jessica parker, bbc news.ock is following the campaign and started by telling me about the debate. what dominated the debate at the beginning certainly was the fallout from rishi sunak�*s decision not to attend the full cam orations for d—day, and certainly that's all one of his own ministers, penny morton, say that what he had done was completely wrong and apologise. it is not normal, is it, for a cabinet minister to criticise the leader during the middle of an election campaign in such strong terms? apart from that, there were the clashes on tax between conservative and labour, but it was a seven sided debate, so everybody got to have their say, and the voter, the viewer, got a sense of the different choices available in different parts of the uk. meanwhile, the conservatives are trying to move on from the d—day row. tell us what they are beaten doing. row. tell us what they are beaten doin i _ ., , ., , row. tell us what they are beaten doinu. ., , row. tell us what they are beaten doin. ., , . , ., doing.

understandable why he would say that. jessica parker- the 4th. indeed.in l he would say that. jessica parker in north yorkshire, in the north—east. jess was mentioning the polls. we have a special poll tracker on the bbc website where you can see how the different parties again. that was jess park with the the different parties again. that wasjess park with the conservative party. damian grammaticas with the labour party who we spoke to earlier, and damien was telling us about that clip that sir keir starmer had done this morning. jess was talking about the clip she did with the prime minister. different broadcasters come together, they all decide the different questions they want to put forward, and those of the ones that get put forward by one journalist. let's turn to the liberal democrats. they say that if they win the election, they will ensure ten premier league games per season are available to watch on free—to—air television. the party's leader, sir ed davey, said the plan was aimed at "tearing down the paywall" of high stadium ticket and tv subs

and jessica parker has been following the conservatives in yorkshire.art with you because that event was angela rayner�*s battle bus, it has now driven away. just talk us through what they are promising. just talk us through what they are ”romisin. , ., �*, ., promising. yes, that's right. labour launchin: promising. yes, that's right. labour launching today. — promising. yes, that's right. labour launching today, i— promising. yes, that's right. labour launching today, i think _ promising. yes, that's right. labour launching today, i think both - promising. yes, that's right. labour launching today, i think both main | launching today, i think both main parties launching today, their battle buses. labour's one has happened already, that is on its way now carrying the deputy leader angela rayner off to essex, east of england is where she is making a start with her tour which is going to be 5000 miles injust less than five weeks around the country and the heart of the message today is that what keir starmer has said is his number one priority which he ta

jessica parker, bbc news.sley on the greek island of symi has been seen by the bbc. dr mosley vanished four days ago while on holiday on the island, which is between kos and rhodes. his four children have arrived on the island to help look for him — and the family have described the last few days as "unbearable". our correspondent, joe inwood, reports from symi. just a few hours working on the hills of symi is enough to leave you exhausted. two hours. two hours? so imagine what it would be like entering your fourth day in this unforgiving landscape. the major search operation to find the missing broadcaster michael mosley has today focused on the hills to the north of the village of pedi. so that search and rescue helicopter has been circling for maybe half an hour or so. there's been a huge amount of emergency services activity focused on those hills, and that's because we know from cctv taken at this spot that, on wednesday at about 1:30pm, 2pm, michael mosley passed this road and headed into those hills. th

that was jessica parker.s of voting, polls have now closed in the last phase of india's general election — the biggest the world has ever seen. the final stage of balloting took place in 8 northern and eastern states during a severe heatwave. at least 30 people have died of heat stroke. water and fans to cool voters have been provided at some polling stations. results are expected to be announced on the 4th ofjune. earlier, i spoke to our south asia correspondent samira hussain, to hear what happens next. what happens now is we are slowly starting to see exit polls coming out. these are various analysts and media organisations that have paid to have these exit polls done. you don't really get an inkling ofjust how things are going throughout the indian election over the six weeks. now that all phases of voting have ended, we are starting to see some of those being trickled out. really, when it comes down to the actual real results, well, that still doesn't happen until fourthjune. that's when all the vote cou

jessica parker, bbc news, westminster.rvatives say they will recruit an extra 8,000 neighbourhood police officers over the next three years, if re—elected. they claim the commitment would mean a new officer for every ward in england and wales. they'd be paid for by a 25% increase in visa fees for people coming into the uk. the prime minister was speaking earlier in his first interview since apologising for leaving d—day commemorations early. well, the last thing i wanted to do was cause anyone any hurt or upset, which is why i apologise unreservedly for the mistake that i made. and ijust hope that veterans and others can find it in their hearts to forgive me for that and also consider my record when it comes to supporting our armed forces with a historic increase in investment, but also making sure that we have a minister sitting around the cabinet table focused on veterans. labour says it would create more than 3,000 new nurseries for 100,000 children in england. empty classrooms would be converted to ensure there are eno

