their lives. that's the tory policy. so when we say we're going to get flights off. yeah, we're going to get flights taking people back to countries like this where we get returns, agreements, we're not going to go

put our hands in the air, say, oh, we can't do it. we've got to deal with this issue. thank you. let's take a quick look at a few of the stories on the front pages. the guardian lead with low wage growth has pushed 900,000 children into poverty. then the ft, tory and labour pledges to improve public services are essentially unfunded, thatis services are essentially unfunded, that is a verdict from the think tank the iss. the daily mail, obsessed holly fan plotted rape and murder. the daily telegraph, scotland yard leaked the names on the tory betting scandal. the times, conversion therapy to be banned by riba, and the daily record, changes coming and labour can be part of it, for the first time since 2010 we are asking voting to vote labour. they explain why the record has been packing so keir starmer inside. you may tremble last week we talked about whether the sun would back labour at this election and rather it would matter and i grabbed a few words with the political editor

harry cole acted out debate and rebekah brooks the ceo of news uk and when i cite a few words i mean a few words. glass of rose first, yeah? well, no, because i've got to go soon. is the sun going to come out for labour? you'll have to buy the paper every day, watch never mind the ballots, and you'll be the first person to know. and what about yourself? i agree with harry. they were trailing it in or out, i think you could say that. like the answer of a politician. what about the national backing labour? t answer of a politician. what about the national backing labour? i mean the national backing labour? i mean the record. the national backing labour? i mean the record- it — the national backing labour? i mean the record. it is _ the national backing labour? i mean the record. it is one _ the national backing labour? i mean the record. it is one of— the national backing labour? i mean the record. it is one of the _ the national backing labour? i mean the record. it is one of the least - the record. it is one of the least surprising things if you have been following the daily record. i question how much things like that actually influence the electorate. i am cautious when i say that because undoubtedly there is an element of influence but on the whole when i am

talking to people in scotland, quite a few seem to have either made your mind up and the ones that are undecided, i doubt they will be swayed by a newspaper. tn undecided, i doubt they will be swayed by a newspaper. in terms of voters, swayed by a newspaper. in terms of voters. john — swayed by a newspaper. in terms of voters, john curtice, _ swayed by a newspaper. in terms of voters, john curtice, these - swayed by a newspaper. in terms of voters, john curtice, these days, i voters, john curtice, these days, who buys a hard copy a newspaper? remember newspapers often fills our readers _ remember newspapers often fills our readers rather than vice versa and the reason — readers rather than vice versa and the reason why we speculate about the reason why we speculate about the sun _ the reason why we speculate about the sun is— the reason why we speculate about the sun is given the political disposition, and attempt to afford to continue to back the conservatives given that many of its readers _ conservatives given that many of its readers will not be happy? the daily record _ readers will not be happy? the daily record is— readers will not be happy? the daily record is a _ readers will not be happy? the daily record is a traditional labour paper north— record is a traditional labour paper north of— record is a traditional labour paper north of the — record is a traditional labour paper north of the border and the fact it has gone — north of the border and the fact it has gone back to them isn't much of a surprise, _ has gone back to them isn't much of a surprise, and i doubt, it won't make _ a surprise, and i doubt, it won't make much— a surprise, and i doubt, it won't make much difference. psychologically when a paper like the sun comes out for one party or another what does it mean to that party? fir. another what does it mean to that -a ? �* another what does it mean to that .a ? a , ., ., , , ~' party? a huge boost but i think the conservative _ party? a huge boost but i think the conservative campaign _ party? a huge boost but i think the conservative campaign looking - party? a huge boost but i think the conservative campaign looking at l conservative campaign looking at those _ conservative campaign looking at those headlines _ conservative campaign looking at those headlines today _

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but first of all, princess anne is in hospital after suffering a minor head injury and concussion while out walking in the grounds of her country home. the incident — which took place yesterday — is thought to have involved a horse. the princess, who's 73, is being kept under observation "as a precaution" and is expected to make a full recovery. here's our senior royal correspondent daniela relph. just over a week ago, trooping the colour. the princess royal was on horseback where she loved to be. an accomplished horsewoman, she played a leading part in the event. but last night, princess anne was injured on her estate, gatcombe park, in gloucestershire. it is understood she was hurt after coming into contact with a horse's head or legs while on a walk. she was taken by ambulance to southmead hospital in bristol where she is in a comfortable condition. she has not been able to recall what happened. in a statement, buckingham palace said...

