successive labour governments did, they really tried to engage and invest, only to see their efforts as elected, and i know that people here especially in liverpool will remember the last time the tories were in charge and the damage they did notjust to the city but right the way across the north. communities were smashed apart. pride ripped out of towns and cities right the way across the country. there was an arrogant complacency, neglect and a lack of ca re complacency, neglect and a lack of care that summed up, can you remember the phrase? there is no alternative, they told us. it was just the sort of nature of economic change, as if change always meant fewer jobs change, as if change always meant fewerjobs or worse paid jobs. the tories are always the same. in the 80s tories are always the same. in the 805 it tories are always the same. in the 80s it was dole queues and sky inflation. now it's zero—hours contracts, universal credit and queues outside food banks. if they win again, if they win again, it will just be win again, if they win again, it willjust be more of the same. th

, we have had labour government, we have had labour government, theyers done stopping the people of wales have put their faith done stopping the people of wales have put theirfaith in done stopping the people of wales have put their faith in the done stopping the people of wales have put theirfaith in the labour party, that is not how wales is going to deliver change. they talk about a green new deal and a clean airact, about a green new deal and a clean air act, the welsh labour government was taken to court because of its failures over pollution, 2000 people die and wales, 200 and the city, because of the fails of a labor government. they talk about banning zero hours contract. the labour government voted against plaid cymru's bid to stop zero hours contract. what we are prepared to do its work on a case—by—case basis. ui will work with anyone to advance case of wales and whether it is on the question of a referendum or any other issue, sending the strongest group of independent mps from wales, being our champions nationally and locally, that's how w

customs union with close single market alignment that freedom of movement will remain under a labour governmentically ruled that out. this isjust a guess categorically ruled that out. this is just a guess full—scale story for you, isn‘t it? and how is your six month getting brexit sorted deadline remotely realistic when to organise the last referendum together? and sky. keir starmer said on the first day of the labour government he would wrap up borisjohnson‘s deal. are you seeking to fully open the route withdrawal agreement or you can achieve what you are aiming for? will you accept sky‘s invitation to hold the tv debate with boris johnson and jo swinson? thank you for your questions. first, norman. the deadline is a realistic one. kier and i have spent many hours in brussels and other european capitals going through that process with governments, officials and fellow socialist parties across europe. we would not be saying that if we did not believe it to be realistic and doable therefore we say clearly that in three months we will negotiate an agreement and at the same time able to parallel

with a labour government, there will be £26 billion extra in real terms for our nhs. ients and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs. thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise for a four day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a hugely ambitious policy to put everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs — which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause that will apply to everybody. it is early in this campaign. the parties' official manifestos won't emerge for another week. but all sides have been forced already to go off the script. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. so under labour a big increase in spending on the nhs in england — £6 billion a year on top of the extra £20 billion already promised by theresa may. what difference could the extra money make for patients and nhs staff? our health editor hugh pym has been looking

with a labour government, there will be £26 billion extra in real terms for our nhs. and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs. thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise of a four day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a hugely ambitious policy to put everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs — which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause and that will apply to everybody. it is early in this campaign. the parties‘ official manifestos won't emerge for another week. but all sides have been forced already to go off the script. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. the outgoing european council president donald tusk has urged british voters not to "give up" on stopping brexit. as campaigning ramps up ahead of next month's general election, he warned that leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player. " in a speech, he

labour is facing a tough election. the choice is simple, a tory government ollie labour government. another independence referendum, thatis another independence referendum, that is the big question in scotland. no referendum on the first ten for labour, we need to concentrate completely on investment across scotland. provides that is not quite official policy, his advisers wish to clarify. labour might allow another vote after 2021. i have answered that question is about ten times today already. so what exactly is the formal position? in the early years of a labour government i want to concentrate on investment across the uk, including the 70 billion... eight means saying in the early years, lets say no to that and concentrate on what matters. independence matters in scotla nd matters. independence matters in scotland and you need to know where you stand. labour will have to work really ha rd to you stand. labour will have to work really hard to try to win any new seats in scotland. in truth, they are hoping to hold on to the few they already have. with its proud industrial heritage

so, if the british people elect a labour government on the two other december, i will be proud to be r. but i have to warn you, it will be very different. it'll be a very different way of doing things. because i was not watchable. none of this in this room per bontril. i do not pursue the kind of politics that think it is all a kind of politics that think it is alla game. a kind of politics that think it is all a game. a debating society game —— iwas all a game. a debating society game —— i was not born to rule. i want to seek power for our party in order to show that power out of across the country and with all those communities that will have contributed to this historic labour election victory, which were looking forward to on the 12th of december. it is about all of us. and together, we can go it is about all of us. and together, we can go beyond defending the gains made by previous generations. it is time we started building a country that for the next generation. where young people do not be the future, but that forward with confidence and hope. think of the young people give th

