borisjohnson on the zip line. do you remember that?lly, and he fell in. never been able fell in a new pond. about the same time i fell in a new pond, he drove a bulldozer. well, ed davey, ithought last time i had had a good time driving a tractor, having hay bales, having sand tires, all sorts of things. not only has he already been on a paddle board this week, he was also on a giant slip and slide in somerset, appearing talking to the nation in a wet suit, notjust in a wet suit. he'd done the wet suit he had on one of those sort of waterproof t—shirt and shorts situation. now, do they appear — the leaders of the other parties — on tv debate? soon we will get into the territory of the tv debates. yes. tuesday is the first head to head. that's a head to head? correct. so when do we see all the leaders? i think the dates for that are still slightly up in the air. but i think ed davey, i think, look, he is trying to do what the leaders of small parties often do, which is get noticed. so could it be an i agree with ed moment, which remembe

now we are going to see letters from borisjohnson. well known ones, what they were really hoping for was boris johnson coming on the doorstep with them, coming up and physically campaigning because in certain scenes that would make a difference and that would shift the dial. that does not look like as good as going to happen. —— it is going to happen. it shifted because safe seats, supposedly safe seats, i don't know if they are going to liz truss's seat which is a toss—up, she has a majority of 26,000. they are in crouch position in seats that you could never imagine a couple of years ago they would be any danger of losing. i years ago they would be any danger of losina. ~' ., ., of losing. i think there are two factors to _ of losing. i think there are two factors to bear _ of losing. i think there are two factors to bear in _ of losing. i think there are two factors to bear in mind - of losing. i think there are two | factors to bear in mind because first of all, with regard to boris johnson, i am sure you thrills many of the voter

borisjohnson played a very straight.r way through, take it seriously for that we had had a day, 2010 because not many people didn't know who the leader of that liberal democratic party was so he made quite an impact which didn't last of the whole campaign. they could set the weather but i think for rishi sunak he's got to make something happen here to give his own troops, if nobody else a bit of a boost. i give his own troops, if nobody else a bit of a boost.— a bit of a boost. i will let you go back in. a bit of a boost. i will let you go back in- you _ a bit of a boost. i will let you go back in. you need _ a bit of a boost. i will let you go back in. you need to _ a bit of a boost. i will let you go back in. you need to monitor. back in. you need to monitor the debate so we know what's happening. i will let vicki young go back into the spin room where journalists are watching that debate. the debate is happening over the bridge from here but we're not allowed in, sadly. members of the audience will be asking questions

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after the arrival of borisjohnson intergovernmental relationships i would essentially describe it asisrespectful. we didn't change, they did. so if sir keir starmer is saying, should he become prime minister, that he is keen to have a serious, mature, respectful engagement with the scottish government, he will have absolutely no issues with me. i think people know me well enough to know i am a serious player when it comes to these negotiations. i did after all managed to negotiate our fiscal freedom which was enormously beneficial for scotland. so fiscal freedom which was enormously beneficialfor scotland. so i am interested in this negotiation. but i also know what disrespectful relationships look like and they have existed since borisjohnson walked into 10 downing street. lewis mackenzie from the sun.— mackenzie from the sun. thank you, first minister. _ mackenzie from the sun. thank you, first minister. humza _ mackenzie from the sun. thank you, first minister. humza yousaf - mackenzie from the sun. thank you, first minister. humza yousaf had . first minister. humza yousaf had spo

we tried exciting with i boris johnson and look how that borisjohnson and look how that worked out.as surprised he didn't deploy that again last time.— again last time. neither was a particularly — again last time. neither was a particularly brilliant _ again last time. neither was a particularly brilliant political i particularly brilliant political campaign _ particularly brilliant political campaign or— particularly brilliant political campaign or if— particularly brilliant political campaign or if you - particularly brilliant political campaign or if you compare| particularly brilliant political i campaign or if you compare to particularly brilliant political - campaign or if you compare to tony blair or— campaign or if you compare to tony blair or boris — campaign or if you compare to tony blair or borisjohnson, _ campaign or if you compare to tony blair or borisjohnson, great- blair or boris johnson, great political— blair or boris johnson, great political strength— blair or boris johnson, great political strength of- blair or boris johnson, great political strength of the - b

