i'd like to hear now| from carla denyer and from daisy cooper. from carla denyer and from daisy cooerto say immigration - services are on their knees. is he wrong to say immigration is - services are on their knees. is he wrong to say immigration is partly to blame as yellow i do say it —— i would say it's to do with conservative choices, they've made choices to give a tax cut to the big banks but on the issue of immigration i would say the conservatives have made a complete mess, both of migration system but also of the asylum system, and we have the worst of both worlds. we have the worst of both worlds. we have people who are desperate, fleeing war and persecution, arriving on small boats, and at the same time we have the nhs, social care, hospitality and engineering, none of them can recruit the staff they need with the skills to boost our economy so liberal democrats have said on care in particular we should give care workers are high minimum wage, £2 higher, investing care workers, give them status and progression in the workforce and when we still have a skills gap invite peopl

the lib dems's daisy cooper _ you on about? the lib dems's daisy cooper said _ you on about?i daisy cooper said it was the tories that had put them up and added more costs. the tories that had put them up and added more costs.— added more costs. the fact is the cost-of-living crisis i added more costs. the fact is the cost-of-living crisis has i the cost—of—living crisis has been made so much worse by the mini budget, which blew a hole in the public finances and made people's rent and mortgages go absolutely sky—high, and people have felt that he had and they are still trying to recover now. ., , ., are still trying to recover now. ., now. no post-show handshakes this time- _ now. no post-show handshakes this time. with _ now. no post-show handshakes this time. with less _ now. no post-show handshakes this time. with less than i now. no post-show handshakes this time. with less than three l this time. with less than three weeks to go, the gloves are off. helen catt, bbc news. plenty of coverage on the bbc website up—to—date �*s events. the bbc has identified what could be tho

it is a fairly upbeat one, they are pretty positive about daisy cooper's performance last night.put themselves forward as the party of human beings, they are very keen to emphasise themselves as individual people, normal people, if you like. we saw a bit of that in ed davey�*s video that came out this week which showed him talking about his family life, his responsibilities as a carer for his son, for example. i think that within the party there is a sense that daisy cooper kept that line going last night. there was an interesting moment, ithink, perhaps your member that questioned the lady in the audience who said that why�*d you promise everything when you want our vote once you are elected you do not give it to us? in response to that we heard daisy cooper referring to that terrible moment for the liberal democrats when they had to go back in 2010, on their promise of scrapping tuition fees because of the coalition with the conservatives. she said that even then, that particular moment in the party's history still haunts them. she said it was a very difficult time for us. this

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westminster leader, like stephen flynn for the scottish national party or their deputy leader, daisy cooper, prominent. but then we had the leader of plaid cymru, we had nigel farage, who of course recently has now miraculously become the leader of reform after a very short and intensely democratic process — not. and then also we had carla denyer, who's the co—leader of the greens, and she's standing for a seat in bristol. and have i got to seven already oram i mis... no, that was up to seven. i think that was seven. it might be my souvlaki talking, but yes. so it's a big debate with all of the parties who are fielding candidates in the election being represented. and as a result of that, what you have is of course, the sort of battle royale going on between labour and the tories, but you have an opportunity to hear from a much broader rainbow of political opinion. yeah, it means on the one hand it's less focused than when it was starmer versus sunak on tuesday, and it'sjust two people going head to head on a range of issues. it becomes a bit more sprawling, but equally it feels more like b

the lib dems, as daisy cooper said this morning, the tories have failed on immigration.e abbott. there is still a hangover of what has been a very nasty row. we talked about it a lot yesterday but there were interesting comments about it this morning. the most interesting comments were from shami chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply that there is a genuine chance diane abbott now decides not to stand. i have spent a lot of the past week trying to work out what is going on here. clearly what blew the entire delicate dance up was the briefing to the times from whoever it was in the labour party and shami chakrabarti said she had had assurances it was not a licensed briefing. we should play the clip of how she described what happened because she was furious and gave us a very colourful description of what the blue seats have been up to. do you think she will stand again? i hope that she will now, after the sometimes sordid week of unauthorised, anonymous briefings by overgrown schoolboys in suits with their feet on the table and maybe watching too much west

