the lib dem leslie rigby, the conservative daniel xhaka, two recou nts the conservative daniel xhaka,hey drew straws and the lib dem won, thus denying, and brandon is seething, the conservatives and overall majority in the county. just one little element of the drama happening. it was nice to see those images, just to see how that was decided. that is an element of local democracy in action, it goes to show how strongly people feel. although lots of people are talking about these elections in terms of what they tell us about the general elections, these are local authorities handling billions of pounds of money and delivering essential public services. first and foremost they are important exercises in local democracy. the drift from central government has been to begin think more powers, and less money, to local government. so these elections are more important than they have been recently. the big mayoral results are going away from whitehall, they have the bigger importance. northumberland, which i suspect most people will remember because of the straw pulling, there was an 11% swi

conservation. how can the act better incentivize conservation activities to number one, avoid listing of species as endangered or threatens and number two. --, recover species when they're listed as endangered or threatened. consultation. how can the act facilitate the government's consultation with state and local governments so decision making is made on the best availability information and state and local capacity is adequately leveraged. and capacity. how can the act provide sufficient resources to fulfill the mission of the act, and better allocate those resources to species most in need. according to feedback from across the nation and the political spectrum modernization , of the act could lead to better outcomes for species, government entities, private parties and other stakeholders. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses to modernize and strengthen the endangered species act to make it work better for wild life and for people. so we'd like to hear from our witnesses starting with n

those conservatives have gone back to being conservative voters.that will deliver a bigger majority to theresa may. overall, compared with four years ago, if anything there is an overall swing from right to left, if you add up tory and ukip on one side and the liberal democrats, labour and the greens on the other. the tories have huge gains, ukip have a number of losses, labour down, liberal democrats down. under our voting system, this coming together of the right of centre votes behind the conservatives, where it was more split two years ago, that is terrific news for theresa may. what ever happens to the labour vote, people on the left is what they think about jeremy corbyn. barry, we'll be with you in a second. i know ruth davidson is also waiting to talk to us, why don't i bring us up to talk to us, why don't i bring us up today so far on the scottish result so ruth davidson can address some of those. 21 losses in terms of seats for the snp. the conservatives, having gained 91 seat so far in scotland, and the independents down 11. labour on 12

and a choice between conservative government. a conservative government. and a range of schools that is right for every child, and a labor party, a right honorable gentlemen who believes in a 1-size-fits-all to the lowest common denominator. and >> labor is not -- every child gets a decent school. and employment end books in the bathroom. and maureen wrote to me this week, what maureen has to say. she writes with a heavy heart, we have been treated this -- disgustingly, most of us women in the 1950s will not be receiving pension until 66 with no notification of this drastic change. for 45 years have accrued more than enough to be paid our pension. people want what is rightfully theirs. what can be done to help the women? >> prime minister -- >> the point is raised, the government has taken steps, the funding is made available and we ensure there is a limit to the period of time in relation to these changes. pensioners looking to the future. a very clear choice in this election, a clear choice, clear choice between a labor party, the increase in state pensi

we had the conservation, wide conservation plan, five states, oklahoma, my state was one of those states, and we worked hard. we worked for a long period of time. we had meetings in all five of the states and we came up with some conclusions as it relates to the lesser prairie chicken, and even though -- we went to all that work. we went through so much work that a texas court came in and said that -- that the fish and wildlife was violated because they didn't consider properly the conservation plan that was put forward. so right now we're in the process of looking at this and seeing what we did do, but there doesn't seem to be any incentives for people to really work with these conservation efforts. would i like to have you give us your opinion as to the seriousness of that particular conservation effort and why they are not incentivized in our system to participate. >> the -- senator inhofe, senator barrasso, the lesser prairie chicken i think is the classic example of what states can do when they integrate together and work with partners, both in the private sector as well as the publ

