our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.his is the labour leader positioning himself as a potential world leader. not a pacifist he says, instead pledging a robust, independent foreign policy. i will do everything to protect the security and safety of our people and our country. that is our first duty. jeremy corbyn is a long—standing critic of military intervention abroad. the former chairman of the stop the war coalition, a veteran anti—war campaigner. and on nuclear weapons, he's sticking to his tune. i'm often asked if as prime minister i would order

eleanor garnier, bbc news.story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the journalist and broadcaster rachel shabi and martin bentham, who's the home affairs editor for the london evening standard. a female zookeeper has died at hamerton zoo park in cambridgeshire after a serious incident involving a tiger. earlier today, visitors were evacuated from the 25—acre wildlife park near huntingdon. the zoo is home to 500 animals, including a collection of malaysian and white tigers. 0ur correspondent at hamerton zoo gave us this update. a member of staff handed out a statement which said they were too distressed to talk but they confirmed that one of their colleagues had been killed in what they described as a freak accident in the tiger enclosure this afternoon. they said at no point did any animals escaped from the enclosure and members of the public we re enclosure and members of the public were not in danger. when it h

eleanor garnier is in downing street for us this morning.esa may revealed intelligence officials, that is to say an independent group of experts, have raised the uk's terror threat level from severe to critical. that is the highest possible level. it means an attack could be imminent and it is a pretty rare move, it has not happened in the last ten years. asa not happened in the last ten years. as a result theresa may said the military would be helping armed police protect the public in key locations across the country. that could be at concerts, at sporting events, and there could also be extra security at train stations as well. as for today, i think we can expect the prime minister to continue dealing with the aftermath of the attack. the general election campaign has been suspended. last night all the main political parties said that campaigning for them today was out of the question. eleanor, thank you. alan gymea in downing street for us. jayne and wyre, thank you as well. we will keep you up—to—date with the investigation and any deve

challenge for whoever wins — keeping the public safe at home and abroad. keeping the public safe eleanor garnierthe polls, theresa may and jeremy corbyn will take part in their first general election tv debate today but they won't be facing one another. the party leaders will be interviewed separately byjeremy paxman, before facing questions from a studio audience. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is outside the studio for us now. ben wright is outside so will this feel like the moment the election is restarting after the manchester attack? the election is restarting think it will feel like the l and i think it will feel like the labour and tory campaign is at least today are mobilising again the following the truce last week. senior politicians from both the main parties are turning up now to spin lines and briefed journalists after this event is over. it is not a head—to—head debate, both leaders will take questions both from the audience before their grilled by jeremy paxman. i think the stakes for theresa may and jeremy corbyn are high. the prime minister will be wanting to calm jitter

eleanor garnier is oui’ stoke—on—trent.llow her later on. more news on rail misery. reeva rail north and merseyrail have announced fresh action on driver only operation. there are announcing a 24—hour stoppage on the 30th of may. that is a reeva rail north, merseyrail and southern rail, all striking. now for the weather. thank you. let's take a look at this satellite sequence, the best of the sunshine in the south—east, then this line of rain, and some sunshine coming out in northern ireland, but a line of showers crossing scotland. 17 degrees in glasgow, but we get to 24, 25 in norwich, so a warm afternoon for some. that line of rain expands and becomes a much wider area of rain affected much more of england and wales, a wet night to come but clearer skies in northern england and ireland. fresher than it was last night, but after a warm humid day it is another warm and humid night. a lot of rain to be had across much of england and wales to tomorrow, further north it sta rts wales to tomorrow, further north it starts off w

eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster.stant political editor norman smith. his ascends the calculation of team corbin, people'sviews of military intervention abroad may have changed, particularly among young voters. but what about traditional labour voters? i am joined voters. but what about traditional labourvoters? iamjoined by voters. but what about traditional labour voters? i am joined by the shadow foreign office minister. maybe traditional, old labour voters, this stands will sound unpatriotic? he has committed to maintain the 2% spend on defence. and in terms of art armed personnel service men and women, they will have a better deal on the labour with pensions and mental health support for people returning and so on. the defence forces will be better looked after under labour. i think there are some elements of the package that will be better than the tories, who have cut back by tens of thousands and also housing and a lot of other questions which have not been answered by the tories. but we live in a dangerous wo