year on year, princess anne tops the list of royals who carry out the most public engagements. her work is often under the radar, without the glamour and attention others receive. but in a year when the royal family has faced serious health issues, her contribution has been more important than ever, especially her support for her older brother. their closeness and his appreciation of his sister have become more obvious since he became king. princess anne's accident adds to the depleted number of full—time working royals at the moment. these have been challenging months, but there are now real gaps in terms of who can carry out public duties. princess anne is notoriously keen

to avoid a fuss at all costs, but her injuries mean her engagements this week have been postponed, including a trip to canada. she is likely to remain in hospital until later this week. daniela relph, bbc news. returning to the uk election. a leading think tank — the institute for fiscal studies — has accused the main political parties of a "conspiracy of silence" over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. ten days out from the election, we are in a position to be able to compare the main parties' big offers, their promises to the electorate in the manifestos, with the help of the institute for fiscal studies. first, the size of the manifesto, in tax and spend terms. this chart compares the cash

into the exchequer, so tax rises and spending cuts above the line, and the reverse below the line. conservatives say they want about £30 billion of cash into the exchequer, like squeezing benefits, with the same amount out, including that national insurance cut. labour's plans are half as big, targeting health and schools and green investment, funded by smaller tax rises, for example on private schools. the liberal democrats and greens are pushing for better resourced public services, funded by significant tax rises, and reform thinks it can shrink government and taxes radically. so how does all that affect tax? this is a chart since the second world war of all the tax as a percentage of the size of the economy. you can see the rough pattern here, the liberal democrats and labour would take this tax burden

to the highest level since 191i8, the conservatives would stabilise it at the highest level since 1950. but the big picture is that all the parties would leave intact this rise in the tax burden we have seen over the past parliament, this parliament of emergencies, the pandemic, and the energy crisis, and it wouldn't really fall. so why all this talk about spending cuts when the tax burden is doing that? well, the conservatives say they do want to spend more on defence, labour on schools, but the real mystery here is about what is happening in unprotected departments, important spending on councils, courts, higher education, for example. there, we are not being told the full story. we're either going to see some big tax increases or spending cuts given where we are with the public finances at the moment, and we don't know which way either party would go, post—election. neither of them want to say "we are going to cut this," neither want to say "we are going to increase taxes here," but if they are going to keep to their self—imposed fiscal discipline, they are likely to have to do one or the other. the pm responded today

by saying his plans are fully costed and will deliver tax cuts at every age. the labour leader sir keir starmer said labour's plans were about growing the economy after 1a years of flatlining. the liberal democrats also said their plans were fully costed, and the greens, in a bbc panorama interview, said their big plans to grow spending were not out of the ordinary internationally. you're promising things that can't be delivered. well, and i have quoted to you what other experts have said, welcoming our proposals, other economists, financial experts who have said the green party is bringing in a different way of thinking that, by european standards, is fairly normal, and we can't expect to have the level of health services, the quality of education system, that other countries have if we don't put the investment in that is needed. we aren't getting a full picture from any of these parties' manifesto, but you get a sense of the instincts on tax and spend and on the size of government going forward. but it is worth remembering that

experience of the past five years is that when the economic waters get choppy, many of these grand plans get dumped in the deep—sea. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have tonight taken questions from voters in a live election special, hosted by the sun newspaper. first up, mr sunak was asked about conservative candidates being looked into by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the date of the general election — and why they haven't been suspended. i share absolutely in people's... i'm as angry as anybody when i learn about these things. of course i am. mm, i think the voters are probably angrier. yeah, well, no, i'm incredibly angry about this. and the right thing to do — and, again, you talked about that letter — to do things properly is to get to the bottom of what happened, to investigate things thoroughly. you know, we have to do that separately to the gambling commission, who don't report to me.

