damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. some breaking news to bring you now.allorca, after the roof of a two—storey building collapsed. more than 20 people were injured in the incident. it happened at the medusa beach club, in palma de mallorca, which is popular with foreign tourists. with me is our news correspondent simonjones. what do we know so far? this is very much an ongoing _ what do we know so far? this is very much an ongoing situation, - what do we know so far? this is very l much an ongoing situation, emergency services remain at the scene. we understand that part of the building collapsed. we are not sure entirely which part, some talk about parts of the roof collapsing, others talk about the first story of the building collapsing. what's clear is it's fallen onto a large number of people, so as well as for dead, we've had reports that seven have been what the authorities describe as very seriously injured, another nine seriously injured, plus reports of other casualties. it's not clear entirely what caused this to happen, but we know it's in a ve

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.t polling expert, sirjohn curtice — professor of politics at strathclyde university. sirjohn, you were talking about the ratings for the parties. a quick question, on the personal ratings for rishi sunak and sir keir starmer, given the prime minister is clearly making this an election, or trying to, about that straight choice. , , �* trying to, about that straight choice. , , ~ �* , choice. yes he is. and it's interesting _ choice. yes he is. and it's interesting he's _ choice. yes he is. and it's interesting he's trying - choice. yes he is. and it's interesting he's trying to l choice. yes he is. and it's i interesting he's trying to do choice. yes he is. and it's - interesting he's trying to do so, because at the moment at least, for many voters, it's not a particularly attractive choice that's put before them. as far as mr sunak is concerned, if we take for example data from you god of —— yougov. he has fallen in popularity during his premiership, typical measures around -40 premier

damian grammaticas, thank ou.eople at a right—wing demonstration before being shot and injured. it happened in the market square in the south western city of mannheim. we can find out more from security correspondent frank gardner. this seems to be. _ correspondent frank gardner. t�*i 3 seems to be, appears to be politically motivated. this was a rally against what they call the islamisation of germany, organised by a fringe group, headed by a political activist who calls himself a journalist, political activist who calls himself ajournalist, but political activist who calls himself a journalist, but he is not, he is a former politician and now political activist. he was attacked along with activist. he was attacked along with a number of other people. the assailant was shot by police. we don't know the condition of the assailant, whether he is alive. he is certainly wounded, and there is a very graphic video, he is shot and goes down. we don't know what the motives were. obviously people will jump motives were. o

one of rishi sunak�*s flagship policies — a plan to phase out smoking — will be shelved, as damian grammaticashigh—stakes negotiations, rituals to —— which laws to push through, which tojunk. some have been campaigned forfour tojunk. some have been campaigned for four years tojunk. some have been campaigned forfour years but now tojunk. some have been campaigned for four years but now with a short notice election they are having to be ditched. one of the casualties is rishi sunak�*s own signature legislation meant to be part of his legacy to ensure children now and one day adults too never smoke. the commons he has seen it but the lords there hasn't so it seems his tobacco and vapes bill is doomed. it would have banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born in 2009 or after, created £100 on the spot fines for shops in england and wales flouting the law and given ministers the power to restrict the packaging and flavours of vapes to make them less attractive to children. at the last election the conservatives promised in their 2019 manifesto to protect those renting homes to give them more secur

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.a, killing at least four people. the emergency services say more than 20 others were injured in the incident, which happened on the seafront in palma de mallorca. 0ur correspondent simon jones has an update. searching through the night for survivors. people were enjoying a drink or something to eat at the beach club on palma de mallorca where part of the building came down. it showered debris on those below. many of those hurtful tourists. pictures from the immediate aftermath showed ambulances at the scene and the injured been taken away on stretchers. police are shocked onlookers on the beach in several different languages to remain quiet while emergency services listen for any signs of life in the rubble —— police asked. three is the largest of spain's balearic islands which attracted i7 islands which attracted 17 million visitors last year. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez says his government was ready to offer any support needed. he sent his condolences to the families of

