party and people a lwa ys of the labour party and people always fill the labour party is more likely to look after the nhs. and that sometimes constrains what the labour party feel they can do. in terms of having a radical agenda and talking about modernising the nhs. i think the nhs will loom large in this campaign. brexit is not proving to be as much of a lightning conductor issue as they thought. i think health and education and things like social care will be very important. social care i agree with you. in the copeland by—election, the labour seat held by them for decades, labour ran very tough scare stories about the local hospital and the tories still won. i think that the tories still won. i think that the leadership issue and also the nuclear issue. i think there's a chance that labour have overplayed this card and made it too political. true, but there is also a lot of public sympathy for... when you have stories of nurses writing to the prime minister talking about their pay, when you hear that nurses have got to go to payday loan companies and to food banks, begging the

labour party say they do not comment on leaked article5 labour party say they do not comment on leaked articles and the tories —— the conservative party has said this i5... the article is suggesting that philip hammond have infuriated theresa may's aids by forcing her not to commit to the promise that the tories had at the last election of not raising vat and national insurance, which rather pinned them m, insurance, which rather pinned them in, and going back to the budget u—turn, which was forced on the chancellor when he had to scrap the national insurance rise, so i suppose the question with this is, does it amount to anything public facing, ultimately, because of course if a party is riven by divisions or, as the party would say with labour, a chaotic lack of clarity as to what the party is standing for and so on, that becomes a problem. if it isjust behind—the—scenes fiction... a problem. if it isjust behind-the-scenes fiction... we are in the middle of a campaign about lots of other things? we are certainly not in blair — brown territory here. it is not unleashing th

supporters and labour party members. and i am very proud we have a party thatis and i am very proud we have a party that is diverse, inclusive and pluralistic. this manifesto is a product of that process. i see leadership is not dictating but leadership is not dictating but leadership is not dictating but leadership is also about listening. listening to what people say, understanding the stress, the pressures and the tensions in their lives and ensuring that our party‘s policies, our government‘s approach to things reflects the reality of people‘s lives. i am very proud to represent an inner—city community in london. i love the community and i listen very carefully to what they all say, as i do on the travelling around the country. the function of leadership is to understand the stresses that people face in their daily lives, the frustrations, the thwarted ambition, the anger that they face, and tried to produce policies that make that different. being strong and standing up does not necessarily mean shouting, di

the labour party is talking about 6 billion of additionalfinances. they talking about 6 billion of additional finances. they say quite additional finances. they say quite a lot of money will be aimed at raising the wages of the lowest paid nhs staff. is 6 billion, with those caveats, going to be enough to close the gap we are talking about? we would have to look at what period that would involve. we need independent assessment, looking at demand and economic growth. in the middle of an election that is probably not the most objective time to make those calculations. house of lords has suggested there should be an 0br, an independent analysis. specific to the nhs. the principle is there should be independent analysis. this is a national resource, the huge, public support. no one wants to see the nhs deteriorating. to put a san unstable financial footing is very high priority for the nation. —— sound and stable financial footing. more details are emerging of the extraordinary sacking of the director of the fbi, james comey. president trump has just

hi, my name is elaine, i'm from the labour party. and ijust want to know if you've got a few minutes to talk about the general election? in london, the grassroots campaigning group momentum have been training local volunteers about how to campaign effectively on the doorstep. and rather than focus on local issues, activists are teaching volunteers how to field difficult national questions. herejeremy corbyn is seen very much as a positive on the doorstep. we thinkjeremy represents something really wonderful. he is a new kind of politics, a kind politics. a truthful politics. and we are very proud of that and we think that that resonates with people. and so we want to take that to the voters. but the local mps do not necessarily think that? there's a lot of things going on in the party, as people know. two leadership elections. but in this general election, we thinkjeremy corbyn is someone that people can believe in and what he stands for and the politics that he represents is something people can believe in. so we are proudly taking

the labour party unveils its manifesto — we weigh up the arguments. and is this the doctor's surgery of the future? we'll be visiting a californian start—up which says it has the recipe for preventative healthcare. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock lots more in the programme including news from ford of significantjob losses. today the uk's labour party will release its manifesto ahead of next month's general election. although the formal announcement is expected in a few hours time, last week a leaked copy of the document revealed labour's plans to scrap the government's existing white paper on brexit negotiations. the conservative manifesto is expected in the next few days. so where do the two parties stand on brexit? the labour party favours managed migration, but will stop short of committing to specific immigration targets, unlike the conservatives which has pledged to limit net migration to the "tens of thousands". jeremy corbyn‘s labour party says it wants to retain the benefits of the european single market and will negoti

