liverpool is labour. you're labour. isjeremy corbyn good for labour? yes, definitely. he's the change the country needs. we've put up with too many people without integrity, who can be bought, who are false, who only cared about themselves. he does care about people. dead, he's dead. he's got no personality, i'io presence. he's got no... he doesn't look strong. he looks weak, he looks like a wet cod all the time. even though you are agreeing with all he says. i love the guy, i do. i'm honest, i would like him to win, but he's never going to win, never going to win, not in a million years. britain's choosing its course beyond the eu, and its captain and who leads britain after brexit is a big issue, for some the decider. so you're a labour man. i was, but i won't be doing it this time because i don't trust them to get us out of europe. i think corbyn will the get ripped to bits in the negotiations, so i'm going to switch to the tories this time. jeremy corbyn came here after a bad night and a worse day, to show and tell reasons to be cheerful. liverpool is a labour fort

labour voters ringing in saying — i voted labour every election i could do. there's something about theresa may i like. when i asked them what it is, they can't explain what it is. i think that's a very interesting phenomenon. list of foreign workers who we are going to expel from the british workforce. please. that played well among racist voters. amber rudd, theresa may the tory conference was a racist horse and pony show. this is why labour can't make progress. we can stop it. labour has to change one thing. in fourweeks? absolutely. it needs to talk about brexit. the one thing labour is doing wrong, yougov showed all party voters the number one issue for them is brexit. for most of them the number two issues is immigration. you are saying corbyn and mcdonnell should stop talk of nhs — they should reframe it what britain you want after brexit. when theresa may maded that speech the instinct of the labour machine was, don't talk about it, don't respond. it's about something we haven't really — an issue we don't own. they needed to own that issue. labour

but what i found when i talk to those labour voters were people who we re really those labour voters were people who were really patriarch to, they loved their country, they took great pride in their region. they wanted to see a better future for themselves and their future, they wanted to see good school places, they wanted jobs in their region. now, if you look at those issues, it is not the labour party who is offering that two people, it is labour party, jeremy corbyn did not sing the national anthem. he has considered abolishing the army, he is not prepared to defend the country. they would wreck the economy and that would mean not more and better paid jobs, but fewer jobs and businesses going under and less money to put in the nhs and schools. it is the conservative party, me and my team offering people but brighter future by building a strong economy that will provide the funding for schools and hospitals, by building a strong economy that will encourage the growth of businesses, creating new jobs and higher skilled jobs and higher paid jobs. and by changing education to ensur

liverpool is labour. you're labour. isjeremy corbyn good for labour? yes, definitely. he's the change the country needs. we've put up with too many people without integrity, who can be bought, who are false, who only care about themselves. he does care about people. he's dead, he's dead. he's got no personality, i'io presence. he's got no... he doesn't look strong. he looks weak, he looks like a wet cod all the time. even though you are agreeing with all he says. i love the guy, i do. i'm honest, i'd like him to win, but he's never going to win, never going to win, not in a million years. britain's choosing its course beyond the eu, and its captain, and who leads britain after brexit is a big issue, for some the decider. so you're a labour man. i was, but i won't be doing it this time because i don't trust them to get us out of europe. i think corbyn will the get ripped to bits in the negotiations, so i'm going to switch to the tories this time. jeremy corbyn came here after a bad night and a worse day, to show and tell reasons to be cheerful. liverpool is a labour for

labour's crying foul. it's not a tory policy, it's scandalous that they've stolen a labour policy. what we're saying is that they haven't provided any detail and they've not gone far enough. we have an energy system that's been rigged by the big six companies for some time. politics because it sounds great, but it's rubbish policy because it'll actually lead to less investment and higher prices. so it'll harm and damage the very people, those on low incomes, that it's supposed to be helping. some ministers may have had their doubts, but as one cabinet member put it to me, theresa may's ideology is not to have one. she's out to show people who feel they're getting a raw deal that she's on their side. so, sometimes she sounds right wing, on migration, on brexit, but on some pieces of policies, like this latest piece of intervention, she leans to the centre. theresa may's after votes from every political direction. forget the polls, no—one‘s voted. she's campaigning as if the result is on a knife edge and she's fighting to win and win big. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. the

that means there could be a coalition led by the labour party. you know what i'm going to say, evan, you know, we don't believe the polls, we don't pay attention to polls. what we're doing is we are out there to win it. we do sense on the ground that things are beginning to change and that they want to listen to us and that they do see there is an alternative, and an alternative which is a potential government that has the vision for britain and is about hope and is about an alternative. it does not have to be that way, and the power is in the hands of the people, they can decide that no, despite the fact that you guys in the media and everywhere else has been saying, theresa may is going to walk it, it is just a question of how big a majority it will be. it is up to the media to decide, and the people are beginning to listen to us and realising that we are a serious alternative. it does not have to be like this. point made. you can just clarify for the hypothetical situation in which it is a hung parliament, that labour will not have a collision