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.aken centre stage on the campaign trail in recent days. the prime minister says he will protect pensioners from a tax hike if the conservatives win the next election. rishi sunak launched what's being called the "triple lock plus" plan which will increase pensioners�* personal allowance to prevent more people paying income tax. labour says the plan is not credible. meanwhile the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has said that labour is the "natural party for british business". faisal islam reports. the prime minister was inspecting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives' strategy appears to be move fast and break things, with bold policies. today's new offer — no tax for those on the basic state pension. for people who work hard all their lives and put in, then we need to make sure that they have the dignity they deserve when they've finished. and that is why i have already protected pensions and the triple lock and you have

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. braverman has been speaking to the bbc. she insisted her party was facing electoral oblivion without a change. we are, at this rate, you know, we'll be lucky to have any conservative mps at the next election, and we need to fight, and i'm not willing to give up. you know, it does me no favours to come here and say it how it is, to set out the difficult situation that we are in, but i owe that honesty to my colleagues, i owe that to you, and the british people who are crying out for a conservative party to vote for. in response to ms braverman�*s comments calling for change, the acting editor of the political news website conservative home, henry hill, told us it's not clear what the prime minister could do at this point with the time available. it's difficult to see what change you could do at this point. six months out from a general election with 1a years of government sort of behind you. it's not clear what rishi sunak could really do to change the course of events at this point, w

damian grammaticas, bbc news. westminster. what is the government doing with the defenders? there is a big problem with this, the reasons are almost capacity, there is headroom of about 1,200. you have a constant interplay of new prison is coming in and other prisoners leaving. there are two schemes in operation to ease these pressures. the first is the one that the prime minister and keir starmer were battling over, which is early release. and as from next week, some prisoners will be released to a former home detention curfew, up to 70 days earlier than they would have expected to be in prison. and that is to ease the numbers and create space in prisons. what is new today and i think this is really controversial, is a decision to try and manage the flow of offenders coming in so that when someone gets charged in a police station, they would normally expect to go straight to court if there is a likelihood they are going to be put on remand because they are a danger to the public. what seems to be happening and we�*re still wa

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. former home secretary, suella braverman, has been talking to the bbc this morning. she was on laura kuenssberg on sunday and she insisted her party faced electoral oblivion without a change in direction. we are, at this rate, you know, we'll be lucky to have any conservative mps at the next election, and we need to fight, and i'm not willing to give up. you know, it does me no favours to come here and say it how it is, to set out the difficult situation that we are in, but i owe that honesty to my colleagues, i owe that to you, and the british people who are crying out for a conservative party to vote for. let's speak to now to the acting editor of the political news website conservative home, henry hill. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. miss brother men saying the plan is not working and needs to change, is that a view shared in the wider party. —— suella braverman saying. wider party. -- suella braverman sa inc. , ' . ., , wider party. -- suella braverman sa in. m . ., wider par

the story of the night, here is damian grammaticas.- the story of the night, here is damian grammaticasur party, 10,825. cheering and applause blackpool south a little before 5am and a decisive labour victory. they were confident of emerging winners at the by—election, but this was emphatic. at the by-election, but this was em - hatic. , ., at the by-election, but this was emhatic. , ., at the by-election, but this was emphatic— at the by-election, but this was emhatic. , ., ., , emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and the _ emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and the conservatives, - emphatic. they have said to rishi| sunak and the conservatives, they have had _ sunak and the conservatives, they have had enough. they have had enough — have had enough. they have had enough of— have had enough. they have had enough of 14 years of the conservatives in power, they have lost trust — conservatives in power, they have lost trust of the british people and blackpool has had enough of this failed _ blackpool has had enough of this failed government. the conservatives who had held — faile