the leader of the labour party. we're in a general election and for us it's about setting out that vision of a better, fairer britain, a britain that works for the many, not the few. we've got five weeks to hit the ground speaking to people, find out what their hopes and worries are, as well as their dreams and aspirations. i think when we start speaking to people, when we get that transformational manifesto published, we can start to explain the difference that a labour party in government for the next five yea rs in government for the next five years will make to the communities we seek to represent in every part of the united kingdom. labour campaign chairandrew of the united kingdom. labour campaign chair andrew gwynne, thank you. we're in a position in bbc election centre to give you a projected national share of the vote. let me tell you not what this is but what it isn't. it's not some kind of forecast about wolverhampton onjune kind of forecast about wolverhampton on june the 8th, kind of forecast about wolv

are you fit to lead the labour party? he does not look happy, even a bit tense, defeats and setbacks in the north and the midlands hard to take. and then, you would almost believe that labour was having a good day. almost. we have had some difficult results overnight. some have been very good. labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, just now, jeremy corbyn could use a little comfort. in light of the results we are seeing, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? obviously we need to gain support. compared to two—year ‘s ago we are doing our best, doing well. we have further to go, everybody understands that, but there are a large number of people who did not vote in local elections and a very large number who have still yet to register to vote, and i hope they will register by may the 22nd. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersey ferry, the city goes with labour each time

she also attacked the labour party over trident. but i think now is the time to put that division behind us, because in this country when we have a vote, we respect the result. so let's. .. let's put the division behind, the divisions of the past behind us, and actuallyjust get on with the job of making a success of brexit. applause. and, of course, if we're going to do that, we need strong and stable leadership and a strong and stable government to be able to deliver on that success for us. 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

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

the labour party unveils its manifesto, we will be weighing up the arguments. the leader of the uk's labour party has prioritised access to the single market— we'll speak to business leaders to get their view on the upcoming negotiations. and reports suggest ford could shed 10% of its workforce — europe is open — big day for data with uk inflation, and euro area gdp figures — we'll keep and eye on the numbers. and we'll be getting the inside track on the global shipping industry. it's faced some choppy waters in recent times — we'll ask whether the brexit negotiations can make for calmer seas. and what do you buy from vending machines? drinks, sweets, how about a supercar?! a "vending machine" in singapore is offering luxury vehicles including bentleys, ferraris and lamborghinis. today we want to know — what's the most surprising thing you've ever seen in a vending machine? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. today, the uk's labour party will release its manifesto ahead of next month's general election.

i might then ask a question of, if the labour party is so question of, if the labour party is so close to the trade unions, why do i think they would be more likely to see fewer strikes, fewer industrial actions of that kind, if it was a national ice centre is, than the current one? i don't think trade union activity is relevant at all. can run, it is relevant if you have had most of yourjourneys disrupted for last year, isn't it? that has huge economic consequences. can you convince people would be better?|j think convince people would be better?” think it is down to management. you think it is down to management. you think public sector management would be better? it can be good and bad sometimes. since 2015... southern rail isa sometimes. since 2015... southern rail is a private franchise. it is in the same way that aviva runs tfl. they can push through driver operated trains and the timetables and railway fares. we can see more railway strike. we sought in the 19705 railway strike. we sought in the 1970s with every nationalised industry got non—striker a weekly basis, almost. -

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

more on the draft labour party ma nifesto more on the draft labour party manifesto that was leaked last night. 0ne manifesto that was leaked last night. one of the plans in the lea ked night. one of the plans in the leaked document which might be subject to amendment before being published next week was a proposal to ta ke published next week was a proposal to take energy back into public ownership. it would see central government control the national grid and at least one publicly—owned company established in every region of the uk, baton in profits to customers. that would force private gas and electricity giants to reduce prices if they want to compete. guy thompson is product director and energy expert at myutilitygenius, an energy price comparison site. thank you for being with us. firstly, what you may call the role hull i think the proposal feels half baked. it certainly feels like it is going backwards somewhat. you certainly do not need a company in every single regional area. the last time we saw something like that was when the infrastructure was in the hands of those doing