he has issued a rallying call for labour supporters not to abandon the labour party. he has said that politics goesin party. he has said that politics goes in cycles. they actually did not mentionjeremy corbyn in his speech in coventry at all, but he said the test is what you do in the difficult times. it is that you do not lose the courage to fight for what you believe in, and you don‘t stand back and say, this is now not for me, it is too difficult, but you continue to fight and support and champion what really matters to the future of this country. so that is former labour prime minister gordon brown, telling people who support the labour party not to abandon the party, to fight for what they believe in, but he did not mentionjeremy corbyn at all in that speech in coventry. we‘ll get more through the afternoon. in a moment, a summary of the business uses our, but first, our latest headlines. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pulled out of a planned campaign appearance after the party‘s draft general election manifesto was leaked. the bank of england sound

north norfolk was a labour seat until 1970. recently labour seat until 1970. recently labour has come third. this time, they say local party members are their biggest weapon. we have almost 700 members, more than all of the other parties combined. unlike the tories and lib dems who are shipping in volunteers, we have a lot of members locally. it's like going back to the old days with just three candidates but will that translate to an easy decision for voters come election day? and here is the full list of candidates standing in the norfolk north constituency. you're watching the election wrap in bbc news — some of the other campaign stories tonight. jeremy corbyn has defended the appointment of a former communist party member, who once expressed "solidarity" with north korea, to his election campaign team. the labour leader said he did not believe andrew murray, seen here in the foreground, was a stalinist, and stressed his "special skills" were being used to "temporarily" help the campaign. ukip's economy spokesman, patrick 0'flynn has defended the party's

labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies" — and said labour's plans were fully costed. pack of lies. it's an absolute pack of lies. i don't know why the bbc or the media are giving it any room whatsoever, it's an absolute pack of lies. i'll give you an example. they have included £35 billion worth of investment money, capital expenditure. they don't seem to know the difference between capital and revenue. all you include in your day—to—day spending on capital expenditure is the interest rates. so it's completely ludicrous, then they have invented figures, in terms of commitments that we have given, which we haven't, and then where we have given commitments, they haven't even identified where we have already said that funding will come from. it's a pack of lies. the director of the institute for fiscal studies, pauljohnson joins me from the bbc newsroom. when the voters hear one side saying it is lies and the other not, it is difficult for anyone to unpick it, i suppose it is about people like you, pauljohnson, working out simply whether the maths add

the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labour's key election pledges on childcare. it was a policy he was out campaigning on today — but during a bbc interview this morning he struggled to come up with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend free childcare in england. the conservatives called it a car—crash interview. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. i'd better get a car, hadn't i? got to keep up, can't fall too far behind. more free childcare might play well with voters. some say don't work with children. jeremy corbyn knows what looks and sounds good. ought to know. look at these wonderful children here, they all need a nursery place and a chance to grow up and learn together, so ours is a universal provision so every child gets a place in nursery of 30 hours a week from two to four. playtime over, onto woman's hour — what could go wrong? how much will it cost to provide un—means tested childcare for 1.3 million children? it will cost. . . it will obviously cost a lot to do so. we accept that. i presume you hav

the prime one of those is access to labour. huge numberof those is access to labour. huge number of people who work and make london a great success, the world city that it is, our world and national '5 and we have to make sure they are able to remain. everybody talks and says they will be a right but we need someone definitive work on that. the free movement of people and your concern is what that means in that negotiations process and thatis in that negotiations process and that is something brussels will not wa nt to that is something brussels will not want to write on at all. from our point of view, it is a practical thing. london has always been a bag of four people from all over the uk, the world and, of course, europe. we are talking about skilled labour from brain surgeons, two bristows. we need to keep london a world city. we need to keep london a world city. we understand that the referendum was fought in many parts of the country on a worry about immigration but the worry in london is that we do not have enough of it so we will be looking for some certainty

labour and lib dems say there will also be extra education cash for the rest of the uk. today, for young voters, no details yet on tuition fees. labour might well promise to scrap them in its manifesto, an issue still toxic for the lib dems after they broke their promise not to raise them. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. so the big boost in funding for schools under labour and the lib dems would be paid for by a significant rise in corporation tax. our economics editor, kamal ahmed has been looking at how much could be raised and what impact it would have on businesses in the uk. thanks, sophie. it seems a pretty simple equation, put more money into public services and pay for it by raising taxes. labour and the liberal democrats say they want to pay for the planned boost to the schools budget by increasing corporation tax which is a tax on business profits. the present rate is 19%, a figure which has fallen dramatically from 28% in 2010. labour has said it wants to raise the rate to 26% by 2021, one of the biggest tax rises business has seen for three decades. the conservat

