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thank you, i am joined back to norman smith in telford. norman.ck, the stand out announcement from this launch has been the decision to recruit 50,000 more nurses, how and when will you do this? we will do this over the parliament. we have a fully costed plan in here, to recruit 50,000 more nurses, a combination of training and extra university place, also apprenticeships, which nursing apprenticeships, which nursing apprenticeships which allows people to train as they work, and there will be some recruitment from overseas with our new nhs visa and so the aim here, the commitment, is that we will deliver 50,000 more nurses, when i go round hospitals, you know, the number one ask is for belter technology and more nurses and we will deliver both. explain this to me. you are spending 20 billion more in real term, labour are spending 26 billion but they can only recruit 20,000 nurses, you can recruit 50,000, how can you get more but spend less? we will spend more money. 20 billion in real term, 33.9 billion in cash terms, of extra money on the health
thank you, i am joined back to norman smith in telford. norman.ck, the stand out announcement from this launch has been the decision to recruit 50,000 more nurses, how and when will you do this? we will do this over the parliament. we have a fully costed plan in here, to recruit 50,000 more nurses, a combination of training and extra university place, also apprenticeships, which nursing apprenticeships, which nursing apprenticeships which allows people to train as they work, and there will be...
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yes, all right, norman smith, and vicki young. thank you. fact checking the big claims made by all the political parties. our reality check correspondent chris morris is today looking at the pledges made by labour and the liberal democrats. so first of all, the liberal democrat claim of £850 billion remain bonus, help1, a forecast not a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year overfive a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year over five years. and it's based on the fact that nearly all independent economists say they think the economy would be bigger if we remain in the eu than any form of living. the liberal democrat forecast says it thinks the economy would be 1.9% bigger in five years time. which seems to be in the para meters time. which seems to be in the parameters of what those economists say. what it doesn't take into account is other factors in the world economy. would it really produce an extra £50 billion of tax receipts over five years? we don't know what's going to happen in the world economy, other things can happen.
yes, all right, norman smith, and vicki young. thank you. fact checking the big claims made by all the political parties. our reality check correspondent chris morris is today looking at the pledges made by labour and the liberal democrats. so first of all, the liberal democrat claim of £850 billion remain bonus, help1, a forecast not a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year overfive a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year over five years. and it's based on the fact that...
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our assistant political editor, norman smith, is there. norman, what are we expecting? think it is going to be an allsinging, i don't think it is going to be an all singing, all dancing, hallelujah chorus kind of manifesto with big, bold policy announcements designed to make a splash. the signs are it will be pretty cautious, pretty risk averse. why? well, because so many tories were badly burned by theresa may's disastrous manifesto launch less time on the so—called dementia tax. this time, the tories have been through the manifesto line by line to ta ke through the manifesto line by line to take out anything that might cause them similar difficult headlines. also, they want to keep the focus on brexit, brexit, brexit. they don't want other distracting noises. and i think they take the view that with a commanding lead in the polls, they don't have to take risks. so the thrust of this ma nifesto, risks. so the thrust of this manifesto, i think, risks. so the thrust of this manifesto, ithink, is more risks. so the thrust of this manifesto, i think, is more likely to be a
our assistant political editor, norman smith, is there. norman, what are we expecting? think it is going to be an allsinging, i don't think it is going to be an all singing, all dancing, hallelujah chorus kind of manifesto with big, bold policy announcements designed to make a splash. the signs are it will be pretty cautious, pretty risk averse. why? well, because so many tories were badly burned by theresa may's disastrous manifesto launch less time on the so—called dementia tax. this time,...
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. —— waiting there is norman smith. —— waiting there is norman smithlj think rusty spring is a more accurate is not going to be a big moment because the tories i have been speaking to take the view that two weeks out it is looking pretty good, the polls are in the right direction, privately they think they are on course for a majority so they are on course for a majority so they are not going to take any risks today. i think it will be a slightly underwhelming manifesto. 0f today. i think it will be a slightly underwhelming manifesto. of course there will be a lot about brexit, thatis there will be a lot about brexit, that is the core message that we can expect boris johnson that is the core message that we can expect borisjohnson to go over and over and over but a lot of the nitty—gritty thing is we might normally have expected, i doubt we will get. social care, i doubt we are going to get anything like a proposalfor a detailed are going to get anything like a proposal for a detailed long—term policy, instead we will get a general aspiration to have talks with other parties in the hope down
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norman smith is in edinburgh.e election of a lifetime, what exactly is she saying? because of the sta kes. is she saying? because of the stakes. here is a anything, you would nothing borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon have much in common, they have one thing in common, this election is just about one thing, thatis election is just about one thing, that is brexit. nicola sturgeon says her clearaim at that is brexit. nicola sturgeon says her clear aim at this election is to stop brexit dead in its tracks by any means possible. she doesn't mind if it is through securing another referendum or whether supporting moves to revoke article 50 or whether joining moves to revoke article 50 or whetherjoining up with anti brexit parties at westminster to thwart brexit, or through securing scottish independence and at least keeping scotla nd independence and at least keeping scotland in the eu. she is not theirs but she knows her best route to achieving that is a hung parliament, in other words if the election is inconclusive, be
norman smith is in edinburgh.e election of a lifetime, what exactly is she saying? because of the sta kes. is she saying? because of the stakes. here is a anything, you would nothing borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon have much in common, they have one thing in common, this election is just about one thing, thatis election is just about one thing, that is brexit. nicola sturgeon says her clearaim at that is brexit. nicola sturgeon says her clear aim at this election is to stop brexit dead in its...
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norman smith. let's take a look at some of the other stories from the election campaign.election, it won't allow another referendum on scottish independence in theirfirst term. speaking in glasgowjeremy corbyn said a labour government would concentrate completely on investment in scotland. the party had previously suggested it would not block a second referendum. the green party says that the new government needs to put the climate emergency front and centre and make it the priority for all financial commitments. its co—leader jonathan ba rtley also called for the role of chancellor to be replaced with a carbon chancellor to oversee the treasury and a new department for the green new deal. we have to radically transform the way we look at the economy. every sector of the economy needs to decarbonise. that means transport, that means agriculture, and that means of course energy and housing. and only by prioritising that in a new government are we going to get the action that we need to decarbonise by 2030. the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has challenged westminster to get
norman smith. let's take a look at some of the other stories from the election campaign.election, it won't allow another referendum on scottish independence in theirfirst term. speaking in glasgowjeremy corbyn said a labour government would concentrate completely on investment in scotland. the party had previously suggested it would not block a second referendum. the green party says that the new government needs to put the climate emergency front and centre and make it the priority for all...