we expect to hear from leader daisy cooper. we expect to hearfrom her at leader daisy cooper. sustainability, the cost of food, making sure that children who are in poverty are all eligible forfree children who are in poverty are all eligible for free school meals. we will hear a bit more about that. something to watch out for which looks quite interesting as they are talking about wanting to renegotiate the post—brexit trade arrangements with new zealand and australia too, as they put it, bring them into line with their ideas about the environment and animal welfare. it be very interesting to hear a little bit more about that. we don't know what they make of nigel farage's comments today, or indeed this poll, but i know within the party there is this sense that the campaign that they are fighting is very much about making sure there is a really fun voter watched so people can take interesting pictures of the party leader, ed davey doing assault courses or falling off paddle boards, while at the same time trying to get a serious strategy across. i know the party when they look

well, you know about yours and you know about daisy cooper's. but hold on...iving you counter—examples. that is how this debate goes on, and i'll give you another counter—example. if you look at liberal democrat—run south cams district housing in cambridgeshire, they're being criticised by local conservatives for building too many houses. no—one�*s saying you never build houses, they'd say you generally lead the opposition. no, but...but, nick, ithink that... let's return to your manifesto. but, nick, hold on, sorry, i think that's wrong, i just think what you've said is wrong, and i can give you counter—examples and our approach of community—led... no time to give them the lot now, but give me... finish your thought. our community—led approach, one of the reasons i like it is it actually says to people who are already living there, don't worry, there'll be more gps, so the gp that doesn't, can't give an appointment now won't have another thousand patients. that's why a community—led approach will see more houses built. sorry to rush you, but i want to come to

now, who has daisy cooper with him? i think our political editor in the spin room. go on. open >> hi, patrick young with daisy cooper, who's the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper. of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper . what's it like watching cooper. what's it like watching out as the third party? >> well, to be honest, it was really frustrating. i obviously would have loved to have seen ed davey on the stage, talking about our plans to save the nhs and social care, take real action on the cost of living and protect our local environment by putting a ban on the ending. basically the scandal of raw sewage dumping. we didn't hear enough about any of those three issues from the two politicians who were on the stage. and i think the public would have enjoyed seeing, would have enjoyed seeing, would have enjoyed seeing, would have enjoyed seeing ed on the stage this evening, language saying surrender. >> that was the attack line, wasn't it? from rishi sunak don't surrender on taxation , don't surrender on taxation, surrender on welfare, surrender on the bord

yes, it's none other than daisy cooper , none other than daisy cooper, the deputy leader of the lib demsaking a casual photobomb for us, as it's known , photobomb for us, as it's known, it's probably the most polite protest i think i've ever seen in my life. >> yes. the liberal democrats there with their big neon signs, yes . rishi sunak probably didn't yes. rishi sunak probably didn't appreciate that. but hey, perhaps you can see the humour in it. >> there's a lesson to all political planners keep your plans under lock and key. otherwise. otherwise the lib dems will turn up with their cheery boat. >> well , let's now get the view >> well, let's now get the view of conservative heather wheeler . of conservative heather wheeler. >> heather, thank you very much indeed, the labour party talking tough on defence, national security today they're parking their, their tanks on the on the tory lawn . tory lawn. >> yes. unfortunately anybody can read hansard and see how they all voted. so when it came to opportunities to, vote to support aukus vote to support nuclear deterrence , time and nuclear

lib dem deputy leader daisy cooper says the move will benefit everyone , and we've been leading everyoned we've been leading the campaign to end the scandal of raw sewage dumping here in henley. >> local residents know all about that. they know that the sewage dumping is bad for wildlife, they know that it's causing real problems with tourism as well, and people want tourism as well, and people want to see an end to this particular scandal. that's why today liberal democrats are announcing our plans to introduce a blue flag status to protect local rivers . rivers. >> daisy cooper, speaking to gb news in henley on thames. now friends and fans of the former rugby league legend rob burrow have paid tribute to the unassuming lad, with the superhero story following his death at the age of 41. burrow's passing was confirmed by leeds rhinos on sunday following a lengthy and high profile battle with motor neurone disease. he raised awareness and millions of pounds for the charity, and well—wishers have gathered outside headingley stadium in yorkshire today to pay their respects, laying flowers,

now it's one hour since penny mordaunt, angela rayner, nigel farage, daisy cooper and the leaders ofrayner, it was fireworks . fireworks. >> as keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week. they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000, a lie by £2,000 per working house anymore. you're using you're using a figure that's been criticised by the uk statistics watchdog costings and labour's own stand by your record and you'll see record levels of taxes on working people. 26 separate tax hikes in the last parliament. >> just extraordinary. and you could see the green party's carla denier beside and just sort of shaking her head. and at the end of that she said it wasn't very dignified was it. right. my panel are here to discuss whether it was dignified . harriet sergeant is with me, paul scully and also nigel nelson . was it dignified, harriet? >> well, i don't want dignity . harriet? >> well, i don't want dignity. i want them scrapping. i want to find out what they're made of, what they feel, and get an idea whether they're honest and genuine. and i think we began to get that a little b

