policies like this i do thing work. £80,000 is to most people are huge amount, what john mcdonnell saysmount, whatjohn mcdonnell says it is 90% of people will not be affected by labours tax plans so that leaves 2 million people who will, they are the 2 million people but never voted for them anyway so what they have to get back is those vote rs what they have to get back is those voters in the middle and the big issue for them is whether or not they feel labour can form a competent government and that is the key to doing well. and also whether various pressure on the conservatives to spell out their tax plans more because we know they do not want to give as many policies or pledges but interesting to see if theresa may can explain how to make afairer theresa may can explain how to make a fairer society. i want to say that last night one of our reviewers said the conservatives had taken glasgow when they meant to say they had taken more seats on the council, the conservatives now have eight seats, an increase of seven while labour lost overall control of the council and the snp is now th

let's go to london's docklands where john mcdonnell has been speaking. say? he has been setting out the broad picture of labour possible approach to the economy, which is very different to that being offered by the conservatives at this stage in the general election campaign. unashamedly pro—tax, pro—spending. he said labour will raise a lot of money to spend on public services and it will be people on higher incomes, those above £80,000 according to labour, to pay more tax to go to public services. he talks about raising billions through borrowing to go on public infrastructure spending. there is a policy difference emerging between labour and the conservatives on this big question of tax and spending. labour are big question of tax and spending. labourare framing their big question of tax and spending. labour are framing their tax promise both at lower and middle earners, saying they will not pay any more, either in income tax, vat or national insurance, and making it clear that people on incomes over 80,000, many who work around here would pay more to

again, john mcdonnell was asked on that point and said it was nonsense.e was happy to pick over those figures any time. alex, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. more pressure on donald trump — as he's accused of asking the head of the fbi to drop an inquiry into his former security chief's links with russia. coming up... oh, look, i don't care if it only cost 2p! those curlers could fetch more than that — as hilda ogden's personal effects head from coronation street to the auction house. coming up in sport at half—past — andy murray says he can still do well at the french open later this month, despite his poorform since returning from an elbow injury in march. uk unemployment is down again — falling to its lowest level in 42 years. latest figures from the office for national statistics show the number of people unemployed fell by 53,000 to 1.54 million in the three months to march — a rate of 4.6%. but are the figures as good as they seem? our economics correspondent andrew verity reports. you would need to be well into your 40s to remember a time

john mcdonnell apologised for those remarks on question time. only because they became public.l apologised for those remarks on question time. only because they became public. well, he apologised for those remarks. the position... he made them in 2003. andrew, the position has to be that we want peace around the world. but in 2003, the peace process was well underway and your shadow chancellor said he honoured the ira arms struggle. he withdrew those remarks. he's apologised for those remarks. i've made it very, very clear, that i think what has happened in northern ireland... listen, a lot of people lost their lives in northern ireland, it was an appalling situation. ira killed 1800 people. yes. and the people killed by loyalist bombs as well. all deaths are appalling, all deaths are wrong, there isn't a military solution to a conflict and traditions between communities. there has to be a better way and a better process of doing it. but most people watching it tonight, they won't know that you were so close to the hardline republicans and to the apologists to the ira, don't yo

john mcdonnell saying that this is uncosted.ervatives and labour, on the means testing of the winter fuel allowance. john mcdonnell was very critical and said people will not be putting their heating on. labour is opposing it. the conservative leader of southend council has been just as critical. he said it is completely wrong. we are telling people to renew heating off and you will die. so criticism off and you will die. so criticism of theresa may's policy from some conservatives. john mcdonnell was looking chipper after having so much scrutiny of his own policies earlier in the week. and with the winter fuel allowance you might be able to start attaching some of the older voters from the conservative banner. the south of england is a conservative stronghold at this election, widely seen as prosperous and protected by senior ministers whose constituencies are in the region. but in areas with a high cost of living there are fears about the impact of cuts on those who rely on local services. along the south coast there was also

but announcing the pledge today, john mcdonnell did not rule out introducing a new higher rate of taxed the decision would be made when the party's manifesto is launched, within the next few weeks. the conservatives say reforming mental health legislation in england and wales will be a priority if they win the election. theresa may said a new law would tackle discrimination and what she called the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. there would also be a boost to the number of mental health professionals by 2020. richard lister reports. when she entered downing street for the first time as prime minister last year, theresa may described the lack of sufficient mental health care as a burning injustice. now, in what the conservative campaign describes as its first major domestic policy announcement, the tories have pledged to employ an additional 10,000 mental health staff in the nhs, to give more legal protection to all people suffering from mental health issues, and to make mental health first aid available in every school. if you have a child that has severe mental health pro