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. westminster — where we can speak to shadow home secretary — yvette cooper. welcome to the programme. when you're ready for this election to be called or were you caught by surprise?— called or were you caught by surrise? ~ �* , ., , ., surprise? we've been ready for some time, surprise? we've been ready for some time. we've — surprise? we've been ready for some time. we've been _ surprise? we've been ready for some time, we've been keen _ surprise? we've been ready for some time, we've been keen to _ surprise? we've been ready for some time, we've been keen to get - surprise? we've been ready for some time, we've been keen to get this - time, we've been keen to get this election because we just need to put an end to chaos. we had 14 years of conservative government and its become more and more chaotic. our public services still broken, our economy is really struggling and that's why we are so keen to turn the page and get the change the country needs. yes, we are ready to go. country

listening to all of that was our political correspondent damian grammaticas and hejoins us now. ese six pledges or holding up a pledge card at the end, similar to tony blair in 1997 and people in the question is, thejournalists, making that point saying it was very similar to what tony blair did in 1997 and sir keir making the point that he is trying to take labour from opposition into power and that would only be for the fourth time. it is quite an uphill struggle that he does have?— it is quite an uphill struggle that he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you _ he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you sort _ he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you sort of _ he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you sort of step _ he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you sort of step back - he does have? yes, that's right. i think if you sort of step back and | think if you sort of step back and look at this, he was asked that and he said this is a very different moment to 1997 but a very similar sort of intent, exactly as you say. he pointed back to previous la

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.live to another of our westminster studios, we can talk to liberal democrat mp alistair carmichael, thank you so much for being on the programme, what is your central pitch to voters? figs being on the programme, what is your central pitch to voters?— central pitch to voters? as you heard from _ central pitch to voters? as you heard from our— central pitch to voters? as you heard from our assistant - central pitch to voters? as you i heard from our assistant leader, this is an agenda for change, and liberal democrats across the country, but especially in those seats where we are strongest, can be the vehicle for the change. so we have a government at the moment that frankly, two years ago, crashed the economy, and now they're wanting to take credit for repairing some of the damage, but everybody knows that at the end of the day, they are paying more mortgage, more in taxes for the mistakes that the conservatives have made. they have to be accountable for that. the liberal democrat are p

damian grammaticas, our political correspondence, at westminster. we have a special live page up and running, if you havejustjoined us and special live page up and running, if you have justjoined us and want to know what sir keir starmer has outlined in his six pledges in that pre—election speech then you can find that at the bbc website... or if you have it on the bbc news app. while sir keir was speaking, we had some breaking news into the bbc and ijust want to some breaking news into the bbc and i just want to update you want that because a six—year—old boy has died after falling from a building because a six—year—old boy has died afterfalling from a building in east london. the emergency services say they were called to new city road at 6am to reports that someone had fallen from height. they say a child died at the scene. the boy's family have been told and are being supported by specialist officers from the metropolitan police. at the moment, the police are saying the death is being treated as unexplained. the met said they are working to esta

our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports.man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. i he has a huge poll deficit to become. ., ., , �* ., ., become. i want to build britain, a country where _ become. i want to build britain, a country where you _ become. i want to build britain, a country where you can _ become. i want to build britain, a country where you can have - country where you can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, society and our nation. pride in our communities, society and our nation-— and our nation. earlier he had an admission. _ and our nation. earlier he had an admission, he _ and our nation. earlier he had an admission, he promised - and our nation. earlier he had an - admission, he promised deportation flights to rwanda, now he says they will happen if he is elected. we have will happen if he is elected. - have already started detaining people, we hav

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here�*s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. diane abbott — campaigner, trailblazer.shadow home secretary. 30 months ago, she was suspended by labour. this was on 1987, the day she became the first black woman elected to be an mp. if you would like to go to the swing doors... i thank you very much. what got her suspended was the letter to the observer saying jewish, irish and traveller people do undoubtedly experience prejudice, adding, but they are not all their lives subjected to racism. she withdrew her remarks and apologised and the internal investigation resulted in a formal warning for conduct prejudicial to her party. sir keir starmer, who has made a priority of rooting out anti—semitism from the party, was under pressure to say whether she would be reinstated to the party. the process is a bit longer than the fact—finding exercise bike in the end this is a matter that will have to be resolved by the national executive committee and they will do that in due course. and this evening, it was revealed her position has been restored — she is once again a labour mp.

