theresa theresa may. does that make sense to you ? theresa may theresa may. does that make sense to you? theresa may set out her plan for how to run the selection and work in this election, getting up and down the country to meet the voters. she has been clear about that. she has travelled thousands of miles and attended over 60 events. she has taken questions from more members of the public and the press than corbyn. it has takenjeremy corbyn six weeks to decide to come today. but what it means is the public are going to see for the first time what a coalition of chaos looks like when we seejeremy corbyn up looks like when we seejeremy corbyn up on stage with those people who will be propping him up if there is a hung parliament. in eight days this is the reality of what the government could look like going into those brexit negotiations. we are only missing diane abbott and john mcdonnell. the implication for many people is that theresa may is not willing to defend not only her record but her manifesto in public with jeremy corbyn. that is not the case, she

theresa may. the reason any leading lady sends a stunt double is so she doesn't get damaged if things go wrong. so with this, amber rudd's tactic was clear. ignore the others, but slam jeremy corbyn hard at every opportunity. jeremy, i know there is no extra payment you don't want to add to, no tax you don't want to rise. but the fact is we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there is a magic money tree. you have to be accountable for the money you want to spend. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? jeremy corbyn managed quite a few slams back. we cannot go on giving money away to the very rich. this government is proposing another £60 billion in tax giveaways in the next five years. instead i say turn it round and invest in the future of all of our people. with so many participants, the debate often descended into chaos. particularly when they were arguing about chaos. this is c

lots ofjournalists ready to see theresa may leave another ten and make the shortjourney theresa may leave another ten and make the short journey towards buckingham palace for that short audience with the queen. and we think a little bit later we will hear if you words from the prime minister? it is the formal start of an election campaign. we expect the theresa may to come back to downing street after seeing the queen and to make some form of short statement. there may be mention of a strong and sta ble there may be mention of a strong and stable government, i think we can be sure. just turning my back as the car pulls up next to the door, as we wait for that famous big black door to open. we expect her to come back and makea to open. we expect her to come back and make a short statement, saying that she has seen the queen and probably saying that the country needs a new covenant. of course politicians right now across the country are campaigning. i was with jeremy corbyn this morning... here we go. there is theresa may, pearls, wearing pearls, as she gets into the back of the car. she ha

without theresa may and jeremy corbyn. but, ithink without theresa may and jeremy corbyn. but, i think it is a wise decision by both jeremy corbyn. but, i think it is a wise decision by bothjeremy and teresa. if you have ever seen pmqs, prime minister's questions times, neither of them can think on their feet. it looks like... they have the structure but when you look at what they say there is no content. i think that neither of them do particularly well in debate. but, you know, that is what the voters wa nt to you know, that is what the voters want to see. that is what theresa may has been criticised for on the campaign trail. she met one voter on the trail and it went very badly. she certainly will get some flak on this but i doubt it is going to cause a dent in her polling. because jeremy corbyn is in a more vulnerable position and has criticised theresa may for not debating, he will probably get a bit more damage. we will see five people behind the podium, and not two others. what do you make of it? they need a good night. for a long time journalists said the error of

labour say theresa may is playing party games with brexit. scotland's first minister described her comments as deeply irresponsible. over in brussels the european commission's chief brexit negotiator has denied demanding a "blank cheque" from britain. but michel barnier said the uk‘s accounts must be settled. a student has been found guilty of planting a home—made bomb on a tube train in london. 20—year—old damon smith packed a rucksack with explosives, set to go off within minutes at north greenwich station. sainsbury‘s has warned of challenging trading conditions as it posted an 8% fall in annual profits. the chain's chief executive said the supermarket will try not to pass on price increases to customers. cast a shadow on the resort. however, a decade later in spite of extensive inquiries there have been no firm leads and the investigation remains open. jon kay reports now. ten years. ten years since everything changed here. a little girl vanished on a holiday with her parents. it's unbelievable that nothing, there's been nothing

this is theresa may, jeremy corbyn first and {hifii may, jeremy corbyn first and then theresa may. the interviews were separate and then taking questions from the audience. what do you think of it? i thought it was a no score draw. jeremy corbyn performed perhaps better than some people might have thought he would. i think he did quite well from that point of view, theresa may did —— had some difficult questions about the u—turn and leading the brexit negotiations. she came through it quite well and finished quite strongly. it ultimately probably will not affect the election a great deal which was a bit ofa no the election a great deal which was a bit of a no score draw. the guardian story is an early version. jeremy corbyn was the first person to appear. they have an of his performance. they account of his performance. they will catch up by updating with what theresa may was saying and being questioned on. complete a reporting job, which is unusual in an election campaign. rachel, the point about jeremy corbyn, he faced quite jeremy corbynrhe faced qertee because jeremy corb