they weren't die—hard conservatives.lass struggling voters are exactly the kind of orders that labour should be competitive with. stephen kinnock was saying earlier today that one of the problems he found on the doorstep was a negative response tojeremy the doorstep was a negative response to jeremy corbyn‘s the doorstep was a negative response tojeremy corbyn‘s leadership. is that richard lee labour's problem? was it in these council elections? was it in these council elections? was just about the leadership or is it wider than that. it is wider than that. his leadership is obvious the problem. throughout europe the centre—left is dying. that to be what is happening to labour as well. are we seeing shifts in british politics or shifts back to work politics where, in a sense? we are where the canadians were in the 19905. where the canadians were in the 1990s. in canada there was a renegade radical right reform party that went up against a more liberal conservative party and they competed for a while and there was havoc o

in 2015 it was the conservatives, this time it is the conservatives, this time it is the conservativeasised when she became prime minister, and is a helping hand to ruth davidson, currently presiding over a big tory revival there. and what do the general public think on that proposed big change in social care funding? we dropped into a day centre in suffolk, which is a popular meeting place for the over 60s, who stop by for a chat over coffee and biscuits to see what they think of the conservatives plans. people who have worked all of their lives are struggling. they are struggling more than ever. a lot of people have had to dig into their savings in order to survive and pay the bills. i cannot understand why all of these financial boffins at the top cannot get it right! we paying a fortune abroad? why did we support the nhs and those in dire straits here who fought the country —— who fought for the country? straits here who fought the country -- who fought for the country? i've worked hard and i want to leave something for my grandchildren and my children. i have four children andl m

conservatives will be cheering.be thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified thinking if this carries on like this, iwasjustified in thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified in calling the general election. she will think she can build on the majority that is the whole point of her calling the election in the first place. there will be big criticisms forjeremy corbyn in the labour party. ukip, difficult for them. they knew it would be difficult because they did very well last time. they are really struggling to define what they exist for, what their purpose is. the lib dems are middling, as i said. a couple of mps got seats, former mps, getting seats on local councils. no fight back. they were talking about a fightback. it hasn't happened yet. and we offer an —— we often hear any local elections vote isn't the same as the general election because it is about local services. yes. we shouldn't think of them as what this means for the election next month. they matter for their own sake. counci

this is the conservative party ma nifesto. this is the conservative party manifesto.conservative manifesto — to tackle the rising cost of social care in england. it promises that no—one will have to sell their property in their lifetime to fund residential or home care — instead, the cost of care will be taken from their estate when they die — as long as that's worth at least £100,000. but one former government adviser says many people would have no protection from care costs. sarah campbell reports. the population is ageing. how to pay for the increasing numbers of people will need often expensive care in their final years as a problem successive governments have failed to adequately tackle. today, the conservatives said social care will require taking difficult decisions. this morning, on the norfolk coast, reaction to their plans was mixed. i think that is fair enough, honestly. i don't think you can't expect the government to keep on paying. i think you have to pay. my father is in care and the amount of money it costs us to keep him on top of what we have to pay

and the administration is defining itself as conservative. now what do we mean by conservative? think of eisenhower. stalin. -- slow and steady. it talks about no drama obama was even less than drama. to such a degree that for communities to say that they ended up as a standstill. that is basically the caricature of the era. it wasn't the reality but it caricature of it. the appointed billionaire to the cabinet. the times are an editorial that he had maybe 10 cabinets at that time. visit nine millionaires and a plumber. who is the plumber and who is the head? that's it! if you are a manufacturer, if you are one of the large companies and other things. you were conservative and you had the administration on your side. buckley was, he hated big business. they tried to do from the text deals and nothing changes. none of the issues i found this out. none of the issues ever change. be careful because they would be openly pushing the administration to the right. but he also has the most popular president at that point in american history. and as i point out, i can afford to ignore it.