daisy cooper, the mp for saint albans since 2019. she's fluent , since 2019.ent, articulate and her big target is tory. voters vote for us and we'll clean up the rivers in the south west. vote for us. if you can't bear the tories and not quite sure on labour, we're your party. that's what the lib dems will say. and just finally, stephen flynn, of course, the leader of snp westminster, she's he's a candidate in aberdeen south. big challenge for him from the green party and the and the lib dems might be. do you want to get rid of the oil industry in scotland in favour of green energy . are you sure of green energy. are you sure about that? that of course brought down the coalition of with the greens in scotland. that will be a challenge. nigel farage you know about him? what he stands for is a former presenter @gbnews. he needs to connect with a wider audience , connect with a wider audience, not just gb news viewers, but much wider than that, he says he can get more than 3.8 million votes he got in 2015. he thinks it's a breakthrough moment for reform uk . let'

daisy cooper , daisy cooper. very good. cooper, daisy cooper. very good. much to you. thank you. and thank you to you . thank you to you. >> matthew laza pleasure. i should say how moving andrew's story was. i thought that was incredible. >> oh, it was amazing. and i can't wait to read his book. >> absolutely . >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> well, listen. and a huge thank you to you at home for your company as ever. i look forward to seeing you tomorrow. 3:00, same time, same up . up next it the saturday five. enjoy your stories from the gb newsroom. an israeli special forces officer has been killed during an operation in gaza in which four hostages were rescued. noah ajmani , almog merjan, andrey ajmani, almog merjan, andrey kozlov and shlomi ziv were recovered by the idf. the four had been held in two houses in a residential neighbourhood of al nusret in the central gaza strip. after having been kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. if you're watching on television, this is the moment one of the hostages, noah, was reunited with family , and she re

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yeah, the daisy cooper , the yeah, the daisy cooper, the deputy leader.looking as a woman, you might be thinking, well, these men have made a mess of it. i'm going to vote for a woman. she's very convincing. >> well, let me tell you a little bit of the background with daisy cooper. i mean, she i mean, i'd be very careful about mentioning the seats, but the seats don't know the seat. that she won last time was a very strong conservative seat, and she worked that. and she actually defenestrated a very strong conservative mp to win that seat and make it very, very solid. she is a very, very tough campaigner and she's she only came in in 2019 and she's absolutely rocketed up and risen through the ranks. i mean, she is an interesting one. >> and when ed davey was in big political trouble over the post office because he didn't call for layla moran, which is what he used to do. yeah, but but some tory mps said to me, don't kick him too hard because they feared that daisy might be ousted and would be replaced by daisy cooper, who they feared much more. >> are you

here is the deputy leader daisy cooper.r, 105,000 visas were given to care workers, and this is because the conservative government have not invested in our domestic workforce. and because they haven't done that, we've had to bring in people from abroad. now, when people come here. immigration is too high because we've got too many care workers from abroad? look, when people come here and they look after our loved ones, i think we should welcome them with open arms. but we need to have a sensible debate in this country about our economy and about the workforce that we need. and we believe that when it comes to our health and social care, for example, and in fact, every other sector in our economy, you start by looking at the skills that you need. you develop a skills strategy for your domestic workforce. and then when you can't get the skills here, you should get them from abroad. why do you, as a liberal democrat who often are very supportive of immigration, believe it is too high? well, because we're not investing in our

deputy leader daisy cooper accused the tories of decimating public funding, saying it's left britain a ticking time bomb of health challenges . ticking time bomb of health challenges. in ticking time bomb of health challenges . in other news, the challenges. in other news, the met police has confirmed 53 people were arrested at wembley as it hosted the champions league final. thousands of football fans were at the stadium to watch real madrid beat borussia dortmund. police say five were arrested for pitch invasion and dozens of others for attempting to breach security. trying to get in without tickets. there's division in israel over the proposed ceasefire deal to end the war in gaza . protests broke the war in gaza. protests broke out overnight in tel aviv , one out overnight in tel aviv, one against the government, the other calling for the release of hostages as they want a deal agreed that would see the return of israelis kidnapped by hamas in october last year. of israelis kidnapped by hamas in october last year . two senior in october last year. two senior right wing ministers

