let's go to vicky young.od so far in terms of understanding where both leaders come from, hasn't it? yes, they have been getting to some of the _ yes, they have been getting to some of the topics you would expect. tax was the _ of the topics you would expect. tax was the latest. there was a good moment— was the latest. there was a good moment when they were asked to put up moment when they were asked to put up their— moment when they were asked to put up their hands if there was something that wasn't true and they said they're like naughty schoolboys, thinking, what is going on here? _ schoolboys, thinking, what is going on here? the big ideas on tax, they agreed _ on here? the big ideas on tax, they agreed on — on here? the big ideas on tax, they agreed on. they have both ruled out putting _ agreed on. they have both ruled out putting up— agreed on. they have both ruled out putting up income tax and vat and national— putting up income tax and vat and national insurance. they do agree on that _ national insur

thank you, vicki young and there will be _ that.e will be more _ that. thank you, vicki young and there will be more analysis - that. thank you, vicki young and there will be more analysis of. that. thank you, vicki young and | there will be more analysis of the reform pledges on newsnight with victoria derbyshire. we reform pledges on newsnight with victoria derbyshire.— reform pledges on newsnight with victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise — victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise to _ victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise to wipe _ victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise to wipe out _ victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise to wipe out nhs - victoria derbyshire. we will examine the promise to wipe out nhs waitingj the promise to wipe out nhs waiting list of 7.5 million in england within two years and their patriotic curriculum for schools. what does that mean? join us live at half past ten. 0njuly 4th, labour will be hoping to expand their dominance in wales, while the conservative

thank you, vicki young, our deu commons. thank you, vicki young, our deputy political— commons.ung, our deputy political editor. _ thanks vicki — and a full list of candidates will be available when nominations close on the bbc news website. campaigning is continuing ahead of polling day for the uk election on the 4th ofjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour wins power. the party says it will prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party's election campaign. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting on the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accused labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget _ there are

vicky young our olitical fellow scheme. vicky young our political editor. _ fellow scheme.ore we i fellow scheme. vicky young our political editor. before we leave you, i will give you a quick tour of the spin room. many seats here. the great and good of british journalism. pasternak, bradby, bbc team is here as well. many print media. —— robert preston. we will be watching it on the big screen, there. after the debate, politicians will come back in, they will be gathering around trying to say what their candidate has done the best job. that is when the spinning begins. that gives the spin room its name. i can imagine that right now, rishi sunak and keir starmer will be getting those last minute nerves. only minutes to go now and how that debate gets under way at 9pm. as we have been saying, it could be a really pivotal moment in this campaign. studio: thank you very much. same with the election, the liberal democrats have promised free personal care being available to older or disabled people at home if they are in government. the party leader ed davey says the pledge, alo

as that debate gets under way i am joined by our political reporter vicki young.oking out for in this next hour or so?— are you looking out for in this next hour or so? they both know they've not a 'ob hour or so? they both know they've got a job to — hour or so? they both know they've got a job to do _ hour or so? they both know they've got a job to do here _ hour or so? they both know they've got a job to do here of course. - hour or so? they both know they've got a job to do here of course. for. got a job to do here of course. for rishi sunak he's got to defend a m year record of conservative government. that's going to be pretty difficult. that gives keir starmer quite a lot to go at he's got to defend his own record but boris johnson's got to defend his own record but borisjohnson's and liz got to defend his own record but boris johnson's and liz truss. got to defend his own record but borisjohnson's and liz truss. he is also going to have to put a bit of doubt in peoples minds about keir starmer. he so far behind in the polls that he has to make something ha

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vicki young, thank you _ come out and vote. vicki young, thank you so _ come out and vote.ull coverage, of course, here on the bbc news channel from us or to stay with us as that build—up and excitement continues as we get ever closer to that televised debate between keir starmer and rishi sunak. now it's time to take a look at the weather. hello. some decidedly cool air has been sinking southwards across the uk during today. tonight is certainly going to be quite a lot chillier than last night was, and over the next few days, it remains cool and breezy, a mix of sunshine and showers, cold enough over the very highest ground in scotland for some of those showers to be wintry. so during today, we've seen these frontal systems pushing southwards and eastwards. still a little bit of rain lingering for a time in the far south east. but behind those weather fronts, we are getting into this feed of cool air from the northwest. pretty brisk winds actually across the northern half of the uk. there's the last of that weather front clearing the southeast corner. and then overnight, y