fws voluntary conservation plan for interested stakeholders? >> with current capacity it is not for the volume we are dealing with. it's not enough time, but. >> what you recommend? >> we recommend a workplan approach. a privatization approach. also looking at the species that are being petitions and the threats and putting them in their proper order and priority. some may take more time. some might be more feasible to do quickly. right now it's a shotgun, every thing is coming at once and it's hard to handle it. the service has taken some steps but we have ideas on how to further move it along. >> how do you set a different time on an ad hoc basis? >> i think you could set it up, frame it up for the law to have flexibility. so when experts look at a species when it comes in they can make decisions about where it would fit in the framework of timelines. >> thank you very much. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator. >> thank you mr. chairman. first of all, let me just say that after having the opportunity to work as governor of south dako

of a conservative and lib dem government.rms of cutting taxes and increasing taxes? the tax share is at its highest for many years. many of the cuts that have come through have come through departmental spending, have come through have come through departmentalspending, but have come through have come through departmental spending, but taxes have not fallen. thank you very much. a good bit of expert, detached analysis to help us follow through on this debate. the campaign team of the french presidentialfrontrunner emmanuel macron say they've been the victim of a massive hacking attack after thousands of documents were released online. they say genuine e—mails were mixed up with fake ones ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow where mr macron will face his far—right opponent, marine le pen. the electoral commission said any media publishing the content of the documents would face criminal charges. documents would face criminal charges. james reynolds is in paris. i suppose that is the most interesting thing about the timi

the conservatives playing down su ccesses . conservatives playing down successes.e prime minister say why she needs a big majority by the conservatives want everybody to think this was not a huge, thumping win today because if it is perceived as that, there is the possibility that conservative voters will not turn out and ukip voters, the crucial one for the conservatives, will not switch to the tories. the conservatives slightly playing down what happened in the vote yesterday. as for labour, they are making the best of it, as you so. they are talking about this being an historic challenge for them, to try to turn around their current position in the election race. jeremy corbyn is also talks today about the need to get voters out to vote. in particular for him, young voters. because labour has had a "in party membership and that is partly young voters who have not been engaged in politics until he came along. if he can bring them on side, he might stand a chance. it has not been a great day for the other opposition parties. the conservatives did well and everyone

he is a bit conservative. the only thing he does to get people supporting him in a big way is he doesn't want black people to get benefits for any of the -- and he calls him a phony. and he says will conservatives want fewer programs, less government and they don't want racial tensions. and he writes his article. those of you supporting george wallace calling themselves a conservative -- vote for me. but when consciousness and there's a lot of difference. if you look at how he's governed alabama and you look at the kind of president he will be to minorities and others. and that makes nixon respectable to these people do not like him. >> and his funny) george wells was competing with robert f kennedy. that was the situation. another brings the racial issue up. buckley was not a racist and do the opposite. he drove the racist abbasid number for you people here. and yet, like goldwater who is not a racist, integrated his own family department store in arizona. he, buckley and goldwater opposed the 64 civil rights

labour or the conservatives? she is certain. lytto n conservatives? she is certain.ton has voted for the labour party since 1997 and it looks like they trust the labour party more than the conservatives on the issue of national security. do you think that picture is reflected nationally? you would get a different result in different parts of the country. this is something that the conservatives have honed in on because they think it isjeremy corbyn‘s weak spot. well to reason me is weak on domestic issue, jeremy corbyn is weak on security. trident came up time and time again, we know he does not support renewing it but it is in the labour party manifesto because he has to go along with the party. we know he has been against nearly every british intervention there has been. questions about the falklands and his support in the past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy past for the ira. there are real questions about jeremy corbyn past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy corbyn and how far he would go to protect britain. he has an argument tha

the administration is defining itself as conservative. what do we mean by conservative? think of eisenhower, stalin, balanced budgets, slow and steady. it talked about no drama obama to such a degree it was at a standstill and that is basically the caricature of the era. he appointed a billionaire of the cabinet said they would ahead of the plumber chain. you would be writing one of the large energy companies you were conservative and had the administration on your side. he hated big business just as much as big labor. they were trying to take over the administration, nothing changes, none of the issues ever change but he has to be careful because they will be openly pushing the administration to the right, but he also has the most popular president at that point in american history can and as i pointed out, i could just go out and play golf and say everything is fine and everyone would agree with him. you look at the rating and it was a steady line. i think that he fell under 50%s once and then the second time was for about a week but it was a solid line of 60%. the pre