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our assistant political editor norman smith is in telford where the conservatives will launch their manifesto their manifesto. is the last of the big pa to this is the last of the big parties to launch their manifesto, are you exciting big surprises? in normal times, this would be a big banana is moment, but to be honest, i can't really say that tension is growing because the signs are that this will because the signs are that this will bea because the signs are that this will be a deliberately cautious, risk averse manifesto. why? because so many tories were badly burned by mrs may's catastrophic manifesto last time. the shambles which crumbled. the tories have been over and over through the manifesto stripping out anything they think in anyway might cause any wrinkle of... added to which, they want to simply keep the focus on brexit. so they are not in the market to change the narrative of this and —— of this election. why ta ke of this and —— of this election. why take a needless risk? we are going to get a fairly, shall we say, modest manifesto, i would say. we know they're big announceme
our assistant political editor norman smith is in telford where the conservatives will launch their manifesto their manifesto. is the last of the big pa to this is the last of the big parties to launch their manifesto, are you exciting big surprises? in normal times, this would be a big banana is moment, but to be honest, i can't really say that tension is growing because the signs are that this will because the signs are that this will bea because the signs are that this will be a deliberately...
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we can speak to our assistant poltical correspondent norman smith in downing street. difficult headlines around for the conservatives at the start of the day and yesterday and in the last hour and a big resignation. it has been a dismal, wretched, ragged 2a hours for the tory party when pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong, culminating with alan cairns walking the plankjust moments before boris johnson cairns walking the plankjust moments before borisjohnson had his podium moment setting out his pitch. that after the jacob rees mogg saga, that afterjohnson compared jeremy corbyn to stalin. it reminded me of england's doomed world cup match in the rugby final against south africa where everything went wrong in the first four minutes, every scrum went backwards, it was a nightmare. so the task for boris johnson backwards, it was a nightmare. so the task for borisjohnson is to try and geta the task for borisjohnson is to try and get a grip of this campaign and thatis and get a grip of this campaign and that is what we have seen him doing this at luncht
we can speak to our assistant poltical correspondent norman smith in downing street. difficult headlines around for the conservatives at the start of the day and yesterday and in the last hour and a big resignation. it has been a dismal, wretched, ragged 2a hours for the tory party when pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong, culminating with alan cairns walking the plankjust moments before boris johnson cairns walking the plankjust moments before borisjohnson had his podium...
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norman smith there.o vote for, you might want to check the bbc‘s new policy guide. christian fraser has been looking at it and the priorities of the main political parties. there's a fantastic new tool on the bbc website. let me introduce you to the policy guide to 2019. so, if you've been getting lost in recent weeks in all these announcements, this is going to help you, ok? so, if i scroll down here, you'll see there's a box for whichever nation you're in in the united kingdom and also one for whichever party you might want to know more about. and also on the website, there is, for each of the parties, a top list of priorities. so, let me show you that. starting with the conservatives. you'll see there's lots of bullet points. i won't go through them all, you can do that at your discretion. but their top priority, of course, to deliver brexit. borisjohnson's deal that he secured with the eu. remember that theresa may tried three times to get her deal through parliament. "give me nine more votes", boris
norman smith there.o vote for, you might want to check the bbc‘s new policy guide. christian fraser has been looking at it and the priorities of the main political parties. there's a fantastic new tool on the bbc website. let me introduce you to the policy guide to 2019. so, if you've been getting lost in recent weeks in all these announcements, this is going to help you, ok? so, if i scroll down here, you'll see there's a box for whichever nation you're in in the united kingdom and also one...
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our assistant political editor norman smith is in north london. are under attack here but the labour party really coming under pressure today? jeremy corbyn is on his feet at the moment. he's spoken of how he views anti—semitism as vile, evil, and he's pledged, if prime minister, to ensure adequate protection for synagogues and mosques, labour party officials have spoken of how they've introduced fast—track disciplinary processes , introduced fast—track disciplinary processes, how the allegations of anti—semitism only relate to a tiny minority of labour party members but you know what? robert lee won't make a blind bit of difference and the reason is, this whole anti—semitism crisis has been going on for months, for years, under the leadership of jeremy corbyn and again and again and again, whatever he says has failed to satisfy his critics in the jewish community and he has failed to allay their concerns and damaging as this is, because of the language used by the chief rabbi and the ferocity of his criticism, it probably won't shift any votes in
our assistant political editor norman smith is in north london. are under attack here but the labour party really coming under pressure today? jeremy corbyn is on his feet at the moment. he's spoken of how he views anti—semitism as vile, evil, and he's pledged, if prime minister, to ensure adequate protection for synagogues and mosques, labour party officials have spoken of how they've introduced fast—track disciplinary processes , introduced fast—track disciplinary processes, how the...
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joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. ches this race interface manifesto later, to what extent will back talk about anti—semitism, and how damaging do you think the chief rabbi's comments will be to the party today? in truth, at any time, these sort of comments would be profoundly damaging, but in the middle of an election campaign on the very day where labour is trying to set out its race and faith policies, of course it is particularly wounding. the chief rabbi has not merely, in effect, urged members of thejewish faith not to vote labour, he accuses the labour leadership and by claims that they have dealt with the issue of peddling what he calls a mendacious fiction and suggests the anti—semitic culture has been sanctioned, in his words, from the top of the labour party. what adds a political edge to the criticism is it focuses attention very directly onjeremy corbyn. yes, it is a critique of the culture, the procedures, the response of the labour party to the allegations, but it is directed atjeremy corbyn and the chie
joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. ches this race interface manifesto later, to what extent will back talk about anti—semitism, and how damaging do you think the chief rabbi's comments will be to the party today? in truth, at any time, these sort of comments would be profoundly damaging, but in the middle of an election campaign on the very day where labour is trying to set out its race and faith policies, of course it is particularly wounding....
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norman smith, live in telford. so much to get into with this manifesto.nne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. great to have you with us. norman making the point this is a departure, playing it safe. how would you rate it alongside previous tory manifesto launches? there are two kinds of 20 manifesto lunches, one which said slash and burn on taxes, limit the size of the state. it was not that kind of launch at all. you could say that boris johnson is taking on the perspective that actually he has a right winger nche's close very cautious in terms of promising some sort of money, and those things hard to deliver for the nhs. it did not go as far as many people thought it would on public spending. there was talk of an arms race with labour but whenjeremy corbyn put out such an expensive proposition, and you could think that you want to spend more on public services but that has got them quickly into the argument about who would be paying for it down the line, the very rich. borisjohnson, quite modest figures, by my calculations, not even the best part
norman smith, live in telford. so much to get into with this manifesto.nne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. great to have you with us. norman making the point this is a departure, playing it safe. how would you rate it alongside previous tory manifesto launches? there are two kinds of 20 manifesto lunches, one which said slash and burn on taxes, limit the size of the state. it was not that kind of launch at all. you could say that boris johnson is taking on the perspective that actually...