labour's draft manifesto is leaked. it contains plans to renationalise the railways and and scrap earners to fund the nhs. the shadow chancellor says he believes the proposals will be popular. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals and it's looking to the long term future and most people are extremely excited at what they've seen. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. a note of caution about the economy. the bank of england downgrades its growth forecast, saying household spending is slowing. a record fine for the company that made 100 million cold calls. their automated messages encouraged people to make insurance claims. three women including a mother and daughter have appeared in court charged with terror offences and conspiracy to murder. waiting times for key nhs services, including a&e and cancer referrals, are at their worst level in england for four years. all right, where do you want me? bouncing on my knee, where do you think i want you? and, act it like b

of the labour manifesto. we'll be looking at some of labour's policies in more detail and we'll be talking to voters in york.

and we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party today that labour led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent, they would not be able to defend this country. a jeremy corbyn—led labour government could not be trusted with the defence of our country. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent alex forsyth who's the liberal democrats have launched their new poster taking a swipe at the prime minister. the party says the poster highlights the similarities between the policies of the prime minister and the former ukip leader nigel farage. the green party has released its youth manifesto, with an attempt to appeal to young voters. among the commitments is a pledge to scrap tuition fees and cancel outstanding student debt. the party also promises stable housing for what it ukip have been campaiging in clacton. it's the only seat ukip won in the last election but its mp douglas carswell has left the party. away from the campaign trail, the party has suspended one of its general election candidates, because of a series of social me

been a labour mp since the last election. joe twyman, head of social and political research at yougov who can explain which of labour's plans are popular or otherwise. joe, the most popular labour promises and the least popular? well, in the stuff that we've tested we've found things like controlling rent so that the rises can only be in line with inflation. the majority of people support that. in fact nearly two—thirds of people support it of the less popular, you have

the ft referencing labour voters. and the fa ct referencing labour voters. and the fact she is breaking with thatcherite faith and going centrist. theresa may 15 years ago stood up in front of a tory party conference and said, we're no longer the nasty party. that was a very significant message and how she thought about and said, 15 years on, she's moving towards the. the conservatives have led the blair message which is unique to occupy the centre ground to win and win big. people are aware she is a landslide ahead. it seems an ideal time to make difficult choices. she was asked at the launch whether she was asked at the launch whether she was asked at the launch whether she was a thatcherite. she is not rejecting that out right but she is not saying... she does not want to avoid with the thatcherites. we mentioned the mirror. we must make sure we give it a fair crack. they are not happy! this i did a 10 million pensioners will lose the winter fuel payments is something the mirror canjump on. there was not a lot of legroom for them to get much in this manif

labour says it will borrow money to pay for future investment, labour says it will borrow money to pay forfuture investment, it labour says it will borrow money to pay for future investment, it is talking about a national transformation fund of £250 billion. but there is no details costing of those nationalisation plans in the ma nifesto. those nationalisation plans in the manifesto. that will be the source of controversy and political debate. but labour does make one bold promise. it says it is committed to ensuring that the national debt is low at the end of the next parliament than it is today. —— is lower. chris morris with our latest reality check. we've been focussing today on the two parties who have launched their manifestos — labour and plaid cymru. but the other parties have also been out campaigning too. theresa may was in stoke on—trent, where she said the conservatives were the best choice to deal with the economy and the brexit negotiations. what we need to do is to make sure that we get that brexit deal right. there will be some uncertainty for business and peop

most sought as a score draw but labour clearly have ta ken most sought as a score draw but labour clearly have taken confidence from the performance of their leader. from the start the prime minister said she's not interested ina minister said she's not interested in a head—to—head debate. politicians with a decent lead never are and the baiting from jeremy corbyn was not about to change your mind. i think debates were politicians squabble among themselves does nothing for the process of electioneering, i think it is about getting out and meeting vote rs it is about getting out and meeting voters and hearing directly from them. the liberal democrat leader was looking to the wisdom of the young as he prepared for the showdown tonight. there is a question! tim farron will be hoping questions tonight are a bit less existential. it is as shane jeremy corbyn did not come to the itv debate but he is coming tonight. but where is the prime minister, she called this general election to suit herself and she is too frightened to turn up and debate the rest of us. not too late to change your mind

version of the labour manifesto. we'll have the latest on the labour manifesto, we'll be looking at some of the policies in more detail, and we'll have reaction. the other main stories: the bank of england downgrades its forecast for economic growth this year, with a warning of a squeeze on consumer spending.