theresa may has the —— there was a view that theresa may does not get the nhs. david cameron said that nhs were the three letters that mattered to him the most. he understand that the nhs was such an emotive issue for many people in this country. theresa may has never really got back in the same sort of way. she's never gone in for talking in molecule in times about the health service, in fact she's been quite clunking in her language when talking about it, when pressed by jeremy corbyn on it. but, we have learned there will be more money on the health service, how much more we do not know. if there is going to be a big rise, there was some suggestion could be up to 8 billion for the nhs, suggestion could be up to 8 billion forthe nhs, i suggestion could be up to 8 billion for the nhs, i will have to check out whether that is true because it's advocate huge amount of money thatis it's advocate huge amount of money that is the case. i have been given the thumbs up on that figure. i'm seeing rudimentary sign language. a p pa re ntly seeing rudimentary sign languag

theresa may is floundering. we saw in the initial time that she was invoking article 50, her making the threats over intelligence, we saw the debacle over gibraltar and it has been covered up by the general election as if we had forgotten it. i don't think it is a prime minister that's in control. i think she is panic kment we have got to have honest conversations about the future. the 100 billion bill is frightening. i don't think party is being realistic about the tax. the green party are clear, there will be bills that will need to be paid. the money needs to come from the richest. we have seen growing inequality and a lost decade since the financial crash and we have got to be better than that. we can create a caring, compassionate britain, a britain that's fit for the 215t century, but the prime minister clearly isn't the person to do that and i don't think brexit is the route to doing that and clearly no deal is not better than a decent deal and better still, let's put the whole thing to the british people

"theresa on the march", declares the daily mail. the express calls theresa may the new mackie. first, let's look at the local and mayoral election. let's look at the daily mail. the reason on the marks, you get wiped out and labour buried in their own backyard. it will come on the weather weakens safely extrapolate this to doom the aids in a bit, but theresa may —— tojune the 8th in a bit. theresa may not —— careful not to overestimate these games? they're worried about turnout injune. games? they're worried about turnout in june. it's not games? they're worried about turnout injune. it's not about games? they're worried about turnout in june. it's not about whether she will win, its about the size of the majority she will get. what the conservatives are trying to do is ta ke conservatives are trying to do is take a whole bunch of seats off labour which in 2015 would have been considered safe. you look at some of the majorities, particularly in the mayoral races, they were quite tight. as few hundred thousand votes, will mean a lot. labour have the opposite problem. the

theresa may has gone from being a positive to being neutral at best. how has that happened? the social care thing was a big thing, there's a perception that she has got it in for pensioners, which additionally boat story and that she changes her mind. —— which traditionally votes tory. and it is cutting through that she's not answering questions on television. she is dodging it too much whatjeremy television. she is dodging it too much what jeremy corbyn answers the question even if it takes a long time —— she is dodging it too much. he argues the question, even if it might bea he argues the question, even if it might be a different question. laughter and now to another story, ian paterson, the breast surgeon, who has been sentenced to 15 years, he was told he was driven by the material rewards which was brought from his private practice. shocking story. when you read the testimonials from the victims, what comes across, they say, he seemed arrogant and i didn't like him, comes across, they say, he seemed arrogantand i didn't like him, but i trusted him because he se

theresa may raises doubts on philip hammond. i suspect a bit of betting is going on as to whether he will survive the first few weeks of theresa may administration she wins. if she gets administration she wins. if she gets a landslide, she will have a mandate to introduce all those measures and a mandate over her own conservative policies and she will be able to do what she wants. there is talk that michael gove might be brought back into the cabinet. philip hammond is vulnerable because there are leaks about him swearing. she admitted it today. extraordinary body language in their press conference today and they were being asked questions about their relationship. the one word of caution is ultimately she says and she knows she is the only one who knows if this will happen. it is interesting when you talk to people who know them both, they were both oxford university contemporaries for two years ago and people say they are the same type of tory, they are largely low tax, possibly both drier, less showy politicians of the same e

he felt that he really didn't manage to get his message across to theresa may. that is why in the first place right after that meeting he called the german chancellor angela merkel and told her how disastrous this is and that theresa may is living in a different galaxy where she is harbouring many illusions which is why our chancellor afterwards went to the bundestag where she was due to the bundestag where she was due to deliver a speech and said some in britain are harbouring illusions, and that was referring to theresa may. the negotiations don't start in the uk at until after the general election and this very public lobbying we are seeing from the 27 and jean—claude juncker appears to come across as undermining theresa may. well, it is certainly not went to undermine her. obviously, or as i was told, eu officials have been telling the british government for weeks that they are in favour of early elections because they think that otherwise these elections that would do at the latest in 2020 would hang over the negotiations. however, they thought it should

that was all theresa may's watch. but this is what she thinks she has got to do, before the election, with brexit looming, not going to have any excuses. but also making the point, that because of brexit, she can take this down to the tens of thousands. but many economists would say, that if you try to lower this number, in a couple of years, you are going to do some damage. it has got to be gradual. even david davis has said that we need migrants, for the hill service, science, and other sectors. you have got the danger, that this is about the conservative party, trying to out ukip ukip. and they do not need to do that. we saw that from the council elections. the same day that theresa may has said this, ukip said we want a net migration figure over five years of zero. i do not think even the hardest brexiteers would say that. it needs 100,150,000. brexiteers would say that. it needs 100, 150,000. and those people who voted for brexit would say that they wa nt voted for brexit would say that they want control of the b