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let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith.nhs figures and how much pressure that's going to put on the conservatives in particular in this campaign. well, the figures play absolutely to labour's narrative about the so—called decade of decay in the nhs with these worst ever figures for a&e. labour straight on it, saying that underlines tory neglect and also pointing to the danger that these figures, as we were hearing, could get even worse as we head into winter. labour, of course, will use these figures to buttress their argument for the extra spending, which they promised the largest spending we have seen in 20 years for the nhs, which a&e was to form an integral part of one of the areas which was to receive more cash. the tory response, so far, has been to point to some of the chinks in the labour case in the nhs say in what will happen when you have freedom of movement? they say it will mean more migrants coming, more strain on the nhs and more pressure on resources. also questions about the impact jeremy corbyn will have o
let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith.nhs figures and how much pressure that's going to put on the conservatives in particular in this campaign. well, the figures play absolutely to labour's narrative about the so—called decade of decay in the nhs with these worst ever figures for a&e. labour straight on it, saying that underlines tory neglect and also pointing to the danger that these figures, as we were hearing, could get even worse as we head into winter....
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norman smith, thank you very much.al with the continuing fallout following the resignation of its deputy leader tom watson, there's a new headache, as former labour mp ian austin said as labour tries to deal with the continuing fallout thatjeremy corbyn was "completely unfit" to be prime minister. mr austin advised people going to the polls to vote for borisjohnson. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. here he is, ian austin, at the heart of the labour party. working for gordon brown 15 years ago. these devoted his adult life to the party asa devoted his adult life to the party as a counsellor, an adviser, attending cabinet. but his disagreements withjeremy corbyn are not new. he sat as independent mps since february but nonetheless, his intervention today is still astonishing. take a look at this.” thinkjeremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country, com pletely unfit to lead our country, completely unfit to lead the labour party and after 3a years since a teenager, i worked for labour party, and in
norman smith, thank you very much.al with the continuing fallout following the resignation of its deputy leader tom watson, there's a new headache, as former labour mp ian austin said as labour tries to deal with the continuing fallout thatjeremy corbyn was "completely unfit" to be prime minister. mr austin advised people going to the polls to vote for borisjohnson. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. here he is, ian austin, at the heart of the labour party. working for...
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norman smith, thank you.l at the old bailey accused of a string of sex attacks on women and children — one as young as 11. 34—year—old joseph mccann is accused 37 charges including multiple rapes, kidnap and false imprisonment involving 11 victims over a period of three days in april and may. june kelly is at the old bailey. joseph mccann is facing 37 counts, as you say, eight counts of rape and 11 alleged victims on that chargesheet. today, thejury heard how in april this year, a young woman was abducted near her home in east london, she was held prisoner for 14 hours, driven round in a car, repeatedly raped and also suffered a number of other sexual attacks and abuse. the court was told this ordeal was a shocking depravity and violence. she was also threatened to be hit with a vodka bottle and hit in the face as well. later at the same day, two sisters were near their home in north london and on this occasion they were walking down the road, one of them was bundled into a the road, one of them was bundled i
norman smith, thank you.l at the old bailey accused of a string of sex attacks on women and children — one as young as 11. 34—year—old joseph mccann is accused 37 charges including multiple rapes, kidnap and false imprisonment involving 11 victims over a period of three days in april and may. june kelly is at the old bailey. joseph mccann is facing 37 counts, as you say, eight counts of rape and 11 alleged victims on that chargesheet. today, thejury heard how in april this year, a young...
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norman smith in telford, thank you very much.rnment to lift financial restrictions on the scottish government‘s spending powers. the party claim it will unlock almost £3 billion pounds over the course of the next parliament, which they plan to use to boost the economy and tackle climate change. in other news, police investigating the deaths of 39 vietnamese nationals in a lorry in essex have charged a man with human trafficking. the victims were found in grays last month. 23—year—old christopher kennedy from darkley in county armagh will appear before chelmsford magistrates‘ court tomorrow. five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham yesterday evening which saw a number of police officers injured. fights broke out as police attempted to clear around 100 people from the star city leisure complex. two machetes were seized in the incident. 0ne witness described it as one of the "scariest moments" of their life. there has been a record turnout for local council elections in hong kong where police ha
norman smith in telford, thank you very much.rnment to lift financial restrictions on the scottish government‘s spending powers. the party claim it will unlock almost £3 billion pounds over the course of the next parliament, which they plan to use to boost the economy and tackle climate change. in other news, police investigating the deaths of 39 vietnamese nationals in a lorry in essex have charged a man with human trafficking. the victims were found in grays last month. 23—year—old...
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we will have lots more from telford and our assistant political editor norman smith in a moment. at times and there will still be a lot of cloud, and that has been the case today. cloudy sky, drier than yet. mursty and murky, the rains clearing the north east of scotland. we have rain on the horizon here in the far south west but ahead of that with the cloudy skies to end the day. temperatures typically nine or ten. there has been a few breaks in the cloud here and there and we will see more overnight because the breeze will freshen a bit. but at the same time we have thickening cloud and rain coming into the south—west, not far away from northern ireland by the end of the night. ahead of that scotland, north east england could see temperatures downs to four degree, much milder to wales and the south—west, the rain moves northwards tomorrow, most of the rain in northern ireland in the morning, not much for scotland, the bulk will by a cross england and wales, every now and again may get late sunshine in the far south—west, the best of any sunshine likely to be in the far north of
we will have lots more from telford and our assistant political editor norman smith in a moment. at times and there will still be a lot of cloud, and that has been the case today. cloudy sky, drier than yet. mursty and murky, the rains clearing the north east of scotland. we have rain on the horizon here in the far south west but ahead of that with the cloudy skies to end the day. temperatures typically nine or ten. there has been a few breaks in the cloud here and there and we will see more...
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norman, but announcement just norman smith in westminster for us. 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 internal market within the health service so he was manoeuvred out, i think, after a couple of years, and replaced by alan milburn, who was much more in line with tony blair's thinking. that always greeted with him a bit. and then, of course, he stood u nsuccessfully and then, of course, he stood unsuccessfully to be mayor of london, the post actually he would have enjoyed enormously as a londoner and a london mp, a former council leader. unfortunately, beca
norman, but announcement just norman smith in westminster for us. 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...
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and subsequently people like norman smith, the political editor, said i think on reflection we should it and called it out. has the bbc learn from it example and other examples from the referendum campaigns? i think one of the things you would notice the people hopefully will have noticed is the increasing preeminence of a reality check and i think it is something whereby, when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a particular way of saying actually, let's check that and set it before and we may not always be able to do it instantly, you know, it will be great if everybody knew my presenter new things all the time, but actually, sometimes that will take a bit of time and a bit of effort and a bit of digging. but i think it is important that we, given that fake news and given that whether politicians are trusted or not is such an important element of elections, i think it is important that people know that we can go somewhere in the bbc where we will have looked at the evidence and where we are in a position t
and subsequently people like norman smith, the political editor, said i think on reflection we should it and called it out. has the bbc learn from it example and other examples from the referendum campaigns? i think one of the things you would notice the people hopefully will have noticed is the increasing preeminence of a reality check and i think it is something whereby, when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a...