eleanor garnier, bbc news. now for the weather. parts are having some warm sunshine but not everywhere. heavy showers in parts of scotland. the rain showers will sweep through, particularly north of scotland and the eastern side in the next few hours, pushing across the northern isles. it is looking dry overnight with clear spells all round. it will be chilly in parts of scotland and northern ireland as we go through the night. some spots will dip into single figures. into tomorrow, passing shower in the north west of scotland. the majority will have a dry day full stop increasing cloud in northern ireland in the afternoon. some cloud lingering from the low cloud round the coast. variable cloud and sunny spells and elsewhere. temperatures may be a degree or two down compared with today. quite a lot of cloud around. more sunshine and more heat. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.30pm: theresa may is being accused of a "major u—turn" on her pledge to change social care funding. she says her plans will now include the option

eleanor garnier, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. the conservative manifesto and putting a cap on costs will be an option. labour says student starting university in england in the alton will not have to payjewish and fees if it wins the election. president trump arrives in israel becomes the first sitting president to visit the western wall. in sport, russia has been warned its athletes will be excluded from next year's winter paralympics excluded from next year's winter pa ralympics unless it excluded from next year's winter paralympics unless it can improve its doping controls. 0ne bookmaker admits it has paid out thousands of pounds to those who gambled onjohn terry's substitution in his final match for chelsea. after being named the indian premier league most valuable player, ben stokes wants to return next but with more england players alongside him in the future. more on those stories just half past. facebook‘s internal rules for regulating what its nearly two billion users can and can't post on the site have been leaked. the

let's go to our correspondence eleanor garnier who was not far from him correspondence eleanor garnierfocusing on the nhs today. but earlierjeremy corbyn was at the university of worcester, where he met student nurses, talking about labour's plans to halve childhood obesity over the next five to ten yea rs, obesity over the next five to ten years, and saying it is a really serious problem and that is why he wa nts serious problem and that is why he wants his party to be clamping down on those adverts, which are already banned during children's tv. but they want to extend that ban of adverts for unhealthy products up to 9pm, up to the 9pm watershed. that is just 9pm, up to the 9pm watershed. that isjust one of 9pm, up to the 9pm watershed. that is just one of the policies they announce today. they have also been talking about stopping hospitals charging for car parks at sites across england, saying it is unfair and it is a burden on nhs staff, but also patients and their families. the nhs is a key issue that labour will be campaigning on over the general election over the next four week

eleanor garnier, thank you very much.mbleby will host two question time specials in which leaders will face audience questions and there will also be a seven—way debate with senior party figures. a little earlier our media correspondent david sillito gave us more. these are the bbc‘s plans. a series of two question time specials, the first will feature theresa may and jeremy corbyn in the same programme but not sharing a stage. they will appear consecutively facing questions from the audience, and then there will be another question time special two days later with other party leaders appearing on election questions later in the evening. the leaders will face interviews from andrew neil, and also on the one show that will feature theresa may and her husband philip as well tomorrow. and then there will be this seven—way debate featuring senior party figures. and also another radio 1 debate. so that's it, ten hours of coverage on the bbc but not the debate that they wanted to have with the party leaders. david sillito. a tw

eleanor garnier. get the thoughts of our europe correspondent kevin connolly who is in brussels, and very striking language, kevin, there are some in brussels who don't wa nt there are some in brussels who don't want the talks to succeed says the british prime minister. who is she talking about and how is that sort of language going to go down? well, i think there is always been a suspicion on the british side that there are true believers in the european project around the european commission in particular who hope that the brexit process will be difficult enough to make sure that no other member state in the foreseeable future would consider leaving so that would give them an incentive to make things as complex as tough, as expensive as possible. that suspicion certainly has been around on the british side. the context of the day don't forget was set by newspaper reports suggesting that the european side maybe preparing to ask the british for as muff as 100 billion euros which is vastly in excess of

eleanor garnier, bbc news. 2 billion users can and cannot post on the site had been leaked four. the documents appear to show the company tolerate certain violent threats, forms of bullying and live videos of self harm. facebook is recruiting an extra 3000 people to its operations tea m extra 3000 people to its operations team to help moderate the site. earlier our technology correspondent explained has admitted in the league was. there were nearly 2 billion people on facebook. they are sharing all kinds of material. the company is really struggling to keep up with the sheer volume of material and the volume of complaints. it says it gets 6 million complaints about fake accou nts million complaints about fake accounts per week. that is a tiny aspect of what it does. this is basically a training manual that has been leaked, laying out some of the principles. some of them will strike people are strange. some of them will strike people as obvious. videos of violent deaths can be marked as disturbing that they don'