i don't have the details of their investigation. we have to do that sensitively and carefully, so that we don't compromise the integrity of a police and other investigations. but let me be clear — if we come across findings or information that warrants it, we will not hesitate to act. i've been crystal—clear that i will hold people to account. i will kick... whoever they are. next up, keir starmer was pressed on his previous support for the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn. well, harry, i don't think the choice at the last election was a good choice. i accept... but you backed jeremy corbyn. i didn't... you said his manifesto embodied "decency and hope". harry, i didn't think we would win. i don't think we were in a position to win. but what's happened with jeremy corbyn, if you look at my leadership on this, i picked up the labour party. i recognised many people had not voted for us last time, possibly people in this room, and i said, we're never going to put that proposition in front of the electorate again. i'm not going to say to the electorate, "what do you think you're doing?" i'm going to say to my party, "we need to shake this up and change it." so i've changed the labour party, so there's a fundamentally different choice at this election. and jeremy corbyn not only lost the whip as a labour mp,

he's now been expelled from the labour party. the sun �*s election special happened a little earlier today. watching it was our political correspondent who joins us live now. when it comes to the key takeaways from this grilling of the prime minister and the labour leader, what are the main moments? t leader, what are the main moments? i think the main moments were much leader, what are the main moments? t think the main moments were much as they were outlined in the sense that really keir starmer was under the microscope, if you like on the issue of trust, notjust microscope, if you like on the issue of trust, not just those questions that you heard, but a member of the audience said when you said jeremy corbyn would make a great prime minister back in 2019, why did you lie for him? it wasn't so much about wherejeremy corbyn lie for him? it wasn't so much about where jeremy corbyn would lie for him? it wasn't so much about wherejeremy corbyn would have made a good prime minister or otherwise it's why keir starmer was saying that to the public and if he was saying that then, could he be believed now? keir starmer�*s response was actually everything he'd said he done in public service whether that's helping the police

service or northern ireland or public prosecutions come everything he promised him he actually delivered so he argued that he could indeed be trusted. but do you do get that impression that the whole issue of trust of politicians of all parties is still one where there is something of a deficit with the electorate. 0f something of a deficit with the electorate. of course, keir starmer very much ahead in the polls and his argument was that he's changed the party, as you heard quite dramatically since the days of jeremy corbyn because he's listen to what the voters want to do here. her rishi sunak, there must be a huge frustration, which you heard him say how incredibly angry he was about these gambling allegations, but he wanted to talk about labour's tax rises, as he would see outcome the i fss we heard earlier, institute for physical studies is suggesting that none of the parties are coming clean with us on their tax and spending plans beyond the election, but he wanted to talk about that he wanted to talk about immigration. he was still ending up talking about gambling. and he said with the

gambling commission he says don't talk about this issue. he is carrying out his own internal inquiry come up trouble for him is this, he's got an agent to work very closely with him as a candidate in this election and said he already had put his hand up to say that he'd made an error in judgment, had put his hand up to say that he'd made an error injudgment, so had put his hand up to say that he'd made an error in judgment, so the question that was asked of rishi sunak tonight was who did he tell about the date of the election? you must know that himself. he is basically saying, let's wait for the outcome of an inquiry, but as long as he continues that line, i think the questions will continue and there are these big issues at stake as suggested about whether we are going to see further cuts in public services, whether we are going to see tax rises, whether we are going to see an increase in debt, but some of these, if you like, apparently smaller issues, which perhaps go against this issue of trust in politicians, they are beginning to

dominate and i think politicians come as we are from rishi sunak and keir starmer tonight, but the i fs were also very critical of the green party as well, but those issues are predominating and that's very frustrating to politicians. when it comes to. _ frustrating to politicians. when it comes to, we've _ frustrating to politicians. when it comes to, we've only _ frustrating to politicians. when it comes to, we've only got - frustrating to politicians. when it comes to, we've only got about | frustrating to politicians. when itj comes to, we've only got about a minute or so left, but bring us up—to—date, what can we expect tomorrow as we inch towards the actual election itself? the announcement _ actual election itself? the announcement from - actual election itself? the announcement from the l actual election itself? tte: announcement from the main westminster parties are roughly as follows. the conservatives want to focus again on immigration and say they are the only party that will keep the rwanda scheme going. the rest would have what they call a deterrent towards illegal immigration, labourare announcing immigration, labour are announcing some immigration, labourare announcing some of their plans to tackle knife crime, including the ambition to cut knife crime in half over and to involve the communities and families and victims in the solutions to knife crime and liberal democrats calling for a cross party solution to this really difficult issue,

