hannah, thank you so much, hannah miller- party is very unusual. h, hannah miller and the rather noisy spreader room, all the journalists and lobbyists in that room, there was transit convince hannah and others, the other journalist in that room, that their candidate was the one with all the answers and clarifying anything that comes up in that q and a that is currently under way. we will talk some more to hannah and the team there is a lit later in the programme once we hear from there is a lit later in the programme once we hearfrom both sides, and some highlights of those q and a sessions under tough questions expected from the audience. will be back very shortly, stay with us here on the context on bbc news. hello. it's been another day of below average temperatures across most parts of the uk. with that, we've seen a fair amount of cloud, but also a fair amount of dry weather. this cool air mass, though, is set to be replaced by something that — on the face of it — looks a little bit warmer, a change in wind direction. but with that, we see thi

hannah miller, thank ou decided this time. hannah miller, thank you very — decided this time.ialtimes. how let's talk to lucy fisher of the financial times. how much is this row still weighing on rishi sunak? i think quite heavily. where he kept a low profile. saying" of plaintiff tone —— they hope they find it in their heart to forgive him in an error ofjudgment. and the backlash in his bone party has been very significant from former mps —— his own party. tory insiders, there's been a lot of fury in what they see as unforced error. i think in a sense, his task in his panorama interview and as the week goes on, he'll eat will be in this debate style, face—to—face showdown with keir starmer on sky news on wednesday. it's to get away from this defensive position that he had to keep up since that gaffe last thursday. d0 to keep up since that gaffe last thursda . ,, ,, to keep up since that gaffe last thursda . i. ,, �*, thursday. do you think it's interesting _ thursday. do you think it's interesting that _ thursday. do you think it's interesting that he's - thursday. do you thi

hannah miller, bbc news.l parties have clashed in a special debate programme on a range of issues, from how to tackle the cost of living crisis, to the problems faced by the nhs, as well as scottish independence. our scotland editor james cook was watching. 60 minutes, five party leaders, one general election that could change the country. and three big topics. first, the economy. what worries me about what lies ahead is that there is the threat of more spending cuts. anas is not being straight with us. i am being straight with you. there is going to be £18 billion of public spending cuts and we have had enough austerity from the tories. we don't want it imposed on us by any incoming labour government. let me be straight with you, john, let me be straight with the public as well, we will raise revenue and we will raise revenue by a windfall tax on the oil and gas giants which would raise £10 billion, a measure that you oppose. read my lips, no austerity under labour. i have seen poverty, - i've never seen any

hannah miller, bbc news. much more on the election on our website. ukraine's territorial integrity at the conclusion of a peace summit in switzerland. they've urged dialogue, the exchange of all prisoners and the return of abducted ukrainian children. but russia—friendly nations, including india, south africa and brazil, refused to sign the final declaration. president volodymyr zelensky said russia and its leadership were not ready for a just peace. here he is making his closing statement. i thank all the participants of the first peace summit for taking the first steps towards peace together. we are responding to russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, not only with a full—scale defence of human life but also with full—scale diplomacy. these days, united, 101 countries and international organisations have big success for ukraine and all partners, and our objective is to get all countries of the world to join this noble cause. previous political generations have left us the un charter as a basis for the cooperation of peoples. we will pass to the n

hannah miller reports. good morning, how are we doing?ng he will get the nhs back on its feet. but that will require more ambitious treatment, says a leading health in tank as it warns both the conservatives and labour that their current manifesto commitments amount to the tightest spending plans in nhs history. with a lack of social care support one of the key reasons the nhs is struggling, today, labour had to defend why it has not come up with a clearer plan for reform. you are still offering people a vague we'll talk about it, we'll maybe fix it in the long—term. i think in being honest with people, that building a national care service is work that is a decade in the making. that is honest and that is where the credibility comes from. i make no bones about the fact of course on social care i would have wanted the manifesto to be more ambitious, but to get policies in the manifesto, you had to run the gauntlet of answering two fundamental questions — can we keep this promise, can the country afford this promise? the conservatives plan