jessica parker, bbc news.e conservatives, which labour is hoping to win onjuly a. earlier we spoke to our reporter meghan owen. welcome to sonny hastings and rye. this marginal constituency has been a conservative seat for 1a years but labour have their eyes on it this year. last year in the local elections, the greens did pretty well as well. what is important for local voters in hastings is housing or a lack of it, sewage problems, but also, cost of living. but to tell us more about these issues, some local voters. antonia is an nhs nurse. you have been a nurse for 20 years. william, you own this cafe. first of all, antonia, where are your thoughts in terms of where you might be wanting to vote this year. at the moment, i would say i am quite undecided. as a nurse, one of my key priorities is ensuring that we are adequately funding the nhs, adequately funding social care and the cost of living is massively impacting on me and my colleagues. i am yet to find any way that the two main parties are talking about

jessica parker, bbc news.er tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on bbc one and iplayer. votes are being cast to elect the european union's next parliament — in an election held across 27 countries. it is expected to shift the assembly to the right — and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists. it follows a tense few weeks — with two european leaders and several other politicians physically attacked. and though the election should not impact politics at home — italy's far right prime minister — in a controversial step — has put her name on the ballot. there is live coverage as a europe votes _ there is live coverage as a europe votes. , ., , .., ., , ., votes. joining my colleague cristian frazier live in _ votes. joining my colleague cristian frazier live in brussels _ votes. joining my colleague cristian frazier live in brussels from - votes. joining my colleague cristian frazier live in brussels from eight l frazier live in brussels from eight o'clock here on bbc news and on the bbc iplayer in the uk and there

the suvs turn to the house of billionaire bari rosenstein, where celebrities sarah jessica parker andfor the us president. it is to them, and to people like them, that the red light at... the debate was dedicated to, a devastating editorial column was published there, one headline sounds like a verdict, in order to save the country, biden must leave the race, he is literally being dismantled for parts. the president showed himself thursday night to be a shadow of a great public servant. at the moment, the president is engaged in reckless gambling. there is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between the shortcomings of mr. trump and. mr. biden's shortcomings. and this was only the first salvo of friendly fire. then the fire became heavy. biden’s personal friend, economists nobel laureate paul krugman, and such influential journalists like tom friedman and david ignatius. leading columnists of the wall street journal, financial times and atlantic are demanding that the us president get ready to leave as soon as possible.

campaigners there say women's health issues are failing to get enough attention. 0ur corresponded jessica parkerrg. adriana volunteers to help improve abortion access. in germany, abortions are in reality permitted during early pregnancy, but remain technically illegal. when i read the penalty law, it really crushed me. because it really says you are still a criminal when you have an abortion. you can do it up until 12 weeks without being actually punished, but you are still kind of a criminal. and also, the law is written like they are trying to force you to think about it and to keep the pregnancy. so they are really pushing you in one direction. do you think this issue, women's health issues, have a prominent enough place in the public debate? of course not. women's issues are most of the time not the main priority. i would prefer if we had an eu law that ensures that everyone has access to safe abortions. even in wealthy liberal cities like hamburg, campaigners say women face barriers to abortion, while access across europe can significantly vary, from france where abortions have become a co

our politics correspondent jessica parker has been following this story.ervative candidate and an aide in the home office, would not have used in public to describe what is a flagship government policy. he has said he's disappointed to have been recorded in this context. as you said, it was a private event. but it's a policy as a home office aide that he has intimate knowledge of. in recording, what we hear him talk about it he describes this policy to send some asylum seekers to rwanda as "crap". he goes on to say if flights take off that would send a shockwave across the english channel, he means to deter gangs carrying out the people smuggling. his boss james cleverly, the home secretary, has been out on the airwaves this morning. he was quite eager to point to what he said was mr sunderland talking about how this scheme is, they believe, going to act as a deterrent in terms of small boat crossings on the english channel. mr cleverley thought that maybe his colleaguejames sunderland had used the word "crap" to grab the audience's attention. just a bit o

