this is theresa may really making a break with the david cameron manifesto.gs like scrapping the triple lock and it is a real clean break from scrapping the triple lock and it is a real clean breakfrom david cameron's government. is there a sense she is appealing to those working—class voters as well in those constituencies up north. we know she has been spending a lot of time up there since the campaign began. is there a sense she is trying to reach out to them in a concerted way? definitely. one of the interesting things is why did david cameron promise this in 2010 and 2015. they were unbelievably tight elections. every vote counted. theresa may has a lead of 15 or 20 points in the polls and can be a bit more free. pensioners are those who vote and i can look at it a bit more straight. we are happy to take away from some wealthy people who get fuel payments and push that cash back into something that helps the wider society. that is the way the sun is framing it. but in the times, thousands hit by care costs. elderly pensioners will pay more, the triple lo

it was not david cameron the end? it was not david cameron the borisjohnson, the end?n, all of those excitable pieces written about them, it is the theresa may 1990s intake and she beat them to it and she wa nts to and she beat them to it and she wants to stay there, hence the ma nifesto. police in cheshire have launched an investigation following a number of deaths of babies at the main hospital in the county. they say it follows a greater number of baby deaths and collapses at the countess of chester hospital between june 2015 and june last year. 0ur correspondent, judith moritz, reports from chester. cheshire police told us this morning they were launching this investigation. particularly looking at the deaths of babies who were here in the neonatal unit, the unit looking after very premature babies. 0ver that year, between the middle ofjune and the middle of 2016. in particular police say they will look at 15 deaths. they will focus on eight, they'll review another seven. they are also going to look at six babies who came very close to death. all of them having bee

the idea appealed to david cameron. 6-year tenure of the top jobs. >> questions to the prime minister. >> i had meetings with ministerial colleagues, other than when meeting with her majesty the queen. the rest of my day is remarkably light. >> 33 years in this house watching five prime ministers and several ex-prime minister's, i have seen him achieve a mastery of that dispatch box unparalleled in my time. .. we think the prime minister for his hard work and leadership. >> it is only right that after six years, we thank the right honorable member for his service. >> this session does have admirers around the world. i remember when i did his job and met mayor bloomberg in new york. everyone came up and said, mayor, you are doing a great job. no one had a clue who i was until eventually someone said, cameron, prime minister's questions, we love your show. i would also like to pass on his banks to his mom for his advice about ties and suits and songs. it is extremely kind of her. i would be grateful if you pass that on to

david cameron, said no ifs, i'io dover? david cameron, said no ifs, no buts. five digits.nd the last full year, 330,000. that was all theresa may's watch. but this is what she thinks she has got to do, before the election, with brexit looming, not going to have any excuses. but also making the point, that because of brexit, she can take this down to the tens of thousands. but many economists would say, that if you try to lower this number, in a couple of years, you are going to do some damage. it has got to be gradual. even david davis has said that we need migrants, for the hill service, science, and other sectors. you have got the danger, that this is about the conservative party, trying to out ukip ukip. and they do not need to do that. we saw that from the council elections. the same day that theresa may has said this, ukip said we want a net migration figure over five years of zero. i do not think even the hardest brexiteers would say that. it needs 100,150,000. brexiteers would say that. it needs 100, 150,000. and those people who voted for brexit would say that they

establishing that she was a very different sort of conservative to david cameron.t was a new chancellor, a new justice secretary and a new foreign secretary in the shape of boris johnson. >> she also addressed insecure workers, saying you have a job but you don't always have job security. does that mean that she is proposing to scrap the employment tribunal fees, repeal the tribune act or been zero -- ban zero hours contract as more than a dozen european nations have already done. >> yes, i did say that on the streets of downing street, i think it is very important that here in this house we consider not only what might be called a obvious injustice but consider the lives of those people. they are in work but struggling to make ends meet. it refers to the situation of some workers that could have some job insecurity. i suspect that there are many members on the opposition benches that might be unfamiliar. a boss doesn't listen to his worker. a boss who requires some of his workers to double their workload. maybe even a boss who exploits the rules to further his own