what about labour, then, what words come to mind on labour? undecided. labour? i think for the workers. for the workers? for the working class. i don't think they are for the working class. do you not? no, i think they're for anybody who will vote for them. how soon do you think they'll actually... because you all voted labour. because you all voted leave. how soon do you think we will be actually out, totally out? two years. two years and we're out? i think 2018, actually, end of 2018. but if theresa may says we're going to phase it and take our time to get out... yes, it'll be five years, i reckon. five? but why phase it? it is what it is, let's have some backbone, right, brussels, up yours, sunshine, two finger salute, two—finger salute, long live the queen. yes. you know, and crack on with it. i get a sense, nicola, sorry to look at you again, but i get the sense, nicola, there's a chance you might not vote at all. i've had times when i haven't voted. anyone else think they might not vote? no. definitely not? you'll efinitely vote? i think i will, yes. it'

labour for the many, not the few. what the tories might expect, a raw reception in much of the north—east of england. the tories will ruin our environment. will the conservatives win around here? no. it is a small selection of people canvassing for the tories, we have a huge following for the labour. but inside, theresa may believes she can swell these polite ranks of her supporters, trying to stir up national pride with talk of security and defence, while slamming her labour opponents, who have been in charge around here for a long time. proud and patriotically working—class people in towns and cities across britain have not deserted the labour party, jeremy corbyn has deserted them. we respect that parents and grandparents taught their children and grandchildren that labour was a party that shared their values and stood up for their community. but across the country today, traditional labour supporters are increasingly looking at what jeremy corbyn believes in and are appalled. can she really take the tories bey

this labour party is going to that. this labour party is going to be going after that kind of behaviour to make sure that britain isa behaviour to make sure that britain is a country where no one is left behind. he has four weeks before the election, not a lot of time to get those messages through, to cut them through all the noise, all the heat of the campaign. how is he going to do that? well, again, this is what they are attempting to do, to try and generate some cut through to show that there is some distinction, because we are dealing with a population that, you know, is tired of elections. we have had a few. and is also very disillusioned by the idea that actually politics really is the same old, same old. it is about the interests of a few and not being concerned about the many. i think if the labour party has a chance of getting its message through, it will be on that basis. it will be on the basis of signalling that there is a distinction, that this is not a party that is interested in politics as usual. that t

the labour and trade union movement. the labour and trade union movement was born in struggle. we understand the challenges ahead. never forget the sacrifices our predecessors made to deliver the institutions and freedoms we now enjoy and remember, things can be different. it doesn't have to be this way. no one should be held back and we leave no one behind. colleagues, we have a duty, a moral duty, a political obligation, to communicate and articulate our messages, our policies, in every town, every city, every village, here in the uk. we must speak to people, door to door, here in the uk. we must speak to people, doorto door, in here in the uk. we must speak to people, door to door, in whatever capacity we can. anybody who wants to help can text the number on the screen, supposed to be behind me... colleagues, i am concluding quite simply, by saying, let's mobilise and wina simply, by saying, let's mobilise and win a future for all, let's organise, let's win the hearts and minds of people and deliver a fairer, equal society for the many and not the few. onwards and upwards! c

candidate, for a labour victory, for a labour government led byjeremy corbyn. do you really believe he's up to the job now? jeremy corbyn is a leader who's had to fight to keep his job since he started but broadly the manifesto is built in his image. this is his radical offer, to you. the manifesto is the biggest hypothetical expansion of the state in many years. but how exactly would his ideas work? why in this manifesto is there no scale, no ballpark figure for how much it might cost the public purse? how much are you prepared to borrow renationalise four major industries? because we don't know what the share price will be at the time that we do it. as i said in the case of rail, there is a neutral cost on it. i believe in the case of water, the same would apply in exchange for the bond issue. 0n the other side of the equation, you haven't promised to reverse all the tory welfare cuts. now for some of your supporters, do you accept that might be quite disappointing? no, what i've said on the welfare cuts and cap issue is this — that we have set aside £2 bi

he isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in isn‘t held by the labour party. he isina isn‘t held by the labour party. he is in a key conservative marginal in derby north, surrounding himself with a rural idyll, where he is going to be speaking to campaigners. his message to his supporters were that what labour needs to do now is keep calm and carry on campaigning. he paints himself as the outsider who will take on the establishment. he told his activists not to be too downbeat when you look at the opinion polls, because the gap between labour and the conservatives was not as big as some were predicting. in scotland, the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the conservatives‘ showing in the council elections didn‘t change the arguments about another independence referendum. the snp won more councillors than anyone else in scotland, but the tories made big gains, mostly at labour‘s expense. jamie mcivor reports. for the snp, one for the family album. the party is set to run scotland‘s largest council, the one—time labour fortress of glasgow, a fortr