jessica parker, bbc news. series of panorama interviews with party leaders. nick robinson will be interviewing the prime minister tomorrow at 8pm on bbc one and iplayer. votes are being cast to elect the european union's next parliament in an election held across 27 countries. it is expected to shift the assembly to the right and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists. it follows a tense few weeks with two european leaders and several other politicians physically attacked and, though the election should not impact politics at home, italy's far—right prime minister, in a controversial step, has put her name on the ballot. ireland has voted in both eu and local elections and there has also been a rise in anti—immigrant sentiment there with popularity rising for independent candidates rather than those from the main parties. earlier, i spoke to tony connelly, the europe editor for rte, and asked him why this is happening. well, the migration issue has become a lot more prominent and visible in ireland for

our political correspondent, jessica parker has more from the campaign trail.

jessica parker, bbc news, westminster.mising free personal care for elderly and disabled adults in england. the party says the plan would save the nhs £3 billion a year through reduced pressure on hospitals. the policy would cover costs for nursing care and daily support, including hygiene and medication. a similar scheme has been operating in scotland for the past 20 years. i don't believe that you can fix our nhs and rescue our nhs unless you sort out social care and family care. so what we want to do is to make sure that people can come out of hospital when they're ready to come out, because there will be a care place in a care home, or there'll be a care package at their home and they can afford it and, by the way, crucial to our programme, is we get more carers. so we're also arguing today that there should be a new national minimum wage for carers. scotland's first minister, john swinney, has said his first target will be tackling child poverty if the snp is re—elected to power. he claimed his own party had a "proud

jessica parker, bbc news.ns us live. the line could be ropey occasionally, so we will stand by to do something else if we lose you. how have they been received when you have been out and about on that bus? you mentioned that the line is bad and you cut outjust as you ask the question. i think you want to know how ed davey has been going down and out and about today. i would say pretty well. one thing i can tell you, you will note that he was playing tennis in newbury earlier on and it so happened that a young couple were walking past and they happened to beat the chairs of a local tennis club and they said never mind his policies, we want to recruit him to our club! i never mind his policies, we want to recruit him to our club!— recruit him to our club! i think we may have — recruit him to our club! i think we may have lost _ recruit him to our club! i think we may have lost jenny. _ recruit him to our club! i think we may have lost jenny. i _ recruit him to our club! i think we may have lost jenny. i think -

jessica parker, bbc news.me minister tomorrow night on bbc one and the iplayer. now, just before we go, junior marks a pride month and celebrations have kicked off all around the world. in washington, dc, these were the scenes as thousands celebrate with the lgbt queue plus community the parade acknowledges the evolution of the communities in the evolution of the communities in the city. this took place in vienna and organisers reported a record turnout with more than 340,000 people participating in the parade. do stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we started part two of the weekend. on a fine note, there was plenty of sunshine around, but since then, skies have clouded over for many. and we're seeing patchy rain pushing into northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and wales, all courtesy of this weather front here, which is popping up as it's sliding its way south eastwards. all the while, this area of low pressure bringing strong winds to northern north east scotland with plenty of blus

politics correspond jessica parker speaking to his from the new little earlier.o there. we've had a taste of summer this weekend. and that summer heat continuing into the start of next week but it doesn't mean it's going to be sunny the whole time. many of us saw quite a lot of cloud on sunday. this was the view in gloucestershire. if you manage to get that sunshine coming through, well, it definitely looked like a picture postcard in worthing. over the next few days, yes the heat will be building and we will continue to see some sunny spells. a bit of rain in the forecast as possible. as we head through this evening and overnight it is going to be very, very mild with temperatures quite uncomfortable for some. generally clear skies, cloud across central and eastern areas and those temperatures may be not falling any lower than 16 across some southern parts, even for the north nine or ten, still very mild. monday morning might start with a bit of mistiness. this weather front is just trying to edge into northern ireland, parts of western scotland. here perhaps mo

jessica parker, bbc news in westminster. pleased because they had put these questions about the labour tax plans right into the mix of this general election campaign. but this morning i think it has become clear that in the process they've unleashed a separate row about rishi sunak and his honesty and character and that will be harder for them to control. i was sitting here this morning when i got hold of that letter from the chief civil servant at the treasury which did seem to shake up this particular issue. the fightback is now beginning from the conservative party, the chief secretary of the treasury laura trott insisting even if not the entire figure is from treasury analysis she says it is underpinning overwhelmed by independent calculations. and in the last few months the office for statistics regulation the uk independent statistics regulators says they are investigating these claims by the conservatives. i do not know how long the investigation will take but they will reach a conclusion and public conclusion so i th