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning to help pay for public services.e no plan to raise income tax but have so far refused to completely rule it out. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. it was a slogan used by tony blair, now revived by labour's new leadership. setting out what he called a big deal to upgrade the economy, john mcdonnell promised not to raise vat national insurance for anyone, but said the top 5% of earners pay more. if labour is elected next month, we will guarantee for the next five years, there will be no income tax rises, for all those earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is now the party of low taxes for middle and lower earners. mr macdonnell said people earning more than £80,000 a year would pay a modest amount more but the rates and details would have to wait for the manifesto. the conservatives have promised not to raise vat that have so far made no matching pledge national insurance or income tax. this is a clear statement of intent. they want to raise taxes, they want to penalise business, they want to penalise

john mcdonnell verve. say that the conservatives would priortise a "hard brexit" over protecting scottish jobs. the parties deputy leader angus robertson said that theresa may came to scotland to deliver one simple message, "to get back in their box". and it's been a difficult 2a hours for ukip. their leader paul nuttall had been due to visit london and essex..but due to visit london and essex but both campaign trips were cancelled after an incident with the party's battle bus. and the ukip leader had something of a bumpy ride during the itv leader's debate when he struggled to remember leanne wood's name. do you think they will stay there? of course not. 6500 well—paid jobs in wales you are prepared to lose. think natalie is absolutely right. my think natalie is absolutely right. my name is leanne. you have done it twice now. we need to fully integrate health care and social care. 0h integrate health care and social care. oh dear, there were some smiles, but how embarrassingly. so let's begin with scotlan

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay "a bitore" to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes, but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here's our political correspondent ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle—income voters — and the newspaper headlines. labour say 95% of taxpayers will benefit from what the shadow chancellor described as a personal tax guarantee. and for those above 80,000, we will ask them to pay a modest bit more. why? to fund our public services. the policy may sound relatively familiar... there will be no increase in vat, no increase in national insurance, no increase in income tax... the conservatives made that pledge at the last election. so far, theresa may has ruled out a rise in vat but not committed to retaining that previous manifesto pledge of not raising income tax and national insurance contributions. today, the tories said there was a black hole in labour's tax proposals. they're going back to type, they want

on the point that john mcdonnell raised they are going to do. tjohn mcdonnell raised on the difference between revenue and capital spending, this is where an economist gets excited, capital spending is long—term investment into the economy and it is great to hear labour talk about that. it is really about what to do in the long—term vision. looking at brexit we might have to think about how we recalibrate the economy going forward. how important is tax going to be in this election? it has been billed being about brexit predominantly and how the brexit because she regions go. is tax going to ta ke because she regions go. is tax going to take a back seat? compared to the previous two elections public spending was high on the agenda. up until now i would not have thought it would be as central because of brexit and because the labour party is going strongly on the issue of public services the conservatives have been pulled into the debate and they think they can point the finger at the labour party but in 2015 they said similar messages about labour

what was quite clear from john mcdonnell this morning on the radio is that they have not decided howtion is will take part. the one involving rail will happen differently to the one involving the water utilities. theyjust don't have a plan. it is hard to fully cost them. it's worth looking at the market capitalisation of some water companies, 40 billion in some cases. this is a lot of money will stop it probably will have to be funded by borrowing in some cases. so, yes, be it capital spending or otherwise the money still has to be found from somebody and that is probably by increasing the debt. somebody and that is probably by increasing the debtlj somebody and that is probably by increasing the debt. i will bring you in in a second, rachel, we can hear from you in in a second, rachel, we can hearfrom sarah you in in a second, rachel, we can hear from sarah champion, you in in a second, rachel, we can hearfrom sarah champion, who confirmed the details are not detailed in the labour manifesto and the proposal is an intent and they need to look at the proposal. this is the reality of