hannah miller, bbc news.bling to get ready, after president macron called surprise parliamentary elections across the country, several years before he needed to. he made the move after his ruling alliance was roundly defeated in sunday's european elections, with france's far—right national rally securing an overwhelming victory for seats in the european parliament. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. emmanuel macron visited the site of one of the worst nazi massacres in france, perpetrated 80 years ago today. he's been drawing on the past to highlight what he claims is the current threat confronting the country — from the far right. in the face of his opponents' success this weekend, the president has taken an almighty gamble in calling a snap election. 40 miles outside paris, this is coulommiers, the land of cheesemaking, where support for macron has crumbled. the members of the monday club said they hadn't veered to the right. but then we met 31—year—old mum of three, noemi, a worker in an elderly

hannah miller, bbc news.crats are gaining some ground hoping to grab conservative seats as they promise free personal care for the elderly and more gps and joining the eu single market. but it's the leader ed davey�*s photo ops that have really been getting attention. he's been speaking to laura kuenssberg. in terms of the things we've been doing, the stunts, actually, the real issue is engaging people, and they have done. and one of the reasons i'm so pleased to be on your programme is to talk about what liberal democrats are standing for. we're standing for health and care. we put that at the centre of our manifesto. we're talking about the cost of living, and that's not coming up enough. people are really struggling out there. and we're talking about the environment. we're the ones campaigning against the sewage scandal, for example. and i'm determined in all the seats that we can win across the blue wall against many conservatives in the west country and so many other places, people hear about what the de

hannah miller, bbc news. more on the uk election on our website.switzerland. they've urged dialogue, the exchange of all prisoners and the return of abducted ukrainian children. but russia—friendly nations, including india, south africa and brazil, refused to sign the final declaration. meanwhile, in russia, the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said president putin was not ruling out talks with ukraine. mr peskov was speaking to a reporter from russian state tv before the summit on the 14th ofjune. translation: putin is not rejecting anything. - he is not rejecting the possibility of talks. he says that there are legitimate bodies there in accordance with the country's constitution. who is authorised to conduct negotiations? negotiations, as a rule, are conducted by expert people. but the results of negotiations are recorded by legitimate representatives. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from switzerland. it was to this swiss mountain retreat that politicians came this weekend to talk peace, to discuss ending the biggest conf

hannah miller, bbc news. running in the general election can be found on the bbc news website and app. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. henry, there has been much discussion over this, so what prompted the decision? there are two numbers to think— prompted the decision? there are two numbers to think about _ prompted the decision? there are two numbers to think about here, - prompted the decision? there are two numbers to think about here, anna. . numbers to think about here, anna. 13 and nine. numbers to think about here, anna. i3 and nine. it has been 13 days since it was first reported that craig williams was being looked at by the gambling commission, 13 days since he admitted having placed a bet, what he called a flutter on a july general election and said he would cooperate with their work. and in the days that followed that, we at the bbc revealed that another candidate laura saunders was being looked at as well as two senior members of conservative party staff and over tha

hannah miller, bbc news.ook. let's move on to bolivia where hundreds of soldiers, with armoured vehicles, have withdrawn from the presidential palace after what appeared to be an attempted military coup. heavily armed troops had taken over the city's main square, with one armoured car trying to ram the doors of the presidential palace. bolivia's president luis arce denounced what he called the "irregular mobilisation by some units "of the bolivian army", saying "democracy must be respected". he then addressed the nation, alongside his cabinet, calling on the bolivian people and social groups to mobilise against the attempted coup. the president and vice president have also greeted supporters in the plaza murillo after police retook control. the public prosecutor's office says it's to launch a criminal investigation against a top general — juanjose zuniga and others for leading the insurrection. let's speak to the colombia correspondent for bbc mundo, jose carlos cueto. good to have you in the programme. expla

our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest.annah miller has the latest. line—up of world lead right a line—up of world leaders, the right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fought to prevent —— preserve our freedom and value is 80 years ago. rishi sunak had attended the event earlier in the day but then flew home and did an election interview with itv. today he was forced to admit he should have stayed.— today he was forced to admit he should have stayed. over the past few da s should have stayed. over the past few days they _ should have stayed. over the past few days they are _ should have stayed. over the past few days they are participated - should have stayed. over the past few days they are participated in l should have stayed. over the past few days they are participated in a number of events in portsmouth and in france to honour those who risked their lives to defend our free