jessica parker. we are catching up with our correspondence on the campaign trail.se driver spill is a reheated announcement and have announced their own plan for small businesses today. our correspondence is in farnborough in the south of england. what was the view from the party regarding last night�*s debate? i regarding last night's debate? i think they are feeling fairly confident. angela rayner didn�*t do anything wrong. she made no wrong steps. i think they are feeling fairly happy about their performance. i have been on the labour party bus this morning in farnborough were later i will be meeting rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor. she is talking about smaller businesses and how labour hopes to be supporting them in the coming years, were they to win this election. she is likely to be talking about their new message which they say are going to be targeting business rates are now going to try to bring those down. business rates are placed on this as premises, commercial premises such as shops and cafe is, many of which are in this farnborough high street. t

jessica parker, bbc news, in westminster.orrespondent susan hulme is in westminister. afternoon to you. although he will not be on the podium tonight and i wonder how much of a presence nigel farage will be in that debate, certainly in terms of the comments he has made about immigration. yes. he has made about immigration. yes, i think his explosion _ he has made about immigration. yes i think his explosion onto the he has made about immigration. 1l: i think his explosion onto the stage of the election is certainly going to overshadow that. i think certainly the prime minister, rishi sunak, is going to feel the hot breath of what nigel farage has had to say breathing down the back of his neck. it is a moment ofjeopardy for both the people actually taking part in that debate. it is a really intense moment because they are live on air, anything could go wrong, even from a personal point of view, a physical point of view, a slip of the tongue. these things can be re—played and replayed and seen over and over again. however, re—p

jessica parker, our correspondent travelling on the conservative battlebus today.coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesday's election, the anc stands at around 40% — a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. catherine byaruhanga is injohannesburg. ring is up—to—date on what is likely to happen in the next few weeks. we have to happen in the next few weeks. - have been looking at the screen is right behind me i can tell you at the moment 99.3% of all voting stations in south africa have published their results here, as the national tally. published their results here, as the nationaltally. it published their results here, as the national tally. it shows that the anc has about 40% of the vote. the expectation is that that isn't necessarily going to change massively, when that figure reaches 100% so the conversation, as you would expect has turned to a possible coalition government because the anc does not have the majority it needs to form a government on its own. it must look for pa

jessica parker, bbc news, westminster.ur assessment? 0ur health correspondent nick triggle is here to take a look at those liberal democrats�* promises to increase the number of gp and cut appointment waiting times. they are talking about recruiting a thousand gps to speed up the extra time to get an appointment, mental health hubs in the community, better access to nhs dentistry, they say this is upstream stuff so people can prevent them getting ill or seriously ill, so they are focusing on those areas in particular, and another important policy, they say, the personal care, for people who need help washing or eating, and thatis need help washing or eating, and that is a policy in scotland and they say that will relieve some of they say that will relieve some of the pressures in hospital and help reduce some of those waiting times and pressures there. one interesting policy but hospital care is the cancer care target, and patients should be starting their treatment within 60 detainees of a referral —— 62 days. at the mome

the world was introduced to first season of and the city star sarah jessica parker, which became one 90's and early 2010 police shot became the first african-american win 20 award for best actress. >> her performance in a raisin in the sun. >> i was pretty tidbits there. by the way, this summer. you can also catch movies outside and enjoy the warm weather in berkeley staing friday, june 14th, the city is going to play multiple movies across city parks and pools. the series is going to kick off with the super mario brothers movie. that will be at san pablo park and there are special movie events as well. on june 28th parents of 5 to 13 year-olds nnjoy night out watching top gun maverick. meantime, their kids can enjoy arts and crafts or you can register to bone of those who will take in the little mermaid while floating in the west campus pool on friday, august 23rd other movies incle disney's elemental a million miles away and kung fu panda for which feel-like was just in movie theaters. but there you go. and it should be a great evenings for movie going to just cools down a little b