john mcdonnell, the man jeremy they cannot be trusted.arge of the economy, under the glare of the studio lights on the andrew marr programme on sunday, he was asked whether he was a marxist. he said no. but then a video emerged of him proudly declaring to a private political gathering, i am proudly declaring to a private political gathering, lam honest with people, i am a marxist. saying one thing to the british public but the opposite to his political associates in private. how on earth could maybe, maybe not marxist be trusted over our taxes, trusting and spending or anything else? so we know the sure what we have always expected, they cannot add up and they cannot be trusted. during this campaign we have learned jeremy corbyn cannot lead. across the country, labour candidates are disowning their leader, they don't wa nt disowning their leader, they don't want him to visit, they don't want him on their leaflets or their facebook posts. his own candidates have no confidence in him leading their party. but jeremy corbyn have no confidence

john mcdonnell did not deny this morning. ido mcdonnell did not deny this morning. the mark. —— starting at 150,000. they will be a 50p rate, but i cannot tell you when it kicks in. we were broadcasting a lot of stories this morning at the newspapers were covering roughly in the right kind of ballpark. what it says is those on more than 80,000 will be hit, they will have to stump up something like £5 billion, 1 million people having to provide an extra 5 billion which if my mathematics is correct, it averages at about £5,000 per person. a lot of extra money coming from the wealthiest in society. what about the manifesto as a whole? how would you characterise it politically? is it for the floating voter or the faithful? i think it is probably the most radical labour ma nifesto we probably the most radical labour manifesto we have seen in many, many yea rs. manifesto we have seen in many, many years. considerable amounts of money being spent on the renationalisation of the water industry, royal mail and the railways, the national grid. that scale of nationalisation is

interesting that we were listening tojohn mcdonnell interesting that we were listening to john mcdonnellwe know about what the british public think this is about? it is interesting. it has taken about? it is interesting. it has ta ke n two about? it is interesting. it has taken two weeks before the economy has came to the forefront of the election campaign. the reason why the she wanted to call this campaign was not the economy of the deficit, but rather of course she says she wa nts to but rather of course she says she wants to try to strengthen our hand with the negotiations with the european union. i —— the opinion polls suggest that brexit is important, the health service is also important. the economy for water is not such a pressing concern as in the past. the argument today with the tories are doing that we bought would spend too much labour arguing the contrary, it echoes what voters have heard in previous elections. this is pretty familiar territory for both parties when it comes to the issue of the economy. and it is quite interesting when people say, this election is all about

john mcdonnell has described the lea k of john mcdonnell has described the leak of the manifesto is disappointingt of proposals. he was speaking to reporters this morning. do you know who leaked your manifesto, mr mcdonnell? no, we don't. disappointing, though, but there you are. we'll have the clause v meeting today and that will decide the final manifesto. you are working through it. do you recognise these policies? do you want to nationalise the railways and the energy companies? we'll see what comes out of the clause v meeting. we have a democratic process in the party, it will be the clause v meeting that will decide it. and then we'll have the launch on tuesday. do you really think you can get... i've got to catch my bus. ..the party elected on such a socialist manifesto? i've got to catch my bus, sorry. how would you pay for all of this? it's going to take tens of billions of extra borrowing, is that right? look, the clause v meeting will happen today and we will decide. let's walk along, don't fall over. the clause v meeting will happen today, and that will decide the final draft, and we'

shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies", and said labour's plans were fullyit's an absolute pack of lies. i don't know why the bbc or the media are giving it any room whatsoever, it's an absolute pack of lies. i'll give you an example. they have included £35 billion worth of investment money, capital expenditure. they don't seem to know the difference between capital and revenue. all you include in your day—to—day spending on capital expenditure is the interest rates. so it's completely ludicrous, then they have invented figures, in terms of commitments that we have given, which we haven't, and then where we have given commitments, they haven't even identified where we have already said that funding will come from. it's a pack of lies. earlier my colleaguejane hill spoke to pauljohnson, the director of the institute for fiscal studies to get his assessment. for there is a very big difference between the two main party, the labour party have say it not only they would be happy to borrow to invest but they are looking to invest but they are looking to invest in

