angela rayner talking to us earlier 0h. angela rayner talking to us earlier on.ive young children under the age of four practical hands—on experiences, with lots of textures and colours as you can see. it seems like the political parties are competing in this particular election pledge at the moment because the liberal democrats as you heard angela suggest have been responsible for taking away some of the provisions for sure sta rt. some of the provisions for sure start. they say they will provide up to 35 hours of free childcare for week. the tories meanwhile say that childcare provision in their view is very good at the moment with 95% of childcare providers being voted good 01’ childcare providers being voted good or outstanding so some clear battle grounds going on developing over the coming weeks as the election rolls 0h. coming weeks as the election rolls on. jeremy corbyn, for his part, is off to visit south yorkshire which has been hit by floods today. but angela rayner asks lots of questions by young parents today about sure start and what it will mean f

angela rayner confident they can deliver the target of 100,000 homes by the end of the next parliamentranges more widely than that and there is an eternal row as to whether they will stick to conference policy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030 and my understanding is that will be fudged when we get the ma nifesto will be fudged when we get the manifesto and a couple of hours' time, but party insiders are stressing how radical the environmental policies are going to be and there will be a million more jobs in green industries, that's a private estimate and there will be a new emphasis on public transport, re—instituting bus routes and extending the entitlement to free bus travel as well. they have already announced taxes on people earning more than £80,000 per year and that will go up and corporation tax will go up and internally there will be a windfall tax on the oil industry, so will that call disinvestment in the north sea. it was deftly a draft of the manifesto on saturday and i'm being told we will stick with that when a formal document is launched in two hours' time. i

a plan defended by the shadow cabinet member angela rayner this morning who also stressed that no oney any more income tax under a labour government. we have said quite clearly that the top 5% will pay a little bit more so anyone watching your show earning less than £80,000 a year will not pay a penny more. we have also said that corporations will have to pay a little bit more. and to put that into context, we are saying that corporation tax would be at 26% and under margaret thatcher, it was at 36%. and in your piece earlier, i think this is really crucial to say, in your piece earlier, you were talking about people being honest with the public — we have been incredibly honest with the public that in order to have a world—class system, public service and those jobs of the future, those at the top will have to pay a little bit more. it is curious, sean, how to large degree the parties almost got into a bidding war over spending. every policy seems to revolve basically around who is going to spend more money. this no doubt will raise? about how you pay for it. we know the tories have s

they spread up and down the country, and the shadow education secretary angela rayner talks fondly aboutre start centre and it really helped her teach the basics. labour will argue that, in a sense, they pay for themselves because they avoid referrals to the nhs and to other public services by offering that education at a very early stage in life. the funding has been cut since 2010 by around a third, there is a slight dispute about the number of children's centres that have closed since 2010. labour say around 1000, otherfigures suggest it is in the hundreds rather than up to 1000. i think they will continue to talk about that. 0n childcare, this is a battle ground in this election. the conservatives have introduced it in recent years, free childcare, labour saying they would extend it to all families, notjust people that are working a certain numbers of hours for the 30 hours of free childcare a week for two— to four—year—olds. the liberal democrats looking at it differently, saying it should still apply to people going into work, but it will be 35 hours and they will say it should sta

let‘s get more on this from labour‘s angela rayner, whojoins us from birmingham.t to meet the housing demands. where wheels we see these 100,000 homes, houses, every year, being built? ad where will we see? obviously banfield is really important. we need to get that land back up to scratch to make sure we can use it. the public sector still has a lot of land that is not being utilised. to make sure that happened, we will protect our green belts. the important thing about our housing programme, it is not just about how about our housing programme, it is notjust about how many units are being built but that we can actually build communities again was up in the past, i grew up in a council estate and now it is considered posh if you have a council house because it is so difficult to get one because of green fields, where kids can play. we have parks where kids could have leisure. our council housing programme will make sure people can leave healthy, green lives as well as making sure they have the homes that are energy efficient and fit for the 21st—century. efficien

thank you, it is now my very pleasant duty to invite angela rayner, our brilliant shadow secretary ofy, too, and describe the policy that gordon and her add a wonderful team and both of their offices and from many walks of life have put so much work and effort into, i don't want to record my personal thanks to all of them for the work they did stop like you for chairing the commission, a doll those who worked so hard in it. angela, please come forward. cheering and applause. thank you, jeremy, and thank you gordon because it is an honour to be here in his constituency. gordon has been my colleague in the education team since jeremy appointed me as the shadow secretary of state for education back injuly the shadow secretary of state for education back in july 2016. the shadow secretary of state for education back injuly 2016. i have seen education back injuly 2016. i have seen for education secretaries since then. —— format education secretaries. jeremy has seen three prime ministers. you will be the next one, jeremy. cheering and applause. it is great also to have chris ware and liz w