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and subsequently, people like norman smith, assistant political editor, who said, well, actually, ithinkuld have challenged it and called it out. has the bbc learnt from that example and other examples from the referendum campaign? i think one of the things that you'll have noticed that people hopefully will have noticed is the the increasing pre—eminence of reality check. i think it's something whereby when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a particular way of saying, actually, let's check that, let's set it before. now, you may not always be able to do that instantly. you know, it'd be great if everybody knew or you as a presenter, knew everything all the time. but actually, sometimes that will take a bit of time and a bit of effort and a bit of digging. but i think it is important that we given that fake news and given that whether politicians are trusted or not is such an important element of elections, i think it is important that people know they can go somewhere in the bbc where we will have looked at
and subsequently, people like norman smith, assistant political editor, who said, well, actually, ithinkuld have challenged it and called it out. has the bbc learnt from that example and other examples from the referendum campaign? i think one of the things that you'll have noticed that people hopefully will have noticed is the the increasing pre—eminence of reality check. i think it's something whereby when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in...
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that was norman smith.mething that is going to be highly expensive and it is not entirely clear if that will provide the benefits that labour expected to provide. your ambition is forjo swinson to be prime minister. you'd would prefer her to do the job than the other two but if there is going to be any kind of hung parliament would you work with labour after the recent ma nifesto ? would you work with labour after the recent manifesto? we are fighting to get the liberal democrat government elected and jo swinson the prime minister. at the same time we have made it crystal clear that when it comes to eitherjeremy corbyn or borisjohnson we are not going to work with either of them. they are both unfit to be our prime minister for different reasons. boris johnson frankly because no one trusts what he says jeremy corbyn frankly because no one trusts what he sasteremy corbyn because he wasn't able to answer the most critical of questions in this campaign and that is whether he wa nts to campaign and that is whet
that was norman smith.mething that is going to be highly expensive and it is not entirely clear if that will provide the benefits that labour expected to provide. your ambition is forjo swinson to be prime minister. you'd would prefer her to do the job than the other two but if there is going to be any kind of hung parliament would you work with labour after the recent ma nifesto ? would you work with labour after the recent manifesto? we are fighting to get the liberal democrat government...
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let's talk to norman smith.ely, you have listened to many of her speeches over the years, and they are becoming more bullish about this question about another independence referendum. but she said explicitly that a vote for the snp is a vote to escape brexit. i was struck by how forthright she placed brexit at the very centre of her election pitch. pretty much saying that the snp would stop brexit by any means they could find, whether that was by forming alliances with other parties at westminster if there was a hung parliament, whether that was supporting moves to campaign for another referendum, whether that was trying to vote article 50, or that was to vote straightforwardly through scottish independence. stopping brexit was, basically, the bottom line of her pitch. interestingly, she clearly indicated that the snp would be prepared to supportjeremy corbyn going into number ten if there was a hung parliament as one route to achieving that. although, she set the bar pretty high, i thought, for any sort of agre
let's talk to norman smith.ely, you have listened to many of her speeches over the years, and they are becoming more bullish about this question about another independence referendum. but she said explicitly that a vote for the snp is a vote to escape brexit. i was struck by how forthright she placed brexit at the very centre of her election pitch. pretty much saying that the snp would stop brexit by any means they could find, whether that was by forming alliances with other parties at...
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hare coursing and other wildlife crimes if they get into power. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smithor us. good morning, norman. let's start with tonight's debate, the first live tv debate of the campaign. are we expecting anything earth—shattering from that debate tonight, and what do you think the two sides will consider a success? the short answer is we don't know, i suppose that is what makes it so fascinating, you have an hour of live television where anything could happen, albeit previous history suggests a usually dozen. what is slightly different about this debate, it is the very first time we will just have had debate, it is the very first time we willjust have had two prime ministerial candidates head to head, the last time we had anything like this you have to go all the way back to 2010 when there were three people in the ring, notch as gordon brown and david cameron but nick clegg, which provided a change in the dynamic —— not just which provided a change in the dynamic —— notjust gordon brown. there was that brief upsurge in cleggmania. these debates have the potential
hare coursing and other wildlife crimes if they get into power. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smithor us. good morning, norman. let's start with tonight's debate, the first live tv debate of the campaign. are we expecting anything earth—shattering from that debate tonight, and what do you think the two sides will consider a success? the short answer is we don't know, i suppose that is what makes it so fascinating, you have an hour of live television where anything could happen,...
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norman smith, thank you very much.newborn baby died in september, says there's a "severe shortage" of nurses at the jail. the independent monitoring board, which conducts regular visits to the prison, compiled its assessment before the baby's death, which is the subject of a separate inquiry. members of the world cup winning south african rugby squad are arriving home today. our correspondent milton nkosi is in johannesburg for us. he is waiting at the airport waiting for the team to arrive. that game was amazing, and watching the team left the web ellis trophy captured hearts and minds around the world. they will have an amazing reception? indeed. we are right inside the arrivals terminal at the main airport in johannesburg, the arrivals terminal at the main airport injohannesburg, the largest in south africa. just over there, where the sliding doors are opening, they already have a picture of the springboks and that is where passengers come through to the arrivals hall. you can see the small black platform, that is w
norman smith, thank you very much.newborn baby died in september, says there's a "severe shortage" of nurses at the jail. the independent monitoring board, which conducts regular visits to the prison, compiled its assessment before the baby's death, which is the subject of a separate inquiry. members of the world cup winning south african rugby squad are arriving home today. our correspondent milton nkosi is in johannesburg for us. he is waiting at the airport waiting for the team to...
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ok, norman, thank you very much for that, norman smith in edinburgh.questions later this morning withjoe 0wen, brexit programme director at the institute for government. so let us know what you want answered by sending your election question via email to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet us using #bbcyourquestions. the timing of this election surprised many, so here's the key information on how to register to vote, and when the deadline is. everyone on the electoral register aged 18 or above can vote on election day. you can register to vote on the government website. you will need your national insurance number, date of birth and your address. the deadline for registering to vote in this election is the 26th of novermber. students can be registered to vote in two areas, their home and university address, but they can only vote in one location. people working, on holiday, or away from home on election day can vote by post, or proxy, which means nominating someone else to vote for you. the headlines on bbc news: around 100 flood warnings are in place acr
ok, norman, thank you very much for that, norman smith in edinburgh.questions later this morning withjoe 0wen, brexit programme director at the institute for government. so let us know what you want answered by sending your election question via email to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet us using #bbcyourquestions. the timing of this election surprised many, so here's the key information on how to register to vote, and when the deadline is. everyone on the electoral register aged 18 or above can...