if labour candidates, if labour party members hit the ground. dust ourselves down, we have taken a bruising today in parts of the country. i play tribute to labour candidates and councillors who have you are the head of campaigns now. you recognise, presumably, you are going to have a pretty radical shift, in terms ofs how you get that message out now, what's going to happen? we have five weeks to change the course of the next five years. that's a massive challenge. it's one i'm up to and it's one that i know many of my colleagues are up to. what we've got to do, going forward, is we have to, obviously, launch our manifesto and get our policies there. we have a transformational vision for the britain which is different to the society we live in now. é’féifgfi'myg eage- i'm confident that if we can get that we have heard a lot of you campaigning on the issues, police numbers, talked schools, talked nhs and the crisis. these are presumably what you want to be talking about that message that's just the start. i urge you to wait until the 16th

the opposition labour party has released its ma nifesto, labour party has released its manifesto, promising one of the biggest shake—up of the economy in decades. we talk you through how labour plans to do that. some of russia's biggest social networks and search engines have been banned. we have got bbc russia to explain why that has been done. we look at how credible those reports are that north korea could have been behind the global cyber attack. just under 2a hours ago, this story went up onto the washington post website. within seconds, it was being shared thousands and thousands of times. its claim was that donald trump had showed classified information to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador to the us. this meeting you can see here happened the day after the president had sacked the director of the fbi. he sacked him in part because of his frustrations over the investigation into the alleged collusion between mr trump's campaign and russia. well the white house reacted quickly to the washington post story. several members of his administration quickly denied the

laura, is this a sign of a more moderate labour party of the party? are they trying to reach out beyond jeremy corbyn? it obviously is theresa may trying to park tanks on labour lawn is. it is red hey. it remain so. it is. it is red hey. it remain so. it isa is. it is red hey. it remain so. it is a silly policy. broadly, i think theresa may is moving in the right direction. but an interesting quote is when she says, "what matters is doing what you believe to be right, as opposed to being ideological." but she is the prime minister, or she lives to be the prime do, but that doesn't make her an oracle. believing you are doing something right isn't that important. what is important is what works. i'm afraid... best ideas from wherever they are. both are conservative ideas. not this one! and she criticised this policy if you years ago. it is a major inconsistency, it isa ago. it is a major inconsistency, it is a silly policy, it is going to hit pension funds, it it could hit investments, and could hitjobs. yes, there are ways to help low income families a

party that will emerge will be remodelled as the labour party they really want, because the whole thing of the corbyn thing, we've lost our party. it's a bit like the leave campaign, we wa nt it's a bit like the leave campaign, we want our party back. if they get that will be the launch pad for what they think will be... so they are trying to engineer a split? the so—called blairites, they want to get them out. some of them might lo5e get them out. some of them might lose their seats. this is a believable strategy to a certain extent. if you are going to try and get the sort of change that they are seeking, and mccluskey repeated the point, the reason why labour is not winning is because of the media. point, the reason why labour is not winning is because of the mediam is the reasoning and arguing that jeremy corbyn should stay if he wins 200 seats. neal kennet got 229 and 270 plus. —— neil kinnock. gordon brown left 258. miliband left 232. 200?! and he wants to stay on as leader. this is lowering expectations. if you say, as long as he gets 200, he can stay, they are building exp

party is in and whether or not mr corbyn six to try to hang around or whether the labour party is in a position to rebuild itself and get back to the policies that can command popular support in the country on a sufficient scale to put labour values into practice. but the minute you say tony blair on iraq comes up. with that sort of legacy, will he be taken seriously? how are the media going to respond? how are the media going to respond? how will the public respond? will they deride him? well, for a long time, you are right, you couldn't have a conversation about tony blair without it quickly reverting to a conversation about the iraq war. but i think that mood has changed. people are listening to him again. they may not agree with him about everything, and i am sure they don't. many have not forgiven him for what happened in iraq. but what he is saying now about the centre ground and particularly what he's saying about brexit and the european union is important message. he will be heartened that people are starting to listen to that. if you look at the media coverage, he is given t

lytton has voted for the labour party since 1997 and it looks like they trust the labour party more than the conservatives on the issue of national security. do you think that picture is reflected nationally? you would get a different result in different parts of the country. this is something that the conservatives have honed in on because they think it isjeremy corbyn‘s weak spot. well to reason me is weak on domestic issue, jeremy corbyn is weak on security. trident came up time and time again, we know he does not support renewing it but it is in the labour party manifesto because he has to go along with the party. we know he has been against nearly every british intervention there has been. questions about the falklands and his support in the past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy past for the ira. there are real questions about jeremy corbyn past for the ira. there are real questions aboutjeremy corbyn and how far he would go to protect britain. he has an argument that resonates with a lot of voters which is that intervention does not increase our security. particu

