well the lib dems had their ma nifesto well the lib dems had their manifesto launch in a discotheque! will our friends at will ourfriends at bbc will our friends at bbc economy have put together a little malaysian appealing to younger voters. put together a little malaysian appealing to younger votersm there an argument that of the more all the problems in britain they mightjust go away? historically there has not been the case. the cba is represented all over the uk and we are getting bigger and bigger. in manchester in 2015 56% of registered voters did not vote. most of them we re voters did not vote. most of them were young people. we are proud of them. they are shaping the future of this country without even lifting a finger. those are used to upload pictures of their food. so join the cba party today. it is easy, you do not have to do anything. the cda party, ignore the problems of the uk and they might just party, ignore the problems of the uk and they mightjust go away. cba party? are we allowed to say that? can't be bothered. now the turnout for 18 to 24—year—old in the refere

the lib dems came fifth here last time.ised by voters. council and assembly responsibilities, but still relevant to this election, says their candidate. the monies come from the uk government, as lib dems for example we are pledging to put a penny on income tax to allow for more monies to go to the nhs and to be given to the welsh government to allocate in that way. harri roberts, i'm your plaid cymru parliamentary candidate. for plaid cymru as well it is a challenge to get their voice heard, but they argue voting plaid here can make a difference. labour are so disunited and ineffective and the tories represent nothing that will gain for wales. there may be a bit of tactical voting going on after such a small majority last time, but i'm absolutely convinced that the bigger the plaid cymru vote, the more the other parties will have to listen to us. past experience suggests in this constituency more than any other every vote really does count. and here is the list of candidates standing in the gower consistency. now ellie is

the lib dems say they want to send a message to the snp.endence vote. their leader, kezia dugdale, has called sturgeon a liar for saying she would support a referendum on the day after the brexit result. nicola sturgeon says she stands by her version of the story 100%. scottish voters are effectively being asked to use this election to signal whether they want another vote on independence. the outcome could help determine when or if that might happen. paul nuttall, the ukip leader, has spent the final day of campaigning visiting target seats along the east coast of england. he wants the brexit process completed by 2019, without paying any exit fee, and reducing net migration. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports from the ukip campaign trail in essex. cheering. confident smiles for the last push. ukip‘s leader paid a visit to one of the party's strongholds. they're convinced they still have a role, even now the uk's voted to leave the eu. ukip says it's the guard dog of brexit. i think people are coming around to the idea that

the lib dems say about for them is a way to send a message to the snp.lso support an independence vote. their leader kezia dugdale has sturgeon a liar for saying she would support a referendum on the day after the brexit result. nicola sturgeon says she stands by her version of the story 100%. scottish voters are using this election to signal whether they want another vote on independence. the outcome could help determine when or if that might happen. the election — in the later stages — was dominated by questions about security, following the terror attacks in london and manchester. but today, the parties were keen to refocus on their core messages — brexit for the conservatives — the future of the nhs and public services for labour. 0ur correspondent christian fraser looks at some of the policy choices in these key areas. so have you decided? maybe you haven't, in which case it's probably worth looking at two or three of the big issues and where the party stand on each of them. so we'll begin with the economy. the conservatives are pledging to balance

|j pages in the financial times, tim farron quits as the lib dems. i was quite surprised.lly the reason he gave, i think his assistant lord patrick had resigned citing the issue of tim farron's christian faith and the implications for his belief in gay marriage and tim farron has taken what i think you can only describe it as a principled position and said if my faith is getting in a way of me being a political leader then i will choose my face but it is really sad andi choose my face but it is really sad and i would not normally think that we are the kind of country that would not be tolerant of somebody's faith. you cannot be the leader of a political party, that is what he is saying. it is unbelievable. it was an issue in the early stages of the election campaign and he could not get over that. otherwise the lib dems would have done better because they were the representatives of the remainders. we'll be back together at 11:30pm to discuss at greater length. that is it for the papers. we are back at 11:30pm. see them. —— see you then. by by the weekend temperatures acro

are up five, the lib dems up nine.t the problem for them was running a very anti brexit campaign was difficult in some areas. here is an example for it they didn't when bob they did come quite close. the other thing perhaps we haven't talked about as austerities and how much of this, was that the economy, stupid? of course we are talking about brexit because those negations —— negotiation stored in 11 days but there will be many people out there saying it is about bread and butter issues, public which saying it is about bread and butter issues, public - which is issues, public services which is where jeremy issues, public services which is where jere imagination and many caught the imagination and many people will have ordered along those lines. andrew earlier was underlining the importance of what has happened in scotland in terms of the changes overnight so emily can bring us up to date by underlying —— lining what went on. let me start with the scoreboard, this gives you a sense of what happened overnight, the snp r