lian rugani eight is at —— eleanor garnier is at downing street.nt from other party leaders. she also chaired the meeting, with the government emergency committee cobra? yes, having been updated overnight, theresa may chaired a cobra meeting, an emergency meeting of senior ministers, police and security officials, they would have discussed the latest in the investigation and as well the current level of terror threat across the uk, which still remains at severe. i think theresa may, when she came into the street and gave a statement after that emergency meeting, she reacted to the harsh realities of what has happened. yes, with sadness, but anger too, saying it was "a callous terrorist attack", an act of sickening cowardice with young people having been deliberately and indiscriminately targeted. she also touched on how did court it is to ta ke touched on how did court it is to take him what has actually happened, the emotional side and the scale of what has happened. she says that the country spirit will not be broken, it must take on and defeat t

eleanor garnier, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.russia's president putin in their first face to face talks. both leaders said there was a frank airing of their two nations‘ disagreements. north korea has fired a short—range ballistic missile, its third missile test in as many weeks and its 12th test this year. the us pacific command said the missile was launched from wonsan in north korea and flew for about six minutes. japan says the missile landed in an area between its sado and oki islands, in the country's exclusive economic zone. maria coduti is from the school of east asian studies at the university of sheffield. this follows a period of almost weekly launching when just a few days after the new south korean president was not created. it follows a period of high pressure between the united states and north korea. this intense missile testing schedule is likely out response to washington ‘s response to north korea. by recent statement from north korea said that maximum nuclear testing will be used following announcements by the

here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. terrorists have attacked across europe.d sweden, as well as the uk, have all been targeted in recent years. as britain prepares for brexit, the lib dems are warning we could end up cut off from important security information. they claim the conservatives have some explaining to do. i think it's important before the election they're actually forced to answer specific questions. how do you keep people safe? how do you continue to have access to these databases if, at the same time, you don't want to abide by the rules by which those databases operate. the schengen information system is a database of real—time alerts. it contains information on thousands of people, including suspected criminals wanted under the european arrest warrant. and it's used by countries across the eu, plus a handful of others with special access. the eu's leaders and the prime minister have said continued cooperation on security is a priority in the brexit associations. today, the conservatives insisted it's in the eu's interest to get a good deal agr

the energy market that could have ramifications for years to come. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnierbeen speaking. give us your assessment of what we have heard so far today from the prime minister. well theresa may's been rallying the troops in york, but i think what has been really striking about this policy from the prime minister and the conservatives todayisit prime minister and the conservatives today is it is not really a conventional conservative policy. you would expect the tories to back the open market and not state intervention. last year theresa may said she would intervene in dysfunctional markets and this approach is a policy that is standing up to that. now, she is doing what tory leaders before have not done so much, saying state intervention can be a force for good and she is trying to appeal to so—called ordinary voters, perhaps people who might traditionally vote labour. there will be some tory true believers who won't be so co mforta ble believers who won't be so comfortable with this. but it shows theresa may wants to reach beyond the typical tory tribe and try

with me is our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. so much confusion.looks like this dinner might go down as the most prickly and an enjoyable enough. number ten has insisted it doesn't recognise as account of what happened. there were interesting remarks from theresa may on the campaign trail. she said these were rumours, gossip from brussels. that is not the same as dismissing it com pletely is not the same as dismissing it completely or insisting that she and john claude juncker dci completely or insisting that she and john claudejuncker dci toure. when they clearly do not. the big consent from number ten is they want these negotiations to be done behind closed doors, not in secret but privately. for the eu, they have a different approach and a different idea, clearly wanting to see quite a lot of this done in public, certainly lots of public lobbying going on. i think you will see this start to strain the relationship. the opposition have left on this, jeremy corbyn saying mrs may had got her tactics wrong and tim farrand saying the government has n