his party's grassroots wanted a guarantee a labour government would guarantee a labour government wouldrbon emissions by 2030. they did not get that but there were radical green policies. we can no longer deny the climate emergency. we can see it all around us. emergency. we can see it all around us. as it says in our manifesto, labour will create 1 million new greenjobs as part labour will create 1 million new green jobs as part of our green industrial revolution. how it is all this going to be paid for? the oil business will face a new levy. labour government will ensure that the oil and gas corporations that profit from heating up our planet will shoulder the burden and pay theirfair will shoulder the burden and pay their fair share will shoulder the burden and pay theirfair share through will shoulder the burden and pay their fair share through a just transition tax. boris johnson has tweeted the pledge asking is he going to back remain or leave? the neighbour crowd reacted most positively but he warned any boris johnson post—brexit trade deal could harm the health service. the prim

he was suggesting that if a labour government comes m, that if a labour government comes in, this timehave the spending crisis at the beginning rather than the end, but the, the aim here, i mean telegraph is a tory supporting newspaper and the aim of this manifesto is to be responsible, but to show that the government is going to spend more on the nhs, spend more on infrastructure, not with huge tax increases, promising that there will be no tax rises, whereas the other parties are going to increase taxes, and hoping that there won't be anything that people will come in and criticise heavily like last time. how do you think this is going to go down mihir. first boris's plan has been get brexit done. the stakes have never been higher every election i have been higher every election i have beenin been higher every election i have been in this country, every bodycam paining and certainly the prime minister in office has said this is the most important election in a generation, there is no election where they have said it doesn't matter. what is interesting as ros was saying, borisjohnson

that is the priority of a labour government. a labour government wa nts to government.e had a prime minister who wants to unite the country, and that is exactly what a labour government will do. we will unite the country. there was one question asked last night to both leaders of the parties, about the prince andrew situation. do you have a comment on that? because some... what was that you said? i thought it was a shocking response from the prime minister, borisjohnson. what does he mean that someone is beyond reproach? he didn't say someone, he said the monarchy was beyond reproach. he didn't say prince andrew. what does that mean? what an insult that is to the victims, who have possibly been trafficked, to the victims who have been abused? what does that mean? nobody is beyond reproach, especially people who hang around with paedophiles. i think it is a disgrace. i am shocked by it, to be honest. dawn butler, it is good to talk to you this morning. it is nice to speak to you on the sofa, as well. it is much more comfy there than it is over here. certainly a hive of p

the environment, i agree with the clean air act but why hasn't the labour government in wales introduced00 people every year that die unnecessarily. i agree with many of the aims in the labour manifesto. but unless we have plaid cymru mps at westminster, we are not going to get the delivery, the real change, to use their phrase, that wales has been crying out for four phrase, that wales has been crying out forfour generations phrase, that wales has been crying out for four generations while we have voted labour and not having much to show for it. just to pause ifi much to show for it. just to pause if i may from our audience questions. from plaid cymru leader, adam price, really interesting questions and answers. sad news has come in in the last few minutes. the tv chef gary rhodes has died, his family announced. he was 59 years old. the family of gary rhodes has said that we are deeply announced to announce the passing of a beloved father and brother. he passed away last evening, tuesday the 26th of november 2019 at the age of 59 with his beloved wifejenny by his side. the family would

the headlines at midday: jeremy corbyn says under a labour government, there would be another referendum, and as prime minister he would be unbiased, and deliver on the result, whichever way it went. i will adopt, as prime minister if i am at the time, a neutral stance so i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together, rather than continuing an endless debate. and today, labour set out measures to tackle what it calls "tax and wage cheat culture" of multinational companies. jeremy corbyn said he would force companies to pay theirfair share in tax. big companies that operate in britain, infuture, you big companies that operate in britain, in future, you are going to have to pay taxes in all of your operations in this country. you will not be able to offshore your tax bill to some lower tax regime. the conservatives are due to pubish their official manifesto. we find out what voters in one of the south—west‘s most deprived constituencies are hoping for. this one policy area that may come under scrutiny is social care. the conservatives have said

senior labour figure yvette cooper has said that the coalition government had been warned about scrapping regime of indeterminate sentences. the conservative home secretary priti patel hit back saying it was a labour government that had extended the system of automatic release. politics may not be the focus today but questions will inevitably be asked about how any failings in the system asked about how any failings in the syste m ca m e asked about how any failings in the system came about. jessica parker, many thanks. daniel sandford is here. people will be watching this and asking how could khan have been given early release from prison? the answer in his case is actually quite straightforward, he was originally given a sentence of