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said it was a "modern and progressive" set of proposals. party leaderjeremy corbyn said the manifesto had been unanimously agreed, and all its contents were carefully costed. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. but the party leader was nowhere to be seen. jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. he'd been promised as top billing. but after the astonishing leak of a draft of labour's complete manifesto... we were told he had other things to do. where's mr corbyn? he was meant to be here. he was meant to be here, but things happened and mr corbyn is... dealing with internal matters. do you know who leaked your manifesto? mr corbyn‘s closest ally was promising great things. this is an extremely modern, progressive set of proposals. it is looking to the long term future and most people get excited at what they have seen. the 45—page draft we have seen spells out plans to nationalise the railways, royal mail an

labour's john mcdonnell said a policy of rail nationalisation when train operators‘ franchises run outn practice? and is it feasible? let's talk to my guests. transport writer christian wolmar, who has links with the labour party, and sam dumitriu, research economist for the adam smith institute. welcome to you both. kristian, it is perfectly true to say that this is a policy that has been in labour party ha nsford policy that has been in labour party hansford sometime. although people wondered whether it would be what of down a bit in terms of the final version. what do you make of what you have seen? this is quite a simple policy that is not actually cost anything. what would happen is that when franchises run out, the contract between the government and private train operators, when they run out, they will run for five, 710 yea rs run out, they will run for five, 710 years and then simply revert to the government. and then they would be run by probably a new body, maybe something like british rail. but presumably there would be a costly so m e but presumably there would be a costly

what i genuinely don't understand is how socialists like john mcdonnell or jeremy corbyn can say, we'retimillionaires in the south of england to hand over the entire value of their homes. we're going to fight to make sure that multimillionaires keep the winter fuel allowance is. why is the left saying, we are keeping every privilege for the rich? i thought jeremy corbyn's allowance is that the system is rigged for the rich. it's mad! i think we are in argument about whether the rights or wrongs... the triple lock. the conservative sums don't add up. in the andrew neil grilling we saw, tell us about taxes. i can't give you any promises. tell us about the nhs and the extra £8 billion. i can't tell you where it is coming from or whether it is new money or not. there two default position is that the primers has. number one is evasion, number two is blame corbyn. the most important sadistic she out with in that interview was she said, in the next ten years there will be 2 million more people over the age of 75 needing care. we can't expect people in work to pay higher taxes because the tax b

is going to be radical enough for you to get a message across, through jeremy corbyn, through john mcdonnell what's in that manifesto. secondly, of course we have lessons to learn. we've also got lessons to learn from the areas where we did well in the local elections. places like greater manchester where the tories were defeated for example - where your candidate didn't wait around to see his leader turn—up? the conservative candidate in greater man chest, the greater manchester. we have lessons to learn, both bad and good from these elections. i'm not complacent. i'm looking very carefully at how we build on those issues and we get our message across. you have to be more than not complacent, don't you? step back from this for a second. you are trying to replace a government that has imposed seven years of austerity. it's failed to meet immigration targets. it's failed to reach its deficit targets. it failed to solve a crisis in the nhs. you are moving backwards. you are losing your labour heartlands. you can't begin to make gains in a situation like that. we increased our majority in swans

john mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn takes.ath, it wasn't successful, in the end i think poor people end up paying for it. that is one of our fundamental disagreements because you don't. sometimes at elections can eliminate that, but we don't have a hypothesis, so a tax syste m don't have a hypothesis, so a tax system that somebody in notes is a particular tax it gets spent on a particular tax it gets spent on a particular thing. you have to take an overall view on whether you think labour or the tories are likely to be able to balance the books was to ta ke be able to balance the books was to take the view that labour has failed at. is it wise believing any party figures going into elections. to re—establish my impartiality, we have seen this done repeatedly by a run of conservative governments, that the target is not a target any more, then there is a deficit reduction target, and frankly if we follow this and feel a little bit sceptical about it, and we are a group of people who have to do this for a living, had we think the

setting out what he called a big deal to upgrade the economy, john mcdonnell promised not to raise vat, we will guarantee for the next five years, there will be no income tax rises, for all those earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is now the party of low taxes for middle and lower earners. mr mcdonnell said people earning more than £80,000 a year would pay a modest amount more but the rates and details would have to wait for the manifesto. the conservatives have promised not to raise vat but have so far made no matching pledge on national insurance or income tax. today, the tories said labour was going back to the past. this is a clear statement of intent. they want to raise taxes, they want to penalise business, they want to penalise wealth creation and i think they will end up wrecking the economy as they have done in the past. the total amount of income tax raised in 2016 is just over £169 billion. the top 5% of uk earners, labour's target group for tax rises, paid just over 47% of that, close to £80 billion. you cannot make a really big change to the amount of money that is a