eleanor garnier is there.between the prime minister and the queen than we might have anticipated. but at some point we think in the not too distant future she will be back where you are and we certainly expect to hear are and we certainly expect to hear a few words from theresa may. we do, and in the meantime, a lectern has been put outside ready for theresa may to return. remember, this lectern was only out here a cull of weeks ago when we had that surprise announcement from theresa may calling the snap election and really since then campaigning has felt like it has been in full swing with people campaigning up and down the country already. today though marks the official start of the general election campaign. the formal dissolution of parliament just election campaign. the formal dissolution of parliamentjust after midnightand dissolution of parliamentjust after midnight and that's why we have had this tradition of the prime minister travelling to buckingham palace to have an audience with the queen. when t

with me is our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. talks about talks.are at this stage and as you pointed out, the formal talks want to get going until after the general election, and we have the elections in france as well and render later this year elections in germany as well. this will make go down as the most prickly, the most and enjoyable, apparently of all time. i think this was a chance that theresa may and those key negotiators to talk about their opening positions, the opening negotiation positions. number ten have consistently said they don't recognise this account. the areas they disagree on, apparently, were interestingly, whether a trade deal could be done early, protecting the rights of eu and uk citizens as early asjune, and uk citizens as early asjune, and also the oil that britain must pay when it leaves the eu. i think the remarks from theresa may this afternoon, she was asked by journalists and it was pretty telling, she said it was just brussels gossip but she didn't directly say it was factually wrong, and that we see eye to eye o

let's go live to westminster and our political correspondent eleanor garnier.s have gone up a little bit in this week's general election campaign with most of the ma nifestos election campaign with most of the manifestos from the political parties published, it means there is plenty more for the opponents to pick over. earlier this week labour claimed the conservatives' sums don't add up, now the conservatives say —— now labour say the conservatives have not done their sums. please welcome the prime minister, theresa may. she said it herself yesterday, there are big and difficult decisions to make. it couldn't have been closer to the truth. the conservatives say they want to protect the poorest, but plans for a radical shake—up of pensioner benefits, including cutting back on winterfuel payments, is proving controversial. they haven't set out exactly what they mean by the very poorest, but in the pension system at the moment we have a thing that does that, it's called pension credit and it only goes to 2 million of the poorest pensioners. that means that 10 mil

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.s the home stretch, the last nine days, the final push so the parties are back to the game plans, there are back to the game plans, there are core messages and fourjeremy corbyn that means public services and pointing out how labour would aim to help families who are in work but are struggling. ours is a universal provision so that every child gets a place in the surrey, 30 hours a week, from 2—4. more than a million children will benefit. and later on radio 4's woman's hour jeremy corbyn was asked for a bit of detail on this key policy. how much will it cost? i will give you a figure in the moment. you don't know it? you are logging into your ipad, you have announced a major policy and don't know how much it will cost? i will give you the exact figure ina cost? i will give you the exact figure in a moment. it was the night after they have been put through their paces. he was challenged on foreign policy and faced accusations of supporting ira sympathisers. theresa may was taken to tas

guarantee, including a universal basic income and a shorter working week. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier out what they called big and bold ideas, which they insisted were possible. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, of cooperation. it's about our promise that a confident and caring future is possible, if we work together, if we do politics differently and if we dare to be more ambitious. on the terms of any brexit deal. they want to explore having a universal basic income and a shorter working week. plus, they've got a long—term aim to scrap university tuition fees in england and all existing student loan debt. they're defending one seat but hoping to win over voters in places such as bristol west. i feel like a lot of green supporters are now maybe going more labour because labour have maybe more of a chance. but i'm still a green supporter. i wouldn't personally vote for the green party.

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. it wasn't meant to be like this. labour's first election launch, they had wanted to focus on attacking the tories. good morning, everyone. instead, it is their leaked ma nifesto instead, it is their leaked manifesto everyone is talking about. a d raft manifesto everyone is talking about. a draft version now out there for all to see, a whole week early. this morning, though, no sign of the leader as originally planned. he was meant to be here, but these things happened, and mr corbyn is dealing with internal matters. so it was left to others in labour to play down the significance of the league. the draft includes proposals to nationalise the railways and the postal service, a plan to create publicly owned energy companies in every region of the 0k plus the introduction of price caps, and commitment to abolish tuition fees as well as £8 billion social care. this is an extremely modern, progressive set of proposals. and it's looking to the long—term future and most people are extremely at what they have seen. what if y