so in the early years of a labour government we will not support an independence referendum but insteadhe government in scotland is to deliver that programme and the improvement in business infrastructure and transport infrastructure and transport infrastructure and transport infrastructure and in the social needs of the people of scotland. so what do the early years mean, year two, year three, yearfour? what do the early years mean, year two, year three, year four? the first two years at least. so not in the first two years? i want to deliver an investment programme... the first two years? i want to deliver an investment programme. . ” had that very clearly. that will be our focus so we will not be in the early pa rt our focus so we will not be in the early part of the new parliament. so not in the first two years, so not 2020 as nicola sturgeon once? the man then the black shirt. what gives it your right to be your priority if it your right to be your priority if it isa it your right to be your priority if it is a priority of the scottish people? there are elections in scotla nd peopl

of tony blair following labour's 1997 in the governmentbour candidates and officials are been paying tribute to him for the current health conservative secretary matt hancock also praising his years of devotion to the health service. let's join norman smith in westminster for us. norman, but announcement just norman smith in westminster for us. norman, but announcementjust coming in and tributes starting to follow. genuine tributes, i think, because frank dobson was a well liked politician. bit of a political bruiser in his day, not in a nasty sense, but it was always making headlines, mostly at the expense of john major and senior conservatives. somewhat sort of not in tune with the tony blair agenda, so when tony blair succeeded in 1997, frank dobson, the then shadow health secretary became health secretary, andi secretary became health secretary, and i think that was a huge moment for him but he found himself out of kilter with the tony blair agenda and the plans for a greater role for the private sector and the consolidation of the int

that feel some ways ofjewish life are threatened byjeremy corbyn and a labour government. y set out their approach to race and faith in this country. it had explicit policy promises, to support thejewish community. with security, or bereavement and burial times, introducing anti—semitism education into the curriculum. important policies that affect the community here and today of all days we should be speaking about that. many would agree that the theme of antiracism should have been given a hearing but it has been overshadowed to a degree by this because it is a very serious intervention by the chief rabbi to criticise someone who could be prime minister. the chief rabbi says that the claims that the party is doing everything it reasonably can to tackle anti—jewish and racism are a mendacious fiction. that is a real question. it isn'tjust a few cases. it is taking longer. these parties have not taken action against those accused of anti—semitism. have not taken action against those accused of anti-semitism. it needs to before. it is a real allegation. and we have seen mps

we should expect better from a labour government.tion, ellis wants to know will plaid cymru work with the jeremy corbyn government? in other words, would you be prepared to help put and keep jeremy corbyn in number ten? you be prepared to help put and keep jeremy corbyn in number temm you be prepared to help put and keep jeremy corbyn in number ten? it is not about personality, it is about policy. we will work with anyone, where we can find common ground, as we have done with the remain party, we have done with the remain party, we are prepared to work with other parties and in government as well, if we can actually getjustice, economic justice, if we can actually getjustice, economicjustice, socialjustice for the people of wales and do that on a case—by—case basis. the more power we have to change the future of our country if we get more plaid cymru mps elected. adam price, the leader of plaid cymru, thank you for your time. a prominent brexit party mep has said he will not stand as an election candidtate in the key marginal seat of

governing country. that is what brexit is about, isn't it? and yet the labour they don't seem to think so because they are my going to ask you to do it all again. diane abbott i thought... laughter if she loses her seat she becomes a mathematics professor, so i'm told, but diane abbott set up the labour position beautifully on question time the other week. they are going to go back to brussels, negotiate another deal that will be even worse, i suspect, than the current one. they are then going to put that to a referendum. it will be remaining against the form of remain they have negotiated and they will campaign against the deal that they as a government have negotiated. you just simply couldn't make it up. of course, the degree of co nte m pt make it up. of course, the degree of contempt with which they are treating 5 million voters is astonishing. they clearly think they can get away with it and what i noticed back in may was that the brexit party's noticed back in may was that the brexit pa rty‘s highest noticed back in may was that the brexit party's highes

that is the key difference between this government and the labour party. is not just government and the labour party. it is notjust that labour would be an economic disasterfor is notjust that labour would be an economic disaster for this country, they would simultaneously rake this economy with a £i.2 trillion trend spending splurge which would be rejected by the markets, and increase those countries that massively but the cost of our debt —— and also the cost of our debt. it would jeopardise the government's balance sheet and the possibility of making future investments. to pay for it, they would put up taxes in every household. i will be right with you. laughter do you want me to stop now? as soon as you can, prime minister. do you want me to stop now? as soon as you can, prime ministerlj do you want me to stop now? as soon as you can, prime minister. i will be right with you. i feel obliged to make these important points. they would put up taxes to the chain of £2400 a year. they are so wedded themselves about a run in the pen thatjohn mcdonnell is goin