jessica parker to be. - jessica parker is to be. — jessica parker is following the labour campaign today own emotions, his own feelings, his own emotions, his own approach to the commemorations, and saying she soon act would have to answer essentially for his own actions. i think what is going on there is perhaps the labour leadership is letting some of the people in the shadow cabinet be the real attack dogs on this issue and use that strong language. keir starmer trying to stand back from that, perhaps in an attempt to appear statesman—like, and because it is such a serious issue, because it is such a serious issue, because it is such an important day for the nation's history as well, maybe trying to avoid being seen to overly politicise it. so he was a little bit restrained, despite repeated attempts from journalists to get a little bit more out of him on this issue. he kept saying that rishi sunak would have to answer for his own actions and decisions. flan sunak would have to answer for his own actions and decisions.- own actions and decisions. can you tell is more — own actions and

the world was introduced to first season of and the city star sarah jessica parker, which became onerican-american win 20 award for best actress. >> her performance in a raisin in the sun. >> new data finds the most popular baby names in be influenced by pop culture. some of the most popular names have fantasy influence with names like zendaya's character from do climbing more than 3300 spots in popularity for girls and bridgerton is also having its moment with the 33rd most popular girl name being penelope and women's basketball is leaving its mark as well with caitlin jumping almost 1600 places for girls and clark going up 15 spots for boys. that will be off from the newsroom today. thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm stephanie lin. remember to take good care of yourselves today? today? >> live in the bay is next. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ yes, ahh!! mom: what is going on with you? get out! andy! get out of my room! get out! mom: andy. fight! fight! i didn't say anything. yes you did. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪♪ are you tired of your hair bre

jessica parker, bbc news, in westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us nowso, henry, we heard rishi sunak saying he has not lost hope of winning but at the same time the tories are telling voters not to give the labour party a landslide? ben, this feels like an inflection point in the way the conservatives are campaigning. since the start of this election, conservative candidates have been privately telling me that they think victory is implausible, perhaps even impossible. but it is a different order of magnitude altogether to hear a senior cabinet minister making an argument in that direction, in public. so, what was grant shapps trying to achieve? well, he is an experienced communicator, he will have meant to say what he said and he will have known how it will have been taken and i think he was trying to use the possibility of a labour victory to try to ensure that a large labour victory doesn't happen. 0f try to ensure that a large labour victory doesn't happen. of course, for sir keir starmer, that means that he needs to reassure labour voters, or indee

manifestos are being readied for us all to read — the full set of pledges and, crucially, costs. jessica parker honour of president biden and his wife, who are on a state visit to paris. the french president emmanuel macron returning the favour, after he was hosted for a state visit at the white house in 2022. during the meetings earlier in the day, they spoke about various issues including ukraine, israel's war with hamas in gaza, co—operation in the indo—pacific, and policy issues ranging from minor change to artificial intelligence to supply chains. another element during the news conference, both the french and americans welcoming the israeli hostage rescue in gaza. —— ranging from climate change. mr biden calling for all of the hostages to be released. these are the dignitaries arriving for a state banquet just about to happen dignitaries arriving for a state banquetjust about to happen after a number of meetings through the day. you can catch up on the website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it's been a pretty decent start to the weekend. there was a good deal of sunshine around ac

jessica parker, bbc news, in westminster.spondent harry farley, who's with the conservative campaign. where are you, and why? i'm in grimsby. _ where are you, and why? i'm in grimsby. the — where are you, and why? i'm in grimsby, the prime _ where are you, and why? i'm in grimsby, the prime minister- where are you, and why? i'm in | grimsby, the prime minister has where are you, and why? i'm in - grimsby, the prime minister has been campaigning in the nearby area and hasjust campaigning in the nearby area and has just arrived campaigning in the nearby area and hasjust arrived for campaigning in the nearby area and has just arrived for the sky news tv debate tonight against sir keir starmer, the labour leader, facing questions over whether he has already conceded defeat. you heard in that package from jess that the defence secretary grant shapps said that labour should not be given a supermajority, appearing to argue that people should vote for conservatives not to get a conservatives not to get a conservative government but t

jessica parker, bbc news.minister tomorrow night at eight o'clock on bbc one and iplayer. joining me now are over 17, political correspondent at politics jo konta katy balls commerce political editor at the spectator. i want to start by reflecting back on the last week, and when i was looking at all the things that have happened in the past week, ifeel like it could have been a whole month. can you give me your highlights? the most memorable events to both of you that happened in the past week? i events to both of you that happened in the past week?— in the past week? i think clacton miaht be in the past week? i think clacton might be the _ in the past week? i think clacton might be the moment _ in the past week? i think clacton might be the moment of - in the past week? i think clacton might be the moment of the - in the past week? i think clacton i might be the moment of the week, particularly because that began on monday or tuesday when rumblings started to emerge that nigel farage was going to throw his ha