joining me to listen to what sir keir has to say is our political correspondent damian grammaticas.there are going to be six pledges, answer? speech but there are going to be six pledges. answer?— speech but there are going to be six pledges, answer? pledges is one way of describing — pledges, answer? pledges is one way of describing them. _ pledges, answer? pledges is one way of describing them. they _ pledges, answer? pledges is one way of describing them. they are - pledges, answer? pledges is one way of describing them. they are steps i of describing them. they are steps that sir keir starmer is going to highlight. he calls six steps for change. these are the things that labour want to say they will focus on if it were to win the next election. these are not new pledges, these are things labour has said already. but what it is trying to do is narrow the focus of what it is eyeing out, to have some things that people can have in their minds. the content of it is not new so much. what we are seeing is a new focus on the presentation, on this and honing in on what they want the mes

here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.ner, trailblazer, and over a0 years she has been a fixture on the left of politics, not afraid to criticise her own party, like the rack wall, whenjeremy her own party, like the rack wall, when jeremy corbyn her own party, like the rack wall, whenjeremy corbyn became party leader she became shadow home secretary —— iraq war. 30 months ago she was suspended by labour and this was on 1997, the day she became the first black woman elected to be an mp. -- 1987. first black woman elected to be an mp- -- 1981— first black woman elected to be an mp. "1987. if you would like to go to the swing — mp. "1987. if you would like to go to the swing doors. _ mp. "1987. if you would like to go to the swing doors. what _ mp. "1987. if you would like to go to the swing doors. what got - mp. "1987. if you would like to go to the swing doors. what got her. to the swing doors. what got her suspended _ to the swing doors. what got her suspended was _ to the swing doors. what got her suspended was the _ to t

our politcal correspondent, damian grammaticas, gave us his analysis of labour�*s six pledges.er in which this was all presented. i mean, it was very much like a sort of campaign event. you had keir starmer, his sleeves rolled up, jacket off, tie off, standing there with his entire shadow cabinet behind him. these six steps that they wanted to lay out, there are cards that will be able to be handed out. there�*s a digital version. there�*s going to be posters going up in key constituencies. so it felt like a campaign event, even if we�*re not in a campaign. and it was all about trying to send this sort of picture and this message that here is a man, a leader, a party who want to get their sleeves rolled up and get stuck in and make changes six key areas — these are not new things, but labour�*s trying to hone in on things it can show that it could try to start delivering. so not new pledges, not changing old ones, but things like economic growth, more nhs appointments, more teachers, that sort of thing. here�*s a flavour of what sir keir starmer had to say. the big change that

our political corresponsdent, damian grammaticas has the latest.r, richard, labouring cooperative party, two to. was a result that will send a shadow to conservatives. the conservative _ shadow to conservatives. the conservative party _ shadow to conservatives. lie: conservative party candidate, due to four, 08 labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race, 1508 votes, a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people, one of the conservative high profile metro mayors andy street, toppled. the labour leader there to celebrate.— the labour leader there to celebrate. , ,., celebrate. the message here, the last elections _ celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, - celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, the . the last elections now, the last— the last elections now, the last stop before the general election, is the country wants change — election, is the country wants change i_ election, is the country wants change. i hope the prime ministers listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote — the opportunity to the

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.e most diverse areas of the country. keir starmer address that in his speech when he visited birmingham last night, saying he had listened to those concerns. for the conservatives, very disappointing for andy street. they have relied on brand andy, someone close to the campaign saying they thought they relied on that too much. it was not enough to get them over the line. an historic result for labour. thousands of runners are in the half marathon in birmingham this morning. i think labour will be doing a victory lap, as well.- i think labour will be doing a victory lap, as well. thank you. it is statin: victory lap, as well. thank you. it is stating the _ victory lap, as well. thank you. it is stating the obvious. _ victory lap, as well. thank you. it is stating the obvious. but - victory lap, as well. thank you. it is stating the obvious. but how. is stating the obvious. but how appropriate to have somebody called rob mayor reporting. all but one of the results in this week's local el