income tax will rise for the top 5 per cent of earners and corporation tax will increase, under a labour government, according to shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. the uk vietnamese community comes togetherfor a vigil for the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. delhi's toxic smog forces airports to cancel flights, the city's chief minister says the air has become unbearable. lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers‘ championship. and shocking living conditions exposed by the victoria derbyshire programme. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he won't be a candidate at next month's general election. mr farage, who has tried to become an mp seven times, says he'll focus instead on touring the country to support his pa rty‘s candidates. the announcement comes after he offered an electoral alliance with the conservative party, an offer which was quickly rejected by the prime minister borisjohnson. here's our political correspo

we want the early years of the labour government to be com pletely of the labour government to be completelytment we will put into scotland. you have also set in the last couple of years that you are doing everything you can to stamp out anti—semitism in the labour party, yet in this election your party has selected candidates who have been found to express some anti—semitic views. again, isn't this a question of trust? i have introduced very strong procedures into the party. we go through it, we go through due diligence on candidates, and where there are questions they are brought before a group to answer those questions and then decisions are made. in some cases candidates are removed. what would you say to voters listening to you today who are just not sure who to trust in this election and they are not sure if they can trust you, whether on brexit, anti—semitism or where the party is on immigration? we have an opportunity here to elect a government that will and austerity. we have an opportunity here to elect a government that will invest in the future of this country. an opportunity to

thejeremy five years of a labour government. the jeremy corbyn five years of a labour government.ur's various spending plans various —— previously announced, stack up. yes, the conservative party have been accused of fa ke conservative party have been accused of fake spending figures, as that independent has reported. the reason they throughout this 1.2 trillion pounds figure was to get people talking about it. we are several days on from the first day of that round and it is still high up the news agenda. even if people have not liked the way they have gone about it. what this story is about is the tories are saying to the nation, labour will spend too much of your money for top they will be throwing it left, right and centre the money will flow into the nhs and the english education system once again. they are relying on voters having a short attention span and not linking up short attention span and not linking up each day of his election campaign to the one who preceded it. ultimately, this is about money and the public trust the figures they are hearing.1.2 the public trust t

with a labour government, there will be £26 billion extra in real terms for our nhs. for patients and nhs staff. vote labour for our nhs, thank you very much. but there was confusion, too. thejohn on the left said this morning that nhs staff would not be part of their promise for a four—day week, but thejohn on the right? at the labour conference, mr mcdonnell, you suggested a huge and ambitious policy to purge everybody on a four—day working week. this morning, john said it was nonsense to suggest that could include the nhs, which is it? we work to live, we don't live to work. cheering and applause. that will apply to everybody, because as you grow the economy... it is early in this campaign, the official party manifestos will not emerge for another week, but all sides have been forced to go off the script already. as we heard there, labour are promising to increase spending on the nhs in england. but what difference could it make? 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been taking a look at the figures. once again, the nhs is front and centre in the run—up to polling day,

says he would remain ‘neutral‘ in the event of another brexit referendum — which he promised a labour governmenteliver. the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop gp home visits being a contractual obligation, as doctors say they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. as hong kong prepares to go to the polls, pro—democracy campaigners have their chance to vote. and at 10:30, the travel show visits an eco—friendly ski—slope in copenhagen — a city aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral capital. jeremy corbyn says he would remain ‘neutral‘ in the event of another brexit referendum, which he promised a labour government would deliver. he was speaking as the leaders of the four main westminster parties faced tough questions from the public in a special episode of the bbc‘s question time. borisjohnson, jo swinson and nicola sturgeon were also challenged on a range of topics including the nhs, the economy and a second scottish independence referendum. our political correspondent helen catt was watching. four leaders, two hours, and a lot of seriously tough questions

iwondered how likely are the eu to accept a new renegotiated deal if the labour government gets in?er week, jean claude janker told me government gets in? the other week, jean claudejanker told me he did not think it was very realistic. he said it would be up to the new commission, and up to eu leaders to decide. —— juncker. the commission, and up to eu leaders to decide. ——juncker. the eu said it would change its red lines if the uk changed its red lines and it is a lwa ys changed its red lines and it is always an interest of the eu to have the uk as close as possible, if not inside the eu then as close as possible to the eu. if labour comes along and says we think we need to negotiate a brexit deal anyway and put it to another referendum, we would be in favour of a much softer brexit, much closer to the single market and so on. i think eu leaders will say ok. the fact they have said they will not reopen, they have a lwa ys they will not reopen, they have always said they will not reopen. i will keep this brief but i will illustrate it. at school i had to wear a school uniform and