david cameron had expected. or from his close friend, justice secretary michael though. had other ideas, announcing he would be backing leave. a beautiful friendship was never the same again. worse for cameron was the loss of support from the outgoing mayor of london, boris johnson. >> the referendum arguments begin. the claims and counterclaims were made. one pledge on the side of the leaf campaign bus was the weekly cost of britain's e.u. membership could be spent in said became especially well-known. the public grew suspicious of the forecast. committee sessions were looking at the issues both big and small. >> one of the rules that you cite -- one of the ludicrous rules -- isn't eu rule that says you can't recycle a teabag and that children under eight can't blow up balloons. >> this site says that adult supervision is required in the use of uninflated balloons by children under eight. household,ay, in my only children under eight are allowed to blow up balloons. i do think it is absolutely ludicrous to have this kind of prescription at a european level. >> do you not

paul, it was clear what tory cause was under david cameron last week.quadri days ago —— what tory policy was. she decided to pass it out and now she has brought it back in again. i was looking forward to see how tim would spin his way out of that one! this is a complete shambles. the first time in history that a manifesto promise has been broken even before the election. it's just been a day of complete confusion. you've had a very angry prime minister, ministers running away from bbc tv cameras shown on screen. you had anger, blame gaming, you've had finger—pointing, the whole thing. it is a meltdown. it's being called meltdown monday. this is not a rational act, it was forced upon theresa may on the government. tim, come on, the front page of the telegraph, chaos. the fact is, there we re telegraph, chaos. the fact is, there were people within her own party, people within the cabinet to thought it was a bad idea. is she just not listening to anyone? it was a bad idea. is she just not listening to anyone ?|j it was a bad idea. is she just not listening

david cameron had expected. or from his close friend, justice secretary michael though. had other ideas, announcing he would be backing leave. a beautiful friendship was never the same again. worse for cameron was the loss of support from the outgoing mayor of london, boris johnson. >> the referendum arguments begin. the claims and counterclaims were made. one pledge on the side of the leaf campaign bus was the weekly cost of britain's e.u. membership could be spent in said became especially well-known. the public grew suspicious of the forecast. committee sessions were looking at the issues both big and small. >> one of the rules that you cite -- one of the ludicrous rules -- isn't eu rule that says you can't recycle a teabag and that children under eight can't blow up balloons. >> this site says that adult supervision is required in the use of uninflated balloons by children under eight. household,ay, in my only children under eight are allowed to blow up balloons. i do think it is absolutely ludicrous to have this kind of prescription at a european level. >> do you not

for example, david cameron agenda. for example, david cameron agenda.ak for the that but she ta kes a will take flak for the that but she takes a different view and thinks have vision of grammar schools were actually benefit low income families whose kids do not have the advantage of wealthy parents who can send their children to private schools or middle—class parents who move into good catchment zones. so, we end up with two parties almost turning their back on the track record of their back on the track record of the predecessors on what the parties have been about it with the past ten yea rs or have been about it with the past ten years or so. earlier this week we had jeremy corbyn signalling a marked change in direction for the labour party, i would suggest today we're sinking reza make sickening a similar change we're sinking reza make sickening a similarchange in we're sinking reza make sickening a similar change in direction for the tory party. in a few moments david davis. —— we're seeing theresa may making a similar change in the direction for

she has not recommitted to the david cameron pledge not to put up ni. only vat.whoever wins the election, the prospect of tax going up is a very real one. oh, brilliant! we must go to the express. david davis, he used to be brexit secretary, he is talking about how theresa may has assured the eu the briton means business. he has also said she has managed to put them back in the box after those leaks recently about the various talks we have been having already, and he is determined, he says, we still have on the table this idea we will walk away with no deal. he says he spends half his time working on the no deal deal. interestingly, he is talking about this idea that there was a suggestion that no senior ministers back a pledge to reduce annual migration below 100,000, he says that absolutely wrong. it is not mention anyone else though. maybe he is not classed as a senior minister! i think he will have a different opinion. pepper, this is from back to the daily mail. referencing the itv debate that has been on this evening, which included five party leaders, not

if i was david cameron, i would be very frightened.der theresa may must be frightening. i don't believe for one second that he wants to turbo—charge, absolutely, let's get out of europe at any costs. he knows andjeremy out of europe at any costs. he knows and jeremy corbyn knows that that would be total disaster for the uk economy. i do not buy the fact that theresa may says, i need a huge mandate to have a slightly more considered brexit. it doesn't add up. you have liam fox, priti patel, these hardliners. he is calling people in his own party extremists. that is quite clearly, if you're voting for a party that is having a serious and considered approach to brexit, setting out clearly red lines, and in the manifesto, actually saying, we will not have brexit at any cost but we are still committed to brexit on the terms of the british people rather than global corporations and all those things the tories are pushing for, it is clear that people should think about the choices here. we have to wait and see what the precise wording is brex

