vicki young, bbc news, truro.sed the conservatives of misleading the public. they were responding to a move by the conservative media team, during last night's televised debate, to change the name of their twitter account to that of a fact—checking service. twitter said it would take "decisive corrective action" ifa similarstunt was attempted again. a senior us diplomat has told the impeachment inquiry into donald trump that he was following the president's orders, when he urged ukraine to investigate mr trump's political rival, joe biden. gordon sondland, the us ambassador to the eu, said it was "abundantly clear" that us military aid was withheld from ukraine, to try to make the investigation go ahead. that claim is central to the impeachment case against mr trump, that he misused his public office for personal political gain, but today the president again denied any such link. impeachment, the start of the process to remove a president from office, must first be approved in the lower house of congress — the hou

vicki young, bbc news, truro.y're making? our economics editor faisal islam is back with us to look at the figures. the liberal democrats have set out fairly significant plans to change spending and taxation over the next parliament. uniquely, they're aiming to tax more than they spend day—to—day — tighter than both labour and the conservatives. that message underlies all these numbers and is one reason why, for example, the lib dems will be the only major party promising a 1p rise in income tax, including the basic rate, raising £8 billion a year. there's over £15 billion business tax rises on corporation and capital gains tax. now, this one's interesting. £5 billion extra from air passenger duty, but the party plans to make it cheaper for most holiday makers, meaning massive rises of hundreds of pounds per flight for some frequent fliers. the lib dems once again say £1.5 billion can be raised from legalising and taxing cannabis. but here's something you don't often see. almost all these revenue increases are con

vicki young, bbc news, truro.to take the strictest approach to borrowing of all the major parties. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been taking a look at their manifesto, to see if the sums add up. hello again. thank you, george. the liberal democrats have set out fairly significant plans to change spending and taxation over the next parliament. uniquely, they're aiming to tax more than they spend day—to—day — tighter than both labour and the conservatives. that message underlies all these numbers and is one reason why, for example, the lib dems will be the only major party promising a one pence rise in income tax, including the basic rate, raising £8 billion a year. there's over £15 billion business tax rises on corporation and capital gains tax. now, this one's interesting — £5 billion extra from air passenger duty. it raises only 3.5 billion right now, but the party plans to make it cheaper for most holiday makers, meaning massive rises of hundreds of pounds per flight for some frequent fliers. the lib dem

we have to go over to truro and listen into the prime minister. my father was born in penzance.h in st ives this morning very slowly in the dark and the rain and the wind. i thought, in the dark and the rain and the wind. ithought, why in the dark and the rain and the wind. i thought, why are we doing this at this time of year? why are we having an election on the 12th of december? we all know the answer. because parliament will not get brexit done, and we are totally blockaded, and we have got to get on with it. and until we get brexit done, this country as a whole cannot move forward together in the way that we want. and in the last few days, we have seen from their ma nifestos days, we have seen from their manifestos were all the other parties would do when it comes to getting brexit done. they would stop at! one way or the other the liberal democrats are neither liberal nor democratic! they want to reverse it. the scots endlessly want a second referendum on scottish independence, it is all they are ever interested in. they also want to block labour —— brexit. as for the labo