so too the lib dems — they we re way back. — they were reduced to only eight seats and outs commons, let's see them, this is what they won in 2015. they surely have to defend them. they could win the whole of this board, and other 32, and still not be where they were after 2010 with 57 seats. so they really need to make some advanceis so they really need to make some advance is here. different story for the snp, who, as we heard earlier from sarah smith, took nearly everything in scotland. these are the 32 most marginal snp seats, darting where it was closest, berwickshire, then dunbartonshire, edinburgh west and so on. even though those may be tied to hold onto, they could lose the first two columns and still be far and away the biggest party in scotland. so other parties are involved as well, in northern ireland, a wholly different situation going on there, the welsh nationalists, ukip, and the welsh nationalists, ukip, and the screens. the key thing tomorrow night is to watch the colours on the map, see how they change, and

you can see a lot of the lib dem holds.in there. he said it was one of the hardest elections he has bought. there was a swing of 0.2. here are some of the old faces coming back end, vincent cable. in this one, a 4124 majority. a bittersweet night for the lib dems as they have seen nick clegg lose his seat at some of the former mps regain their seats. since our own the former mps regain their seats. since ourown —— the former mps regain their seats. since our own —— his majority was cut to only 777, tim farron. he has held on here. in norfolk north, norman lamb thought he was in danger but he has outperformed what people we re but he has outperformed what people were expecting. he stays here, the green party did not stand here which may have helped. he has done very well to hold on here. the seat has been lost in 2015, the snp came and then with some of those huge swings, they gained from third place but it is now jamie stone who takes the seat back for the lib dems in scotland. the unionist parties are having a good night a

also a constituency that has seen lib dem, labourand also a constituency that has seen lib dem, labourse and could be very crucial when votes are part —— cast in six days. we are talking about migration, independents and brexit. tenancy issues that matter to you. —— tell us issues that matter to you. —— tell us the issues. get in touch via twitter and on social media. we are getting their history. we have robert bruce over there to tell us the history of this place and getting views on what election issues matter most to you. now for the news from charlie. first, our main story. theresa may has expressed her disappointment over president trump's decision to withdraw the united states from the paris climate—change accord. in a phone call with mr trump, the prime minister stressed that britain remains committed to the agreement. our north america correspondent, david willis, has more. he had promised this to the people who voted him into office. nonetheless, it was a momentous announcement and one which drew swift condemnation from around the world. as president, i have one obligation, a

ukip wants a points—based system for immigration, while the lib dems would maintain the status quo.trade, theresa may says we'll leave the single market and the customs union, pursuing new trade deals with the eu and abroad. labour accepts that but would negotiate to retain the benefits of both, while the liberal democrats want to stay as members. the snp wants scotland's place in the single market to be protected. on legal matters, the conservatives say they would end the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. labour would keep eu protections on worker and consumer rights and the environment, while the lib dems would hold a referendum on the final brexit deal before it was put in place. jeremy corbyn, too, wanted to talk brexit today, dismissing claims he is not ready for the talks and critical of what he calls theresa may's brexit approach. britain certainly can thrive and prosper outside the eu. our businesses are creative and inventive. but they need access to european markets. they need to be part of the unimpeded supply chains. and they need the chance to grow beyond ou

next stop, st albans, where mr farron urged labour voters to get behind the lib dems.ory landside. how are you feeling? pleased to be in a pub! and onto south—west london. here the party hopes its promise of a referendum on the final brexit deal will go down well with the large number of remain voters. for many voters, this election is the first chance to see and hear what tim farron has to offer. he has built his campaign around persuading those who voted to remain in the eu to swing behind the liberal democrats but he is hoping that promises of more money for health and education will broaden the party's appeal. the lib dems would put 1p on income tax to increase nhs and social care spending in england by £6 billion a year. and if you want to send a message to theresa may that you are not to be taken for granted, that the dementia tax is not to be given the all clear, and that police and school and hospital cuts are not ok, the liberal democrats is the party you should get behind. after a disastrous result two years ago, tim farron knows it's a long way back for the

that arrangement will be very different from the former coalition of the lib dems. —— lib dems and conservativesyour party have said since then. well, confidence and supply can work and some people remember the days of labour and and some people remember the days of labourandjim callaghan and some people remember the days of labour and jim callaghan which worked with the then liberal party, and it did do provide stability in difficult times. the relationship with the dup has to be based on two very central proposition. the first is any agreement they reached has to be completely transparent and out in the open. in 2010, when the lib dems we re the open. in 2010, when the lib dems were involved in this, we had a transparent coalition agreement. anything with the dup has to be similar. the second as we have two separate out the issues of the governments of northern ireland where the british government has to be totally impartial between the different parties. and the issues of government the uk. that will be tricky that if they get that right than i can see that the conservative - dup than i can s