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.akfast, chancellorjeremy hunt said ruling out a vat increase was an "important commitment". the ifs are right to point to the fact that public finances are very challenging. and because we want to avoid austerity—style cuts that we had to have after the financial crisis, i set out in the budget clear plans to improve the efficiency of public services, and i took a difficult decision. i put £14 took a difficult decision. i put £31; billion into improving the it systems in the nhs, which you were talking about your previous item. that�*s not something that is a big vote winner, but it will make the nhs more efficient, meaning it can do more operations, and meaning we can run our public services more efficiently with similar amounts of money or with a small increase in the amount of funding we put in. so thatis the amount of funding we put in. so that is a challenging plan to deliver. we have set out that plan, and we have put money behind it, which is why we are confident that we can liv

with the story of the night, here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. ..commonly knownchris, labour party 10,825. cheering blackpool south, a little before 5am, and a decisive labour victory. they were confident of emerging winners in the by—election, but this was emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and to the conservatives they've had enough. they've had enough for 1h years of the conservatives being in power. they have lost trust of the british people and blackpool has had enough of this failed government. the conservatives, who had held the seat, were beaten into second place. but the shock for tories will be that reform very nearly pushed them into third. they didn't get brexit done properly, they didn't cut immigration and people are tired — sick and tired — of the tory incompetence and lies. we're done with it. we're done with the tories. it's time for change. it's time for reform. and the first council of the night to change control, hartlepool. labour and co—operative party, 649 votes. the conservatives lost six councillors here. labour in charge again. the

with me still is damian grammaticas, or a political correspondent, just having a look on nine from political it is been called so quickly, because potentially puts people at of a job and takes ministers out of a job, people out of their departments, they might�*ve had plans they thought could make headway. to they might've had plans they thought could make headway.— they might've had plans they thought could make headway. to give you one examle, could make headway. to give you one example. one — could make headway. to give you one example, one experience _ could make headway. to give you one| example, one experience conservative mp i was checked into earlier, just after the announcement, i said to him, what you think of this? and he said it would not have been his choice to call it now. he said he worries that the prime minister is surrounded by young advisers who can be easily lose this election, can go off the highly paid jobs in the public relations industry. for them, there is less at stake than for mps, whose jobs are at stake, so his view was that perhaps the advisers around rishi suna

cross live to westminster and discuss what we've seen today — with our political correspondent damian grammaticasw what we're expecting tomorrow? yes going on. do we know what we're expecting tomorrow?— going on. do we know what we're expecting tomorrow? yes for that we had a busy weekend _ expecting tomorrow? yes for that we had a busy weekend tomorrow - expecting tomorrow? yes for that we had a busy weekend tomorrow things actually officially kicked up a gear. one minute past midnight so less than an hour's time parliament is officially dissolved tonight. that was the point at which all parliamentary business ceases, and pcs to bmps. they have to put themselves forward as candidates to be elected again. they can only come back to parliament and pack up their belongings and then go away and campaign. the parties themselves are doing first of all is filling the holes that still exist in the list of their campaigns, hearing all about that issue around diane abbott, that process continues, on the actual campaign trail tomorrow will get several things. labour crime and anti—social behavior. that's o

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let's get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas.his is a man who has staked everything on this election. he has in her huge poll deficit to overcome. i in her huge poll deficit to overcome.— in her huge poll deficit to overcome. . ., , , ., overcome. i want a country where you can all have _ overcome. i want a country where you can all have confidence _ overcome. i want a country where you can all have confidence and _ overcome. i want a country where you can all have confidence and pride - overcome. i want a country where you can all have confidence and pride in i can all have confidence and pride in our communities and our society and our communities and our society and our nation _ our communities and our society and our nation. he our communities and our society and our nation. . , ., , our nation. he had promised deportation _ our nation. he had promised deportation flights _ our nation. he had promised deportation flights to - our nation. he had promised i deportation flights to rwanda. our nation. he had promised - deportatio

we can get a bit more on all of that because damian grammaticas is with me, and you have been here asafternoon. with me, and you have been here as wellall afternoon. lots with me, and you have been here as well all afternoon. lots of coloured elliptical correspondence here and lots of cameras, lesser people still here, butjust in terms of setting the stage and understanding what a big moment it is, ifeel like i am here quite a for changes of government, it has been a really turbulent time in the british politics and this is another moment of potential big change. it is politics and this is another moment of potential big change.— of potential big change. it is going to be a huge _ of potential big change. it is going to be a huge moment _ of potential big change. it is going to be a huge moment of— of potential big change. it is going to be a huge moment of decision, | of potential big change. it is going . to be a huge moment of decision, but cast your— to be a huge moment of decision, but cast your mind back, the last election. _ cast your mind back, the last election, then, much ha