david cameron would have liked to have heard about that.|j david cameron would have liked to have heard about that. i imagine he is sitting in his shed thinking, this sounds even if familiar, jotting down a few notes in his memoir. shepherd's had. i am contracting that into shed. i think the chances of angela merkel folding and setting, yes, let'sjust have germany bailed you out, don't worry, though problem, the pretty slender. the germans have been the greatest winners of the eurozone, and i doubt they are keen to go, let's share that are found, don't mind. what i find interesting in this picture is how much it reminds me of a roman triumph. look how high he is, i can not help that belief one of these men flanking him is whispering, rememberyou men flanking him is whispering, remember you are mortal. the horses, the helmets, the plumes, i see that the helmets, the plumes, i see that the motorbikes are not fully roman, but it reminds me of imperial times. it looked spectacular. we talked about pomp and ceremony over here. we have a coach. w

some might say that it was full right, for david cameron to make that commitment.esa may will wa nt to commitment. whether theresa may will want to have that target to be measured against in the future, we'll have to wait and see. but it is interesting, because we haven't really heard much about immigration so really heard much about immigration so far in this election campaign. and that is slightlyjarring with how central it was to the referendum campaign. when the manifestos eventually get published, your body will be watching that very closely. —— everybody will be watching. french voters are going to the polls today to choose their next president. the second and final round of the election pits the centrist candidate emmanuel macron against the far—right leader marine le pen. more than 50,000 police officers have been deployed amid tight security. lets cross to my colleague huw edwards who is in paris. good afternoon from paris, where the polls will close within the next couple of hours and the people of france will discover who their next president will be. te

majesty the queen had opened parliament against expectations and predictions of the pollsters, david cameron won a general election victory for the conservative. note television of the democrats would be needed this time. following the resignation, labor was led harriet harman. no words were exchanged as they filed through parliament to hear the speech and the plans for government expected to last five years. >> my government will renegotiate the relationship with the european union. >> as she congratulated prime minister they made the remark that turned out to be. [inaudible] >> although he and i have many differences in some ways we are quite alike. in what one of the things we have in common is that we are both, by our own admission, interim leaders. [laughter] we will support the government's bill for a referendum. [applause] we believe it will be better for britain if we stay in the european union. >> we have a strategy of renegotiation, reform and referendum. the bill in the queen's speech indicates that it must take place by the end of 2017. >> it was a scottish nationalist party. >>

paul, it was clear what tory cause was under david cameron last week.

that changed by 2015 with, as you say, david cameron not accepting a head—to—head.tiation then followed about exposure of parties relative to their size. we didn't have nick clegg in the tv debate either. and it has changed again this time round with the prime minister deciding she's not going to do it. let's hope we can get them back again in future elections. the bbc is going to run these special question time format programmes with individual party leaders and studio audience. at the start of this week the bbc said the greens wouldn't be part of this. a lot of viewers complained to newswatch. why? and they complained to us, too, and i've heard the comments your viewers have made about the greens. let me explain the formula we use, not in too much detail. we are obliged by our regulations to take into account the electoral support over two election cycles, that means two general elections, in other words back to 2010, and all the elections that happened in the meantime. lots of local elections in that time, obviously, and some european elections. if you take all t

in 2015, david cameron promised no increases in income tax, national insurance or vat. been replaced with a rather vaguer "firm intention to reduce taxes" — many now predict national insurance contributions, at least, will rise. and then, pensions. in 2015, the conservatives promised a "triple lock" — that pensions would increase by either the rate of inflation, the rate of earnings growth or 2.5% — whichever was highest. that is now a "double lock" — inflation or earnings will be used, which could mean lower pension increases if both fall below 2.5%. the conservative leader has given herself more wriggle room on the economy. she can borrow more, tax more and has opened the door to lower increases in pensions. 0ne striking feature of the manifesto, very few costings. mrs may does not want her hands tied. kamal ahmed, bbc news. and our political editor laura kuenssberg joins me now. are we seeing the emergence of something called mayism ? are we seeing the emergence of something called mayism? theresa may doesn't style herself as a full —— philosopher. i think what we ha