now, the lib dems wanted back. of everything else is escalating. back in south devon mike's man says school funding could sway her vote. for me the most important thing i education and health and definitely that will be focusing my mind when i go to vote. lib dem tim farren was the only leader to reply to mike ‘s letter. but mike can't vote. the lib dems will need at least 10,000 more supporters to win this seat back. his career spanned six decades and was best known as one half of the two rallies but this afternoon stars from the world of comedy on television are celebrating the life of ronnie corbett has died last year. michael parkinson and joanna lu mley year. michael parkinson and joanna lumley are among those who did readings at the memorial service. they have been further tributes by comedians rob brydon and jimmy tarbuck. he was a lovely man. what you saw is what you got. he was not different off—screen. he was warm and generous and a lovely man. westminster abbey isa and a lovely man. westminster abbey is

the lib dems still bumping along a bit in 8% but still focusing better and winning seats. green on 2% and ukip interestingly on 2%. that's significance, a crash for them, down 11% and that's why the leader resigned. people were thinking all their votes would go straight to the conservatives to help mrs may, but looking at the columns, that hasn't happened. labour have also benefited from the

lib dems and now the question is was he pushed or did hejump7m lib dems and now the question is was he it is a good question because they're as being pressure on tim farron with questions during the general election campaign which effectively boiled down to how he squared with being a practising christian with leading the party with the word liberal in the title, so there were lots of questions about whether or not he thought gay sex was a scene. in the end after repeated questioning in which he ducked giving a straight answer he said no it wasn't. in his resignation yesterday he said he found it impossible to square being a political leader with his religious convictions. as far as the timing is concerned, just a couple of hours before a senior party official, lord patek, said he did not want to continue as home affairs spokesman for the lib dems because of concerns he had over what tim farron had said during the campaign —— lord paddock. i remember speaking with a senior lib dem after tim farron was appointed two years ago who feared that there could be a problem for tim farron growi

isa lib dem mps, but some saw the campaign is a wasted opportunity, and they blamed the way he handleda new leader over the summer. at least twelve people are now known to have died in a huge fire which engulfed a residential tower block in west london. the number of dead is expected to rise as fire crews carry out a complex recovery operation. the washington post claims president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice by special counsel robert mueller. now it is time for our news review. we begin with the times whose headline reflects the incredible speed in which the grenfall house tower block was engulfed in flames. so much so that some children were thrown from windows by theirfamilies to escape the blaze the guardian looks at the anger felt by residents who say their concerns and complaints over safety in the building had been ignored by the royal borough of kensington and chelsea and also the tower block's management company. meanwhile, the independent focuses on theresa may's uk government who they say is under pressure to explain claims that it neglecte

of course until 2015 with that fall in lib dem support.re they have an 800 majority for the conservatives. speaking to labour insiders off the record they say far more resources are going into defending liberty, conservative attack. the kind of elliott theresa may is visiting. we expected pick up some labour victories, a few in scotla nd some labour victories, a few in scotland from the assembly in fact. but undoubtedly whatever jeremy corbyn is doing with these rallies, certainly the party strategists are putting more resources into trying to defend labour seats from tory attacks although they expect to pick up attacks although they expect to pick up some seats. expectation of net losses is still the expectation of the record. well of course the lib dems have been out today campaigning, with tim farron urging voters to vote tactically to send a message to theresa may about her plans for leaving the european union. this is where the liberal democrats have been doing some last—minute campaigning, tim farron is here and before that he was in

how about the lib dems? well, like the other parties we are crisscrossing the country today.o and then we were in twickenham, two seeds which voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu. that is at the heart of the liberal democrat manifesto. they have dug themselves the anti—brexit party since the outset and they say if they are successful in the election tomorrow, they will give people the opportunity to have a say on that crucial deal struck between the eu and the government. remember, they are trying to appeal to the 48% of the electorate who voted to remain. we will be finding out tomorrow whether that message has been successful in a bid to get them any more seats. thank you very much for that. the mega touch on the campaign bus with the liberal democrats. more on the last day of campaigning to come. the death toll in the london bridge attack has risen to eight, after a body was found in the thames last night. it's thought to be that of the missing frenchman, xavier thomas. the 45—year—old was on the bridge with his girlfriend on saturday night and hadn't been seen since.