has aabor -- only labour plan ambitious enough to unleash this country's potential, and only labour has the plan to make brexit work for ordinary people. in those that put jobs first vetted is geared toward risk making britain a low wage tax haven. [applause] as we leave the e.u. because that is a they voted for those that preserve jobs and do not plan to our country into a race to the bottom. all love this has been spelled out in the manifesto to make it very clear the plan is to ensure we can embark on this program without jeopardize senior national finances. with the big corporations to pay a bit more end of course to stop dodging their tax obligations. [cheers and applause] and in the longer term to be driven by increased public and private investment to keep our accounts in shape this is a program of pope the campaign by contrast is built on fear. [applause] what would another five years of conservative government need for britain? just look back at the last seven more children living in poverty less more people able to buy there first home fewer police on the street. more people a

no mention of a future labour government, so the subtext is that labour will be in opposition, so let's make it a strong one. that is not the message thatjeremy corbyn will be trying to put out today, but a hint there from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. thank you very much. the prime minister has been on the campaign trail in northern ireland today. visiting an agrictultrual show in county antrim, she discussed the impact of brexit, and also urged local politicians to "come together" and restore power sharing at stormont. our correspondent nick higham is there. it looks busy behind you, nick, was it busy for the prime minister? absolutely, yes. this is the balmoral show, about 100,000 people expected here over the four days. the prime minister paid a visit, stopping off at the women's institute stand watching some of the judging of beef cattle. it was a flying visit, she was only here for about an hour flying visit, she was only here for aboutan hourand flying visit, she was only here for about an hour and a half, flying visit, she was only here for abo

the conservatives claim there will be "economic chaos" if labour wins the election, but labour accuse the tories of telling "absolute lies". the other news at midday. three people are arrested in connection with the death of a businessman who was shot dead during a burglary in dorset. smartphone users only get access to the ag signal about two thirds of the time — and coverage varies wildly across the country, according to a new survey. and concern for the uk's killer whales after scientists find shocking levels of a toxic chemical in a member of the last resident pod. good morning, i'mjane hill reporting live from westminster on the day the general election campaign officially gets underway. at midnight parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today every seat in the house commons is upforgrabs. let's bring you up to date with some of the key stories this morning. the eu's chief negotiator on brexit, michel barnier, says britain must honour its obligations as it leaves the eu — and warns departure will not be quick or painless. later today the prime minister theresa

the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labour's key election pledges on childcare. it was a policy he was out campaigning on today — but during a bbc interview this morning he struggled to come up with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend free childcare in england. the conservatives called it a car—crash interview. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. i'd better get a car, hadn't i? got to keep up, can't fall too far behind. more free childcare might play well with voters. some say don't work with children. jeremy corbyn knows what looks and sounds good. ought to know. look at these wonderful children here, they all need a nursery place and a chance to grow up and learn together, so ours is a universal provision so every child gets a place in nursery of 30 hours a week from two to four. playtime over, onto women's hour — what could go wrong? how much will it cost to provide un—means tested childcare for 1.3 million children? it will cost. . . it will obviously cost a lot to do so. we accept that. i presume you hav

leaders, labour women, the jewish labour around, trade union leaders, labour women, thejewish labour movement, all the parts of this big party gets essayed today in a meeting that vote on whether this goes through. in fa ct on whether this goes through. in fact injournalism we on whether this goes through. in fact in journalism we ask who benefits? who benefits from this either people like me who won this ma nifesto to either people like me who won this manifesto to be radical, pro—working—class and to set what kind of country we come out of brexit as, as a fairer and more just society. there are a few people in labour who do not want a radical ma nifesto labour who do not want a radical manifesto like this. sorry to interrupt. there are a few people in labour who really do not want a radical manifesto. do you think may be somebody who does want a radical ma nifesto be somebody who does want a radical manifesto may have leaked this so it cannot be changed ? manifesto may have leaked this so it cannot be changed? if it is changed in the next four days, the divisions are there to s

the break with old labour, cementing of new labour, it wasjohn prescott break with old labour, cementing of new labour, it was john prescott who we re new labour, it was john prescott who were sent out as tony blair's cannon fodder, if you like, to go and say, this is what is going to happen. and we re this is what is going to happen. and were going to get rid of clause iv. look at these old hands, they are very good. doesn't matter which political party they are, they are interesting and funny because the weight of standing for election is com pletely weight of standing for election is completely ta ken from weight of standing for election is completely taken from them. a lot of people on the hard left sawjohn prescott as a traitor, because he did the bidding of tony blair. far more comfortable with jeremy corbyn than tony blair. but he does understand that in order to win, you have two... 20 years since he punched a voter, he is a bit of a character. at the comedy awards... he got a bucket of water or champagne tipped over him, at the brit awards. the ice buckets challenge, orsomething