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

nhs" and give people a referendum on the terms of a brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garniernotjust one but two leaders. in central london today, they set out what they called big and bold ideas which they insisted were possible. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, cooperation. it's about our promise that a confident and caring future is possible. if we work together, if we do politics differently, and if we dare to be more ambitious. the party's policies include holding a second referendum on the terms of any brexit deal. they want to explore having a universal basic income and a shorter working week, plus they've got a long—term aim to scrap university tuition fees in england and all existing student loan debt. they're defending one seat, but hoping to win over voters in places such as bristol west. i feel like a lot of green supporters are now maybe going more labour because labour maybe have more of a chance but i'm still a green supporter. i wouldn't personally vote for the gre

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.is the labour leader positioning himself as a potential world leader. not a pacifist, he says, instead pledging a robust, independent foreign policy. says, instead pledging a robust, independent foreign policyli says, instead pledging a robust, independent foreign policy. i would do everything to protect the security and safety of our people and our country. that is our first duty. jeremy corbyn is a long—standing critic of military intervention broads, the former chairman of the stop the war coalition, a veteran anti—war campaigner. and on nuclear weapons, he's sticking to his tune. i'm often askedif he's sticking to his tune. i'm often asked if as prime ministers, i would order the use of nuclear weapons. it is an extraordinary question. would you order the indiscriminate killing of millions of people? labour is committed to actively pursue disarmament under the nuclear non—proliferation treaty. and we're committed to no first use of nuclear weapons. taking direct aim at theresa may,

our first report is from our political correspondent, eleanor garnier.ection she decided to call. please welcome the prime minister, theresa may. this is her pitch to persuade you that she is the person to sort out the country's problems. because it is the responsibility of leadership to be upfront and straight with people about the challenges ahead. about the difficult decisions and trade—offs that need to be made. and the hard work required to overcome the obstacles work required to overcome the o bsta cles in work required to overcome the obstacles in our way. and that is what this manifesto does. theresa may claims that the conservatives had always been the centre ground, but was this an attempt to redefine what it means to be conservative? with the right brexit deal secured, my mainstream government will deliver for mainstream britain. my mainstream government will deliverfor mainstream britain. all those who work hard and make this country what it is. people who have a job do not always havejob security. people who own their home but worry about pa

tom symonds, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier joins 0ur political correspondent w 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier joins us now from westminster. the debate last night, you wonder whetherjeremy corbyn and theresa may thought they had missed a trick by not appearing? it was certainly interesting to hear the party leaders that did turn up discuss issues like brexit, migration and social care but of course there was lots of criticism for theresa may and jeremy corbyn for theresa may and jeremy corbyn for not turning up. interestingly because four of the party leaders on that stage backed staying in the european union in the referendum last year, most of the attacks ended up last year, most of the attacks ended up being directed at ukip‘s leader paul nuttall, but realistically none of those party leaders are going to end up those party leaders are going to end up in numberten those party leaders are going to end up in number ten after the general election and that is why so much of the focus this morning is on the conservative party manifesto and changes to

our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster.art by asking you how on earth has happened. it is certainly not what the party would have wanted and definitely not what they would have planned and i think a clue! this is -- have planned and i think a clue! this is —— across the 20,000 words of this says that it is draft and confidential. a big clue that they did not think anybody would get hold of this document because when parties publish their manifestoes it is meant to be a big set piece event. their manual for governing is meant to be a big set piece event. their manualfor governing is published with a huge amount of fa nfa re. published with a huge amount of fanfare. instead, with this series of lea ks fanfare. instead, with this series of leaks it shows that there is a lot of division within the labour party and not a lot of discipline just four weeks out from the election. we have got it and we can see it, we are talking about it. what policies are the ones will be the headline grabbers now? there are many ideas in here. som

let's get the latest from our political correspondent eleanor garnier in westminster now. is a risky strategy byjeremy corbyn at this stage in the election campaign? i think these comments today will provoke a bit of a backlash, with criticism not just provoke a bit of a backlash, with criticism notjust from provoke a bit of a backlash, with criticism not just from jeremy corbyn‘s opponents, but from some within his own party as well. and as we heard there from a former labour home secretary, charles clarke, saying he thinks mr corbyn is simply wrong, the former libdem leader paddy ashdown saying he thinks the timing of these comments are wrong, in what he described as the aftermath or the shadows of the manchester attacks. jeremy corbyn will also say today when it comes to the nhs, when it comes to policing, we cannot be protected and cared for on the cheap. but amber rudd, the home secretary, last night that it was wrong to say that police cuts in some way contributed to the terrorist attack. she said it was wrong to imply this attack may not have taken place if there had