now the lib dems want it back.he first time they are trying to fight a very local campaignlj have to fight a very local campaign.” have not had one person mentioned brexit toonie. more a case of everything else escalating. back in south devon, mike's mum says school funding could sway her vote. for me the most important is are education and health. definitely that will be focusing my mind, when i go to vote on the 8th ofjune. lib dem tim farren was the only leader to reply to mike's letter. but mike cannot vote, and the lib dems will need at least 10,000 more supporters to win the seat back. the outcome will be decided in key marginal seats around the united kingdom. jeremy vine as ever is in oui’ kingdom. jeremy vine as ever is in our election studio considering the scale of the electoral challenge facing each of the main political parties. let's look at what the parties may be hoping for, and perhaps fearing as well. here is the map as it was left by the 2015 election just two years ago. let's look first at the c

there is a bit more orange for the lib dems on the map, in places like oxford west.happened? oxford west. what exactly has happened ? the oxford west. what exactly has happened? the conservatives came first. have a look at the percentage. 44% to theresa may. jeremy corbyn‘s a1% is remarkable. many young voters poured into sport labour. the liberal democrats bumpy long—on 8%, although they are focusing better this time. the greens on to be said. ukip on 1% is a big part of the story. their voters crashed. look at that, down 1196. voters crashed. look at that, down 11%. it was thought it would go straight to the conservatives but he didn't. labour benefited as well. this is where all the action will be 110w. this is where all the action will be now. have a look at the government benches. the conservatives have 318 seats. they are the largest single party but are short of an overall majority. they need 326 to be able to upload all the other mps put together. so the tories have a problem. let's have a look at the opposition bench. and improve the labour party. the snp by

and by the way, look at ukip and the lib dems — how far down they are here.e they gone to now? really interesting. 0k. the map tells the story of the election result in 2015. here it is — 650 parliamentary constituencies, each one an individual battle between parties. so, i'll show you the conservatives first, in blue. and look at the way they wash over england, all the way down the south—west, devon and cornwall, for example. different story for labour, though, their seats much more densely packed in the cities. so, smaller seats, lots of people in them. manchester, liverpool, birmingham, newcastle, sheffield, leeds and so on. they serve labour very well indeed. the liberal democrats had a terrible time in 2015, with only eight seats. they will be looking to improve — disastrous if they don't. and the snp in scotland had the night of their lives. there they are bathing scotland in yellow, with 56 out of 59 seats. let's not forget the other parties, the welsh nationalists, the greens, the parties in northern ireland. but in the end, this election surely comes

and by the way, look at ukip and the lib dems — how far down they are here. of the election result in 2015. here it is — 650 parliamentary constituencies, each one an individual battle between parties. so, i'll show you the conservatives first, in blue. and look at the way they wash over england, all the way down the south—west, devon and cornwall, for example. different story for labour, though, their seats much more densely packed in the cities. so, smaller seats, lots of people in them. manchester, liverpool, birmingham, newcastle, sheffield, leeds and so on. they serve labour very well indeed. the liberal democrats had a terrible time in 2015, with only eight seats. they will be looking to improve — disastrous if they don't. and the snp in scotland had the night of their lives. there they are bathing scotland in yellow, with 56 out of 59 seats. let's not forget the other parties, the welsh nationalists, the greens, the parties in northern ireland. but in the end, this election surely comes down to what are called the marginal seats — the ones that were cl

the lib dem leader tim farron, took time off preparing breakfast in a cafe, to take aim at the pm, withtinging attack. this is a point that we look at how we keep our country and our people safe and as things stand we have a prime minister who told off the police for saying that they were crying wolf, and that was at the time when she was responsible for making cuts in our police numbers, in every part of our country, and today she stands and says enough is enough. well, enough was enough the first time this happened. this is the moment we stand behind our police and security services, the one thing we know will make us safer is investing in our police. and scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has weighed in, over police numbers in england. i think theresa may has to outline what she thinks it means. nobody can escape the fact that theresa may has been home secretary for the past numberof been home secretary for the past number of years before she was prime minister. she presided over significant cuts in policing in england, and there is lots of concern about that. security is on

the bookies seem to think the lib dems could do well this time.ources into that seat, they won the seat in holyrood, 5o they won the seat in holyrood, 5o they think they have a good chance. labour will be happy to hold on to edinburgh south. there are another couple of seats where they might have an outside chance. but at this 5tage, have an outside chance. but at this stage, it is watch this space. thank you for braving the rain to come here to talk about the election in scotland. as we were saying, a different race here, dominated largely by the constitution, whether people want to see indy ref two as it is called, and the brexit negotiations. the snp saying they can provide a strong voice for scotland. they are the party saying they want to stay in the union and make sure the snp don't get the opportunity for that second independence referendum. all to play for in this election, which may pan out differently, and it will depend on turn out what we see when we wake up on turn out what we see when we wake up on friday morning. but from a very wet

indeed, the lib dems were squeezed out, losing their only seat here to the welsh nationalists, who alsotly lower share of the overall vote. it has been a difficult election, yes. certainly it was run between tory, labour, corbyn, may, and it was difficult for us to get in there. theresa may made the fateful decision to call this decision while on holiday in north wales, a decision which cost her party here dear. wyre davies, bbc news, gower. the pound fell overnight against the dollar by two per cent and by the euro by 1.5 per cent. it's the biggest fall this year but far less than the aftermath of the brexit vote lastjune, when it plunged more than io%. our business editor simon jack is in the city of london for us. the markets are not getting any better at this politics stuff. i could many other pundits, they had factored in a solid majority for a theresa may and when i did not happen, you can see what happened there to the value of the pound. a very sharp fall. a hung parliament is precisely the kind of uncertainty that markets aimlessly hate. from then, the discussion goes on to wha