labour are on 33—35%. so it doesn‘t look as though this has been a game changer, but certainly the issue of social care is one that has changed the direction of the narrative. we aren‘t talking so much about brexit but social care. you get the sense that the direction of conversation is moving elsewhere. later on on the bbc news channel we will bring you the scottish leaders debate. our scotland editor sarah smith will chair that debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scottish party leaders at 7:30pm. the headlines on bbc news. president trump continues his visit to saudi arabia, where he‘s preparing to address gulf leaders on the need to confront extremism. labour go on the offensive to attract older voters, as the conservatives defend controversial plans to overhaul social care funding. party leaders will stop campaigning for an hour today to remember the mpjo cox, who was murdered in her constituency last year. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. it‘s all abou

labour for the many, not the few. what the tories might expect, a raw reception in much of the north—east of england. the tories will ruin our environment. will the conservatives win around here? no! it is a small selection of people canvassing for the tories, we have a huge following for the labour. but inside, theresa may believes she can swell these polite ranks of her supporters, trying to stir up national pride with talk of security and defence, while slamming her labour opponents, who have been in charge around here for a long time. proud and patriotic working—class people in towns and cities across britain have not deserted the labour party, jeremy corbyn has deserted them. we respect that parents and grandparents taught their children and grandchildren that labour was a party that shared their values and stood up for their community. but across the country today, traditional labour supporters are increasingly looking at whatjeremy corbyn believes in and are appalled. but can she really take the tories beyo

laughter we are more concerned about the labour story on the taxes, i think. concerned about the labour story on the taxes, ithink. let's concerned about the labour story on the taxes, i think. let's move onto a story altogether. it's in a couple of the papers, the mail on sunday. pride and plagiarism, no tv historian, lucy insists... what is this about? lucy worsley has written a book about jane austen and there isa a book about jane austen and there is a suggestion that she cut and pasted it and tickled around with it a bit from another book... paula byrne. they say all the facts are in there. her response is that there are a lot of books written about jane austen and all these facts are common ground and she hasn't lifted it. the gracious doctor byrne is saying, i'm not getting involved in this one. she says, the more books about jane austin, the this one. she says, the more books aboutjane austin, the better the jane austen. jane austen has been gone a number of years, there can't be much more new to say about her. there can't. this is one of the dangers of our times. you can google

corbyn the labour leader is launching the party's race and faith policy. i have a simple message for you today. your aspirations and potential have been held back by the conservatives. now it's time for you to claim the future you deserve. 0nly to claim the future you deserve. only a labour government will unleash the potential of all of our communities. it's my belief that without the incredible contribution ofa without the incredible contribution of a diverse and talented ethnic minority communities, our country wouldn't be the place it is today. applause your communities have fought and died alongside british servicemen and women. worked in our national health service, and built up our economy. but let me be very clear on one issue, your vote. i've long held the view that we shouldn't view ethnic minorities as homogenous block of voters. instead, my party, the labour party, seeks to win every one of your votes by showing that we care, we understand and that we are prepared to engage in difficult issues. but do not doubt, our determination and my persona

some, not all labour supporters, agree — others, very far from it. a labour party led by jeremy corbyn that would simply chuck away our ability to defend ourselves — i think that is crazy and not the way i want to go. you see defence policy sucking in billions of pounds on trident, at a time when a conventional defence force has seen cut after cut after cut. approval for the leader's line here, today, but labour needs converts, lots of them. well theresa may was campaigning in the north—east today, in an attempt to win over labour voters. she accused jeremy corbyn of deserting what she called ‘proud and patriotic‘ working class people. and, as mr corbyn was outlining labour's foreign policy plans, mrs may didn't rule out a future parliamentary vote on joining american military strikes against syria. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. what the tories might expect, a raw reception in much of the northeast of england. the tories will ruin our environment. can the conservatives win around here, no! definitely not! no chance! a very sma

labour wants a jobs first brexit. a brexit that safeguards the future of britain's vital industries. many labour mps however fear from being the answer to labour's difficulties, mr corbyn is the problem. the fear while he may energise his supporters, he fails to connect with the wider electorate. whenjeremy when jeremy corbyn whenjeremy corbyn uses language like that, reckoning and words like that. what do people think? they believe events like brexit and donald trump's victory in the united states signal a mood of anger amongst many voters that global forces if you like are pressing down on their incomes, on theirjob prospects, that the politicians no longer listen to them and that there is an appetite for radical change which they can tap into. in part, it seems they have no appetite, mr corbyn is being true to himself and we re corbyn is being true to himself and were they to come out with much more moderated language and refined policies, i think many would think he was just not being himself. it's an almighty gam