to redefine what it means to be conservative?ecured, my mainstream government will deliver for mainstream britain. all those who work hard and make this country what it is. people who have a job do not always have job security. people who own their home but worry about paying the mortgage. people who can just about manage but worry about the cost of living and getting their children into a good school. mrs may said she would look to balance the budget by the middle of the next decade, pledging billions more for the nhs, she promised to protect the country's public services. the government i lead will build a britain in which the economy is strong to support world—class public services, with the most ambitious programme of investment in technology and building the nhs has ever seen. record and fair funding for schools. real technical education for young people. and the first—ever proper plan to pay for and provide social care. theresa may has also promised if the conservatives are elected, the winter fuel allowance worth up to £30

it is a brand—new idea from the conservatives.rs in scotland who don't want to leave, but they don't want to vote tory. what happens to them? they are facing a difficult choice. it will be interesting to see how it plays out in scotland. smaller political parties can occasionally cause a tremor on the political landscape. especially when the race is tight, and a few hundred votes can make all the difference. so just how much tactical voting is going on this election. here's nina warhurst. the weekly community cook at the marsh centre, run by green councillors who are popular with eight of them on lancaster city council. they work and live here, they are very well liked. they do a lot for charity and they said they would do something, they usually get it done. when it comes to the general election, the local green voter doesn't always translate, why is it? it is a waste of time, they think. they think they will get enough votes or theyjust don't bother. and that is the problem with the greens here. labour won lancaster and feet wou

social care and the conservative manifesto.e that going tonight —— in england and wales. that's the other big issue at play. so many major areas like health, education and justice are already devolved to scotland, so these issues tend to have sometimes significance when it comes to a westminster election in scotland. welfare change is something that has affected the whole of the uk and has had been a big issue. specifically changes in pensions, we've heard about conservative plans to downgrade the triple lock to a double lock. they say the system needs to be modernised and the policies need to be paid for. at the same time you've got there political opponents ganging up trying to portray the conservatives have a nasty party, and that their opponents have been taking an anti—austerities approach to their policies. you mentioned brexit as well, that has been a massive issue in scotland may be because most voters wanted to stay in the eu, while the uk came out as a whole. that takes us back to the independence issue, to a remark t

the last thing the conservatives wa nt the last thing the conservatives want as supporters and activistsekend and thinking, that is it, we cannot lose this. and the voters would think it is a done deal and turnout is low. so they want to keep them into going all the way through to polling day. is a landslide inevitable in the general election? nothing is inevitable in elections any more. i would not say that. at the moment, it looks quite good for the moment, it looks quite good for the conservatives. a quick word about the metro mayors. manchester, liverpool and so on. how significant is that as a political development? it is important. in some ways, this is the legacy of george osborne and even is the legacy of george osborne and eve n to ny is the legacy of george osborne and even tony blair's legacy. we have a labour mayor in liverpool and greater manchester and i am sure they will be seen as powerful opposition at some level. by the conservatives were victorious in the west midlands, birmingham and tees valley. that is a remarkable result, particularly in birmingham, which was on a

labour attacks the conservative plans to mean attacks the conservative plans to m ea n test attacks themilies of victims of the serial killer stephen port tell the bbc they are appalled at the progress of an inquiry into police failings surrounding the case. in sport, maria sharapova opts to ta ke in sport, maria sharapova opts to take out part in wimbledon qualifier rather than requesting a wild card. the former champion says she will go through a qualifier in which she must ring three matches to rip which the main draw. arsene wenger future may be decided, they will finish outside the top four in the first over 20 years. and sprinter wins his fourth stage, he was the fastest finisher in to trinity take stage 13. the overall leaders still held by two minutes. we will have more after half past five. president trump is starting the first foreign trip of his presidency. he leaves tonight for his eight day trip to the middle east and europe. he'll take in four countries starting in saudi arabia. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports from the saudi capital riyadh. the red carpe

this is something that conservatives can give the voters but social democrats cannot.t is true, all you say about germans' ideas, but on the other hand, those voters for the right-wing party say in surveys that 85% of them feel economically insecure. if you give them the chance to decide if they want to have economic security, which is proposed by the spd, hopefully, or if it is just against muslims, i think many will decide that it is a better idea to vote for social security and not to care about muslims anymore. would be a very strange idea to think that many people would somehow think that cultural security is more important than their own social security. i'm somewhat skeptical about these surveys saying germans are so worried about their economic future. it might be true, but it is not being shown in the results from these elections, quite frankly. in theuld have voted really left-wing party together with the greens and the social democrats in north rhine-westphalia. instead, they voted in the center right together with the business-friendly liberal party, so giv