hannah miller is in the spin room just outside where that q&a is now back underway.seeing that on the screen behind you but give us a sense about some of the key issues. this isn't a debate but about facing some very direct questions, not only from the host but also from the all of a sudden. >> yes, it's richie sunak's turn right now. 20 minutes of questions from sky news and then 25 minutes from the audience. we just heard keir storma before this. and it's pretty tricky questions, particularly around taxes and poverty. he was asked why he previously said that jeremy corbin would make a great prime minister and said that at the time he said that he was certain that the labour party wouldn't win the general election. that was back in 2019 and he said he was saying it in the context of the campaign where he wanted his colleagues to win. about taxes. had said the labour party would not raise taxes on national -- but he said they had no plan to rse taxes. not quite the same as saying you definitely won't do it. keir storma was asked look the benefits -- which many people

anna miller, thank you- -- hannah— strongly about. beral democrats are promising new protections for rivers and coastlines if they get into power. the party says it will expand marine protected areas, and introduce a new blue flag status for rivers, to end what they call "environmental vandalism". leader sir ed davey says families should be free to "swim safely in the knowledge that our waters are not polluted with sewage." the leaders of four of scotland's parties will take part in a televised debate tonight. the snp'sjohn swinney, labour's anas sarwar, the liberal democrat's alex cole—hamilton, and the scottish conservative leader douglas ross willjoin the 90—minute debate, which starts at nine o'clock on stv. the scottish green party has described its omission as "out rageous" work has begun this morning on the rob burrow centre for motor neurone disease — as tributes continue to pour in for the former rugby league player, who died yesterday aged 41. fans have been laying flowers and cards at headingley, where he played for leeds rh

sir keir starmer, the - labour leader, and that was hannah miller, our political correspondent talkingcal correspondent gary 0'donoghue is on the labour party bus. gary, i know that you have been talking to circular this morning. he has ruled out a capital gains tax rise. they have been a lot of questions about how labour will raise money going forward if they win the election.— they win the election. yes, they have been _ they win the election. yes, they have been trying _ they win the election. yes, they have been trying to _ they win the election. yes, they have been trying to avoid - they win the election. yes, they - have been trying to avoid answering this question for a number of days. it is one of the things that keir starmer said was a desperate tactic by the tories. he did today rule out this idea of raising capital gains tax for when people sell their homes, their primary residence. he said it was never their policy that they were not going to do it, that they were not going to do it, that they had to rule it out for parliament. the problem, i think, they had to rule it out

here's our political correspondent hannah miller.

hannah miller, bbc news.our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who's on the campaign trail in northamptonshire. we can speak to him. a nice sunny day. good to see you. how important is today for the conservatives, the launch of their manifesto? it is massively _ launch of their manifesto? it is massively important _ launch of their manifesto? it 3 massively important because the prime minister has not had a good few days, as we all know, but also, evenif few days, as we all know, but also, even if he had had few good days this is a crucial moment where he gets to tell the voter, here is the conservative party programme for government, should they win another term in office. and he wants to use this opportunity to carve a clear dividing line with the labour party and that line will be on tax. we have talked a lot this campaign about taxes that both parties are promising not to raise and here is the conservative party promising to cut the employee rate of national insurance by 2p and if that sounds f

the bbc�*s hannah miller has more on the major parties�* spending plans.n to bring in thousands more staff to the nhs, requiring funding to increase significantly, to almost £200 billion by 2028. but this is the level of funding they've allocated in their manifestos — around £20 billion less. the nuffield trust says it amounts to tougher spending plans than during austerity. the liberal democrats have put slightly more. but the pledged figure from the liberal democrats for nhs spending doesn't include their seperately costed pledge to provide free personal care for older or disabled people. you're live with bbc news. australia's prime minister anthony albanese and chinese premier li qiang are meeting in canberra. it's part of a first visit to australia by a chinese premier in seven years. the two leaders are discussing trade and diplomatic ties, along with regional security issues. earlier, mr li made an offer at adelaide zoo to send australia two new pandas. two pandas already at the zoo are due to return home. the chinese premier's trip has also included