it shows there is that concern amongst labour voters, and labour hq. the core members of team corbin, acknowledging jeremy is a drag on the polling numbers. people already speculating if it is a bad defeat for labour, what happens to jeremy corbyn? no doubt, the further away from london you get, you hear of lifelong labour voters saying i‘m fine with the policies, the problem isa fine with the policies, the problem is a leader. they are advised to talk about the policy is not the leadership. a significant quote, if there was a labour government, it would be collective leadership. they are acknowledging jeremy corbyn is a problem. looks like the conservatives will win, labour will move, then it will move to what happens to jeremy corbyn. move, then it will move to what happens tojeremy corbyn. they comment on some of the papers saying he should go immediately. others say he should go immediately. others say he should go immediately. others say he should stay on indefinitely. maybe not even to oversee a leadership contest, but as leader. it would be po

and labour. 0ne of the gap between the conservatives and labour. one of them, in the sunday times, shows that the conservatives are just nine points ahead of labour now. so some reason for labour to be positive but we have to remember that the conservatives have such a big week, around aa, a0 6%, even with this poll, labour are still at around 35%. so it doesn't look as though this has been the game changer, but certainly, the issue of social care has changed the direction of the narrative. we are not talking somewhat about brexit, we are talking about social care. so you get the sense that the direction of the recession is moving elsewhere. 20 very much. and later on the bbc news channel — we'll bring you the scottish leaders debate. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, will chair the debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scottish party leaders — nicola sturgeon, ruth davidson, kezia dugdale, willie rennie and patrick harvie and david coburn. that's at 7:30 this evening. the leader

bad is the labour party away, thatis view. bad is the labour party away, that is the message! —— that is the labour party way. i think before my voice completely disappears can i thank all of you for coming here today, the support you're giving and i'm sure the great friendships and comradeship you're building up during that campaign because it's that strength that owns about the real changes in society. i'm now going to make the same speech outside, thank you very much! cheering jeremy corbyn on the campaign trail in west yorkshire addressing the faithful in hebden bridge. for a list of all the candidates standing in the calder valley constituency, it's on the bbc website. let's take you outside, he's going outside, making the same speech, so we won't bring you that but we will talk to danjohnson, bring you that but we will talk to dan johnson, an enthusiastic response. indeed, big crowd here, this is the overflow, the people who couldn't hear the speech because they couldn't fit into the room, jeremy corbyn saying he hopes his voice doesn't go, he's agreed to come out on

and labour will hope this is a blip. after the television debates, for want of a better word, last night, they were fairly buoyed up because both leaders were perceived to have done quite well? absolutely. i think certainly the sphere inside this event here at watford was very supportive, there was a rapturous applause forjeremy corbyn as he spoke to the crowd. i think so—so opinion is, this is a trivial matter, why is there such a focus on this stumble? it is not likejeremy corbyn does not have a grasp on policy, it is not like the policy was not costed in a manifesto. so, the crowd very keen to get back onto the crowd very keen to get back onto the policy detail. and jeremy corbyn saying, there is something happening out there, he's confident labour's message is getting through. the labour team were confident about his performance last night. but i think it might seem trivial, just stumble, as his colleagues have been saying this morning, but there are just nine days to go, and something like this does give the conse

labour. i've always been labour. and our panel will tell us where theresa may sits on our map of the political terrain. hello. some of us remember the heydey of tv advertising. consumer brands — washing powders and the like — would constantly market themselves as new and improved. never mind that they were less than perfect before, as long as you now understood that they are better than ever. well, the conservative party is pitching itself as new and improved today as well. a theresa may manifesto, with a pretty different emphasis to past efforts. a section entitled we believe in the good that government can do, for example. some will say it's just marketing, others will see it as substantive change. certainly, the emphasis on scaling back the relative generosity displayed to the elderly is a notable shift. the point of continuity is the immigration pledge — it'll come down to tens of thousands apparently. but we'll either look back on this day as a momentous one in the history of the tory party, or as a forget

labour wa nt to don't vote in large numbers. labour want to change that. halfway through this meeting, a senior member of the shadow cabinet, john trickett, came out to show us what was happening. show us what was happeningli show us what was happening. i am leaving the meeting before it has finished because i have a session in the north to attend. the meeting has been very productive. an exciting document is emerging. it will talk to the whole country, to every part of the country and it will speak to the many and not the view. we expect the many and not the view. we expect the manifesto will be the basis of oui’ the manifesto will be the basis of our new government the manifesto will be the basis of our new government which would take the whole country in a new direction. i think you now need to wait for the end of the meeting which will take place in due course. thank you very much. now, some of what he said there will be disputed and it will be disputed, too, by some labour candidates who do not build this kind of programme will appeal to the whole c