much focused on this because election is next thursday, july the 11th and the bbc political editor vicki young has been helping me look ahead to this debate over the last couple of hours. hello, vicki. you talk to the conservatives on the record and where the expectations of what they can achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking _ achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking about - achieve this evening? undecided voters. in talking about other. voters. in talking about other hasn't been much movement throughout this election campaign but still weeks to go and certainly picking up from the shadow cabinet members, a concern about those who still have not made up their minds and after everything that has happened, you still haven't made up your mind about whether you want to vote labour or not if of the conservatives, what more can they say to make that pitch. sir keir starmer sent out an e—mail saying that this is his chance to appeal directly into the rooms and thus are going to vote next week to try to appeal to them and those have not made up their minds yet. for rishi sunak

vicki young, bbc news, puglia. council has demanded that sudanese paramilitaries call off their eight—week siege of el fasher. more than 1.5 million people are sheltering in the city; food, water and medical supplies are running out. 1a countries voted in favour of the resolution, and russia abstained. the vote comes after multiple warnings from the un, including a call by the special advisor on the prevention of genocide for the security council and the international community to protect the sudanese people from existing and increasing risk factors of genocide. this council has sent a strong signal to the parties to this conflict today. this brutal and unjust conflict needs to end. today's resolution shows the council remains committed to supporting efforts for peace in sudan. , ., sudan. this resolution could not come — sudan. this resolution could not come at _ sudan. this resolution could not come at a _ sudan. this resolution could not come at a more - sudan. this resolution could i not come at a more precario

vicki young, bbc news, puglia.party's leader, rhun ap iorwerth, said his party would "fight every day" for the billions owed to wales from the cancellation of the high speed 2 rail project. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, was at the launch in cardiff. no election buying of flowers, i guess? there's a big occasion coming and plaid cymru want voters focused on their finances. it claims wales is being short—changed and needs a new funding model, even though public spending per head here is already higher than the uk average. you want more money for wales. who gets less? of course, this is a uk government decision. as things stand, london gets more than anywhere else within the united kingdom. wales has the need. it needs better public funding than we presently get. i am arguing here for wales because the needs here are so self—evident. so what would they do with any extra money? the manifesto pledges include recruiting 500 new gps and an extra £20 per week in child benefit. there's also a promise to eventuall

our deputy political editor vicki young is in the spin room.this, it was at times quite a spiky conversation, spiky debate? . it conversation, spiky debate? , it was, conversation, spiky debate? , it was. and _ conversation, spiky debate? , it was. and i _ conversation, spiky debate? , t was, and i think talking to rishi sunak�*s camn, that was a deliberate move. they say he came out fighting. lots of people will be looking at opinion polls and saying, he has certain got a lot of ground to make up. i think they know that his aggression, is interrupting, talking over sir keir starmer that that would jive with some people, but they feel he had to get his message out and get it out strongly. he wants to talk about the future of the sir keir starmer on stock about the sir keir starmer on stock about the past. he wants to talk about the conservative record —— wants to talk about the past. you can tell from his statement his appeal to voters is very much, if you want change, you've got to vote for it, and speaking to some the of members of the shadow

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.veness after leaving last week's d—day commemorations early. during a campaign visit to horsham in west sussex, he said it hadn't crossed his mind to resign. in an interview to be broadcast on the bbc this evening, the prime minister said it has been a tough few years, but the election was about the future and the country had turned a corner. 0ur political editor chris mason looks at where the conservatives find themselves a few weeks into the campaign. three days after first saying sorry for leaving the d—day commemorations early, the prime minister was still pleading for mercy this morning. i just hope that veterans and others can find it in their hearts to forgive me for that, and also consider my record when it comes to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? no, of course not. i'm energised about the vision we are

vicki young reports from the summit in pulia.and at least here there was the guarantee of a warm welcome from italian host giorgia meloni, who boasted that she led the strongest government of all. ukraine has been high on the agenda. president zelensky is here, shoring up support. mr sunak reiterated ukraine's right to self defence in the face of russia's invasion. i've been discussing with my colleagues a game changing package of support for ukraine that would be funded by the profits on seized russian assets. this is something that i and the uk have personally championed and led on for a while now, so it's very positive to see it close to the finish line. it will make an enormous difference. tonight, the deal, a $50 billion loan, was finalised by the american and ukrainian presidents. put that money to work for ukraine another reminder to putin, we're not backing down. russian assets should be used for defending lives of ukrainians from russian terror and for repairing the damage the aggressor caused to ukraine. if the opinion