the conservatives picked up more than 500 extra seats across the country. many from the left of centre labour party, which lost more than 300. the scottish national party, which is currently in government in scotland, also lost seats to the conservatives. as did the pro—european liberal democrats. it was the uk independence party, which campaigned for the country to leave the european union, that fared the worst, losing almost all of its councillors in seats it contested. reacting to her party's huge gains the conservative party leader and british prime minister stressed her need for a big mandate ahead of the brexit negotiations. the reality is today, despite the evidence will of the british people, we have bureaucrats in europe who are questioning our resolve to get the right deal. the reality is, only a general election vote for the conservatives in sa days' time, will strengthen my hand to get the best deal for britain from brexit. labour took heart from some successes but overall suffered terrible losses. this was labour leaderjeremy corbyn‘s assessmen

if you go out and ask a lot of conservatives, they feel conservatives, they feel conservative but arerent views, shut up about their views, but that isa shut up about their views, but that is a very strong strand. it goes back to the foundations of the conservative party as something that can change and adapt. it is hard to pin down and i think theresa may belongs in that tradition. what she clearly isn't is david cameron mark 2.i clearly isn't is david cameron mark 2. i wonder how she felt when she was sitting in his cabinet on the monthly basis? grinding her teeth regularly when things would pretend that she did not like. there is much so. that she did not like. there is much so. she did have a home office and is still that kind of person who has come out of that part of government, having to deal with problems day by day, quite tough, a bit narrow, but she did grind her teeth and played a very long game and came through at the end? it was not david cameron the end? it was not david cameron the borisjohnson, the end? it was not david cameron the boris johnson, all of the end? it was

it is the conservatives with the biggest cheers.es brown was is duly elected as the west of england combined authority mayor. the consummate candidate made history, becoming the regional mayor. in cumbria, the tories replaced labour as the largest party. but senior conservatives are playing down expectations ahead of the general election. the turnout in local elections, though, is much, much lower. it is wrong to predict what's going to happen injune. we still have a general election to campaignforand to still have a general election to campaign for and to win after last night. but encouraging signs. the tories are celebrating in essex, too. this time around, voters turned their backs on ukip. in lincolnshire, where ukip leader paul nuttall will fight for a westminster seat next month, the party was wiped out. and with such big losses, ukip‘s future is in question. out. and with such big losses, ukip's future is in question. over four years, the amount of times i have heard the phrase, ukip is finished, i have lost count. it is not

to redefine what it means to be conservative?deal secured, my mainstream government will deliver for mainstream britain. my mainstream government will deliverfor mainstream britain. all those who work hard and make this country what it is. people who have a job do not always havejob security. people who own their home but worry about paying the mortgage. people who can just about manage but worry about the cost of living and getting their children into a good school. she said she would look to balance the budget by the middle of the next decade, pledging billions more for the nhs, she promised to protect the country's public services. the government i read will build a britain in which the economy is strong to support world—class public services, with the most ambitious programme of investment in technology and building the nhs has ever seen. record and fair funding for schools. real technical education for young people. and the first—ever profit plans to pay for and provide social care. theresa may has also promised if the conse

and you voting conservative.s 40, 50 years ago but we are in a changing world, knowledge economy, competing with graduates from china, india, they can compete with degrees just as we can. agrees are relative at the end of the day, the more people have them, the less they are worth, what you will see and what we have seen over the last ten years is more people are dropping out of university or coming out with a good degree, not being able to find the jobs that match them because there is not that demand. even if you were. . . is not that demand. even if you were... i don't necessarily want to see the tuition fees raised because i wanted to be accessible to as many people as possible but i don't want it as people as possible but i don't want itasa people as possible but i don't want it as a free service. the conversation you had with yourself, doi conversation you had with yourself, do i want that debt, even though it is not a debt that can prohibit many things for you, i think it allows that conversation of, is th