, in large part due to things— borisjohnson, in large part due to things like — borisjohnson, in largee they felt like he was a character, they felt like he was a character, they fett— they felt like he was a character, they felt like he was a character, they felt like they understood him more _ they felt like they understood him more. now, ithink they felt like they understood him more. now, i think an awful lot of people _ more. now, i think an awful lot of people are — more. now, i think an awful lot of people are saying, "you know what, we've _ people are saying, "you know what, we've had _ people are saying, "you know what, we've had an — people are saying, "you know what, we've had an awful lot of turbulence particularly — we've had an awful lot of turbulence particularly over the last few years — particularly over the last few years. maybe somebody like keir starmer, — years. maybe somebody like keir starmer, i— years. maybe somebody like keir starmer, i don't know him that well, he's not _ starmer, idon't know him that well, he's not that— starmer, i don't know him that well, h

borisjohnson. exactly. has been for years and years and years and years and years ducked by politicians. and there are lots of people around the country, including people who work in the nhs, who say you cannot solve the bigger problems if you don't solve social care. but the other thing that's interesting on health this morning is that the nuffield trust, which is a very well—respected health research organisation, said that neither the tory plans nor the labour plans will actually leave the nhs in a good state. they say that it would be imposing more tightness, more stretch of the cash than during the austerity years. yes. so we've asked hugh pym, the bbc�*s health editor, to have a look at what the parties are promising and if the sums add up. we've seen all sorts of pledges in the manifestos so far on improving gp services and dentistry and cutting waiting lists and better social care and so on. generally speaking, the liberal democrats and the greens have come up with more extensive plans on raising ta

sr dominated fighting have shifted and. 5r dominated by brexit and people remember borisjohnson and crashingit done an event three years of completely dominating the political landscape group in the conservative party apart in many ways at the pandemic. i think now it's ways at the pandemic. i think now its cost and still immigration that tickets public services and taxation and as far as the parties themselves, borisjohnson with a huge majority in thinking he might be in powerfor ten years it hasn't worked out like that and he had his own downfall, lots of people would say is the beginning of this setting of the conservatives and the other way around, sir keir starmer, how the worst election resort for a very long time and possibly ever in that they can go take ten years to turn that around it looks like they may have done it a bit quicker than that. fortunes of changed very quickly enters the electoral cycle. after the debate, there will be live here in the spin room here with reactions and for viewers who have not seen a spin room in full swing, explain the experience which you make of it

here is borisjohnson from 2016. this is what boris said.ing - brussels's expansionism. let's talk about this with my panel. i'm stilljoined by anna happy mike gross and jenny kleeman. anna, when you see that, it's a reminder of the kind of blows —— anna gross. in a kind of blows -- anna gross. in a wa , kind of blows -- anna gross. in a way. they — kind of blows -- anna gross. in a way. they kind — kind of blows -- anna gross. in a way, they kind of _ kind of blows —— anna gross. i�*i —. way, they kind of both play the same bombastic role, the kind of honest men of the people. i can see why they clash sometimes. nigel farage is sensationally good at bringing attention to himself, and yet again, he's managed to do that. the papers across the weekend and broadcast news were just full of what he said about russia. but on this one, i do feel like he's misjudged it. he's basically playing a classic donald trump card. as one of donald trump's big line, which place kind of well in the us. i don't playing well here in the us. i don't playing well h

we have seen starmer deploy that line, "well, look, we tried exciting with borisjohnson and look, like how that worked out. "you know, boring maybe isn't such a problem when we've been through such a tumultuous time", but i was surprised he didn't deploy that again last night. isn't the truth that neither of them is a particularly brilliant political campaigner? i mean, if you compare to tony blair or boris johnson, whatever his flaws, that was a great political strength as a communicator or even actually nigel farage, whatever you make of his message. i mean, today he was in a room full of a thousand people, and he was often getting them to laugh out loud. and i mean, rishi sunak and keir starmer are not brilliant campaigning politicians. that's not their strength. one of the things people have been talking about a lot on social media today is the latest tory attack ad, which is a family with their backs to the camera and their hands up, and it's repeating that line about that rishi sunak used a lot on wednesday night about don't surrender your life to the labour party. what do you th