labour supporters are complaining that too much coverage is attacking the party. tory supporters are saying labour get more air time, so how is bbc news approaching that whole issue of balance and fairness? well, it is a challenge every day. what we have to do is take our editorial judgments and that's always going to have to guide our coverage. and that's why programme editors across the bbc and correspondents on air, as well as laura, the political editor, have long and careful discussions about what stories we're going to cover, what are the values in the news terms of those stories, and then how do they fit in line with the guidelines that i've just talked about? what's noticeable already in this election campaign is that perceived errors, and indeed some factual ones, amplified on social media when people try to build a campaign around them saying, look, the bbc‘s being unfair. how should the bbc deal with those examples? look, we're all human, we do make mistakes. look, you know, we're working to tight deadlines with lots of information coming in all the t

the labour party. we deserve afairshare of that's the labour party. we deserve a fair share of transport infrastructure investment and as the metro mayor of liverpool city region i want to build a north west powerhouse. how can it be right that for every pound we receive the south gets £6 in transport investment? and only a labour party have committed to cross—railfor only a labour party have committed to cross—rail for the north, only a labour party have committed to cross—railfor the north, which would address some of that imbalance. so there's only five weeks to go before the country gets the chance to change the current government for one that actually believes in areas like ours and in fairness and equality. i'll not allow our city region to be ignored and neglected, so ending the resource dominance of the south is even more important now due to article 50 being triggedered and us leaving the european union. we have to ensure that we make the most of what brexit presents for our city region

labour's had more drama in 18 months than some parties do in a decade. but he is on the main stage now. so are you ready for his lines? the economy is still rigged in favour of the rich and powerful. when labour wins, there'll be a reckoning for those who've thought they could get away with asset stripping our industry, crashing our economy through their greed and ripping off workers and consumers. cheering and applause. a dramatic call in front of his shiny new battle bus, but since he's been in charge, labour has gone backwards. we have four weeks to ruin their party. to have a chance to take our wealth back. we must seize that chance today and every day untiljune the 8th. he's brought multitudes of new members, but what about the mainstream 7 you said, rather dramatically, there would be a reckoning if you become prime minister. now, a reckoning doesn't sound like a few people at the very top paying a little bit more, it sounds like something rather more radical. what it is... much higher taxes for business? what it is, it's a reckoning in our society

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. tom symonds, speaking to us from westminster about the results of the uk local elections. an agreement to set up safe zones in parts of syria has now come into force. the accord on the zones was reached on thursday between russia and iran which both back the syrian government. the main syrian opposition has expressed concern over the deal, saying it lacks proper safeguards and compliance mechanisms. sarah corker reports. syria's six year civil war has left more than 300,000 people dead and wrong in global power is. these safe zones aims to hold the conflict in specific areas between government forces and rebels and allow food and medicine to get in. in moscow russia's defence ministry said the deal would come into the effect in the early hours of saturday. translation: we're in the boundaries of the deescalation zones, the mi

starting in the uk, the daily telegraph leads with their exclusive on the leaked labour party's campaign manifesto. the documents detail leader jeremy corbyn‘s plans to nationalise energy, railand mailand introduce pay caps for top positions in government businesses. over the pond in the us the james comey sacking saga continues. the financial teams leads with the headline: defiant trump calls for closer moscow ties after firing fbi chief. that's of course following his meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. staying with that story, the new york times runs a piece on what they call a "sense of crisis" deepening in washington following the dismissal of comey. another crisis in waiting perhaps over on the other side of the world where the japan times looks at the newly—elected south korean president's policy towards its neighbour north korea. president moonjae—in also said that he would not rule out a visit to north korea under the right conditions. and finally, back in the business pages of the telegraph, news that high street food chain pret a manger is planning a lis