have you always thought of yourselves as conservative voters? all: oh, no. one. so, as you've just heard, there is i think, how can i put it, grudging acceptance of the changes theresa may is proposing, but what about the younger generation? what do they think? i work full—time, pay bills, everything else. i do that think the younger generation need that little bit more help. you need money to be able to get educated, to be able to get a job, to get the good money, and it'sjust not there. nicola, zoe and sophie grew up together. sophie is on maternity leave, but even when she and her partner both worked, life was tough. there's bills to pay and we are already struggling to make ends meet on the wages we have. and now she could face a bill for school lunches. having to pay for school meals willjust be another stress, another bill to pay out. £40 a month, it's a lot of money. so there you have it — the view across the generations. time now for a look at the weather. it's a bit chilly here in halifax. here's sarah keith lucas. we have had some much needed rain

todayisit prime minister and the conservatives today is it is not really a conventional conservativees to back the open market and not state intervention. last year theresa may said she would intervene in dysfunctional markets and this approach is a policy that is standing up to that. now, she is doing what tory leaders before have not done so much, saying state intervention can be a force for good and she is trying to appeal to so—called ordinary voters, perhaps people who might traditionally vote labour. there will be some tory true believers who won't be so co mforta ble believers who won't be so comfortable with this. but it shows theresa may wants to reach beyond the typical tory tribe and try and widen that net. in doing this, yes, she will be trying to sweep up the extra voters, but she is also showing that she is prepared to take ona labour showing that she is prepared to take on a labour policy, because ed miliband, announced a similar policy a few years ago. the detail was different, but the intention was similar. so we are seeing an old labour policy being put forward by t

they look like a conservative landslide, some conservatives may stay at home and not vote.e conservatives, motivating their vote. a chance that jeremy corbyn could be prime minister. you need to get out there and stop that. they will not be disappointed that the gap is narrowing. if we look at the mail on sunday, similar story. theresa may‘s hopes of an election landslide hitting a setback last night. the polls showing strong opposition to the plan to make more elderly people pay for care. we have to say, is still a big majority. something like 46 seat majority. still pretty large. interesting, the wording of the intro. hopes of a landslide, not hopes of winning. how big a margin of victory it will be? it remains in the area we are. i think it does show the campaign so far, the tories calling the selection, we did not need to be having an election. not one supposed to be until 2020, the campaign has been quite uninspired. a little bit complacent. maybe this will be the impetus. theresa may says every vote counts, that has been her message every day. says every vote counts,

margaret thatcher was conservative, i am a conservative. this is a conservative manifesto.et that pledge. why should people believe that today? you're right i was working on this, figures were down and went up again and have come down again. there is no singleton you can do in relation to net migration figures which is going to make all the difference. we need to be working on this issue constantly. of course, what we will have when we leave the eu is the ability to put rules in for that part of the migration system which we have not had the opportunity to control before, like people coming from the eu into the uk. i explained earlier why i think it is important net migration needs to be at sustainable levels, as uncontrolled immigration has an impact on public services, people, and people at the lower end of the income scale, in depressing wages, and sometimes in disposing jobs. that is why i think it is important we maintain commitment and continue to work on it. one had just went up at the back there... ? to work on it. one had just went up at the back there...? sorry, i

-- tool in land conservation. it was one of the first land trusts in the country. there is a big movement right now of large landscape conservation, this was one of the first right here on the potomac. farm, theyht the started this effort to protect and very of shoreline, soon it became clear that they were going to need to have the federal government involved to protect from eminent domain being used. in 1961, kennedy signed the legislation to create the park, but it took years to put together all these parcels of land. people donated these easements. prince george's county where we are located became the first county in the country to make scenic easements tax-deductible. that was through the effort of this group of partners working together in the 1960's. the ladies from mount vernon, the ladies association, there is powerful voices. you get them involved and they are a force to be reckoned with. with their support, the foundation, that is how it all came together. park waspiscataway dedicated, and they were st