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.nal childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries. it says it will achieve that by turning vacant classrooms in existing primary schools into "school—based nurseries". it says that will cost about £40,000 per classroom, which would be paid for via vat being levied on private schools. as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development, making sure that when they arrive at primary school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers, because they can get back into the labour market, so very good also for the economy. and our scheme is fully funded and fully costed, but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. the snp's kate forbes has said that both a labour and conservative government at westminster would mean more cuts to public services. on a campaign visit to a sawmill in nairn, she said keir starmer�*s party would "persevere wi

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.o create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries. it says it will achieve that by turning vacant classrooms in existing primary schools into "school—based nurseries". it says that will cost about £40,000 per classroom, which would be paid for via vat being levied on private schools. as any parent with young children will tell— as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare places are essentiai~ — will tell you, childcare places are essential. it's so good to make sure that when— essential. it's so good to make sure that when children arrive at primary, _ that when children arrive at primary, they have the skills that they need — primary, they have the skills that they need. it's really good for parents — they need. it's really good for parents and carers because they can -et parents and carers because they can get back— parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. and asking _ get back into the labour market. and asking

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.classrooms in existing primary schools into school—based nurseries. it says that will cost about £a0,000 per classroom — which would be paid for via vat being levied on private schools. as any parent with young children tells you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they are so good for children in their development and making sure when they arrive at primary school they have the skills they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market, so very good also for the economy. and our scheme is fully funded and fully costed, but also fully planned so it would be wrapped around primary schools. the deputy first minister in scotland, kate forbes, has said that both a labour and conservative government at westminster would mean more cuts to public services. on a campaign visit to a sawmill in nairn, she said keir starmer�*s party would "persevere with tory austerity". only the snp, she insisted, would stand up for scotland and protect

with us is vicki young in salford. the anticipation no doubt mounting.he prime minister have to do tonight? >> i think it is worth looking at the different place that both of these leaders are coming from. if you look at rishi sunak, firstly and obviously he has a record to defend, and it is a pretty patchy one, also because it is not just his record, it is boris johnson's, it is liz truss's, there has been a pandemic, a living crisis. there's an awful lot he has to defend, and makes it much more difficult for him. and if you start promising, as he has done, about things in the future, lots of people watching will say why didn't you do this before. on top of that the opinion polls suggest he is a very long way behind. conservative spinners have already started spinning even though the debate hasn't actually started. they say that the polls are not the same as what they are hearing on the doorstep. they say people are a lot more undecided, haven't made up their mind about sir keir starmer. but there is no doubt that rishi sunak cannot be content with a dr

keir starmer said she was free to go forward as a labour candidate. 0ur political correspondent vicki younguite a lot of that first week of campaigning for labour, and it's been a massive distraction for the leader, sir keir starmer. as you say, diane abbott was originally suspended from the parliamentary labour party about 1k months ago, and that's after she wrote a letter in which she said that jewish, irish and traveller people do not face racism all their lives. now, there followed an internal party investigation — that rumbled on, no—one really knew what was the status of that. it did turn out that it had been concluded in february, and so everyone was wondering, would diane abbott be taken back into the labour fold and be allowed to stand as an mp again — as a labour candidate — at the election? so she was accepted back into the party, but then there was a leak to a newspaper from a labour source suggesting that she would in fact be barred from standing. so there's been mass confusion about all of this. a lot of diane abbott's friends very angry about the way they felt she had been tr

, yes — in the last hour or two, rishi sunak took some questions from reporters, including from vicki youngeam. why do you think so many are turning to nigel farage instead of you? look, i think we're only halfway through this campaign and the conservative party and me are going to fight for every single vote until the last day, and what i would say is, you know, if that poll and all these things were replicated on election day, what that would be is handing a blank cheque to keir starmer. rishi sunak claiming a vote for reform would help labour, who have their own views about mr farage themselves. one thing i'd say to people - about nigel farage is that he's never been tested on actually delivering on the change - he campaigns for. he's never had that responsibility. if people want to see i change in our country, change they can believe in, i change the country can afford, the only way to deliver that change is by voting for labour— onjuly the 4th. the grinning tormentor is revelling in all of this, but there have been false dawns for nigel farage before. the question is whether this time

i'm joined by vicki young, deputy political editor. blessing or curse?i sunak need to keep in mind tonight? i think it's important to emphasise they're coming from very different places. you have rishi sunak who's been prime minister, part of the conservative government for 14 years. he's got a record to defend. it's a catchy record, some would say, that makes it a little bit harder. he is also a very long way backin harder. he is also a very long way back in the opinion polls. loss of tory mps gloomy about it all. they need a bit of a boost, i want to give us something to cheer about, they want to see movement in the opinion polls. that's what he's going to be able to do. first keir starmer, they are aiming different. he's got to show he's notjust criticising. might be easier to oppose things. he asked to give a clear idea about what labour would do. and people trust him? to people know about him? i think people will introduce himself of the first time for many people in this kind of format. also people may be tuning into the first time for turning in f