sara jessica parker came on. the great joan rivers came on. liam kneeson.> a lot of stars don't go on people's shows for that very reason. >> i know. >> andy is sitting across from x, y or z. why did they come? >> i don't know. i think if they come, they will make news and promoting something. but it is fun. it is a little dangerous for maybe the same reason people do howard stern. they know they will leave having a great interview and a lot of fun. there is something in the age we're in now, the authenticity of the show i think is the thing that keeps people coming back. >> how about the fact that it is in the middle of the night. do inhibitions just diminish? >> i think so. we serve people. we let them sip a little bit. >> it's the real thing. >> yes, it is the real thing. >> what do you do? some people, i'm sure, sit across from you, and they have their pr people around, buttoned up and they blurt stuff out. like how are -- >> yes. >> that's when my endorphins start going. oh, really? i mean, i think that -- listen, i want everyone to leave happy, okay?

we are going to talk with our correspondent jessica parker and jenny hill. you. we saw there the response from the labour leader saying look, the first instinct of the tories is to make some money out of all of this. we are talking about issues that are not related to policy. issues that are not related to oli . . issues that are not related to oli _ , ., ., issues that are not related to oli . . ., issues that are not related to oli . , ., ., policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is a _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is a bit _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is a bit of _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is a bit of a _ policy. yes, good afternoon. i am afraid there is a bit of a break-up| afraid there is a bit of a break—up on the line, we are rolling around north wales, so i did not quite catch herfull question. i was listening to some of the clips that have been playing. we have been on the bus with th

but let's back up with that because he said he was angry about that in the debate last night. jessica parkerfternoon. i am on the — so what is the mood? good afternoon. lam on the bus— so what is the mood? good afternoon. i am on the bus with _ so what is the mood? good afternoon. i am on the bus with the _ so what is the mood? good afternoon. i am on the bus with the prime - i am on the bus with the prime minister in north wales, he is not always in the campaign bus but we are bored with him and might get a little more of a chat with him later but in terms of the mood he spoke to an audience of i'm told activists and supporters so they were very supportive of him. in terms of what he was talking about, the conservatives like to lay into the labour party record in wales, there was quite a lot of that from the prime minister and other speakers. he was making these interesting comments about saying he understood that voters as people are frustrated with the conservatives and with him, acknowledging mistakes have been made. but also he repeated this line saying that people should not sleepwalk

jessica parker, bbc news in westminster.abour would put up household taxes by £2000 produced by the treasury? that is certainly what the conservative leader implied. here is what he actually said. first, let's explain how that £2000 figure is generated. the tories have added up what they say are the net cost of labour public spending commitments over the next four years and have come to any curated sum of £38.5 billion. they have divided that figure by the number of households in the uk with one person working at least, 18 million and that produces the figure of £2000. but this morning a letter emerge from the chief civil servant at the treasury written on the 3rd ofjune which casts further doubt on the basis of that figure. it says the basis of that figure. it says the £38 billion figure used by the conservative party's publication conservative pa rty�*s publication uses conservative party's publication uses costs beyond those produced by the civil service and published online by hm treasury. any costings derived from other

we are nowjoined by our political correspondent, jessica parker. oming weeks from the main parties, that will change a little bit because what a manifesto is as many will know, is a political party's programme for government, a blueprint for what it would do if that party was in power. i think what will be particularly interesting as well is that while we are not necessarily expecting major surprises from at least the two main parties, although of course you never know, i have not been the manifestoes yet, although there have been plenty of leaks and a announcements made, and a lot of discussion about how will parties pay for pledges? a lot of scrutiny and back and forth between labour and back and forth between labour and the conservatives and costings should be in the manifesto, so that will be very crucial. it will move the campaign onto the next phase after the first few weeks we've had so far. . ~' ,, ~ after the first few weeks we've had so far. ., ,, i. . , so far. thank you. we will be discussing — so far. thank you. we will be discussing th

