party leader tim farren... party leader tim farren. ..s have been at this medical centre behind me lodging their flagship medical centre behind me lodging theirflagship policy on medical centre behind me lodging their flagship policy on the nhs promising to raising come tax, all income tax bands, in order to fund the nhs and social care. they say putting a 1% increase on income tax will raise £6 billion a year, £2 billion of that will go directly into social care. they say by the end of the next parliament they want to introduce a dedicated nhs and social care tax. they want an independent assessment of how much the nhs will actually need per year. joining me now is the liberal democrat leader tim farren. thank you forjoining us. this is the first we have heard from the liberal democrats in this election campaign on anything other than brexit and here you are promising tax rises. on anything other than brexit and here you are promising tax riseslj think it is time to be honest with everybody in this country. we all know how often social c

tim farren out.elop nuclear weapons, could kill millions of people. he argued that getting chinese help to deal with north korea was more important than becoming involved in a trade dispute with beijing. in an interview with cbs news he also described the north korean leader, kimjong un, as "a pretty smart cookie". sarah corker has the latest. so far, mounting diplomatic pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. pyongyang has launched two failed missile tests in the last two weeks, the latest one on saturday. and in a wide—ranging interview on us television, president trump stepped up the rhetoric. if he does the nuclear test, i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don't believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, would be happy either. any military action? i don't know, we will see. but he also warned of the consequences of conflict. massive warfare, with millions, potentially millions of people being killed. and a reminder of america's m

tim farren has also responded to the story.resa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance i complacency. but she feels somehow the lack of any kind of deal, new free trade deal, no cooperation on police and security, but that is somehow a cce pta ble security, but that is somehow acceptable to families up and down this country. never mind how we voted lastjune, this country. never mind how we voted last june, that this country. never mind how we voted lastjune, that is what every individual, together as a gadget, we deserve a good deal. theresa may has shown overnight the arrogant complacency that comes from believing she has already won this election, that shows she does not ca re election, that shows she does not care what the impact will be on our hospitals, the jobs in this country, the praise of the supermarket and the praise of the supermarket and the well—being the praise of the supermarket and the well— being of every the praise of the supermarket and the well—being of every family in this country. campaigning in the fr

tim farren accused them of being fourth rate michael fishes. but it is colder north of the border.t the liberal democrats in principle are also in favour of means testing the winter fuel allowance. that did also in favour of means testing the winterfuel allowance. that did not stop them attacking the conservatives today, though if i was a fifth rate michael fish i could still tell you that in the west of scotla nd still tell you that in the west of scotland it is warmer in winter than it is here in south east england. properly at this time of year as well. what is interesting about the diverges between the scottish and uk conservative parties, if you follow the logic, ruth davidson is appealing to the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, not to introduce a policy favoured by her own prime minister theresa may. now obviously labour are exploiting this and saying the whole policy is unravelling if you have a situation where the party in scotland can do something differently from the party in england. interestingly there are qualms among conservative mps hereto. the conservative

certainly their leader, tim farren, says they might double their number of seats.ly want eight in the last election. —— won. ukip hasa eight in the last election. —— won. ukip has a lot to play for up to their wipeout yesterday, they have a mountain to climb. thank you. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner, emmanuel macron, says they‘ve been the victim of a massive hacking attack after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine emails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow, where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. 0ur europe correspondent, thomas fessy has been getting a sense of the atmosphere in paris ahead of the vote. it‘s election season in france and at this satirical theatre, comedians take a swipe at the politicians running for with the many twists and political scandals, this campaign has given them fodder for their work. we don‘t know who will be ourfuture president. we‘re scared about that. so we really need to laugh. it is an exceptional election. neither of

tim farren arrived here around an hour ago and he was greeted by around two dozen of his supporters.made his way onto the platform, where he spoke about that policy. he said that if he were to become prime minister, he would allow 10,000 syrian refugees into the country every year, so he said around 50,000 across the term in parliament. he said that the country he thinks britain should be, the country he feels passionate about, a welcoming country that helps those in need. i challenged him when i spoke to a minutes ago, and said that some here think he's being a bit naive in terms of allowing these people to come in at a time of austerity, when resources are stretched, when were talking daily about the nhs and the budgets in our schools being tightened. he said, these are people who are in need, and when they need help, we should bea and when they need help, we should be a country that says, we will help you, we will stand by you. he's also saying he would reopen the dubs programme, which allows children who are asylum seeking into the country from europe. the current government has

the lib dem leader, tim farren, has admitted his party isn't going to win the election and says his aimand be an effective opposition to the conservatives. norman a development in the labour campaign? yes, strange words from len mccluskey, the leader of the unite union and jeremy corbyn‘s key right—hand man, a strong man in the labour party. suggesting that labour seem to be on course to lose the election, but also saying that if jeremy corbyn wins just 200 seats, that would be a success. now, 200 seats would be labour's worst result since the second world war. worse even than michael foot and yet len mccluskey is saying all things considered that would be ok. what is going on here? well, i think the truth is, mr mccluskey, like many of mr corbyn‘s key allies, isjust trying to protect him if in the aftermath of an election defeat there is a move to oust mr corbyn. so he can turn around and say, "well, look it has been a very difficult election. the media were against me. the parliamentary party we re against me. the parliamentary party were always attacking me. i've had to deal with two

first up we have tim farren from the liberal democrats. have you recovered from last night? are you a little bit disappointed that what you were talking about last night did not make enough impact to make it onto the front page today? i thought the debate went well last night and i thought that the most obvious thing was the fa ct that the most obvious thing was the fact that neitherjeremy corbyn nor theresa may goes to be there which is an insult to everybody out there who will cast a vote in a few days time. it is also a reminder, however, theresa may approaches his election as if she has already won, she is taking everybody for example. you wouldn‘t decide to not turn up toa you wouldn‘t decide to not turn up to a debate if you thought that you had any respect for those people who will cast a vote. the conservative ma nifesto will cast a vote. the conservative manifesto came out yesterday and it was some things. people should think very ha rd was some things. people should think very hard about giving a blank cheque to the tory party, not less the new tax, an enormous hit

the lib dem leader, tim farren, admitted his party isn‘t going to win the election.and be an effective opposition to the conservatives. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminsterfor us. we will speak more on that little later. a leading republican politician has said the fbi should hand over any documents relating to dealings between president trump and the agency‘s director who was sacked last week. the demand was made after two associates of james comey claimed that mr trump had tried to stop an investigation into links between one of his advisors and russia. the claim, which the white house denies, was based on notes made by mr comey after speaking to the president. from washington, david willis has more. following a meeting of his security advisers back in feathery, president trump waited for other officials to leave the room before taking them fbi directorjames coney to one side —— februar the previous state is national security advisor michael flynn had been forced to resign amid allegations that he misled the vice president about conversations w

farren is campaigning. lucky you! yeah, we have some glorious weather this morning. we‘re very grateful for it. timt back. he is heard to say thank you because he says it is important to him to thank the teams who are doing an arduous job on the ground. it‘s going to be an uphill struggle. this constituency, wells, voted to leave the eu. 54% of constituencies want to exit the eu and he is banned by many here as the anti—brexit party. something he often calls his party too. just talking to people along this promenade today, many are angry with him, they ask why should we vote for a man who still goes on about staying in the eu and still talks about remaining in the single market? so, he‘s going to have an uphill struggle and just to end on one person who said he is a p—r—a—t, before walking off. in terms of the campaign generally, as you say, lib dems making a lot of the fact that if they want to move away from their sta nce if they want to move away from their stance on brexit, what other policies might be pushed? interestingly, the tory candidate who won in 2015 also voted to remain in the eu. peo