. _ bbc deputy political editor vicki young joins us from salford, which is hosting the debate. what does the prime minister have to do tonight? i what does the prime minister have to do toni . ht? ~ what does the prime minister have to do toniaht? ~ 3 what does the prime minister have to do toniaht? ,, �*, ., do tonight? i think it's worth lookin: do tonight? i think it's worth looking at — do tonight? i think it's worth looking at the _ do tonight? i think it's worth looking at the different - do tonight? i think it's worth | looking at the different place both these leaders are coming from. if you look at rishi sunak, firstly and obviously, he has a record to defend — and it's a pretty patchy one. also because is notjust his record, it's borisjohnson's, liz because is notjust his record, it's boris johnson's, liz truss's, there's been a pandemic, a cost—of—living crisis. so he has an awful lot he has to defend, and that makes it much more difficult for him. then if he starts promising, which he has done, about things he'll do in the future, of course lots of people will be sa

vicki young, she will be with us — so far ahead.rld. this is the biggest democracy in the world and this is the victory of this_ in the world and this is the victory of this democracy. and this is on indias— of this democracy. and this is on india's constitution. a very big win _ india's constitution. a very big win. brothers and sisters, today, i am very— win. brothers and sisters, today, i am very much grateful to the election— am very much grateful to the election committee. the whole system of the _ election committee. the whole system of the selections. in the process of the credibility of this election. every— the credibility of this election. every indian feels proud of it. and the every indian feels proud of it. jifuc the opposition congress every indian feels proud of it. jific the opposition congress party every indian feels proud of it. a"ic the opposition congress party spoke to the media and had this to say about the results. translation: this is the main thing the election has said — this is the main thing the election

our correspondent vicki young joins us now from that g7 summit in italy. paign? the international business does continue despite the election back at home and he might be grateful to come and spend a couple of days here, maybe even a sympathetic ear from some of his fellow leaders because a lot of them are facing political difficulties. today they have oppositely talked about ukraine and how the prime minister will reiterate his unwavering support for ukraine and also announced some more sanctions against russia, a rolling programme in the last couple of years. this time they are targeting the institutions at the heart of russia's financial system, so the moscow stock exchange and suppliers who are supporting president putin's military production and also vessels. in the past, present putin has found ways around the sanctions and they will be hoping this time that that changes and they can put much more pressure on him so he cannot fund this war, so a lot of warm words towards ukraine and of course, the last time that rishi sunak was mixing with world leade

years suggest the excessive technology use negatively impacts mental health and development. vicki around young people like digital native we've just heard from. do you think it's particularly tricky for younger people and what, what was some of the struggles that you yourself face? i do think that the struggle is only for the younger generation because there are so many levels of my own family who just thought smartphone fell into their forties and fifties and the southern to the store. now the have was a dock but in the nose and the never leaving in the movies. if anything, i think the younger generation will be, the other one is pretty small, g, b have all the jobs of that you leaving that option because of the over in this and also because yeah, very, very concerned about the boundaries and those get so i haven't really i don't blame you. i think that the jenny you will definitely be me. digital detox. i mean, cuz this bottle did it just did i say it was just initiating the piece of a sudden the, the device that was giving me everything was becoming just passing off jake. uh, but i still ne

years suggest the excessive technology use negatively impacts mental health and development. vicki around young people like digital native we've just heard from. do you think it's particularly tricky for younger people and what, what was some of the struggles that you yourself space i do think that the struggle is the for the younger generation, because there are so many levels of my own family who just thought smartphone built into their forties and fifties and the southern, the salt lake that now be of was it off. but any, who knows, at the end they were living in the movies. if anything, i think the younger generation will be the i want to do for the small g, b, have all the jobs of that you're leading them junction because of the over in this and also because yeah, very, very concerned about the boundaries and says get so i have the, i don't blame you. i think that so jenny, you will definitely see me. this is the tops. i mean, cuz this bottles in the javin does it. i say it was just initiating the piece of a sudden the, the device that was giving me everything was becoming just a box of, o