on the nhs, yes, there is more money, as in the david cameron yes, but with it is tough action againstated. we had jeremy corbyn's manifesto which signalled a marked change in labour politics, theresa may's also marks a clear change in traditional tory policies. thank you. and we will take a closer look at the numbers behind the conservative ma nifesto the numbers behind the conservative manifesto later in the programme. it's not been an easy week for president trump already and, last night, things got considerably tougher. in an announcement that surprised the white house, the usjustice department appointed a special prosecutor to investigate claims of russian interference in last year's presidential election. former fbi chief robert mueller will also look into allegations of collusion between donald trump's campaign and moscow. mr trump says any investigation will show there was nothing going on between his team and moscow. richard galpin has the details. these are the darkest days so far for donald trump whose brief, chaotic tenure at the white house is being engulfed by allegations

david cameron would have liked to have heard about that.that. i imagine he is sitting in his shed thinking, this

david cameron basically tried to appeal to aspirational middle—class voters.are not shielded from for example ca re costs, they are not shielded from for example care costs, they are still liable to be hit, it very hard indeed. david cameron went out of his way to protect pensioners. theresa may is not doing that. she is appealing to people much lower down the income scale, people who she says don't go the grand vision, people just getting on with their lives. the cap on energy prices, reforms to sort of working conditions. those sorts of policies she thinks many lower income voters will respond to. in detail and general trust this is a clear break with the cameron years. how do you think this is going to play? we're in the north—west and this was clearly pitched at those people she spoken so much about during the campaign, the peoplejust getting by. how will it play in the tory heartlands in the south—west, kensington and chelsea for example? one group of traditional tory support who will be feeling decidedly miffed is the business community. we've already se

so she jumped some key elements of david cameron ‘s manifesto from 2015.e tax lock so there's no pledge on rates of income tax and national insurance and in came a commitment that means that people will have to pay the cost of domiciliary home care. this is what one senior tory told me. theresa may's brand in focus groups is so resilient that it can withstand some radical moves that would have been suicidal two years ago. while you get your earpiece in, nick, one of the rationales for this election was brexit and making sure that she had a majority, in her view, to get through brexit. reading that manifesto what does it tell us about her plan for that? she has given herself an enormous amount of wriggle room on brexit. we see it on two fronts. on public finances, a senior tory told me, she is removing the landmines on tax that could be really difficult if we have a bumpy economic ride when those brexit negotiations are under way and a little noticed section in the manifesto indicated that the conservative party would be prepared to settle its financial bil

the pro—business that david cameron focused on, that has been pulled back from by theresa may, she ise to pay increased charges if they want to recruit migrant labour, expanded employment rights, expanded costs on business... and the sort of aspirational middle classes do not get the protections that many people expected they would get in terms of shielding them from potentially huge care costs, that is not part of the reforms theresa may has put in place. i was struck by one phrase, she says she is trying to appeal to people who did not go in forgrand to appeal to people who did not go in for grand visions, and you think this is a very different constituency she is appealing to, appealing to people on much lower incomes, ordinary working families, who perhaps, you know, they do not have the same ambitions and aspirations that somehow david cameron old people should have. that is theresa may's constituency and that who she is appealing to. thank you very much indeed. up until now, theresa may has asked voters to trust her to provide strong and sta ble trust her to provide strong and s

david cameron's former director of communications believes he will strengthen the campaign.low him. they're willing to check to go over the top with him and go in the direction that he sets. he's a very charismatic person. and i remember in 2015, lots of people just wanted to follow what he said and were prepared to listen to him and hear what he had to say. but he was also very clear in 2015 — i'm in charge. the dominant role now played by lynton crosby shows how the architect of the original social care policy, the prime minister's joint chief of staff, nick timothy, has been damaged by the u—turn. 0ne minister told newsnight that after the election, there will be calls to curb the unconstitutional dominance of timothy and his colleague fiona hill. ministers say the prime minister's authority has taken a knock. they say she can recover, but only if she secures a decisive victory. the unofficial target is a parliamentary majority of at least 50. anything under that, and ministers will ask questions theresa may's less—than—perfect campaign was forced onto the defensive again