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 are deeply split on whether we should be le

is theresa may's break with the tories's thatcherite past to woo labour voters. the telegraph calls it theresa may's "manifesto for the mainstream" as she promises to make britain fairer. tomorrow's express ramps up the fighting talk over the uk's brexit deal with europe. the mirror says may will strip 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel payments and warns of possible tory tax rises for working families. the times is another paper to focus on theresa may's bid to win voters from right and left as she launches her manifesto in the labour seat of halifax. the guardian's front page features the latest photo of chelsea manning, the first released since the former us soldier was released from military prison after being convicted of leaking secrets. the daily mail is a paper unashamedly saying what it thinks of the tory manifesto. it is astonishingly supportive, even reverential. i was quite taken aback when i saw this because even though it has been very supportive of theresa may, especially over the last few days, ahead of the ma nifesto last few days, ahead

theresa may hopes this ma nifesto services. theresa may hopes this manifesto shows she is able to take what she calls big and difficult decision and perhaps it shows an indication she thinks this is her chance for maximum power, and a chance for maximum power, and a chance to take over swathes of the country, including parts of labour‘s bread heartlands, to turn them a new tory blue. it was theresa may's decision to call this general election, which has made the conservative campaign about her. this manifesto a personal test for the prime minister. one of the main targets in the manifesto — to tackle the rising cost of social care in england. it promises that no—one will have to sell their property in their lifetime to fund residential or home care. instead, the cost of care will be taken from their estate when they die. as long as that's worth at least £100,000. but one former government adviser says many people would have no protection from care costs. sarah campbell reports. the population is ageing. how to pay for th

when did theresa may change your mind? a closed—door, becausejust theresa may change your mind? a closed—door, because just yesterday ministers were saying nothing was going to change. any chance that you will get it again? no. but there we re will get it again? no. but there were concerns inside the party. the prime minister herself had heard nervous on the doorstep. the principle of a coupes and stays the same, but the change of heart is a giftand the same, but the change of heart is a gift and a source of gags for labour. another u-turn, jeremy? you cannot trust this woman, she does u—turns an immigration, on parliament won't be meeting, having an election until 2020! you can't trust! but the opposition is still attacking the part of the plan that remains — the value of people's homes in england will be factored in for all kinds of social care, even no assets below £100,000 will be protected. this is what happens when you have a government that thinks it's going to win with an enormous majority. governments that have landslide majorities make bad decisions, make mistak

theresa may is after their traditional support. we will negotiate a brexit that works for all, for the many, not the few. we won't threaten europe on the way into brexit and, above all, in this election campaign, we'll put forward a proposal and a plan for britain which is about dealing with inequality and injustice. behind the gates, theresa may was never going to be the kind of politician simply to agree. but even in the heat of an election campaign, strong words cannot be unsaid. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. a 20—year—old student has been found guilty of planting a home—made bomb on a london underground train. damon smith, who has asperger‘s syndrome, was caught on cctv last october leaving a bag filled with explosives in a carriage. the train was evacuated minutes before he had set the device to explode. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the story. alone on a london underground platform, damon smith is caught on cctv priming his device to explode on the tube. it's inside a rucksack and he's timed

supported brexit and want to see theresa may ta ke brexit and want to see theresa may take a tough and stance go into the negotiations with the firm hand. she drew the parallels between leaving the eu with a bad deal or no deal, what that would mean for, in her words, hard—working families, really trying to make sure that people felt they had a stake in but she was the best person to go into those. there isa best person to go into those. there is a gamble theresa may, not everybody supported brexit in the uk and we have heard from her political rivals and opponents that theresa may is playing politics with the really important negotiation. there is another aspect. if theresa may wins the election she will be the one sitting around the table with cov leaders to try to negotiate the terms of brexit, and in using the language she did today, it will no doubt cause anger among some in brussels. the reports we have had from the eu, a senior eu source said they dismissed the suggestion is that theresa may made about any interference in the election, dismissed them as pure fantasy. but the t