i'm speaking to daisy cooper, the deputy leader of the lib dems. they are pushing nhs and social care at the very forefront of their manifesto, and it seems what they're trying to do is sort of position themselves as the left wing alternative to labour. now that might sound a bit odd, but from that , from labour's manifesto, that, from labour's manifesto, we can see very clearly that labouris we can see very clearly that labour is trying to seize the centre ground. they're talking about wealth creation , they're about wealth creation, they're talking about not raising taxes. they've promised not to raise corporation tax. even so, the lib dems are basically trying to be the party that says we are the party of wealth redistribution in a sort of much more classic labour vein. so they're talking about raising capital gains tax, possibly corporation tax as well , in corporation tax as well, in order to pay for their huge sweeping reforms that they are planning to the nhs and social care . ed davey has a severely care. ed davey has a severely learning di

daisy cooper, de . u struggling families. daisy cooper, deputy leader _ struggling families. the ride. this one's for you, dave. it was one day with one name and more than 20,000 bikers all heading to one town. it's a celebration of my best friend that we've lost. and yeah, it is, it's very emotional. it is a celebration of dave's life. that's why we're here, because he was so irritatingly positive all of the time. and we love him. this was dave day as it arrived in the hometown of hairy biker dave meyers. and barrow welcomed bikers and dave's widow, lili, with open arms. he would have been chuffed to bits, to use his words. chuffed to bits. thank you so much. it's absolutely overwhelming. unbelievable. go on, barrow—in—furness! it had started early saturday morning in london, and just before 8am, bikers gathered at the ace cafe, ready to set off. it's dave day. we're here to celebrate such a beautiful human| who we've sadly lost, _ and us bikers have got together and we're going to have a dave day. have you got a tear in your eye? oh, yes, it's well emotional, isn't it? it's

in response to that we heard daisy cooper referring to that terrible moment for the liberal democratsir promise of scrapping tuition fees because of their coalition with the conservatives. she said that even then that particular moment in the party's history still haunts them. it was a very difficult time for them. this party knows that they have to keep the trust of the voters and they have to earn the trust of people who once were very committed to them. today we are out and about in west berkshire, as you said, having concentrated on health and social policy during the course of last week. they are turning their attention to what they say is the beautiful countryside and the means to protect it. ahead of the manifesto launch on monday, the liberal democrats today will talk about plans to create three new national parks, they have already identified a few new areas. the chilterns might be a new potential site, for one. another to possibly somerset, possibly northumberland possibly somewhere in dorset. they also pledged to supply 16 million trees, and expensive pledge, something like

liberal democrats have been focusing on the nhs on campaign trail today, with the deputy leader daisy cooperngland's health and social care services if they win power. we will make sure that people can see a gp within seven days, that we boost gp numbers by 8,000. we will fix the crisis in dentistry. we will offer free personal care to every older person and disabled adult who needs it. with our plans and our additional investment, we could transform our health and social care services. sinn fein has also launched its manifesto in belfast today, making the case for more powers to be devolved from westminster to the northern irish assembly, stormont. the party is defending seven out of 18 westminster seats — although sinn fein mps don't take up their seats in the house of commons, as they don't recognise britain's so—called "sovereignty" over northern ireland. sinn fein is committed to delivering on the things that matter most to workers and families. that is health care, the cost of living, housing, education and childcare. we're focused on what is possible to achieve if we work together, ma

the liberal democrats have been talking about the nhs today, with deputy leader daisy cooper reiteratingngland's health and social care services if the party comes to power. we make sure that people can see a gp within seven days, that we boost gp within seven days, that we boost gp numbers by a thousand, we'll fix the crisis in dentistry, offer a free personal care to every older person and disabled adult who needed with our plans and our additional investment, we can transform our service and social care services. sinn fein has also launched its manifesto in belfast today, making the case for more powers to be devolved from westminster to the northern irish assembly, stormont. the party is defending seven out of 18 westminster seats — although sinn fein mps don't take up their seats in the house of commons, as they don't recognise britain's so—called �*sovereignty�* over northern ireland. sinn fein is committed to delivering on the _ sinn fein is committed to delivering on the things that matter most to workers _ on the things that matter most to workers and families. that is health ca