hannah miller, bbc news. more on the election on our website. urged dialogue, the exchange of all prisoners and the return of abducted ukrainian children. but russia—friendly nations, including india, south africa and brazil, refused to sign the final declaration. president volodymyr zelensky said russia and its leadership were not ready for a just peace. here he is making his closing statement. previous political generations have left us the un charter as a basis for the cooperation of peoples. we will pass to the next generations an effective mechanism to implement the un charter and the communique adopted in the summit these days fully reflects our intention and remains open for accession by everyone who respects the un charter. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said the eu will continue standing with ukraine and called russia to bring to an end its "imperialist violence". i call on russia to heed the message of the international community, respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine, put an end

hannah miller, bbc news. road in southern gaza has just ended. the halt in operations during daylight hours was to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to palestinians. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has emphasised this is not part of a ceasefire and combat would continue in the city of rafah. the hamas—controlled health ministry in gaza has said that 37,337 people have now been killed since the start of the israeli military offensive. meanwhile, israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday — the deadliest incident for its troops in six months. the israeli army said the incident occurred during what it called �*operational activity�* in the city of rafah. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said the war should continue regardless. it comes as israel's defence minister is to visit washington shortly to discuss president biden�*s recent ceasefire plan. a short while ago, i spoke tojon donnison abou

hannah miller, bbc news. and hannah millerjoins us now. has withdrawn the support for these candidates, will that be the end of it or will rishi sunak still be facing questions? the cuestion is sunak still be facing questions? tue: question is that sunak still be facing questions? tte: question is that the labour party will keep trying to pursue art along the lines of, what took you so long over this? we heard the battle lines continuing to be drawn around this issue in the report there, the conservative party arguing that there needed to be a process and that this is the result of what they call the ongoing internal investigation, and that is why it has taken them the time to come to this decision, and it would have been unfair to do anything any sooner. labourand been unfair to do anything any sooner. labour and the liberal democrats using language like, dither and delay, saying, why did it take so long, especially given the fact that craig willliams has admitted an error ofjudgment? we don't know where he had information or what informa

our political correspondent, hannah miller, told us more about this story.r to work alongside campaigners and clocked in where nigel garages standing to be an mp. the really kind of two groups of accusations that are going on here, the first is comments made by a man identified as andrew parker, who makes racist slurs about the prime minister, rishi sunak and suggests people coming across the channel in boats, they should be target practice used on them, essentially suggesting that they ought to be shot. now, nigel farage, the reform uk leader has described those comments as very prejudiced and very wrong and said that andrew parker will not be welcome working on his campaign infuture. but then there is a separate set of allegations. i should also say andrew parker says that he hadn't made his views known to reform uk and apologise for bringing the party into disrepute, if that is what has happened. the second set of allegations, though, are about homophobic comments. a police car appears to go past and this footage filmed by channel 4 news displaying a prid

hannah miller, bbc news.'ll be talking to the green party's co—leader adrian ramsay just after 8:30. but first, our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us from westminster. what will the green party be trying to achieve with their manifesto? well, the big challenge, sally, for the green party of england and wales andindeed the green party of england and wales and indeed for pretty much any party other than the conservatives and labour, is to try to persuade voters to back the party where they acknowledge that they are extremely unlikely to be in downing street come the other side ofjuly the 4th. and for the green party, therefore, they want to persuade people to vote for them in order to shape the debate, and the clearest way in which they want to shake the debate is in their name. they want to focus particularly on energy and environmental issues, and so when they unveil their policy prospectus across all sorts of issues today, some of the most eye—catching policies as you heard from hannah the

so let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, whereournalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader's performances. hannah, isn't quite a debate, it's a different format so what can we expect?— what can we expect? quite an interesting — what can we expect? quite an interesting format, _ what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it's got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. —— from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, whether they get into more difficult areas with a challenge particularly by the audience, one thing that sky have said to us, is whether people feel there are questions have been answered. we know that that is often

hannah miller with that report. hannah miller with that report. hannah spoke to us earlier.hough, been a really noticeable shift over the past week with many of the parties now pitching themselves as the opponents to labour, whether that's the smaller parties like green and plaid cymru, the conservatives, of course, but now reform as well trying to take on that mantle. that's because labour are seen to be so far ahead in the polls. of course they are pleased with that but to some extent it isn't entirely helpful because they don't want to be seen to be compacent and both they and the conservatives say they are still fighting for every vote. hannah miller at westminster. let's speak to our correspondent, jenny hill, at westminster. we were looking at what the polls tell us, it isjust we were looking at what the polls tell us, it is just one poll right now but what has nigel farage said about those numbers? iiaigi’eiiii. now but what has nigel farage said about those numbers?— now but what has nigel farage said about those numbers? well, he held a hastily arranged _ about thos