our political correspondent eleanor garnier is there for us now.e will have to sell their home to meet the cost of social care. jeremy hunt told us that, for the first time, people will have to pay costs for social care above the threshold of £100,000 that will be taken from people's estates when they die. that means we will give all pensioners security that when a husband or wife gets dementia and ends up having to go intoa gets dementia and ends up having to go into a care home paid by the state, you can be cleaned out of everything bar your last £23,000. we think that is unfair and want to change that by introducing the new £100,000 anyone can be certain of passing on to their relatives.” don't think everything in this ma nifesto don't think everything in this manifesto will be rosy. theresa may will try to widen her neck as much as possible with a clear eye on ukip voters she hopes will turn tory. she will take a tough stance on immigration and recommit to bring net migration, the difference between those who leave and arrive, to under 100,000.

we're joined now by our political correspondent eleanor garnier.last night, but the front pages are all about the tory manifesto. unsurprisingly. we think a few things stand out from the manifesto yesterday. yes, we sought to reach a position in her party firmly in the centre ground with her distinctive agenda. we saw a string of policies for working families and for those on low incomes. a cap on energy prices and stronger protections for rights and the work place, help for those who are poorer and paying for social care with that means test threshold raised up to $100,000 —— pounds. it was a clear break from the david cameron is a with the pension lock on the tax lock on, the winter fuel payments pull back a bit. but this positioning as risky as well, taking away benefits from some older people. theresa may and her team will be aware of alienating some traditional tory voters. and labour this morning as saying that the conservatives this morning have returned to being the nasty party again. they say 10 million pensioners could lose their winter f

at present, the majority of people aged over 64 are eligible. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnierelcome the prime minister, theresa may. she said it herself yesterday, there are big and difficult decisions to make. it couldn't have been closer to the truth. the conservatives say they want to protect the poorest, but plans for a radical shake—up of pensioner benefits, including cutting back on winterfuel payments, is proving controversial. they haven't set out exactly what they mean by the very poorest, but in the pension system at the moment we have a thing that does that, it's called pension credit and it only goes to 2 million of the poorest pensioners. that means that 10 million, the other pensioners, would lose out if that was the system the conservative party chose to go with. at the moment, all pensioners get the winter fuel payment. the allowance is worth between one and £300 a year, and in 2015—16, more than 12 million people got the benefit at a cost of over £2 billion. this week, labour published its manifesto... labour say the tories‘ plans are sick and sneaky, and clai

our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster.evidence. the ukjoined that database in 2015, and the lib dems say it is now a key weapon in the fight against terrorism. they say the police and security forces in the police and security forces in the uk use it to tens of thousands of times every day. they say we would be cut off from that when we leave the eu, and that could have a direct impact on our national security. it has to be said, both theresa may and the eu have said that in showing continued co—operation on security is a priority as they go into the brexit negotiations. —— ensuring continued co—operation. the conservatives said the lib dems were peddling nonsense today. it is understandable that security is high priority for all the main parties, but other policies coming through. what are they focusing on? overnight, the conservatives have focused on what they would do to help victims of domestic violence. it is in their ma nifesto, domestic violence. it is in their manifesto, and the plans include things like tougher se

let's cross live to our correspondent eleanor garnier. she is on the prime minister's battle bus.d what she's up to can you bring us up to speed? we are in the middle of our lunch. you have interrupted us. of our lunch. you have interrupted us. we are in the west midlands. the prime minister has been at a primary school in birmingham where she was talking to simulate three pupils who are about eight years old. —— talking to some year three pupils. this is one of the first free schools in the country. interestingly, the seat where that primary school is has a huge labour majority, more than 20,000. that says something about the prime minister's ambitions for this general election. we are off for another visit to the west midlands elsewhere. i thought i would let you know about life on this bus. at the back, you can see the blue screens. surprisingly enough, theresa may is behind those screens. with her chief aides. she has her security and her advisers and then you get towards the front where you get the rest of the front where you get the rest of the media. a lovely spread for lun