but the prime minister did signal she may scrap a pledge, made by david cameron, not to raise incomeit clear she expects "hard talks" with the european union over brexit. it follows comments from the german chancellor angela merkel that britain musn‘t ‘delude itself,‘ about the outcome of the negotiations. here's our political correspondent ben wright. working people in this country have paid enough tax. as this economy recovers, i want you to be able to keep more of your own money to spend as you choose. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five—year parliament. so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have absolutely no plans to increase the level of tax but i'm also very clear that i don't want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i'm absolutely sure that i can deliver on those. a pretty strong hint the prime minister does not think the existing tax freeze can be continued. and remember, just last month the ch

after david cameron, theresa may is offering them candour, instead.ide social care, no we will not maintain the commitment on pensions going up 2.5% at least, every year. these kinds of things are no longer being given to you. you have to accept things will cost money. it's a different approach. certainly, and one thing people abroad found very strange is that david cameron rightly resigned after effectively losing the brexit vote and hisjob has been taken over by a remainer. one thing that fascinates me more generally speaking, is how pragmatic and non—ideological everyone has to be. theresa may knows the biggest challenge facing britain at the moment is brexit. she has to try to shape a britain to cope with that. yet everybody knows that she was a remainer and that is why comparisons with the conviction politician like margaret thatcher are ridiculous. theresa may is happy to u—turn and there is no tina, to use jargon. it's interesting seeing how this fact is so obvious in the rest of europe and it has been forgotten in britain. the rest of europe l

after david cameron, theresa may is offering them candour, as well.e to a cce pt longer being given to you. you have to accept things will cost money. david cameron resigned after losing the brexit vote and hisjob has been taken the brexit vote and hisjob has been ta ken over by the brexit vote and hisjob has been taken over by a remainer. one thing that fascinates me more generally speaking as how pragmatic and non—ideological everyone has to be. theresa may knows the biggest challenge facing britain by now is brexit. she has to try to shape a britain to cope with that. everybody knows that she was a remainer and thatis knows that she was a remainer and that is why comparisons with the conviction politician like margaret thatcher are ridiculous. theresa may is happy to u—turn and there is no jargon. the fact is so obvious and it has been forgotten in britain. the rest of europe looks with dismay at theresa may because she is certain as to —— turncoat. she campaigned to remain and now presents herself as a somatic —— fanatic hard brexiteer. she is tel

he was so furious with david cameron about that he could barely bring himself to discuss any other issue. now obama and his administration handled it more diplomatically, you could say, behind closeds ie that's been going on for many, many years. >> leland: you're supposed to spend 2% of your gdp on your national defense if you're a member of nato. back in 2014, nato agreed that all countries who are members, all 28, would rise up to that 2% level by 2024, 10 years. is it a little bit disingenuous, if you will, for the president to say, well, 23 of 28 aren't spending what they should when they have a few more years to do it? >> yeah, but the target has been there before that. that was a formalization of something that has been longstanding policy. it's been an issue for a very long time. you can argue about the numbers, but some of the countries they're so far behind the target, it's not as if they're, like, 1.7%, just a little bit more will get them over the line. they're way off, especially those at the bottom, including our neighbors to the north in canada, who are way below what many

it is tempting to blame nato and david cameron for that campaign.nd david cameron for that campaign. i was in libya during that period. we really believed we were on the cusp of a massacre by colonel gadaffi. i have to say, in the naval campaign that allowed the rebels to ultimately triumph, it seemed at the time, infairness, ultimately triumph, it seemed at the time, in fairness, to have been a sensible one. we were going to seem another rwanda. if something had happened. i think it was a fair assumption to think that. the problem was that there was no after plan that was effective. yes, the rebels took hold in the country literally had no infrastructure, that was run by mafias. regional militias. here's we are. the problem is vacuumed. there are several publicans. what he is trying to say is there, when there is a vacuum of authority, whether it is iraq after the war or authority, whether it is iraq after the waror in authority, whether it is iraq after the war or in libya after colonel gadaffi collapses, or in yemen now with the conflict with the

the target, set by david cameron in 2010, has never been met — and recent figures put annual net migration the pledge will be included in the conservative election manifesto. mrs may told supporters migration levels were having an impact on public services and low—paid workers. our political correspondent chris mason reports. prime minister. immigration, the issue that for many was crucial in last year's eu referendum and 12 months on its back in this year's general election. we will continue to say that we do want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that is the tens of thousands. and, of course, once we leave the european union we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the uk. if all this feels a tad familiar, well, that's because it is. net migration is the number of people coming to the uk to minus the number leaving. here is the conservative manifesto from 2010. it says we will take steps to take net migration back to tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of thousands. they didn't manage it. fast forward five years to

