now is not the time, says borisjohnson.meanwhile the labour party pledges to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. voters in hong kong turn out in record numbers to cast their ballots in district council elections. five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number of police officers injured. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. boris johnson has unveiled the conservative manifesto with a speech in which he promised to spend more money on public services without raising income taxes. he also pledged repeatedly to get brexit done, and vowed to keep the united kingdom intact. the headline promise of this manifesto is the conservative pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance contributions or vat. the so—called triple tax lock. they also kept up the pressure on labour over the nhs by promising 50,000 nurses — more than double what labour were proposing. but there was no mention in the manifesto of bor

in one in the place of borisjohnson in one in the place of borisjohnson in one in the place of nigelmetaphor for global warming as they melted throughout the proceedings. to draw attention to the problem of global warming and the problems. since then, the conservatives have accused bbc four, channel 4, sorry, then, the conservatives have accused bbc four, channelli, sorry, of... then, the conservatives have accused bbc four, channel4, sorry, of... of bias. of bias towards jeremy corbyn. and breaking 0fcom rules. bias. of bias towards jeremy corbyn. and breaking ofcom rules. that's right, and threatening to break up channel 4. it is a really, really tense period right now. there are a lot of accusations flying not just towards the media, but between political parties, as well, and this whole situation has really highlighted that. and a lot of attention to which party leaders are putting themselves forward for interviews. some question as to whether boris johnson interviews. some question as to whether borisjohnson will interviews. some question as to whether boris johnson will appear

borisjohnson very keen to the evening to try and move on to that territory. to a nswer about trust, he somehow managed to answer about the eu. equally, when jeremy corbyn was asked about the nhs, he tried to talk about trade deals that may be done under brexit. ian watson in the spin room trying to litter is about the spin. —— left us to litter is about the spin. —— left us above the spend. chris morris, bbc reality check correspondent, was watching the debate. i... knowi i... know i was part of the evening. lots of claims and counter claims are made in the course of election debates. you have picked out a few that you thought were interesting this evening, that may be need a little more understanding to elaborate their answers. the obvious place to start since it dominated so much of the debate was brexit. yeah, i was once i am going to start almost exactly where ian watson finished. the three words we are probably more than any other during that hour of television, and they came out of borisjohnson's mouth at every opportunity, get brexit on. it is clearly

for borisjohnson, for boris johnson, you for borisjohnson, you would think this might be a relief.nt, he tweeted earlier that he welcomes it, saying it helps avoid a hung parliament but he has also said today that anybody who wa nts also said today that anybody who wants brexit needs to vote conservative. there has been criticism despite this concession by nigel farage on the brexit party, there has been criticism that the party is still going to stand in those labour held conservative marginal is that the tories are targeting. the only way boris johnson can get the majority that he craves and avoid a hung parliament, which nigel farage says he wants to avoid, is by winning in those seats. they are seats which the brexit party is still apparently planning to stand in, although earlier today we we re to stand in, although earlier today we were told that they are not going to contest the seat of brecon and read and share which is currently held by the lib dems where there was a lib dem alliance. the in no doubt, mergerfright has a lib dem alliance. the in no doubt, merger fright has

or borisjohnson would want us said it.o waffle on about is the contents us to waffle on about is the co nte nts of us to waffle on about is the contents of his speech. it was interesting because he presented himself as optimistic and centrist, a father of the nation and there was just something about getting brexit pushed out of the way and there is so much good stuff beyond. today, the uk boasts more nobel prize winners than any other country except the us, we dominate the pop music charts and we dominate the market in hollywood superheroes with british actors playing spider—man and superman under this government we have an economy. i will take credit for it. he cannot take credit for how many —— henry being cast as superman. that was under the coalition government that a british person became superman. also in that speech we got a new metaphor for the brexit deal. he has been saying it is oven ready. just put it in the oven and it is ready to go. in the microwave on gas mark four, whatever he is saying. it is confused no

so is borisjohnson's promise chiming with leave voters? with the real things that influence the ordinary people like us. who can do that for you? the conservatives or the brexit party. i hope what he is saying he will do happens. will you give him a chance? yes. in this area, labour have always been strong, what is their view on brexit? they can't decide one way or the other. outside the leisure centre members of this running club are limbering up, many are still undecided about how to cast their vote. it has always been labour, this is an ex mining village, maltby, people voted for labour, but they are changing their views. is that because of brexit? maybe. they promise before an election but then they don't deliver. very up in the air. it has been predominantly labour in this area but i will be backing boris all the way. i do like him as a person. he might not be trustworthy but i do like him. at first glance a seat like rother valley isn't an obvious place for borisjohnson to search for victory, it has only ever been labour. this area v