has not been pa rt party is something that has not been part of the labour party in government in our memory over the past two decades and certainly was not part of the tony blair and gordon brown parliament and on the other side you have theresa may who has managed to successfully absorbed most of the majority of ukip voters you have the choice. it is the polarised choice. that is not much going on in the centre. it will be interesting to see how people jump. these are the sincere viewers of the far left of the labour party. he would argue it would be dishonest not to voice them. you would argue about the timing. there have not been any funerals yet. the names of the victims are being released. 9/11, the attack on america, happened before the afghanistan invasion, for a rack, for any western intervention, that is what the war on terror has been a consequence of, not any invasion. the times has an interesting poll. we all this approach these with caution. after 2015 most news organisations decided to try to calm down about polling data. however there are sometimes polls which are not

this was labour leader jeremy corbyn‘s assessment of his party's performance. we came within 5000 votes of winning the west of england, which everyone said was impossible. we have had very disappointing results in other parts of the country. yes, we have to go out there in the next four weeks and get a message out of the kind of country we could be. where tension is not frightened about what happens to their pension and people do not work on zero hours contracts. where people get a decent living wage. those are the kind of proposals labour will be putting forward. jeremy corbyn. 0ur political correspondent tom symonds is in westminsterfor us. this is really a tale of two parties. the result between the conservatives and labour, it could not be more different. absolutely. they are both telling, as you heard, their own stories about this day that we have had a voting. the conservatives playing down su ccesses . conservatives playing down successes. we had the prime minister say why she needs a big majority by the conservatives want everybody to think this was not

for the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale. representing the scottish liberal democrats, willie rennie. this ukip david coburn and for the scottish greens, patrick harvie. applause we also want all of you to join in at home. you can argue along with the debate using social media. the hashtag is leaders debate. we will come back shortly and take opening state m e nts come back shortly and take opening statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird statements from all of our panel, but firstjackie bird is statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird is with the watching press. thank you. from the majesty of the debating hall to be more modest surroundings of the press room or the so—called spin room. it's here that the journalists and bloggers and party politicians will be scrutinising the performances of their party leaders and crafting tamara's headlines. i feel a their party leaders and crafting tamara's headlines. ifeel a bit like the headteacher. i will be gauging their reaction and quizzing the comment

we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party today that a labour government led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent. they would not be able to defend this country. theresa may has made so much of this campaign about leadership qualities. she wants to keep it that way. but now the parties have published their manifestos, there's also plenty of policy to pick over. tories out! and not everyone agrees with some tory proposals. these are labour protesters, but there are rumblings in the tory party about changes to social care. elections can lay bare divisions across the board. alex forsyth, bbc news, ealing. the liberal democrats have unveiled their latest election poster. it's a picture of nigel farage‘s face, superimposed onto the head and shoulders of theresa may. former business secretary, and lib dem candidate, sir vince cable, said it represented how conservatives had "adopted wholesale" policies from ukip. iran's newly—re—elected president, hassan rouhani, has said he will continue, in his second term in office, t

with its 7,000 labour majority, the party must hold and grow if it can. so much of labour's programme is divisive and could cause potential support to walk away. labour don't want to put a clear limit on immigration from europe. are you happy with that or unhappy? they're just coming to use the nhs for free. they get housing funding for free, benefits for free, and it's too easy. i agree, but if they are coming over and are going to get a job and pay their way, that's fine. and for so many, it's about the economy. isn't it always? more tax if you can easily afford it, or would that just punish success? mess up britain's prosperity? jeremy corbyn and the labour party are saying, get more tax out of people who earn the most. what do you think? no. i think if you go to university, do a masters, work hard, you shouldn't have to pay more tax. but if you've got more money, why not pay a bit more for services? because you've done essential things to earn that. if i was earning that much, i'd want to be doing my bit for everyone else. i don't need that much money

we have seen, yet again, from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party, today, that a labour government, led byjeremy corbyn, would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent. they would not be able to defend this country. theresa may has made so much of this campaign about leadership qualities. she wants to keep it that way. but now the parties have published their manifestos, there's also plenty of policy to pick over. tories out! and not everyone agrees with some tory proposals. these are labour protesters, but there are rumblings in the tory party about changes to social care. elections can lay bare divisions across the board. alex forsyth, bbc news, ealing. well, the liberal democrats have unveiled their latest election poster. it's a picture of nigel farage's face, superimposed onto the head and shoulders of theresa may. former business secretary and lib dem candidate, sir vince cable, said it represented how conservatives had "adopted wholesale" policies from ukip. dozens of the schoolgirls who were kidnapped from the nigerian town of chibok, three years ago, have been reu