deputy leader daisy cooper accused the tories of decimating public funding, saying it's left britain time bomb of health challenges . ticking time bomb of health challenges. in ticking time bomb of health challenges . in other news, the challenges. in other news, the met police has confirmed 53 people were arrested at wembley as it hosted the champions league final. thousands of football fans were at the stadium to watch real madrid beat borussia dortmund. police say five were arrested for pitch invasion and dozens of others for attempting to breach security . trying to get in security. trying to get in without a ticket . there's without a ticket. there's division in israel over the us brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in gaza. protests broke out overnight in tel aviv, won against the government, the other calling for the release of hostages. they want to see a deal agreed that would see the return of israelis kidnapped by hamas. in october last year, two senior ministers have threatened to quit and bring down the coalition government if prime minister benjamin netanyahu agrees

daisy cooper is a skilled performer as well.ey'll come out really punching hard. i think she's right, everything will be touch everyone will repeat piling on the conservatives for two things. there was a lie set about the tax stuff in the last one, and d—day, but i don't think angela rayner will get away scott free because it's in some of the party's interest to pile on labour and the snp.— the party's interest to pile on labour and the snp. she's to the left of the _ labour and the snp. she's to the left of the party. _ labour and the snp. she's to the left of the party, and there's - labour and the snp. she's to the | left of the party, and there's been a row this afternoon around the manifesto, unite went entirely on board with it, and when you think about nuclear deterrent, she might go her own way tonight on the manifesto. i go her own way tonight on the manifeste— manifesto. i don't think she'll be shootin: manifesto. i don't think she'll be shooting from — manifesto. i don't think she'll be shooting from the _ manifesto.

we saw daisy cooper on the news there.hanley because they want to win it for the tory party. but the tories are in a seat. they should win anyway and they're in 18 out of 20 seats. >> they campaigned in so far are actually safe tory seats. which makes you think they're just trying to shore up any form of victory as they can. and chris, that brings me neatly on to this poll that's just dropped. jl partners poll for gb news. what's the detail? >> well, this is quite extraordinary . so we have we do extraordinary. so we have we do have conservative politicians presenting on the channel, you're a former brexit party mep. so we are seen as being right of centre by people who like to criticise gb news and don't watch it. this poll by jl partners gives the lie to that, that we have got a huge number far more labour supporters amongst our viewers than tory ones.i amongst our viewers than tory ones. i read the numbers out, labour amongst gb news viewers 530 served by jl partners between march, may 29th and may sist, 46% between mar

also coming up on the show campaigns labour coordinator, snp leader and was minister and daisy coopertended programme at nine o'clock tomorrow morning on bbc one and also on the bbc iplayer. lots more on our website. let's turn to the us now — president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house. with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper, calling on him to drop out, saying it's in the best interests of america. it followed his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump — when he stumbled over words, and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant — at his first campaign rally since the debate, he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election — calling his opponent a genuine threat to democracy. directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally he'd been knocked down but would get back up. our north america correspondent david willis reports fired up by a faithful crowd, joe biden took to the stage in the

us that interview, nee atticus, and laura quinn spoke also spoke to other politicians such as daisy coopero there and hear more about what all of the parties are up to today. england's footballers take on slovakia this evening, in their first knockout match at the european championships in germany. whoever wins that match will play switzerland — who've caused a major upset by knocking out the defending champions, italy, 2—0 in berlin. meanwhile, the hosts germany are also into the quarter finals after beating denmark 2—0. goals from kai havertz and jamal musiala proved enough to take germany through to the last eight. they will next play the winner of sunday's game between spain, who have looked one of the best sides so far, and the surprise package — georgia. but all eyes here on england, of course. let's speak to football fans, father and son, david and nick poulton. they're currently in berlin to the watch the game. lucky for you to have got tickets and it has been a reasonable performance so far from england in the tournament but i think it is fair to say it hasn't been outstanding. ho

the liberal democrat deputy leader daisy cooper will outline plans to give rivers and coastlines protectedtatus to prevent water companies getting away with "environmental vandalism". and snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a "respectful" contest — ahead of the scottish leaders' first television debate of the campaign. let's speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. what's correspondent henry zeffman. to unpack today. st with what's to unpack today. starting with the conservative party and what they describe as the way they want to go forward on the issue of sex and gender, which are as you society is talking about a lot these days. it absolutely is. and the way that can serve —— conservation has progressed the conservatives say is the reason that the law needs updating. what they are talking about is tweaking the equality act, passed in 2010. the conservatives say that in the intervening 1a years, there are so many more issues being thrown up around sex and gender that the law requires updating. specifically, kemi badenoch, the equalities minister, said she was to change