and theresa may will have used this asa and theresa may will have used this as a stop, the first stop to sell the manifesto. laila, thank you very much. and today at 5.30 on bbc news we will be putting your questions about the conservative manifesto to iain duncan smith — the former cabinet minister and of course tory party leader. you can get in touch via twitter using the hashtag bbc ask this — or text your questions to 61124 — and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. the police in hershire have launched an investigation into a number of hospitals where the numbers of babies dying have risen. we have this report. the police said that they were launching the investigation, especially looking at the deaths of babies who were here in the neonatal units, so the units looking after premature babies and over that year from the middle ofjune 2015 and june 2016. the police are looking at 15 deaths. focussing on eight. they will review another seven and they are also going to look at six babies who came very close to death. all being here at the count count yes, sirof being h

probably will be theresa? yeah. he voted for brexit, as did 70% of hartlepool, so does that mean job done for ukip here? forfrom it, says phillip broughton, the only one of the candidates who stood last time, when he came second. i think the tories know that this is a ukip — labour battleground seat, and ukip or labour is going to win, and people have got a very clear choice, emily, onjune 8th. if the vote conservative or they vote labour they will get a labour mp and nothing will change and it will be business as usual. and i've lived in the town for 18—odd years... mike hill suddenly found himself the prospective labour candidate when iain wright stepped down as the election was called. i was just listening to that at the moment, the government robbing people blind... motorbike licences — a reminder that even in this big week of manifestos most people arejust thinking about what matters to them. i'm sure it's going to be a hard fight to claw back for labour... because if the tories pick up that ukip vote thi

theresa may is saying that money paid in the past must be taken into consideration. she talks about the european investment bank and the investment fund. it wouldn't make me rush out and buy a paper! no, it's very dull! moving on... good blogger at! and buy a paper! no, it's very dull! moving on... good bloggerat! i've got the interesting story! it is still theresa may. but a very different angle. this is the front page of the times. yes, indeed. the sunday times have a poll taken since the tory manifesto came out. what they are saying is that there is now, this is sort of war ball weekend for the tories. 0n the poll, the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35-- the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35——a the tories are now on 44%, labour on 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eightjust 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eight just so 35 —— a wobble weekend for the tories. eightjust so mike —— just a 9—point lead for the tories. the conservatives are down from an 18 point lead injust one week. it is all down to what came out through the manif

theresa may didn't turn up butjeremy corbyn was there. let's get a flavour of some of the sparks that flew tonight. this is one exchange betweenjeremy corbyn and amber rudd, discussing the need for social care. we are a party who a lwa ys for social care. we are a party who always supports those in most need. and the welfare bill for helping people on disabilities has gone up £7 billion in the last three years. we will always provide that safety net. amber, you try to remove safety nets from people on disabilities and turned around on that. you are not credible. i know there is no extra payments you do not want to add, no tax you do not want to rise but the fa ct tax you do not want to rise but the fact is that we have to concentrate oui’ fact is that we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there is a magic money tree. you have to be accountable. just one of the highlights from the debate this evening. i highlights from the debate this evening. lam pleased highli

theresa may is pledging for a maximum cost on the standard variable tariff. that's a tariff used by about two thirds of energy use is that haven't changed their tariffs recently and she wants to cap how much that can be and she wa nts to cap how much that can be and she wants the cap to be set by the energy regulator. she says that around 70 million people will see about £100 per year cut from their bills. ed miliband had proposed a freeze which was widely criticised by david cameron at the last election. this pledge is different because prices can go up and down, depending on what the regulator decides to do. the liberal democrats have said this is not a time to be doing this when you need investment in energy. labour, as you mentioned, said this is a policy that the conservatives mentioned couple of weeks ago and are not giving any more details at this stage. what the river feeling that for a conservative party to now be taking seriously and intervention in a privatised industry like this is quite something and they are really moved by the fact that whethe

theresa may is looking for the c word. he means conservative. they are not mentioning conservative, they are mentioning theresa may. tom watson is essentially saying this is a coded leadership version of what ben bradshaw and various other mps have been saying. vote labour to prevent a massive landslide and try to rescue some seats. he is warning that it will be very difficult to hold the tories to account in the commons if they have a majority of the order margaret thatcher had. it was 140 odd sheets, 100 seats in 1983. it is fascinating to see this. the conservatives themselves almost can't believe it. you see the power of this brand, whether you are sceptical about theresa may or not. that picture you have added there, they would conservatives is in tiny letters on the door on the side of the bus and the rest of it is hoped on theresa may, her personality, her signature and the tories are astonished by how well she has connected. there is a question of whether that will endure after the election. for the moment, she allows them to push into a

theresa may in halifax. labour leaderjeremy corbyn gave his reaction to the conservative policy on social care. she is attacking all the older people in society and damaging social care in our society. this is a manifesto which will make the situation across britain worse on top of what the coalition and conservative government have done. 6 million people earning less than the living wage. sir andrew dilnot led a major review into social care several years ago and has criticisised the proposals in the tory party manifesto. he says they would leave people "completely on their own" to deal with the future costs of their care. what i like because it is something we ourselves recommended in our commission and which the government in the last parliament legislated for and was in the last parliament legislated forand was in in the last parliament legislated for and was in the manifesto last time around was an increase in the amount of assets you can hold and still get support from the means tested system. we sugge