we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party today that a labour government led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent. they would not be able to defend this country. theresa may has made so much of this campaign about leadership qualities. she wants to keep it that way. but now the parties have published their manifestos, there's also plenty of policy to pick over. tories out! and not everyone agrees with some tory proposals. these are labour protesters, but there are rumblings in the tory party about changes to social care. elections can lay bare divisions across the board. you are watching bbc news. our main story this hour: president trump has received an extravagant welcome during the first day of his visit to saudi arabia. he is expected to make a speech about islam on sunday. staying with that story now, and geoffrey mock is amnesty international‘s middle east specialist. he spoke to me a little earlier from duke university, in north carolina, and i asked him whether amnesty had heard what they wanted from president

we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn‘s labour party today that a labour government led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent. they would not be able to defend this country. theresa may has made so much of this campaign about leadership qualities. she wants to keep it that way. but now the parties have published their manifestos, there's also plenty of policy to pick over. tories out! and not everyone agrees with some tory proposals. these are labour protesters, but there are rumblings in the tory party about changes to social care. elections can lay bare divisions across the board. and alex forsyth is here. the conservatives have got their own problems with social care, haven't they? their manifesto included a proposal to change how it is funded. currently if you have assets more than £23,000 you may have to pay towards the cost of your care, that will go up to £100,000. for those who need care at home, the value of their house could be taken into account. labour and the liberal democrats have been highly critical saying that it

the truth is, if one takes the labour party's objective on june is, if one takes the labour party's objective onjune the 8th to be elected as the government and to replace the conservative party in office, the evidence at these local elections is that it is an awful long way away from that objective, and that indeed if the general election had been held yesterday the labour party would have suffered an even bigger defeat than it did in 2015, so from that point of view this is not good news for the labour party. but, more results to come, we will see whether or not the pattern is different in more urban parts of england, but the truth if it is not encouraging for existing labour mps. labour might still hope to narrow the tory lead but winning this election, well, shall we say it would be quite a stupendous performance if labour win the general election from the baseline that these local election results seem to be pointing to. john, we will talk again later. john mentioned the big battle in glasgow between the snp and labour, the snp's sister party in wales is plaid cymru, and leanne wood, the

there are that many people in the labour party who hate him,| people in the labour party who hate him, i would people in the labour party who hate him, iwould not people in the labour party who hate him, i would not say hey tim, but do not get on with him, i do not think there is a chance. it has been hard for labour to settle on the position on leaving the eu. the leader wants to draw a line. this election is not about brexit itself, that issue has been settled. the question now is what sort of brexit we want and what sort of country do we want written to be after that. his aides are adamant that settled means settled and a labour government would leave but when i asked him several times, the answer was not so clear. does it mean if you are prime minister, whatever the deal on the table, we will leave the eu? there was a clear vote at the referendum a year ago but there is now the negotiations that have begun. that is not my question, my question is if you are prime minister, we will leave whatever is on the table at the end of negotiations? we win the election, we will get a good de

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 ensure there is a good school place for every child. it is what i and my team are offering at this election. you said you would not block the challenges of our time. you have talked about patriotism. would you think it is patriotic tojoin patriotism. would you think it is patriotic to join the united states in more strikes against syria or will you rule out

party led by jeremy country is properly defended, and a labour party led byjeremy corbyn that would simply chuck away our ability to defend ourselves. i think thatis ability to defend ourselves. i think that is crazy. hundreds of thousands marched against the iraq war in 2003. mr corbyn‘s allies believe many former members of labour who have left the party in protest have comeback under his leadership. jeremy corbyn has put forward his position on foreign affairs proudly, in double his core support. but the campaigners, think this could be a liability. it is up to you to decide who you want to fly the flag for britain. our assistant political editor norman smith is in central london where jeremy corbyn just made that speech. how controversial was the speech?” think team jeremy corbyn have followed the military maxim that the best form of defence is attack, there is no point in trying to say that he has not opposed nuclear weapons and military intervention abroad, american foreign policy, he has always protested all his adult life against war from iraq to kosovo to the falklands,