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let's speak to our political guru, norman smith, who's there. what did he claim?selling off the health service because this is an awfully long winded way to say no. their contention is these documents are the outcome of six meetings held over the last two or three years and shows the nhs is indeed on the table. there is a lot of detail but some of the things contained in the document are the demand on the us side for total access to the nhs market, they are talking about extending the lifetime of drug patents. the drug under patents costs a lot more than a pink tinted drug. —— unpatented drug. at the moment for the nhs a certain drug costs £1800, under us rules it would costs £1800, under us rules it would cost £8,000. mr corbyn's argument is this is proof, he says, that the nhs is for sale. what it doesn't establish is whether ministers have actually agreed to any of the us demands, because although the papers contain the sort of wish list on the american side, there is not here any firm proof that the british side had said ok, we can do that. we get a clear idea
let's speak to our political guru, norman smith, who's there. what did he claim?selling off the health service because this is an awfully long winded way to say no. their contention is these documents are the outcome of six meetings held over the last two or three years and shows the nhs is indeed on the table. there is a lot of detail but some of the things contained in the document are the demand on the us side for total access to the nhs market, they are talking about extending the lifetime...
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norman smith, thank you very much.standing down? in no way should be he be benefiting from taxpayer money, if he has stepped down. just to clarify, prince andrew's allowa nce to clarify, prince andrew's allowance is paid from the sovereign grant, publicly funded, it pays for official travel cost, that is the queen's private income. thank you for your company today. good morning, rather cloudy for many of us this morning, one or two clear skies, one or two pockets of frost first thing across eastern areas of england, but you can see from the satellite imagery, the cloud we have here, especially so towards western areas, you can make out the band of cloud. bringing outbreaks of rain, the south—west of wales, the south—west of england, that could move east and into the west country, the isle of wight, hampshire. elsewhere, dry, sunny spells across northern england and in scotland today, maximum temperature is six to 10 degrees, rather brisk south—easterly wind making it feel a tad chilly. through tonight, we will see the
norman smith, thank you very much.standing down? in no way should be he be benefiting from taxpayer money, if he has stepped down. just to clarify, prince andrew's allowa nce to clarify, prince andrew's allowance is paid from the sovereign grant, publicly funded, it pays for official travel cost, that is the queen's private income. thank you for your company today. good morning, rather cloudy for many of us this morning, one or two clear skies, one or two pockets of frost first thing across...
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with passion but he may need to do more to fire up the voters. 0ur assistant political editor norman smithd a chance to look through the manifesto. what do you make of it? to be honest, i have probably read far too many manifestos that are good for me. this is, without doubt, the most ambitious and also the most costly i had ever seen. radical it absolutely is, not just costly i had ever seen. radical it absolutely is, notjust because of the plans for sweeping nationalisation, and a million new jobs, hundreds of thousands of additional council houses but almost every page you turn as a giveaway for someone. public sector workers are promised a 5% pay rise. pensioners get free personal care, the state pension age will not go up beyond 66. the sick get free prescriptions, students get free tuition fees, will services get bus services back on and on and on. the question is, is it credible and affordable? labour says it is by higher taxes on the wealthy, on big business and banks and by borrowing a lot more. we live in a globalised era when the wealthy can move their money around. so why would
with passion but he may need to do more to fire up the voters. 0ur assistant political editor norman smithd a chance to look through the manifesto. what do you make of it? to be honest, i have probably read far too many manifestos that are good for me. this is, without doubt, the most ambitious and also the most costly i had ever seen. radical it absolutely is, not just costly i had ever seen. radical it absolutely is, notjust because of the plans for sweeping nationalisation, and a million new...
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let's cross to liverpool now — norman smith is there for us. , a tale of two economies, norman. give us your take on whatjohn mcdonnell is going to be saying today. you join mcdonnell is going to be saying today. youjoin mejust mcdonnell is going to be saying today. you join me just as lucy powell stands, you can seejeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell, they will be announcing a big bonanza spending pledge from labour, more government spending that we have ever seen before, more than labour in the 19705, before, more than labour in the 1970s, more in the post—war19a5 labour 1970s, more in the post—war 1945 labour government, an 1970s, more in the post—war1945 labour government, an extra £150 million being announced for the first five years of a labour government with regards schools, housing, roads, and that is on top ofan housing, roads, and that is on top of an existing commitment for £250 billion of spending, so a total package of £400 billion of extra government spending, which they believe will transform the economy and bring about an irreversi
let's cross to liverpool now — norman smith is there for us. , a tale of two economies, norman. give us your take on whatjohn mcdonnell is going to be saying today. you join mcdonnell is going to be saying today. youjoin mejust mcdonnell is going to be saying today. you join me just as lucy powell stands, you can seejeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell, they will be announcing a big bonanza spending pledge from labour, more government spending that we have ever seen before, more than labour in...
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norman smith, thank you very much. a reminder of our top story...ister resigns from government on the day the general election campaign officially begins. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's just after 1:30 and i'm ben croucher with a round up of the day's sports news. the double olympic champion nicola adams has announced her retirement from boxing. at 37, having become wbo world flyweight champion as a professional, she's called it a day due to the risk of going blind in one of her eyes. she said, "hanging up my gloves was always going to be hard, but i have neverfelt luckier. and i'm so immensely proud of how far the sport has come." adams isn't the only british boxer to have retired this week. former world lightweight champion anthony crolla fought for the final time on saturday and he told sally nugent that it's not easy for fighters to know when the time is right. it is so hard to let go and so many fighters carry on too long. we see
norman smith, thank you very much. a reminder of our top story...ister resigns from government on the day the general election campaign officially begins. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's just after 1:30 and i'm ben croucher with a round up of the day's sports news. the double olympic champion nicola adams has announced her retirement from boxing. at 37, having become wbo...
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here's the bbc‘s norman smith with more. almost every page you turn has a giveaway for someone.sed a 5% pay rise. for pensioners, they get free personal care. the state pension age will not go up. beyond 66. for the sick, they get free prescriptions. students get free tuition fees. rural communities get their bus services back. on and on and on. labour is promising to pay for it all with big increases in borrowing and corporate tax. the institute for fiscal studies is a leading economic research group in the uk. here's its analysis. it is important to be absolutely clear this would be the biggest set of spending increases and the biggest set of tax increases and the biggest borrowing increases we have seen in peacetime history. the scale of this is an enormous and the labour party are entirely open about that. one of those proposed tax increases is a one—off windfall tax on oil companies. the prescise mechanism is unclear, but labour says it will cost oil companies 11 billion pounds. labour is promising to create i million "greenjobs" in the renewable energy sector. almost half
here's the bbc‘s norman smith with more. almost every page you turn has a giveaway for someone.sed a 5% pay rise. for pensioners, they get free personal care. the state pension age will not go up. beyond 66. for the sick, they get free prescriptions. students get free tuition fees. rural communities get their bus services back. on and on and on. labour is promising to pay for it all with big increases in borrowing and corporate tax. the institute for fiscal studies is a leading economic...