the lib dems took three of them.f different colours. the north—east corner of scotland has gone entirely to the conservatives. so, too, has a sweep across the border, with conservatives and the liberal democrats winnings —— with liberal democrats winnings —— with lib dems and labour winning seats, too. she paid tribute to angus robertson, the first minister, and also to alex salmond, calling him herfriend and also to alex salmond, calling him her friend and mentor for almost 30 yea rs, her friend and mentor for almost 30 years, a giant of scottish politics. the prime minister, she said that she believed theresa may had lost all authority and credibility and that she had put the interests of the party ahead those of the country. this is what nicola sturgeon had to say. in 2015, the snp achieved an exceptional, perhaps once ina snp achieved an exceptional, perhaps once in a century, result. traditionally, in westminster elections, the snp is squeezed by the main uk parties. indeed, in this campaign, we have seen the re

the lib dems bumping on 8% but focussing the vote better. the greens on 2% and ukip on 2%.kip. look at that, down 1196. crash for ukip. look at that, down 11%. that is why their leader resigned. people thinking before the election, all their votes go to the conservatives to help theresa may but that's not what has happened. labour have benefitted from ukip's collapse. so come with me to the house of commons. let's crunch the numbers. here are the government benches and the conservatives are still there. still the largest party with 318 seats. one questions, still to count. 318 is not an overall majority. you need 326 over half of the mps to south wrote. so, they have a problem, the conservatives. labour improved by 30 seats to 261, the snp down by more than a third of their mps on 35. a dozen liberal democrats. in northern ireland, the dup have 10, sinn fein, seven, in wales, plaid cymru have four, and the greens keep one and the independent mp is in northern ireland. there are no ukip mps in the house of commons. by the house of commons. by the way, more than 200 women mps

in 2010, called five daysin lib dems back in 2010, called five days in may.ow 18 days in june, for a much, days in may. it is now 18 days in june, fora much, much days in may. it is now 18 days in june, for a much, much looser arrangement between the conservatives and the democratic unionists than there was back then between the conservatives and the lib dems. confidence and supply is the rather nerdy language used to describe this deal. it is the dup saying, we will back you on the very big votes, so issues on confidence if the government faces a motion of no—confidence, the would back the conservatives. they will back the queen's speech, they will back budget and brexit legislation. that sounds like a long list, but there isa sounds like a long list, but there is a vastly longer list of the kind of things that governments conventionally try and get through the house of commons. along those measures, the dup say they will examine it on a case—by—case basis, so there will be plenty of knife edge votes here in the house of commons, where it will simply be not

labour have 261, will put in the s np, the lib dems, plaid cymru and also the sole green mp, and theyrt of the magic number, and also short of the conservative number 313. so five short of the tories. but look what happens to the tories if you put the dup with them. the biggest party in the northern ireland assembly, ten seats and they are over that magic number. so they have potentially 328 mps. what kind of relationship would this be with the dup? three options, potentially. a formal coalition or a much more informal relationship with a vote on a vote by vote basis or what we call confidence and supply whereby the dup agrees to vote with the government on key issues like a budget or a vote that might bring down the government, in return for price. the one thing to say is that these two parties do have long—standing connections and the dup has voted with the conservatives many times before. a of important dates before we finish. june 13 is when the new parliament meets. after that, through the week new mps will be sworn in. this is the day by which theresa may has to be confident she

the lib dems got their scottish tally up to four, also by opposing another referendum.ters, convinced independence is practically inevitable. now it looks like they will have to wait a lot longer before they get the chance to try again. tonight, it has become clear that ruth davidson is not entirely co mforta ble ruth davidson is not entirely comfortable with the alliance with the dup and their opposition to same—sex marriage. she is engaged to herfemale same—sex marriage. she is engaged to her female partner same—sex marriage. she is engaged to herfemale partner and same—sex marriage. she is engaged to her female partner and she says she has talked with theresa may to seek a categorical assurance that there will be no dilutions of rights in britain, and she says the prime minister assured her she would seek to advance equal rights in northern ireland. thank you, sarah smith. in wales, the labour party had a strong night, taking back a number of seats from the conservatives they ended up with 28 seats, while the conservatives won eight, and plaid cymru won four. the lib