hannah miller is in westminster.nnel 4.— tell us more about what's been filmed for channel 4. nigel farage first described _ filmed for channel 4. nigel farage first described those _ filmed for channel 4. nigel farage first described those comments i filmed for channel 4. nigel faragel first described those comments you heard they're as crass, but when pushed did say that they could be described as homophobic. tonight, he said that none of those who've been filmed by channel 4 news will be welcome to work on his campaign in clacton in the future, but this isn't the first time that he has had to defend himself or respond to offensive comments that have been made by people associated with his party. i'm going to show you some comments that were broadcast by channel 4 news, filmed by them, of a man identified as andrew parker, who appears to be a volunteer out canvassing. this is what he had to say about the prime minister. i've wiz been a tory voter. what's annoying — i've wiz been a tory voter. what's annoying me is

live now to grimsby and our political correspondent hannah miller is in the spin room, where analysisas been said over the last 90 minutes is already well under way. hannah, we have heard now from both leaders, the spin is well under way, what are they telling you about who came out of this better? we what are they telling you about who came out of this better?— came out of this better? we have “ust came out of this better? we have 'ust heard came out of this better? we have just heard from _ came out of this better? we have just heard from rishi _ came out of this better? we have just heard from rishi sunak, - came out of this better? we have i just heard from rishi sunak, he was quizzed over his five pledges that he made when he initially took office, growing economy, having inflation, reducing that cutting weightiness, and stopping the boats, weightiness, and stopping the boats, we can get reacted to his performance straightaway with garrett davis, treasury minister, what have you made of you heard? it what have you made of you heard? it was a good night, notjust part rishi _ was a

this our political correspondent hannah miller has this report.e—up of world leaders — rom right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fought to preserve our freedom and values80 years ago. rishi sunak had attended the event earlier in the day but then flew home and did an election interview with itv. today he was forced to admit he should have stayed. over the past few days, i've participated in a number of events in portsmouth and in france to honour those who risked their lives to defend our freedom and our values 80 years ago. the itinerary for these events was set weeks ago before the start of the general election campaign and, having participated in all the british events with british veterans, i returned home before the international leaders�* event later in the day. on reflection, that was a mistake and i apologise. keir starmer�*s team say the labour leader did stay throughout the whole of the day

our political correspondent, hannah miller told us how the parties are going.ng time. it is worth saying, though, that some people will start voting this week when the postal votes start coming in. if we take a look and run through where the parties are at, labour broadly are pretty happy with how their campaign is going. they are miles ahead in the polls. i think over the coming days we can start to see their leader, keir starmer, campaigning in some more ambitious seats, which is an indication, really, of their confidence and their sense that they can afford to be a little bit more ambitious than they may have been going into the campaign. but he has faced some challenging questions about what he stands for, about the plans for the party around taxation. and also particularly about whether he has changed his plans, what he said he would do when he became labour party leader, compared to what he is putting to the country now. he was asked about that by nick robinson. we had to change the labour party, and drag it closer to the country. and i did that, having t

let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller, who's in the spin room. hat a lot of scrutiny on nigel farage, what is the midway you are?— scrutiny on nigel farage, what is the midway you are? welcome to the sin room the midway you are? welcome to the spin room in — the midway you are? welcome to the spin room in birmingham. _ the midway you are? welcome to the spin room in birmingham. we - the midway you are? welcome to the spin room in birmingham. we have i spin room in birmingham. we have seen quite a few of these in recent weeks, haven't we, where generous and representatives from the party gathered to tell us what they think of the debate and arguments made by their leaders. there isjust under an hour to go now before this question time special gets under way. it will be adrian ramsay of the green party up first, taking questions from the audience for about half an hour or so, followed by nigel farage from reform, all eyes on him after the revelations of the last 24—hour is or so. i think we have clearly some sense of what nigel farage is likely to s