this time last year, borisjohnson was a controversial backbencher.is own position as prime minister. and with a list of promises he's making new, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how is that? can you see that? his number one rallying cry, to move on and leave the eu injanuary. do we want more delay, do we want more dither and drift and deadlock and division? do we want 2020, to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't, get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business. get brexit done and we will see a pent—up tidal wave of investment. get brexit done and we can focus our hearts and minds on the priorities of the british people. the conservatives had already vowed extra money for the health service but there is a new promise to recruit more nurses. today in this manifesto we pledge 15,000 more nurses and their bursaries and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and we make this guarantee. cash to scrap hospital parking charges, taxpayers' money for more childcare and an infrastru

but why would borisjohnson... the... out of the campaign. but why would boris johnson...... out of the campaign. but why would borisjohnson... element two more weeks. talk is out. we will be backin more weeks. talk is out. we will be back in 30 minutes, hopefully at 11:30pm. and don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, torcuil crichton and sam lister. goodbye. good evening. we've seen some really relentless rain today, particularly across southeastern scotland and northeast of england. the outlook is for a drier weather to become more widespread across the uk, but i did do makea widespread across the uk, but i did do make a big difference to come is it will feel considerable colder. this low is still willing away at the moment, somewhat weather still into the night for england. but the re m na nts of into the night for england. but the remnants of thursday working its way

borisjohnson is which is borisjohnson's command.sjohnson is deluded if he thinks he can negotiate a new trade deal with europe by this time next year. yet, he refuses to extend the transition period, he refuses to confirm that he will not cash is out of the eu at the end of 2020. we don't out what reassurances he gave to nigel farage, but we do know this, borisjohnson to nigel farage, but we do know this, boris johnson only to nigel farage, but we do know this, borisjohnson only cares about borisjohnson. applause. he will say and do whatever it takes to keep him in at number 10. this is a man who lie to the queen, who has lied to you before, and he lying to you now. applause. . two weeks into the general election, jeremy corbyn still won't tell you how he will campaign in a people's vote. the biggest question of the election, and he still won't answer it. elections are about choosing the kind of country we want to build. a man who refused to tell you what that looks like does not deserve your vote. borisjohnson that looks like does

borisjohnson.s in doncaster? borisjohnson. i think you should be spending more time in the seats where they are vulnerable to the liberal democrats, rather than wasting his time going after the old labour leave boat. i don't know fully what they're thinking is, but ido fully what they're thinking is, but i do know, because i have had reach out from some who visit that building regularly, so there is a conversation going on. it might not be the purest form of brexit that you would like, but there are millions of people out there who 34 brexit in 2016 who think they are about to get it with boris johnson's agreement. are you entitled to say you are the one who will mess this up you are the one who will mess this up by you are the one who will mess this up by potentially allowing jeremy corbyn into downing street and there will be another eu referendum that will be another eu referendum that will be another eu referendum that will be the end of brexit? well, quite often, people buy used cars and the b

borisjohnson of a referendum after six months.ted at of a referendum after six months. boris johnson persisted at that point the audience lapped itjeremy corbyn. equally, they had a good laugh at boris johnson corbyn. equally, they had a good laugh at borisjohnson on the question of trust when he was asked about politicians being trusted. and his attack specifically on brexit seem his attack specifically on brexit seem to wear then towards the end when due to sloganeering. there is questions on climate change and the other area where there was a big was the idea that borisjohnson was putting forward the idea of a coalition between labour and snp, something they have denied. boris johnson persisted with that particular line of attack, jeremy corbyn, of course, insisted there would be no—deal now and no—deal in the future. one other area i think which was very interesting was on the nhs, because borisjohnson, even before the question was formally asked, wanted to make it absolutely clear that the nhs wouldn't be up for a trade deal,

of course borisjohnson university population.rexit done but are they focused on the policies as well? is there a lot in the manifestos they will be looking at? eleanor i think people will be looking at the manifesto. anecdotally speaking,” looking at the manifesto. anecdotally speaking, i know a lot of people in the public sector, self employed —— yes, i think people will be looking. connecting those tonight, they care about how public services will be funded and what that means to the economy. i think people are pouring over the ma nifestos people are pouring over the manifestos in a bit more detail in a way that the parties focusing a lot on brexit have not given them credit for. you're in a roomful of journalists and commentators. does a political scientist look at a debate like this in a slightly different way? eleanor an interesting thing. tv debates have their pros and cons. encourage investment to focus on the figures and the sound bites but maybe that is at the expense of a more in—depth analysis. your previous interview,