david cameron could not reach out to the country and theresa may is hugely popular, which means whatns what is the point borisjohnson in an election campaign when you have got a conservative leader who a great number of people seem to like great deal. how are philip hammond and theresa may getting on? the suggestion is it is not very good. i have been involved in this tittle tattle over the last few years. you have to stop it. it is no secret they do not really see eye to eye. he lives next door and he does not get into the half past eight downing st meetings which george osborne used to go into when david cameron was prime minister. he says he is happy with that and he has got a direct line to the prime minister. but there has been some friction over things he has said about the economy, he wants more wriggle room in the economy, and there have been arguments over taxation policy. this little slip, you talk about boris making a gaffe, but philip hammond made a gaffe by saying sometimes he is reduced to swearing when he is dealing with him and tittle tattle was the case when len mccl

in 2015, david cameron promised no increases in income tax, national insurance or vat, only one of thosel rise. the tax lock over this parliament meant the government couldn‘t raise income tax, national insurance or vat, they raise two thirds of all the taxes we bring in, that‘s very constraining for a government. i think it‘s sensible to say that if you need to, you can make some adjustments. and then pensions — in 2015, the conservatives promised a triple lock that pensions would increase by either the rate of inflation, the rate of earnings growth, or 2.5%, which ever was highest. that is now a double lock. inflation or earnings will be used, which could mean lower pensions increases if both fall below 2.5%. the conservative leader, has given herself more wriggle room on the economy, she can borrow more, tax more, and has opened the door to lower increases in pensions. 0ne striking feature of the manifesto, very few costings. mrs may doesn‘t want her hands tied. kamal ahmed, bbc news. so — in her own words — mrs may has set out to be ‘upfront‘ with the voters. the launch took place in

joining me in the studio is former director of communications for david cameron — sir craig 0liver.er chief speechwriter to ed miliband. great to see you. catherine, the ma nifesto great to see you. catherine, the manifesto seems to have a totemic almost role in british political life and yet i have covered elections all over the world and do not think i've come across a similar kind of document existing in any other election. it seems to be particular to this country. yes and it is peculiar in its nature as well, it is the document, the advertising that goes with it, but also it is so much contained within it about the key policy pledges. 0ther it about the key policy pledges. other countries have their key pledges, donald trump managed to do a lot of up by twitter. but in the uk the manifesto pledge is really important. not just during uk the manifesto pledge is really important. notjust during the election, the production of them is important but it is how we talk about them afterwards, breaking a ma nifesto about them afterwards, breaking a manifesto pledge, talking about the ho

was there very briefly back when it was riding high with a major summit on nutrition back when david cameronpower. i met michel temer. he was in power. i met michel temer. he was not a great guy that you thought he would get them back on track. and there is the reality. literally after, white, five, seven, eight minutes of trading, it shot down. —— what. i am hosting international services. many people are saying africa is learning from brazil. brazilians will not be surprised. there is a huge anticorruption investigation. yeah. people were saying this guy is amazing, an economic miracle. it is systemic. it is almost unfortunately ingrained. shall we move on? we are running out of time. more business. you can do this. the pound. when it goes up, array, but it is not good for foreign visitors. —— hooray. 90 million visitors. a record influx of people taking advantage. this story, it is about the us economy. may be the donald trump issue is over with such turmoil. but it has gone to $1 30 for the first time since the brexit vote. i am a frequent visitor to the united states. i cannot tell you

some might say that it was foolhardy for david cameron to make that commitment.ve that target to be measured against in the future, we'll have to wait and see. but it is interesting, because we haven't really heard much about immigration so far in this election campaign. and that is slightly jarring with how central it was to the referendum campaign. when the manifestos eventually get published, everyone will be watching that very closely. the headlines on bbc news... less tha n less than two hours left of polling at the end of a bitter election campaign. either emmanuel macron or marine le pen will become france's next president. here, laboursays marine le pen will become france's next president. here, labour says it is now the party of low taxation for middle and low earners. the conservatives have pledged more money to fund mental health staffing in the nhs. 82 nigerian schoolgirls have arrived in the capital, abuja, where they're meeting the country's president, after being freed by the islamist group boko haram. these are the latest pictures of the girls, wh