conservatives will publish a dossier setting out calculations that they say shows the "true cost" of a labour government tories are trying to put clear water between themselves and labour. the sunday express says brexit party leader nigel farage will give borisjohnson a final chance to form a brexit pact that he claims could finish labour for a generation. the independent has an interview the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell who says their manifesto will be the most radical, with promises of a universal basic income and climate pledges at the heart of it. that is the front pages. let's start off with that £i.2 trillion claim that the tories are saying that labour would cost over a five year period. actually, labour haven't published their manifesto yet. the tories have taken all of the promises or ideas that labour have put forward, add them together and that comes to 1.2 trillion, which i think is 12 zeros. i am sure the political editor of the sun on sunday will be able to explain to me this £43,000 per household, presuming the action everything and it comes to £43,000 per household. we are going to sa

that is the price she will exact for any support for a future labour government.he next ten years to tackle climate change. and don't forget, they are now in a remain alliance with the liberal democrats and plaid cymru. so they will not be running against each other in 60 seats around england and wales. plaid cymru — their policies are all on there as well, they're about stopping brexit via a second referendum. the brexit party we know all about, of course. nigel farage said borisjohnson's deal is not true brexit, but then, this week, they announced they will not be standing candidates in those seats where there is a conservative incumbent. so, there you have it, lots of detail on there. we're going to be adding to it, as well, of course, as the manifestos come out. there'll be much more detail coming out in the next few weeks and i'll be taking you through some of those policies here on bbc news. and, if you're watching in northern ireland, saying, "why didn't you focus on the parties in our neck of the woods and the policies that they've got?" they are on there.

and he makes the point that a labour government a lwa ys point that a labour government always ends in corbyn gets to number ten, they will start with an economic crisis because of the absurd figures they are going to give, whereas conservatives will careful, they will bring more money m, careful, they will bring more money in, but certainly not on the scale of labour. is that a wise move, to be so risk averse, and also to launch on a sunday? what did you make that? it is unusual to launch on a sunday? what did you make that? it is unusualto launch oi'i make that? it is unusualto launch ona make that? it is unusualto launch on a sunday, but i think the tories felt they would get more coverage, perhaps, ona felt they would get more coverage, perhaps, on a sunday, when you've got sunday papers that can focus for the whole week rather than having a storyjust from the day before. but i think, after what happened in the 2017 election, and the disaster that followed the manifesto, this was always going to have to be a safety first budget. you know, the party couldn't afford to have bold poli

and under a labour government it will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever. make that clear. applause. but the conservatives have also been accused, by the muslim council of great britain, of failing to deal with islamophobia in the party. we'll have the latest from the election campiagn trail, hours before the final deadline to register to vote. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... a bleak outlook on climate change, the united nations says the world has to act much faster, to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. sir andy murray speaks about his return to tennis after hip surgery, and why he's living life to the full. and who's a lucky couple? steve and lenka thompson from sussex are £105 millions richer, after winning the euromillions jackpot. it's five o'clock. our main story is labour's response to the plain—spoken criticism of the chief rabbi, who questioned jeremy corbyn‘s suitability for the post of prime minister, saying that ‘a poison of antisemitism' had taken root in the labour party. ephraim mirvis, britain's most seniorjewish leader,

and under a labour government, it will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever.t to make that clear. i do think it is a very serious business when the chief rabbi speaks as he does. i've never known anything like it. the intervention from the chief rabbi has prompted a leading muslim organisation to criticise the conservatives for their handling of claims of islamophobia in the party. in other news.... don't give this man your vote because of his brexit policy — that's the message from former tory cabinet minister lord heseltine. a present senior minister hit back. michael i think advised people to vote liberal democrat in the european election. so in that sense he is consistent. but i do think he is wrong on this. a bleak outlook, says the un on climate change. the world has to act much faster to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ben croucher. ho isato ho is a to lead tottenham hotspur at home for the first time tonight. he says he likes the love his fans give their side. and andy murray's thoughts on retir

no labour government led by me would bring ina labour government led by me would bring in a hostile environmenty. that is when labour's manifesto is being launched. the consultants have fleshed out some of their plans, treating eu and non—eu workers the same, the vast majority will need a job offer to come and work in the uk. migrants will typically have to wait five years before they can claim benefits. and a yearly charge for access to the nhs will rise to £625. no precise detail on numbers from a party that has been stung before for failing to meet its own targets. if you don't fix on any kind of targets we have no way of judging whether your policy has been a failure or success. that's wrong. what we will do is make sure the government and parliament has got control over immigration so we get the advantages and benefits in the way i described, the innovators coming here and creating jobs... but how can we... we also will control cost pressures of uncontrolled immigration. immigration can be seen as an issue of principle, to what extent as an issue of principle, to what exte nt ca n as an is