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. i'd better get a car, haven't i?e last nine days, the final push so the parties are back to the game plans, there are core messages and fourjeremy corbyn that means public services and pointing out how labour would aim to help families who are in work but are struggling. ours is a universal provision so that every child gets a place in university, 30 hours a week, from 2—4. more than a million children will benefit. and later on radio 4's woman's hourjeremy corbyn was asked for a bit of detail on this key policy. how much will it cost? i will give you a figure in the moment. you don't know it? um... you are logging into your ipad, you have announced a major policy and don't know how much it will cost? canl can i give you the exact figure in a moment? it was the night after they have been put through their paces. he was challenged on foreign policy and faced accusations of supporting ira sympathisers. theresa may was taken to task over cuts to policing, nhs funding and claims of a u—turn over a cap on costs for social

eleanor garnier reports. please welcome the prime minister, theresa may.lf yesterday, there are big and difficult decisions to make. it couldn't have been closer to the truth. the conservatives say they want to protect the poorest, but plans for a radical shake—up of pensioner benefits, including cutting back on winterfuel payments, is proving controversial. they haven't set out exactly what they mean by the very poorest, but in the pension system at the moment we have a thing that does that, it's called pension credit and it only goes to 2 million of the poorest pensioners. that means that 10 million, the other pensioners, would lose out if that was the system the conservative party chose to go with. at the moment, all pensioners get the winter fuel payment. the allowance is worth between one and £300 a year, and in 2015—16, more than 12 million people got the benefit at a cost of over £2 billion. this week, labour published its manifesto... labour say the tories‘ plans are sick and sneaky, and claim many pensioners will end up choosing between heating an

our political correspondent eleanor garnier has more. and lincolnshire. conservative party candidate is duly elected as mayor for the tees valley combined authority. and a huge win in one of labour's former heartlands saw the conservative candidate become elected mayor. in cumbria the tories have replace labour as the largest party, but senior conservatives are playing down expectations ahead of the general election. the turnout in local elections is much lower than in a general election. it's wrong to predict what's going to happen on june the 8th. we are still going to have a general election to campaign for and have a general election to campaign forand a win have a general election to campaign for and a win after last night. but encouraging signs. the tories are celebrating in essex too, where this time round voters turned their backs on ukip. in lincolnshire where ukip's leader paul nuttall will fight for a westminster seat next month, the party was wiped out. and with such big losses, ukip's future is in question. i've been in ukip

this report from eleanor garnier. it is the general election she decided to call.rime minister, theresa may. this is her pitch to persuade you that she is the person to sort out the country's problems. because it is the responsibility of leadership to be upfront and straight with people about the challenges ahead. about the difficult decisions and trade—offs that need to be made, and the hard work required to overcome the obstacles in our way — and that is what this manifesto does. theresa may claimed that the conservatives had always been the centre ground, but was this an attempt to redefine what it means to be conservative? with the right brexit deal secured, my mainstream government will deliver for mainstream britain. all those who work hard and make this country what it is. people who have a job do not always have job security. people who own their home but worry about paying the mortgage. people who can just about manage but worry about the cost of living and getting their children into a good school. mrs may said she would look to balance the budget by the

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports.ine days, the final push so the parties are back to the game plans, there are core messages and forjeremy corbyn that means public services and pointing out how labour would aim to help families who are in work but are struggling. ours is a universal provision so that every child gets a place for 30 hours a week, from 2—4. more than a million children will benefit. and later on radio 4's woman's hourjeremy corbyn was asked for a bit of detail on this key policy. how much will it cost? i will give you a figure in the moment. you don't know it? you are logging into your ipad, you have announced a major policy and don't know how much it will cost? i will give you the exact figure in a moment. his confidence was called into question later on. i did not have exact figure and i apologise. but i do not apologise for what is in the manifesto. it was the night after they had been put through their paces. he was challenged on foreign policy and faced accusations of supporting ira sympathisers. t