i wouldn‘t vote for borisjohnson. right. he's scruffy. right? what if we shaved him, gave him a bit of bling? i've never seen him smile. yeah. he's getting on a bit. hey, siri, how old isjeremy corbyn? jeremy corbyn is 70 years old. 70? yeah. 0h, he's a baby. i like bacon, but i've got it in my teeth. i mean, obviously, brexit is a huge thing with this election, right? i don‘t think people really understood what they were voting for. i think you're right, doll. at the time. yeah. so are you saying that you would have remained in the eu? yeah, i would have said, because i've had a good life. for 40—odd years, we've been in that system. and i've had 40 years... nice. no aggro. doing the deal and then putting it to the people and saying, 0k, now what do you think? that sounds like a good way to go. it would. yeah. but to do it, would be naughty to do it, because it's not... i feel like... it's not the system. but don‘t you think the first vote on brexit was not fair and, therefore, that‘s naughty? it's not fair because they tol

so what do you think when you see borisjohnson on the tv? i certainly don't see him as a representative for the country. i think he's embarrassing. ijust don't trust him, sorry, that's awful to say, but ijust don't trust him. borisjohnson knows he's got to turn places like this from red to blue if he's to win the election outright, and brexit could be the key. vicki young, bbc news, rother valley. let's take a look at some of today's other election stories. labour says if it wins the election, women who lost out on their state pensions when the retirement age was raised will be compensated. they could receive sums of up to £31,000, and it's thought nearly four million women are affected. labour estimates it'll cost £58 billion over five years. today's announcement wasn't part of their manifesto, with critics arguing the plan hasn't been budgeted for. the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon, sasteremy corbyn would have to scrap trident nuclear weapons if it wants the snp to support a minority labour government. she said she'd also

borisjohnson would take us out of the eu in less than 70 days.e to leave at speed, or vote for the chance to stay. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. one of the conservatives' key new policies is to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce in england by 202a. here is our health editor hugh pym with some analysis of that pledge. the 50,000 more nurses by 2024 was an eye—catching plan, set out by borisjohnson. what does it actually add up to? well, it's not the same thing as recruiting 50,000 new nurses. it's adding 50,000 to the workforce in england, currently around 300,000. now, there are a lot of vacancies at the moment. it is difficult recruiting, so the conservatives are arguing this is trying to deal with that problem. but that 50,000 figure includes recruitment overseas, and it includes better retention, that is policies to hold onto nurses, and try and make them — or persuade them that it's worth staying with more professional development of their careers, rather than leaving early. the recruitment of new nurses is rather less than that,

borisjohnson on the 5th ofjuly.son is essentially saying i will cancel a tax cut for business to save money, but when they were going the tax cut they said it would make more money. a revenue raisers. can both of those things be true? not really. it has long been a divided line between the labour and tory party. if you cut taxes it means business makes more money, so if you cut taxes it means business makes more money, so proportionately you end up getting more tax back into the country covers. the liberal party says if you cut taxes right here right now it means we have less cash to spend on public services,, both things cannot be true at the same time, but as you say, the prime minister is saying we're going to this cut for now, meaning it is money for now the treasury is not going to give away business. the other thing that does not make sense is by historical standards are corporation tax rates is really low. it's 19% at the moment and was going to go down to 17. and still very low compared to other countries. b

just to explain to viewers, that is where borisjohnson was earlier, not where borisjohnson was earlierey. so if you have anything you want to ask, please do get in touch, using the contact details on screen, and we'll put those questions to him. and throughout the election campaign, we will be looking closely at the places where the final result could be won and lost, and asking people in those places what questions they may have. tomorrow, we will be reporting from bishop auckland in county durham, all day, on tv, radio and online. it's been confirmed that british steel has been rescued by china's jingye group, potentially saving up to 4,000 jobs. the chinese manufacturer has agreed in principle to buy the company for £70 million, securing the future of plants in scunthorpe and teesside. jingye says it will invest 1.2 billion over ten years, and plans to makejob offers to as many employees as possible. british steel had been kept running by the government since going into administration in may. well, as employees arrived for work this morning they were asked for their reaction to the

borisjohnson was saying what boris johnson was saying.hnson was saying was about two referendums and so this suggestion that boris johnson was striking this kind of winston churchill pose actually is inaccurate it's kind of odd that it is taking the front page of the metro and kind of comes after what i mentioned before about this information is being spread in this campaign andl information is being spread in this campaign and i think is interesting about what is happening with the conservatives and will continue to happen of this campaign is that the bbc story about fact checking that some the things borisjohnson has been saying about the nhs in schools and showing actually a lot of what is being said is a reversal of the cuts that have been happening in the past nine years, it is interesting to see the framing of the news stories in the conservatives and also trying to friend the campaign and against reality, with the metro front page, it doesn't turn up. and also, whose agenda this is. front page, it doesn't turn up. and also, whose a