labour party, i should say. boris johnson government'sborisjohnson has made a joke here, he says no more corbyn by christmas. but you are seeing something different. it said here that for every pound that the conservatives are planning to spend on day—to—day spending, you are going to get 28.5 times more by the labour government. they have got this triple tax like that they are hoping to appeal to the majority of the public. no rises and income tax, national insurance or vat, which will appeal to businesses and consumers. they really gave the nhs as their main point. 50,000 extra nurses, or these public people policies. police, and schooling. there is no mention on social care which is really interesting given that they talked about a lot recently but no pledges in the ma nifesto. recently but no pledges in the manifesto. but i think the big contrast here is that the spending is not at all similar to what the other two parties are talking about in the headlines. yes, and the labour party if you look at the spending promises as it were, it

for the rest of the rich, i would say stay, because a government like a labour government, a progressiveople want to live here, the cultural capital of the world, but it would be better if we didn't have people living in boxes, in containers with disabled children, some of you may be watching this now, and a labour government will use of the tax to pay for that. double of what you are saying is right, we need to be attacking the billionaires, the oil billionaires, the footballers and pop stars and people avoiding tax, but why would you get on to entrepreneurs who are trying to create jobs and get people into work? what you are saying is right, we need to attack the people that are not paying the proper taxes. last time, labour was trying to raise 50 billion. the story you are reporting today is 650 billion of borrowing. nobody can say you can't do that, it might cost more, but the 50 billion is small in relation to that. of that, 20 was going to come from simply raising corporation tax, which i pay is a small business person, you pay, and from 20 up to what normal people, 25. corporation

but private school fees would be subject to vat under a labour government. his reaction to labour's manifesto plans. well, none of this has any economic credibility or whatever, i mean, to say nothing of the ruinous characteristics of the policies. but none of it has any credibility whatever, because at the whole of the heart of labour's manifesto... this was the moment, you know, it was lights, camera, action, corbyn comes centrestage, drum roll, and he completely misses his cue. because what we want to know is what is his plan to deliver brexit, and what's the deal he wants to do, and which side would he vote on that deal? we still don't know. until we have answers to those questions, until we get brexit done, none of this carries any economic credibility whatever. by contrast, our approach! we have got a deal ready to go — put it in the oven, it's done — we are through by january. we get on with our ambitions for the country, uniting and levelling up. look at what we want to do — a million new homes that we are planning to build, and we already did a milli

that has been bubbling away between the conservative government at westminster and the welsh labour governmentplanned appointments, lag so far behind england. in other treatment times, the picture isn‘t so gloomy for wales because cancer treatments, for example, arguably there is a very good story for wales to tell there because there‘s not much of a difference. the problem with a bold comparison of the two figures is that the demographics of wales and england are very different. wales tends to have a population that is older, sicker, and poorer. therefore that puts a lot more demand on the nhs in wales than in england. arguably, a more fair comparison would be to take a region of england that has a similar demographic to wales and compare those, so if you took the north—east of england for example, the performance gap shrinks considerably. that is not to say of course that the political decisions that are made around funding and policy and all of that do not also feed into performance, i‘m not trying to say they don‘t. i‘m just trying to say that actually it‘s a much more complex picture. and

labour through the middle. the only way to end this indecision and uncertainty and move on to focus on what they want is to vote for a majority conservative government going to get brexit done in a matter of weeks but also has an exciting and inclusive agenda. the brexit party are gunning for labour votes, too. jeremy corbyn said this about nigel farage‘s decision not to stand. a bit weird to lead a political party apparently contesting all, or most of the seats in the election, and he himself is not offering himself for election. he is obviously very comfortable on his mep salary. nigel farage still wants to be part of the brexit debate, but in this election, that does not mean standing. the government has confirmed it will end the freeze on increases to benefits next year. ministers say universal credit and other welfare payments will rise in line with inflation from april and the state pension will increase by 3.9%. labour called it a cynically—timed announcement in the run—up to next month's election. so what has the freeze meant to people on benefits? since the benefit freeze was introduced in 2016, 7 million families have lost an average of £5

applause because with this manifesto, labour put to the government on your side. s, make dental checkups free, recruiter thousands of nurses and doctors and to bring down waiting lists. if you're a student, labour is on your side. we will create... cheering we will create a national education service, make lifelong education it right, and value technical education as highly as academic learning, and will bring back maintenance grants... applause and yes, let's be clear, we will scrap university tuition fees. cheering thank you. if you are reaching old age, labour is on your side. you see, were inclusive. very inclusive. we will protect pensions and provide free personal care for those who need it. if you are living with a disability, labour is on your side. we will update the equality act. and labour brought the scrap universal credit. cheering —— labour will scrap universal credit. if you are a tenant, labour is on your side, because will launch the biggest council house building programme since the 1960s, and cap rents. and if you are a new parent, labour is on y