vicki young in puglia, thank ou. the next five years, if they win the election. the prime minister rishi sunak says the public deserves the security of a government with a clear plan, whereas labour leader sir keir starmer, says his party would deliver plan for growth. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been taking a closer look at what the parties are offering. yes, hello. we have the labour and conservative manifestos now. so let me talk you through some of the similarities and some of the differences in their pledges to win you over. let's start with the conservatives — a manifesto that revolved around tax cuts, £17 billion of them. cuts to national insurance, tax breaks for pensioners, tax breaks for first—time homebuyers. but other big spending commitments in there too. a pledge to spend more cash on defence and to fund that national service for 18—year—olds plan. there's a lot more in there, but these are some of the big spending pledges and overall it comes to £17.7 billion. to raise the money, the conservatives a

vicki young, bbc news, puglia.lting through central london will take part in ceremonial duties for the king's birthday parade. tennyson, who was one of five horses spooked by noise from a building site in april, will be in the sovereign�*s escort. whilst trojan and vanquish will provide the ceremonial guard for the official entrance to the royal palaces. the other two more seriously injured horses are still recovering. those images were so shocking. there was concern at the time they would be ok so clearly on the mend and back on duty, which is great. i am not sure how much excellence there is in terms of the weather. you are going to please someone? i will do. every day it is to see if i can find summer. june the 14th. mid june. we have three months, haven't we? good morning. it will be another cool day. not as cold this morning as yesterday. that is my glimpse of sunshine. there will be sunshine around today. you would be hard—pressed to completely avoid showers and if you do, a lucky day. plenty of showers aroun

he's talking to vicki young on bbc. >> keep going, keep going, keep going. >> okay.y news over there, itv okay, i'll come this way. follow me. this way. ollie, that's . this way. ollie, that's. camilla. camilla turner from the sunday telegraph. out. getting out your way . and here we have out your way. and here we have andy bell from from channel five, victoria atkins, the health secretary. we go on. and if we have all the producers here anxiously getting, getting, listening in this way. ollie, follow me here. gary gibbon from channel 4 news. follow me over here. to the actual big debate . here. to the actual big debate. now, this is where the actual real huddle is happening. over here. you see pat mcfadden, who's the national coordinator for the labour party , briefing for the labour party, briefing newspapers. should we have a listen in? come on. listen over here. there you have pat mcfadden doing a chat there. and there's, matthew daldry out the way from the labour party. now, this is what this is forming the front pages in tomorrow's newspapers. they're asking he

vicki young, bbc news.you, you're 102... yeah. ..do you think that they will be upset that the prime minister didn't stay? quite a lot will be, yes. i think the prime minister is upset, isn't he? hasn't he made an apology? jack hemmings there, on his way home from the d—day commemorations. our political editor chris mason is with me. what a day, chris. what a day, when ou hear what a day, chris. what a day, when you hear the — what a day, chris. what a day, when you hear the words _ what a day, chris. what a day, when you hear the words from _ what a day, chris. what a day, when you hear the words from mr - what a day, chris. what a day, when i you hear the words from mr hemmings, the gravity, the authority that comes with his experience, you don't need me to tell you just how awkward this has been for the prime minister. it's interesting that he chose to apologise and will try and make a virtue of at least being able to say i'm the kind of guy who is willing to apologise when i make a mistake. there's also

vicky messer. so he was, he, he didn't have really to convince the german and piece to support your grade. they already do that. so he was applying to the german, as a young people, the german people who have that historic and historic experience and who are also playing a crucial role now in supporting your brain as a one of the leading nations in the european union. um i um also um was was a bit surprised positively by the remarks of the speaker, the boss. and before president vince gets spoke president of the german problem that they had the president of the german parliament. and she said that the future of ukraine is in the u. n. in nato. this is some, this is actually music to the ukrainian is because i.

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vicky masters. so he was, he, he didn't have really to convince the german and piece to support your grant. they already do that. so he was applying to the german, as a young people, the german people who have the historic and historic experience and who also playing a crucial role now in supporting your brain as a one of the leading nations into european union. um i um also um was was a bit surprised positively by the remarks of the, the speaker bebbles boss. and before president savanski spoke president of the german problem that they had the president of the german parliament. and she said that the future of ukraine is in the u. n. in nato. this is some, this is actually music to the ukrainian is because we've heard in the past that there is a strong support for you. membership of ukraine, a by net to membership. this support is less strong, at least this is the impression in ukraine itself. ukrainian people think that maybe german is very cautious looking how rush, i'm like to react to that. and russia is of course, threatening. don't take your brain into nato. this will mean escalation and things like that. so that was a very and very unexpected for m