theresa may is after their traditional support. we will negotiate a brexit that works for all, for the many, not the few. we won't threaten europe on the way into brexit and above all in this election campaign, we will put forward a proposal and a plan for britain which is about dealing with inequality and injustice. behind the gates, theresa may was never going to be the kind of politician simply to be the kind of politician simply to agree. but even in the heat of an election campaign, strong words cannot be unsaid. it was just a couple of days ago that the prime minister was dismissing the idea of a spat between her and brussels as just gossip, and yet this afternoon this full throated attack. it is not unusualfor this full throated attack. it is not unusual for british prime minister is to have a pop at officials or diplomats or bureaucrats across the channel. that is a political tactic as old as the hills. but for theresa may to do it right now, notjust in a general election campaign but with local elections tomorrow right aro

i have to go back to theresa may... no, it is important! you have to be vigilant, there has to be vigilant. it is not possible to catch up with all of this. but won't she say that the nhs has many, many it specialists who are employed entirely to make sure that this system is secure, not her as the home secretary? ultimately, somebody needed to report to somebody. we need to find out where the buck stopped, and instead of keystone cops running around sort of thing, where does the buck stop? this is able to lives involved. —— this is people's lives involved. this is able to lives involved. —— this is people's lives involvedlj know this is people's lives involved.” know this is a massive story but i wa nt to know this is a massive story but i want to move on. the sunday telegraph, tories, don't ditch a little bit! that have been comparisons made between theresa may and margaret thatcher, but this is suggesting that theresa may is moving too far away from a little bit‘s economic principles... i know you won't agree! i don't, actual

at the heart of the crisis in social care that theresa may says she wants to fix, oui’ theresa may says she wants to fix, our real lives. people like this woman and her son alex. she has dementia. what type of flower has thorns? laughter i don't know! roses. it's a rose bush. this was 2014. she had sold her small house in london to pay for residential care that was costing more than £60,000 per year. she was able to walk, hold a conversation, she was able to enjoy a walk around the gardens. right, let's go get a cup of tea. since then she has deteriorated quite a lot. we can have a look at the garden. she has 110w have a look at the garden. she has now essentially forgotten how to walk and she can't really speak very much. now her care costs nearly £100,000 a year. remember when we we re £100,000 a year. remember when we were living at highfield. every morning i would make you a cup of tea. most is paid by the nhs but the family still has to find nearly £40,000 a year. under the tory plans, she would benefit from being allowed to keep more of her money but would get no help with the

theresa may. no way! isn't that interesting? she said that these were the people she wanted to help when she came into office. really? who does she think they are? talk is cheap, she'll sit round this dinner table with her cronies, and they'll tell you that they're just about managing with their two houses and their 160 grand cars that we are paying for! why are they taking the school dinners away, then? that's contradicting yourself there, isn't it? it seems like a race to the bottom in so many areas. i've got a friend who is a taxi driver. uber have demolished them. the tax system discourages people from working because the more you work, the more they tax. when i sit down in my house, i start thinking, some people are ready to work, but when you think about it, the tax doesn't feel fair. it doesn't feel fair. they should be encouraging people to work. the more you work the less they tax, that's how it should work. if you want people to work, the less the tax. if you are trying to balance the books each month, do the right thi

so theresa may, is she popular with you? yes. why‘s that? because she reminds me of margaret thatcher. she does? yeah. why? well, she seems to know what she wants to do. but she has a gentle way of doing it. i just think she‘s like myself, really, but more intelligent, you know. party leaders normally take unpopular decisions after they are elected. now theresa may risks upsetting a lot of the older people you can normally count on to vote. she‘s clearly convinced by opinion polls which suggest they‘re most likely to back her. the aces in her election hand. she is bidding to win bigger than any tory leader since margaret thatcher. and that means scooping up a lot of the voters you would normally never expect the tories to tuck away. mrs may‘s sites are one blue—collar britain. how is her aim at halifax snooker club? i actually voted to come out of europe. basically an immigration alone, that was our basically on immigration alone, that was our biggest issue. and most of my friends who are labour all voted the same. it could hurt th