labour's campaign chief pat mcfadden is here, along with daisy cooper from the lib dems. big contest, the football of course. will you have time to watch england— slovakia tonight? henge course. will you have time to watch england- slovakia tonight?- england- slovakia tonight? have it on in the background, _ england- slovakia tonight? have it on in the background, do - england- slovakia tonight? have it on in the background, do e-mailsl on in the background, do e—mails that the same time. figs on in the background, do e-mails that the same time.— that the same time. as a proud scott, that the same time. as a proud scott. who _ that the same time. as a proud scott, who will— that the same time. as a proud scott, who will you _ that the same time. as a proud scott, who will you be - that the same time. as a proud . scott, who will you be supporting? of course i want england to do well. and we'll chat to stephen flynn, the westminster leader of the snp. what's the state of the race? professor sirjohn curtice will give his 60 seconds on sunday. rishi sunak�*s party on 20%, sti

that is what the party deputy leader daisy cooper said. is that right?a of raising 9.5 billion extra revenue for capital gains tax reforms and the banks levy and surcharge do not look unreasonable but misleading to suggest it is free money. when you raise taxes, it ultimately is passed on to people. evidence capital gains is concentrated among higher income people. research from the london school of economics suggests three in every £7 school of economics suggests three in every e7 of capital gains in the uk was for people earning more than 150,000 a yearand uk was for people earning more than 150,000 a year and the majority do not pay it. tax experts warn that we do not know precisely how costs of save the bank levy would be distributed. and it would not necessarily only fall on bankers and bank shareholders. i think—tank says the likely effect of the levy is for mortgage and consumer lending, the costis mortgage and consumer lending, the cost is passed on to customers. this is not to imply that taxes should not be increased to pay for more spending on

the lib dems�* deputy leader daisy cooper has been campaining in henley—on—thames in oxfordshire.hat there's been this absolute environmental catastrophe of raw sewage being pumped into our rivers and streams for far too long now. liberal democrats have been at the forefront of trying to call for an end to water sewage dumping for the last three years. we put out lots of incredibly bold proposals to tax the sewage companies so they can pay for the clear up. we've called for an end to sewage dumping, and today we are calling for blue flag status. we've had blue flag status for many of our beaches around the country, which is a guarantee to people that it's a safe place to swim. we think there should be the same for our rivers, as well. it’s a same for our rivers, as well. it's a little bit mid _ same for our rivers, as well. it's a little bit mid class, _ same for our rivers, as well. it's a little bit mid class, while - same for our rivers, as well. it's a little bit mid class, while swimming in the thames, but it's an indication of the quality of the water? h indication of the qu

daisy cooper there.think if any other political party had changed their leader not only with out a leadership contest but life at a podium whilst we were all watching, then that person admitted they'd made a terrible error of judgment about their entire electoral strategy two days ago, we'd all be scratching our heads — but as usual, the normal rules of politics don't seem to apply to farage and his lot. i wonder if this means that experiment of trying to create a party that was bigger than nigel farage, bigger thanjust talk about immigration, had more candidates, different faces, talk about taxes and the nhs — i wonder if today proves that experian has crashed into the buffers.- if today proves that experian has crashed into the buffers. adam, a lot of people _ crashed into the buffers. adam, a lot of people will _ crashed into the buffers. adam, a lot of people will say, _ crashed into the buffers. adam, a lot of people will say, why - crashed into the buffers. adam, a lot of people will say, why do -

the lib dems, as daisy cooper said this morning, the tories have failed on immigration.nasty row. we talked about it a lot yesterday but there were interesting comments about it this morning. were interesting comments about it this morning-— this morning. most interesting comments _ this morning. most interesting comments were _ this morning. most interesting comments were from - this morning. most interesting comments were from shami i comments were from shami chakrabarti. aha, comments were from shami chakrabarti.— comments were from shami - chakrabarti._ and she chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply — chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply that _ chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply that there - chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply that there is - chakrabarti. a close friend. and she seemed to imply that there is a - seemed to imply that there is a genuine chance diane abbott now decides not to stand. i have spent a lot of the past week trying to work out what is going on here. clearly what blew the entire d