hannah miller, bbc news. world leaders have committed to ukraine�*s security.he final declaration. for the mirza lenski said russia and its leadership are not ready for a just peace. president volodymyr zelenskiy. previous political generations have left us the un charter as a basis for the cooperation of peoples. we will pass to the next generations an effective mechanism to implement the un charter and the communique adopted and the summit these days fully reflects our intention and remains open for accession by everyone who respects the un charter. israel has announced what it calls a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in one part of southern gaza to let more aid in. israeli military operations are being halted between 8am and 7pm every day along the road that leads from the kerem shalom crossing to the main salah al—din highway, which extends north through the territory. the suspension will not apply to rafah — where more than a million palestinians were taking refuge but which is now the scene of intense fighting. let�*s picture or corresponding.

hannah miller, bbc news.ast night's debate. here is nick eardley. good morning. a lot of heated exchanges. let's start with this one on small boats. the numbers have come down over the last 12 months, compared with the 12 months before. in order to solve this problem, you need a deterrent. there are tens of thousand, 50,000 people _ there are tens of thousand, 50,000 people have come since rishi sunak has been _ people have come since rishi sunak has been prime minister, 50,000 across— has been prime minister, 50,000 across the — has been prime minister, 50,000 across the channel. let has been prime minister, 50,000 across the channel.— has been prime minister, 50,000 across the channel. let me show you what has happened _ across the channel. let me show you what has happened in _ across the channel. let me show you what has happened in the _ across the channel. let me show you what has happened in the last - across the channel. let me show you what has happened in the last few. what has happened in the last

thank you very much, hannah miller, _ will do that.the bus, you are now outside? {jut they have let you out of the bus, you are now outside?— you are now outside? out at the fresh air for _ you are now outside? out at the fresh air for a _ you are now outside? out at the fresh air for a little _ you are now outside? out at the fresh air for a little bit, - you are now outside? out at the fresh air for a little bit, the - fresh airfor a little bit, the first stop today, sir ed davey will appear in a a few minutes and then come down to launch this policy, this proposal. it is an issue actually pretty close to his own personal heart, his own interests. he is a carer himself at home and he wants to make this part of his pitch. they are saying that essentially this is a core issue that needs to be tackled, they will make it an important part of their manifesto, something that is quite often that might get less attention from other parties if you like and at the heart of it is what you are saying, but offer, that plan, for free personal care

our political correspondent, hannah miller, joins us live from westminster.ng thing that powers of been received? ti2 interesting thing that the conservative party is promising is that they are relatively concrete, the numbers that they are saying that they were cut peoples taxes by they are promising things that they would do for that what is much less clear and what many analysts throughout today have pointed out is that their idea for example of saving money by cutting the welfare bill by not allowing that to go up in the way that it is forecast to, there is not quite so much of a clear policy as to exactly how that is going to be achieved. they have set out some ideas but it's a whole, and aspiration, it's something they want to do for that whether they can get the savings that they think they can and that they are reliant on getting an orderfor all can and that they are reliant on getting an order for all of their other policies is a question that many people have asked throughout today. and that includes some economists, respected economists as well as

let's get more on this with our political correspondent hannah miller.e reaction had _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have come - been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have come fromj reaction had we have come from the labour party. they've been describing rishi sunak admission that having your own home has got harder under conservatives as a staggering admission. they are using it as an opportunity to point to the conservatives record in government, perhaps predictably and suggesting that they would do much better in their view if they were to get in. they are also pointing to the idea that rishi sunak talked about spending still going up despite all the tax cuts that he is promising and labours response to that is to say that the money simply isn't there. they argue that he doesn't have the money to do the things he is saying he will do. it was an interview that range across a number of different policy areas. and one

hannah miller, bbc news.ndent terry farley is on the road with the tory campaign. where will you be ending up campaign. where will you be ending up today and where are the tories hoping to end up after they launched their manifesto campaign? we hoping to end up after they launched their manifesto campaign?— hoping to end up after they launched their manifesto campaign? we are on our wa to their manifesto campaign? we are on our way to silverstone _ their manifesto campaign? we are on our way to silverstone race _ their manifesto campaign? we are on our way to silverstone race circuit, i our way to silverstone race circuit, the home of the british grand prix, where the conservatives will launch their manifesto later, so cue all kinds of puns about pile—ups at turn one or dramatic overtakes, dispensing on your perspective. the 2p qatar national insurance is perhaps the headline figure at the moment from what we expect from the conservatives' manifesto. —— the 2p cut. labourwill conservatives' manifesto. —— the