as i mentioned, we are expecting to hear from borisjohnson isa expecting to hear from borisjohnson isout of the door behind me and speak to us here in downing street. let us talk 110w here in downing street. let us talk now to our assistant political editor norman smith. the campaign has not garrotted as a start has it? it is been a wobbly wednesday for tea m it is been a wobbly wednesday for teamjohnson. it is been a wobbly wednesday for team johnson. —— the it is been a wobbly wednesday for teamjohnson. —— the campaign has not got off to the best start. not helped by mrjohnson himself this morning in the daily telegraph accusing jeremy corbyn of being like josef stalin in his attitude towards the wealthy people having the same attitude as a soviet dictator. to the unfortunate peasants who were slaughtered in their millions. that was not a great phrase. but perhaps more seriously, we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg more seriously, we had this comment by jacob rees—mogg yesterday, more seriously, we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg yesterday, which caused a lot of disquiet. and s

you will make it was a boldm was interesting that borisjohnson wa nted was interesting that borisjohnsoncause perhaps a lack of trust at the moment in politics is because parliament would not deliver brexit, it wanted to move back to territory that they felt very comfortable but rebranding a part of a political point of view is the fact checking service. i think is pretty audacious, bad firing in the allegations of fake news what is also interesting about the decide to follow some of the other controversial moves during the course of this campaign. for example, the doctor to take on looking as though the brexit secretary was stumbling over a question when in fact, he wasn't in again this accusation of them spending £i.2 trillion effectively costing a labour manifesto that has not even been released yet at least until thursday. so people trying to find out what is going on to some extent, i would say please try to trust the broadcasters a bit more and also the bbc reality check where not simply rebranded by the politicians indirectly trying to go through the promises and finding out what

a pledge not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance from borisjohnson, as he unveils the conservative‘s election manifesto. let's go for sensible, moderate, but tax cutting, one nation conservative government and take this country forwards. the tories also promise to add 50,000 nurses to the nhs in england, and restore nursing grants. labour pledges to compensate nearly four million women, who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. five teenagers arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. china's secret brainwashing camps — bbc panorama goes inside the network of high security prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. and coming up at 8:30 — a bbc investigation finds vulnerable children are increasingly being placed in unregulated homes. that's in britain's care scandal exposed. good evening. borisjohnson has launched the conservative party's election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament, as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. in a spe

when you see borisjohnson on the tv?i when you see borisjohnson on the tv? i used to like him on the tv but i don't see him as a representative for the country. he is embarrassing. i don't trust him. borisjohnson i don't trust him. boris johnson knows i don't trust him. borisjohnson knows he has to turn places like this from red to blue to win the election outright, and brexit could be the key. let's return to telford, and speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. is this a kind of manifesto that conservatives nationwide can get behind that will get them over the line? inafunny line? in a funny way the tory campaign is hoping this manifesto doesn't cause an enormous splash not because they don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offerfor don't believe in its policies or it is not a tempting offer for voters but lots of conservatives are haunted by the calamity for them of what happened after the manifesto in 2017, the moment when theresa may's campaign unravelled. in contrast to their main rival, this manifesto is a steady as she goes doc

on the other and hand helped borisjohnson on the otherand did hand helped borisjohnson on the othersaid he could deftly start every tree negotiation by st patrick's day and yes, it can be conducted quickly because we have so much in common already with the rules and regulations, so big mark for boris johnson there. and he did add, because of course, the ut would be signing up to the eu norms and regulations because uk voters would not want to reduce their rights. that is not necessarily would boris johnson wants to do because remember all the talk about level playing fields and so on. you cannot do a quick trade deal when the devil will be in all of the details realistically speaking. let us do the traditional thing about looking ahead and we have lost laura by the looks of it. laura, i think we have lost you, the car park is given up on you. i thinki have lost lost you, the car park is given up on you. i think i have lost myself. but i will be back next week because it is manifesto next week so, goodbye. i can wear manifesto. this is where they say, next week, it is halloween week.

i am standing here to deny borisjohnson majority.natingly, i kept asking her, what would you do in the parliament and she wouldn't say that she would block either borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn. why would that be? 0ne orjeremy corbyn. why would that be? one little nugget as well, i've got a copy which i will bring back, our manifesto bag as we call it, one point that our esteemed colleague john pienaar was saying, that debt asa john pienaar was saying, that debt as a share of national income falls, he was making the intriguing point that if there is an intriguing situation where labour were the biggest party in the lib dems could hold the balance of power, we know what he said, it involves leaving a few steps ahead here but imagine that situation, you have a different labour leader, with all the plans about nationalisation and national debt, where does that leave us? it's just interesting. and what's also fascinating, i've talked lots of people the lib dems and understand with conversations about abstaining on the queen's speech, wheth