jeremy corby, john mcdonnell and rebecca long bailey all in attendance. mcdonald. he has been famously carrying around a little black book with the various expenditure pledges labour has made. he will do the warm up really for jeremy corbyn. we will return to that rally a little later when jeremy corbyn appears. new rules for cigarette packaging come into force this weekend. all packs must be greenish—brown withjust a small space for the brand name and include a graphic warning of the dangers of smoking. the measures, aimed at discouraging young people from taking up the habit, also include a ban on selling packs of ten. tom burridge reports. persuading young people not to smoke. that's what the government hopes these new rules will do. from today, all cigarette packets have to be a standard green design, similar to this. health warnings must cover two thirds of the front and back of the packets. and you can no longer buy packets of ten. there will also be restrictions on e—cigarettes and on rolling tobacco too. public health campaigners say the number of

john mcdonnell is with me.ked really hard. it is disappointing, but we knew it was going to be tied. i thought maybe he would be able to get it. it looks like a would be able to get it. it looks likea game would be able to get it. it looks like a game in the second preference, the ukip votes have collapsed into the tories. i think this is what has happened again. 29,000 new kit boats in the first round and 20,000 additional votes for andy street. but there are 50,000 lost centre—left votes. if you go to the liberal democrats and the greens. i suspect a lot of them voted for each other. it meant they weren't voted for each other. it meant they we ren't counted at voted for each other. it meant they weren't counted at all the second time round. while you had come if you like on the first count, 52—48 lead the party is on the left and the parties on the right. because of those wasted second votes, you have a narrow victory for the candidates on the right over the candidates on the left. in ireland, people get used

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said that a labour government will effectively end the freezeed the party's proposals would make the freeze irrelevant but refused to say if they would unfreeze benefits. we're putting £30 billion in over the lifetime of the parliament into welfare. we're reforming the whole process, universal credits, and the implication of that will be, the impact of that will be, basically, the freeze, the impact of these proposals, will make the freeze irrelevant because we will reform the whole process. you know what i've said about when the freeze was introduced. i am just interested, interested that when i say are you going to end the freeze on benefits, you can't simply say yes. in effect, we will be doing, as part of the overall reform package we are putting forward, which includes the introduction of a real living wage as well, which includes the reform of universal credits, and a whole range of other aspects, including scrapping the bedroom tax, sanctions, etc. the ukip leader paul nuttall has claimed it doesn't really matter how many mps his party ha

labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is to announce that 95% of workers won't face a rise in incomeif labour wins the general election. mr mcdonnell is promising his party would not increase income tax in the next parliament for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is also ruling out any increase in vat or national insurance contributions. the liberal democrats have pledged to increase spending on the nhs and social care — by raising income tax by a penny in the pound. they say it would raise an extra £6 billion and would be ring—fenced in england. scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. how are you? good to see you. would you pay more to fund more gps, for better mental health services, for a better nhs? the liberal democrats are asking. they have said they will increase all income tax bands by one percentage point to raise £6 billion, ring fenced for health and social care in england. if we want the best health and social care for our families, our loved ones, going into

labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is to announce that mr mcdonnell is promising his party would parliament for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is also ruling out any increase in vat or national insurance contributions. french officials have issued a warning about documents believed to have been stolen from the presidential favourite emmanuel macron‘s campaign by computer hackers. they say anyone who shares the contents could face criminal charges. it comes ahead of tomorrow's presidential run—off vote which pits mr macron against the far—right candidate, marie le pen. but whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. . . is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. so, who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron has suggested that russian backed hackers were out to get him. but one cyber expert says that this hack looks different. it is very low level for the russians, compared to what they have done in the united states, which was really highly creative and high end in

john mcdonnell this morning released a poster talking about a triple whammy under the conservatives for plans for the elderly when he was visiting bedford earlier this morning. we will keep the winter fuel allowa nce, we will keep the winter fuel allowance, the triple lock. is not that she is being honest with people? she hasn't said what level and issues —— how going to change it. labour will keep winter fuel allowa nce it. labour will keep winter fuel allowance and it will be universal. peterborough is a key target seat for the labour party, conservative majority just over for the labour party, conservative majorityjust over 2000, and labour's vote share went up at the last election. but they voted strongly for brexit, andy ukip are no longerfielding a strongly for brexit, andy ukip are no longer fielding a candidate, seven and a half thousand ukip voters here last election. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news. prosecutors in sweden have dropped their seven—year investigation into rape allegations against the wikileaks founder, juli

