there are three other candidates standing in birmingham edgbaston, and here's a full list.st of the bbc‘s special question time programmes featuring the party leaders. tim farron and nicola sturgen are in the hot seat, before a studio audience in edinburgh. it had originally been scheduled for yesterday, but was postponed after the london bridge terror attack. it has been a busy day for the parties and are scotland's editor has been giving is a rundown ahead of tonight's event. it has been a busy couple of days of campaigning and two or three days until the election. theresa may on about trust again, who do you trust to get the best deal on brexit? herself or jeremy corbyn. conservative asked of —— activists gave a round of applause to her. she characterised herself as a passionate unionist, again making a point between brexit and the union. nicola sturgeon saying the own way to stop the tories who have had a damaging impact on this economy in scotland, the way to bring them in was to stop the way to bring them in was to stop the snp. kezia dugdale said only labour, onlyjer

substantial gains across the midlands, we look at two key battle grounds — in cheltenham and birmingham edgbaston seem to be making all sorts of contradictory calls. but do you think they are science or do you think they are fiction? they haven't got it right recently. ok, thank you very much. and people lie. people lie? maybe i was lying there. and mulling all this over — my guests the guardian columnist owen jones, and katy balls of the spectator.

birmingham. iamat i am at the hagley road retirement village in edgbaston in birmingham.ostly pensioners in 240 flats. some of them are owned, some are rented. amongst those people most of them will have reached state pension age at 60 for women and 65 for men and thatis at 60 for women and 65 for men and that is all changing. there is talk about it being 70, as you say, for today's young people. i've been around birmingham looking at the state pension age issue and it has involved looking at the very beginnings of pensions. this was the first time people picked up the state pension, 1909. it was just £27 in today's money. we're not going back to that, but the talk is we will return to anotherfeature, you had to be much older. we've managed to track down, in the west midlands, a very rare example of an old—age pension orderfrom 1909, the first year. you take this in each week to the post office, and cash in your five shillings. but you'd only qualify if you were over 70 years of age. that's what we could be going back to. so, could people now in their 20s, and their kids

were fanning out from the low hanging fruit, places like newcastle—under—lyme, walsall north, birmingham edgbastontions have been down side somewhat. one key factor in all of this is, what happens to the ukip voters we have been hearing from elsewhere. there is a sense that the brexit on its way, and nigel farage no longer leader, there was a sense that in some key areas around the black country and north staffordshire, stoke—on—trent, they are not the force that they once were. that is absolutely critical, what will happen there. remember that ukip are not contesting 20 constituencies in this part of the country. on the other side of the political battlefield, the so—called progressive alliance between the lib dems and the greens, got absolutely no way up. —— nowhere, here. bring those threads together with the parties of the latter continuing to fight one another, and the conservatives hoping that with that shrinkage of ukip, to draw together a kind of consolidation of the centre ground and the right. meanwhile, labour really would break absolutely new ground. they are trying to win this general

let‘s cross to edgbaston in birmingham and join our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. is a hairdresser. table tennis and other sports. restau ra nt table tennis and other sports. restaurant and bar. when you are talking about the cost of looking after older people, this sort of place could be the future because some wealthy people here and some not so wealthy. i know you are probably wondering what the rooms alike. let‘s have a quick look around. welcome to one of the one—bedroom flats. there are two bedroom flats as well. this would cost you around £215,000. but of course, a lot of people rent as well. the rent on this living room is £115 a week. it increases to 200 if you include the service charge, which everybody does pay. according to your means, you could pay as little as £30 a week to live here. there is a kitchen and of course a lot of the facilities in this place, snooker, bar, restaurant, jim. some people have a level of need that they can only stay in the flats to be looked after. the age ranges late 50s to be looked after. the age ranges late 505 to 100. be

let's cross to edgbaston in birmingham and join our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. you quick look around. there are around 240 flats here. 300 residents. you can buy your way in forup to residents. you can buy your way in for up to £250,000. but some people will rent their accommodation for a lot less, as little as £30 a week and there is a restaurant, snooker a jim. it is a bit like a cruise ship without the sea. but first that issue that you were raising, the the possibility or how long will you have to wait to go to a retirement home or pick up your pension and the possible young people will wait until their 70. here is a report i put together on that. this is the first time people picked up the state pension, 1909. it was just £27 in the day's money. we're not going back to that, but the talk is we will return to anotherfeature, you had to be much older. we've managed to track down, in the west midlands, a very rare example of an old—age pension order from 1909, the first year. you take this in each week to the post office and cash in yourfive shillings. but you'

edgbaston. pakistan made steady progress in reply and are ahead of the duckworth—lewis stern score as rain has stopped play in birminghamduce team new zealand's lead in the america's cup semi—final, after heavy winds prevented sailing in bermuda today trailing 3—1 in the series, wind speeds of more than 2a knots meant all four of today's races have been pushed back. sir ben aisnlie's team had hoped to build some momentum having won the last race on tuesday after team new zealand's boat capsized. they will now look to draw level in the best of nine series when racing commences again tomorrow. chris froome lost time on his rivals at the criterium. he could only manage the eighth fastest time. former team—mate richie thought was quickest. the result lifted him to sixth in the overall standings. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11pm: after a seven—week battle, party leaders make their final pitches to voters on the eve of polling day. theresa may returned to the theme she set at the start of her campaign, claiming only she could deliver a success

birmingham with pensions expert alongside. simon... hello. iam pensions expert alongside. simon... hello. i am at the hagley road retirement village in edgbaston is £100 to £200 a week. but for people on modest means it can be as little as £30 a week. it has been touted as one of the solutions to the problem of where people go if they are stuck ina large of where people go if they are stuck in a large house. and they need somewhere to live for a substantial pa rt somewhere to live for a substantial part of their retirement. some people are going out to work. others have quite substantial care needs. it isa have quite substantial care needs. it is a good cross—section of people. we will be asking some of your questions about retirement and pensions. i‘m joined by daniela silcott from the pensions policy institute and tom mcphail from hargreaves lansdowne. institute and tom mcphail from hargreaves la nsdowne. if institute and tom mcphail from hargreaves lansdowne. if i could start with you, danny. we are having a lot of questions about the social ca re a lot of questions about the social care issue that has come up in the election campaign, part