let's get more on this from our political correspondent jessica parker. good morning to you, jessica. good morning. interesting _ good morning to you, jessica. good morning. interesting news- good morning to you, jessica. (13mg. morning. interesting news overnight after we had that debate, which you just had a run down there. some news on what we might see in the conservative party's manifesto, conservative pa rty�*s manifesto, which conservative party's manifesto, which we expect to be published in the coming days. of course, those manifestos are those pen to paper set of pledges that people can pour over from the political parties. in this place we understand will be on stamp duty. this is the fact that you stamp duty. this is the fact that w“ pay stamp duty. this is the fact that you pay if you buy a property in england and northern ireland was not what the conservatives are expected to do is play to permanently get rid of stamp duty for first—time buyers of stamp duty for first—time buyers of properties, costing up to £425,000. that is an extension of

let's speak to our correspondent jessica parker, who is with the tory campaign bus.ese four people being locked into over i four people being locked into over alleged election betting, including two tory candidates. clearly, that is now a cloud hanging over the conservative campaign. it is not the first cloud that has hung over this conservative campaign. and perhaps rishi sunak who addressed us time —— night during question time debate, he said it was incredibly angry about the allegations and if anyone was found to have broken the rules committee would boot them out of the party and they should face the full consequences of the law. perhaps again today, he will be hoping to try and bring some reset moment. where we are heading is north wales, where rishi sunak is going to be there as part of the launch of the welsh manifesto, conservative welsh manifesto. but for rishi sunak, the challenge here has been throughout the campaign because there have been a series of missteps now. we've got these allegations. is his efforts to try and change the dynamic of this election

we can cross live to speak to correspond a jessica parker who is on a beach in south devon. to today. the liberal democrats have been trying to champion creative photo opportunities during this campaign. as you can see, ed davey, the liberal democrat leader, is building a sand castle. he has had a few goes already with mixed success. they have been constructing a variety. i think he needs a bit more water to make it more solid.— make it more solid. let's see. i think he is _ make it more solid. let's see. i think he is going _ make it more solid. let's see. i think he is going to _ make it more solid. let's see. i think he is going to perhaps - make it more solid. let's see. i think he is going to perhaps try| make it more solid. let's see. i - think he is going to perhaps try and show us the final product in a second. but the liberal democrats today are saying they want to expand rural fuel duty relief to new areas. i asked how that policy would be paid for and there isn't a specific costing at the moment but they insist their manifesto is fully costed. it seems may be slig

let's now speak to our political correspondent jessica parker who's travelling with the liberal democratshave organised for today's session, i am told this is a game called ring toss. i suspect given what we have seen before from the liberal democrat leader he will be having a go on that, barely the liberal democrat campaign has been noted for its campaign stance. there is also a game of skittles i think that will go on here and we will have some live ring toss action. we have some live ring toss action. we have some live ring toss action. we have some bluejango towers as well. another day on the lib dems campaign trail. seeing these kind of campaign photo opportunities. the liberal democrats say they are using to try and grab people's attention, to talk about a serious policy issue, today they are talking about sewage. they want to recruit new sewage inspectors, so—called sewage busters to tackle sewage spills in england. there has been some criticism of their overall policies on sewage. they are talking about creating a new regulator that could ban bonuses for companies that breach aros

let's speak to our correspondent jessica parker, who's travelling with the liberal democrats.r those who frequently travel out of the uk on an aeroplane, more than three flights a year. so there pointing to that pot of money which they say would raise billions and billions of pounds. the ifs has said there is a risk that the amount of money the lib dems say they would raise were not actually raise that much but that's how i'm told the policy would be paid for. clearly the lib dems here as we roll around these rural areas and they talk about the kind of things that affect rural communities, they are making that page for certain seats particularly in the south—west today and now heading back more towards the south of england, they are trying to go for seats that they have held in the past, there has been a bit of a stronghold in the south—west of england, and also seats where they think they could do well because they have run the tories close in the past and they are focusing their attacks on the conservatives as they go for conservatives as they go for conservative held seats

jessica parker, thanks forjoining us. is going to win the election in england and they will have a mandate to do bold and dramatic things but i am not going to choose to do that, because they are not going to choose to lift the limit on bankers bonuses. the scottish cup and is giving 100,000 children out of poverty already using our own resources and the tax changes we have made —— the scottish government is keeping. we need a uk government is keeping. we need a uk government which will assist us in our bid to eradicate child poverty and prolongs it, and if the labour party remains committed to the two child limit that will prolong child poverty in our society and i called on the labour party to realise the folly of that position and to accept the two child limit has got to go. you have spent a lot of time criticising austerity and brexit and the cost of living, blaming this all on westminster, but what are you going to do as the snp leader and first minister to alleviate these issues? ~ . . ~ first minister to alleviate