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay "a bitaxes, but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here‘s our political correspondent ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle—income voters — and the newspaper headlines.

and that way people are not left on their own. john mcdonnell saying, where does this leave us in theave been doing well in the last couple of days and there are a number polls out, all of them showing a shrinking of the gap between the conservatives and labour. 0ne of the gap between the conservatives and labour. one of them, in the sunday times, shows that the conservatives are just nine points ahead of labour now. so some reason for labour to be positive but we have to remember that the conservatives have such a big week, around aa, a0 6%, even with this poll, labour are still at around 35%. so it doesn't look as though this has been the game changer, but certainly, the issue of social care has changed the direction of the narrative. we are not talking somewhat about brexit, we are talking about social care. so you get the sense that the direction of the recession is moving elsewhere. 20 very much. and later on the bbc news channel — we'll bring you the scottish leaders debate. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, will chair the debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scott

john mcdonnell is suggesting his manifesto would be the week after next. plenty to talk about.g, some of the big policy being fleshed out. thank you very much. i am joint by someone from the institute for fiscal studies. can we get the business of tax and where people might stop paying it. it sounds a lot money for a lot of people. for a couple living particularly in london it would not be that much, would it? you are right. £80,000 a yearfor an individual is in the top 5% of income tax payers with your better off than 95% of the population. if you are in the family, you are earning 80000 and your spouse might not be earning, you have children and a mortgage and so on, you might not feel so fantastically well. what to make of it went politicians say people over £35,000 would pay more tax? we get arbitrary lines and limits, don't we? how do they come up limits, don't we? how do they come up with them. it is all about reassuring those people they will not be paying tax. it is part of this rather, i think, not be paying tax. it is part of this rather, ithink, not not be paying tax

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said the levy would bring in £26 billion over the course of thent. but the conservatives say targeting the city of london would lead to job losses. meanwhile, nicola sturgeon has admitted numeracy and literacy has got worse in scottish schools. a survey last week showed fewer than half of 13 and 14—year—old pupils were performing well in writing. ms sturgeon told the andrew marr show that action was being taken to address the issues. the new president of france, emmanuel macron, has been sworn into office at the elysee palace in paris, a week after his decisive election victory. mr macron has promised to shake up the political order, and revive the economy. he said france had to find answers to the great crises of our time. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield was watching. 0n the big occasions, france knows how to roll out the pond. this morning at the elysee palace all of the display and colour of an old, proud nation was put to effect as the youngest ever president arrived to ta ke the youngest ever president arrived to take the helm of state

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said that a labour government will effectively end the freezeith a package of new reforms. mr mcdonnell claimed the party‘s proposals would make the freeze ‘irrelevant‘ but refused to say if they would unfreeze benefits. he said labour would be putting £30 billion into welfare during the course of a parliament. the us president donald trump will shortly give a major speech in saudi arabia — appealing for a unified approach in the fight against islamic extremism in the world. he‘ll deliver it on the second day of his tour of the middle east and europe. from riyadh, frank gardner sent this report. a smooth passage to the palace for president trump‘s armour plated convoy. he‘s amongst friends and allies here, the leaders of the gulf arab states, most of whom share his antipathy towards their giant neighbour, iran. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, signed a counter—terrorism pact with the saudi crown prince. yesterday, the secretary called on iran to stop what he called its malign behaviour. last night, president trump joined his saudi hosts

we are only missing diane abbott and john mcdonnell. may is not willing to defend not only her record but her manifesto in public with jeremy corbyn. that is not the case, she was on a couple of days ago and will be on again on tv in another couple of days. she has been answering questions from members of the public, more than twice the number of questions thatjeremy corbyn has taken. he has been in organised rallies but she has been with ordinary working voters. it has taken him six weeks to decide to come to this debate tonight and in 11 days after the general election we are going to be going into brexit negotiations. do we want someone there who take six weeks to make up its mind whether or not to come to a debate. are people within the conservative party experiencing some jitters because the polls have changed and there is the sense that perhaps the party is losing traction. going into the country at asking the country as a general election, nothing is guaranteed and the polls get things wrong. they got the polls get things wrong.