there has been a battle since 2010, when david cameron decided the tory party was going to be a bit ofle bit of that. i think what the sunday telegraph is doing is to remind the conservative party that there are core principles and ideas. you can't take labour ideas, which they do at every election, which they do at every election, which is what they are doing now, and graft them into the conservative party. they are asking, what is the conservative party? as they are a asking in america, what is the republican party? i think there is this new breed, the twentysomethings, who are supposed to be going in behind mrs may. so maybe these are the kind of policies which are kind of slightly socialist which are kind of slightly socialist which mrs may feels will appeal to that group of voters, who may never have voted before. but i do think there is a core question being asked, and it's always a question which the conservative party needs to ask, it is probably why brexit is happening and everything else, what exactly a re happening and everything else, what exactly are they, other than a vot

it is doing so well amongst older voters that it doesn't need to keep giving them goodies like david cameron. they can say, look, you are getting a great deal, you have a good deal over the past few years, so we will cut back on some of your benefits. but they still need scottish voters. there is still need scottish voters. there is still a strong independence campaign north of the border. the last thing theresa may wants to do in the middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare—up. middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare-up. it is a devolved matter. this is a decision, ruth davidson's scottish party manifesto. that is what they have chosen to do with their money. they have chosen not to means test pensioners. that is her decision. don't confuse it, this is not a sweetie for scotland. they want people to vote for her. but it isn't extra money for scots and not extra cash for english pensioners. what did you make of... we saw ruth davidson and theresa may today, and both being asked about this, one of the suggestions about why the differences, it is mighty cold in scotland. wel

ed miliband had proposed a freeze which was widely criticised by david cameron at the last election.go up and down, depending on what the regulator decides to do. the liberal democrats have said this is not a time to be doing this when you need investment in energy. labour, as you mentioned, said this is a policy that the conservatives mentioned couple of weeks ago and are not giving any more details at this stage. what the river feeling that for a conservative party to now be taking seriously and intervention in a privatised industry like this is quite something and they are really moved by the fact that whether you call them" just about managing" or whoever are affected by these rises, that the energy companies have been taking things too far. that is the message from the politicians and this is the conservatives' plan to do something about it with more details available in their manifesto shortly. a 35—year—old man has been charged following a dog attack on a two—year—old girl in liverpool yesterday. the girl suffered injuries to her head and body when several dogs got into the ga

guest: when david cameron brought it up, i was open to try to getting a different -- better deal, but he did not get much in his negotiation. no power was brought back to the u.k. we are in a situation where 60% of the laws from the -- of the u.k. come from the eu, which many in the u.k. feel is undemocratic, and unaccountable to voters. host: what kind of laws -- how did it affect you in day to day life there in the united kingdom? guest: sure. it started off with being trade -- a lot of economic laws and business laws, but from the early-19 90's, it starts to include other areas including affairs, mental issues, and all sorts of policy areas. to have 60% of our laws made by a body that is much less accountable, and much less democratic than the u.k. voters,nt was, for many myself included, be on the path. host: we saw the vote passed. remind viewers how much it passed by? 52%, quiteon by narrow in some senses. to win such an historic victory effort, as an historic and now 70% of people support resin. since the referendum -- brexit. since the referendum, the economy has not collapsed

she is getting rid of the promises of david cameron to not raise taxes, that triple lock on the pensionwho have large assets in the form of property that they will need to pay for their social care. i can imagine why for some people think that is shocking, but for those who are under 30, people a huge asset, the that young should that young - should pay idea that young people should pay for the care of people with huge assets if unfair. the young people are assets if unfair. the young people a re less assets if unfair. the young people are less likely to vote, however. however this is a masterstroke from theresa may. she is taking on those who are the largest voting block, those over 65. this is for her to create a new britain. the poll numbers she is on now :—_—7 % a it seems as ‘ she will do that. you ‘she will do that. you said if she will do that. you said previously that the policy has not been explained well people do not understand it. to say that you can keep 100,000 pounds of your own assets including the value of your home is a far value from the cap of £76,000 which suggested

david cameron picked up his idea which has been chucked away by theresa may.u'll be able to keep more of your money than was the case. that was a crucial part of the recommendations that our commission made. actually it proposed increasing the threshold to £125,000. there's another group who'll be made worse off, those are people who at the moment are getting care in their own homes because for the first time the value of their own house will be taken into account so they'll have to start paying in a way they haven't done so far. the big problem is that although what the government is saying it would do is to say everybody would be able to get support once they were down to their lost £100,000, many people have much more than that and face no way of controlling their care costs which could run into many thousands each. so the lack of any form of pooling of risk of social insurance is a huge problem. it means still people will not be able to take control of this vital area of their lives. the winter fuel allowance at the moment costs about £1.2 billion. so some