he and we know borisjohnson only cares about borisjohnson. he is not fit to be prime minister.at position. not borisjohnson, genuinely argued for that position. not boris johnson, no, genuinely argued for that position. not borisjohnson, no, no, he rode two different colu m ns not borisjohnson, no, no, he rode two different columns and looked which gave him the best opportunity to be prime minister, but more do you need to know about him being unfit to be prime minister? he lied to the queen, he lied to parliament and he lied to the country and we note that this election, he will head around the country, trying to flog his bad brexit deal but we all know the damage that that will do to our economy. with his big lies, his brash promises and his attitude to women, it‘s clear borisjohnson is modelling himself on, donald trump! of course, donald trump thinks that boris is a wonderful guy, a great gentleman. i‘m not sure donald trump is the best arbiter of who is a gentle man but britain deserves better. then britainpos macdonald tram. and jeremy corbyn. where do we start? jeremy co

you would put jeremy corbyn and number ten i would lock borisjohnson out of. would lock boris johnson out of. you are saying you were jeremy corbyn and number ten, let's be clear we are not doing that you would be prepared. answer my question. the one thing we know about the lib dems... my question. the one thing we know about the lib dems. .. value my question. the one thing we know about the lib dems... value put jeremy corbyn and number ten? they talk over each other ido they talk over each other i do not think we are going to get an answer. thank you. you will get plenty more reaction from people here and the spin room, live testing and stuart out of the beef we can bring matt hancock in and added mcdonald. nice to see you. thank you for being with us. as you neutral on the brexit referendum question mark adam and mike i'm asking the questions. they talk over each other people who voted to remain horrified... it is essentially importantly bring people together and that is the position ofjeremy corbyn. so he can be the honest broker. how long would he be ne

whether it is done by borisjohnson oi’ whether it is done by borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn, they're bothat do you make of whatjo swinson was saying today, the important ta keaways ? saying today, the important takeaways? it is a really ambitious programme beyond brexit, number two, really interestingly, they're the only party that are trying to play the debt down. because the last time around, the debt down. because the last time around , everyone the debt down. because the last time around, everyone wanted others to do that, and in 2015 it was more of a virility contest and after that, they also said that they would raise taxes, they would not do itjust by cutting but i would say this, but is also fascinating to me is i think we have seen the start of the pivot from the lib dems, we know they're being squeezed and she's very different language we talk about the possibility of shying away of what she is saying, really born a couple weeks ago, i am static you to be prime minister right now she is standing to deny borisjohnson a majority of them were fascinatingly, i kept asking her about

borisjohnson has a big job in this election.e, the working class support he needs on polling day. 0ut campaigning today promising lower taxes wasn't enough. you said low tax, do you mean low tax for people like you on low tax for people like us? i mean low tax for people, for working people. we are going to be cutting national insurance up to £12,000. a taste, then, of tax cuts for all, including lower earners, but the £12,500 starting rate for national insurance would be phased in over the years. there would be an immediate increase to 9,500, with £100 a yearfrom immediate increase to 9,500, with £100 a year from next april.“ immediate increase to 9,500, with £100 a year from next april. if the conservatives were to raise the national insurance threshold this far, it wouldn't leave them with much space at all really for additional spending increases or tax cuts elsewhere. they have said they wa nt to cuts elsewhere. they have said they want to balance the current budget, this would use up all of the headroom that they have got.

at the moment, it isjeremy corbyn and borisjohnson on itv, what has jo corbyn and borisjohnson on itv? corbyn and borisjohnson on itv, what has jo swinson said? they've launched a formal complaint, they are not happy thatjo swinson is not included. the liberal democrats want to be involved, that is not surprising. the snp have said they think this kind of debate could be rather misleading. we will see how that one shapes up. as you know, around elections, there is always a thorough debate about television debates, who should take part and how they should be run. but there has been a lot of discussion about the so—called remain alliance. we we re the so—called remain alliance. we were talking about a leave alliance but there is a remain alliance. getting certain seats in order to have a candidate who supports remaining in the eu and their chances of getting into power. it was put to jo swinson, chances of getting into power. it was put tojo swinson, liberal democrat leader, this morning. was put tojo swinson, liberal democrat leader, this morninglj wouldn't necessarily assume the numbe

bit in the post it says that boris johnson with borisjohnson bit in the post it says that borisjohnsone part of the problem as much as anything else and can be, frankly, a cesspit. absolutely right. and when we have these discussions around anti—semitism or a slammer phobia it does bring out the worst in social media, frankly and we have seen some of that today. we have seen anti—semitic comments and xenophobic comments and racist comments but overall my impression is that this is about the politics and which way you are leaning and how you are viewing this particular story but it's effectively showing that at this stage in the election even something that has the ability to move the dial doesn't seem to make much impact because people are so entrenched in their views, especially on social media. thank you very much. joe tidyjoining us through the newsroom. throughout the general election campaign we have been asking you to contact us with questions that you would like us to answer. quite a number of you want to know why it's not compulsory to vote in elections here in the uk when it i