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

the policy is, labour party policy is that we — policy is, labour party policy is that we - i know what it is. i'm asking could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly, we need to make sure that our policy is up to make sure that our policy is up to date and meets 21st century threats. no—one can disagree with that surely. there was a time when we gave up on sabres oi’ that surely. there was a time when we gave up on sabres or horses. she's driving coach and horses through labour party policy. last night, the shadow defence secretary, who'd be sitting in on the policy reviews if labour got into power, nia griffith, was interviewed on newsnight. she was asked about those comments. well, with all due respect, emily is not the shadow defence secretary, i am. we had a long meeting on thursday in which we agreed the manifesto. nobody has raised the issue of removing trident nuclear deterrent from our manifesto that. was agreed last year that we would have it as part of our defence review that we had last year as part of our national policy forum. emily thornberry said if you're going

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 supreme court in india has struck down an appeal by four men sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a medical student in delhi. the threejudges murder of a medical student in delhi. the three judges said the victim had suffered a devastating hour of darkness. threejudges pronounced three judges pronounced the verdict here in the supreme court, and as it was read out, those in court route into applause. in the ruling, one of thejudges into applause. in the ruling, one of the judges described the case as a barbaric crime, one he said had shaken the collect your conscience of society. another one said the victim had suffered a devastating hour of darkness. it was in december 2012 that jyoti singh, hour of darkness. it was in december 2012 thatjyoti singh, a hour of darkness. it was in december 2012 that jyoti singh, a

the labour party will be defeated. but we need a substantial amount of lib dem mps in the next parliament to hold the government to account and form the nucleus of an effective opposition. lot of condemnation of the labour party and conservative party from tim farron. he topped about a cold, mean—spirited britain. tim farron. he topped about a cold, mean-spirited britain. well, that is what hard brexit leads to. it is also what we are beginning to see. they have been in powerfor two yea rs. they have been in powerfor two years. in many parts of the country, we are already seeing school budgets, hospitals and social care severely cut. if they get a big majority, continuing government, that will be extended over a long period of time. it could get very nasty. howdy explain to people who voted in the referendum that there should be a second referendum? people have had their say on europe. they had their say on leaving. they do not know what the destination is. it could turn out well. it could turn out very badly. we can

you noticed some of the media are bias against the labour party. this is sometimes said to be the case. we are very serious about ensuring there is freedom of information and right to know in society. that is why the freedom of information act was introduced. we recognize many cites around the world, very brave journalists lose their lives or are assassinated because they tell the truth. a free press is fundamental to a free society. i fully understand that. [applause] >> it is also important to ensure there is responsible juniorism and multiplicity of ownership and the right to reply. so we develop it and tom watson is very clear on this that we will protect the diversity of our free press and ensure there is diversity of all of our media out lets in this country so that everyone can take an informed opinion. a high street bank is something important and part of the community. if you think it there are too many small towns, even medium size towns where the town center has been hollowed out. where various shops go, the banks go and get to a whole p

the big story today was the announcement of the leak of the labour party manifesto. labour leaderjeremy corbyn tweet @jeremycorbyn that he was "proud to announce our shadow cabinet and national executive committee have just unanimously agreed our manifesto for the many, not the few." it's undoubtedly a substantial document. it's 45 pages long. let's look at some of the policy is getting the most attention. there are plans to renationalise the railways, also to reverse the sale of royal mail and to create publicly owned energy companies. there will be £6 billion of extra annual funding for the national health service. that will paid for by raising income tax on the top 5% of earners. and £250 billion on infrastructure spending over the next 10 years. let's bring in mark from westminster. voters can't complain they don't have some distinct choices here. that is absolutely the point. there are some eye watering proposals. on top of what you mentioned, they want to end tuition fees, banff mentioned, they want to end tuition fees, ba nff racking mentioned, they want to

that has been in labour party hansford sometime. although people wondered whether it would be what of down a bit in terms of the final version. what do you make of what you have seen? this is quite a simple policy that is not actually cost anything. what would happen is that when franchises run out, the contract between the government and private train operators, when they run out, they will run for five, 710 yea rs run out, they will run for five, 710 years and then simply revert to the government. and then they would be run by probably a new body, maybe something like british rail. but presumably there would be a costly so m e but presumably there would be a costly some fine franchises... they are under contract and if they did that, the government would be entitled to compensation. they will not give up the ghost. that happens at the moment anyway, as a franchise ru ns at the moment anyway, as a franchise runs out and another company takes over. it would be a normal process. sam, what you make of this? over. it would be a normal