john mcdonnell philae but this morning saying it is a complete joke.e labour and the liberal democrats, the tories, with their manifesto, did not put out a single document with the costings in it. thank you very much, eleanor garnier in westminster. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with the summer of the day's news a man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in new york's times square, killing a teenager and injuring 22 people, said he had "heard voices", according to law enforcement sources. richard rojas, a us navy veteran who was arrested twice previously for drunk driving, is now in custody. new york mayor bill de blasio said there was "no indication" it was an act of terrorism. american warplanes operating over syria have attacked a convoy carrying pro—government militia forces. the us—led coalition said it was moving towards a base used by western special forces near the border with iraq. last month, the americans fired 59 cruise missiles at a syrian government air base. but washington has insisted its latest military action does no

lose just six seats then my government loses its majority, jeremy corbyn could be in numberten, john mcdonnell nicola sturgeon pulling the strings. but every vote for me and my conservative candidate is able to help stop that happening and they go to strengthen my hand in those crucial brexit negotiations. and every vote is a vote for the strong and stable leadership that i believe this country needs. and i believe you only get that strong and stable leadership with the conservatives. when i became prime minister immediately after the referendum, people were saying that and possibly predicting a major financial crash, they were predicting economic danger, but what we have actually seenis danger, but what we have actually seen is record numbers ofjobs and growth beyond expectations. and again, whenl growth beyond expectations. and again, when i became prime minister, i think what the country needed was a clear vision and strong government to get on with the job of delivering brexit and that is exactly what we did. so that is what a strong government can give you, the security a strong governmen

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over the £80,000 threshold would be asked toslogan used by tony blair, now revived by labour's new leadership. setting out what he called a big deal to upgrade the economy, john mcdonnell promised not to raise vat or national insurance for anyone, but said the top 5% of earners would pay more. if labour is elected next month, we will guarantee for the next five years, there will be no income tax rises, for all those earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is now the party of low taxes for middle and lower earners. mr mcdonnell said people earning more than £80,000 a year would pay a modest amount more but the rates and details would have to wait for the manifesto. the conservatives have promised not to raise vat but have so far made no matching pledge on national insurance or income tax. today, the tories said labour was going back to the past. this is a clear statement of intent. they want to raise taxes, they want to penalise business, they want to penalise wealth creation and i think they will end up wrecking the economy as

we will speak to the shadow chancellor of labour, john mcdonnell. for ukip. the party's been wiped off the county map. there were gains for the conservatives, including in harlow, where they took all four, two of them from labour. 68% of harlow voted to leave the european union. that tells the story. those people are now out there voting and saying we're happy we are a leading the european union and we think the conservative party are the party to do that for us. so, here's how essex county council now looks. the conservatives, who've held control, have 56 seats, the liberal democrats seven, labour six. ukip lost all nine seats. and the greens are left with just one. meanwhile, in hertfordshire, results are still coming in. the conservatives have held control though, with a8 seats so far. in stevenage, labour suffered at the hands of the conservatives losing three of their five seats. in other news. the chief executive of the world's second largest investment bank has warned that london "will stall." when the country leaves the european union. lloyd

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said the change could affect ten million older people.the bbc they are appalled at the progress of an inquiry into police failings surrounding the case. time for the latest sports news now with lizzie greenwood—hughes. good afternoon. maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wildcard for wimbledon instead opting to enter via qualifying. the former champion has relied on wildcards to play since returning to competition last month after a 15—month doping ban. she was denied a wildcard to the french open this week but her ranking allows her to enter wimbledon qualifying in which she needs to win three matches in a row to reach the first round. arsene wenger is still keeping everyone guessing about his future as manager of arsenal. it's been a difficult season for wenger with his side likely to finish outside the top four for the first time in his 20 years at the club. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on s

john mcdonnell.the first place. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. do you want to come to dunstable in luton on bank holiday monday at the end of may. we are having a live audience debatejust end of may. we are having a live audience debate just ahead of the election and we would like an audience to be there. get in touch to talk about whatever you want to talk about on that date. e—mail us if you would like to take part. we have no idea who the politicians will be. there is a long way to go before now and made the 29th, but if you would like to take part, e—mail us. we are looking for about 150 voters to take part, and nonvoters as well. you are just as pertinent in this election. we are back tomorrow at nine. have a good day. we have a string of heavy showers, some of which will be thundery. further north, temperatures closer to 2121. a decent evening here. overnight, we will keep the showers going across southern parts of england and wales, possibly into the midlands, and some rain will move nor