it's not like borisjohnson's repeated a gag over and over. 0h, joy.ats today in courts, why were they in court? well, they are very very, very cross aboutjoe swinson, who is presenting herself as a candidate to be the prime minister, not being included in the head to head my ministerial debates. and the lib dems have done what we thought they probably would do, which is apply for a judicial review of the decision. and for people who follow the sort of travails of the tv debates over the years since 2010, when they sort of became quite a big, you know, media fixation, and a political fixation, you know, discuss whether that's right or wrong, some people love them, some people think they are pointless, i'm making nojudgement. i think they are obviously important, because people get a chance to hearfrom politicians. but anyway, frankly, it works either with the lib dems, so either they've got a story about hey, look, we are getting frozen out, we deserve a chance at being prime minister. this is a terrible disgrace. so they can keep the story rumbling, a

borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says the uk will be one singles customs territory. today. at least the third day of campaigning in the general election campaign, travelling from the east midlands to north wales. today the prime minister wanted to be talking about his new nhs visa, which he claims would make it cheaper and easierfor workers from overseas to come and workers from overseas to come and work on the nhs. roughly halving the cost, going some way, the tories would hope, to address a significant staffing shortage in the nhs. those, thes he made at a meeting of local party members in northern ireland last night about his brexit deal, the people are focusing on today, and he was very clear, giving a sales pitch for his deal, that there would be no checks on goods in the uk customs territory. particularly no checks between northern ireland into the rest of the united kingdom. a lot of people have picked up on that, saying the prime minister doesn't quite understand his own deal. there will be different customs arrangements. for shipments from northern ireland g

go off ata borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, to go off at a bit of borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, to god jeremy corbyn, to go off at a bit of a tangent. let me send a message to both of them. why are you so scared to have real debates in this election? and my message and my challenge is this, i will divide either of you and both of you anytime, anyplace. so stop running scared and come and justify why scotland should not be independent. my friends, the better alternative, the much better alternative, the much better alternative for our country is to ta ke alternative for our country is to take our future into our hands and to become an independent country. a country that invests in our people, that invests in our public services, that invests in our public services, that invests in our public services, that invest in lifting children out of poverty, not in a hard brexit, not in trident weapons of mass destruction on the river clyde. an independent country that is open, thatis independent country that is open, that is welcoming, that is diverse, that is welcoming, that is diverse, that c

borisjohnson, he laughed on the issue of trust.ed at over his stance on brexit. that was quite an unusual moment. more broadly as ian was saying, the debate didn't deliver some big revelatory moment, some turnaround in this campaign, bringing the general election campaign to life. both men quite keen to stick to their core messages, very unsurprisingly, and neither of them managed to drive the other man after territory are to deeply uncomfortable on. boris johnson talking a lot about brexit and jeremy corbyn talking a lot about austerity and the nhs. an interesting moment was when they we re interesting moment was when they were asked about the monarchy and those stories around prince andrew, whether the monarchy was fit for purpose. jeremy corbyn said it needs a bit of improvement, whereas boris johnson said the institution is beyond reproach. a couple of different ideas there from the two leaders. while it was going on, online there was something of a controversy after the cchq press office on twitter rebranded themselves briefly

can borisjohnson deliver brexit?straight out of the european union if the tories win outright. no more referendums, no more wrangling over the withdrawal agreement. that's the terms of divorce, just out. he had a deal and he couldn't get it through parliament. if most mps were tories, he could. but there is the question, what kind of brexit? borisjohnson has said there will be no more extensions. he's also said he wants to break out of the european union like the incredible hulk — remember? and if no comprehensive trade deal is agreed, that's our long—term future relationship, after another tough round of negotiations, we could still face the disruption of a no deal exit next december. as a mum to a young daughter, my question to the conservative party, what are you doing to our schools and to public services in general? the tories are promising to spend more. who isn't? but borisjohnson has moved on to labour territory by promising he will end austerity and pour cash into hospitals, schools and the police. it's wort

we have seen borisjohnson in a boxing ring with gloves on.er punch, likewise on jeremy would love to see that killer punch, likewise onjeremy corbyn's side, thatis likewise onjeremy corbyn's side, that is very unlikely. it will be one of those that is decided on points in the end. but a few hefty punches have got to land, or we will end up bored in the end. thinking back, we spoke about this earlier, i keep thinking back to nick clegg, backin keep thinking back to nick clegg, back in the day he was the surprise winner of that tv debate.” back in the day he was the surprise winner of that tv debate. i don't know if anybody has done it since either. 2010 was a breakthrough for him buti either. 2010 was a breakthrough for him but i can't think of another moment, can you? he changed the dynamics, the new kid on the block was meant to be david cameron and suddenly we saw this kid that was even shinier than david cameron and even shinier than david cameron and even more polished than he was and he transformed the dynamics. tonight, think we know bo