live now to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas.x things he says that he would get on with doing if he were to win power. now they span increased economic security, border security, hiring six and a half thousand teachers, creating 40,000 more appointments every week for people to see doctors and get medical treatment, and then there is another one about clean energy. so these are things that he has a sort of drawing. they are not new pledges, but he is trying to focus on what he says would be the immediate sort of things that his administration that he would lead might try and get done to give people a sense of what labour might be about. and this is a sense of how he was delivering that. here we are, one card, six steps. in your— here we are, one card, six steps. in your hands, — here we are, one card, six steps. in your hands, a— here we are, one card, six steps. in your hands, a plan to change the country — your hands, a plan to change the country. this is a message we can take to _ country. this is a message we can take to ever

here's political correspondent damian grammaticas. diane abbott — campaigner, trailblazer.e's been a fixture on the left of politics, unafraid to criticise her own party, such as over the iraq war. whenjeremy corbyn became leader, she became shadow home secretary. but 13 months ago, she was suspended by labour. this was 1987 — the day she changed the face of parliament. the first black woman elected to be an mp. good morning, my name's diane abbott, i'm a new member. yes, i know. if you'd like to go through the swing doors, they'll look after you. thank you very much. what got her suspended was this letter to the observer saying, "jewish, irish and traveller people do undoubtedly experience prejudice," adding, "but they're not all their lives subject to racism." diane abbott withdrew her remarks and apologised. an internal investigation completed in december gave a formal warning for conduct prejudicial to the party. sir keir starmer, who's made a priority of rooting out anti—semitism from labour, was even yesterday under pressure to say whether she would be allowed back in

the liberal democrats have damian grammaticas on their bus.ut in english primary schools. the detail is at the minute they have a cut—off for those meals, you have to be on universal credit, an income of less than £7,400. they want to increase that to a joint family income of £20,000 or less. that would extend it. no time frame set for exactly when this would happen. the funding for it they say would come from a tax on share buy—backs from big companies. again not entirely clear how that would work out. they are costing this at around £500 million a year. it is clearly, this is a long—standing liberal democrat policy, but hoping to outflank labour and the conservatives. labour do have a policy in wales bringing in free school meals by this year to primary school meals by this year to primary school children, and in london, sadiq khan the london mayor has extended that. but it is a patchwork from labour. the liberal democrats today saying this is something distinctive and we will get more detail on how it will work a bit later. thank you very m

our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports.far this year, nearly 9,000 people have crossed the channel in small boats. the numbers arriving and staying via legal routes are far greater but tackling this issue of boat crossings is high up the political agenda. so today the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will set out labour's alternative strategy. labour will promise new border security measures. there will be a new border security command reporting to the home secretary. hundreds of investigators working across the national crime agency, immigration enforcement and mi5. with new powers like enhanced stop and search, financial investigations, search and seizure warrants, and £75 million earmarked for the rwanda scheme would be used to fund it. we'll set up a new border security command with additional new cross border police, specialist investigators, but also make sure that they've got new powers, counter—terror style powers. currently, some of those powers can only be used for terror investigations. but we think the threats t

to a school in harpenden and he will continue his party's campaign in south—west london and damian grammaticasprimary school kids here on a half term baking course and the lib dems on traditional geography and traditional political territory today and their offer is to expand free school meals and they ultimately want to do that to all primary school children. so ed davey gave us a bit more in the way of details. ,., . , gave us a bit more in the way of details. , , ., , , gave us a bit more in the way of details. _ , ., , , ., details. our policy priority is to rive free details. our policy priority is to give free school _ details. our policy priority is to give free school meals - details. our policy priority is to give free school meals to - details. our policy priority is to i give free school meals to children in poverty— give free school meals to children in poverty so we are proposing to raise _ in poverty so we are proposing to raise a _ in poverty so we are proposing to raise a fresh whole of the threshold of income _ raise a fresh whole of the threshold of income up to £20,000, mean