i like borisjohnson. i don't know if he will_ like borisjohnson. think— he will call me a friend. whatever you think of what happened to boris when _ you think of what happened to boris when he _ you think of what happened to boris when he was prime minister, he is electoral— when he was prime minister, he is electoral gold. what we are going through— electoral gold. what we are going through now, if boris was prime minisler— through now, if boris was prime minister would the tories have a chance — minister would the tories have a chance. people love him. do you think people _ chance. people love him. do you think people have _ chance. people love him. do you think people have forgotten i chance. people love him. do you think people have forgotten the l chance. people love him. do you i think people have forgotten the lies over pa rtygate think people have forgotten the lies over partygate and the illegal social gatherings? t over partygate and the illegal social gatherings?— over partygate and the illegal social gatherings? i think boris has a rea

what's your take on borisjohnson�*s very low key comeback? yeah. the country for quite a lot of the campaign. and talking to folk around borisjohnson in the last few days, they were making it clear that he had offered videos, or indeed written endorsements, to any conservative candidates who sought them as... kind of like cameo, when you can pay celebrities to say happy birthday. but to be clear, i'm sure we're not suggesting any money has changed hands in this instance, it is it is endorsements because they have been sought. but yeah, his team and those around him were saying, look, he hadn't cherry picked who he thought was worthy of an endorsement. if somebody sought one, then he gave them an endorsement. if they were a conservative candidate. and there's been a smidgen of those. and then they were saying, "look, of course, he wants to see the conservatives do well and to win them for people to vote conservative, etc, etc. of course, what we've not seen yet is borisjohnson appearing on the stump, kind of, you know, with a gaggle of candidates or

it is incredible to think- back to that because back then in 2019, people were talking about borisjohnson in powerfor a decade, the fight was over, many profiled. and then everything changed. partly it was covid pushing the tory government off course, there is no doubt about that and then partygate can be scandal around that and the behaviour of boris johnson himselfjust meant that his poll ratings starting to plummet. when keir starmer was first leader, a lot of people did not in anyway think that in one term he could turn the labour party around. they were talking in terms of him doing five years, losing the next election and someone also come in and we don't know who that will be. for them, it has been a big surprise as well. they actually lost the hartlepool by—election, it was an absolute low point for labour and then things turned around. lots of people say keir starmer has been a lucky leader, it has come at the same time that in scotland the snp have had their own troubles, socks —— scotland is a country where labour used to rule and then were absolutely decimated at the last elec

what happened, if you look at borisjohnson's career, what gradually— look at borisjohnson's career, whatriously will stop" towards the latter— taken seriously will stop" towards the latter part of his political career. — the latter part of his political career. it— the latter part of his political career, it became all the things that he — career, it became all the things that he was bad about or had to sort of defend _ that he was bad about or had to sort of defend. and what actually happened at ll of defend. and what actually happened at i! think during the happened at1.i think during the debates— happened at i! think during the debates with him was that it became a bit of— debates with him was that it became a bit of a _ debates with him was that it became a bit of a pylon and i think some people felt a bit sorry for him, which — people felt a bit sorry for him, which was _ people felt a bit sorry for him, which was probably the last thing anybody— which was probably the last thing anybody expected the reaction to boris _ anybody expected the reaction to boris to— anybody expected the

get brexit done — borisjohnson told voters and they backed him to do that.pe's not a central issue. but rishi sunak and the conservatives are promising to "seize the benefits of brexit by signing further trade deals, speeding up infrastructure and unblocking 100,000 homes, cutting red tape for business, and creating new fishing opportunities." that's the plan, at least. but brexit ambitions aren't the vote winner they were. recent polling indicates a majority of people say the negatives of brexit have outweighed the benefits. as for labour, this is its position. it is not about going back into the eu. we have left, we are not going back, it is not about the single market customs union. labour says it will improve the uk's trade deal with the eu with "a veterinary agreement to prevent unnecessary border checks" and "a mutual recognition agreement for professional qualifications." but there may be a limit to what labour's plans can achieve. technical improvements to the existing deal are all well and good but what they want to this address the real causes of t

is borisjohnson an asset other things going on in if life.ing i suppose when i put myself in his shoes you _ campaigning i suppose when i put myself in his shoes you probably l myself in his shoes you probably think— myself in his shoes you probably think you — myself in his shoes you probably think you chose to get rid of me so why should — think you chose to get rid of me so why should i help. he still believes in the _ why should i help. he still believes in the conservative cause so i would expect _ in the conservative cause so i would expect him — in the conservative cause so i would expect him to come out even to help a few— expect him to come out even to help a few of— expect him to come out even to help a few of his — expect him to come out even to help a few of his closest colleagues. the -a to a few of his closest colleagues. the party to say — a few of his closest colleagues. the party to say bring back boris. thank— party to say bring back boris. thank you _ party to say bring back boris. thank you. thank _ party to say bring back