. >> later, the party's deputy leader, daisy cooper, will be on the campaign trail in the east of englandmoting her party's national food strategy. it would include financial help for farmers who are coping with expensive energy and production costs, the party says the strategy also tackles rising pnces strategy also tackles rising prices on supermarket shelves, ending food poverty and ensuring better food security . in other better food security. in other news, the us and ukrainian presidents have signed a ten year security agreement bolstering kiev's defence and inching it closer towards nato membership. the historic deal was signed on the sidelines of the g7 summit, which is currently taking place in southern italy. it aims to guarantee support for ukraine's war against russia's invasion. even if donald trump were to win november's us election. the gathering also agreed to continue a loan worth £40 billion, funded by frozen russian assets . campaigners from russian assets. campaigners from several movements , including the several movements, including the grenfell fire and the infected

we've got the full debate with every single party represented, as we saw the other night with daisy cooperthe liberal democrats. >> and so you feel you've had enough mass debates for one lifetime. >> look, look, i think look, i think, alex, i think it's very simple . i think, alex, i think it's very simple. i mean, think, alex, i think it's very simple . i mean, there are three simple. i mean, there are three people that have got some power and some skin in this game. okay. sunak starmer farage to invite the others is a waste of time. >> i don't know, i think that i think that farage is being promoted beyond his position right now. >> alex. >> alex. >> well, i think the point i think we've got to give people are drinking the kool—aid. i think we've got to give the guy a chance. and that the trouble with these tv debates is if you put you're only saying that because he's a gb news presenter who's won another award and he's coming after your show , and coming after your show, and that's why you want him. >> oh, listen, i'll take him on. yeah >> farage versus dolan. i'd pay to see that. >> th

. >> and here's what the liberal democrats daisy cooper, had to say . say. >> i do think it is a cynical election campaign to try and wage another phoney culture war. but on the very specific policy, what i would say is that liberal democrats have always said that if there is any confusion amongst service providers, then more guidance can be provided . more guidance can be provided. >> joanne lockwood, the founder of sea change, happen , a firm of sea change, happen, a firm that gives diversity and inclusion advice to businesses , inclusion advice to businesses, joins me now. joanne, what's your reaction to this tory proposal to change the equality act so that that word sex is replaced by the term biological sex to make it clearer , it's the sex to make it clearer, it's the act of a dying government who have absolutely no hope of getting back in again. they're throwing meat to their their grey voters, hoping that it's going to inspire some votes for their way . it's going to inspire some votes for their way. it's going to be unimplementable whatever they're proposing. i listen to kemi al

figures from the tory party, labour angela rayner for labour, penny mordaunt for the tory party daisy cooperhe deputy leader of the liberal democrats and then the leaders of all the other smaller parties, nigel farage, the snp, stephen flynn, the plaid cymru and green party co—leaders. so they'll be here later and we'll be bringing you all the best action from the spin room after earlier. of course, we're up in manchester, where i am now for this launch of this manifesto by sir keir starmer, and i was able to ask him some questions at crewe alexandra football club in his battlebus in the car park. i asked him about would you want to bring down inflation, immigration and to what level? he wouldn't give us a figure. i also chucked in a question at the end, which i was surprised about, when he was laughed at last night for saying his dad was a toolmaker and a factory worker. he gave me an answer i wasn't expecting directly. >> addressed you on that. my dad worked in a factory all his life . he felt people disrespected him , and that's not happening him, and that's not happening with a laughing.

we've got the full debate with every single party represented, as we saw the other night with daisy coopere liberal democrats. >> and so you feel you've had enough mass debates for one lifetime. >> look, look, i think look, i think, alex, i think it's very simple . i think, alex, i think it's very simple. i mean, think, alex, i think it's very simple . i mean, there are three simple. i mean, there are three people that have got some power and some skin in this game. okay. sunak starmer farage to invite the others is a waste of time. >> i don't know, i think that i think that farage is being promoted beyond his position right now. >> alex. >> alex. >> well, i think the point i think we've got to give people are drinking the kool—aid. i think we've got to give the guy a chance. and that the trouble with these tv debates is if you put you're only saying that because he's a gb news presenter who's won another award and he's coming after your show , and coming after your show, and that's why you want him. >> oh, listen, i'll take him on. yeah >> farage versus dolan. i'd pay to see that. >> the

here's the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper, on the party's plans for the nhs.and social care, and with that particular amount of money, we've said we will invest in fixing problems in the nhs and social care upstream. so we will make sure people can see a gp within seven days, that we boost gp numbers by 8,000, we will fix the crisis in dentistry, we will offer free personal care to every older person and disabled adult who needs it. with our plans and our additional investment, we could transform our health and social care services. now, to find out what matters most to you ahead of the vote next month, the bbc is in constituencies all over the uk to hear what you have to say. today, we've been looking at the issues affecting two constituencies in scotland. our reporter ben philip is in stonehaven, in the west aberdeenshire and kincardine constituency. and iain macinnes is in the caithness sutherland and easter ross constituency. i spoke to them both a little earlier. let's hear what they had to say about the issues affecting these areas. good morning from sto