the summary of the labour party position. what have the labour party position. what have the liberal democrats been saying? talking about pensions, yesterday was about raising income tax by 1p in the pound to save the nhs. the winter fuel allowance would go for the higher earning pensioners, that's people earning more than £45,000 a year. they reckon it would bea £45,000 a year. they reckon it would be a saving of about 105 million, is not a huge amount of money, but seeing an intention of stealing with the problem of an ageing population. the triple lock is where pensions rise by average income, information 01’ rise by average income, information or2.5%, rise by average income, information or 2.5%, whichever is highest. that was the pledge made in 2010 when the coalition came together. theresa may has not committed to that yet in this election campaign. the conservatives have a different tack. we have heard so much about brexit so we have heard so much about brexit so far. today, one of the first big policy pushes on mental health. we know that theresa may

let's take the pulse of the labour party. len mccluskey, yesterday he said they would be rubbish in the election, 200 seats would be seen as a victory, that is losing more than 30. today he says they could win. what is going on? it is the usual len mccluskey dance. don't forget that trade union bill eden is our elected politicians who need to balance their own voting interests. he came very close to being defeated bya he came very close to being defeated by a candidate who did not have much time forjeremy corbyn so is trying to have his cake and eat it. he is saying things are not good, hinting by saying 200 seats, ifjeremy can't get that he might be out. today he is giving something to his left by saying the manifesto is great. len isa saying the manifesto is great. len is a politician, he is acting like any politician would. dave, that is any politician would. dave, that is a hostage to fortune? it isa it is a bit of managing expectations. they always go below what they think it might be so that when they get more it looks

this audience was made up of invited labour party members as well as stu d e nts labour party members as well as students and staff from coventry university. before gordon brown made his speech, i had a conversation with a few labour party members. very good news. i believe the whole shebang should be nationalised. back to nationalisation. just the general ethos of making it a better place to live. for more people. ithink ethos of making it a better place to live. for more people. i think that is principally at, and penning politicians down £2, shillings and penceis politicians down £2, shillings and pence is never going to be easy and never possible for them to give answers. i think he's a different kind of leader and what you see is what you get and he‘s acquired gentleman. i think people got used to posturing politics and find hard to posturing politics and find hard to a cce pt to posturing politics and find hard to accept someone quiet and who does not retaliate in a nasty way. plenty of support for jeremy not retaliate in a nasty way. plenty of support forjeremy corbyn among

a very left—wing agenda from the labour party. what you would expect from jeremy corbyn who has been setting that store ad for some time but what is perhaps more contract that swagger more surprising, the conservatives used to say, the markets get on with it —— what is more surprising. a massive change in tone, they are saying babel capped energy prices and get involved in markets, have a close look at any ta keovers markets, have a close look at any takeovers make sure they are any public interest. much more of a lurch to the left the right if you like. i have family visiting from australia, and they were saying, they were stunned. if they are watching, they are lefties, labour, but they are saying that the tory ma nifesto but they are saying that the tory manifesto is something like the labour party. it could read like an old labour party manifesto and the interesting thing is, businesses i have been talking to chief executives and getting their reaction, and they say at the moment they feel pretty friendless, being duffed u

the labour party unveils its manifesto — we weigh up the arguments. and is this the doctor's surgery of the future? we'll be visiting a californian start—up which says it has the recipe for preventative health. hello and welcome to bbc news. the washington post has published a report claiming president trump revealed highly classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister and ambassador at their white house meeting last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges mr trump gave information about the so—called islamic state group, supplied to the us by a foreign ally, and considered so sensitive american officials did not even share it widely within the us government. the paper suggests intelligence sources and security relationships with other governments may have been compromised. the us secretary of state has issued a statement that the president discussed the nature of specific threats, but not sources, methods or military operations. one of the washington post reporters that broke the story — greg jaffee — spoke to

we then have the scrap for second place between the labour party and the conservatives. the conservatives had a good day, but entirely at the expense of labour. for the scottish national party, our responsibility as the leading party in scotland, is to represent the people. we are the largest party in 19 councils. it gives local councils in scotland a massive opportunity to prove former scottish national party administration. in wheels, plaid made some advances. party leader leanne wood said she was pleased. we need deans in many different parts of the country. i got was a landslide for the conservatives in england, here, the only took 15%. as far as we england, here, the only took 15%. as faras we are england, here, the only took 15%. as far as we are concerned, it is game on for the general election. we are looking to take many more seats. school governing bodies are being given new powers to psych incompetent or corrupt school governors. there was a loophole stopping elected governors from being moved in the past. now, many craft skills have made a big return in recen