a labour government will make broadband three for everyone. —— free for everyone.roadband, but the very fastest, full fibre broadband, to every home in every part of our country. for free, as to every home in every part of our country. forfree, as a universal public service. and once it is up and running, instead of you forking out for your monthly bill, we will tax the giant corporations fairly. i hope they are listening to this, we are going to taxi fairly. that includes facebook and google. that will help to cover the running cost of this. this is a policy for the many. making broadband three and available to all, —— free and available to all, —— free and available to all, an opportunity for everyone. it will put us at the cutting—edge of social and technological change because that is what we're about. building a country thatis what we're about. building a country that is fit for the future, for the generations to come as well as the generations to come as well as the generations we had with us now. the internet has become such a central pa rt internet has beco

one of the criticism that is made of government policy long—term, that is under the last labour government government with the coalition is that the evidence was too much on topping up the incomes of the poorest, in effect subsidising employers through the taxpayer and allowing them to get away with paying wages lower than they should have been paying so they got the financial benefit and the cost was picked up by the taxpayer. what are the conservatives hoping to do to shift but away or do you not think that is important?” do to shift but away or do you not think that is important? i think we have seen a definite change with the move away from historic benefits when there was actually a cliff edge. people would only work up to 16 hours otherwise they would lose all sorts of support so the kind of things we have done is increase the national living wage, bring that in much higher and that is going to keep increasing. there are elements of that and we will see absolutely people's income increase as well as the take—home pay being a lot higher due to the lot higher personal tax allowa nce du

mr blair says he would vote for labour, but that a majority government for either labour or the conservativesarty in northern ireland has launched its general election manifesto. the party's leader naomi long says she will put brexit at the centre of its campaign — calling for a fresh eu referendum with the option to remain in the eu. like the majority of people in northern ireland, we recognise the huge benefits of the eu membership that it has brought to northern ireland. and we also believe that our future lies at the heart of the eu, working together with other european nations to tackle the major challenges which lie ahead. the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, has been speaking to andrew neil on the daily politics programme on bbc two. mr neil began by asking the first minister of scotland if she would backjeremy corbyn or borisjohnson. i don't want a borisjohnson government. ajeremy corbyn—led government wouldn't be my first preference. i would rather scotland didn't have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. but there's no other way, really. well, lo

i'm afraid that is the key difference between us, a one nation tory government and the labour party andremy corbyn. not just tory government and the labour party and jeremy corbyn. notjust that labour would be an economic disaster for this country because they would delay brexit yet again, they would simultaneously wreck this economy with a simultaneously wreck this economy witha 1.2 simultaneously wreck this economy with a 1.2 trillion pounds spending splurge. they will be instantly rejected by the markets, they would massively increase notjust this countries debt, but also the cost of this countries debt. by taking out a mortgage to pay for your groceries. and they would make it impossible to make future sensible investments this country needs in the nhs and other public services. to pay for it, they would pick up —— put up taxes on this country to the tune of £2400 per year. in fact, they themselves were so worried about a run on the pound thatjohn mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, has already said that he is actually going to impose exchange controls on this country again. can you i

teenager, i worked for labour party, and in my 30s, iwas teenager, i worked for labour party, and in my 30s, i was a governmentinistrator, but for decent labour voters, they should vote for borisjohnson in the selection. i can't believe it's come to this but that's where we are. yes, that's a former labour minister suggesting you vote conservative.” had to leave the labour party, i felt, but i could have capital acquired and gone along with a tall, disappeared back off to dudley, but i think you've got to stand up and tell the truth. i think you gotta stand up and tell the truth and if you're not going to do what's right a fundamental question like racism, what are you going to do? and he wasn't done there. here he was in westminster hours later with another former labour mp john woodcock, westminster hours later with another former labour mpjohn woodcock, who says he will vote conservative, their views are clear. ian austin michael's dad was a jewish refugee, his aunts and grandma were murdered by the nazis. he's long been deeply angry at what he sees as jeremy corbyn mack boss failure to deal with allegation

said he would remain ‘neutral‘ in the event of another brexit referendum, which he promised a labour governmentitish medical association will lobby the nhs to stop gp home visits being a contractual obligation, as doctors say they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. a day of calm, as hong kong prepares to go to the polls, giving pro—democracy campaigners their chance to vote. the fallout from prince andrew's association with paedophile jeffrey epstein continues, as barclays becomes the latest big company to withdraw support from the duke's mentoring scheme. now on bbc news the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, with me lucy hedges, coming to you this week from rwanda. i am in the capital kigali, to meet the people determined to make the country one of east africa's cultural hotspots. how do i look? good? cat is in copenhagen, skiing on the roof of a power plant. laughs. i just want to make it down without falling over! and simon calder is back with his tips on how to take a new train link to the world's coldest city. yakutsk, in north—east siberia, is now easier to reac