, a predecessor of rishi sunak, and something borisjohnson really try to use also as part of his campaign seats of labour so rishi sunak overnight announcing more cash as part of this brand but it has come in for some criticism of course, as we were hearing in the packagejust criticism of course, as we were hearing in the package just then, but also parties like labour, the liberal democrats, the snp, as well basically arguing they think communities have been let down by the conservatives, towns, because this is a sort of towns fund, because of council cuts and they say there has not been enough investment in various communities so it has come in for some criticism but that was the announcement is the conservatives wanted to announce today. conservatives wanted to announce toda . �* . ., today. and we had that sporting announcements _ today. and we had that sporting announcements from _ today. and we had that sporting announcements from the - today. and we had that sporting | announcements from the liberal democrats but i guess we should really explain why so ed davey is not campaigning t

their own of that size, but they have gone even further, doubled the size of the majority that borisjohnsonjust to be in government for the next five years, but will be looking at the decade of renewal plan that keir starmer has been talking about on the campaign trail. this take a look at some of tuesday's front pages, unsurprisingly. the announcement from nigel farage. the times leads with parish's return, and the duke of paul but asked the biggest ever victory for labour. the guardian liens on conservative fears that the decision from the executed leader to stand is an x essential threat to the party. the daily mirror describes the return of nigel farage and the yougov pole as rishi's darkest hour. that i front cover says he has blown. the telegraph quotes mr fire saying he's back to lead the revolt and claiming he can win her votes than the tories. an meltdown is how the member describes the situation for the conservatives to stop the daily express has an exclusive interview with rishi sunak who claims that every vote for it nigel farage means a country is more likely to end up with sir

can she warn the seat for the return of a - the seat for the return of a good friend borisjohnson? of a good friend boris johnson?_ the seat for the return of a good friend boris johnson? it is all such massive speculation. _ friend boris johnson? it is all such massive speculation. i— friend boris johnson? it is all such massive speculation. i think - friend boris johnson? it is all such massive speculation. i think boris| massive speculation. i think boris is a great — massive speculation. i think boris is a great asset to the tory party. we know — is a great asset to the tory party. we know the mistakes he made as prime _ we know the mistakes he made as prime minister but i think, i don't know, _ prime minister but i think, i don't know. i_ prime minister but i think, i don't know, i have no idea if you want to be an— know, i have no idea if you want to be an mp _ know, i have no idea if you want to be an mp again. know, i have no idea if you want to be an mp again-— be an mp again. thank you all very much. be an mp again. thank you all very much- that's _ be an mp again. thank

i l smiling about borisjohnson. of many a poor boy # and god, i know i'm one.# david, of all people, you came in in 1998. tony blair was thrilled to have the support of rupert murdoch on the sun. does it matter as much any more? it on the sun. does it matter as much any more?— any more? it doesn't, if the sun were to back _ any more? it doesn't, if the sun were to back keir— any more? it doesn't, if the sun were to back keir starmer. .. - any more? it doesn't, if the sun. were to back keir starmer. .. they are auoin were to back keir starmer. .. they are going to _ were to back keir starmer. .. they are going to make _ were to back keir starmer. .. they are going to make an _ were to back keir starmer... they are going to make an announcement. looking at what the paper are doing everyday, it is so critical. it is like they are going to gate—crash a party they aren't invited to. i feel like we are going through the motions. i heard a senior shadow cabinet members saying that if this unpacks them they should say no, w

borisjohnson.ir ed davey of the liberal democrats and the snp'sjohn swinney were also grilled on the nhs, trust and past promises. but it was the prime minister who arguably faced the most challenging questions of the evening on the alleged betting scandal. when asked why those under investigation hadn't been suspended from the party, he said they would be "booted out" if they were found to have broken the law. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. rishi sunak arrived in york knowing tough questions were coming. allegations two conservative candidates, plus the party's director of campaigning — who's married to one of them — may have been betting at the election, and on the election, and the gambling commission looking into it all. like you, i was incredibly angry — incredibly angry — to learn of these allegations. given that, he was asked why he hasn't suspended the candidates. but what i can tell you is if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only should they face the f