margaret thatcher was a conservative. i am a conservative. this is a conservative manifesto. [applause] >> i think i saw ben. >> you were elected in 2010 and 2015 on a promise to reduce net migration for tens of thousands. pledge is in the manifesto today. between 2010-2016 you didn't meet that pledge. why should people believe that today? >> you are right, i have been working on this for six years. the figures went up, down again, and starting to come up again. there is no single thing you can do in relation to the net migration that is going to make the difference. you need to be working at this issue constantly and of course what we will have when you leave the eu is the ability to put rules in for that part of the migration system we have not have had opportunity to control before coming from the european union in the uk. i explained earlier why i think it is important net migration should be at sustainable level because uncontrolled immigration has an impact on people, public services but also on people particularly at the lower end of the income scale in depressing wage

the conservatives have criticised it as a total shambles.o the magnificent seven lancashire. a winning night for happy valley at the baftas, at one best drama and its star one the lead actress award. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent, and the broadcaster and author natalie haynes. tomorrow's front pages. the i says the prime minister is to make a pitch to labour voters by boosting the living wage and guaranteeing eu labour laws. the telegraph reports that the conservatives‘ workplace promises will include a legal right to take time off work to care for loved ones. a similar lead on workers‘ rights for the express. the daily mail says it will be the biggest ever expansion of workers‘ rights. a similar lead on workers‘ rights for the express. they call mrs may‘s promis it says they are battling for working—class votes, and jeremy corbyn will take a million people of nhs waiting lists by 2020. the times has the same top story

the conservatives took votes from labour. slumped with heavy losses in their glasgow heartland and beyond. it's not a surprise in many ways, polls were telling us we were going to get 15%, lose control of every council across the country. that has not happened. labour is the largest party in for macro countries —— four counties last time i checked. disappointed but not a devastating result. the liberal democrats, encourage with their results. we choose local champions for their community who will stick up for the local community first and foremost, but also there is a clear vote against a second independence referendum and we are the beneficiary of that in those areas, too, so we'll progress for the liberal democrats, it's a good time. the proportional representation used in this election makes overall majority is hard to get, meaning deals now have to be done. a tricky task for all the parties as their focus now shifts to the general election campaign. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. let's turn to wales. 0ur wales correspon

he a key conservative marginal in derby north. herself this rule it ill, he will be speaking to campaigners. earlier he was that at campaigners. earlier he was that at campaign —— elia he was in leicester. he says what labour needs to do now is keep calm and carry on campaigning for that he was setting itself up as a person taking on the elites, an outsider taking on the establishment. he was telling people do not make it too downbeat because the gap between labour and the conservatives in the local elections was not as big as some of the critics have predicted. the liberal democrats have promised to boost spending on the nhs and social care, by increasing income tax by a penny in the pound. they say it would raise an extra six billion pounds and would be ring—fenced in england. scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. how are you? good to see you. would you how are you? good to see you. would y°u pay how are you? good to see you. wo

the conservatives would denied, conservative critics would say something is going on.th no money appearing on the government's books but then the local authority for education and the nhs trust for health would have to pay for it over a30 or health would have to pay for it over a 30 or more years and those annual payments have been rising steadily and for some hospitals trusts they have proved a real burden, one of the largest in england, berks health in london, is in financial special measures because of its historic pfi scheme for building a new hospital. the parties have not been clear about what they want to do about it. labour and the lib dems are more opposed to it but nobody that i have seen that has come up with a concrete plan to change it. it is difficult to suddenly unravel it because these are contracts with private companies to build and finance hospitals. you cannotjust scrap it and start again. it will be an issue for anyone who forms the next government, they do anything about pfi and if so what would that be? thank you. we love to get your questions an

boyle the conservatives be licking their lips over this?ked well for the labour party over the la st 24 well for the labour party over the last 24 hours. they have had good publicity and jeremy corbyn looks like a happy warrior on the news tonight. it's a contrast with theresa may's quite scripted style but the one thing that isn't in the leak was the costings. i wonder whether there's a gap now between this leak and the publication which the tory party will fill. i'm sure that's what the tory campaign strategist will now do, so that perhaps on saturday or sunday's papers, the will be attacking corbyn before labour get their costings out. the tories will try to have the first strike. often a story that looks good for the first 24 hours can take on a different life afterwards. in a way, we're already starting to see this. the male are saying this will cost every family £4000 but i think the calculation that corbyn's team have taken on this is that the average family will not get bogged down in the costings of this, they will see things they