lance, you are a lib dem voter. how are you feeling today? bittersweet.hen i said tho you earlier, you put your head in your hands, didn‘t you? yeah but now the cameras are rolling! but, it was quite good what they were saying as nick clegg was they were saying as nick clegg was the reason i was enthused in politics. has it changed how you feel about politics? not necessarily. it has made me more determined to change minds, if that makes sense. like these guys, do you feel like there is more support with young people? is it something you are talking about more? the weird thing about the election, after the brexit, after the eu referendum, everybody on my facebook page started to talk about politics. it was surreal as before nothing like that had happened. brexit changed a lot of minds and allowed a lot of people to step into that sphere of politics where they didn't necessarily didn't want to get involved before or didn't care. and you are nodding, that is something that is important to you, enthusiasm for politics?” something that is important to you, en

and the lib dems are cautious about any increase in surveillance.tion tax cuts to very wealthy corporations, and at the same time to cut funding for the police. with the choice just days away, the discussions are nearly done, but the closing phase of this campaign is a fundamentally different shape to when it all began. and the question on the table now, the most basic of all — who will you trust to keep the country safe? the tories hope the prime minister's experience will land her back in power. her record could trip her up, too. there's been much praise for the quick response of the emergency services on saturday night. but once the injured had been taken to hospitals, nursing staff there then had to work through the night to treat life—threatening and life—changing injuries. daniela relph has been talking to two nurses — donna adcock and saskia stephenson — who were called into work at university college london hospital. instantly, my heart was pounding, and i was rushing around, where's my car keys, where's my bag? just wanted to get there and

i will be voting lib dem. hello. hello! how lovely to see you. and you!ave done? all the europeans on the other side of the negotiating table must think they can be as strict as possible, because this prime minister will buckle under pressure. i don't understand the inflexible way we are going towards this negotiation. why are we negotiate something why don't we just leave? what happens next if we just leave? when i left my club, my london club, i wrote a very nice letter and said it was marvellous goodbye and they said oh dear, sorry to lose you, goodbye. i don't understand this. what are we negotiating? the question i asked was, when we leave, what happens next? what happens next is that we just trade. it's not that simple, though, they've already said it's not that simple. well, do people know what they voted for? so people are thick? is this the next thing we are rolling out, people are stupid and don't understand what they voted for, i've been hearing a lot of this, we are all a bit stupid. if it's so stupid, why was the biggest search on google uk o

sometimes in the past the lib dems have got in on the past the lib dems have got in on the game but itl not the highest group. that is still the over 65s, but the significant increase has helped to get us to this situation we are in now. very interesting and much more polling to be done on all of that, and analysis. thank you very much indeed. we will have plenty more from here at westminster throughout the day. back to you, sean. two more people have been arrested in connection with the london bridge terror attacks. in total, eight people are now in custody. police investigating the killings have revealed that the three men who carried it out had wanted to hire a lorry but their payment was declined. detectives say the attackers tied ceramic knives to their wrists and had petrol bombs in the van. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. this was the weapon found still strapped last saturday night to the body of khuram butt. he and his fellow attackers used three identical ceramic knives to murderfive people. counter—terrorism detectives want help, to find out where th

the lib dems say, vote for us, we will give you a second referendum once the brexit deal is negotiatedcornwall but don't want brexit do happen, that is proving attractive. the key dynamic here is, how can the tories shore up their position, and how much progress can the lib dems may? i am sure you were watching the debate last night, theresa may wasn't there. have you heard any voters in cornwall complaining that she wasn't there? 0r voters in cornwall complaining that she wasn't there? or did she think her stand in amber rudd did a good job? i will tell you a couple of things directly relevant to that, if we bring the camera around, this beautiful beach in falmouth. you have picked the nicest place!m beautiful beach in falmouth. you have picked the nicest place! it was full of tourists and locals enjoying the sunshine. we spent half an hour, me and a couple of producers, trying to find anyone on this beach who watched that debate. we have failed to. which told me that perhaps, a lot of ordinary people don't engage in big, media events in the same way that the media does. the second in

the lib dems got their scottish tally up to four, also by opposing another referendum.

personally i would prefer to do a deal with the lib dems.years with the lib dems. but that is not on the cards. so what is the alternative? it would be giving the keys tojeremy corbyn. we are looking at a party that is homophobic, doesn't really believe in climate change, that talks about creationism. sure, and i abhor all of those things. i mean that could drag the party backwards, away from the young? if it's just confidence supply, which basically means that they back us on the big votes when it counts, they're not going to get their hands on... the anti—austerity vote? well, on the budget, and on the queen's speech. they're not going to get their hands on the levers of power in any meaningful way. but the alternative is to letjeremy corbyn in. and his allies in hamas, the provisional ira... the idea that you could have somebody who calls hamas theirfriend... their agenda for lbgt rights is truly horrific. nobody is talking about an allegiance with hamas! thank you very much. the best seats of the house in this extraordinary election may