david cameron said the opposite. brexit, but it was very interesting as to the reasoning why he gave for that and if you can listen very carefully to this clip, we'll explain why. there's no doubt, this is one of the most defining elections i can rememberwhere it is most defining elections i can remember where it is so important not only that the conservatives win and win well so that tories can negotiate that brexit deal, so she can stand up to people that want an extreme brexit either here or in brussels, but i think it's all so frankly that the labour party don't do well because they put up a candidate for prime minister, someone who is completely unsuited to do the job. very interesting there that he said people who want an extreme brexit in this country. theresa may's reasoning was that the liberal democrats and the labour party would block brexit and you wouldn't think they would want an extreme brexit said perhaps hinting that perhaps this was to control those on the right, maybe looking at ukip, but also peop

>> when david cameron opened up the talk on referendum, i was about getting a better deal with there eu and putting it to a vote. the trouble is he didn't get much in his renegotiations so now power was brought back to the uk. 60% of the laws in the uk come from the eu, which many who live in the uk, feel it is undratic and accountable to voters. >> host: what kind of laws came from the european union? how did it affect you on day to day life in the united kingdom >> >> the eu is famously a single-market trade. lots of economic and business laws. from the early 1990s, it starts to include other areas including justice and home affairs and mental issues and all sorts of those policy areas. to have 60 pblth -- 60% of law was for many voters beyond the pail. >> host: we saw the vote pass. remind viewers how much it passed by and why you think you got that kind of support. >> guest: we won by 52% on a big turnout. 73% of voters voted. so quite narrow in some senses but to win such a historic victory for a big change was seen by many to be a huge effort. now about 70% of people support br

i was very proud to have served in david cameron's cabinet for six years as home secretary, but i'm ason. i'm my own person, and we are in a different set of circumstances. and i want to look ahead to the long—term challenges that this country faces. almost exactly a year ago, prime minister, i asked you if you thought you would want to be leader of the country and you laughed it off, saying there wasn't a vacancy. now we all know what has happened since then. many of your mps and ministers believe this could be a transformational election in terms of the tories taking back swathes of the country. you can't laugh at that. you read the polls as well. you must believe it is in your sights? i'm very clear, i have always, throughout my political career, never predicted election results. and i have always said, you know, polls come out that are good and polls come out that are bad but the only one that counts is the one that takes place on the eighth ofjune. if you are elected, will you serve the full term until 2022? laughter. i have no intention of doing anything other than serving the f

he used to be the antagonist to david cameron who could not reach out to the country.of these discussions over the years... stop it. it is no secret they don't see eye to eye. he lives next door. he does not get into the half pa st next door. he does not get into the half past eight downing street meetings which george osborne used to go in when david cameron was prime minister. he says he is perfectly happy with that and has a direct line to the prime minister. nevertheless, there has been some friction over the things he said about exit and the economy. he wants more wiggle room with the economy. there have been arguments over taxation policy. this little slip, talking about boris johnson taxation policy. this little slip, talking about borisjohnson having a gaff, philip hammond said one as well, saying sometimes he is reduced to swearing. there have been attempts to host that down like len mccluskey is hosing down his own gaffe. —— mccluskey is hosing down his own gaffe. — — hose. mccluskey is hosing down his own gaffe. -- hose. is that because they don't see eye to

secretly know she wants theresa may to win, like she wants theresa may to win, like she wanted david cameron the tory prime minister in london means votes for the snp prime minister in london means votes forthe snp in prime minister in london means votes for the snp in scotland. but she also has to pretend to be part of the progressive alliance against the tories. this relaunch of the campaign will be very interesting.” think it will. they will go hard aboutjeremy think it will. they will go hard about jeremy corbyn himself think it will. they will go hard aboutjeremy corbyn himself as being wea k aboutjeremy corbyn himself as being weak on terrorism not least because of his association with the ira, allegedly and he said he was not sympathetic with any terrorists. and voted in the last ten years so legislation in the last ten years so his record on terrorism is very poor so his record on terrorism is very poor soi his record on terrorism is very poor so i think they will go over that. it might sound like opportunism but this is an election campaign after all but even though there has been a