i'm joined by the party's angela rayner.ng in a huge number of seats won by the conservatives at the previous election. how do you think that will affect the labour party? i think the general public will be frustrated by the way in which parliament and politicians across the board have worked. nigel farage has pushed his brexit party into working—class areas like mine. he said borisjohnson still is not good enough it is not an accident but all of a sudden because there is a hint of a knighthood he has decided he will go into a coalition with the conservative party and allow them a free run. they, him, donald trump and borisjohnson, the three amigos, they want to sell off our nhs, deregulate the market and ta ke our nhs, deregulate the market and take this to something that looks even worse than margaret thatcher andi even worse than margaret thatcher and i don't think working communities want that.|j and i don't think working communities want that. i will ask about that because he mentioned on friday and it has been categori

this is the shadow education secretary angela rayner setting out the proposal.een enough investment. other parties are catching up now, so we need to make sure we put our money into adult skills so there's free education up to a—level for all adults in the uk, you can go back and get those qualifications, and also levels four to six, just below postgrad, that people can get up to six years of credit to ensure that they can get those qualifications as well. this will transform our economy for the future. the industrialjobs we want to put on board, the green agenda, the green deal we've got, means that we've got to skill our people up to do those jobs. what are tee johnson what are teejohnson up to? boris johnson is holding the cobra meeting to address the issue of the floods this afternoon. more broadly they are wanting to keep up the pressure on labour over money, suggesting the labour proposals would result in significant tax increases. they have come in to pressure following the comments we spoke about earlier by hillary clinton, the former us presidential con

and i'm sure students would like to see jeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell, angela rayner, a whole host ofto come to leeds. and i invite them again to come during the constituency. alex, i to invite them again to come during the constituency. alex, ito you invite them again to come during the constituency. alex, i to you about the start of the campaign, things not going to plan. you have ian austin, a former labour mp, basically coming out and urging people not to vote for our party stop loop ian was very kind to me as a new jewish mp. stop loop ian was very kind to me as a newjewish mp. it is stop loop ian was very kind to me as a new jewish mp. it is said to me stop loop ian was very kind to me as a newjewish mp. it is said to me he could advocate for boris johnson, after eight years of cuts. it does deeply saddened me to him and i hope that ian does think about what is best for all of us, like me, you must get people coming into his surgeries who have been deprived of the benefits they are eligible for, have to win them back because the syste m have to win them back because the system i

the same with angela rayner, the shadow education secretary.eir manifesto, have taken away the charitable status of primary schools —— private schools. they say that is what they would do if they had a say in government. also they would like to see vat charged on top of private school fees. 0k. fees. ok. i fees. 0k. iwant fees. ok. i want to bring this in. tom from birkenhead says, tuition fees for health care courses are fully subsidised in wales, why can't this be the same in england? well, really that's one for the politicians in england. education is one of those areas where it's completely down to each different part of the uk how they do it. so in 2017, the subsidies that have been there before, if you wanted to train as a nurse, which now involves a university degree, were removed and they have to take out loans like eve ryo ne they have to take out loans like everyone else. the royal college of nursing has been saying it is really worried by the drop—off and applications. and there has particularly been a drop—off in women over the age

and shadow education secretary angela rayner said the policy would improve the economy and society.ges. and the lib dems also want a boost to lifelong learning — but their skills wallet scheme is different. providing a pot of money, £10,000 for each working age adult to be spent on courses. it would be staggered from the age of 25 to 55. the lib dems say it will be paid for through rises to corporation tax. a big question for the lib dems and labour will be who will teach all these new adult learners? certainly as far as colleges are concerned, according to their union, 90% say they have difficulty in attracting the staff that they need. thank you. now, sticking with election news because we have got some lines coming in from aaron banks, the leave eu boss who has been an ally of nigel farage at the time of the referendum. he has been commenting that the only way to deliver brexit as by a majority for borisjohnson. he says boris johnson's brexit is the most realistic way to get brexit and that the brexit party itself could 15—10 seats if it concentrated its resources . seats if it c

the tories, by michael gove and the labour by angela rayner, one of the people always document as a futurepstein emerged. investigative journalist mark edmonds has been trying to track her down and joins us now from london. good morning, thank you forjoining us this morning. just explain who ghislaine maxwell is, first of all, people who know? she basically is robin maxwell's favourite child... excuse me, i am sorry. unfortunate... is at her on the phone? unfortunately not. ghislaine maxwell was a close associate... sorry, take a second that off. also somebody who had a big following in london, she was a socialite, she had an enormous contacts book full of politicians, famous people, the well—connected, she was a great networker. and she began a relationship with jeffrey networker. and she began a relationship withjeffrey epstein shortly after her own father's death. and that relationship continued probably for the best part of 10-15 continued probably for the best part of 10—15 years, as an continued probably for the best part of10—15 years, as an on— continued probably for the best part