. >> and here's what the liberal democrats daisy cooper, had to say . say. >> i do think it is a cynical election campaign to try and wage another phoney culture war. but on the very specific policy, what i would say is that liberal democrats have always said that if there is any confusion amongst service providers, then more guidance can be provided . more guidance can be provided. >> joanne lockwood, the founder of sea change, happen , a firm of sea change, happen, a firm that gives diversity and inclusion advice to businesses , inclusion advice to businesses, joins me now. joanne, what's your reaction to this tory proposal to change the equality act so that that word sex is replaced by the term biological sex to make it clearer , it's the sex to make it clearer, it's the act of a dying government who have absolutely no hope of getting back in again. they're throwing meat to their their grey voters, hoping that it's going to inspire some votes for their way . it's going to inspire some votes for their way. it's going to be unimplementable whatever they're proposing. i listen to kemi al

also appearing were redknapp yorwerth from plied comrie, reform uk's nigel farage and daisy cooper fromrrent government has, she says, broken the public's hope. well, the row over the prime minister's decision to leave d—day commemorations early yesterday rumbled on in the opening minutes of tonight's debate, cabinet minister penny morden joined the criticism, saying that rishi sunaks decision to return home for a tv interview was completely wrong and that he has been right to apologise. rishi sunak has admitted it was a mistake, but said that people should judge him by his actions when it comes to supporting the armed forces . to supporting the armed forces. >> reflection. that was a mistake and i apologise . i think mistake and i apologise. i think it's important though, given the enormity of the sacrifice made, that we don't politicise this. the focus should rightly be on the veterans who gave so much. i had the honour and privilege of speaking to many of them and their families, hearing their stories, expressing my gratitude personally to them. but i'm someone who will always admit

daisy cooper, thank you very much.f mine in fact, people like chris heaton harris, who has given 25 years of front line service in politics, that is a very long time. with the and pressures on families, someone like will quins, again a dearfriend and colleague, who has a young family, wants to spend more time them. completely understandable. but also people like holly lynch on the labour side, who have worked with over the years in different roles and have enormous respect for she has decided to step back. so there are a lot of good people, it is a difficultjob. looking sceptical, but you are standing down. do you really want to standing down. do you really want to stand down when you think there is going to be a landslide gimmick i feel labour party is in safe hands, so i feel safe to stand down. but in resonse so i feel safe to stand down. but in response to _ so i feel safe to stand down. but in response to what _ so i feel safe to stand down. but in response to what tom _ so i feel safe to stand down. but in respon

daisy cooper, liberal democrat deputy leader, will make her party's case, as will stephen flynn for the plaid cymru's leader, rhun ap iorwerth, and nigel farage will take part after becoming leader of reform uk earlier this week. meanwhile, the two main parties are still putting out policies ahead of their manifesto launches. labour says if it wins power, it will make permanent an existing government scheme designed to ensure first—time buyers can access low—deposit mortgages through the state acting as a guarantor for part of the loan. the conservatives have put forward plans to allow high earners to keep more of their child benefit. the party says if it continues to govern, the threshold at which parents start to lose child benefit through a tax charge will double to £120,000. and it's committed to a previously announced proposal to assess claimants as a household rather than an individual. plenty still to be digested and scrutinised as political parties continue to vie for votes. leila nathoo, bbc news. donald trump has taken part in his first campaign rally since he was convicted of

that's what the party's deputy leader daisy cooper said this morning. is that right? from capital gains tax reforms and the reintroduction of the bank levy and bank corporation tax surcharge doesn't look unreasonable, but it is potentially misleading to suggest this is somehow free money. when you raise taxes, even on big firms, it ultimately gets passed on to people. now there is evidence capital gains are very concentrated among higher income people. recent research by the london school of economics suggests three in every seven pounds of capital gains in the uk go to people earning more than £150,000 a year. and the vast majority of people don't pay it. but tax experts warn we don't know precisely how the costs of for instance the bank levy would ultimately get distributed and it wouldn't necessarily only fall on bankers or bank shareholders. dan needle of a tax think—tank tells me the likely effect of the bank levy is for mortgage and consumer lending the cost is passed on to customers. this is not to imply these taxes should not be increased to pay for more spend