one of the things we have picked up in the last hour is caroline lucas ain't she wa nts to hour is carolineare saying, people will be voting strategically, and it is we will have a very odd general election, because they are not talking about the normal issues — the nhs, housing, education — we will be talking about where particular parties can win, as opposed to how they voted in the referendum. i think there will be some of that in particular seats where there may be electoral pacts where there may be electoral pacts where there may be electoral pacts where the greens and the lib dems decide not to stand against each other, and yet in westminster we talk a lot about brexit and how it is playing out across the rest of the country, but there are clear local issues too, issues like the nhs, austerity, like the economy, that will play into this election. theresa may has said she wanted to be brexit general election, but lane don't want it to be that, they don't wa nt to don't want it to be that, they don't want to fight it those terms. we knowjeremy corbyn will be fighting on the nhs, on the

i was talking to caroline lucas, the co—chair, the co—leader of the green party tonight, and she wase liberal democrats in some constituencies, and maybe they would stand aside to give a pro remain party a clear run. you might get voters thinking the same way, so down in the south—west of the country, where the lib dems lost seats in a big way in 2015, they will be looking to reverse that against the conservatives this time around, so you might get some labour voters saying gabo we will vote for the lib dems to force the conservatives out. it might not be a rerun of the referendum, but there will be tactical voting along brexit lines. a number of you are asking whether the new constituency changes in the uk will be put in place for this election, christian said he was pretty sure they wouldn't be. we have checked, they definitely will not be, we are on the old constituencies, nothing has changed. and a question from jim constituencies, nothing has changed. and a question fromjim in essex in the uk, any chance of other parties being upfront about a coalition to win floating voters? le

but the liberal democrats have said he will not stand against caroline lucas in brighton, the greens'eturn, they have suggested he won't stand in some places in south—west london, richmond park being one of them. they didn't contest that in the by—election. they are trying to make sure that people who don't want the conservatives all get behind one candidate. it is quite controversial because you are potentially denying people choice, denying people may be their first people choice, denying people may be theirfirst choice, people choice, denying people may be their first choice, and people choice, denying people may be theirfirst choice, and it's not guaranteed to work because you can't possibly know weather everyone who voted green with switch behind the candelabra democrats. that richmond park seat, zac goldsmith back in the tory fold, having resigned over heathrow. he joked last tory fold, having resigned over heathrow. hejoked last night saying, this is what winning an election feels like. he didn't win as london mayor and then was beaten in the by—election. he will now do it agai

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucass called for a so—called "progressive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. and you can find out more about today's election pledges and the latest on the campaign on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. crime in england and wales has risen in almost every category according to the latest statistics. violent crime is up sharply by 19%. it's the final set of crime figures before the general election and our home affairs correspondent has the details. a brutal attack outside a west midlands pub last month by half a dozen men who are still being sought by police. it appears to have been a target did attack using a machete at a time when there are signs claim is on the increase in england and wales, particularly violent crime and crimes involving knives and guns. the number of offences recorded by police was up 9%. burglary was up 4% and vehicle crime up burglary was up 4% and vehicle crime ‘7. burglary was u

launching the greens' election campaign in bristol, the co—leader caroline lucas said her party wouldigger role for the state. she appealed to young people to vote green — and said they'd been betrayed over tuition fees, a lack of affordable housing and inaction on climate change. the former ukip leader nigel farage has told the bbc he will not be standing as a candidate in the forthcoming general election. mr farage has previously failed in seven attempts to get elected to westminster. ukip currently have no mps after douglas carswell quit the party last month. the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has been strongly criticised for failing to condemn new welfare rules — which mean some women will have to demonstrate they were rape victims — in order to receive benefits. under the changes, tax credits will only be paid for a family's first two children — unless they can show that other children were the result of rape. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. here's something you don't expect to see in the general election. four rival party leaders all on the same side. no won

caroline: lucas shaw there. theof company made waves after reports it is considering an unusual way to satisfy investors. a directs weighing listing brother than a traditional ipo and would not involve underwriters and would price speculation like we saw with snap. we spoke with one of the backers at lead edge capital. take a listen. direct listing is quite positive. we think it signals confidence by management. first and foremost, the company reflects this idea that the business is financially sound and they have enough cash to support the business and don't need to raise billions of dollars in an ipo to be sustainable and successful. is that it does challenge this notion that a business needs to go through the traditional roadshow and process , but our view is that great companies, great businesses roadshowd the ipo necessarily to have a following from the investment community. we believe in management's capacity to do the right thing for the business and shareholders and are not convinced the ipo roadshow is