theresa may dismisses reports of a sharp disagreement between her and top eu officials, during a dinner at number ten. it's said the prime minister clashed with jean—claude juncker over citizens‘ rights, and the cost of brexit. i think it's brussels gossip. and just look what the european commission themselves said immediately after the dinner took place, which was that the talks had been constructive. we'll be getting the reaction from brussels. also tonight: the businessman shot dead during a burglary at his home in dorset — police reveal details about the raid. the presidential candidates in france clash ahead of sunday's crucial vote. and a thrilling conclusion to the world champion sucker with both content and is fighting till the last. —— snooker. good evening and welcome to the bbc news. theresa may has dismissed reports of a sharp disagreement with the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker during a dinner last week at no 10. a german newspaper has suggested they clashed over the rights of eu citizens, and the cost of brexit. it said mrjuncker left the meet

so the social ca re measures may theresa may basket. so the social care measures may be a risk but will not make a book difference to the outcome? i am not saying there are not any, but it is not a big pool for her to go fishing. the broader point is that she has done a dull ma nifesto, point is that she has done a dull manifesto, none of us are running around westminster saying, oh, manifesto, none of us are running around westminstersaying, oh, my goodness, have you seen this? but i think she has tried to balance our interest. what she wants is the mandate to deal with brexit and discipline problems in her own party. everything else is secondary to that. during that launch, she was asked whether she was a red tory and asked whether she was a red tory and a thatcherite, which is an interesting combination of questions, given that they are different things. what do you see her as? what she is selling is whatever you want, dub, as long as you can call it conservative. when people say, she does not believe in anything, she has cut herself

that is the decision theresa may has made. i suppose you can always move north of the border. chuckles nice advert for moving to scotland. the son have gone with a pun making headline, divide and fuel. tories feel the heat of hypocritical policy. is that fair in the light of what lindsey has been saying?m might not be. but it goes the perception that many english voters have that scotland gets a better deal, that public spending is higher north of the border. this is something paul nuttall of ukip has tried to play on. let's get english people the same deal scottish people have. all sorts of reasons why public spending is different. this kind of thing does seem a political ploy. kind of thing does seem a political ploy, and won the tory party basically think they can get away with because they are doing so well amongst older voters and they cannot afford, really, ithink, to inflame the national sentiment. ten for the headline, by the way. it is right to pick up on this. but they cannot say this is bad politics. ruth davidson, the scottish conservatives are on the scottish cons

anybody likes of what they are with theresa may? when theresa may came in, i thought "girl power". i thought she was on the money, but for me now, it's a trust issue. she's done a lot of backtracking. can i trust her? she's lied about the snap election. then she turns around, can you trust someone like that? you need someone around you to advise you before you speak. are they sitting down before they make these announcements? what's the general thinking? that is what i would like to know. it is enough to change your mind? i was sitting on the fence, but now i think i know exactly what i'm going to do. but could you change your mind again? i was genuinely sitting on the fence for a while, but now i'm 100% aware of what i'm going to do. which is? i'm not telling. what words would you apply to theresa may? i don't think she's stable. flaky. rattled! untrustworthy. professional. when i lookjohn major, everyone slated him. but i think theresa may has the country's best interests at heart. i think she has been found out, though. i see your point, though, i've never looked at it like befo

just look at theresa may's track record. she said she would deliver as home office, in the home office a reduction in mass migration into the uk, below hundreds of thousands. she said they would get it down to tens of thousands and they didn't deliver it. again on brexit, she is promising a ukip—style brexit. that doesn't include, in our book, giving billions of pounds to the eu in a golden hand shake on exit. it doesn't include mass migration continuing into the uk. it doesn't include the european courts still having jurisdiction. include the european courts still having jurisdictionlj include the european courts still having jurisdiction. i think ukip needs to take the credit and retire gracefully before it gets dirtier and youingler. they said jump, and the government said how high. they have sacrificed everything on the altar for freedom of movement. i hate it, a lot of people hate it. but those are the facts. ukip have got what they wanted. they've got nothing left to give. it's looking at the kind of britain we want

does anyone like theresa may? when theresa may came in, i thought girl power. i thought she was on the money, but for me now, it's a trust issue. she's done a lot of backtracking. can i trust her? she's lied about the snap election. then she turns around, can you trust someone like that? you need someone around you to advise you before you speak? are they sitting down before they make these announcements? what's the general thinking? that is what i would like to know. it is enough to change your mind? i was sitting on the fence, but now i'm 100%, i know exactly what i'm going to do. it is another bad story would you change your mind again? i was genuinely sitting on the fence for a while, but now i'm 100% aware of what i'm going to do. which is? i'm not telling. what two words would you apply to theresa may? unstable. i don't think she's stable. establishment. gambling. flaky. rattled! untrustworthy. professional. you think she's professional? she can still win you back? definitely. when i lookjohn major, everyone slated him. quite dour, i think he was an accou