will they go to the conservative parties, or the lib dems?o cloud cymru. for more than a generation of political picture in wales could be described as a still life with few changes of detail. could this be the moment that the scenery really does change here? in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. political leaders make a final push for votes across the country in the last day of campaigning before the general election. police searching for the body of french national xavier thomas — missing since the london bridge attack — recover a body from the thames. the home office faces questions over how one of the attackers was able to return to the uk, despite being on an international database of suspects. and now the business news. house price rises are slowing down. that's according to the uk's biggest mortgage lender, the halifax. it says prices rose by 3.3% over the year, that's down from 10% last year. more on that shortly. efforts continue to resolve a major diplomatic row between

is it conceivable that the lib dems could go backwards this time? at elections, anything is conceivable. people pledged to eat their hats and look like idiots, or run down the street naked! of course, anything is plausible. like my promise in 2010! all that i can do is leave the range of polls, the maximum that theresa may is going to get is ten extra seats, i would have thought. seriously?! i hope there is money on this afterwards! paul, in corbyn hq, can ijust ask you, are they preparing for the possibility of a hung parliament or a win? they are preparing for a possibility of a hung parliament or a win. people were talking about the northern irish, welsh and scottish governments on brexit. they were not at the beginning of this, right? absolutely not. go back and look at the polls. the range is from a small tory majority through to a hung parliament through to a minority... they are ahead, aren't they? i spent the whole of the 2015 election campaign preparing for it hung parliament. wishing it is going to happen doesn't actually make it happen! y

the lib dems are spreading the pain around more evenly.his, everybody wa nts to help. with all of this, everybody wants something, there is so much pressure on the public services now, it is very unlikely that we are going to ever see taxes go down any time soon, isn't it? the other thing to remember is that the manifestoes will not have all the information on all the taxes. 0ver will not have all the information on all the taxes. over the years, every political party has been very creative in different ways of finding ways to take money off us, really. whether it is driving a car, alcohol, tobacco, there are always new ways, new and creative ways, to ta ke new ways, new and creative ways, to take money. the full story will not in the manifestoes. i do not think anybody expects that it will be. i think what is important to remember is to look more broadly at the aims of the different parties and to decide which one suits what you are looking for. thank you for your time. it is a bit windy out here. before we go, come and have a look at thi

lib dem leader tim farron has also spoken about brexit today. heartbreaking stories of what is happening to them and their families because of the conservative party's choices that they have made sense that referendum. we will be bringing you the snp leader nicola sturgeon shortly here on bbc news. other developing stories this afternoon: president trump is to announce this evening whether the us will pull out of the paris climate agreement. but he's coming under increasing international pressure to honour the commitment to cut greenhouse gases. tickets for sunday's concert to raise money for the victims of the manchester attack sells out within 20 minutes of going on sale. no more mr nice guy, then. and the actor roy barraclough — best known for his role in coronation street — has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit has become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, with the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all holding events to outline their position on the eu. earlier

you were a speech writer for the lib dems about ten yea rs speech writer for the lib dems about ten yearss react, there's a lwa ys that politicians react, there's always a certain expectation. as an observer, someone who has touched the political machinery, how do you make about the way that they are positioning themselves in terms of the action? it's clear what the opposition did, jeremy corbyn going there straightaway and being on the scene, that's the kind of thing he is comfortable with. the coverage has been very much about the a p pa re ntly has been very much about the apparently slow response from the prime minister. some of it is fair, some of it is not fair, she was there although the issue was that she didn't meet the residents. she has done now. she has done now. speaking from a political point of view it is that sense of leadership, people are looking for leadership, consolation, the gurkhas are to blame and part of being a leader is that you have to shoulder some of that you have to shoulder some of that and i think at the moment that message isn't getting through. let's loo

the snp on 35, the lib dems on 12, plaid cymru on four and the greens with one.c unionist party in northern ireland for support. with the ten dup mps, the conservatives will have a working majority in the house of commons. but there are early signs that for some this will be an uncomfortable alliance. the dup is anti—abortion and northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same—sex marriage is not legal. scottish conservative leader ruth davidson last night sought assurances that any deal with the dup must not affect gay rights across the uk. meanwhile, concerns remain over whether the prime minister can hold on. 0ne senior tory has told the bbc she has to go. and this was the transport secretary chris grayling on the bbc‘s question time. she needs to stay as prime ministerfor the future. what was once sold as strong and stable now feels ever shaky. just around the road behind us, of course, is downing street. we can go to our political correspondent eleanor garnier. i imagine there are some tough conversations going on today for theresa may. what is your a