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucasor a so—called "progressive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. ministers from 27 european union countries are meeting later for final discussions about the eu's negotiating stance on brexit. they're set to approve the draft negotiating guidelines for the uk's divorce from the eu and discuss the next steps in the process. speaking in the german parliament this morning angela merkel said the uk must fulfil all of its obligations to the eu. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticus is in luxembourg where the meeting will take place for us now. how much do those comments from angela merkel this morning informed the discussions that will take place their? though ministers here have arrived, they have all gone into the meeting andi they have all gone into the meeting and i think we will see a unity of purpose. what they were saying as they went in, the ministers, that they went in, the ministers, that the

co—leader caroline lucas, the party's only mp, said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environmentn trying to get your foot if you are a young person trying to get yourfoot on if you are a young person trying to get your foot on the ladder is special in bristol it's a nightmare. we have to change the definition —— we have to have a party that delivers affordable housing instead of just changing delivers affordable housing instead ofjust changing the definition of affordable. the need for this party has never been greater, if you want to vote against an extreme brexit, to vote against an extreme brexit, to stand up for public interest in a more equal society and one that will a lwa ys more equal society and one that will always put climate change at the heart of all policy is the only way to do it nationally is heard green, the only way to do it in bristol west is to vote for the wonderful molly. the man challenging len mccluskey‘s position as head of the unite union — gerard coyne — has been suspended from his post as the union's west midlands regional secretary. the decision was a

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucassive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. you can find out more about today's election pledges and the latest on the campaign on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. this is bbc news at five, the headlines: armed police have arrested a man in whitehall suspected of planning acts of terrorism. a rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one was injured. the foreign secretary has hinted that britain could take military action against the syrian regime without a vote in parliament. the government has lost a court bid to delay publication of its air pollution strategy until after the general election. anthony joshua, says his heavyweight, unification fight, is a ‘stepping stone to greatness', as he prepares to face wladimir klitschko, in front of 90,000 t wembley. will it be one or maybe both of the manchester clubs who will qualify for next season's champions league? the picture

you have caroline lucas, the one mp, the tory leader, in brighton.co—leader. mps realistically do you expect? —— co-leader. don't make predictions, we have learnt that. we are looking at the isle of wight, sheffield, bath. we want to see us all over the country. we should have a 24 mps and afair country. we should have a 24 mps and a fair voting system. proportional representation is the way you want to go ultimately. you try to do deals with the lib dems and other parties about practically standing down and putting people in different places. they had said no. it is very interesting, isn't it? the leadership has said no. arab door is still open. we think the future of the country is about the next 50 yea rs. the country is about the next 50 years. —— our door. these decisions will be huge and affect everyone. we need to travel beyond party politics. if the leadership says no, the grassroots people are saying yes. people are working across the country wanting to do things in different ways. the only reason we are having this discussion about how big

co—leader caroline lucas, the party's only mp, said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environmentrson trying to get your foot on the housing ladder, especially in a place like bristol or brighton, it is a nightmare. we need to have genuinely affordable housing, notjust a government that changes the definition of that. we know it is not delivering. the need for the green party has never been greater. if you want to cast a vote that is opposed to an extreme brexit, that is standing up for a real investment in public services and a more equal society and will always put the environment and climate change at the heart of all our policies, the only way to do it nationally is to vote green. the only way to do it in bristol west is to vote for the wonderful molly. you are watching bbc news. the parents of a four—month—old baby who disguised her death by pretending she'd died on a bus journey have been convicted of causing or allowing the death of their child. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is at the old bailey for us now. thejudge said that the judge said that baby imani's shortlife was p