unless borisjohnson is stopped, this willjust be the start. brexit is nowhere near being done.t going. they haven't even started trade talks yet and, because of johnson's ha rdline position, there is every chance, every chance, that the uk will leave the eu without a trade deal next year. that would be a catastrophe forjobs. and even if he somehow avoids that, his a dream deal will be a nightmare for scotland. and nicola sturgeon had a big promise on the nhs, another part of that price for supporting labour. if the next uk government raised health spending per head to the current scottish level, it would not only substantially increase health investment in england, it would mean by 2024—25, frontline investment in nhs scotland would be £4 billion higher than it is today. other priorities include £1.5 billion to end austerity, decisive moves to halt climate change, opposition to increasing the pension age and scrapping trident nuclear submarines based in scotland. but what about another independence referendum? people are becoming increasingly sick of hearing jeremy corbyn and b

on the number, boris johnson's was trying to push borisjohnson on the number, borisjohnson's numberaign. he made the point about his claim that borisjohnson was the sale of the nhs to donald trump. he had a point he wanted to make about the quality of the nhs and he preferred to that referred to a friend of hers who had died after treatment of the nhs. he was hammering that message home. he should be pleased with that. in terms of boris johnson, should be pleased with that. in terms of borisjohnson, entity, that is something people raise questions about. i think he got his point across, he spoke a lot. it worked in terms of connecting. in terms of, whenever there was a point that was building a new thought, boris is going to land a hit, they seem to back off. i wonder if that was nervousness all the time constraints? that'll be a lesson for both camps for the next debate. they should pin down or pin down their opponents. it'll be interesting to see how the dynamic will change with other party leaders involved. what about the conservative headquarters decision to rebrand that twitter

borisjohnson will try boris johnson will try to borisjohnson will try to get his campaign back on track, back on to brexit, after a bruising 2a hours that has prompted a spate of apologies. the row continues over conservative jacob rees—mogg saying it would have been "common sense" to get out of grenfell tower when it was on fire and fellow tory andrew bridgen defending defending those comments. they have caused a huge amount of hurt and pain for the people involved. i think they both recognise that and in the apologies that they've made they've recognised that. and i think they were right to apologise. 0n the day that 11,000 scientists say governments are failing to address the "climate crisis", the greens pledge to massively increase borrowing to £91 billion a year to fund action on climate change. we believe we can borrow and then service that debt over time and make sure we get that green new deal that we desperately need. we have got to decarbonise the economy. there is a climate emergency. we have to act now. their campaign launches at 10:30. we'll bring it to you live. and gloria

this afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto.sage — deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. he will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. that, he says, would allow the country to move on. so what will the conservatives do on the home front? they will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, national insurance, or vat. that'll make it harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. mrjohnson has already promised money for the health service, for more police, for education. today there will be costly pensioner family projects, too, like keeping the pension triple lock and winter fuel payments. as well as more money for childcare, to fix potholes, and for a skills fund. the manifesto will pledge to end car parking charges at hospitals for protected groups — nhs staff on night shifts, disabled patients, the terminally ill and their families. the conservatives say their plans are fully costed and

and is borisjohnson actually going to do it?en can do my campaigning in the southwest of england today and then write caught up with him and asked them the exact question. will you set down and be interviewed on the bbc before polling day?” set down and be interviewed on the bbc before polling day? i will have all sorts of interviews and i'm being interviewed by you know and i am sure active discussions are taking place... we are talking for five minutes but will you agree to a proper interview on the bbc before polling day? i am sure i will be having all sorts of interrogations and inquisitions and i am no doubt the conversation is going to go to all sorts of interviews and all sorts of people and... is not a yes 01’ sorts of people and... is not a yes ora no? sorts of people and... is not a yes or a no? other people are getting involved in these conversations and it is not myjob to... they will be disguising and discussing. i am happy to be interviewed by anybody, like you and i look forward to the outcome of their discussions

nobody here believes borisjohnson and years and years.ere believes borisjohnson when he says confidently "i can get this trade by december 2020". and yes we have heard michel barnier and the incoming trade commissioner phil hogan say that should be able to be done quickly because the uk is currently a member of the eu done quickly because the uk is currentlya member of the eu so done quickly because the uk is currently a member of the eu so all we need to do is take away some regulations if you want to have an arm length free—trade agreement. but what the eu is going to do is play tough and they will say "look, we will give you a very quick free—trade agreements mr johnson" will give you a very quick free—trade agreements mrjohnson" if he becomes the next prime minister. "the clock is ticking,..." once again because borisjohnson they know will be under real political pressure back home. you can have your quick and easy fta but you have to sign up to all of this eu regulation and level playing field regulation and level playing field regul