hannah miller, bbc news.g to last night's debate, the liberal democrats said the audience had "spoken for the nation". the snp accused them of ignoring crucial topics such as scotland. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. away henry zeffmanjoins us now. from away henry zeffman joins us now. from that specifically, have away from that specifically, there have been further developments regarding the betting scandal. do you want to bring us up—to—date? little surprise it was the first question of the debate last night. it has been such a big story. keir starmer really went for rishi sunak on this. he said it wasn'tjust about betting, it was about standards in public life, linking it to partygate where rishi sunak as well as boris johnson to partygate where rishi sunak as well as borisjohnson got a fixed penalty notice was that talking about the fact he had suspended two conservative earlier this week after what he said were internal inquiries, pointing out a labour politician kevin craig

hannah miller there for us.ion with e.coli. the bacteria has not been detected in the items, but at least 60 types of product are being removed as a precaution. our health correspondent jim reed has the latest. a recall of this size is unusual. almost every major supermarket chain is removing products from its shelves as the hunt for the source of this outbreak continues. e.coli is a bacterial infection which can cause stomach cramps, sickness and fever. genetic tests show the 211 cases confirmed so far are all linked in some way. to date, there have been 147 cases in england, 27 in wales, 35 in scotland and two in northern ireland, though it's thought those infections were acquired in england. in total, at least 67 people have needed hospital treatment. if you have really painful stomach ache or bloody diarrhoea, those are the things that should ring the alarm bells, seek medical advice. investigators say they've narrowed down the cause of the infection to a type of lettuce leaf and are working to identify the

live now to grimsby and our political correspondent hannah miller. the public. yeah. the event but also the public. yeah, i think the event but also the public. yeah, i think they — the event but also the public. yeah, i think they both _ the event but also the public. yeah, i think they both had _ the event but also the public. yeah, i think they both had a _ the event but also the public. yeah, i think they both had a pretty - i think they both had a pretty challenging time, perhaps in slightly different ways. rishi sunak was undoubtedly heckled and jeered by the audience more than keir starmer but keir starmer was told in no uncertain terms by a non—if ember that he had not answer the question. for keir starmer the biggest challenge came when he was defending his record and premises he was made when he was trying to become labour leader. and he was asked why he had backtracked on some of those and he talked about it being putting the country before his party. that was his response to that. there was a similar line of questioning in relation to wha

hannah miller— the campaign. hannah, thank you very much. hannah miller on _ the campaign. aidyanathan is there for us. speaking of mood, i'm sure there's quite a lot of excitement building up in salford ahead of the debate.— excitement building up in salford ahead of the debate. indeed, this is like the of an _ ahead of the debate. indeed, this is like the of an election _ ahead of the debate. indeed, this is like the of an election and _ ahead of the debate. indeed, this is like the of an election and this i ahead of the debate. indeed, this is like the of an election and this is i like the of an election and this is the first time, as you have been saying, that sir keir starmer and rishi sunak will go head—to—head in a televised debate. it airs at 9pm on itv. there will be a studio audience who will be asking the leaders questions and the whole thing will be moderated by itv�*s julie etchingham. in some ways, you can see tv debates as either a blessing or a curse. a lot of the leaders had a lot to lose, and it depends on what they say, how they sell their policies, but it

our political correspondent hannah miller reports.n, there have been downpours, drenchings and many days out on the road. but today is the prime minister discussed how to reduce migration at the summit of world leaders, there are some troubling numbers for him at home. the pool is a stark warning. if a result like this is replicated on election day, your stomach would have huge and unchecked power to your stomach would have huge and unchecked powe— your stomach would have huge and unchecked power to tax your home, our “ob, unchecked power to tax your home, yourjob. your— unchecked power to tax your home, yourjob. your car. _ unchecked power to tax your home, yourjob, your car, pension, - unchecked power to tax your home, | yourjob, your car, pension, however he wants. we are fighting for every bout and we know from my own conversations with voters that the choice is very clear, a vote for anyone other than rishi sunak and the conservatives is about poor keir starmer as my minister. for the conservatives is about poor keir starmer as m