borisjohnson also went to go and hide in a fridge, and it boiled out of the fact that piers morgan, suchdn't done an interview with him and susanna on good morning britain, and our colleagues over on itv, that they sort of harassed him and harassed him and they got their reporter on the ground more or less to to try to chase him into doing an interview. and he went and hid in a fridge. they were doing a morning visit, sort of delivering the milk at a dairy. so there was a reason why they were there, and there was a big fridge that a man could actually get into. so it's not like he was trying to kind of climb into a small fridge with a jar of branston, but it was a more ridiculous thing. you don't have to keep your pickle in the fridge. neither do you have to keep your eggs in the fridge, can i just add? we've just followed kitchen cabinet when this is aired. if it's aired, if this edition is aired ever, then we will have followed kitchen cabinet and jay rayner will tell you your eggs can nestle happily on your counter. even if it's really, really hot? i'm moving on now. um, no, that's in

borisjohnson also went to go and hide in a fridge, and it boiled out of the fact that piers morgan, suchn hadn't done an interview with him and susanna on good morning britain, and our colleagues over on itv, that they sort of harassed him and harassed him and they got their reporter on the ground more or less to to try to chase him into doing an interview. and he went and hid in a fridge. they were doing a morning visit, sort of delivering the milk at a dairy. so there was a reason why they were there, and there was a big fridge that a man could actually get into. so it's not like he was trying to kind of climb into a small fridge with a jar of branston, but it was a more ridiculous thing. you don't have to keep your pickle in the fridge. neither do you have to keep your eggs in the fridge, can i just add? we've just followed kitchen cabinet when this is aired. if it's aired, if this edition is aired ever, then we will have followed kitchen cabinet and jay rayner will tell you your eggs can nestle happily on your counter. even if it's really, really hot? i'm moving on now. um, now i kno

as rishi sunak was to borisjohnson in the 2019 seven party leadership debate, i am to you on bbc soundshough, well actually both of them ended up in quite tricky positions. yeah, yeah. i think sort of stretching that comparison further... sounds like you going to depose, you're going to depose chris and take over. no. no, never! anyway, right. the reason i did that link was to get us into the second half of this episode of newscast, which is chewing over the half an hour sit down interview nick robinson did with rishi sunak. this is the first of a whole series of specials for a panorama programme where nick grills the party leaders. chris, my first takeaway from watching it was, was actually it happening at all because yeah, borisjohnson didn't sit down with andrew neil for his equivalent last time round. and actually rishi sunak�*s not been very present in front of the tv cameras since the end of last week. no, i mean, it has been the weekend, to be fair. true, true. but no, he hasn't. and actually, you know, as nick acknowledges in a piece he's written for the bbc news app, you know,

borisjohnson didn't do it. liz truss didn't. and now, rishi sunak didn't do it.right, what you said. actually, we've just had the numbers for last last year, so the first full year that i was prime minister. it showed that net migration was down 10% from the levels that i inherited. and this year so far, the number of visas that we've issued in the main categories is down by a quarter because of the reforms that i brought in. massively higher than the promise that was originally made by the conservatives. well, your point to me was that i hadn't done anything about it. that's not right. i've instituted reforms that last year meant the numbers were down by 10%, as we've seen. but this year, the number of visas issued are down by a quarter. the forecasts are now four net migration to halve. and again, yes, that's the past. this election�*s about the future. i've got a clear plan, with a legal migration cap to guarantee that the numbers continue falling. labour have not matched that. they don't have any plan to bring the numbers down and, indeed, oppose the measures

both the parties in downing street for mr sunak and boris johnson both fine sunak and borisjohnson bothoken pledges. rishi sunak tackled that similarly to keir starmer but the mantra they keep repeating in this election campaign, which is to say look at my record, trust me for that rishi sunak wanted to say look at what he's done but since he's become prime minister and said he had keep delivering. there he came under real pressure from not only the audience but also from the host who took them through some of his pledges, particularly on things like stopping the boats. and picked apart how some of those had not been met. ., ~ apart how some of those had not been met. . ~ , ., apart how some of those had not been met. . ~ i. ., apart how some of those had not been met. . ., ., ., ., ,,, met. thank you for that analysis. s-ueakin met. thank you for that analysis. speaking of _ met. thank you for that analysis. speaking of pledges _ met. thank you for that analysis. speaking of pledges we're - met. thank you for that analysis. i speaking of pledges we're expecting labour to launch its man