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our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.tion to do with saving the nhs. is it? well, i think it is absolutely true that a one issue in this election whichjeremy corgan has scored on is the nhs and, in particular, the fear that it might be on the table in any future trade talks with the us —— jeremy corgan. we have seen that at his rallies, with all of his supporters chanting "not for sale" and we have seen it in some of the television debates where the audience have a sort of warmed to mr corbyn when he has raised this, which is why they have released this october delete —— tomah documents, they want to ramp up tomah documents, they want to ramp up that fear factor and to boris johnson, they say simply that you say the nhs is not for sale but a50 pages is a funny way to say no. but while these documents tell us what the us ones, full market access, longer patenteds for medicines and loose drug controls, they don't really tell us what uk officials are prepared to give, in other words what we brits would be prepared to concede
our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.tion to do with saving the nhs. is it? well, i think it is absolutely true that a one issue in this election whichjeremy corgan has scored on is the nhs and, in particular, the fear that it might be on the table in any future trade talks with the us —— jeremy corgan. we have seen that at his rallies, with all of his supporters chanting "not for sale" and we have seen it in some of the television debates where the...
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our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. words between the brexit party and the conservatives. it's more than a war of words, this isa it's more than a war of words, this is a real eye gouging, shin kicking bust up amongst the big cheeses of brexit. it matters because it could have profound ramifications for the outcome of this election. the fear of tea m outcome of this election. the fear of team johnson is that if nigel farage carries through on his threat to stand back to party candidates in every seat, that could split the leave vote paving the way for a jeremy corbyn victory. which is why some of nigel farage's former friends are pleading with him not to do this. jacob rees—mogg this morning saying, you've won the battle, now is time to retire from the field. another, steve baker, saying he risks throwing away brexit. some brexit party members uneasy, their candidate in dudley south standing aside. we know nigel farage is a man who would cross the street in a false ten blizzard to have a row about europe. he is accused
our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. words between the brexit party and the conservatives. it's more than a war of words, this isa it's more than a war of words, this is a real eye gouging, shin kicking bust up amongst the big cheeses of brexit. it matters because it could have profound ramifications for the outcome of this election. the fear of tea m outcome of this election. the fear of team johnson is that if nigel farage carries through on his threat to stand back...
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thank you, chris. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at the cbi conference in greenwiche of an election? in the face of it, it is pretty surprising because it is normally a given that in a general election, the tories will promised tax cuts and made it tax cuts for business, it is as predictable as main in manchester or the central heating going on the blink of the day before christmas! not so this time because borisjohnson wants to send out a very different message, to say to voters, my priority is not tax cuts for business but the nhs. he is suggesting the £6 billion saved from the proposed tax cut will go into the health service. secondly, he wasn't really talking to the booted and suited power brokers of business here today, he was actually talking to the wider electorate and particularly labour voters opened a lot of the speech was devoted to tackling health and wealth inequality can evening up regional disparities, more spending for schools outside london, boosting productivity beyond the south—east. as for business, i suspect it forms the rather brutal conclusion
thank you, chris. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at the cbi conference in greenwiche of an election? in the face of it, it is pretty surprising because it is normally a given that in a general election, the tories will promised tax cuts and made it tax cuts for business, it is as predictable as main in manchester or the central heating going on the blink of the day before christmas! not so this time because borisjohnson wants to send out a very different message, to say to...
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in a moment we'll speak to norman smith at westminster but first our media editor amol rajan is here.n is something we expect during an election campaign, is this of a different magnitude?m does feel like a different magnitude, as you say, political spin is something we have had for a very long time but what is new is the use of digital technology to disseminate this spin to more people more quickly, it does feel like for the second time in just a matter of a few weeks, the party of government has basically used twitter in particular and social media as a way of putting out something that is less tha n of putting out something that is less than true, that feels like it will cross the rubicon. really worth saying, twitter is not the real world, it is overpopulated disproportionately byjournalists and politicians, some people listening to this did not even know it happened. it is also the case, some people in the conservative party central office would say that the fact we are talking about the shows the tactic has worked, but i think there comes a point when we have to say that for the
in a moment we'll speak to norman smith at westminster but first our media editor amol rajan is here.n is something we expect during an election campaign, is this of a different magnitude?m does feel like a different magnitude, as you say, political spin is something we have had for a very long time but what is new is the use of digital technology to disseminate this spin to more people more quickly, it does feel like for the second time in just a matter of a few weeks, the party of government...
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our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster.important is tonight's debate for boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, and could it be an election game changer? i hope it adds some drama and excitement because, let's be honest, it has been a meat and two veg election so far, not very remarkable oi’ election so far, not very remarkable or surprising. perhaps that could change tonight, albeit the history of previous leadership style debates, a little bit underwhelming. they will be noisy, scratchy affairs but no knockout blow. tonight could be different because it is a direct head to head, mano e mano. there is no hiding place, which creates unpredictability and the unexpected. borisjohnson this morning letting off stea m borisjohnson this morning letting off steam in a boxing gym, throwing a new physical punches ahead of tonight's confrontation. if the polls are to be believed, he is in the lead, so he has it all to lose. perhaps even more pressure onjeremy corbyn, who this morning seem to be taking a drug that calmly, going to his local
our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster.important is tonight's debate for boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, and could it be an election game changer? i hope it adds some drama and excitement because, let's be honest, it has been a meat and two veg election so far, not very remarkable oi’ election so far, not very remarkable or surprising. perhaps that could change tonight, albeit the history of previous leadership style debates, a little bit underwhelming. they will be...
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lets get thoughts from norman smith.not a phrase any party wa nts to not credible, not a phrase any party wants to hear. no because all politicians crave the approval of the ifs because they are regarded as the high priests of public finance and politicians want them to give their manifesto the thumbs up so they can turn around to voters and say, look, our plans are affordable and deliverable. only the ifs seems to have given both the main parties ad— to have given both the main parties a d— for their efforts, notjust on spending but on other policies. on social care for example they say both the main parties are not offering credible proposals to ensure families don't face catastrophic care costs. on benefit changes they are saying boris johnson is not doing anything to reverse existing benefit cuts whereas jeremy corbyn‘s reverse existing benefit cuts whereasjeremy corbyn‘s plans to scrap universal credit risks a decade of more upheaval and turmoil for claimants. on pensioners, they question while both the main parties
lets get thoughts from norman smith.not a phrase any party wa nts to not credible, not a phrase any party wants to hear. no because all politicians crave the approval of the ifs because they are regarded as the high priests of public finance and politicians want them to give their manifesto the thumbs up so they can turn around to voters and say, look, our plans are affordable and deliverable. only the ifs seems to have given both the main parties ad— to have given both the main parties a...
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norman smith. the bbc has announced two d e bates norman smith.y on the 6th of december. that will be a live event and that will take place in southampton. not eve ryo ne will take place in southampton. not everyone is happy that they have not been included in that. particularly the liberal democrats, the leader, jo swinson, has put out a statement saying that millions voted to remain in 2016 and after three years of chaosit in 2016 and after three years of chaos it is shocking liberal democrats, the strongest party of remain, are being denied the opportunity to challenge johnson remain, are being denied the opportunity to challengejohnson and corbyn on brexit. the bbc says that they look at the regulatory framework in terms of broadcasting these kind of events and they base this and related to different levels of electoral support. they say potential prime ministers can get more scrutiny than other party leaders but that judgment more scrutiny than other party leaders but thatjudgment is based on real votes cast and not speculation as to how peop
norman smith. the bbc has announced two d e bates norman smith.y on the 6th of december. that will be a live event and that will take place in southampton. not eve ryo ne will take place in southampton. not everyone is happy that they have not been included in that. particularly the liberal democrats, the leader, jo swinson, has put out a statement saying that millions voted to remain in 2016 and after three years of chaosit in 2016 and after three years of chaos it is shocking liberal...