hannah miller, thanks for— are struggling. hannah miller, thanks forjoining _ are struggling.ter to alleviate these issues? we have taken some hard decisions as the scottish government. we have increased tax on higher earners to invest more in the national health service to deal with the austerity from westminster, and to keep 100,000 children out of poverty by introducing the scottish child payment. so we have used the powers we have got to expand the resources available, by increasing tax on high earners, so we can tackle issues like child poverty. what we need is bold action from the incoming labour government. what i am hearing from them, is that what we are going to have to have is a continuation of tory spending cuts. that's why people have got to vote snp on the llth ofjuly because i do not think scotland wants this. you do not want to extend the windfall tax on energy giants. how do you justify that? the windfall tax the labour party is talking about extending in the oil and gas sector, and we have supported the energy levy until 2028, but the labour party wants to tak

we are joined by political correspondent hannah miller.three weeks about tax cuts they plan. the poll that helen mentioned suggesting reform are a percentage point ahead of the conservatives will cause some concern for a number of their candidates. it is one poll and these things are not an exact science and yougov suggest it might be more appropriate to talk about reform and the conservatives as neck and neck. even that is significant, particularly at this point in a campaign. the conservatives did not want reform uk to be playing such a big part throughout this campaign as it appears they are now doing. thank ou. we'll be speaking to the leader of reform uk nigel farage at 7.30 and to rhun ap iorwerth, the leader of plaid cymru at 08.30. both will be on the sofa with us. and nick robinson continues his series of interviews with the party leaders. he'll be joined tonight by labour leader sir keir starmer on panorama at 7.30 on bbc one and iplayer. sub—postmasters in scotland who were wrongly convicted, who were wrongly convicted as part o

hannah miller, thank ou ve them as well. hannah miller, thank you very much _ them as well. amount of sewage theyjump into rivers. it didn't take him long to test the water directly himself. here is ed davey speaking to the reporter tom symonds to why he needs a need for water reform. what we are trying to get over is the fact that there is a sewage scandal, with the water companies being allowed by the conservatives to keep pumping theirfilthy sewage into our rivers, our lakes, into our beaches and seas, and it's got to end. so we keep coming back to them, i'm not going to apologise for that. we have explained how serious the problem is to our environment, to public health, and it affects leisure activities. so here we are, having some fun, yeah, but making the point that millions of people like going into water — like swimming, like paddle boarding, like doing other water sports — and if we don't clean the water properly they won't be able to enjoy that, as well as it being damaging to the environment and public health. so what we're saying today, let's have tougher new re

hannah miller there at westminster, _ immigration system.he podiums that those leadership will be standing at, will liven things up again. we are going to have a studio audience here as well, about 100 people and they will be asking questions of those northern ireland political leaders, and we know that always adds a bit of spice to any debate. :, , debate. how fluid is the political situation there? _ debate. how fluid is the political situation there? because - debate. how fluid is the political situation there? because of - debate. how fluid is the political. situation there? because of course, the assembly has onlyjust up and running, to focus on day—to—day issues, the health service for example, cost of living. so how fluid is the backdrop, do you think? no, you're absolutely correct. it comes against the backdrop of the devolved power—sharing governments here in northern ireland. it had a hiatus of two years after the du p walked out of that power—sharing government, leaving northern ireland without a devolved executive for over two ye

let's cross now to our political correspondent hannah miller who's in the leaders' spin room for us tonight for them to get their messages across and i amjoined by them to get their messages across and i am joined by natalie bennett of the green party and david both from reform uk. thank you both for being here with us in the spin room. i'm going to rescue the easy question first of all, we will start with natalie. what did you make of it, how do you think adrian performed?— it, how do you think adrian erformed? , . , ., . ., performed? this was a programme of two halves- — performed? this was a programme of two halves. what _ performed? this was a programme of two halves. what we _ performed? this was a programme of two halves. what we heard _ performed? this was a programme of two halves. what we heard from - two halves. what we heard from adrian _ two halves. what we heard from adrian was — two halves. what we heard from adrian was a positive vision of a hopeful— adrian was a positive vision of a hopeful future in which we defend and repair— hopeful future in which we defend and repair o