borisjohnson and even rishi sunak were fined.st like self sabotage at this point. ijust don't know how they get out of this. nobody will be focusing on what they are promising, everybody will just be focusing on what they are promising, everybody willjust be seeing another repetition of the same old story of essentially conservative corruption. story of essentially conservative commotion-— corruption. allegations of corrurotion. _ corruption. allegations of corruption, i'll _ corruption. allegations of corruption, i'lljust - corruption. allegations of corruption, i'lljust stress j corruption. allegations of - corruption, i'lljust stress that, it still being looked into. butjoe, you are asking at the end of that, how will they get out of this? joe, from a pollsters's perspective, if you are advising any of the parties what they would do in terms of trying to flip the script, what would it be?— trying to flip the script, what would it be? ,, ., i. _, would it be? essential you could look at elections _ would it be? essential you co

it is incredible to think- back to that because back then in 2019, people were talking about borisjohnsont that and then partygate can be scandal around that and the behaviour of boris johnson himselfjust meant that his poll ratings starting to plummet.

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here's borisjohnson on the steps of downing street vowing to fix social care.ver a lifetime. originally due in 2023, its introduction in england was delayed until october next year. labour and the conservatives have said they will go ahead with this care cap, but experts say the money allocated is already being used to prop up the existing system. both labour and conservative manifestos say they'll improve pay and conditions for care staff, but there is little detail, particularly when it comes to how care will be funded. smaller parties have been more ambitious. the liberal democrats and the green party have both said they would make personal care free, with the greens today announcing a £20 billion package under what it calls its "ta ke greater ca re" commitment. let's bring in nadra ahmed cbe, executive co—chair of the national care association. welcome to the context. this is an issue that is so important to people who are living through this day in, day out, but some action group say it is one that does not necessarily get enough attention when it comes to

borisjohnson was ousted as prime minister. jeremy corbyn has been expelled from the labour party.ll feature rishi sunak and keir starmer. they usually clash every week at westminster, but, tonight, they'll face questioning from members of the public, not members of parliament. rishi sunak has had a dress rehearsal — standing in for borisjohnson in 2019 in a multiparty debate. it's just a desperate conspiracy theory. the conservatives are promising today to reduce migration by allowing mps to vote each year to cap the number of visas granted to those who want to come to the uk to work. labour say previous tory promises to get migration down have been broken. meanwhile, labour are highlighting their plans for a new publicly owned energy company, which they say would bring down bills. the conservatives claim that keir starmer will costjobs in the north sea oil and gas industries, but the party leaders are likely to try to hammer home their key campaign messages at the tv debates. the stage is set for tonight's clash. rishi sunak will argue that a corner has been turned and his plan f

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what i said to him at the very beginning and borisjohnson i said to them both is that you prefer thatart of covid, i said thought of it at the very start of covid, isaid nobody thought of it at the very start of covid, i said nobody should be substantially, that is the key word, were soft, whether business or private individual, at the end of covid than they were before. what he did was he made big trenches of the community much better off, but other trances worse off, made businesses worse off because they could not employ their employees for one or two days, it was all or nothing. meanwhile those people could go in make anotherjob somewhere else. would you make of the record of rishi sunak as prime minister? shall rishi sunak as prime minister? all of rishi sunak as prime minister? fill of the criticisms i had made of rishi during his chancellorship, i think were pretty much evidence in the d—day situation. where a complete lack ofjudgment and i think that lack ofjudgment was demonstrated there in a way that i have criticised him for a lack of judgment in the way that he manage the

as a result of the deal struck between the government of borisjohnson and the government of borisjohnsonhere has been a trait border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, goods arriving from great britain into the likes of belfast port had to be inspected to check they follow eu rules. that led the dup to veto the formation of the power sharing devolved government —— here in belfast for two years. back in february there was a new agreement with the government of rishi sunak to lift that the tape. esther robinson said in the next parliament, there is lots to do. to continue to smear trading between people in scotland, wales and northern ireland. it was launched here at this football stadium in belfast, for most of the morning it has been all about political football rather than the sport we see being played behind us now. other teams in this manifesto document, funding for northern ireland, something all of the parties in this campaign do agree on here. northern ireland needs more money from westminster. there needs to be a new funding formula for northern ireland to go to the