which has plagued politicians, that is trying to tackle the crisis of social care. is trying to tackle the crisis of social care-— is trying to tackle the crisis of social care. . ., , ._ social care. saw another big day, and for the _ social care. saw another big day, and for the time _ social care. saw another big day, and for the time being, - social care. saw another big day, and for the time being, as - and for the time being, as always, thank you so much. 0ur political correspondent in westminster, and as always, we have a lot more analysis and our poll tracker on our website, special section dedicated to the uk general election there for everything you need to know. don't forget, r , down from the status goodbye. it's time for the weather news. hello there. we saw the heat really building to start the new week in the sunshine. let me show you the picture from earlier on on monday in aberdeenshire. aboyne saw temperatures of 27 degrees on monday, making it the hottest day of the year so far in scotland. we also had our hottest day in northern ireland and in england — it was only wales that was missing out. temperatures reached 28 celsius in london — could get even hotter

in the next few days. not so for scotland, northern ireland. tuesday will be cooler, and in the next few days, cooler, fresher air will push in from the northwest with a few showers. but the heat and humidity will linger for longer in england and wales. and into tuesday, we've got more sunshine for england and wales, this cloud in the west tending to break up, but the cloud in northern england could trigger one or two showers over the pennines. looking mostly dry but cloudier in northern ireland. some rain or showers in scotland, some heavy showers in the afternoon in the east in particular. temperatures will be lower in scotland, but still could reach 22 in the central belt and the southeast. it's nearing 19 in northern ireland. hotter for england and wales, especially the midlands — towards the south east, potentially 30 degrees around london. more sunshine for england and wales on wednesday, this time a bit more cloud towards the east coast and some cloud in scotland but fewer showers here. should see a bit more sunshine in northern ireland picking the temperatures up just a little. but again, the higher temperatures, the heat is going to be across england and wales — and again, london and the southeast

could hit 30 degrees. but we're all going to be changing by the end of the week. this low pressure is going to drive this weather front eastwards. there's not much rain on that at all, but it's all about the timing because following that weather front, we've got cooler, fresher air coming in from the atlantic, pushing the heat and humidity into continental europe. so this is the picture for thursday. you can see our weather front here is just a narrow band of cloud, little or no rain on it. sunshine follows, blustery showers coming into scotland and northern ireland and making it feel cooler here. even with some sunshine for england and wales, temperatures will be lower, but there's still some heat across east anglia and the south east — temperatures could be higher than 26 degrees here. but even here, things will change by the end of the week. cooler, fresher weather for all of us, i think, for friday and into the weekend, but mostly dry with some sunshine.

run through this? it is depressing i frankly. why is it depressing not to this is bbc news, we would have the headlines for you at the top of the other which is straight after this programme. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the studio. and it is chris passing through westminster, it feels odd to be at westminster,

but i'm at westminster. and it's alex also at westminster. chris, before we started recording, i was ear wigging you and alex talking about what you did over the weekend. and i know that your weekend involved a lot of chasing up the the betting story. where we are is we can report with confidence that the investigation that's going on conducted by the industry regulator, the gambling commission, is wider than just the names that are publicly known. we should be transparent about how those names have come about. they've come about through journalistic inquiry, basically speaking to all sorts of people, being tipped off about things and all that kind of stuff. they have not come from kind of official sources. the gambling commission themselves have not confirmed or denied any names, nor said how many people that they are looking into. but from all the conversations i've had, i can say that there are more people being looked into than the names that we currently are aware of and have broadcast. i'm trying to see if i can find out any more names that

i'm able to bring you.