party or conservative candidates or conservative agents deliberately sought to flout the rules. head of the fbi james comey in a move that has shocked us politics. mr comey was making a speech to bureau staff in los angeles, when he was handed a note which said he'd been fired. he'd been leading an investigation into alleged links between the trump administration and russia. the white house said mr comey "has been terminated and removed from office". aleem maqbool reports. absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. this is a fox news alert — fbi director, james comey, has been fired by the president of the united states. americans have learned to expect almost anything from their president but this really was high drama. fbi director, james comey, was not even in washington, he was addressing fbi staff in los angeles, when he learnt he had been sacked. a short while later, a letter arrived at fbi headquarters. "you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not

it will be a conservative. it will be a conservative gain, probably. atmospherics already, thank you very much. 0ne much. one of the key battleground areas is warwickshire, where neither party w011 warwickshire, where neither party won overall control of the county council when the seats were fought in 2013. let's speak with west midlands political reporter kathryn sta nczyszyn. midlands political reporter kathryn stanczyszyn. she is at a kuyt in stratford—upon—avon. —— count. what are the results to look out for? warwickshire has been controlled by the conservatives since 2013 but it isa the conservatives since 2013 but it is a minority administration and the tories say that they are very hopeful tonight of taking full control of warwickshire. 0f hopeful tonight of taking full control of warwickshire. of course, as you say, historic battleground between labour and the conservatives. in the north warwickshire constituency it has been hotly contested over the last two elections. it has been held by the conservatives since 2010 but was a labour stronghol

the quote is the rebirth of the conservatives and that came from andy street who won for the conservatives preference votes and he won by just over second preference votes and he won byjust over 2000 votes. but he spent almost £1 million prior to when the cat came in on the mayoral elections focusing on seats. in places like walsall labour has done traditionally well, but he managed to turn those. but it is interesting because of the interview you had with angus robertson of the snp. if you look at the scottish papers, a quote from the scottish daily record, they say in 1992 the conservatives completed the massacre of the industrial heartland with the closure of ravenscraig. 25 years later at tory is elected councillor for the area which has changed dramatically. it is a newtown, etc. the scottish daily mail is talking about nicola stu rgeon's the scottish daily mail is talking about nicola sturgeon's gamble backfiring because of the rise of the conservatives. what the snp‘s position has allowed the conservatives to do, and if you go back a few decades you would never imagined this progres

in the uk conservative manifesto.sto. lorna gordon, thank you, our correspondent in scotland, looking forward to the debates in edinburgh tonight. polling day is onjune eighth, but the deadline to register to vote is tomorrow. the latest figures from the electoral commission show there could be up to seven million people eligible to vote who haven't yet registered. sophie long has been speaking to people in west yorkshire, where both conservatives and labour chose to launch their manifestos. there is some flash photography in this report. in this barber shop in leeds, where every vote could count, most people haven't yet registered. have you registered to vote? no. will you register to vote? no. why not? because basically i don't understand it. i never have voted, never voted. bev is assessing the trainee barbers here. i have no real interest in stuff like that. do you think you will bother voting? probably not. why would you not bother voting? i don't really get all the politics and stuff like that. have you register

we have to rely on the conservative party.moment the conservatives are the only viable party. theresa may is the right person to lead the country. she is strong enough. in recent yea rs, country. she is strong enough. in recent years, ukip were a force to be reckoned with, playing a key part in getting the eu referendum, in which the country backed brexit. but in these elections, support has collapsed in places like this, where they were once so popular, prompting some to ask if this is the start of the end for ukip. despite the result here, this is where the party leader will stand in the general election. paul nuttall says that ukip has been a victim of its own success, and if the price of britain leaving the eu isa the price of britain leaving the eu is a tory advance, it is a price that ukip is prepared to pay, insisting the party still has a bright future. sue ransom agrees. she lost her council seat last night. her husband failed to win, but they say that ukip will fight on, despite theresa may encroaching on, despite th