and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell.n cox, whose wife was killed almost a year ago, of course. a busy and meaty hour at nine o'clock. thank you very much, andrew marr. still to come this morning. have you registered to vote ? morning. have you registered to vote? no. will you register to vote? no. tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote. she will not be. you need to get on it. we will find out why some people just are not interested in going to the ballot box. stay with us. we have all the headlines coming up next. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. coming up before 8:00am, we will have all the weather and sport. but first, at 7:30am, a summary of this morning's main news: president trump will today call on muslims to present a united front in the fight against religious extremism, in his first major speech on islam in saudi arabia. the us president will address more than a0 leaders of islamic countries, on the second day of his visit to the middle east. it follows a busy first day yesterd

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is on. pledges from the political parties. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and katherine downes. coming up before nine louise will have the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. labour is pledging not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 if it wins the general election. the party says it will not increase vat or employee national insurance rates. but says the top 5% of earners will pay more to fund public services. the conservatives, who have also ruled out a rise in vat, say there is a $45 billion black hole in labour's tax proposals. meanwhile, the prime minister says that if her party is re—elected, the conservatives will replace current mental health legislation in england and wales, with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the party is also promising 10,000 more staff working in nhs mental health treatment by 2020. labour says the tories appear to be of

the machine will go the journey corbin and john mcdonnell in particular.t diane abbott do it by herself? bek tactility shot herself and her party with that —— spectacularly. we don't even know the figures on the big launch. but theresa may once a coronation not a contest. she will leave the dirty work to other people. today, she will drape herself in the trappings of power, get into a chauffeur driven car, go to see the queen at buckingham palace, she will come out and make a speech in downing street. she has a g-7 speech in downing street. she has a g—7 summit at the end of the month she will go to. she will look presidential while jeremy corbyn will be bedford again with a crowd trying to make himself change for the better. it is going to be two very different campaigns. she is doing her best to avoid people. what does it mean for the parties that remain? could it mean some researchers for the liberal democrats, for example, what do you see with the other parties? democrats, for example, what do you see with the other parties7m democrats, for example, wh

john mcdonnell insists it will be completely costed.labour have been under attack from opponents for spending too much public money, not having a grip on the economy. so they will have to a nswer the economy. so they will have to answer those questions. they are insistent that they will. and there is the broader issue of leadership. we heard from some labour candidates who are clearly uncertain that jeremy corbyn is the person to put that across, and they are concerned that across, and they are concerned that the issue of leadership comes up that the issue of leadership comes up on the doorstep, and they worry that will stop people voting for labour because people will be looking to choose the next prime minister. those issues are still there and those close tojeremy corbyn hope that this whole thing about policy will now be the main discussion in the campaign. thank you for bringing us up to date. one of the main policy areas in labour's leaked manifesto is education, and a pledge to abolish university tuition fees in england. here's o

labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies" — and said labour's plans were are giving it any room whatsoever, it's an absolute pack of lies. i'll give you an example. they have included £35 billion worth of investment money, capital expenditure. they don't seem to know the difference between capital and revenue. all you include in your day—to—day spending on capital expenditure is the interest rates. so it's completely ludicrous, then they have invented figures, in terms of commitments that we have given, which we haven't, and then where we have given commitments, they haven't even identified where we have already said that funding will come from. it's a pack of lies. the director of the institute for fiscal studies, pauljohnson joins me from the bbc newsroom. when the voters hear one side saying it is lies and the other not, it is difficult for anyone to unpick it, i suppose it is about people like you, pauljohnson, working out simply whether the maths add up, whether one party is promising to raise enough revenue it can spend that money in another area. we

we've seen the labour shadow well, we've seen the labour shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, replace chairmantle black book of costings, which he says proves labour are ready for government. the liberal democrats believe that there's still appetite to throw the voters a life line over brexit and perhaps not leaving the eu. and we've seen the conservatives very confident in their stance so much so that they're asking the elderly to pick into their pockets. the big question on everybody‘s lips, which natalie was the ukip leader referring to in the tv debates, when he was talking to leanne — was it natalie wood from west side story. we didn't work it out. who mr assange is avoiding extradition to the us, where he's wanted over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. scotland yard also says he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy, for failing to attend court in 2012. votes are being counted in iran's presidential election. early reports suggest incumbent hassan rouhani has been re—elected. polling stations were forced to remain open for longer than planned, after a higher than expe