theresa may one imagines theresa may will be saying in the next few minutes, however long, that will come as any surprise to her majesty. indeed, she is the longest reigning monarch, she has just celebrated her 91st birthday. she has seen everything in british political life, many changes, great changes, the change of empire, the second world war, the growth of the european union and the end of our relationship with the european union with brexit. there was nothing she has not seen, nothing to surprise her. but it still means she does not take a role for granted, the queen is on top of every pa rt for granted, the queen is on top of every part of her political life. she reads her red boxes diligently, she signed a document. she looks very carefully at the bills she has the sign into law. she doesn'tjust signed them, she is careful to note every pa rt signed them, she is careful to note every part and a few things there is something that doesn't seem legally correct, she will question the prime minister about it. she takes very seriously above all her role as constitutional monakana s

when did theresa may change your mind? a closed—door, because just yesterday, ministers were saying nothing was going to change. any chance that you will look at it again? no. but there were concerns inside the party. the prime minister herself had heard nerves on the doorstep. about the old people... the principle of who pays stays the same, but the change of heart is a gift and a source of gags for labour. another u—turn, jeremy? you cannot trust this woman, she does u—turns an immigration, on parliament won't be meeting, having an election until 2020! you can't trust her! and it is what is called strong and stable! but the opposition is still attacking the part of the plan that remains — the value of people's homes in england will be factored in for all kinds of social care, even though assets below £100,000 will be protected. this is what happens when you have a government that thinks it's going to win with an enormous majority. governments that have landslide majorities make bad decisions, big mistakes and ta

but we know, for example, that theresa may does not wa nt to example, that theresa may does not want to remove students from the immigration number. that is a huge number that would come down. she does not want to be seen to be bulging the figures, if you like. —— botching. the manifesto will come in next week. there is plenty opportunity for senior tories to say, wait until the manifesto... opportunity for senior tories to say, wait untilthe manifesto... and for opponents to keep hammering away at it. in practical terms, how big an issue will this be in terms of the brexit negotiations? i mean, the government, as far as i recall, said freedom of movement will end as we currently know it. but there is equally talk of a transitional period and pressure coming from business saying, hang on, we employ a lot of europeans at the moment and we do not want our supply of labour to just shut off like that. that is absolutely right. there is also the issue of whether theresa may should guarantee the right of eu nationals already in the country before negotiations even start. she declined t

theresa may is after their traditional support. we will negotiate a brexit that works for all, for the many, not the few. we won't threaten europe on the way into brexit and, above all, in this election campaign, we'll put forward a proposal and a plan for britain which is about dealing with inequality and injustice. behind the gates, theresa may was never going to be the kind of politician simply to agree. but even in the heat of an election campaign, strong words cannot be unsaid. in a moment we'll speak to our europe editor katya adler in brussels, but first let's go to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg. let's talk about the tone and the language deployed by theresa may today, and the thinking behind it. well, it's not so long ago that the prime minister repeated again and again there would be no running commentary over brexit, and even yesterday she was still sort of trying to stand by the idea that somehow this spat was just idle brussels gossip. this afternoon, blasting out from one of the most powerful mi

the prime minister theresa may did not take part. she said she'd rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. guess who came after all — and what an entrance. jeremy corbyn left it late, but how could he resist trying to show up theresa may, who stayed away? this was his chance — and look at him. he meant to take it if he could. she came to stop him. her leader's favoured, amber rudd. a single mission — take down jeremy corbyn. wherever theresa may was, she wanted this, the nearest thing this election has to a contact sport, to go her way. amber rudd was straight into the attack after mr corbyn criticised treatment of those on disability benefits. you're not credible! jeremy, jeremy, i know there this no extra payment you don't want to add to. no tax you don't want to rise. but the fact is we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most, and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there is a magic money tree. you have to be accountable. i'd like to b

but here's the difference between me and theresa may. i want malcolm, eve ryo ne and theresa may. i want malcolm, everyone here, everyone in preston, everyone here, everyone in preston, every single one of you, to have yoursay every single one of you, to have your say over what comes next. nobody knows what brexit will look like, the choice is —— the choices theresa may will make will affect your life and our country for decades. your weekly shop, yourjob, your environment, your safety, where your environment, your safety, where you can travel to and where you can live. and already she is making choices that will affect those things including the most profound choice she could make, taking the uk out of the single market. that decision alone is a time bomb under our economy and when it blows up it will take down our nhs and schools with it. it will wreck our children's future for decades to come and it is a choice, her choice, plain and simple. it was not inevitable, there was nothing on the ballot paper last june that inevitable, there was nothing on the ballot paper lastjune

theresa may has been up here today, through the course of the day, to be with greater manchester police, and also of course to show some solidarity with those being treated in hospital and with the families of testify dead, of course as well. he is keeping abreast of that investigation, which is fast—moving and if you are just joining us, you should know they have named the attacker as 2—year—old salman abedi, he is from manchester, manchester born, in fact he was a manchester united fan, he has lived in several places around the city, they did raid a family home today, in fact there was a controlled explosion as they went into that home today, which they said was routine but they are not taking any risk, and theresa may getting back from manchester, having heard about that investigation to a cobra meeting this evening in downing street. so let us talk to alex forsyth who is watching at downing street at the moment, to see what reaction there is likely to be. alex, i was talking about emmanuel macron, who is calling for greater collaboration, when it comes to counter—terrorism.