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let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith. mmigration first of all, and no surprise that the conservatives are not putting any figures on this at the moment after those failed net migration targets but really this is about taking on the brexit party, this announcement, isn't it? we have got a new fact that we know that the tories will commit to cutting overall immigration but we are not much further forward and we don't know the details of this new point —based system that they are talking about but we are pretty clear that they are not going to repeat this idea of having a specific target because, as you say, that was repeatedly missed under theresa may and david cameron, added to which, borisjohnson, pretty soon after taking over as leader announced he was dumping the idea, so a target is out the window but there is a pledge to reduce migration and at the same time it is clear that the tories want to try and stoke this is an issue during the election campaign because they believe labour is vulnerable over their apparent suppo
let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith. mmigration first of all, and no surprise that the conservatives are not putting any figures on this at the moment after those failed net migration targets but really this is about taking on the brexit party, this announcement, isn't it? we have got a new fact that we know that the tories will commit to cutting overall immigration but we are not much further forward and we don't know the details of this new point —based system...
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let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith. good morning, norman.egin with the nhs. a real battle between labour, which sees this as its traditional ground, and the conservatives who have branded this one of the people's priorities. both parties know that the nhs is a key, may be the key issue for many voters. traditionally it has been labour's or message throughout successive elections, and today we get their big bonanza spending pledge, this extra a0 billion pounds in cash terms over the next four yea rs, in cash terms over the next four years, designed with say to rescue the nhs after years of underfunding. —— designed, they say, to rescue the nhs. this will help recruit 2a,000 nurses, create 5000 gp training places, on mental health, they are planning to replace all mental health dormitories, they will refit the ambulance fleet with new crisis and abilities, they are talking about free prescription charges and about free prescription charges and a big increase in capital spending, 1.5 billion which will form part of labour's social transformatio
let's speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith. good morning, norman.egin with the nhs. a real battle between labour, which sees this as its traditional ground, and the conservatives who have branded this one of the people's priorities. both parties know that the nhs is a key, may be the key issue for many voters. traditionally it has been labour's or message throughout successive elections, and today we get their big bonanza spending pledge, this extra a0 billion pounds in...
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let's get the thoughts of our political editor norman smith.u—turn of the election with a borisjohnson clear u—turn of the election with a boris johnson announcing clear u—turn of the election with a borisjohnson announcing that clear u—turn of the election with a boris johnson announcing that the tories are going to drop their pledge, made in november, to cut corporation tax from 19 p on the pound to i7p on the pound. boris johnson are very affordable at the moment and intimating that the money saved, around £6 billion, which go towards the nhs. the corporation tax promise by philip hammond on the november budget is not now happening. mrjohnson said that he has not given up on tax cuts, but in the current climate says it is not fiscally appropriate. mrjohnson was coming here with quite a difficult sell because clearly many many people in the cbi deeply unhappy about brexit, fearful of the deal that he may negotiate, whether he can negotiate a deal within the next 12 months or so. let me stop there because i thinkjeremy corbyn is taking to the
let's get the thoughts of our political editor norman smith.u—turn of the election with a borisjohnson clear u—turn of the election with a boris johnson announcing clear u—turn of the election with a borisjohnson announcing that clear u—turn of the election with a boris johnson announcing that the tories are going to drop their pledge, made in november, to cut corporation tax from 19 p on the pound to i7p on the pound. boris johnson are very affordable at the moment and intimating that...
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our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. that event listening to mr corbin. he says, does he not, that us trade negotiators are seeking total market access to the nhs? he is calling on borisjohnson to explain. mrjohnson is going to have to do that, is he not? well, he is going to have to have some sort of answer becausejeremy corbyn is a saying that these documents, 545 pages, prove that the nhs is indeed on the table in any future us— uk trade negotiations and if it was not, he would not need 540 pages to explain why it was not. these are hugely detailed documents. they do not just these are hugely detailed documents. they do notjust cover the nhs, although a pc that is what mr corbin wa nts to although a pc that is what mr corbin wants to highlight. if you had to think of one issue on the campaign of whichjeremy think of one issue on the campaign of which jeremy corbyn has think of one issue on the campaign of whichjeremy corbyn has managed to get traction on, it is this idea of the health service being at risk. we all rem
our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. that event listening to mr corbin. he says, does he not, that us trade negotiators are seeking total market access to the nhs? he is calling on borisjohnson to explain. mrjohnson is going to have to do that, is he not? well, he is going to have to have some sort of answer becausejeremy corbyn is a saying that these documents, 545 pages, prove that the nhs is indeed on the table in any future us— uk trade negotiations and if it was...
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first can we have the bbc norman smith. thank you. you had some fun at boris johnson‘s do smith.ine which is to get brexit done byjane the 13th next your deadline which is to get brexit done by jane the 13th next year. your deadline which is to get brexit done byjane the 13th next year. is that a fixed deadline, do or die deadline for you, or could brexit go beyond then if negotiations prove difficult and of getting legislation through the commons also proves difficult and can you confirm giving you are going to negotiate a deal which keeps us in the customs union with close single market alignment that freedom of movement will remain under a labour government? next, itv. president trump has denied the nhs is on the table and any future trade talks. the government has categorically ruled that out. this is just categorically 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
first can we have the bbc norman smith. thank you. you had some fun at boris johnson‘s do smith.ine which is to get brexit done byjane the 13th next your deadline which is to get brexit done by jane the 13th next year. your deadline which is to get brexit done byjane the 13th next year. is that a fixed deadline, do or die deadline for you, or could brexit go beyond then if negotiations prove difficult and of getting legislation through the commons also proves difficult and can you confirm...
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our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. steve baker, the new head of the european research group, saying mr nigel farage risks throwing away brexit by seeking this pure form of brexit. we also heard from jacob rees—mogg who appealed to nigel farage to hold back and not put up candidates against tory mps. i‘ve said on many previous occasions how much i admire nigel farage, and how important i think he has been in getting the country to vote leave. but i think he would be well advised to recognise that that battle he won. he achieved what he wanted, we voted to leave, we got a deal that gets us out of the european union. and will allow us to negotiate with the rest of the world. he should be really proud of his political career. and it would be a great shame if he carries on fighting, after he has already won, to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. nigel farage not a man to lie down easily has hit back, accusing brexiteers like steve baker of being "good little boys, doing what boris johnson tells them to do, and chickeni
our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. steve baker, the new head of the european research group, saying mr nigel farage risks throwing away brexit by seeking this pure form of brexit. we also heard from jacob rees—mogg who appealed to nigel farage to hold back and not put up candidates against tory mps. i‘ve said on many previous occasions how much i admire nigel farage, and how important i think he has been in getting the country to vote leave. but i think he would...