we've got a really solid base after nine and half years of tackling the last labour government. priority as a conservative government. graham stuart, really grateful for your time, government. graham stuart, really gratefulfor your time, thank government. graham stuart, really grateful for your time, thank you for coming on this evening. there you've got it, the conservative point of view. a lot of people on the conservative side saying they are going to break the bank. talking to the cbi committee are saying it is a good time to borrow. if you keep talking about a cost, you'll never do it. they say use that money and you did greater investment. the only subsite is, there has to be that prudence over the economy encase interest rates go other way. there certainly does. the choice for voters is that the era of astarte is overcome and i we are into the era of borrowing and spending for some the question is, who is borrowing what and where is it being spent? i think that is going to be the crucial difference. yeah. plenty more from here in leeds. let's take a look going on your sid

applause unemployment always ends under a labour government higher than when they began, all labour governmentsand mcdonnell is they propose to start with an economic crisis and make it worse. applause and neverforget, applause and never forget, they applause and neverforget, they would miss the golden opportunity to get brexit done, because that is what is really going to lift the inertia and uncertainty from our economy next year, get it motoring in the way we wa nt year, get it motoring in the way we want and they would squander that yearin want and they would squander that year in yet another referendum on the eu around another one on scotland, which would not only be political and democratically damaging but disastrous. next please, laura kuenssberg from the bbc. thank you. you won the leadership of your party by making a big promise of brexit you then broke, despite saying the buck stopped with you. now you are trying to win the country with a list of promises and significant extra spund spending. do you accept beyond this room and your party, there is a big lea p room and your party, the

jeremy corbyn has admited some people on lower incomes could pay more tax under a labour government, only the top 5% of earners would face increases. in a bbc interview last night, the labour leader was challenged over his party's plans to scrap the marriage tax allowance. mr corbyn said those affected would benefit from other labour policies. president trump has been invited to send his lawyer to question witnesses at next week's public impeachment hearings in the us congress. the inquiry is looking into whether mr trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. mr trump denies the allegations. speaking at a rally in florida, mr trump once again called the hearings a "witch hunt": the hearings a "witch hunt". the first 16 bodies of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex last month have been repatriated to vietnam. the bodies were taken to their homes where the coffins were met my huge crowds of sobbing relatives. it's reported their families could pay up to around £2,000 for the repatriation. on monday, the driver of the lorry admitted plotting to assist

government... 1955. and instead of making an argument on the number of general elections, it was not endorsed as a whole and the scottish election. scotland voted labourmes got a conservative government in westminster and sled. when time returning 50 labour mps down but now they have set then and it is really looking quite difficult for them to hold onto that they might be reduced to one labourmp hold onto that they might be reduced to one labour mp at the end of this election but the big ask is another independence referendum and they can't do that unless westminster sanctions another vote. a squabble about the date. boris johnson sanctions another vote. a squabble about the date. borisjohnson said absolutely not under a conservative government no referendum for the next five years, not happening. labour keep changing their position on this but the latest iteration is it would not happen in the first couple years of a labour government and nicola sturgeon wanted to happen next year, and 20/20 crucially before the end of the transition period. she had been changing her language on that a little bit and i have listened to her for the last couple of wee

because her prize for supporting a minority labour government would be the right to hold a second independenceendum —— price. first, there was a warning about what she thinks a conservative government would actually mean. unless boris johnson is stopped, this willjust be the start. brexit is nowhere near being done. the tories have barely got going. they haven't even started trade talks yet and because of johnsen‘s hardline position, there is every chance, every chance, that the uk will leave the eu without a trade deal next year. that would be a catastrophe forjobs. and even if he somehow avoids that, he is a dream deal will be a nightmare for scotland. —— his dream deal. dream deal will be a nightmare for scotland. -- his dream deal. and nicola sturgeon had a big promise on the nhs, another part of that price for supporting labour. if the next uk government raised health spending per head to the current scottish level, it would not only substantially increase health investment in england, it would mean by 2024—25, front line investment in nhs scotland would be £4 billion higher than it is to

instead, he insisted a labour government would make society safe for people of all faiths. er article, rabbi ephraim mirvis said labour's claim it had investigated all cases of anti—jewish racism in its ranks was a mendacious fiction. he urged people to vote with their consciences in next month's general election. the conservative party also came under heavy criticism today when the muslim council of britain accused it of denial, dismissal and deceit on the issue of islamophobia. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. anti—zionism is entirely different from anti—semitism. why, why?! this argument has been raging for more than three years, and it burst into the election campaign today. chanting: 0h, jeremy corbyn! sincejeremy corbyn has been in charge, there have been constant accusations that labour has allowed racism againstjews to creep in. mr corbyn, are you fit for high office, sir? right in the middle of this contest, he is right back in the middle of it. a leader of one of the country's main religions actually warning against a vote for labour. writing in the t