theresa may. theresa may. isn't that interesting. she said that these were the people she wanted to help. really? who does she wanted to help. really? who does she think they are? talk is cheap, she'll sit round this dinner table with her cronies and they will tell you that they are just about managing with their two houses in their 160 grand cars that we are paying for! why are they taking the school dinners away then? that's contradicting yourself there, isn't it? it seems like a race to the bottom in so many areas. i got a friend who is an super taxi driver. i got a friend who is an uber taxi driver. the tax system discourages people from working because the more you work, the more they tax. when i sit down in my house, some people are ready to work but when you think about it, the tax doesn't feel fair. it doesn't feel fair. they should be in courage in people to work. if you wa nt in courage in people to work. if you want people to work, relax the tax. if you are trying to balance the books each month, do the right thing, workin

after reports of a tense meeting between theresa may andjean tense meeting between theresa may and jean claude juncker, mrs tense meeting between theresa may and jean claudejuncker, mrs may told the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg, that she did not recall the account of the meeting that took place with mrjuncker, "i think a lot of this is brussels gossip". let's bring you some of that interview now ——laura began by asking mrs may about the increasing tensions with brussels. what we have seen recently is that at times these negotiations are going to be tough, during the conservative party leadership campaign, iwas conservative party leadership campaign, i was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman. i said at the time, the next person to find that out will be jean—claude juncker. person to find that out will be jean-claude juncker. easily find out the weekend? these will be tough negotiations as we go ahead, i'm asking the british people to give me asking the british people to give me a mandate to go into those negotiations, every vote for me and my

he said voters would return if theresa may failed to deliver on brexit. the french authorities warn the media and the public not to spread documents hacked from the centrist candidate emmanuel macron‘s campaign team in the run—up to sunday's presidential election. at least 80 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by islamist militant group boko haram in nigeria more than three years ago — have been freed. a government official said their release followed negotiations with their captors. a has—been actor best known for playing an actor in the 80s is called in to help catch a serial killer. find out about cinema releases in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katy balls, who's a political correspondent at the spectator and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror, and sunday people. let us show you what we have so far. the observer headlines on labour's plans to increase income tax for people earning more than £80,000 ifjeremy corbyn becomes the next prime ministe

we know that, for example, theresa may does not want to remove stu d e nts theresa may does not want to remove students from the immigration number. that is a huge number that could really get the numbers down. some colleagues think she should ta ke some colleagues think she should take it out. absolutely, but she does not want to be seen to be bodging the figures. the manifesto will come out next week, so there's plenty of opportunity for a singer tories to say, wait until the ma nifesto. tories to say, wait until the manifesto. and four opponents to keep hammering away at it, presumably. in practical terms, who big an issue is this going to be in terms of the brexit negotiations? the government, as far as i recall, has said freedom of movement will end as we currently know it. but equally, this talk of a transitional period and pressure from business saying, hang on a minute, we played a lot of europeans at the moment and we don't want our supply of labour to shut off like that. absolutely right. of course, there was that issue of whether theresa may should guarantee the rights of

theresa may is the de fa cto five years. theresa may is the de facto head of the conservative party and will be prime minister that it should be a way of thinking about how your vote is going to affect you. this is going to be a hard sell. tom watson was saying, vote for who you think would be the best local mp. it is a national contest. we watch the national nose. you think about which of the —— theresa may orjeremy corbyn you want to lead. you think, who do i want to be in charge? you could say you have one vote for prime minister and one for local mp and then you might get more balance. you would not have a massive majority like theresa may could have to push everything through. plenty to discuss in the next few weeks. much more from here at westminster throughout the day. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the eu chief negotiator says there'll be no punishment brexit bill for britain but the uk must settle its accounts. the shadow chancellor accuses the

it means theresa may has yet not an ally. he will not try to punish britain but he is like many others, not going to make it easy. the negotiations have not started yet. we saw the irish bred the dutch and the danes form a coalition saying, please don't let trivia catches up on brexit. we need to get to the big ticket items. judged from oui’ to the big ticket items. judged from our national interests, marine le pen be a better result for the uk than macron because she is in favour of countries asserting that independence and leaving the eu but he is not. just as president trump, on the question of the national interests, than president clinton would have been. what does it mean in terms of the relationship? we have had some difficult days since sunday of last week when the german newspaper published the outcome of what it called the brexit dinner. what was that about chris rock was a deliberate, pre—emptive strike? —— what was that all about? was it a deliberate, pre—emptive strike? what was that all about? was it a