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for more on this, and what it could mean for tactical voters, norman smith joins us live now from westminsterng. what does this apparent change of strategy tell us about the nature of the campaign and how labour is responding to specific intelligence from constituencies? what it tells us is that labour haven't pressed the panic button but they are nervous about what is happening in some of their traditional northern and midlands seats because of brexit and the fear that the labour message on brexit has failed to keep those traditionally labour supporters on board. in part because the labour m essa 9 es board. in part because the labour messages are fairly nuanced message, shall we say we know brexit is actually a binary issue, you are eitherfor it or against actually a binary issue, you are either for it or against it and it hasn't really won over labour supporters, and there is also a fear that for all the talk on the labour side about presenting voters with a genuine choice between remain or a labour deal, actually the party is heavily in favour of remain, and thatis heavily in favour of re
for more on this, and what it could mean for tactical voters, norman smith joins us live now from westminsterng. what does this apparent change of strategy tell us about the nature of the campaign and how labour is responding to specific intelligence from constituencies? what it tells us is that labour haven't pressed the panic button but they are nervous about what is happening in some of their traditional northern and midlands seats because of brexit and the fear that the labour message on...
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saying it is the party with the ‘highest ambition‘ for wales. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smithnster. it's another monday and with five weeks to go, round it up for us? what is striking i suppose is the determine ation of labour to keep up the attack over the naturer —— nhs, but you get the sense they want the make this the cutting edge of their campaign. iwas make this the cutting edge of their campaign. i was struck at the launch byjeremy corbyn of the campaign, there was a moment in the hall when they all started stamping the floor and chanting, not for sale, they all started stamping the floor and chanting, not forsale, meaning the nhs is not for sale. it is one of those emotive rallying cries for labour folk. team corbyn of those emotive rallying cries for labourfolk. team corbyn determined to make it a central issue. we saw the release of the latest labour party broadcast, where they tried to evoke memories of 1945 labour government, from the creation of the national health service and we have seen mr corbyn going on the offensive, citing this possible trade deal with dona
saying it is the party with the ‘highest ambition‘ for wales. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smithnster. it's another monday and with five weeks to go, round it up for us? what is striking i suppose is the determine ation of labour to keep up the attack over the naturer —— nhs, but you get the sense they want the make this the cutting edge of their campaign. iwas make this the cutting edge of their campaign. i was struck at the launch byjeremy corbyn of the campaign, there was a...
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to westminster now for more on today's campaigning, and talk to our assistant political editor norman smitha roll—out on day two post manifesto kick off with mrjohnson out campaigning in wales. again, on his theme of brexit. you sense in a way that it has been a rather underwhelming manifesto and in some ways the tories have been pushed onto the defensive largely over social care with a lack of any concrete policy proposals and social care. from then the man who led the last enquiry into social care attacking the tory planners and ambitious. they have also been on the defensive over that headline pledged to get 50,000 additional nurses working in the nhs after it emerged that those figures were put together only if you include keeping 18 thousand existing nurses who are due to retire or leave anyway. a hugely ambitious figure. nicky morgan not standing in the selection but speaking up for a team johnson this morning insisting that there are changes to the bursary bringing back the nurse bursary, would enable them to recruit many more nurses. we are introducing a maintenance grant, are intro
to westminster now for more on today's campaigning, and talk to our assistant political editor norman smitha roll—out on day two post manifesto kick off with mrjohnson out campaigning in wales. again, on his theme of brexit. you sense in a way that it has been a rather underwhelming manifesto and in some ways the tories have been pushed onto the defensive largely over social care with a lack of any concrete policy proposals and social care. from then the man who led the last enquiry into...
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let's go now to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is at that labour event in north london the ma nifesto this has rather overshadowed the manifesto launch? it is not just manifesto launch? it is notjust the timing, it is the nature of the intervention by the chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any chief rabbi. these sort of comments atany time chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any time would be deeply damaging for a party leader, but in the heat ofa for a party leader, but in the heat of a general election campaign on the very day that labour hope to be focusing attention on their policies to counter racial discrimination of any sort or ethnic discrimination or discrimination against religious group, it could not get much worse forjeremy corbyn, but in a funny way i think many of thejewish community have made their minds up aboutjeremy community have made their minds up about jeremy corbyn and community have made their minds up aboutjeremy corbyn and perhaps the comments will not sway them that much. the way they may impact on the election campaign is raising the q
let's go now to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is at that labour event in north london the ma nifesto this has rather overshadowed the manifesto launch? it is not just manifesto launch? it is notjust the timing, it is the nature of the intervention by the chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any chief rabbi. these sort of comments atany time chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any time would be deeply damaging for a party leader, but in the heat ofa for a party leader,...
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norman smith is with me.n cairns decisions. and that of course after the jacob rees—mogg comments and a whole litany of bad news. without doctored tears stammer video, there has been a whole load of gas, self invested when the. he has to get a grip of his campaign and pillage back from the brink of near disarray. he has got to get a hold of this and set the tone and the direction that he wants for this campaign. now, we know the tone he wa nts a campaign. now, we know the tone he wants a beads, optimistic, confident. get brexit done, things can happen. only i will get brexit done, you vote jeremy can happen. only i will get brexit done, you votejeremy corbyn you're talking much alive. if we get it done, business confidence returns, investment returns, consumer confidence comes back. we have left. that is what he wants this to be about. so, he has to try and shift the selection story which today basically is about what a disastrous start the tories have had on to one where he is throwing it forward to the pros
norman smith is with me.n cairns decisions. and that of course after the jacob rees—mogg comments and a whole litany of bad news. without doctored tears stammer video, there has been a whole load of gas, self invested when the. he has to get a grip of his campaign and pillage back from the brink of near disarray. he has got to get a hold of this and set the tone and the direction that he wants for this campaign. now, we know the tone he wa nts a campaign. now, we know the tone he wants a...
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norman smith, thank you. of today's other election news.tical parties have announced a "remain" electoral alliance. the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party will step aside for each other in 60 constituencies. they claimed the move was in the national interest. it is unprecedented, the scale of this arrangement between these three different political parties, but i think it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interest, and that's how our politics should be done. around 1,500 voters in swindon have been mistakenly warned that they may not be able to vote in the general election. in a letter sent by swindon council, residents were told they would be removed from the electoral register as they were no longer entitled to be registered at their property. the council later tweeted asking residents to ignore the letter as
norman smith, thank you. of today's other election news.tical parties have announced a "remain" electoral alliance. the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party will step aside for each other in 60 constituencies. they claimed the move was in the national interest. it is unprecedented, the scale of this arrangement between these three different political parties, but i think it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties,...