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucashe called for a "progressive alliance" — where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. and you can find out more about today's election pledges — and the latest on the campaign — on our website. bbc.co.uk/news. crime in england and wales has risen in almost every category according to the latest statistics. violent crime is up sharply by 19%. it's the final set of crime figures before the general election and our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. a brutal attack outside a west midlands pub last month by half a dozen men who are still being sought by police. it appears to have been a targeted attack using a machete at a time when there are signs claim is on the increase in england and wales, particularly violent crime and crimes involving knives and guns. the number of offences recorded by police was up 9%. burglary was up 4% and vehicle crime up 8%, both crimes that have been falling for decades.

caroline lucas said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environment and affordable housingnd affordable housing. if you are a young person trying to get your foot on the housing ladder, especially in a place like bristol or brighton, it isa a place like bristol or brighton, it is a nightmare. we need to have genuinely affordable housing, not just a government that changes the definition of that. the need for the green party has never been greater. if you want to cast a vote that is opposed to an extreme brexit, that is standing up for a real investment in public services and are more equal society and will always put the environment and climate change at the heart of all our policies, the only way to do it nationally is to vote green. on the way to do it in bristol west is to vote for the wonderful molly. let's get more reaction tojeremy corbyn setting out his stall ahead of the election. iamjoined by out his stall ahead of the election. i am joined by the former political adviser to tony blair. you must have listened to jeremy adviser to tony blair. you must have listened

co—leader caroline lucas, the party‘s only mp, said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environmentace like bristol or brighton, it is a nightmare. we need to have genuinely affordable housing, notjust a government that changes the definition of that. we know it is not delivering. the need for the green party has never been greater. if you want to cast a vote that is opposed to an extreme brexit, that is standing up for a real investment in public services and a more equal society and will always put the environment and climate change at the heart of all our policies, the only way to do it nationally is to vote green. the only way to do it in bristol west is to vote for the wonderful molly. and you can keep up to date with all the latest on the election on the bbc website at bbc.co.uk/news. jeremy corbyn pledges to challenge what he calls a rigged system and said the election result was not a foregone conclusion. the premise to reiterate commitment for net migration to fall into the tens of thousands for britain leaving the european union. jerod coyne who is challenging benat auzqui

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucasr a "progressive alliance" — where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. the labour leader has been out campaigning in harlow and has been talking about housing. labour have pledged to build a million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. this is a key issue. we are not building the houses we should in this country. we're building less than at any time since the 1920s. 0ur pledge is to build 1 million homes over the lifetime of the parliament, half of which will be council and housing association builds, for rent and affordable housing. we need to have our country properly housed. young people living in overcrowded places don't do so well in school. it is very stressful not knowing how long a tenancy will last in the private sector. especially if you don't know how long your policy is in the private sector. those are the policies we are producing in our manifesto. we have just heard, we havejust h

caroline lucas said it was an opportunity to hold theresa may to account for her pursuit of a hard brexit ballot paper injune and she has no mandate for that type of brexit so the greens will be challenging that aren't extreme social policies which aren't extreme social policies which are seeing massive amounts of money coming out of health and with dire consequences. that's all from us at westminster for now. it's been a sunny day but the temperature in the house of commons has risen with that vote that gives theresa may the mandate for a snap general election to be held onjune the 8th. the world's media descended on this part of westminster. we will be back in the next few minutes. let's catch up with the weather with tomasz shafernaker. a little mixed but overall not bad, plenty of fine weather across the country now. the rest of the week will be a little cloudy but temperatures will rise across most of the uk. this is it what it looks like across the north atlantic, lots of cloud coming in our direction, the weather has been better in the southern uk, this is cloud from the north so l

decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucasuropean union countries will meet today for final discussions about the eu's negotiating stance on brexit. they're set to approve the draft negotiating guidelines for the uk's divorce from the eu and discuss the next steps in the process. a simple eye test could mean far earlier detection of glaucoma, the leading cause of sight loss in the uk. scientists found that injecting patients with a florescent marker enabled them to identify sick nerve cells. it means the condition could be detected before a person's eyesight begins to deteriorate. councils in england will have to do more to tackle homelessness, under a new law introduced today. it means local authorities now have a legal duty to help homeless people to find a place to live. the legislation has been broadly welcomed by charities, though they warn more still needs to be done to tackle rough sleeping, which has risen by 16% in england in the last year. patients are still struggling to get gp appointments and many surgeries are cl