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. this is the labour leader positioning himself as a potential world leader. not a pacifist, he says, instead pledging a robust, independent foreign policy. i would do everything to protect the security and safety of our people and our country. that is our first duty. jeremy corbyn is a long—standing critic of military intervention abroad, the former chairman of the stop the war coalition, a veteran anti—war campaigner. and on nuclear weapons, he's sticking to his tune. i'm often asked if as prime minister, i would order the use of nuclear weapons. it is an extraordinary question. would you order the indiscriminate killing of millions of people? labour is committed to actively pursue disarmament under the nuclear non—proliferation treaty. and we're committed to no first use of nuclear weapons. taking direct aim at theresa may, the labour leader said there should be no more handholding with mr trump. there is a sharp distinction between a government which is willing to stand up for this

let's speak to our correspondent eleanor garnier who's is travelling with the prime minister on the campaignchool pupils, one of the first free schools in the country, that constituency, really interesting, labour has a huge majority there, almost 22,000, so i think theresa may's visit there was an indication of her and the conservative party's an indication of her and the conservative pa rty‘s ambitions during this general election, then the battle bus travels to stoke—on—trent, where we are now at the screw fix location, and here, theresa may has been meeting workers and taking questions, she was asked about the nhs, she was asked about "brexit", she was asked about low turnouts in general elections as well immigration, that was something she was asked about, and television debates and why she would not go up againstjeremy corbyn, labour leader, in a television debate. one quy leader, in a television debate. one guy who works here who wanted to ask theresa may about the rising cost of things like food in supermarkets. the cost of living has gone live, since brexit, i have a family of seven

explain what they would do differently as polling day approaches. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier street. she was listening to that statement by the prime minister. and very much giving a sense i think that in her mind this general election really is all about brexit. it is about the electorate making a decision as to who they want to play the key role in these negotiations. certainly brexit is the backdrop to this general election and theresa may continues to frame the whole election ad campaign around brexit. she certainly has at the empty with her speech out here in downing street an hour or so ago. pretty aggressive language, i think an unprecedented attack from theresa may on eu politicians and brussels bureaucrats accusing them of using threats. she said the negotiating position of the uk have been misrepresented in the continental press, she said some in europe do not want these talks to succeed. and she said the actions of the last few days were all designed to impact the results of the general election. so certainly a change in tone from theresa may and government does we

campaign trail, taking questions from members of the public in the west midlands. 0ur correspondent eleanor garnierbout a ordinary people again. she has been in the west midlands and started the day at a primary school in birmingham, ofa day at a primary school in birmingham, of a sikh ethos. the conservatives say it is one of the first free schools developed in the country. she moved on to stoke—on—trent, travelling from birmingham to stoke—on—trent, where she came to the screwfix factory and took questions from workers on things like immigration, low turnout and why she's not going to be debating jeremy corbyn. and with inflation up today, one worker wa nted inflation up today, one worker wanted to know how theresa may and the conservatives were going to be helping with the rising costs of living. the cost of lighting has got high since brexit. i am from a family of seven. what are you going to do to bring the cost of living down? you are right. we are saying inflation has gone up slightly, the impact of what has happened to the currency is partly about that, but there are things we can do. i see

eleanor garnier has been with the labour leader jeremy corbyn today, in the west midlands.ands for the labour leader. jeremy corbyn started off at the university of worcester, where he met a class of student nurses. he spoke to them about labour's plans to tackle childhood obesity. already we have a ban on adverts for unhealthy products in children's tv. but, labour wants to extended to cover a ll but, labour wants to extended to cover all tv programming, right up until the watershed at 9pm. he also spoke about stopping hospitals from charging for their car parks, thing it was not fair and an unnecessary burden. notjust on nhs staff, but patients and families. jeremy corbyn ended up here in leamington spa, speaking to a crowd of a few hundred people. this wasjeremy corbyn in his element, giving a speech off—the—cuff. i think we should expect a lot more of that over the next few weeks. eleanor ghani in leamington spa. and what about the liberal democrats, well sima kotecha is in st andrews. you been with tim farron today, what has he been up to? his second stop was here in s

our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. it wasn't meant to be like this.our's first election poster launch, they had wanted to focus on attacking the tories. good morning, everyone. instead, it is their leaked manifesto everyone's talking about. a draft version now out there for all to see, a whole week early. this morning, though, no sign of the leader as originally planned. he was meant to be here, but these things happened, and mr corbyn is dealing with internal matters. so it was left to others in labour to play down the significance of the leak. the draft includes proposals to nationalise the railways and the postal service, a plan to create publicly owned energy companies in every region of the uk plus the introduction of price caps, and there's a commitment to abolish tuition fees as well as £8 billion for social care. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals. and it's looking to the long—term future and most people are extremely excited at what they have seen. was it you? it certainly wasn't. the details might be out b