labour mps elected onjune the 8th. absolutely flat out to get labour mps elected on june the 8th. jeremy corbyn has always insisted that he is in its to win it, but there have been more comments from gordon brown this afternoon, the former prime minister, to labour members in scotland, who said that theresa may once a blank cheque. it is up to labour voters to select the candidates who will support the party. no mention of a future labour government, so the subtext is that labour will be in opposition, so let's make it a strong one. that is not the message thatjeremy corbyn will be trying to put out today, but a hint they are from other senior labourfigures a hint they are from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. thank you very much. the prime minister is on the campaign trail in northern ireland today, where she's visiting an agricultural show. 0ur correspondent, nick higham, is there. what has she been up to? she has been here at the balmoral shall, in northern ireland's biggest agricultural and food fear. it is a big event. she has been to some of t

can labour turn this around? do election. can labour turn this around 7 do they election. can labour turn this around? do they believe they can? well, they have described their challenge this evening in a statement from jeremy corbyn, the leader, as of historic scale. so i think they are clearly publicly accepting the difficulty what they face. he has some way behind in the polls as leader, labour is somewhere behind in the polls as a party. 0ne thing they might want to, and they are starting to talk about more publicly, is the need to get their young voters out. since he took over the party there has been a huge increase in the membership of the party, the direct membership. and a lot of those people are young voters who are energised by what he offers to them, more left wing, more radical approach to british politics than perhaps the years of tony blair, who was a centre party leader of the labour party. now, if corbyn can get those voters out, get them to vote, he might stand some chance of narrowing this lead that the conservatives have. but it is quite a lead. the sup

the conservatives say they would keep taxes low while labour is ruling out taxes low while labour is ruling out tax rises for low and middle income earners. the liberal democrats think a tax rise across the board is the only way to secure the future of the nhs. nicola sturgeon says the conservatives showing in the council elections does not change the argument for another independence referendum. the snp won more councillors than anyone and is in scotland. the tories made big gains. this one—time labour fortress at one time seemed impregnable. some snp supporters might not believe this result was not so long ago the party had only one councillor in the city. across the snp won but the conservatives saw big gains. the conservative minister says the tory performance does not change the brings about a second referendum. let's take the tory argument at face value for that they chose to fight the election on an independence referendum. they put that issue centre stage and they lost the election. the conservatives don't quite see it that way. ruth davidson was in aberdeenshire where the

labour. duck forthe people of syria, we will press for war crimes to be investigated and worked tirelessly to make the geneva talks work. every action taken over syria must be judged over weather it helps to bring an end to the appalling tragedy of the war or does the opposite. even if isis is deliberated militarily, the conflict will not end until that is a negotiated settlement involving all the main parties, including the regional and international powers and an inclusive government in iraq. all wars and conflicts eventually brought to an end by political means. labour would adopt a new approach. we will not step back, responsibilities, but our focus will be on strengthening international cooperation and supporting the efforts of the united nations to resolve conflicts. a labour government will respect international low and oppose lawlessness and unilateralism in international relations. we believe passionately in human rights and justice should dry our foreign policy. in the 19605, harold

labour doesn't believe in reducing taxes. labour believes in increasing taxes. we are a low tax party by instinct. conservatives will always cost you less in tax. well, let's leave theresa may and philip hammond. norman smith is in westminster. today, they are focussing on bashing labour's offering yesterday. yes, this was just an attack press conference to gut and fillet labour's manifesto yesterday. theresa may, philip hammond, focussing on the issue of credibility, saying that mr corbyn's plans simply did not add up. it was described as a catalogue of chaos. a fa ntasy described as a catalogue of chaos. a fantasy wish—list and at the heart of their argument is there is they say £58 billion of unfunded commitments made by mr corbyn yesterday. now, those mostly are the big nationalisations, he talked about, team corbyn are saying we didn't include that because it's capital spending so we can borrow. mrs may, also again focus on the credibility ofjeremy corbyn's leadership. she wants to make it a tussle about the strong and stable leadership of theresa may as

i've always voted labour, but i'm not going to vote labour this time because theresa may is doing a wonderfuljob. i think she's a good politician. are you surprised that you're voting conservative? iam, yeah. but on the big issues, it's labour that andy and barry turn to and always will. free car parking for patients, obviously, and i think over a period of time, they'll bring in more people to work in the nhs which sadly, at the moment, they're lacking. so you trust labour more when it comes to the nhs? with that, yes, i do indeed. it's in my blood, i guess, i'll always be a labour man, particularly here in barrow. it's a labour town, it's a working man's town. and that's damn well how it should be. now, the labour party can't blamejeremy corbyn for all of its problems in barrow, because they predate his leadership. in 2015, their majority was cut from more than 5,000 votes to fewer than 800. they know that a tiny swing would tip it. and they're concerned that this leader isn't connecting with voters. and this is where the corbyn factor comes in. can barrow connect with a man described as marmi