the lib dems said he would increase...t be an attempt to shift attention from the dementia tax which has cost theresa may credibility but by moving onto taxation they are not helping themselves because they have an very arrogant and refused to spell out which taxes they would raise. theresa may is still ahead on the balsa probably isn't looking for divine intervention. tonight she was visiting a hindu temple in london. but living there for gas and attacks turns out to be a mixed blessing. iain watsonjoins me now. so are we any clearer on the tory tax plans? first the conservatives wanted to move their gender and attacks from social care where they are moral vulnerable but they also wanted to offer reassurance to core conservative voters that their instincts on tax have not changed but the execution has been messy. michael fallon defence secretary has said absolutely no increases on income tax and borisjohnson said no plans to increase income tax and theresa may said no change in the ma nifesto, theresa may said no change i

the lib dems, though, remember, promise whatever the brexit deal, they'd give you another say.e have the right to either accept that deal, and in that case we leave the european union on the 1st of april, 2019 or to reject it and remain. i will be very clear as we have been over the last 12 months, i cannot see us any chance of us getting a better deal than the one we have now. thered be no second vote under labour butjeremy corbyn says he wouldn't walk away until there was an eu a#2k3wr50e789. the tories insist, though, no deal is better than a bad one and she might walk out. yet theresa may is a long way from closing the deal with you. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. two cousins of the manchester bomber — salman abedi — have been speaking to the bbc tonight, after being released from custody without charge earlier this week. isaac and abz forjani, from fallowfield in manchester, expressed their sympathy with the families of those killed in the manchester bombing and said they had no idea what their cousin was planning to do. imean my i mean my thoughts are obvious, i

the experience the lib dems had in 2015, the formal coalition running the country for five years, it was disastrous for them. they were almost completely wiped out as a party. there is no appetite to repeat that because of the impact it had among the major parties. we now have a loose arrangement. the problem with that é— =s_ is ~ ~ ,, but ~ if? “ft— % :——— if? “ft— % 77—7 ingwordsi if? “ft— % 77—7 in egg; words of theresa may. is weekend wobbly. it could fall it is weekend wobbly. it could fall apart atany it is weekend wobbly. it could fall apart at any moment. —— weak and wobbly. we don't know how much you will get through, not much, i imagine. i some in the party that imagine. for some in the party that clearly think the dup i'm not the right bedfellows. .. fi very support she was very concerned about their stance on gay rights. that started many others coming out. there is similar rhetoric about women. many have come out to speak vocally about fears of getting into bed with the party whose track re cord bed with the party whose track record on those issues is quite concerning to

i said before, i think the lib dems have done well and have more women. has been an absolutely amazing mp beforehand, and a minister. and she's back, which is a good thing. norman lamb is back. no, he held his seat. and he's been doing absolutely amazing stuff when it comes to mental health and making sure that mental health and physical health are on parity when it comes to treatment. and obviously nick clegg. he was gone. were you gutted about that? yeah. ross, for you, a conservative voter? it was a disappointing national results, but locally a lot of constituencies, we have had a massive increase in the conservative vote. in don valley, for example, my constituency, there is a 16.4% increase in votes there. 19,000 more votes going to the conservatives. in an area where people have taken for granted the idea that it is just a labour constituency. now it is very winnable in the next election for the conservative party, if we play our cards right. the next election, that could be any time soon, couldn't it! october! hopefully not, i need a rest. i think

how can the lib dems justify making every taxpayer pay 1p more tax?udes from people who will tell you that they can solve the problem without any they can solve the problem without a ny extra they can solve the problem without any extra money or we they can solve the problem without any extra money oi’ we can they can solve the problem without any extra money or we can be honest and say that for the price of a cup of coffee a week we can have the best nhs and social care in the world. the snp leader nicola sturgeon was asked how to deal with terror threats. we've got to tackle and address extremism whenever we find it. and i believe very strongly that we have to do that with the muslim community. we mustn't scapegoat that community. she faced several hostile questions about her demand for another referendum on scottish independence. continuing with independence and this time. i'm not proposing it now, i accept that. when are you proposing it? at the end of the process. it should be our choice, when the time is right and we know what brexit means for t

the snp and lib dems were backing the vote but the numbers don't add up for them yet.ecause theresa may has the support of the ten dup mps. so the labour amendment has failed. i'm joined by andrew gwynne, the shadow it's failed, what was the point? the labour party wants to put pressure on the government. in our election ma nifesto, on the government. in our election manifesto, we pledge to recruit 10,000 extra police officers, 3000 extra firefighters on to lift the public sector pay cut. for the past seven years, public sector workers have had massive pay restraint. we believe it is now time to lift that austerity and give them the pay rise that they deserve. i'm only sorry that they deserve. i'm only sorry that they deserve. i'm only sorry that the conservatives talk the talk on social justice, but that the conservatives talk the talk on socialjustice, but when it comes to an actual vote, aided and abetted by the dup friends in northern ireland who, from now on, have no austerity and that part of the united kingdom, are planning and making sure that the rest of the u