now, borisjohnson promised to get brexit done and the uk did leave, but the work on brexit goes on.agreements on fisheries and energy need renegotiating in 2026. brexit isn't a top issue in this election but growing the uk economy is, and the relationship with the eu remains crucial to that. let's turn to some other important news around the world. the government of saudi arabia has given the first official death toll for this year's muslim hajj pilgrimage to mecca, which took place during an extreme heatwave. the kingdom's health minister says that 1,301 pilgrims had lost their lives. 83% of them were not registered to join the hajj, he says. unregistered pilgrims often don't have access to amenities in saudi arabia, including air—conditioned tents. several buildings were satellite in new caledonia overnight, it comes after several independent activists linked to last month's deadly protests were charged. i were taken into custody in mainland france. it follows electoral reforms proposed by france for the territory. on friday, nasa and boeing postponed the return of the starliner s

brexit has not delivered what borisjohnson said it would.utting _ this election into a referendum on putting out— this election into a referendum on pulling out of the convention on human— pulling out of the convention on human rights and rishi sunak has been _ human rights and rishi sunak has been leaning in that direction showing _ been leaning in that direction showing ankle in that direction and he did _ showing ankle in that direction and he did not— showing ankle in that direction and he did not come clean about it in his manifesto and you so that in the final question last night, he lashed out against the foreign court stock that is— out against the foreign court stock that is a _ out against the foreign court stock that is a disgrace and not the best tradition— that is a disgrace and not the best tradition of— that is a disgrace and not the best tradition of the british conservative party in its day, the most _ conservative party in its day, the most successful coalition electorally in western democratic history _ electorally in west

were part of the so—called "red wall" — which had been staunchly labour, but which then turned to borisjohnsonour's pledges have changed minds. labour say they are pro—business and pro—workers. all of our customers are like blue—chip companies, so we've got nissan, amazon... so no surprise then that they were watching what sir keir starmer had to say today, at this manufacturing firm in newton aycliffe. i'm looking for stability and to be honest, from what he said with keeping taxes stable, that gives me the sense of a strong government in terms of to carry on the economy without too much disruption. so provides a good foundation for businesses and business owners to compete with foreign nations for business. we make delicious beer, we make unique beer. nearby, nick smith runs a brewery. he wasn't too moved by labour's plans. i think i'd have liked to have seen a few more bold and brave suggestions from mr starmer. the whole message seems to be that we're better than the alternative, which is the incumbent government. and it is that good enough? well, i think it will be good enough for most pe

that he is standing as rishi sunak, not as the combined effect of david cameron, theresa may, borisjohnson sunak. it is difficult for him as people feel like this is an election that is delivering a verdict on their conservative party. you are asking me as a voter, i need 19 years. i need 19 years and if you vote labour, you are going to vote than for the rest of your life. you will never have another party. when you look at the tax question, what we have nailed on this programme, taxes are going up under labour and taxes have gone up under the tories and will continue to do so if they stay in because of the threshold and because of the fact they have raised taxes to the highest burden since the 1940s. those things are both true at the same time, if you are a voter, if you did think it was about tax, labour has ruled out their three big levers of tax raising. that has been one of the big dynamics of the campaign, the conservative party doing this sort of raffle of taxes where you spin the ball and what comes out. inheritance tax on farmland. will you rule that out? i think in some ways, it

on the levelling up, it is people remember from 2019, something borisjohnson was campaigning back thencourse, to try to be re—elected as prime minister. he talked about it a lot. it seems to have been revived by rishi sunak overnight in the latest campaign policy pledge. what the conservatives are saying is that they are going to invest in a 30 more times, £20 million to each. they have been accused, though, obscuring that money towards conservative areas. ministers are rejecting that claim. but there are question marks over levelling up funds as a whole. there was a committee this year that said... there has been criticism from the labour party who said that communities are feeling tory decline, they put it, and councils which play a role in running local communities have been begging for scraps, but that seems to be the policy they conservatives want to push today, and maybe we will hear later from the prime minister push today, and maybe we will hear laterfrom the prime minister a little more on that. you later from the prime minister a little more on that.— little more on that. you

that he is standing as rishi sunak, not as the combined effect of david cameron, theresa may, borisjohnson and rishi sunak. it is difficult for him as people feel like this is an election that is delivering a verdict on their conservative party. you are asking me as a voter, i need 19 years. i need 19 years and if you vote labour, you are going to vote than for the rest of your life. that for the rest of your life. you will never have another party. when you look at the tax question, what we have nailed on this programme, taxes are going up under labour and taxes have gone up under the tories and will continue to do so if they stay in because of the threshold and because of the fact they have raised taxes to the highest burden since the 1940s. those things are both true at the same time, if you are a voter, if you did think it was about tax, labour has ruled out their three big levers of tax raising. that has been one of the big dynamics of the campaign, the conservative party doing this sort of raffle of taxes where you spin the ball and what comes out. inheritance tax on farmland. will y