caroline lucas, co—leader of the green party.invade each other‘s body space if you don't mind. for those who voted remain, tom brake, you are the great white hopein tom brake, you are the great white hope in this election. is this the start of the lib dem comeback? i hope so, the prime minister chose to fight this on the ground the liberal democrats want to fight it on. she will pursue a higher brexit and we think that is the wrong approach and that is the key focus of this campaign. however, for us it will not be the exclusive focus because i think the second issue people are really worried about at the moment is the future of the national health service and the underfunded, threats to hospitals and waiting times going up so it's not just and waiting times going up so it's notjust going to be about brexit. we keep using soft and hard brexit, what do you mean about hard brexit? hard brexit would take us out of the single market, out of the customs union and puts at risk millions of jobs in britain but in the livelihoods of millio

caroline: the advertisers could love this. they do have a certain demographic which is slightly younger than the rest of them. lucas, yes.h has a product called all access, which is like the cbs broadcast network, online, live feed, and on demand. they made a point of saying that the average viewer is lower than that of cbs. if you look at the trends in tv viewership, it is only getting older for live tv. most young people are not watching as much live tv, so if you want to reach them and don't want to sacrifice that demographic to facebook or snapchat or netflix, you have to come up with something on their own. caroline: it breaks my heart, because i am a massive fan of jay-z. he decided to pull his music from spotify. now, i will have to get tidal. is that why? lucas: it is the only reason i can come up with. he pulled his catalog from spotify with the exception of two records with r. kelly. if you want to listen to the classic jay-z albums, you can tidal.it anywhere but he is clearly trying to send some kind of message. the timing of this is most interesting, because his music from it disappeared over the weekend. it

caroline: we will look for "house of cards" in the second quarter. thank you, lucas shaw, in l.a.ber has lifted the lid on its financials. in an unprecedented move, the privately held company shared the numbers exclusively with bloomberg. uber's gross more than doubled last year to $20 billion. were $2.8 billion. the report comes as the culture comes under fire and top executives flee with claims of a sexual-harassment and a toxic work culture. joining us is eric newcomer who also coveringers, uber is brad stone who wrote the book on uber. let's ask the key question. why did they drop the numbers? >> they have to mount the last couple of quarters. we got them the first half of the year. they come out and it is the whim of members leaking them to frame them and share what they will. uber felt they could own the message more. this is an experimental step. caroline: what did you read into the numbers? i was blown away by the growth , but still the hefty losses. $1 billion they are managing to splash each quarter. >> extraordinary growth on the top line, $6.5 billion over the year. al

caroline: i will have to go back to my c.d. collection of jay-z. bloomberg's lucasol. thank you very much. a great scoop. that does it for this edition of "bloomberg technology." on tuesday, the cofounder of elevation partners joins us. do not miss it. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> the markets way geopolitical list as tillerson meet spirit -- meets. the global economy is healthy and he is continuing. future rate hikes will still be fresh. yousef: kuwait is the latest oil producer to see it coming down. some still want the opec curve extended. david: overhaul

caroline hyde. netflix reported slower growth than forecast in the first without big releases. it did offer a more optimistic picture for the current quarter. joining us for more is lucasmight be why we are seeing a recovery in the share price. i'm looking at my bloomberg. i have a great chart. volatility one the day of earnings, the day after we see them drop. perhaps no surprise if we see swings in the share price. what is most important from your perspective? >> probably that they will continue the growth going into the second quarter. if you are an investor, you see the initial performance. in the first quarter, you get nervous. that would typically send the stock down. that is probably why for the first hour it was. it has recovered, probably because people thought about it thesis isealized the unchanged. in quarter two, you will see better growth and they have had historically. one other theory is people who shorted it tried to cover it later in trading. it is a mixed bag for netflix this quarter. you often come out of the netflix earnings report with a clear message of this was a really good quarter or backorder. the past couple of years it has been mostly good.