borisjohnson has repeatedly denied this., in a speech in london, accused mrjohnson of lying. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. he was at that event listening to mr corbin. he says, does he not, that us trade negotiators are seeking total market access to the nhs? he is calling on borisjohnson to explain. mrjohnson is going to have to do that, is he not? well, he is going to have to have some sort of answer becausejeremy corbyn is a saying that these documents, 545 pages, prove that the nhs is indeed on the table in any future us— uk trade negotiations and if it was not, he would not need 540 pages to explain why it was not. these are hugely detailed documents. they do not just these are hugely detailed documents. they do notjust cover the nhs, although a pc that is what mr corbin wa nts to although a pc that is what mr corbin wants to highlight. if you had to think of one issue on the campaign of whichjeremy think of one issue on the campaign of which jeremy corbyn has think of one issue on the c

borisjohnson wants to do.tely welcome as many interviews as possible from each and every person at the head of every party for some i think it would be good to hear from party for some i think it would be good to hearfrom him and i don't think he has perhaps as much to fear as his advisers might think. talk to me about what it was like back in 2015, because there were periods when david cameron was reticent to ta ke when david cameron was reticent to take part in the television debates. what actually goes on in this discussion between the strategists in numberten? are discussion between the strategists in number ten? are they trying to work out whether his were damaging not to do the interview than actually do the interview and answer some of these difficult questions coachella i think there is an element to something entirely unexpected. went back in the day, us presidents lost the campaign not because of something they said but because of a movement of their hands or a way that they approached the opposing c

borisjohnson wants and needs both.says the manifesto commitment is more modest than it initially seemed in the prime minister's announcement. as it was explained that would have been an incredible radical policy at which workers start to paint national insurance with the income tax level costing £10 billion, a hefty tax cuts for millions and millions of bikers. what will actually be anything manifested tomorrow is more modest, described asa tomorrow is more modest, described as a down payment, an increase of just £1000 to £9,500 and that means a tax cut of £100 and if you take into account inflation would have lifted the threshold, it is £85, to billion pound cost so a big ambition from the prime minister, note timeframe put but actually what is going to be in the manifesto pretty modest. the headlines on bbc news: the duke of york steps down from royal duties, acknowledging that the jeffrey epstein scandal has become a "major disruption" to the royal family. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto, promi

borisjohnson wants and needs both. john pienaar, bbc news. is here. i think it's fair to say this policy emerged in a slightly unusual way today, not in a formal campaign way initially. what do you make of the figures and the claims they are making? as it was explained, an enterprising member of the public managed to extract it from the prime minister, that would have been an incredibly radical policy, levelling up incredibly radical policy, levelling up the rate at which workers start to pay national insurance with the income tax level, it would cost billions, nearly £10 billion and would have been a hefty tax cut for millions and millions of workers. what has transpired as to what will actually be in the manifesto tomorrow is more modest than that. it has been described to me as a down payment, as you explain, an increase of just down payment, as you explain, an increase ofjust under £1000 in the threshold to £9,500 which means a tax cut from now of about £100, but actually, taking into account the inflation would have lifted the threshold

i met borisjohnson once.ubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong again. remainers and leavers, that's going to end well. a process i can only describe as a dog's brexit. it's laura in a car park on the outskirts of edinburgh. and, it's chris in brexitcast hq. with two friends. katya is by your side, which is quite nice, by my side. and it's me, adam, by your side. so, right, the big story. you're all together. we are. you're here in spirit. and in van. the big story on the election campaign today, of course, has been immigration, free movement. who will do what after brexit? i think it was summed up, the conservative position, by steve barclay, the brexit secretary, who was talking about football. had the feel of it of, it's a week into the campaign, we'd better do some social media. so he has his bone on record and that he is in a constituency office. then talking about the premier league, i'm not sure i was all that much wiser by the end of it as i was at the beginning. curiosit

this was borisjohnson.olved, that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation. the nhs is not on the table in any way. blue back in no way, the nhs is on i'io blue back in no way, the nhs is on no weight on the table in any aspect, whatsoever. so what is actually in this document? discussion of the national health service does appear. it's mostly us officials pushing for american drug companies to have greater access to the uk market. what does that add up to? here's chris morris from reality check. so, the official negotiating objectives of the us trade representative for a future us—uk trade deal or published earlier this year. they include the desire to reduce or eliminate all barriers to us investment in all sectors in the uk. they call explicitly for full market access for us pharmaceutical products. so it's hardly surprising that this was one of the issues raised this series of preparatory talks. between relatively junior american and british trade officials. not least because us pharmaceutical