that he is standing as rishi sunak, not as the combined effect of david cameron, theresa may, borisjohnsonak. it is difficult for him as people feel like this is an election that is delivering a verdict on their conservative party. you are asking me as a voter, i need 19 years. i need 19 years and if you vote labour, you are going to vote than for the rest of your life. you will never have another party. when you look at the tax question, what we have nailed on this programme, taxes are going up under labour and taxes have gone up under the tories and will continue to do so if they stay in because of the threshold and because of the fact they have raised taxes to the highest burden since the 1940s. those things are both true at the same time, if you are a voter, if you did think it was about tax, labour has ruled out their three big levers of tax raising. that has been one of the big dynamics of the campaign, the conservative party doing this sort of raffle of taxes where you spin the ball and what comes out. inheritance tax on farmland. will you rule that out? i think in some ways, it has

but borisjohnson stood outside downing street and said to fix the nhs you have to fix social care andheresa may had her calamity in 2017. that was the real turning point in this country. they made a decision and they said, "we are going to win this election, let's get the public to endorse something that in different times might be unpalatable." and it collapsed their general election campaign. i am sure there are people in both party hos thinking in an ideal world whether we would put detail, complex, tricky plans on social care in there, but why would any party strategist do that after what happened to theresa may in 2017? anybody who works in a hospital or in the health service as a gp or even social workers, anybody would tell you this is something that is having huge problems, it has terrible impacts on families' lives and that goes around the uk because health is devolved. there are really profound problems in this country with how we care for our vulnerable and elderly. it is not simple for any politician, but it does look like we are going into a general election where nobody

now, borisjohnson promised to get brexit done and the uk did leave, but the work on brexit goes on.. agreements on fisheries and energy need renegotiating in 2026. brexit isn't a top issue in this election, but growing the uk economy is, and the relationship with the eu remains crucial to that. a reminderyou can a reminder you can find updated headlines, stories on our website _ headlines, stories on our website 24—7. headlines, stories on our website 24-7.— headlines, stories on our website 24-7. stay with us, len website 24-7. stay with us, plenty more _ website 24-7. stay with us, plenty more coming - website 24-7. stay with us, plenty more coming up. - hello. we're into ourfirst significant spell of summer heat at the moment, but how long will it last? well, certainly the heat will be widespread to start the week — quite humid by day and by night, too. ok, not completely dry, but as we go through the second half of the week, we'll notice all of us gradually turning fresher, temperatures closer to where we would normally expect this stage injune and a bit more of a mix in conditi

earlier in the day he was talking about borisjohnson getting involved —— lord cameron.lier on, a private village, you have to pay to enter but it's in a constituency that would be considered to be one of the safest conservative seats in the country. i think 44th biggest majority if you count the numbers, 60th or so if you look at percentages. these are very safe conservative areas where rishi sunak has been campaigning. it's a sense that this is a defensive campaign. it's about stopping there being too many losses. it's really very clear when you look at the geography of where we've been in the last couple of days. where we've been in the last couple of da s. . . ., ~ you very much. the party leaders are crisscrossing the uk. away from those many campaign events, what are the voters think of it all? to help pinpoint which issues matter to you we're reporting from constituency all over the uk hearing what you have to say. today anna foster is in keithley in west yorkshire. you've ended up, i'm not in yourfinished but you've ended up in what looks at a pub. but you've end

the people of scotland or whether he will simply follow the well trodden path of theresa may or borisjohnsoncratic will of the people of scotland. stephen flynn from the snp. i've been speaking to understand more about patterns of polling. we thou . ht about patterns of polling. - thought very little movement in the polls. it was the lowest. we will have to wait until they come out with new polls and my company will be out tomorrow in the next day. so we can see how nigel farage will affect politics. and also the d—day gaffe from rishi sunak. we are getting a sense that there might be something in favour of the reform uk party. we will have to wait to get a clearer picture, but overall, the overarching theme has been rishi sunakfailing to overarching theme has been rishi sunak failing to narrow the polls. it was thought that he would be able to win back some of the undecided voters, and that is not happening. how unusual is it to go through the country when you're poll ratings are so low? it country when you're poll ratings are so low? , , . ., ., so low? it is unprecedented to go into the p